[Sodium_noir] Saturday Evening - En route to the Sinclair Party

[Liz Oleksyn]

Aurora, Christine, Jack, Mara, Mitsuko
A Gathering of Supernaturals
Temple of the Five Dragons 

Walking across the street and into the Temple seems to
take forever in Jack’s mind.  While he tries hard not
to put all of his weight on the women who are
graciously assisting him, it’s draining what little
strength he has left just to put one foot in front of
the other.  

It’s with a great deal of relief then, that Jack finds
himself indoors, away from the damp night air.

"Hey, Mr Zen!" Christine growls. "This ain't no
three-legged race here.  Little help?"

Jack raises his head to see two monks (priests?
acolytes? whatever...) come over to help him to a bed.

“Thanks”, he whispers, as he’s laid down.  Not the
most opulent surroundings, but, by comparison to where
he’s been sleeping the past few nights, positively
palatial.  Definitely a soothing atmosphere...curious,
he thinks.  It’s almost as though the building has its
own heartbeat.

And someone - Aurora, he susses out - is still
humming, but he can’t make out the tune.  Is
she....dancing, too?   Exhaustion threatens to close
his eyes, but Jack persists in watching Aurora as she
twirls around the room, trying to figure out if
there’s some purpose to this behavior or if she’s just
really happy to be here.

(tags)

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