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This was a bad idea this was a bad idea this was a bad idea.
Holly runs as fast as she can but the demon's faster. She has no idea where Lightning's gotten to; maybe he found a tree to climb. She on the other hand has been diverted into a treeless hill and she's careening down a slope, trying very hard not to trip.
And the demon's gaining on her.
She's never seen anything like it and neither has Crystal; maybe Book knows what it is but Book's asleep. It's mostly mouth - it looks like a cross between a floorlength mirror of a mouth and a snake to propel the mouth along.
And Holly's not fast enough.
The mouth catches her.
But it doesn't hurt.
Where are we?
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inourhead
unblinkered
Max looks up. "You- Trevor- you're going to be in your car, if she needs anything tonight?"
"I'm going to be in my car, and I'm going to be asleep, and if she wakes me up I'm not going to be happy."
Max gets up and points out the window to show Sohng Trevor's car. "Trevor sleeps in that car. If you need..." He's not sure if she knows 'need', yet, it's come up a few times...
"Gh- you just told her- why would...!" Trevor sighs. "Never mind. Fine."
"I'm going to be in my car, and I'm going to be asleep, and if she wakes me up I'm not going to be happy."
Max gets up and points out the window to show Sohng Trevor's car. "Trevor sleeps in that car. If you need..." He's not sure if she knows 'need', yet, it's come up a few times...
"Gh- you just told her- why would...!" Trevor sighs. "Never mind. Fine."
inourhead
Sohng doesn't seem to fully understand, anyway. Blink, blink.
Victoria starts collecting her belongings.
Victoria starts collecting her belongings.
unblinkered
Max puts away his things, too. He's not sure about leaving the girl/s behind for the night- they're his only lead on a new and upsetting disturbance in the natural order of things- but he's not keen on sharing his less-than-ample apartment space, and she probably won't disappear during the night.
"Sohng and Pyay alone... nine or ten hours? ...Six maaso. Yes?"
"Sohng and Pyay alone... nine or ten hours? ...Six maaso. Yes?"
inourhead
She shrugs. "Yes. Mm - water - water water water and -" Vague gesture, embarrassed expression.
unblinkered
"...Oh." He leads her into the hallway and shows her the water fountain, and then follows the signs to a single-occupant restroom. He... doesn't know if she'll understand how Earth's facilities work, but... this is the place for it. He opens the door and gestures at the small room, hoping she'll understand what it's for.
unblinkered
Rrrright. He nods in return, and points the way back to the linguistics commons. And then... heads downstairs and out the door. He'll worry about long-term plans for her later. For now, home and sleep.
...And calling in sick for tomorrow. First time he'll have to make use of a substitute teacher for his own class. He grimaces- he didn't prepare anything, and he knows from experience how annoying that'll be for his stand-in.
...And calling in sick for tomorrow. First time he'll have to make use of a substitute teacher for his own class. He grimaces- he didn't prepare anything, and he knows from experience how annoying that'll be for his stand-in.
inourhead
And the girl(s) go back and park with their English notes to study for the night.
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