014 ⚸ forward-dated to after zombiefield PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE Y'ALL

[notsaul]

[A: 1667 Nelson Street]

[Ah, sleep. One of Annie's favorite things to do on a bed. But, her bed feels a lot bigger today than it normally does, which is really weird. It's not like she's an expert or anything, but she's pretty sure twin beds... There's also someone else in it, which is weird for Mayfield. Maybe Raz had a nightmare or something...

She

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[moonspirals]

[That scream makes Usagi sit bolt-upright in bed. Without thinking about it, she moves in the direction of the scream...

...only to realize where it's coming from. Uhh...she's not going to go in there. She's just going to call from outside.]

...Um. I-is everything okay?

[notsaul]

[sorry usagi, she's just gonna

KICK

DOWN

THIS

DOOR]

... It was like that when I fucking got here! [ANGRILY WALKING PAST HER-- wait. She turns and looks at her, still looking just a bit furious and absolutely terrifying.] The fuck are you?

[moonspirals]

[And Usagi's just going to flatten herself against the nearest wall, eyes wide and kind of terrified herself.]

I - er - the kid spot here. I kind of got stuck here...um. I'm Usagi.

[notsaul]

... I'm Annie. I guess I'm, like, your mom or something. [Fuck, it's not the kid's fault, right... Not like she can really call her a kid, though; they couldn't be more than a year or two apart in age. She'll try to be less, ahem, monstrous-looking anyway.]

[moonspirals]

R-right. Um, h-hi. It's...well.

I'm sorry you got stuck here, too.

[notsaul]

Nah, I've been here for a while, so it's not like-- Oh. Right. Shit.

[She jerks her head towards the bedroom door.] He hurt you?

[moonspirals]

But you got moved around?

[She's too scared to answer in words, so there's just a nod.]

When the milk went all weird...I died twice before I could find somewhere safe to hide. It happened too fast for me to call for help or anything. Just sat there and watched...

[notsaul]

I guess I grew up or something. Whatever, like this town even needs reasons.

... If he hurts you again, just tell me. Like I even need an excuse to feed that fucker his own organs. [all of this is said with a smile. take it however you will.]

[moonspirals]

Yeah. I guess it doesn't need reasons to mess with you.

[A pause. On the one hand? She knows he needs to be punished for all of that. On the other? They don't have psycho Nazis in her world. Love conquers everything and she still really, really wants to believe that.]

...I will. Thank you.

[notsaul]

Good! Now, anybody else live here? Or is it just us?

[moonspirals]

It's just us. The other kid in the house is a drone.

[notsaul]

God help the kid who gets put there, 'cause I'm stealing its room and it's just gonna have to fucking deal with it.