It is not so unusual for Jupiter to barge in on the boys at any given moment, a thunderous cacophony of girl with something dumbshit to say or a weird adventure to lead them all on. Usually, though, she has the common sense not to do it at such an odd hour. Usually, when she does it, Xenia is in tow. Tonight, though, Xenia is gone, after a strange and unsettling dream.

Her fingers are wrapped around Claudia's arm, clinging to her ostensibly to bring her along, and certainly not because she's worried that Claudia may disappear, too.

"Wake up!" Jupiter shouts as she bangs on the senior boys' dorm room door. "Eeeeee-mergency!"