[Hange looks reputable enough today, which. Is not always the case. She's standing under the small awning peoplewatching, and traffic watching; when she spots Stanford she makes her way over and links her arm in his.]
You can't hint at things like that and then not tell me! [She laughs.] Walk it? It's nice today.
[It's wet and chilly, with a porridge of fallen leaves piling up in the gutters and autumn crispness to the air: nice!]
[Ford laughs it off, ha ha ha the cult of Nyarlathotep is always recruiting high schoolers for the summer, and has known Zoe long enough that he doesn't shake her arm off.]
I agree completely.
[It isn't storming or snowing and he still has feeling in all of his limbs! That's nice weather.]
So, what else did your contact say about this portal?
It's in the back room, she's gonna make off with the keys, something that looks like a cat followed her out. Cats! You know! Ha ha ha!
[Cats are sometimes help and sometimes trouble and sometimes both at once. The universe loves cats?]
They weren't good photos, but I can't blame the woman. The sun looked green if it was a sun. At least where the portal opens out, it looks mostly covered in ocean, not quite proper ocean. The cat's actually full of tentacles, but seems to be behaving itself and she wants to keep it?
Oh, she's doing all right -- at least in school and her extracurriculars.
[More soberly:]
But her teeth are coming in, and there are other changes that are a little harder to explain. I wouldn't be surprised if her gills were already functional.
Is that not all right? I mean, she has her mom's side of the family, right? Or she will...
[The fish keep to themselves once they're fully transformed. In spite of wanting to Hange has never seen one, just the interim cases. Seems like they look after their own though.]
Oh, they'll welcome her home, all right, but I don't think she's ready to give up team sports! She grew up in Arkham, and there's a lot that she isn't ready to say goodbye to.
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You wouldn't believe me if I told you.
[And then the ominous tone is gone, replaced with cheer.]
Anyway, be there in a minute!
[Beep!
He'll be outside the Dunkin a few minutes later, in his usual sweater and overcoat.]
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You can't hint at things like that and then not tell me! [She laughs.] Walk it? It's nice today.
[It's wet and chilly, with a porridge of fallen leaves piling up in the gutters and autumn crispness to the air: nice!]
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I agree completely.
[It isn't storming or snowing and he still has feeling in all of his limbs! That's nice weather.]
So, what else did your contact say about this portal?
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[Cats are sometimes help and sometimes trouble and sometimes both at once. The universe loves cats?]
They weren't good photos, but I can't blame the woman. The sun looked green if it was a sun. At least where the portal opens out, it looks mostly covered in ocean, not quite proper ocean. The cat's actually full of tentacles, but seems to be behaving itself and she wants to keep it?
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It puts on a little robe, draws a sigil in its litter box, and summons Cat-thulhu?
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I want to see Cat-thulhu...
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That'd really be something.
[fortunately, cat-thulhu doesn't exist.
....probably.]
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[Hange lets out a snorting giggle. That’s so silly.]
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Is he dreaming in a sunbeam, or on top of the newspaper?
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[Doesn't even matter that that's his ex. Still gonna make fun of him.]
Or Myag-Sototh?
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[Hee hee hee.]
Would you say you’re more of an eldritch horror god dog person, or an eldritch horror god cat person?
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[More soberly:]
But her teeth are coming in, and there are other changes that are a little harder to explain. I wouldn't be surprised if her gills were already functional.
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[The fish keep to themselves once they're fully transformed. In spite of wanting to Hange has never seen one, just the interim cases. Seems like they look after their own though.]
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