Agnes marched about the Wing in her usual, brisk manner, cleaning instruments and hexing the odd Doxie as she went. Agnes supported magical creatures in general, and they were obviously very useful in potion and spell ingredients, but she drew the line when they managed to break into the liquor cabinet, that was for employees only. Also, mostly her
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For lack of anything better to do, Mort knocked on the frame of the door (blinking slowly at the light display) and hoped somebody was in.
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"Uh, no, not talking to anything purple. It's just... I've had episodes in the past, mostly under the influence of alcohol. I made the mistake of drinking last night, and when I woke up my room was trashed, and there were pages of writing in my typewriter I don't remember writing. It's not even my normal style of writing. My ex-wife told me I used to get really weird when I was drunk or in that mood... I just don't remember any of it. Are blackouts symptoms of drinking?"
Mort reached into his back pocket and produced several crumpled pages of parchment, trying briefly to smooth out the wrinkles. "I don't know. I guess, I just want to rule out the slight possibility of the crazies. Or maybe find out if someone else wrote this. Though I don't know why I'd write about murdering wives and cornfields." He smiles, glancing down at the paper, clearly not seeing that the paper was actually covered with one word typed over and over; Shooter.
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"I have a solutione." she said, her frown deepening. "Don't drinke?"
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Mort blinks, and tucks the papers back into his pocket. "Yeah, I know I probably shouldn't. It's kind of like one of those vicious circles... when I'm buzzed I get good inspiration, but then I always take it too far, wanting to get more ideas, and then I just kind of black out. And apparantly things happen when I'm not awake. Is that normal?" Picking at a loose thread on his sleeve, Mort tried not to sound too worried.
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