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The Perk, Wednesday Morning

Jarod sat at one of the tables, nursing a very large cup of black coffee as he tried to shake off the remnants of his nightmare. He didn't understand how Parker could drink the stuff without cream and sugar, but maybe she actually enjoyed the bitterness. He chuckled bitterly. Knowing Parker, she thrived on it.

He took another sip and stared at his cell phone. She hadn't called yet and he couldn't get on campus to see if she was really okay. He began to debate whether it was worth it to sneak past campus security.

[ooc: Interact or not, but as always, feel free to use for your own Perk patronage.]

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*ring*

Jarod grabbed for the phone. "Parker?"

"Yeah, it's me." Parker was on her way to the library, tired but mostly dealing. "What's up? Did you figure out who the bunnynappers were?"

"Bunnynappers?" Jarod lowered the phone from his ear and stared at it. "Who cares about the bunny right now, Parker? What the hell happened last night? How are you?"

Parker actually stopped in the hallway, non-plussed. "How did you...? Oh. The radio, I'm guessing?" She sighed, and started walking again. "I'm fine. I got there at the end of the fight. Vala and Janet got hurt, but DI was nowhere near Darla."

"Darla," he repeated with a quiet menance. Their next meeting wouldn't be quite as polite. "You weren't hurt at all? You must be just as good as your father tells people you are."

But he still wouldn't believe it until he saw her. That nightmare had shaken him more than he wanted to admit. "I'm sorry about your friends, Parker. How badly were they hurt?"

Parker smiled at the mention of her father, but shook her head. "I had the holy water gun that I had Tex design for me, but Janet did all the hard work. I think she stabbed Darla with sedatives-- it was just when I got there-- and got banged up and bruised for it." She sighed. "That's as much as she was hurt. Vala was stabbed in the liver. She's still in the clinic, but Dr. House seemed to think she'd be okay."

Suddenly realizing where all this was coming from, she added, "I'm sorry if the radio broadcast worried you. As soon as I got back to my room, I turned off my cell and collapsed."

"Good," Jarod said. "I'm glad you were prepared."

He fiddled with the lid of his coffee. "Be careful, though? I think the other vampire is more dangerous. Or at least creepier."

Parker stopped dead, right before the library doors.

"Other vampire?"

No no no no no no no....

Oops. He winced. "It was after work the other night, so I didn't get a great look at her. Tall, dark hair, female, flowing dress. Unique way of expressing herself."

Nyaaaaaaaaaaa! "DRU? You ran into Crazy Freaking Squid Lady?!" Parker's voice swirled upward, pissed off and shocked. "Oh my god, what, wait, how, I--" Incoherence took over as she started imaginging scenarios. "Tell me you're okay!"

"I'm fine," he said, obediently, if not completely convincingly. Not like he'd never had a nightmare before. "And I'd say she ran into me more than I ran into her."

[ooc: We haven't finished the scene, but there's probably going to be mind whammying of some kind involved.]

"Are you crazy? Oh my god, I saw what she did to Marty, and what she did to Broots and Jack and -- are you sure you're okay? You're not wanting to jump in the duck pond or kill anyone or do anything or..." Parker babbled, shaken. "Damnit, when did this happen? Where the hell was I?"

Jarod chuckled, more on an even keel now. "No crazier than usual, Parker. I seem to be suffering from ~~very few~~ no ill effects."

He took a sip of cold coffee and winced at the taste. "And it was Monday night, after work. You'd already left with your friends, I assume to go back to the dorms."

"Ahhhhh! And you're just telling me *now*? Remind me to kill you later!" Fuming, Parker took a deep breath, trying to calm down. "She just let you go? She didn't hurt you, or mess with your head? God, she must've been in a mood, then. What were you thinking, going home alone? Take a rickshaw, damnit!"

She unlocked the library doors and punched them open, wanting to strangle Dru, Jarod, and Darla, not necessarily in that order.

"You were so concerned about Esme," Jarod said, relieved he (probably) wasn't Catholic, or he'd be going to hell for what he was about to say next, "I didn't want to worry you further."

"I was thinking I could walk from Caritas to the Fourth Sin without having a problem, the way I have before. And no, I think she just had fun being cryptic."

"Great. More food for my nightmares about that bitch." Parker shook herself. "Please, please be more careful. This place has gone crazy the last couple days. I don't want to visit you in the clinic like Vala, you dork."

She sighed. "Now. I have to open the library, and prepare myself to kiss Broots. Will you just *find* those bunnynappers? I'm counting on you, Jarod."

"You'd actually have to visit me in the town clinic." He shrugged. "And I'll be more alert. Apparently Becky was involved with yet another vampire ~~who bit her~~. I guess they're all over the place."

He laughed so hard he almost fell out of his chair. "You have to kiss Broots? Wow, that's...quite a ransom demand. Have you thought about the possibility that he's the kidnapper?"

"She was involved with a vampire? Fabulousness. At least they can't go into your apartment, that's private. Damnit. God, I can find someone to do a disinvitation on the Sin, will you let Backy know?" Parker sighed. "And will you tell her to quit biting people? Jesus. I helped patch up Callisto after their fight. Your employer is a crazy person."

"Very, damn, funny." Parker growled into the phone. "Quit laughing, Hyena Boy. And find my bunny!"

"Yeah," he thought for a minute, "I think she said his name was Angelus, if that means anything to you. And I'll let her know about the spell, though I'm not sure ~~it'll work since it's a public establishment~~ she'll go for the idea."

"I'll keep an eye out, Parker. Take care of yourself."

He hung up.

Parker glared at her phone, speechless. "Angelus?" Oh, someone was going to get an earful today, the next time she saw him.

And she'd call Jarod back to yell at him some more, but she had a library to open.

Grrrrr.

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