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FTEC, Thursday (8/5)

Another Thursday, another day spent in partial bio-hazard gear; this time analyzing Karla's venom, instead of gremlin-saliva'd-blood-samples. Analyzing its exact chemical breakdown might lead to ideas about how to neutralize it.

The nurses weren't getting near her when she was this muttery over chemistry.

[OCD ~~on its way~~ up!]

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If you just need to get something fixed up fast. And a lollipop.

She's working on toxins, but she'll be happy to help.

Rosalind was leaning against the entryway, just inside the door, waiting patiently for the end of Scully's shift.

Her eyes were narrowed and in her hand was her gun. The way here had been perilous enough. Doing it all over again, while twilight fell, was going to be worse.

For all of that, she'd not leave her roommate to get back to safety on her own.

Scully was surprised to see Rosalind outside at the end of her shift; she'd heard rumors drifting in from the nurses, that something was going on outside, visible off and on. But no one had come in injured, so she hadn't taken it too seriously. Now she had to reconsider.

"Come to take me to dinner, or is something wrong?" she asked, reaching for her jacket.

Rosalind's eyes were focused. Moreso than usual.

"This morning giant bugs began appearing on the island," she replied, standing up straight and glancing back at Scully. "I've spotted a few humanoid monsters. They've got hooks and are inclined to attack."

And she hated this last bit the most:

"Parts of the island appear to be disappearing, as well. There's strength in numbers."

And, well, Rosalind would've worried. Not that she'd admit that.

Scully froze for a moment, then checked her gun in her holster, pulse speeding up. "Parts of the island itself? Which parts?" She shut the door behind her, then opened it and ducked her head in, fast. "You guys be careful going home. There's another weirdness happening out here. Stick together, okay?"

A chorus of 'sure's and 'get going!' hit her, and Scully exited again, one hand on her weapon as she joined Rosalind. "Does anyone know why this is happening yet?" she asked.

"The gym," she replied, glancing out the door to see if she spotted anything. "Taste of Thai. A fair bit of the town has been disappearing. I've seen fewer people around today than usual as well."

That was disturbing; not just places, maybe, but the people in them. Scully was glancing around her too, and said, "Would taking a rickshaw help? Do we know if the cabins are safe?"

The dorm had always seemed very safe; Ino had said so, over and over. Scully had assumed that applied to the cabins too, but now she wasn't so sure. If the gym had just vanished....

"The dorms would be more secure," she replied. "Presumably."

It was hard to say.

"Do you know the number for the rickshaw service?"

"No," Scully admitted. "I haven't had to use it before. Let's grab the first one we see, though."

But of course, there weren't any in sight just then. Scully swallowed and concentrated on just moving forward, studying the landscape for other recent changes, hand gripping her sidearm. "You said-- monsters?"

Rosalind was more composed. Of course, she'd also already come this way once today.

"Humanoid," she said, "but changed. They're fast and in my estimation are lethal if underestimated. You'll recognize them when you see them. The giant roaches are distressing--they're nearly two feet in length--but they're easily dealt with."

Those, at least, were the ones that could hurt you.

"Two-foot roaches, whose good idea is that?" Scully muttered under her breath, eyes scanning in front of them, back and forth. She could see the outline where the gym was supposed to be, and it was definitely unnerving to see it gone.

Something skittered in an alley off to the left, and she tightened her grip on her weapon.

Something skittered and then more somethings skittered.

"We should run," Rosalind said abruptly. "Otherwise we're slow enough for more of them to notice our presence."

And she couldn't slip around and sneak around while corralling her roommate.

Scully said nothing, just unholstered her weapon, keeping the safety on, and started to run, jaw set.

Rosalind kept pace easily, eyes peeled for any signs of danger, and almost glad for the tension crawling down her spine.

It felt a bit like home.

The monsters were different and the disappearances were definitely new, but the danger and need to keep her guard up, watching everything? Was very very home-like.

That familiarity would probably be why Rosalind spotted the hook first as it came down viciously in their path. Shoving Scully roughly--no time to be gentle--out of the way, Rosalind found that she felt good.

"See," she said, ducking another swing and sounding unruffled. "Monster."

Now to shoot it...

"Ow!" That would be Scully hitting the pavement, and then being very glad she was just shoved. She'd kept hold of her gun, so she started firing from the ground, reflexively, even as part of her mind was yelling, OH MY GOD WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?

"Rosalind! Duck!"

Rosalind didn't stop to question the order, ducking and rolling the moment the words registered.

A gigantic roach had just launched itself off a fire escape toward Rosalind, and Scully shot it as it was falling, deflecting it sideways. Getting to her feet, she kept firing and backing away, then yelled, "Center of the street and run!"

Getting to her feet was merely an extension of her roll and Rosalind's hand snapped out, the ground around her feet glowing green for a split second, and then a fireball was hurtling towards the roaches.

Materia. Useful thing, that.

Now they could run, and she did, taking off and fully expecting Scully to keep up.

Which she did, despite being smaller. When you're tiny, you make up for it by knowing how to pour on the speed.

"Did something... trade buildings... for insects?" she panted as they headed for a corner, and veered toward the cabins, across the park. "Bad... trade."

There was a shadow darting across their path, and Scully froze a moment, pointing her gun at it, squinting. "What the--?"

"Shadow," Rosalind snapped. "Keep moving. There's a few of them about but they do nothing."

Nothing but freak them out.

"Behind you!" The hook, however, was more than a shadow.

Scully whirled and shot before even thinking about it, then gaped, even as she kept shooting.

A grotesque human figure dressed in a pink twin-set swung from a low branch, aimed another hook at her head and hissed. It looked like the second week of radiation exposure -- mixed with someone who wanted to create a hook-handed snaggle-toothed zombie. She shot on automatic when it took another swing at her.

Rosalind fired off two quick shots, well aimed, while keeping her attention on their surroundings.

She didn't spot any more bugs, but it was getting dark. Harder to see them then.

The whatever-it-was fell out of the tree when Scully's bullets hit her chest, and Scully swallowed back bile, moving so her back was to Rosalind's. "Run again?" she whispered, looking around. Nothing close by, as she judged it. Just now, nowhere felt safe.

"Run," she said firmly, taking off. "Cabins first, then move to the dorms?"

She wasn't staying in the cabins when the base security of the dorms was much higher.

Scully nodded, feet pounding the pavement. Too many entrances in the cabins, too many people spread out, and they could get a head-count when they were somewhere central. "Works for me," Scully said, then gritted her teeth and concentrated on running.

Back around 7pm EST! Viva la BDE!

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