Action + Video // OTA + Strangelings

[very_lil_brain]

[With a soft creak, Pooh opened the door of Joe West Hall and peered outside.]

Hello? Halloooo out there! [He smiled and let out a small laugh] Oh good, no one's around.

[He didn't care how much the adults had advised him to stay inside. He didn't care how scary they told him the Mist and Strangelings were; he was determined to go to the forest to

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[gargoyle_of_red]

*Overhead, Brooklyn was just making his rounds, soaring in the sky, when something startled him. The sound of a door slamming. He shakes his head and looks down to see something by the entrance of Joe West Hall and narrows his eyes at it. Was someone trying to sneak out?

He descends downward and lands down just behind the stuffed bear and crosses his arms, quirking an eyebrow down at him*

Going somewhere?

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[very_lil_brain]

[Pooh didn't notice Brooklyn. He assumed that for whatever his communicator was the one speaking to him.]

We're going to the woods to check on everyone, of course! [He then continued speaking in a more hushed voice.] But we must be very quiet or the grown-ups might hear us. I don't think they would be happy if they found out.

[He looked up and saw a very large figure looming over him. He looked at Brooklyn then looked at his communicator, back at Brooklyn and once more at the communicator.]

...You weren't the one who spoke right now, were you?

[gargoyle_of_red]

*He smiles sadly. At least the little guy was sneaking out with a purpose on hand. But, Brooklyn was faculty, and he was to do his job.

Brooklyn kneels down and nods with a small chuckle*

Yes, that was me.

[very_lil_brain]

[Pooh began to panic. He was in trouble now!]

Please don't tell Mr. Norrington or Ms. Bianca or anyone! I wasn't going to wander away!

[Pooh sniffled gloomily] I was just going home.

[hungarianmouse]

Then perhaps you need new ones?

[From the moment that the Mist had fallen over the island, Bianca had found herself jumping at shadows and sudden noises. She was scared. Petrified, even. And she missed Bernard terribly. She felt his absence even more keenly than usual at the moment.

In a way, it was a relief that the slamming of the door had been something so small. (What would she have done if it had been a Strangeling?) It was only Pooh. Pooh certainly wasn't dangerous.]

Where are you going, darling? Not outside?

[very_lil_brain]

[Pooh nervously fiddled with the dead flashlight in his paws while not avoiding looking Bianca in the eyes. He tried coming up with an excuse but Pooh had never been smart enough to make up good lies.

After a good minute of coming up with nothing, the bear gave an affirmative nod.]

[hungarianmouse]

I know this is difficult - for all of us - but it isn't safe outside. You have to stay inside the Academy.

[very_lil_brain]

It isn't? Not even in the woods?