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Dite's Decadent Delight, Monday Afternoon

Karla wanted to go home. Not because she was opposed to being on vacation, whatever certain other parties might think. But...something on the island felt weird. Very weird. Downright creepifying, in fact. Whenever she closed her eyes, she saw little flashes: a wheat field suffering from a creeping blight. Pallid mushrooms that spread and leeched life from the soil. A cold wind that blew right through clothing and froze people from the inside out.

The announcement over the loudspeaker wasn't doing that feeling any good, either. As Karla cleaned up the store and went over the stock, she wondered if maybe she could convince Warren to vacation somewhere else instead...

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She's going to be a little spooky today, though.

Jack hadn't planned on stopping by the shop, but he'd heard the announcement
while he was doing some errands and decided it needed to be puzzled over.

"Did you hear the mayor's announcement in here?" he asked, as he stopped in and wandered through the store until he found Karla. "Things are going spooky again."

"I did," Karla said, frowning. "Kiss kiss, Jack. Has the island been here long?"

So much for a vacation.

"Just since yesterday." A beat as Jack processed why Karla hadn't know that. "You've been home since we talked, then."

It was more idle observation than anything; he was curious how things were going for her, but more curious about why the campgrounds were suddenly off-limits.

Karla nodded. "First time back. Warren decided I needed to rest and relax." She shot an exasperated glance in the direction of the campgrounds. "But I'm getting the feeling that things are gearing up for something nasty again."

One day, Karla would learn to just avoid the island in early August. One day.

"The land feels wrong," she added, because that was helpful. "It's making me twitchy."

"Warren clearly needs new vacation ideas," Jack decided. "Aren't the both of you supposed to go to class now and then, anyhow?"

He worried at his bottom lip with his teeth. "I don't feel anything, but I wouldn't. Can you tell anything besides wrong?"

"He and Raven have been coming back to the island for classes," Karla said. "I've been the one who was skipping."

She'd feel worse about that, but Fandom wasn't exactly the most academically rigorous.

At his request, Karla scrunched up her nose and tried to explain some of what she was feeling. The easiest way was to tell him of the odd visions she had and then go from there. Unfortunately, there wasn't much there to go from. "I can't even tell if what I'm feeling is something healthy being leeched away or something unpleasant being sent through."

Jack had gone a bit whiter as he listened, but seemed calm.

"It could be both," he said, because he always went for the worst possibility. "I'd say it was a good time to leave the island, but the truth is it's worse to be locked out when things go wonky."

Karla thought back to when the island was disappearing, taking the students with it, and how it felt to have no idea what was going on. She nodded vigorously.

"So, you going to check out the part of the campground that's off-limits?" she asked.

What? It was Jack!

Jack laughed dryly. "The mayor and vice principal just told us not to."

This was a few thousand yards from a no.

"Bbesides, I'm not sure how much skulking around I can do on school grounds -- at least not while it's light out." He quirked an eyebrow. "Are you staying clear?"

It was, after all, Karla.

"What, and go against what was just announced for my own good?" Karla asked, wide-eyed. "I will be handling this situation with my usual levels of caution and care."

And if that didn't answer his question...

Jack snorted. "Quite. Well, if you want some company while you are exercising your usual caution and care, you know how to reach me."

"I'll call," Karla promised with a nod. She had learned her lesson about running off into probable danger without at least calling people first. Backup was better, no problem.

You can do that, too!

Yay, back on the island for the BDE!

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