Suddenly, everything unsticks, the memory lurching forward around the two boys.
Dr. Huang carefully avoids fish guts as he walks toward the girl, but there’s too much splatter. “Why don’t you bring the sheet a little closer to me?” he asks, then turns his head back to Ms. Kwan and Miss Paradise. “You know, I’m—I’m actually quite talented at Arithmancy as well, if you need—”
“Oh, you’ll have to take that up with Ms. Altizer,” Kwan answers, and her smile seems… mischievous. “And she’s not terribly likely to give it up without a fight.” She flexes her arm and Dr. Huang gulps.
“She cheats, too,” Miss Paradise tags on. Dr. Huang turns back to the girl dragging her pile of fish innards over to him. As she tugs the sheet, something else appears where it once was: a black metal hatch with a heavy iron ring, flush with the floor and smeared with fish blood.
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MEMORY: Something's Fishy
Dr. Huang carefully avoids fish guts as he walks toward the girl, but there’s too much splatter. “Why don’t you bring the sheet a little closer to me?” he asks, then turns his head back to Ms. Kwan and Miss Paradise. “You know, I’m—I’m actually quite talented at Arithmancy as well, if you need—”
“Oh, you’ll have to take that up with Ms. Altizer,” Kwan answers, and her smile seems… mischievous. “And she’s not terribly likely to give it up without a fight.” She flexes her arm and Dr. Huang gulps.
“She cheats, too,” Miss Paradise tags on. Dr. Huang turns back to the girl dragging her pile of fish innards over to him. As she tugs the sheet, something else appears where it once was: a black metal hatch with a heavy iron ring, flush with the floor and smeared with fish blood.
[MEMORY COMPLETE. 6 replies completed, linchpin acquired. You may continue to thread here or move back to Peckenpaugh through the portal!]