Just inside the Gates, Saturday Afternoon

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Billy looked at the tarps he'd found, and the raft he'd "borrowed". With the rain and everything he figured the thing could stand to be better sheltered before he went exploring.

Reaching up to scratch his head, he felt one of the slight dents in his skull where the holes were still healing.

Briefly, the pain of the needles punching through into his brain flashed in his mind, which made him remember the brain wave scanner, and his nightmare.

"Welcome home son." The Alien said with his father's voice. The feeling of thoughts and ideas not his own being forced into his mind, as if his brain were on fire.

ooc: for River, or anyone else.

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[moonbrain-tam.livejournal.com]

River had needed to go for a walk, but as the sea seemed to be taking over that wasn't as easy as could be expected. She had noticed a boat outside the gates from her window however and had decided to investigate that.

She wasn't prepared for the stab of pain emanating from Billy, who was standing next to some raft. Granted, a lot of the students at Fandom harboured painful memories, but they rarely struck her like this. Perhaps the manipulating of the brain was too similar to her own nightmares? River frowned, placed her hands over her ears as if that would keep anything out, and ran.

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Billy spotted River and immediately began thinking:

As the son of a son of a sailor, I went out on the sea for adventure.
Expanding the view of the captain and crew like a man just released from indenture.
As a dreamer of dreams and a travelin' man I have chalked up many a mile.
Read dozens of books about heroes and crooks and I learned much from both of their styles.

He didn't know the range on her mind wooj but he hoped he'd seen her in time.