Outside Crystal Palace- Sunday late morning

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Being in the see-through castle of her nightmares during a flying vampire invasion had not seemed optimal (though at least she'd always be able to see them coming?), so Sia had taken Vitor and stayed in the dorms last night. This morning she brought him back out to see what the damage was...

And there was no damage. The bouncy castle was fine. It hadn't been miraculously deflated by flying things with talons, no matter how hard Sia had wished for it to happen.

"Dammit," she muttered.

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Jessica was just coming back after doing radio. She had ice cream, and things were, in general, okay. However....

"You know, we had two people patrolling around here with bows and arrows. There wasn't a single stray shot that popped this thing."

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"If we called them, do you think they would come back?" Sia asked.

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"I don't really know either of them well enough to ask that," Jessica said. "On the other hand, we're living with a dinosaur and it hasn't accidentally slashed anything, so maybe it's just way too sturdy somehow."

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"Or the dinosaur needs to try harder."

Don't mind Sia's bitterness. Focus on how Vitor was saying hello, Jessica!

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Jessica bent down to scritch Vitor behind the ear. "Maybe we just have to accidentally find the plug and then accidentally unplug it so the air accidentally leaks out."

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Well now you had a happy puppy on your hands, Jessica. See what you did?

"What if there's an 'accident' with my lightsaber?" Sia suggested.

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"We might get in trouble for weapons not being securely stored," Jessica pointed out.

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"We were attacked yesterday. I might not feel appropriately protected without it." And there was her potential defense.

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"It's still risky," Jessica said. "And if you go for it, I won't rat you out, but I may go on the lamb."

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"This conversation will have ever happened," Sia said with a nod.

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"You hear that, Vitor? This never happened," Jessica said, giving the dog another scritch. And hen she looked back up to Sia. "So how did you actually make out yesterday? Did you have to deal with too many of the monsters?"

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"Not too many. He started running around when one got close, so there was time enough to get to the dorms. And it seemed like most of the students had gotten there, so there was't much reason to leave," Sia said. "What about you?"

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"It was an eventful trip to work," Jessica said. "It's nothing I won't heal from pretty quickly, fortunately."

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Sia looked a little alarmed. "I'd think you could have called out."

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"Everyone was deaf," Jessica pointed out, not realizing what Sia meant by 'call out.' "Anyway, it was under control. Well, as much control as I ever have anything under, which is still pretty good."

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"And you're okay?" she checked.

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"Yeah, as long as nobody punches me in the stomach, I'm feeling fine," Jessica said. "So do me a favor and don't punch me in the stomach."

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"I will cancel my stomach-punching plans," Sia nodded.

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"I appreciate it, thank you," Jessica said.