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The Perk, Friday Afternoon

It was probably a good thing that Kira didn't have any classes today, because she wouldn't have been able to make it through them. She hadn't been able to sleep for days, and when she did sleep, she had nightmares about drowning and being trapped in a deep, freezing dark. She was starting to see things that she knew couldn't really be there, and she could have sworn she was hearing things too, but she wasn't sure if that was from the lack of sleep or her brain deciding that hey, freaking out with music no one else could hear would be awesome.

Needing more caffeine, Kira went to the Perk and purchased her fourth cup of coffee for the day before sitting down at one of the tables by the window. The coffee was going to have to keep her awake and get the taste of coughed up bugs out of her mouth, so hopefully it was strong.

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After finding that girl in her room and freaking right the fuck out, Gwen went for coffee because she was never sleeping again. She hadn't even noticed the handprint-shaped bruise on her arm yet.

Mostly because she was focused on saying, "You know what, just make all three coffees a large" to the bartista and she was entirely serious about this.

Kira picked her head up at the familiar voice and when she realized Gwen looked about as good as she felt, Kira got up. "Gwen? Are you okay?"

"No, I just had some ghost girl all up in my room grabbing me and that's just the most recent weird thing," Gwen complained, though 'complained' made it sound like she didn't have a totally valid reason to be freaked. "Also hi."

"Oh my god hi," Kira said, sighing. "Please tell me the girl isn't actually real because I don't want to think about her actually being real."

"You've seen her too? Because she totally grabbed me," Gwen said, pushing up her sleeve- she kinda hadn't been worried about grabbing a coat on her way out- and saw the bruise on her arm. "Well that's just great."

"I feel like I've been seeing her, but when I look she's not there," Kira said, her eyes going wide as she reached for a non-bruised part of Gwen's arm. "Oh my god, this is so not okay."

"Nope. So if you see her anywhere, don't go near her, just nope the fuck out and go the other way," Gwen advised.

"Maybe if I scream she'll nope out and go the other way," Kira said. "Not that that's really helped so far. I hate everything right now."

"Seriously. There's no way I'm going back to my room now," Gwen said. "Has she been like, counting down days to you too?"

"Yes! It's awful! Maybe we should go... I don't even know where to suggest that might be safe," Kira said, sighing. "It'd have to be somewhere we could be protected and no one's going to do that for us."

It was possible she was feeling a little pessimistic.

"Oh, this is getting fixed," Gwen said, maybe a little strongly. "No stupid whiny sing-y ghost is taking me down."

The odds were good that this mode would last only as long as she was talking to Kira but Gwen was super tired of dying.

Kira sighed, but eventually she nodded and straightened up. "You're right. We can totally beat a ghost," she said. "We just have to show it who's in charge."

"Us," Gwen nodded. "They're dead, we win."

Okay once again ignoring the past-dead thing look she was trying to be inspirational here.

Kira certainly felt inspired, so that was something, right?

"We outnumber the ghost girl. That has to count in our favor," Kira said. "I just think there has to be some way to make it stop."

Peter had tried again to see if he could leave and still maintain control over Derek, but no such luck. It seemed he was stuck in this godforsaken town for another day.

Luckily there was coffee.

And an interesting aura... He turned to stare at the little fox as he waited for his coffee.

Kira had been a little too busy failing at not going crazy to listen to the radio, and if Derek was staring a little too much... well, he'd always been kind of a creeper, and she was probably imagining it anyway. She got up and went over to him, trying not to look too messed up. "Hey," she said, forcing a smile. "How's it going?"

"Good," Derek said, smirking at her before remembering who he was pretending to be some of the time and scowling. God, Derek was such a funsuck. "Are you alright?"

Kira thought about lying, but then her face crumpled and she shook her head. "No, I don't think I am. I think I'm going crazy."

"What's the matter?" WAS IT THE GHOSTS? HE BET IT WAS THE GHOSTS.

"I... this is going to sound so stupid, but I think I'm seeing things." GOOD GUESS! "I keep seeing this ghost girl and I'm hearing stuff and I know it's not real but it feels real. Do you think there's something wrong with me?"

"I have noticed some people have been acting strangely," Peter replied, giving her a sympathetic look.

"You have? That's reassuring. I mean, it's not because that's awful but it's better than being alone, I guess," Kira said. "Do you have any idea what we should do?"

"You'd be more apt to help," Peter said, sounding as earnest as he could manage. "Or so I've heard. If these are hauntings, that is."

That got Kira to perk up in surprise. "Really? What could I possibly do?"

"Do you think you could give someone a shock?"

Don't do it, Kira.

"To force the ghost out."

Under normal circumstances, Kira would have balked at that idea, but she was exhausted and she trusted Derek so... "I probably could," she said, thinking about it and nodding. "That does sound like something ghosts wouldn't like."

And neither would the people the ghosts were in but pfft, pesky details.

"You're young, so it might not work right away."

DAMN IT, PETER.

"What, like I might have to try more than once?"

KIRA THIS IS WHY WE SLEEP.

"I guess that makes sense." She smiled softly at Derek. "See, I knew talking to you would help."

"It's what I'm here for."

Conniving little shitbag.

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