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Alex had a theme song so that was her title.

Who: Caleb and OPEN
What: Caleb is exploriiiiiiing!
Where: Orlea
When: April 10th
Warnings: Potential language, potential fighting, scolding too. Definitely scolding.

Caleb was definitely on edge when he got here. What just happened? So this was Caleb, dressed in a soaking wet suit, looking pissed off as he looked around the new area he was in.

What just happened? When did he get here? Why was he here? He saw that phone of his and sighed. He supposed he would eventually learn how to use it as time went on, but right now, his main concern was what happened to the others? What if Chase had gotten to them when he disappeared? That added more concern to that frown of his as he continued to walk around the district.

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It was another day that Reid woke up and discovered that he could still fly-maybe not as well as he could before, but it was still there. So you know what he was doing? Flying. Which was about when he happened to notice someone who seemed familiar. It was a little hard to tell from the sky though so he dropped down for a closer look.

Yeah, he recognized that face, and that suit-it was the last thing he'd seen Caleb in, after all. He was relieved, as he flew down to stand on the street by Caleb, but...not entirely sure how to show that. It was harder with him.

"Well, looks like we're all here now."

He walks up to Reid and claps him on the shoulder.

"Looks like we can really party now."

Caleb blinked and smiled a bit, glad for this at least.

"Well good to see you're both alive, at least." He laughed lightly, putting his hands in his pockets. He figured leaving it at that could be the best bet for now. "Where's Pogue, anyway?"

Oh, so glad to see them that there wasn't even anything said about Reid flying in. He was sure that would come up eventually. Though, honestly, with Tyler suddenly there, Reid had just about forgotten he'd flown down too. He gave Tyler a look, wrapped an arm around his waist, because he could, and pulled him a little closer than was actually necessary, but. It was instinct, and the only thing he could do right now, standing in front of Caleb and all.

"You doubt our ability to survive?" He grinned though, teasing. "I've been more worried about you than anything." Well, except for that time when he was worried about Pogue here. And some other times. Alright, so sometimes there was a lot of worrying. "Pogue's around, doing well. I'm sure you'll run into him sooner or later."

He had to wonder though, when Caleb was from, since by now he'd learned that it was different for all of them. "What happened to you?"

He was just moseying along, taking in the sights before he sees Caleb. He shakes his head to make sure it's not some sort of illusion before he runs on over.

"Hey, man! Glad to see you could make it."

Caleb turned to the source of the voice and smiled in relief more than anything as he saw Tyler.

"Where are we, anyway?" He figured by the way the youngest was reacting, it was Tyler, after all.

Balfour was almost always in Orlea these days, so it really wasn't surprising that he was there today. He's actually started to volunteer at a cafe nearby because he was always in the area. When he saw Caleb, he smiled and nodded, but said nothing.

He was listing groceries in his head that he needed to get when he went back home tonight.

Balfour, you have caught sight of Caleb. Can you see he immediate confusion in his face when he catches sight of you? He's opening his mouth to speak before closing it again before he goes to him, though.

After a moment, he decides to call out "Hey!"

He was able to be blinsided briefly by the fact he looks like Tyler, but not enough to be completely fooled. Balfour looked older and just seemed different.

Balfour caught the look and chuckled softly. He didn't have it in him to try to trick this one, whoever he was, but it was clearly one of Tyler's friends if the double-take was anything to go by.

"Hello!" he called with a smile, walking over to him. And then he frowned. What was he supposed to say now?

"What's your name?" It was straightforward, bordering on rude, and he realized that the second it came out of his mouth, and made a face.

"Sorry." He gave a laugh to go with it and a small smile "Name's Caleb Danvers You just look like someone I know, and I wanna make sure I'm not just losing my mind."

"Oh, I know," he said with a grin, tempted to not tell him his name. He was sure that the others would catch him up, though. "I'm Balfour. So you're the famous Caleb I keep hearing about."

He laughed just a little bit. He couldn't help but agree with a lot of what he'd heard second-hand through the others. Still, Caleb was a little...abrupt.

