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Holly runs as fast as she can but the demon's faster. She has no idea where Lightning's gotten to; maybe he found a tree to climb. She on the other hand has been diverted into a treeless hill and she's careening down a slope, trying very hard not to trip.
And the demon's gaining on her.
She's never seen anything like it and neither has Crystal; maybe Book knows what it is but Book's asleep. It's mostly mouth - it looks like a cross between a floorlength mirror of a mouth and a snake to propel the mouth along.
And Holly's not fast enough.
The mouth catches her.
But it doesn't hurt.
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with Minus (kappa)
with Mark (kappa)
with Max (Benedict)
in Terraria (kappa)
with Emma (Marri)
with Erin (Rockeye)
Holly runs as fast as she can but the demon's faster. She has no idea where Lightning's gotten to; maybe he found a tree to climb. She on the other hand has been diverted into a treeless hill and she's careening down a slope, trying very hard not to trip.
And the demon's gaining on her.
She's never seen anything like it and neither has Crystal; maybe Book knows what it is but Book's asleep. It's mostly mouth - it looks like a cross between a floorlength mirror of a mouth and a snake to propel the mouth along.
And Holly's not fast enough.
The mouth catches her.
But it doesn't hurt.
Where are we?
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with Minus (kappa)
with Mark (kappa)
with Max (Benedict)
in Terraria (kappa)
with Emma (Marri)
with Erin (Rockeye)
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"Shall we have lunch in the meantime, Crystal, Lightning?"
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They follow crowds of suited office workers heading in the same direction. "This paper is money, by the way. I'm not sure if you use paper money in your world." She names the denominations.
The cafeteria itself is a large open space taking up most of the basement. It's very crowded, this being lunch hours. There might be as many as a thousand people here.
Past the check-in area, there are tall piles of plates and cups, and lines of counters serving all sorts of things. "The way it works is you pay to get in and then can eat as much as you like. You're not supposed to bring any food with you when you leave, though."
She pays in and hands them the remainder of their food budget. "You can't eat here for every meal on that budget, but just once is fine."
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"You can get bread, fruit, vegetables, some spices, medium amounts of meat and cheese. It's not a tiny budget, it just won't sustain restaurants and cafeterias for every meal."
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"I know a little," Lightning says. "I can teach you a couple things before I go home. I guess if everyone has to have a place to sleep you might as well all have kitchens too?"
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Erin's done eating. She won't mind if the others go back for seconds or thirds, though.
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"Here we are. Your keys open the gate, and then they have your apartment's number printed on them. You're qualified for three months of welfare until you need to re-apply or find another apartment, by the way. Unless you still need me to translate some things, for food shopping or something, I think I'll go back to the temple. I've written out a map back to the temple if you want to talk to me again."
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"We'll show Book where it is when he wakes up," says Crystal. "It would be nice if you could write out a phrasebook for us."
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She pulls a little notebook and a pen from a pocket on her jacket and starts writing.
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