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nica_hepcat ([personal profile] nica_hepcat) wrote in [community profile] pleasantdale2013-01-17 07:29 pm

Spreading the news

WHO: Nicam tag Katie and whoever else might be around
WHEN: Thursday afternoon
WHERE: Katie and Chester's house

Nica spent her school day talking to Lynn about what had happened at the camping spot, and about the dead man who wasn't dead, and then wouldn't die. She didn't talk about it with anyone else; she hadn't seen Rex or she might have flirted with him again, poor guy. He was nice ... And there was Juice, but she would go see him later and give him all the gory details. Literally, gory details, complete with blood and ichor. She didn't know exactly what ichor was, but if anything she'd ever seen was ichorous, it was poor Stu.

Anyway, it crossed her mind that maybe not everyone she knew and liked in Pleasantdale had heard about what happened. So, on the way home, she stopped off at Katie and Chester's house, hoping that Katie was around. Books clutched firmly in her left hand, she knocked at the front door.
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[personal profile] katherine_the_great 2013-01-18 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
Chester glanced up from the paper he was reading, and called to Katie, who was working in the kitchen, "Katherine, there's someone at the door, can you go answer it?"

"Certainly, dear," Katie said, and trotted to the door, brushing flour from the lovely red dress she was wearing, and absently taking a moment to adjust the bow in her hair in the mirror in case it was Chester's friends coming over for a social call. After being satisfied that she was sufficiently presentable, she opened the door.

"Oh, hello, Nica," she said with a smile, then paused as she noticed that Nica didn't quite look as happy as usual to see her. "Is everything alright?"
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[personal profile] katherine_the_great 2013-01-18 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh, alright -- come on in," Katie said, and moved aside.

"Darling, who is it?" Chester called.

"It's Nica Marchese," she called back, and received a vaguely disinterested 'hm' in reply.
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[personal profile] katherine_the_great 2013-01-18 03:19 am (UTC)(link)
"Nica. Nica... Nica," Katie attempted to reassure her - she obviously seemed freaked out. "Calm down. Deep breaths. Come on into the kitchen, let's get you a drink, and then slow down and tell me."

She carefully led Nica towards the kitchen, where the smell of a roast was emanating from the oven, and apparently she had been busy working on preparing a homemade cherry pie before answering the door. "I'll get you a glass of lemonade, and you can sit down and breathe."
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[personal profile] katherine_the_great 2013-01-18 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
"Are you alright? Was anyone hurt?" Katie frowned and looked Nica over, as the remainder of her statement began to process. "And did they bring that man to the hospital?"
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[personal profile] katherine_the_great 2013-01-18 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
Katie frowned more. "Well, I certainly wasn't planning on catching any animals... are you sure you're alright? My goodness..." She began fussing over Nica, checking her over as if expecting to find some hidden injury.
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[personal profile] katherine_the_great 2013-01-18 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
"Is everyone else alright?" Katie continued. "You said you were there with some friends..."
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[personal profile] katherine_the_great 2013-01-18 11:24 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well, I wasn't planning on making any trips to a lover's lane anytime soon, but it sounds like the woods is not a place to be right now, for certain... so did they find out what happened to that poor man? You aren't in trouble, are you?"
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[personal profile] katherine_the_great 2013-01-19 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
Katie nodded, and gave her shoulder a squeeze. "Are you -sure- you're alright?" She seemed dubious, given the shuddering - she wasn't sure how much she believed, but Nica definitely looked freaked out and as if she needed a friend right about now.

From the other room, Chester began wondering how long the womenfolk were going to babble on about whatever it was they were talking about, anyhow. He'd been promised a nice fat roast and some sweet cherry pie, and this was delaying it. He'd have to have a talk with Katie about letting uninvited guests interrupt his evening.