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[freckleddoll]

Well...this is some way to celebrate bein' 'ere for a whole year. Can't believe it's been that long, even if it seems longer sometimes.

[She's sitting on a sofa with Tiger on her lap, trying to keep him from licking at the device and sounding a little bit bitter, unusually enough for her.] Shh, 's alright, boy.Still can't understand what's '

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[innocentxcharm]

I'm safe!

[freckleddoll]

'ey, Florian. It's good to 'ear that you are. Stayin' somewhere inside then?

[innocentxcharm]

Yeah, I'm stayin' home right now. I saw lotsa sheep outside though!

[freckleddoll]

You stay right at 'ome then, alright? I know there's sheep outside but they ain't safe.

[srsbusinessk]

Wow. A year, huh? And even you don't know what's going on. [There's a playful smile here.]

[ Private ]

..Do you know already? About..Anna, I mean.

[freckleddoll]

Yeah, a year exactly if I'm countin' right. An' I don't...we've never 'ad this 'appen before.

[ Private ]

I do. 'eard someone mention it on the Network - don't think 'e meant most people to be able to 'ear it though.

[srsbusinessk]

..Is this the sort of thing you're supposed to celebrate? It's technically an anniversary, but... [And there's a shrug] Well, stay inside anyway. These things are spreading some kind of virus.

[ Private ]

You would've found out eventually anyway. ..How're you holding up?

[freckleddoll]

Celebratin' is better'n cryin' over it. A year 'ere an' I'm still alive an' mostly alright. But yeah, I ain't steppin' outside 'til it's over.

[ Private ]

Would 'ave. Used to meet up a lot. ...guess I should be used to people leavin' by now, but I ain't, not really. An' knowin' what it was like for 'er back 'ome...

[hushed_observer]

Its..its not something you'd want to see..

The sheep aren't normal.

[freckleddoll]

Yeah, don't even want to know what's goin' on. Ain't natural. ...not that most things 'ere are.

[hushed_observer]

It isn't...

It seems a bit more unnatural than most things though..

[freckleddoll]

Don't know what the deities were thinkin' this time...

[horrible_penny]

[Penny is actually home, which consequently means that the duck and six sheep are also in the apartment and not hanging out at the Center. The sheep, fortunately, are still normal. This isn't keeping them from nibbling on the odd bedsheet, but they're not trying to eat anyone. Penny also happens to be camped out by the window, holding her tranquilizer gun like a security blanket (although she has had the gun since Christmas, it doesn't make many appearances; the killer sheep, however, seem to warrant it).]

They're not even trying to get in. I don't get it.

[pause]

That's good--I'm not complaining. But it's strange. ...Maybe the City's giving you a break on your anniversary?

[freckleddoll]

[After leaving her post on the Network, Doll joins Penny near the window, peering outside.]

Really is weird...an' I don't think it's that.

[pulling Tiger away from the window before he gets a chance to jump up and start barking.]

[horrible_penny]

[She leaves the window. There's not much to see--nothing that she cares to see, anyway.]

Then what is it? The other sheep, maybe?

[freckleddoll]

[Doll sets Tiger down, looking a little bit anxiously at one of the sheep taste-testing a tablecloth.]

Could be. Or...

I really don't know.