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Knock Knock Knockin'

Postby Will Stanton » Thu Oct 09, 2014 5:07 pm

Will knocked on Sam's door a couple days after the Miranda Freakout (tm)
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Re: Knock Knock Knockin'

Postby Samantha McManus » Thu Oct 09, 2014 6:53 pm

"Come in, Will."
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Re: Knock Knock Knockin'

Postby Will Stanton » Thu Oct 09, 2014 7:23 pm

"Good afternoon, Sam. Keeping yourself scarce from the teeming masses of newbies out there?" Will smiled.
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Postby Samantha McManus » Thu Oct 09, 2014 7:26 pm

"No rest for the wicked. Some of our new students have been keeping me busy."
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Re: Knock Knock Knockin'

Postby Will Stanton » Thu Oct 09, 2014 7:33 pm

"I've heard the rumors. Did one of the new students stab someone?"
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Postby Samantha McManus » Thu Oct 09, 2014 7:43 pm

"Not stab, but one pulled a sword when she felt threatened."

"A sword that may or may not be Excalibur."

"It's going to be a long semester."
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Re: Knock Knock Knockin'

Postby Will Stanton » Thu Oct 09, 2014 7:48 pm

"...huh. I thought Professor Sackville claimed to have Excalibur? I swear, you get all kinda weird stuff here in the British isles."
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Postby Samantha McManus » Thu Oct 09, 2014 7:54 pm

"This girl has a reasonable claim to the Lady of the Lake being her mother. I'm not certain who her father is. Perhaps Merlin. He got about."
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Re: Knock Knock Knockin'

Postby Will Stanton » Thu Oct 09, 2014 8:06 pm

"The worst we had to worry about back home was probably, like, giant lumberjacks or something."
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Postby Samantha McManus » Thu Oct 09, 2014 8:25 pm

"There's certainly the Wendigo. That's distinctly North American."
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Re: Knock Knock Knockin'

Postby Will Stanton » Thu Oct 09, 2014 8:29 pm

"Bigfoot. The Jersey Devil. Ayn Rand."
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Postby Samantha McManus » Fri Oct 10, 2014 12:28 pm

"I can thankfully say that I've never encountered the restless Objectivist shade of Ayn Rand in the Astral."
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Re: Knock Knock Knockin'

Postby Will Stanton » Fri Oct 10, 2014 3:56 pm

"Just wait--if belief makes these things stronger, our next, I dunno, economics teacher will be the reincarnated spirit of John Galt."
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Postby Samantha McManus » Fri Oct 10, 2014 4:06 pm

"You say that as if I'd want to hire them."
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Re: Knock Knock Knockin'

Postby Will Stanton » Fri Oct 10, 2014 4:08 pm

"Ah, but you see, they'd manifest when already here!"
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Postby Samantha McManus » Fri Oct 10, 2014 6:12 pm

"I'd ask if they wouldn't perhaps show some signs of being a Randian ubermensch prior to that, but I suppose nobody would have mistaken me for a Celtic goddess when I was a teenager."
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Re: Knock Knock Knockin'

Postby Will Stanton » Fri Oct 10, 2014 10:38 pm

"The constant pecking of ravens didn't tip anyone off?" Will smiled.
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Postby Samantha McManus » Mon Oct 13, 2014 1:23 pm

"It was a little quieter, at first."
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Re: Knock Knock Knockin'

Postby Will Stanton » Mon Oct 13, 2014 1:26 pm

"Well, for what it's worth, I'm glad they started making some noise," he smiled.
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Postby Samantha McManus » Wed Oct 15, 2014 1:07 pm

"I'm not certain it would have been a good idea to keep them in. I was a bit of a wreck when I was younger."
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Re: Knock Knock Knockin'

Postby Will Stanton » Wed Oct 15, 2014 2:43 pm

"I can understand that. Must have been hard, being a teenager with all of this...stuff around you."
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Postby Samantha McManus » Wed Oct 15, 2014 3:35 pm

"It's not easy for anyone. I wasn't special in that regard."

"So what's on your mind, Will?"
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Re: Knock Knock Knockin'

Postby Will Stanton » Wed Oct 15, 2014 3:48 pm

"Eh, I just wanted to apologize if I made things awkward with my impromptu appearance the other day. I know Miranda was sort of non-plussed by my presence."
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Postby Samantha McManus » Wed Oct 15, 2014 4:25 pm

"She has issues she's still working through, regarding the idea of people being used. Given what you yourself went through, I think she's especially prone to stick up for you."
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Re: Knock Knock Knockin'

Postby Will Stanton » Wed Oct 15, 2014 4:35 pm

"Yeah, but you're not using me. If anything, I probably stop by too often for your liking," he joked.
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Re: Knock Knock Knockin'

Postby Samantha McManus » Fri Oct 17, 2014 5:28 pm

"Aye, but you could see where she'd put herself in your shoes, couldn't you?"
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Re: Knock Knock Knockin'

Postby Will Stanton » Fri Oct 17, 2014 5:51 pm

"Oh, absolutely. I just figured she'd trust you two more."
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Postby Samantha McManus » Fri Oct 17, 2014 5:53 pm

"On some level, I think it's her position that we don't realize we're doing it."
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Re: Knock Knock Knockin'

Postby Will Stanton » Fri Oct 17, 2014 6:15 pm

"Well, that's going to be hard to shake her off of. You can't blame her for having a...unique view of the situation, considering her circumstances."
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Re: Knock Knock Knockin'

Postby Samantha McManus » Fri Oct 17, 2014 8:21 pm

"Aye, and we don't. She'll come around."
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Re: Knock Knock Knockin'

Postby Will Stanton » Fri Oct 17, 2014 8:39 pm

"And so will I again. Once things quiet down, at least," he smiled.
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