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Ryan Beckwith stumbles in.

His hands seem awfully cramped.

At least he's £25 richer?

There is a rather familiar looking zombie at the bar getting a glass of water. Even with the megaphone, she's been doing a lot of shouting.

Ryan and his claw-hands make their way over.

"Damn, Shelley, where'd you go? Me and Tim and Amy were maybe thinking about putting together a search party."

Shelley's eyes widen. Oh dear.

"Um. Ryan!"

...It's not the most original of greetings. "Er. How did you, um... find here?"

"Tim was tellin' me about it and you know I got my head stuck in his bandage machine and then he wouldn't let me smoke in the lab so I went out to his backyard and I thought 'Damn, Tim, when did your backyard turn into a bar?' but it turns out that it's still a yard and just you know sometimes a bar place."

"Y-yes, it does tend to work that way. S-so, er... you've been here before?"

She's still staring, just a little.

"I been here once. A real nice guy showed me the explody lights." And then he had a bunch of drinks. Which happens a lot, really.

"Oh, good! They are very... er, pretty," she finishes a bit lamely. Change the subject Shelley! Talk about something!

"Um. So. How do you feel about circuses?!"

"I think the clowns are real good you know when they hit each other with pies and water in spray bottles and the like. And then they get in the tiny cars and you're like 'hey, how'd those clowns get into the tiny car?' and everybody laughs and there's elephants and I like the acrobatics and everythin'." Translation: Circuses are a-okay in Ryan's book.

Shelley understands Ryan-speak. "Great! because we're holding auditions for one outside - do you want to come and watch?"

"Yeah that sounds like a real cool time. Watchin' stuff is always good. Can I bring booze?" Because Ryan always wants to bring booze. And smokes.

"Yes," says Shelley, because she knows if she says no then he won't think of anything else the entire time.

Ryan beams and gets a drink from Bar, then follows Shelley out to the auditions.

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