( guest starring Probably Bad News )

It's been a week and a half since Claudia had that dream about her mother, and... yeah, so she's still processing it. And still kinda surprised that there's processing to be done at all. But it's past time to move onto the next part, especially now that she's gone and gotten Artie all excited about it.

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Leena's Bed and Breakfast
unnamed unincorporated settlement
South DakotaHaving had most of the day to cool her heels - and having rewired what she unwired as much as she can in one day - Claudia's feeling kinda like a jackass, re: that argument with Joshua. It's not that she wants him gone, it's just... she doesn't want him getting sucked into the ( Read more... )

The first thing Claudia notices is that she feels better than she has in months - since before her trip to the loony bin, if not longer. She's still tired as crap, but that's only to be expected, when you've been awake for two days straight; she's not faint, she's breathing just fine, she doesn't feel like she's going to throw up or her brain is ( Read more... )

AUGUSTANA COLLEGE
SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTAFive years ago, Augustana College finished construction on their new science building - exhausting their funding on the project before they had a chance to tear down the old one, or really try to go through it and figure out what was what. They added an electronic security system, just in case, and left ( Read more... )

( in which Claudia assesses her situation, this time without the psych ward )

( in which Claudia reconsiders, for a while )

( in which Claudia starts working on mystery-unraveling )

( in which Claudia has a dream... or is it? )

( in which life sucks, but Claudia carries on )