A Hot Breakfast
Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 11:22 pmAltamira Vasquez came down a bit early to get her seat at the table for breakfast the next morning. Can't miss breakfast, after all.
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A Hot Breakfast
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Posted: Thu Nov 08, 2012 11:22 pmRe: A Hot Breakfast
Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 5:19 pmOddly there is a covered dish already laid out for her. Only her.
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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 6:12 pm"Excellent," she said, opening it.
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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 6:26 pmThe horrible, rotten smell that erupts from within is outdone only be the sight that greets her. There, neatly arranged in a macabre mockery of elegance, are two dead bluebirds, maggots spilling from their open bellies. Centered between them is the small ceramic figure of a couple dancing.
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Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 9:29 pmMira blinked. And then blinked again.
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 11:38 amIt's still there alright. Only now the birds are on fire.
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 3:09 pm"This...this isn't what I ordered." she said, recoiling.
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 3:22 pmThe entire plate becomes a gout of flame screaming towards the ceiling. A burning arm reaches for her out of the fire.
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 3:50 pmNot thinking, Mira bats at the arm, trying to knock it away.
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 4:47 pmIt grabs onto her arm, burning her with its touch.
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 5:25 pmAnd Altamira shrieked, pulling herself backwards.
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 5:38 pmInstantly everything is as it was when she had sat down, minus the covered dish.
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Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2012 7:07 pm"...OK, then..." she said, shaken.
A Cold Breakfast
Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 1:46 pmShortly afterwards, Steve entered the ballroom.
"You... okay Miss Vasquez?" he asked with genuine concern as he took his seat.
"You... okay Miss Vasquez?" he asked with genuine concern as he took his seat.
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 2:42 pm"...yes. Yes, I am fine," she said, carefully.
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 4:39 pm"You sure? You look... nevermind."
He glanced back to the doorway.
He glanced back to the doorway.
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 4:48 pm"I look what?" she snapped. "Out with it."
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 4:50 pm"Like you saw something."
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 4:54 pm"I have no idea what you're talking about."
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 5:02 pm"This place doesn't scare you?"
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 5:04 pmMiss McManus made her way into the dining room. She looked jittery, as if she hadn't slept well.
For the first time that most guests had seen, her hair was down.
For the first time that most guests had seen, her hair was down.
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 6:50 pm"There's nothing to be frightened of here. Nothing."
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Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2012 7:00 pmMiss McManus blinked as she spotted Altamira.
"...Miss Vazquez?"
"...Miss Vazquez?"
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Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 2:51 pm"Ms. McManus," she acknowledged.
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Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 2:54 pm"You're... you're okay?"
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Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 3:35 pm"I'm ~fine~."
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Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 3:39 pm"Then that wasn't y-"
She paused.
"...nevermind. Of course it wasn't."
She paused.
"...nevermind. Of course it wasn't."
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Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 4:05 pm"Of course."
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Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 4:41 pmNailah enters the room and wordlessly drifts over to the breakfast buffet.
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Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 4:54 pm"I'm... sorry to have bothered you."
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Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2012 4:57 pmSteve sat quietly, wondering just how to ask Miss Vasquez what the year was.
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Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 7:42 pmAfter getting some food Nailah walks over to the table and sits down, mustering a weak smile to the others.
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Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 9:21 pmSomeone may notice that Miss Weinrich's place-card is suspiciously absent.
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Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 9:38 pm"...suppose they didn't put them all out yet," Miss McManus said, quirking a brow.
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Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2012 10:03 pm"I don't think that's it at all..." she says, looking around the room nervously.
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Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 1:51 pm"You don't think..." Steve gulped.
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Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 3:16 pm"It's... it's just a place card."
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Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 4:46 pm"Is anything here just anything?"
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Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 4:39 pmA shadow shifts somewhere above.
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Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 4:55 pmNailah flinches and looks around nervously.
"N-no, it isn't." At this point she's done pretending things are fine, even towards Miss Vasquez.
"N-no, it isn't." At this point she's done pretending things are fine, even towards Miss Vasquez.