⠀[ The sound felt contradictory , the light creaking of the manor halls accompanying those steps that were both heavy yet hurried .
⠀Whoever it belonged to had a precise goal , a destination already drilled into his very mind , that he was intent upon reaching . ]
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( Chose walk alone , hoping not to wake Ada , who lay asleep in their bed .
Those steps . . they weren’t his . And they weren’t hers .
They came from another corridor , just a few steps ahead . growing fainter . )
( He went to take a peek . )
⠀[ The figure who the steps belonged to was more difficult to spot than hear , cloaked in both the darkness of the night and the donning an outfit almost entirely dyed ebony .
⠀That is , save for the mask upon his face that curled into a beak —— reminiscent of a bird and—
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⠀[ Steps lay heavy on the floorboards , a figure clad entirely in black and donning a mask resmbling an old plague doctor's walking down the hall with a lantern in one hand . He seemed preoccupied . ]
⠀Then , if there is nothing more to say , do excuse me .
⠀[ Spoken as he shut the notebook rather abruptly , pocketing it quickly before turning around . ]
⠀My notebook .
⠀[ A simple answer , one unusual for the novelist who had a tendancy to speak much more than now . ]
⠀[ Silently staring at a blank page in his notebook . It was but another day— for the date lost its meaning long ago . ]
⠀I will not be granting you any “ bonuses ” simply because it is your birthday , Campbell . Neither will I order this “ Jollibee ”
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@scrawledmemory no jollibee party? no birthday bonus?
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@scrawledmemory no jollibee party? no birthday bonus?
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