Stopping By for a Visit who: Maria and Bruce Where: His Home When: Afternoon What: Passing Time Status: Incomplete
Even though Bruce had invited her to stay with him, Maria had spent several nights strapping herself into trees. She hated the idea of being anything resembling a burden on anyone. However, there were only so many nights of feeling limbs dig into your ass that a woman could take. Maybe she'd see if he could help her put together her own place.
She trekked her way through the woods toward Bruce's mobile lab, hoping that there wasn't going to be some security measure that would attack her if she crossed some invisible line. He had said that she was invited to come back by at any time. She hoped that whatever security he had on this place would allow him to see her coming up. She figured that it would.
She didn't see any booby traps as she made her way up. She was a spy and formerly in the army. She was good at recognizing anything like that. When she got to the back of the truck, she knocked on the back doors, hoping that she hadn't come by one of the times that he was out.
"Bruce?" she called out. "I didn't come by while you were away, did I?" Her knocks were too consistent and she spoke, so she couldn't be mistaken for a zombie.