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[shelley_winters]

[OOC: Some hours after this.]

It is hours after Asmodean left her that Shelley finally gets up the courage to return inside. The warmth her coat had given her had long seeped out into the icy air, and she feels near-frozen even as she steps into the warmth of the bar. The girl stares around near-frantically and shivering, ready to run, though what good that will do if one of the Forsaken is present.

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[nita_callahan]

"Shelley?"

It's gotten kind of late, but Nita's still in the bar. She approaches Shelley, concerned.

[shelley_winters]

Nita, oh god.

"Um. Nita."

Her eyes go to the other girl's neck, searching for the locket.

[nita_callahan]

It's on, though tucked under her shirt so that there's just a glint of gold chain.

"You okay?"

[shelley_winters]

"...I don't know. Did you... feel anything earlier?"

Would she? The link had broken, but it had still been... Her eyes flick around the room again, still searching.

[nita_callahan]

She frowns, and says slowly, "Like what?"

[shelley_winters]

Shelley doesn't want to say it.

"Like... Asmodean was here. He was out there."

She nods back towards the door.

[nita_callahan]

There's a long moment of silence in which a number of emotions flick through Nita's eyes.

When she speaks, her voice is steady. You'd have to be listening very closely to hear any catch in it.

"I thought I was just remembering."

[shelley_winters]

Shelley shakes her head.

"I'm sorry. He was here."

She shivers again, convulsively.

[nita_callahan]

"Hey." She reaches out and touches Shelley's arm. "Let's get you some tea or something."

Tea heals all wounds -- and it's easier to focus on getting her warm than the fact that Asmodean was. . .

[shelley_winters]

"Tea is good."

Tea is a distraction, for both of them. Shelley nods, and goes with her gratefully to the bar.

[nita_callahan]

As the tea arrives, Nita settles onto a stool and wraps her fingers around the mug.

I thought I was remembering.

Well, I guess I was.

"When was he from? Did he say?"

[shelley_winters]

Shelley picks up her tea, breathing in the steam for a moment.

"He called himself one of the Chosen," she says at last. "He didn't know me."

So, a long time after she had met Joar Addam Nessosin on the streets of V'Saine.

[nita_callahan]

". . .Oh."

Dammit.

"Okay."

One of the Chosen. One of the Forsaken.

[shelley_winters]

She nods after a second.

"Yes. Him."

Amazing, she thinks distractedly, that she'd escaped only a little scared. How long had he been around?