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Shannon Vaughn [uɐɯɹǝʌlᴉS ǝʇɐN] ([personal profile] privatematter) wrote in [community profile] diversified2014-01-14 03:18 pm

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Surprisingly, it was not one of the boring days up at the FBI building for Neal Caffrey. There were things going on, a case to be solved, and just enough work that Neal could keep his mind off other, less legal activities. As much as he ever stopped thinking along that train of thought, anyway. But for right now, Peter was up with a witness that Neal's presence kept agitating (how was he supposed to know George Langely's old poker connections would end up flipping on this guy?) and Neal was left dithering around at his desk. Waiting for a new lead to present itself. Currently, their witness was the only chance they had at catching up with their real suspect, but until they could get him to say something or otherwise frighten him into going underground to be followed...

Well, it left a lot of entertainment to be desired.

With not much else to do, Neal made his way to the coffee machine and eyed the rest of the room in speculation. Everyone had something going on today, but there were a few agents who were easy to distract in the office today. They were hard workers, capable of catching up on any work he'd make them lose, and Peter rarely ever called him on it since the fear of getting in trouble for stopping to chat tended to make them work more efficiently anyway. He was just about to make his way over, extra mug of coffee in hand, when he spotted the stairwell door opening. Black hair popped out on top of an attractive face, glanced around in abject confusion, and then shut itself back in.

"One of these things is not like the other," Neal muttered to himself, making a quick drop of the mugs at a random agent's desk as he made for the office doors. He waved behind himself when Jones spoke up ("Grabbing some real coffee today!"), and hurried his way into the elevator to let himself off at another floor and slip into the stairwell behind the stranger.
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[personal profile] aspectional 2014-01-15 05:49 pm (UTC)(link)
No matter what the circumstance, the Aspects always found one another, even without prompting, as Eli had known from experience. So to hear from Neal that he wasn't aware of the others felt very wrong to him.

"Not including us? Ten, though a couple of us are special cases like me." Eli was aware that he was on his quest to find Jasper, but he could take a break to help Neal out before gathering clues and jumping onto the next world. "We're called Aspects, by the way."