Because paperwork wasn't bad enough

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"COLTON! Dude, I'm good, but I'm not God. We still need to fill out the--"

He looked around, staring at the distinct difference in where he was from where he'd been. After all, he'd been at work, hunting down his ne'er-do-his-damn-paperwork boyfriend who was probably necking in the closet with their ne'er-do-hers-either girlfriend. Which, you

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[softer_strength]

"Ummm...ahno...excuse me..." Hinata mumbled quietly as she stepped around the man that had appeared. She would normally stop for a greeting but she desperately needed a glass of water before she could talk more. Judging by the amount of soot and the lingering scent of smoke and charred flesh, well, she had reason to be parched?

There was a fountain. A wonderful, beautiful, water giving fountain. It completely trumped new arrivals!

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He blinked and looked around to see who might have spoken... and then he was staring as the smell hit his nose.

"Okay, what?"

[softer_strength]

It was only when she'd drunk enough to slosh a little that Hinata turned and scrubbed a tired hand over her sooty face. This, of course, resulted in smearing more than cleaning. Then Nathan, and his staring, registered. "Oh! I'm...I'm so sorry. P-please forgive me f-for being rude!"

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He leaned closer. She was pretty young, just a kid. He was nice to kids... now that he was thinking instead of freaking. Someone else here meant he hadn't installed. Okay, so what?

"That's all right," he said gently, "can you tell me where I am? What's going on?"