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[espigeonage]

[Forwards-dated to Wednesday the 9th. Have a mediocre quality cell phone picture of a running bat surrounded by legs, also blurred because nothing there was keeping still when this was taken.]

hey there';s a huge bat here is it like the mines? confirm deny red eyes its same size kids are chasing will follow.

[By "red eyes" he's meaning does it have those. (nope) He's texting on the move.]

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[goldenclothes]

That's the one that landed on my face while I was on my scooter!

[espigeonage]

On your face? Gah...

[goldenclothes]

Gave me a good scratch, too.

[ she rubs at her cheek, thinking about it... except, there's no scratch there.

...huh. ]

Well, I thought so, anyway.

Perhaps I ought to get it checked out just in case.

[espigeonage]

Like, claws, or teeth? You probably should, I know rabies are a thing, with bats.

[goldenclothes]

I had been meaning to go to the clinic... [ and she hasn't yet. bad girl. ]

....are you all seriously saying it might be Alexander?

[espigeonage]

Won't hurt, might help.

I don't know. Lyall says he smells like him, sort of. Might be other-Alex's pet or something? If it's him I hope he's a shapeshifter.

[goldenclothes]

Lyall did?

...now that I think about it... well, I can't be sure, but I do remember thinking something familiar...

Ah, anyway. It may or may not be. [ come on guys it's straight up vampire mythos that they turn into bats.

well, they used to. ]

I can't remember if he can or not.

[espigeonage]

Oh yeah? Another one for the Super Senses club, huh?

You can't "remember?"

[goldenclothes]

Hearing and smell so far. Lyall and I have- or will have- quite a bit in common.

Not yet, at least. If ever we discussed his powers, I haven't remembered them yet.

[espigeonage]

Aaah. Never a fun thing to find out...

Why wouldn't you remember something like that? [He sucks a breath in through clenched teeth as an ice pack rustles, but keeps talking.] Or do you mean the other you and the other him actually know each other?

[goldenclothes]

I've become resigned to it happening. [ like hell she'll make the same choices, though. she tells herself. ]

Ah, yes, that. We knew one another. [ she could check the ledger again... it's tempting to, but she doesn't think the single entry will bring light to anything. ] It's all very introductory still, though.

[espigeonage]

That's uh, huh. Must be interesting. Heard of it happening before. Wonder if it'll ever happen to me!

[goldenclothes]

I don't think I would have stayed if there weren't someone I knew involved. [ ...of course, alexander will be gone for a month... she doesn't really want to think about that, though. she'll be fine. he had a period of being on his own, too, didn't he? she'll be fine. ]

...I hope it wasn't him. I gave as good as I got.

[espigeonage]

Hmm. Well, we'll hope it's not.