Caleb frowned, assuming he was talking more about Reid commenting about him more than anything.

"What did Reid say about me?" He kept his voice as calm as possible, but had a feeling if just the right things were said, the younger boy would be hearing about this.

"That you're very protective and responsible." Or at least that was what Balfour inferred from the complaints and the 'don't tell's. "There's absolutely nothing wrong with that. At least someone looks after them, right?"

Because Reid would get poor Tyler into loads of trouble if not.

Caleb laughed lightly and smiled "Exactly. I take it you've been doing that before I got here, then?" He rose a curious eyebrow, still with a gentle smile on his face.

"Well, a little bit of being a good influence and a little bit of being a bad influence. I sort of can't help it." He laughed softly, shaking his head. "Reid's fn to be around. He worries me sometimes, but sometimes it's worth going along with whatever he's doing."

"Try living in the same world as him on a regular basis." Caleb laughed as he teased his absent friend. "He's fun, but he's also a headache to be around" Only to you, Caleb. And only because you scold him so much.

"He could be so much worse, trust me. At least he seems to know when enough is enough," Balfour says with a laugh. It was true, well, maybe not with the teasing and most certainly not with the magic, but with most other things, yes.

"I just worry about him over-extending himself, sometimes. He likes to push."

He was being careful to not specify what he was talking about, not sure if he should tell Caleb that he knew. It could even be simply parties that he was talking about.

Edited (Whoops, action tag on a prose thread. Wtf nova.) 2013-05-16 18:26 (UTC)

He sighed and nodded a bit. He didn't want to seem like he didn't trust Reid, because he did, but at the same time, he knew that Balfour knew about them. Somehow. Maybe it was the way he commented about how Reid liked to push. Maybe it was just a feeling he got.

"Yeah he does. More ways than one..."

He shook his head, another comment that could be taken multiple ways besides 'He enjoys Using a lot. Way too much.' such as, he likes to push people to the point of wanting to beat him. He liked to physically push himself to his limits... So many different, accurate, ways...

"I worry. A lot."

He shifted a little, uncomfortable. He got the jist of what Caleb was saying, but he didn't really want to come out and say anything, nor, apparently, did Caleb.

"But it's definitely good that he has more people here who know him. At one point, it was just Tyler."

"Welcome to the club..." Caleb gave a dry chuckle as he spoke before letting out a sigh.

"Why thank you. At least I don't mind being in the club. I'll look after Reid as best as I can," he promised with a little smile. He cared about Reid, cared deeply.

Caleb smiled and nodded "Thanks." He knew it was a big job to watch after him, of course. "Feel free to bow out whenever he gets to be too much, of course" He was teasing, of course.

"I don't plan on it." He shook his head a little. Sure, Caleb was joking, but Balfour was dead serious. He didn't bow out when things got to be too much. He stuck by his friends.

Caleb blinked and smiled, giving a nod. "Great."

"I...I really like him..." he admitted hesitantly, glancing down, then back up again. He liked him much more than he ought to, he knew, but he didn't mind. For now, he could play stand-in until Reid won the one he truly wanted.

He smiled "Have you told him how you feel?" He tilted his head to the side. "He's not really as tough as he seems" He laughed lightly.

"No, I haven't. It's...not really important," he said with a small smile. "I like his company, and that's all he really needs to know."

He gave a small smile "Importance varies person to person." He shrugged a bit. It was true. The boys were all important to him, their happiness and things adjacent, and since that seemed to be at this point started to contain Balfour, he was important. Congratulations, you're now watched by the eldest Ipswich boy.

"Still..." He shrugged with a slight grin. What was the point in letting Reid know that his emotions were involved? He was only a stand-in, after all.

He put his hands in his pockets, giving a shrug "In the end it's your choice" He smiled softly.

"I just...don't want him to think I expect more than what this is, is all," he said softly. He knew what this was. There was no way Reid actually had feelings for him, after all.

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Alex had a theme song so that was her title.

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I backtag like horrible. :| Problem? No? Good. /HUFF ilu :3

No, no problem at all. I've been having motivation issues :D

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