Of course Phi had put up a second post as soon as she'd realized - gotten the word out, asked for volunteers to bring food back to others, even reminded them all that the average human body could survive two to three weeks without food if necessary, so no they didn't need to all converge on the restock points all at once.
She'd called out Sigma one timeline for relying on misguided optimism. So of course she should have expected all too many people converging in the school cafeteria, looking for whatever they could find. With her and the talking dog that made ten. Which of course meant they'd been there for all of five minutes when three anomalies detached themselves from the shadows and flung themselves at the group.
She'd lost track after that, turning to head back the way she'd come. Judging by the sounds of footsteps behind her, somebody was following. A momentary glance backward confirmed that assessment, along with the fact that one of the anomalies had picked the two of them to follow. She cursed to herself with whatever breath she could spare as she ran even faster across the snow.
As soon as she reached the house, she sprinted through the door, waiting just long enough for the other person to follow before slamming it behind them and pinning it down. A few seconds later, there was the telltale thud as the anomaly attempted to follow. Stopped for now, but not for long.
"Don't just stand there! Make sure there isn't another way it can get in!" she snapped, bracing her shoulder as the anomaly slammed itself against the door a few more times. From what she could see already, there were at least another couple windows in this room alone, nevermind any others.
Her new (and very temporary, if she had anything to say about it) travelling companion took a step forward, "Are you sure you can hold that-"
"Just do it!" Was she the only one who read the anomaly guide? The door had stopped shuddering. "It's headed for one of the windows!"
"All right, all right, you don't have to bite my head off," they puffed, jogging off.
Really? "You're the one who that too many people getting food would be dangerous. I didn't make that second post to hear myself talk!" Even as they retorted with their own frustrations, the logical part of her brain kicked in and reminded her that - for now at least - they were both wasting their breath. And that they would need every sign they could to figure out where the anomaly was, including noise.
She didn't have to be happy about it, but they could have all the time to chew each other out once they survived this. "Just forget about it, we've got all day to keep this thing out, and it has all day to try to find a way in."
Re: REVISION REQUEST
Of course Phi had put up a second post as soon as she'd realized - gotten the word out, asked for volunteers to bring food back to others, even reminded them all that the average human body could survive two to three weeks without food if necessary, so no they didn't need to all converge on the restock points all at once.
She'd called out Sigma one timeline for relying on misguided optimism. So of course she should have expected all too many people converging in the school cafeteria, looking for whatever they could find. With her and the talking dog that made ten. Which of course meant they'd been there for all of five minutes when three anomalies detached themselves from the shadows and flung themselves at the group.
She'd lost track after that, turning to head back the way she'd come. Judging by the sounds of footsteps behind her, somebody was following. A momentary glance backward confirmed that assessment, along with the fact that one of the anomalies had picked the two of them to follow. She cursed to herself with whatever breath she could spare as she ran even faster across the snow.
As soon as she reached the house, she sprinted through the door, waiting just long enough for the other person to follow before slamming it behind them and pinning it down. A few seconds later, there was the telltale thud as the anomaly attempted to follow. Stopped for now, but not for long.
"Don't just stand there! Make sure there isn't another way it can get in!" she snapped, bracing her shoulder as the anomaly slammed itself against the door a few more times. From what she could see already, there were at least another couple windows in this room alone, nevermind any others.
Her new (and very temporary, if she had anything to say about it) travelling companion took a step forward, "Are you sure you can hold that-"
"Just do it!" Was she the only one who read the anomaly guide? The door had stopped shuddering. "It's headed for one of the windows!"
"All right, all right, you don't have to bite my head off," they puffed, jogging off.
Really? "You're the one who that too many people getting food would be dangerous. I didn't make that second post to hear myself talk!" Even as they retorted with their own frustrations, the logical part of her brain kicked in and reminded her that - for now at least - they were both wasting their breath. And that they would need every sign they could to figure out where the anomaly was, including noise.
She didn't have to be happy about it, but they could have all the time to chew each other out once they survived this. "Just forget about it, we've got all day to keep this thing out, and it has all day to try to find a way in."
There wasn't any more argument after that.