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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 2014-01-29 07:01 am (UTC)(link)
He picked up the other photo and showed it to Neal. "This photo was also in his wallet. This man right here is Jasper Keaton while the other man I had to get a little help from those licenses to find out who he is." It was then that he put the photo down and turned his computer screen for Neal to see. "Marcus Delacroix. He was a small time journalist in Chicago back in the 70s and 80s until he retired and died of cancer in that late 90s. The thing is, he never married nor had any kids and there's no one in his family named Eli or Elijah."

The obvious thought was on his mind and he rubbed in temple to soothe the headache that was starting to come on from dealing with the peculiarities of what Eli had metaphorically dropped into his lap. "Neal, if you say time travel, I don't care how crazy the rest of your life is, I'm locking you back up." There was only so much he could deal with after all.