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015 [audio]

[Filtered away from Roman, but otherwise Public.]

Okay, so, a flood turned hostile takeover attempt, another sinister plot, a port... now do you think we'll get a little bit of downtime?

I know people had their issues with port, but seriously, at least for the most part, barring a misadventure here or there, most of us got out pretty unscathed. That's got to be worth something on the scale of boring to traumatic.

... And it was kind of fun, being a cop again. Even if there wasn't exactly much chasing down bad guys involved.

I mean, not that I'm saying "sign me up for a universe transfer", but I guess all I'm trying to say is I'll take what I can get.

[Private to Port Family: Olivia, Wally, Seven, Tim, Shego, Isaac]

Seriously, as far as fake families went, you guys were pretty cool.

[Private to Tim]

Were you ever going to get around to telling me my best friend survived the Crisis?

[Private to Ariadne]

Did you and Jensen get to say your tearful good byes, or are you now parted from your one true love forever?

And hey, I think this port's the first time we've ever gotten to hang out that hasn't been interrupted by the Barge trying to collapse around us or something. Clearly a celebration is in order.

[Private to Bourne]

So... How's your shoulder?

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I've been climbing on stuff since before I could walk. It's practically second nature.

[He dusted off his hands once he was back on relatively level ground, looking at the waterfall with interest. He wasn't even out of breath.] It's beautiful.

[Ariadne took a little longer to finish climbing down and she quickly began to pull off her shoes. Nothing like seeing it up closer, right? She splashed out into the water and it almost immediately went up to her knees.]

Come on.

[He immediately kicked off his own shoes and socks and joined her, not really caring as his jeans got soaked. It wasn't like he didn't have other pairs of pants, and this was too fun to pass up.]

You ever been to Hawaii?

[She shook her head as she continued to wade deeper into the water. She didn't care much either, the experience was what mattered and she could use the dryers later.]

Have you?

Yeah. Not super often, but I've been. Really nice waterfalls there. That is, when it's not a dry season, anyway.

[Even if he still sort of preferred the city, he wasn't going to lie about nature being just as much fun to explore.]

[She paused for a moment before taking an adventurous leap into the deeper water, which was deep enough for her to need to swim. Maybe she could think of Hawaii the next time they came here. There were mountains for rock climbing in Hawaii, right?]

It's always the wet season in France. Rarely stops raining.

[It was at this close range to the waterfall that she thought she could see something behind it. An opening of some kind.]

[Dick sort of hesitated for a moment before following her, stopping to pull off his worn out baseball shirt before following her into the deeper water. It was a quasi stupid move, in that while swimming with a shirt on was going to be heavy and unfun, but now as soon as he got out of the water, she'd be able to see his pretty impressive collection of scars.

But he didn't really always think these things through too much anyway, so he didn't worry about it too much. Besides, his attention had been attracted by the same opening Ariadne had noticed, and he looked at the waterfall curiously.]

Sounds like a lot of fun.

[Ariadne at first didn't notice that he'd paused so he could take off his shirt. When she glanced behind her, he was close already. The warm water was delightful and she drifted closer to the waterfall, cocking her head to the side as she some of the spray from the waterfall got in her eyes. When she replied, she was more than a little distracted.]

I love it there.

[He laughed, regarding the waterfall with the well masked suspicion of someone who had been raised by an incredibly paranoid person who over prepared for every possible crisis situation, and Dick wasn't going to get crushed by rocks coming down over the waterfall in CES if he could help it. That would just be a damned embarrassing way to go. Still, it was pretty, and he was still pretty relaxed, so he just smirked over at Ariadne.]

If a place's got horrible weather, but you still like it, must mean they're doing something right.

If we have another modern port, I'll show you Paris.

[Ariadne briefly smiled back at him before doing a double take. Oh he's not wearing a shirt. Oh and he's quite, quite fit. Back to the waterfall now. She's almost directly beneath it and carefully reaching for the opening, again having little care for her personal safety, leaving all that paranoia to him.]

[And he's hanging back a little, still regarding the waterfall curiously, but eventually he swum a little closer, trying not to get in her way, and just as curious about the opening as she was, honestly.]

Be careful.

[It had been blurted out without a lot of thought to it, and he brushed off the warning with a small smile, but... didn't mean they shouldn't be careful.]

[Ariadne would look back to check on him but, well, he's not wearing a shirt and the architect is easily flustered. But not by rock structures that could totally collapse. Nope, she's reaching right up for the rocks overhead. However, she is a little careful in how she slowly pulled herself out of the water and onto the ledge beside the opening.]

It looks structurally sound.

Guess I should trust you, being an architect and all.

[Still, he hung back, not wanting to hop up before she'd figured out what was in the opening, if there even was room for two people up there.]

[She slicked back her wet hair and shifted so she could get some better light to better investigate the opening with. When that wasn't quite possible, she decided on something decidedly more risky and began sliding in.]

It'll be alright, okay?

[He laughed and finally climbed out of the water up onto the ledge, following her inside.]

Like I said, I trust you.

[Ariadne smiled wider, but she was somewhat obscured by the rocks around her. It was a slightly narrow tunnel but she had confidence that Dick would fit through. Carefully she continued to scoot backwards, glad that she had never been the claustrophobic type. But soon she was in the interior of the mountain, a small cave that opened up far wider than she thought it would. Sure, it was dark, but she could make out shapes in the darkness.]

There's something else back here.

[Dick's eyes adjusted fairly quickly to the darkness despite the bright sunlight outside, which shouldn't really have been shocking at all, but because of the slightly close quarters and Ariadne's position in front of him, he couldn't really see what was back in the cave yet.]

What is it?

[She carefully moved along the wall of the cave, in case there were some pit that she couldn't see.]

It's a cave. I can't see much.

[So, the architect glanced back in Dick's direction.]

Are you okay?

[Dick paused for a moment, looking from Ariadne to glance around the cave before shrugging slightly.]

Yeah. Why wouldn't I be?

[Ariadne looked in his direction again and her eyes were finally properly adjusting to the darkness. That was Dick, not some mound of rocks.]

Sorry, I couldn't see you.

[She pulled her knees up toward her chest as she tried to see more, but her own sight failed her slightly and she simply scooted closer to Dick.]

Can you see anything?

[Dick stayed still, not minding the closeness of the other warden. He tried looking past her, but again, the proximity, angle and lighting made it hard to see much beyond Ariadne. He shrugged again and smiled, even if she might not be able to see it.]

I see you.

[Ariadne glanced back at him, trying to see his features in the dark but failing. Still, she quirked the corners of her mouth.]

Anything about the cave?

You're kinda blocking my view.

[The architect tilted her head to the side a little before carefully scooting forward toward the center of the cave, trying to feel out the terrain she couldn't see. Her hand, though, met empty air and she let out a cry before, oh, wait, no there it is. Solid rock again. Just a little hole.]

Sorry.

[But now that her adrenaline was pumping through her, she thought she could almost see Dick.]

[Dick had been miliseconds away from reaching out to grab her to make sure he wasn't about to go toppling over the edge of a cliff before she confirmed she wasn't about to do just that. Still, it had been enough to get his own adrenaline pumping, and he reached out to grab her wrist to make sure she was fine.]

You okay?

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