week 3 - hermann & caren - monday

[completelycrazy]

[This new store is pretty neat for buying stuff, but boy howdy does it make it tough both to find people and to have conversations out of general earshot. Somehow, since you'd think these things would be mutually exclusive.

Newt and Hermann do eventually track Caren down though. Once they do, Newt (sort of gently) grabs her arm and (also sort of gently) drags her over to the nearest clear aisle, not bothering to wait for Hermann.]

Hey, come here for a minute. We need to talk.

[He says, too ominously. Sorry for the spook, Caren.]

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cw: caren

[sexorcism]

[Does he want her to act afraid? That seems like something a man who'd drag a girl down a store aisle in broad daylight would to.

The truth is, she wasn't expecting to be approached here, and she certainly wasn't expecting to be ushered away from the shelves of first aid supplies and into a less familiar area of the store. So Caren does flinch, does tense her upper arm muscles under Newt's hand, does widen her eyes a little bit even as she searches for her normal, flat curiosity.]

Doctor, is there something that you want? Or - perhaps - the two of you? You really need only tell me, and I will come willingly. I don't mind.