[text, handwritten]

[sugarslice]

[ working at a grocery store means working christmas day. working at a bed and breakfast means working christmas night. working, in this case, means being sociable with a pleasant-enough elderly couple who lost their condo in the earthquake and are rolling in enough dough to stay at a b&b for now.

after everything is cleaned up and put away, angeline squirrels away to her room, only to experience the hollowing sensation of an echo before she gets inside. perplexed and just the slightest bit concerned, she continues to her bedroom, only to find a set of clothes lying haphazardly on her bed. given that her room is locked in her absence, their appearance strikes her as doubly odd.

was it... blood keys? the only other time she had experienced that hollowing sensation had been in their presence. she nervously creeps to the window, as if she could detect an intruder if there were one, but comes up with nothing. she searches the room, but finds nothing missing.

finally, she glances at her notebook.

grabbing it and a pen, she leans against the headrest of her bed and writes her network number down.

in slanted script: ]

Someone left some clothes on my bed. They must have done it within the last hour because the clothes weren't there the last time. Is this the work of Blood Keys?

Are any of you Blood Keys?

Sorry, I'm new.

Comments

[sugarslice]

Only perverts hide in people's closets! I'm going to call the police. They'll get your DNA sample and find you.

[ though the idea is tempting, she is, at the moment, more bark than bite. ]

[grannyfucker]

Well then you might as well go call the cops on Santa too, because I'm pretty sure sneaking into people's homes late at night, eating their food, and leaving 'surprises' for little children is something only perverts do too!

[sugarslice]

Everyone knows Santa isn't real.

[ unicorn, tho. ]

[grannyfucker]

And it's that kind of lack of imagination from our youth today that is crippling the American school system and sending this country into ruins!

[sugarslice]

It'd reflect even more poorly on the school system if people graduated still believing in Santa Claus!

[grannyfucker]

Only an America-hating filthy commie would ever say that!

[sugarslice]

I bet you didn't even graduate!

[grannyfucker]

Graduate? I'll have you know, not only have I graduated, but I teach now too!

[sugarslice]

I guess I wasn't clear. I meant graduate from high school.

[ she wouldn't dream of being this mean-spirited in person. ]

[grannyfucker]

[it's okay, neither would jovan]

Obviously. What did you think I was talking about?

Are you sure you've graduated high school? You might benefit from double checking, since I know it can be hard sometimes to think these things through.

[sugarslice]

No one in their right mind would employ someone like you to teach. Unless the class you're teaching is How to be Unlikable.

Of course I did.

[grannyfucker]

Well, either you're full of shit, or everyone at LCU is two crayons short of a full set.

[sugarslice]

Oops. It looks like you've confused high school and university.

[grannyfucker]

No, it just means I'm too good to teach in high school.

I only let those old enough to not get me arrested suck from my teat of knowledge.

[sugarslice]

[ she makes a face. ]

More like the board probably saw how perverse you are and banned you.

[ and in the event that jovan is looking at other replies, then he might see that she's given her first name here. ]

[grannyfucker]

[and indeed he is, even though I was only doing so sporadically myself so when he spots the name 'Angeline' he pauses for a moment. This can't be the same Angeline, can it? Surely there are hundreds, maybe thousands, of other Angelines in Locke.]

They would've, if I hadn't taken my overflowing knowledge teats to a place where I knew they would be appreciated in the first place!

[sugarslice]

So LCU has no standards. That's good to know.

[grannyfucker]

Hey now, there's no need to be rude!

Have you no respect for the educational institutions and pillars of knowledge that uphold the very foundations of our culture and civilization?

[sugarslice]

I do You are so full of it.

[ >:(!!!! ]

[grannyfucker]

I know, it's because I'm so full of respect for educational institutions that I want to help spread it to so many others!

[sugarslice]

[ NO THAT'S NOT WHAT SHE MEANT-- ]

All you're spreading is grief!

[grannyfucker]

Grief at the destruction of the core values of this country, perpetuated by disgusting frosbite-loving commies like you!