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On Monday, Bella arrives at school completely and stably human shaped, with everything she has learned about critters (except for her own species, which she isn't liable to forget) written down as margin notes on a page reminding her to ask Darren about D&D and filler decoy notes about that. She's probably going to have invent an actual cipher alphabet or something eventually but for the time being she thinks this will probably do for casual inspection.
She sits next to Darren in English.
shesepankh
shesepankh
Bella also waves. "We had Mrs. Adams as a sub in English today. Darren says you know her," she remarks when he's near enough.
steppingup
"... Lynn Adams?" says Vernon. "Huh. I know her, yeah. Can't say I'm surprised she just so happened to show up in your English class today. She does that, creepy as all get out. You want a demon expert you talk to her, she knows more than I do."
steppingup
"Yeah. Can't imagine her teaching, though. You all seem to have made it out, all right. So I guess it's fine."
He ushers them to the car!
He ushers them to the car!
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Savannah steals the passenger seat. Its hers now.
(She wants Darren and Bella to sit next to each other!)
(She wants Darren and Bella to sit next to each other!)
shesepankh
Bella takes a back seat, quite oblivious to complex reasons Savannah might wish to ride shotgun.
"I actually liked her teaching style, but I wouldn't have wanted to be there that day if I didn't know the book."
"I actually liked her teaching style, but I wouldn't have wanted to be there that day if I didn't know the book."
steppingup
"The way the angel explained it - they can be anywhere, except where there used to be one. I don't know all of those places, though. Sunnyvale in California's a sure bet for no hellmouths, that one I know for sure."
steppingup
"... If you're wondering, I'm pretty paranoid because of it. It's why I moved us to where the bugbear I'm friends with is. 'Cause she'd notice."
shesepankh
"I mean, there's the necklace, but it's tucked away and I've been leaning on the higher-collared portions of my wardrobe because winter, ugh, so yeah, she found out some other way."
shesepankh
"Is she relatively likely to be amenable to talking if I lurk after school some other day or should I be asking you to introduce me?"
steppingup
"Should be fine to just lurk and talk to her. Be prepared for her to not be surprised at all that you're there, though. Bugbears, I swear."
shesepankh
"What is the content of 'bugbears, I swear' beyond being - noticing? Or should I just ask her? Is it weird to ask people what the traits of their kind of critter are?"