Run run run, as fast as you can. You can't catch me...

by **Nina Madaraki** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 5:36 pm

Nina snorts, "Yeah, and I never was in Bolivia during the assassination of the prime minister. Gimme a break."

Nina crouches down, looking under the bed.

by **Will Stanton** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 5:37 pm

The normal things. Some shoes, maybe a pair of socks, a cheezy airport romance novel, some lint.

by **Nina Madaraki** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 5:42 pm

"Oh, man!" Nina says, grabbing the romance novel, "I love these things!"

by **Janice Gilbertson** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 5:45 pm

"Hey! I haven't... er... finished that one yet!"

by **Nina Madaraki** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 5:47 pm

"I'm just looking," Nina opens the cover, "You know, you should really put your name in these things. That way if you lose it, someone knows where to return it to."

Nina takes a sharpie from her belt and writes "Property of Janice Gilbertson".

"There we go!"

by **Will Stanton** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 7:26 pm

Nice big bold letters, too -- good penmanship.

by **Janice Gilbertson** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 7:26 pm

"Are you always this... stuff-touchy?"

by **Nina Madaraki** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 7:29 pm

"My personnel file says I have boundary issues," Nina says, "I think they're just mad because I stole some of the counselor's blood."

Nina flips through the book briefly, scanning through the pages.

by **Will Stanton** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 7:36 pm

The first pages were all pretty authentic to the source material -- Will had, perhaps, flipped through the book at an airport, or at least one like it.

Any analysis of the characters, however, would not them becoming more and more like XU people as the book kept going -- a battle between three women for the heart of a man, or some such pap. It wasn't very well written, but then again, neither was the beginning.

by **Nina Madaraki** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 7:37 pm

"Not the best I've ever read," Nina says, handing it over to Janice, "You sure Will isn't in here?"

by **Janice Gilbertson** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 7:38 pm

"How many times are you going to ask? He's not here." She said, holding the book.

by **Nina Madaraki** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 7:40 pm

"Fine," Nina says, "But I'm watching you."

Nina points at her eyes and back at Janice as she backs away. Then she turns into a mass of spider-like probes that scurry out of the window.

by **Janice Gilbertson** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 7:41 pm

"...great."

by **Will Stanton** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 8:09 pm

"Is it safe?"

by **Janice Gilbertson** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 9:22 pm

"Oh I don't know, what do you want to lay odds on whether she comes in through the plumbing next?"

by **Will Stanton** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 9:48 pm

"I could go check that out," the book said.

by **Janice Gilbertson** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 10:19 pm

"...should I put you down?"

by **Will Stanton** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 10:20 pm

Books can't shrug.

"Eh, whatever."

by **Janice Gilbertson** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 10:21 pm

"It'd just make it easier for you to shift back," she said, setting the book on the floor.

by **Will Stanton** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 10:24 pm

"Depends on how big I shifted to," Will pointed out, shifting back to normal size, sitting cross legged on Janice's floor.

by **Janice Gilbertson** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 12:36 pm

"Just easier to talk to you this way, you know?"

by **Will Stanton** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 1:00 pm

"If you say so," Will nods. "There's a comfort thing there, I understand."

by **Janice Gilbertson** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 1:11 pm

"I can't believe she wrote on you. Is she usually this loopy?"

by **Will Stanton** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 1:19 pm

"When we were experimenting with me absorbing biological patterns, she took a hit of LSD. She once stunned me and shoved me into a jar.

Yes, she is always this loopy."

by **Janice Gilbertson** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 1:20 pm

"...and they let her be a SHIELD agent?"

by **Will Stanton** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 1:27 pm

"Hey, SHIELD's methods are...unorthadox, but they do, generally, have our best interests in mind.

They just do those things with crazy people."

by **Janice Gilbertson** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 1:29 pm

"And I thought working with Mister Wisdom was bad..."

by **Will Stanton** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 1:33 pm

"Well, it is. Nina doesn't actively hit on everyone in sight."

by **Janice Gilbertson** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 1:43 pm

"...what, you too?"

by **Will Stanton** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 1:47 pm

"Yeah," he said, shifting genders as she sat on the floor. "I don't think he's particularly choosy. I wouldn't be surprised if he hit on Ryan, as well."

by **Janice Gilbertson** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 2:30 pm

"He's like James Bond crawled into a bottle of vodka and never came back out."

by **Will Stanton** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 2:34 pm

"That is exactly what he is like," she laughed, clapping her hands. "Got it in one."

by **Janice Gilbertson** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 2:35 pm

"Anyway... I guess you want to wait a bit before you go home?"

by **Will Stanton** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 2:39 pm

"I'm good chilling here for now, if that's what you mean," Will smiled.

by **Janice Gilbertson** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 2:42 pm

"Well I mean she's totally watching to see if you walk out, right?"

by **Will Stanton** » Wed Aug 14, 2013 2:44 pm

"Oh, probably. Probably watching the windows, too. Maybe even the drains, like you said."

by **Janice Gilbertson** » Thu Aug 15, 2013 4:16 pm

"So maybe we need to smuggle you out..."

by **Will Stanton** » Thu Aug 15, 2013 4:18 pm

"If you think that's wise!" Will nodded. "It could totally work.

I'm not supposed to leave campus, though. Security orders."

by **Janice Gilbertson** » Thu Aug 15, 2013 4:20 pm

"Doesn't mean I can't get you back to your wife, eh?"

by **Will Stanton** » Fri Aug 16, 2013 12:57 pm

"If she's around, of course. She's a very busy woman. So, you know, there's no rush. I mean, technically, according to the government, we're not even married," Will joked.

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