[You know when you wake up and you feel like there's a leaden weight sitting on your chest, stopping you from moving? Most of the time when that happens, it's because of sleep paralysis. Somewhat less of the time, it's a close encounter of the third kind. ... This time, however, it's a very large Furret curled up neatly in the middle of Heather's
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Nnnghg. Wish he didn't...
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[Cujo looks extremely pleased with himself.]
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Heather!
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... Dad? ... Hnn, what happened?
[The last thing she could remember was... NOT the forest, actually... but rather, all the vivid, disturbing dreams she'd had.]
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Heather if you ever do that again, I'm grounding you for a month, alternate universe or not.
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[The details are filtering back in, though... and Heather's first reaction is a sheepish grin.]
Uh... heh heh, my bad...
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[OH GEEZ. TOOK HER LONG ENOUGH]
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What can I say, I really needed that beauty sleep.
I didn't miss out on anything epic, did I?
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You really missed out. It was awesome.
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WHY DO PEOPLE LOOK TERRIBLE ALL THE TIME. AND WHY ARE THEY WAKING UP WELL INTO THE AFTERNOON ]
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[Heather's a little too bleary to read anything into the appearance of this stranger on the network, so for now she'll just be squinting blearily at him in that universal Teenager Who Just Woke Up way.]
Yeah, well, that was the longest night I'VE ever had, so I'll call it mornin' if I damn well wanna.
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What happened, if you don't mind my asking? Did you appear far from the city you were last in? [ that qualifies as a long night, right? ]
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... But no, I woke up in bed.
That answer your questions?
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You made it.
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Sure did. Just took my time, s'all.
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[But his remark about getting back first makes her squint thoughtfully. ... Hadn't she seen...?]
... Y'know, I think you were in a dream of mine...
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