[ annie’s head snaps up from its dip and she jolts to stand, her face shining with sweat when she hears someone else’s footsteps and the click of the doorknob. the stout blond still recovers from the shrinking her body clamped into, and she can’t feign the fright in her eyes. she’s even held her breath in a tiny gasp: someone’s here.
she doesn’t wait, and she makes a bolt for the opposite corner of a poorly lit hall, and there she waits, slinking into the shadow and flattening herself to the wall. her thoughts advise her to survive, to distrust the presence.
she made her own scampering noise, at least, so it might be clear to the other guest: there’s someone here with you. ]
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she doesn’t wait, and she makes a bolt for the opposite corner of a poorly lit hall, and there she waits, slinking into the shadow and flattening herself to the wall. her thoughts advise her to survive, to distrust the presence.
she made her own scampering noise, at least, so it might be clear to the other guest: there’s someone here with you. ]