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medigel rolled 1 8-sided dice:
8
Total: 8 (1-8)
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 Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 9:39 pm
Stormy crept along as quietly as she could, watching Candace take her coffee with some envy. That's right, load up on that milk and sugar, ma'am. Only way to make coffee taste good was to make it mostly not coffee.
. . . Man, she missed the cappuccino machine now.
Okay stop thinking of food and concentrate. Be patient. And don't you dare growl, stomach; dinner would come later.
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Eight rolled 1 20-sided dice:
7
Total: 7 (1-20)
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Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 9:44 pm
As Candace strolled from the main building to the dorms again she suddenly stopped and stared off in the distance.
She was looking toward the Life labs in particular.
There was a man walking out of the building, his focus entirely on a legal pad in his hands. Upon closer observation it was the division leader himself. Candace just watched him, her teeth pressed into her bottom lip. She took a step in his direction, another step, and another...and then she stopped. Her eyes suddenly widened and she looked completely disgusted with herself as she quickly turned away and practically ran in the direction of the dorms before the man could notice her.
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medigel rolled 1 8-sided dice:
3
Total: 3 (1-8)
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Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 10:03 pm
As Candace moved, her creeper kept her distance, slinking along the walls and keeping a diligent eye around for reflective surfaces that might give her away. Stormy was just using her compact to glance around the corner when--
--Oh gosh oh gosh that was, uh . . . That had to be Dr. H, right? Wait, what was that face miss Candace was . . . doing . . .
Stormy's kirakira feels kinda dropped. Okay, no, maybe she was just misinterpreting those expressions from afar. That had to be it. Because otherwise it didn't make sense.
< < You delude yourself into believing people are inherently good. > >
Thane's remark went unanswered for the sake of her concentration. It was just one thing, and who knew? Checking people out was okay if you were dating, right? Not like window shopping or anything, but acknowledging someone was cute . . . She had with Mr. Lex, after all (though hers was more of a oh my gosh he paid attention to me sort of fangirl crush).
Life people, honestly.
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Eight rolled 1 20-sided dice:
18
Total: 18 (1-20)
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Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 10:06 pm
Candace took a deep breath as she approached the dorms, sniffling slightly before she noticed the slight glare of..a light? It looked like something was reflecting onto the door...
She narrowed here eyes and slowly looked over her shoulder.
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medigel rolled 1 10-sided dice:
9
Total: 9 (1-10)
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Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 10:10 pm
She saw the glint of light hit Candace a split second before the hunter reacted. Cursing in Spanish, Stormy yanked the compact back and pressed herself to the wall, barely breathing. At least her body felt energized enough by the nerves to make a quick get away if she heard Candace approach.
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Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 10:24 pm
Hm...nothing? She had a hard time believing that but it didn't matter, she wanted to get out of public eye now.
Candace entered the building and slowly began to make her way down the long, long hall to the stairs. She was delaying the inevitable, she didn't want Dakota to see her like this.
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medigel rolled 1 8-sided dice:
1
Total: 1 (1-8)
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Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 10:42 pm
She waited and counted to twenty internally before checking again; coast clear. Really, she figured she should have quit while she was ahead, but . . . There were clearly some things she didn't know about her mentor that now piqued her curiosity.
Heel to toe, Stormy shadowed her once more, forgetting to congratulate herself for finally avoiding being caught.
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Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 10:43 pm
She sipped her coffee, hand shaking, and continued down the hall.
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medigel rolled 1 8-sided dice:
6
Total: 6 (1-8)
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Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 10:45 pm
Ugh she could smell the coffee from down here ugh so good.
You drink that coffee for them both, Miss Candace.
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Eight rolled 1 20-sided dice:
20
Total: 20 (1-20)
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Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 10:46 pm
There was a soft sniffing from Candace, and every now and then she had to stop and take a deep breath as if trying to cleanse herself of something. Her shoulders would shake, she would clear her throat. At one point she shook out her entire body like she was trying to rid herself of a bad feeling. "Stop being stupid, Candace," she whispered to herself, "you promised.."
She stopped.
She felt watched.
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medigel rolled 1 10-sided dice:
7
Total: 7 (1-10)
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Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 10:51 pm
The trainee squinted with some concern. She'd never seen Miss Candace look like that . . . Not to mention the ring, the Doctor . . . Something was up. And now she felt it was her duty to figure out what it was: a mixture of training and worried eavesdropping. She'd feel bad about it later.
For now, Stormy ducked behind a nearby pillar, glad she no longer had to worry about swaying long hair betraying her position.
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Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 10:58 pm
When she looked back there was no one there.
Was she just being paranoid? Her mascara seemed to have run slightly, something she quickly made an effort to fix before she continued down the hall at a slightly more hurried pace.
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medigel rolled 1 8-sided dice:
4
Total: 4 (1-8)
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Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 11:02 pm
Alright, girl. Deep breaths. You're on a roll.
Squaring her shoulders, Stormy crept along, keeping to corners in the growing shadows of the evening. Her target was now moving a bit faster, but she erred on the side of caution for now; Candace did, after all, cute a striking figure to her regardless of what she wore, so Stormy felt she was relatively easy to spot even from a distance.
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Eight rolled 1 20-sided dice:
5
Total: 5 (1-20)
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Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 11:03 pm
Candace made it to the stairs and started to climb them step by step, keeping slow and steady. She couldn't let Dakota see her like this.
At the top of the stairs she stopped, putting everything down to fix herself up. She took a compact out of her pocket and opened it, quickly just using her fingers to fix whatever makeup had run or smudged. It wouldn't be perfect but she wouldn't let Dakota see her at her worst. He would think something was up and he was already so torn up about what had happened with Clerise..
Sighing, Candace put her compact away. She looked down at her MREs.
"..I'm not hungry anymore..." There was a pause and she frowned. "I'll tell him I already ate. It's pretty easy to distract him." Candace picked up the coffee mug and one of the MRE packages, casually scooting the other one toward the steps with her foot until it slid down the stairs. She continued down the hall again.
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medigel rolled 1 8-sided dice:
8
Total: 8 (1-8)
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Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 11:46 pm
Miss Candace . . .
It was looking her in the face, and she didn't want to see it. Brows knit, Stormy hunched down and inched up the steps bird-like. She could stop herself at any point, but . . . Would she? That was the problem. Whatever this was was clearly personal and none of her concern, but it was also Miss Candace . . .
She promised herself she'd give her mentor a great big hug once this was done and over with.
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