Issue 1 Downtime

Vertie moved through the University girl's dorm halls. Hannah was a girl's name so Vertie figured her dorm room door would have some sort of decorative name "thingie", at least that's what the high school girls did.

One of the doors had a stack of books next to it. There was a note that said "Get rid of these - Murphy", but who it was addressed to was a mystery.

Above the stack of books was a nameplate for "Hannah Murphy".

Apparently, college girls where too mature for glitter and pom-poms, not that Vertie herself had anything like that on her door. She took a breath and knocked on the door as she fished into her pocket.

There was the sounds of shuffling and things falling over. The door creaked open and Murphy looked up at her visitor. For some reason, the tall girl was crawling around the room on her hands and feet.

"Hello."

Hannah would get a warm cozy sensation while looking at Vertie and she herself tilted her head in slight confusion as she spoke, college students are weird. "Umm...yeah...last night...or this morning...this is for you. A girl classmate, high school, gave me this for you...though I don't think she was all there when she did." Vertie handed over the envelope.

Murphy takes it and smiles. There was something about the young girl that made her happy. If she was shifted, she would probably be wagging her tail.

"Thank you," Murphy says. She inspects the envelope. No return address.

"Who was it?"

"I don't know her name but she was shorter then me, brown hair, pigtails...kinda "nice" looking, fun...bouncy like...but I don't think it was "her" that gave it to me. She called me "child" and "dear", I mean, she was obviously my age." Vertie looked at the envelope in Hannah's hands, there was a rise of primal "don't trust it" and "caution" from the younger girl that Murphy would "feel". "Just...be careful, 'kay?"

Murphy?

"Yes," Murphy says. "Appreciated."

"Murphy."

Vertie watched a moment, getting a strong "feel" from Murphy. It was a familiar sensation she got from Gar in regards to herself. "Sister...your little sister." She blinked and smiled realizing she just "read" the other girl, marking her as a shifter. "Sorry." The "warm and cozy" would lessen for Murphy now that Vertie was focused. "I should get back to my room before my brother comes looking for me. He can be a worrywart. See ya!"

"Bye," Murphy says, waving a little bit. She watches the girl leave and then sits down to open the envelope.

Inside is a piece of paper that reads:

"Then shall happen what seems great tidings: The Wolf shall swallow the sun;
and this shall seem to men a great harm. Then the other wolf shall seize the moon,
and he also shall work great ruin: the stars shall vanish from the heavens"

Murphy frowns. That didn't sound like her sister at all.

Worrying.