rimedancer

It's a lot like their last meeting, Jen thinks, as she strolls into a bookshop that looks like it's in the middle of renovations. There's also a tinge of energy that's soaked into the place - something she can't quite place save that it's soaked in magic. She knows the basics about Aria - that she's a vampire, that she has memory problems, magical ones. And while she sympathizes, there's still the matter of a debt owed. She hadn't intended on returning to the city so quickly, but plans change.

So when she catches Aria's attention, it's a wave she offers, and a small smile. Coming to stand beside her between a set of new-looking bookshelves, Jen tries to not crowd, but, well, this time she has her phone ready, typing out a message on it and showing it to her.

"long time no see"

Jen Tseng wasn't exactly sure what weirdness had seemingly made the world forget about Port Leiry, but it hadn't stopped her trying to set up the one-way trip since she'd grabbed her cousin's interest with stories of home. Eventually, things just... worked. It hadn't been cheaper or faster, or even safer than traveling across the ocean in a giant flying pillbox, but it had felt like much more of an adventure - and despite the agony at customs, it still beat airport crowds.

Jen smiles at her cousin as they take their first steps into what officially counts as Port Leiry. It feels a little strange, but even though she's only just beginning to learn more fully the ins and outs of a new form of magical expression, she feels better here than she'd thought she might; like she's unburdened by the judgements of a family that, at the end of the day, was only barely hers.