OOM: Room 130

[watching_you]

[After this.]Moving quickly, Veronica slips into her room, closing the door behind her and locking it. For a moment she stands still, leaning against the wood and catching her breath. Then she reaches a hand back, lifting her blazer, feeling for the weight of

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[watching_you]

Veronica freezes, mid-crouch, in the middle of stuffing a hoodie into her bag.

"...Who is it?"

[watching_you]

"Oh - I - okay, just a minute."

It's more flustered than frustrated, but both are there. She moves awkwardly, kicks the duffel bag behind her partition screen, makes to unlock the door.

It's only when she's already there that she realizes her shoulder bag - the bag containing the gun - is still on the coffee table. Doesn't matter, she'll shoo him out quickly, it won't -

She opens the door.

"Hi."

[watching_you]

"A little."

She's positioned herself between him and the room, blocking the door with all five foot one inch of her frame.

"What's up?"

[watching_you]

"Yeah, I seem to remember you telling me to go to hell," she says, but her tone is bordering on amused.

Veronica hesitates a moment, then shrugs.

"Come in."

[watching_you]

She shuts the door again as soon as he's past, but locking it now would just arouse suspicion, so she leaves it alone.

"So you're... back for round two? Or what?"

[watching_you]

"No, I'm tough enough that while sticks and stones may break my bones... you know the rest."

She crosses her arms, and pushes past Behrooz toward the desk.

"So, I'm good."

[watching_you]

She doesn't notice, having already moved past, remembering, it would be pointless to take the camera if I forget the memory cards and the link cable...

She works her way through the drawers, one after another, saying, "What about you?"

[watching_you]

The noise is enough to catch her attention, and she spins -

"What -

"What the hell do you think you're doing?"