Dorm Lawn - Saturday Evening

[joan_notjane]

The weekend wasn't over yet and Joan was already hating it. Adam showing up had been confusing and weird. Liir was having a meltdown over his dead mother showing up. The only thing she was grateful for was that her parents hadn't shown up.

But she needed some peace and quiet, so she was sitting outside, staring up at the night sky.

[for a few]

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[joan_notjane]

Joan was freaking out and pissed that she had forgotten to grab her phone. She ran towards the dorm when someone grabbed her arm.

She bit back her scream when she realized who it was.

"Okay, if you're not here to help me help Raven then you have to wait," she insisted.

[joan_notjane]

"Relax, Joan. That's precisely why I'm here," He said.

[joan_notjane]

"Okay, good, go stop them!"

Joan knew that was probably wishful thinking.

[joan_notjane]

"I can't do that, Joan," He said. "Free will and all. But you'll run into the help you need."

[joan_notjane]

"What is that supposed to mean?" Joan asked.

[joan_notjane]

"Go," He said, stepping aside and letting her continue in the direction she was originally headed.

[joan_notjane]

Joan rolled her eyes and kept running towards the dorm.

[wantstobehuman]

And, just coming around a corner, was George, straight on a collision course for the running Joan.

Sometimes, God's advice was decidedly literal, wasn't it?

[joan_notjane]

Ow. Joan hit the ground hard. "Damn it," she swore. "Watch where you're going."

Wait a sec. God was frustrating as hell sometimes.

"Actually. I think I need your help."

[wantstobehuman]

"What?" George asked, blinking. "What could you- Have we even met?"

[joan_notjane]

"Um... we're in cooking class together," Joan said. "Listen. This is important. Some creepy dude is trying to kidnap my friend Raven. And I'm pretty sure if they leave the island together, really bad things will happen. Can you help?"

[wantstobehuman]

"You'll have to forgive me," George said, "I'm not quite myself because someone just ran into me, I wonder who that could be."

Give him a moment to catch up.

"You want me to what?"

[joan_notjane]

"Help stop Raven from being kidnapped," Joan repeated. "Please?"

[wantstobehuman]

"Mitchell!" George exclaimed. "We'll go find Mitchell, he'll know what to do."

[joan_notjane]

Joan had no clue who Mitchell was, but she didn't really care if he could help. "Okay, fine," she said. "Let's go."

[wantstobehuman]

"He lives down in town," George explained, "he's probably home right now, I don't think he goes out very often, and he wouldn't be in his office anymore, because it's way too late for that." It was like someone had turned on a faucet of words in George's brain and they were pouring out his mouth. "So we'll-"

Oh, look, someone turned it off.

George's nostrils flared slightly. "I smell blood," he said, his words clipped.