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Xu nodded quickly, clearly knowledgeable of the state Saieve was in. He went up towards one of the many aisle of game that lined the refrigerated rows. There, he gazed down at a full turkey, or a portion of game (deer). After a while's thought, he picked up the turkey, and with much effort, was able to place it into the cart he had brought along from the entrance.

"This should be enough, right?" Xu asked Saieve as he began pushing the cart to reception. I hope I have enough money for this... Then, again, it wasn't Thanksgiving, so it shouldn't be too expensive.

((For the lulz and movement. You can read about Marie's half-siblings Jacques le Roache in the Outlander's thread in the 27 subforum and Pierre le Roache in the Forest Green Forest in the Odyssey into Madness subforum.))

Adela paid for the turkey - she had brought her wallet on the mission out of habit. It seemed that it was lucky for everyone that she'd done so.

The group headed straight for the van once they finished paying for the turkey. "Uh, I guess we'll leave you to it." She started to pull Xu to the front of the van (she sat in the driver's seat). I doubt he wants us watching him eat. She didn't really want to watch him eat in any case.

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Hiding beneath the van was a little insect. This was a tenacious little bug who called herself Marie le Roache. Not that any dumb human would know or understand.

Now she'd been trying to find a way into the grocery store for food, but she found this trio of humans more interesting. Sheesh, I wonder how bad Jacques would react to seeing these three. She remembered her half-brother Jacques - he'd been a little obsessive over people. Her antennae twitched. Creepy. I don't see what all the fuss is about.

But she had to admit that these humans were different from the average being. Hm. Well I got nothing better to do. And it beats fighting off the other roaches. She'd apparently gotten her mother's beauty and roaches were always trying to flirt with her - she was not like her mother in throwing herself to the nearest roach. Oh HELL no. I must remember to find out what hell is...

She'd only heard the phrase "hell" used by the walking towers. Must be some sort of slang.

But that wasn't the point. The point was that she was unavailable and she'd remain unavailable. She did NOT want to spend the rest of her life popping out maggots. All she wanted was to read books. She liked books. Although the humans were highly egotistical in writing about themselves, they did happen to have the occasional good idea (the encyclopedo? Enclyclopedi? Encyclopedia!). I wish I was at the library.

Oh look, a roach was approaching her. ...s**t. She didn't know what that word meant either. But from the way humans used it, it seemed to be used in unpleasant situations.

The turkey had made barely any difference. It hadn't been fresh enough to satisfy his Hunger beyond stopping him from actually considering killing his companions, but that was enough for the moment. They needed to get back to base.

They hit the road. In ten minutes they would return to base. Conversations should be had in that time.

"A little better." Saieve answered without lifting his head. He was sitting in the back of the van and staring at his hands.
"It kept me from actually considering trying to eat you two..." he added quietly, more of an acknowledgment to himself than a statement directed at Xu.

Adela did not enjoy the drive back to base - she wasn't sure if Saieve would wake up and kill them without a moment's notice. And that would suck.

So when it became time to sleep, she was more than ready to go visit dreamland. The night felt short but she was fully rested in the morning. The summoning, however, made her lose any good mood she might have had. Schraeder better be there.

With her traditional morning coffee in hand, she said her good mornings to the group. Seeing Johann's sadness, she asked, "What's got you so down?" She also looked around for the friendly flirt (Schraeder). "And where's Schraeder?"

"WHAT!?" Adela was not at all happy that Schraeder's operation did not go well. Her hands had nerves popping out in frightening detail. There was also a nerve popping out of the side of her head. Okay no. Calm down. This is not Johann's fault. And he looks like he's taking a bad beating. As much as she was infuriated with Agent R on Schraeder's behalf and wanted to march out and give R a piece of her mind, she felt like she needed to help Johann with his wounds.

Letting out a long sigh, she got her anger under control and gave a pained smile. "Okay. Since there's nothing I can do for Schraeder right now, do you mind me helping you out? Your bruises look bad." She'd already raised her hands to place them at the sides of his face. "Please? They look terrible." She looked completely sincere; this was not some sort of revenge for what was happening to Schraeder (her revenge would be extracted on Agent R).

((One of those doctors had better be Effinsuite!))

Saieve stood back from everybody else, remaining quietly and looking down at his hands as he fiddled with them. There was obviously something on his mind.