InsaneJournal

Who: Rick and Lotte
What: A running-into
Where: Lobby-stairs-hallways?
When: This afternoon
Warnings: TBD


On a whim to at least fight her fears a bit more, Lotte had headed down to the lobby. Unless she walked by with someone else so far, she’d rushed through, refusing to look at anything, especially the door leading down to the basement and catacombs. A bit foolish, she realized. More than a bit foolish and with the signs up…and the next moon a month away, she couldn’t be too scared to walk into her own building.

She spent a good half an hour with a book in the lobby, forcing herself to remain still in a chair without a panic attack. It started out well enough until her eyes fell on the bullet hole in the wall across from her and the shattered light by the stairs. Her mind escaped her and the copy of Arabian Nights was forgotten in her lap. Of course she’d seen things on the forums – she shut her eyes, trying not to imagine whatever showdown had occurred. It only contributed to her anxiety, making her even more jumpy then when she had come down.

By the time her allotted thirty minutes were up, she was shaking but glued to her chair. She got up eagerly, heading up the stairs intent on getting out of the lobby as soon as possible. She caught a glimpse of the sign-up board and hesitated. After this failure, how could she be that helpful on a watch? The answer was embarrassing and Lotte glanced around, shifting from foot to foot before writing her name on the list.