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"I'm going to say playing with the pieces creepy zombie trinket is a stupid idea. That's how they start the sequel where the innocent curious guy ends up getting possessed and becoming the new villain." She points her finger directly at James. "If you start raising the dead, I'm taking you down."
Catalina tucks her legs up. This sort of wedges her in the booth. She's shaking just a bit at what happened. "That was freaky. That shouldn't happen in the real world."
"Whoa." she says, a bit stunned at this. [b]"I never liked horror movies."
With a ready supply of weapons, she drops the arm and picks up something long. She steps up alongside James and nods to him as she levels her shovel for the oncoming zombies.
She checks the window. If it seems to be safe, she opens it and gets out.
Crouching down, she puts her shoulder under the edge of the desk. With an explosive thrust, she levers it upright to put it's whole weight against the door.
With only a short amount of breathing room, she picks up one of the twitching arms. It's a gross weapon, but better than nothing.
Sometimes hitting back will let you recover the long post. And I try to compose long posts in a separate program.
Catalina backs against the wall, puts her legs up against the desk and pushes it against the door with all of her might. If a few zombies get limbs trapped in there, that's just good old self-defense. |
Catalina looks for something that can be used as a weapon. |
"I'm for the direct approach." She says as she turns toward the door. "After all, he's the criminal."
"That gives motive. But how did he do it?" She'll start looking for something that might be controlling the plaques.
"Was this plaque here before? She seems fixed on it, and there's something pretty creepy about it." She has an idea and heads to the kitchen to look for some oven mitts. Riding gloves would be better, but she uses what's available.
Catalina follows her line of not-vision and examines the metal plaque.
If it doesn't looks too weird, she'll take it off the wall.
Catalina will step up closer, "Ma'am, are you all right?"
"Maybe some people would have fans going, but I'd expect at least one of the to be noisy. I don't see these people buying those crazy Dyson loop fans." she says.
While she was going to recommend at least driving by, she sees that she is outnumbered and she will instead turn to savoring the savory/sweetness of the Hawaiian pizza.
"Let's check it out before we start the exorcism. It could be all sorts of things." She turns back, "Did the medics examine her at all? They're usually pretty persistent about getting at least a base examination. When people refuse, they generally fine people for abuse of 911."
"I had a ghost cat sleep in my room for two years," she quips. "Nobody believed me, but she was real. I'm game to check things out."
Her eyebrows twist as she hears this negative on pizza, "Fine, more for those of us who appreciate the pine. And pizza with enough backbone to hold a real amount of toppings." She says this as a mock challenge to Katrina and those who champion New York "Pizza". But you can tell she's having fun.
She looks over at him, wondering if he was saying she stank. then she remembered that these chaps were still a little new and she had oiled them help break them in. "Sounds good. Though it looks like the pepperoni's almost dead." She catches the waitress as they come over, "One large Hawaiian-style, please." As they approach the table, she waves, "Hi, I'm Catalina. I think I recognize a few of you from Intro to Western Civ."
Catalina steps through the door. She had been out at the stables and lost track of time. She stands for a moment, looking for the others she was supposed to meet. At seeing nobody, she pulls out her phone and scrolls through the messages. There's a decided slump as she realizes she's messing up already.
Catalina is hard to miss. She's 5'10" before the hat and boots. Dark hair, pale skin, eyes almost black. She dresses for practicality most of the time, and that means being ready to head out to ride after class. Her looks are quite distinctive, and anybody familiar with her former life will recognize her instantly. ----- Catalina is not from Texas originally. She is from the furthest place on planet Earth from Texas. Hollywood. As the daughter of a producer, she got lots of chances to act. Sometimes with names, other times as "Classmate #3". She moved up to one of the supporting characters in a forgettable Disney channel show. But her big break was at 13 for a show called Horse Camp. She was the sidekick/henchgirl to the Mean Girl. Her "acting" was mostly reaction shots and her schtick of being tongue-tied and walking away. But they had a B story where she was friends with the Heroine's sidekick. But the best part was that it was shot in Montana. She quickly became known as the best rider on the cast, and then became the go-to riding double. She wanted to do her own stunts, but the studio wouldn't allow it. But the stuntmen liked her and let her sneak in for a few shots. The second season brought a problem. She grew five inches and a cup size over the shooting schedule. That played hell with syndication. They wrote in an accident that had her in casts in a wheelchair and she spent weeks being the object of jokes. She was not asked to come back for the third season. She spent a year doing support roles in a high school drama, but her heart wasn't in it. She had herself emancipated. In Hollywood this is a common way for teenage actors to get around the shooting limits for minors, so it's a rubber-stamp procedure. And she immediately left for the rodeo circuit. At first she was known as "Hollywood" and not taken seriously despite having some pretty good scores. It wasn't until the incident that people took her seriously. After that, she had a good enough run to get an athletic scholarship. Of course she knows that this isn't going to be a lifetime thing, but she's found a new goal. She's spent enough time being checked out after getting thrown to see the medical profession. She took to that as much as riding. Enough to know what her third career would be.
Here's Javi...
Ready to fly |
