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The Perk, Tuesday morning/noon-ish

There had been several places around town that Sky had noticed as a sparkleball which he resolved to come back and visit when he was human again. His first ~~handwavy~~ try earlier Tuesday morning had been Book Haven, which to his disappointment seemed to be closed for the day. So he'd gone back to his room, gotten a book he owned, and went to the Perk instead. It would be a nice change from the dorm walls.

Sky ordered a cup of tea and took a window seat, staring out the window for a while and considering calling Troy to see if he wanted to join him. He also noticed the numerous angel statues for the first time, wondering where they'd suddenly come from. Shrugging it off as Fandom weirdness, he was soon absorbed in his book, even forgetting his idea to call. He'd probably be there for a while; this place seemed pretty pleasant.

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Hoshi came into the Perk for a latte and a muffin. She had a bag (http://www.handsnpaws.com/product/FXNYDCARR3255/Cape_Cod_Pet_Carrier.html) thrown over her shoulder that appeared to be squirming at times. Closer inspection would show that the squirming was caused by a beagle puppy and not Fandom weirdness.

She smiled at Sky, debating whether or not to go say hi since he looked to be wrapped up in his book.

Sky noticed Hoshi and looked up at her, smiling and giving a little wave. The bag had caught his attention, and he wondered what was causing it to wriggle around like that.

"Good book?" asked Hoshi, breaking off a piece of her muffin and feeding it to Porthos.

Sky nodded.

"It's the first Barry Plodder," he said. "It's one of those series I always heard was so good, but never got around to reading, even though I've had a copy of this on my shelf for a while. I had nothing else to do today and needed to get out of my room for a while, so I decided to come here for a change of scenery." He peered curiously at the bag. "Is your dog inside there?"

"It's a really good series. I read them all in one shot when I was twelve," said Hoshi. It was an advantage of growing up a century in the future.

"Yeah, Porthos is in there," she added. "I don't think they'll let me turn him loose in here, and he makes a fuss every time I leave him alone in my dorm room."

Sky nodded. "The last one came out when I was really little... 2 or 3, I think," he said. "I think I might end up reading all of them in one go, too. I really like the first one so far." He then smiled. "Porthos is his name? I didn't bother to ask last time..." Since the first time he'd seen the dog, he'd been nude, of course. "Where did you get him, if I may ask?"

Hoshi smiled. "Trust me, you'll want to block off some time to read all of them. That's how it was with me. Once I finished the first, I had to start on the second one right away," she said.

"Porthos really belongs to a friend of mine back home," added Hoshi, glossing over the fact that her "friend" was a Starfleet commander twice her age. "He got new orders when I was there over spring break and couldn't take Porthos with him on his mission, so he asked if I could take care of Porthos for him."

Sky snickered. "Fortunately, I only have one class tomorrow and two on Tuesday, but that's all. I hope my boyfriend won't mind if I do get into it and can't put them down long enough to go out for pizza..."

"Well, that's nice that you were able to take care of Porthos," he said, nodding. "Does he seem to like it at Fandom so far?"

"You're dating someone?" asked Hoshi, blinking rapidly. The dating thing hadn't worked out so well for yet... not that she'd really tried other than asking Michael to the dance.

"He loves it. There's all sorts of activity in the dorms and he loves going to the park. Except those weird statues popped up and scared us both off," she added, frowning.

"Yeah," said Sky, looking uplifted when he thought of Troy. "I'm dating Troy Bolton- I don't know if you know him. We've been going out for about a month." Sky then glanced out the window at the mention of the statues. "Fandom certainly seems to be a good place for animals. And you've noticed those statues, too? ...I could have sworn that one outside the window wasn't there when I sat down."

"I know his roommate, but I haven't met Troy yet ~~which really ought to be rectified at some point~~," said Hoshi. She glanced at the statue outside the window and shuddered. "I don't remember seeing that one either. Those things really give me the creeps. They couldn't just be popping up on their own, could they?"

"It might be a Fandom thing," said Sky slowly. "I don't know if random new architecture's ever appeared before, but it wouldn't surprise me with this place. Still, you're right, there is something creepy about them."

"It's not entirely unusual for this place. There was that tree that showed up almost overnight in the park, the one that has the pink flowers," said Hoshi, thinking. "Although the tree really doesn't bother me at all. I get a kind of warm feeling when I'm there. The statues give off a totally different vibe."

Sky nodded. "I've been by that tree a few times, too, and it always feels nice to walk under it. I only just noticed the statues today-" He looked out the window again. The one that had just been by the window was gone again. "OK, I know there was one there a minute ago."

"Okay, now this is getting really creepy," said Hoshi, shivers running down her spine. "I wonder if this had something to do with Turtle not being on radio last night. It's not like her to miss it, and Jeff sounded so upset about not knowing where she was."

"Turtle missed the radio?" Sky repeated incredulously. "You're right, not doing her job doesn't seem like her at all. ...I hope everything's alright. I'm sure there's an explanation." Or I hope there is, he added silently, resolving to try and call Troy, Bridge and Z to make sure they were all OK later on today.

"I think it will be another one of those nights where I'll be missing having a roommate," said Hoshi. "Thank goodness for Porthos."

Sky nodded, wanting to spend the night with Troy now more than usual.

"And be careful walking around, too," he said. "I really do hope it's nothing, but all the same..."

"I'll definitely do that," said Hoshi. She'd already had once incident with a vampire and had no plans to be a victim again.

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