noicemagazine | angst, and also porn: the keys to a balanced diet

Annabelle has been combing the shelves, more excited than worried about the word of a planned attack tomorrow evening. Both she and Lauren were unable to sleep, though their nerves were alive for two totally different reasons. And she got it, she really did! She just didn't relate; Lauren was such a pessimistic worrywart, she and Susan constantly agreed.

She understood why, of course. She just didn't agree.

She's found and neatly stacked a couple of books on some magic she thinks will be useful, and she's already dreaming of the coin they'll be rewarded with for their heroics to this nice village. It's got lux, which she hasn't encountered with the Tanners much. It's not unaffordable, but kind of cushy; the fact that their inn has a dining hall, upstairs halls of rooms, and a library is a testament to the town's hospitality. The library is beautiful as well.

Annabelle turns a corner from behind a book shelf, catching Lauren. He's leaning over a desk, pouring thoughtfully into some text. She grins ear to ear, throwing herself beside him, elbows hitting the desk. Unlike Lauren, Annabelle is not blessed with elvish grace. She beams at him, looking just a hair beneath demonic.

"Fiiinally found yourself a good one, have you?" She leans towards him, bumping her shoulder against his. She's mostly bothering him because she's growing bored.

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He startles abruptly as she moves to sit beside him, pulled from the book as a man from the water. She's beside him at the desk and he's acutely aware of the fact. Immediately his face begins to flush, hastily trying to move the book aside, away from her notice. He also tries shifting his legs to hide something else from her attention.

"Uh, nothing! No it's, it's nothing. Nothing right, sorry, uh. I mean what was it you were saying?" He's not even looking at her, just blushing, face red as he stares into space.

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