"Some of our blood got inside her."

The woman makes the sign of the cross, and then goes to talk to a barista.

(And at this point, mist starts to seep into Headquarters.)

RILEY NEEDS TO GET OUT OF HERE RIGHT NOW

She abruptly gets up and runs for the door.

("Hey! What are you doing!?")

The boys pursue her.

(Something is wrong with Fear. Unfortunately, it really seems like the kind of thing wrong that Fear ought to be dealing with. She tries to shove him away from the console anyway. Either he's gotten better at keeping her away from the console or she's gotten worse at getting past him.

"Anger, can you help me out here?")

(He tries. He manages to press a few levers but not helpfully.)

She needs to find somewhere isolated. Also this is really gross and unfair but she's too busy trying to find a hiding place to worry about that right now.

Where around here won't other people go.

(Oh no. This idea is disgusting but Fear is definitely going to be activating it and she continues to be unable to stop him.)

A storm drain? Maybe she could block the entrance with something to keep these boys out but they have superpowers.

Oh. Duh. She needs to find a public toilet. It wouldn't really be as secluded as she'd like but she doesn't think she'll find somewhere better.

(Oh thank goodness. Still kind of gross but at least she won't be crawling through gunk.)

Finding a public toilet turns out to be fairly easy once she's looking. Hopefully these boys aren't going to be following her inside.

Not yet at least. 

Riley’s body feels horrifically hot, her clothing scratching and confining.

Clothes: off.

At first, it might feel like she violently needs to go to the bathroom. Then the tendrils start emerging from her, black and glistening like living oil.

(

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA how can Riley get this stuff off herself?

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Riley is going to die and never going to see Mom or Dad or Meg again

(she's leaving the console operating here to Fear and Disgust)

Oh no

Why won't this terrible stuff cut it out

And then mist rushes in.

This is really nice.

It's a bit concerning that everyone else has suddenly fallen asleep. But Riley is getting covered in cool slime and going to turn into some kind of cool possibly-bug-person superhero! And something just feels really indescribably pleasant suddenly.

)

Tendrils start worming out from her mouth, nose, and ears as Riley starts to relax. They wiggle up torwards the bathroom ceiling, and start to pull her upwards.

This probably ought to be really worrying but she somehow can't bring herself to care.