Case 55//Harry Dresden//Accidental Video

[harry_b_dresden]

[The feed turns on accidentally, showing the interior of a bedroom, apparently in a hotel or house of some kind. Harry's crouched by the door, carving strange symbols into the wood with a carving knife. He's talking to someone off camera at the moment, smiling quietly to himself]

Ok, Maggie. Now you tell me. What do you do when you meet a stranger?

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[slug_sannin]

You're going to turn her room into a fortress, aren't you?

[harry_b_dresden]

I... Not any more than I usually do for our room.

D'you think it's too much? I don't...I don't know how... [HELP TSUNADE. How do parent?]

[slug_sannin]

No, it's not too much in this place. I recommend making it a lot tougher than what you do for --

[Our room? Oh, hell, that was an odd thought.]

My room. I don't really know how tough your room is.

[harry_b_dresden]

[In F3, Tsunade. You know, how you spent the last couple rooming together? Whoops.]

Mmhm. [He's back to his carving, still half paying attention. He tilts the berry towards Maggie]

Maggie, this is Tsunade. If she tells you to do something, do it, and if you ever get lost and see her, follow her around and don't stop bugging her until she brings you back to me.

[denyamenti]

How adorable.

[harry_b_dresden]

[Harry's busy, Bakura.] Yeah.

[He turns the 'berry towards Maggie]

Maggie, you know how I was going to show you thr trustworthy people?

action for harry

[wizardkin]

Uh huh!

Re: action for harry

[harry_b_dresden]

[He poits at Bakura]

Not this guy.

Watch for the hair.

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[padawanwizard]

Hey, boss, who's the kid? Also where are you, exactly?

[ Molly, getting a little nervous at being not-near Harry? What? Why would you have that idea? ]

Re: video;

[harry_b_dresden]

[Harry's still in daddy-haze]

Molly, this is Maggie, my-

[He blinks. Wait. She was from WHEN again]

My, um.

My.

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[padawanwizard]

[ ...eyebrow ]

Okay, just tell me where you are and you can tell me after you've learned words.

Re: video;

[harry_b_dresden]

Yeah. I. Saloon, down the main street. Look for the swinging western doors that I can't come in without kicking open.

Honestly, it's the only place I've been here that's made me feel like I actually fit.

it's like living on the set of El Dorado.

And... I think the problem word was...

Daughter.

[the_daybreak]

I didn't know you had a daughter, Harry.

[harry_b_dresden]

Honestly, Riku, I...didn't get much of a chance to, back home. She was hidden from me, I met her once...and then I came here.

[He gathers Maggie up in a hug]

But that doesn't matter now.

[the_daybreak]

[Riku... doesn't say anything for a moment. After all, he's in a similar situation with Sora right now -- he hopes Harry realizes this isn't forever.]

... She's cute.

[harry_b_dresden]

[Harry knows what they're going to try to pull before the end of this trip. And he knows that it's not intended to be permanent.

Right now, he's determined to tear his way out of the station himself with his daughter under his arm if that's what it takes. She will not be taken from him again, as long as he's breathing.]

Takes after her old man. [He chuckles] Hear that, princess? This is Riku. [He shows her the 'berry]

[truepsychictale]

I saw what Tsunade said and am seconding it.

[harry_b_dresden]

'Don't tell her to do that, Harry?'

I don't follow.

[truepsychictale]

The fortress room.

[harry_b_dresden]

Sasha, I'm...

I might need more than just that.

[He drops his voice standing so that Maggie can't hear.]

The red collar. It...if we can crack the station, maybe someone can crack it. Maybe it's meant to be temporary, weaker than the others. I...I have to try...