Magic Box, Thursday, 8/16

[life_inshadow]

So this was Tara's last shift in the Magic Box ever. She'd planned to spend it cleaning and reminiscing, but the Pine Sol-and-memories routine came to an abrupt halt when she read an email she'd gotten from housing at UC-Sunnydale that said the dorms' no-pets policy would not make an exception, even for what Tara assured them, with only a tiny bit

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[whenshewasnice]

There were a lot of last shifts going on. That was why Natalie was dropping by here, too. She wasn't thrilled with goodbyes, so this was more like checking in.

"Hey," she said, as she came in. Because she was talkative like that.

[life_inshadow]

"Hi," Tara said, with a vague little smile. "It's so weird this is my last day."

Which was apropos of nothing, of course, but Tara would have said it to anyone who walked in the door today.

Moxy meandered over to Natalie and rubbed against her legs for hello.

[whenshewasnice]

"That's going around right now," Natalie replied, mildly, as she reached down to give Moxy some scritches. It was practically mandatory. "Summer's almost over."

[life_inshadow]

"Yeah," Tara nodded. "Warren and Karla are back, so we're probably leaving, like ... Monday."

Wow, that was scary to say.