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[worksmart]

[It's dark outside but lights hang from the vaulted roof and reflect stained-glass colours in kaleidoscope patterns across the pews. Chase sits in one empty corner and sweeps tinted purple-red-green hair out of his eyes. He's looking up to the altar end of the Cathedral without bringing anything into focus, face turned upwards in an expression more

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[byweavinglives]

An interesting night to be praying, Robert.

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[worksmart]

[From the background noises, he's out of the doors by now.]

A Sunday? Not that unusual.

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[byweavinglives]

Are you teasing me?

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[worksmart]

[The warmth that returns to his voice suggests a yes.]

I wasn't praying.

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[worksmart]

[There's no reply until he's left, but the return is soft, too.]

Hi.

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[worksmart]

Grabbing a bite. [This is both casual and honest. He's not concentrating enough to hear nuances.] From somewhere that doesn't take that as a pun. How about you?

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[adamantined]

[A connection clicks on, but after a couple of minutes of silence, it disconnects.]

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[adamantined]

[It's not on purpose that she's lagging behind Ginny in getting down to the Square - realizing halfway there that you've suddenly lost the ability to communicate with everyone ever just calls for forced pit stops - but it is on purpose that she is taking the long way getting there, which is why she is prepared. Somewhere outside the Cathedral, Claire has stopped with her long coat belted and a white board that reads in black marker:]

HELLO.

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[worksmart]

[There is an uncostumed doctor, here. He's been hanging around the quieter edges of the square for a while now, feeling like the vagrant peering into other people's warmly lit windows. He hasn't strayed far from the Cathedral, though, and is making his way back past it when he spots her. And her sign. And her glow.]

Wow. [Startled deer caught in fairy-headlights. That skirt is probably shorter than she meant it to be.] Wow. I mean...

[Blink.]

Hi.

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[adamantined]

[It is definitely shorter than she meant it to be but paying off in unexpectedly but admittedly satisfactory ways, though she is wishing that this thing didn't come with its own nightlight, which seems to get somewhat brighter now, much to her annoyance... which only makes it brighter. Claire erases her first message and scribbles out another:]

WHAT WERE YOU

[A finger held up. Lips pinched over both a scowl and smile. Wait. Claire erases the board with the heel of her hand, which is going to turn black very soon, but what can you do? She writes quickly, so that her usually neat writing is sloppy.]

NO COSTUME? UNFAIR.

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[primrosella]

[Here's Rosella, peering at her network device in such a way that the crown on her head is visible, as is the beginnings of a bruise on her cheek.]

Dr. Chase?

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[worksmart]

[He blinks down at his device, one arm raised to push through the wooden doors.]

Hi.

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[primrosella]

Happy Halloween.

[She hesitates a little.]

Er....are you all right?

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[worksmart]

[Pause as he lifts the device up, turning to frame himself with the nondescript background of the church wall.]

I'm fine. [Frowning through the screen at her though. He indicates the same spot on his face as the one purpling on hers.] Are you?

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[as_damaged]

Happy Halloween.

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[worksmart]

Happy halloween. Hi.

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[as_damaged]

Hi.

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[worksmart]

Hey. Planning on going out, tonight?