[from the other side of the tree comes a startled rustling before Isamu finds a baseball bat shoved in his face as threateningly as one can when the object in question was borrowed from a kid you babysit for. short notice meant that improvising on self-defense items had pretty much been required.]
Oh!
[regardless of how terrifying her weapon actually was, the standoff ends almost as soon as it had begun. upon realizing that the source of the unexpected noise and light is not, in fact, some horrible boogieman here to punish her curiosity, Emily lowers the bat with a relieved laugh. truth be told, she was pretty glad to see anyone at this point. in the silence of the darkened school her imagination was starting to supply enough horror for an entire film series.]
I was starting to think that I really was the only one who actually showed up!
[it had surprised her a little, really; she'd shown up by herself with the understanding that surely someone else with this strange app would heed the same call. it was a strategy that avoided any teasing from her friends on getting so into this - and one that she'd begun to regret when it turned out that apparently the only person in the entire city stupid enough to go stomping around after dark was her.]
2, pre-this being even more awkward
Oh!
[regardless of how terrifying her weapon actually was, the standoff ends almost as soon as it had begun. upon realizing that the source of the unexpected noise and light is not, in fact, some horrible boogieman here to punish her curiosity, Emily lowers the bat with a relieved laugh. truth be told, she was pretty glad to see anyone at this point. in the silence of the darkened school her imagination was starting to supply enough horror for an entire film series.]
I was starting to think that I really was the only one who actually showed up!
[it had surprised her a little, really; she'd shown up by herself with the understanding that surely someone else with this strange app would heed the same call. it was a strategy that avoided any teasing from her friends on getting so into this - and one that she'd begun to regret when it turned out that apparently the only person in the entire city stupid enough to go stomping around after dark was her.]