Just outside the Scorpius cabin, Saturday morning

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Amber woke up early and decided to go for a run. Nothing much else to do and she did wake up feeling energetic. Changing into yoga pants and her sneakers, she opened the door to check out the weather and grinned. Then she stepped out the door and felt a lump squishy thing under her shoe.

Looking down, Amber's eyes went wide and she screamed about as loud as anyone could scream. There were tiny legs and feet sticking out from under her foot... and they were twitching. "I'VE KILLED IT! OH MY GOSH!"

She had no idea what 'it' was but was scared to move her foot to look and see. Luckily she didn't have to, because just then a pack of noses came running by, tissue capes tied around their... nose bodies. They were super noses and Amber just killed one of their kind.

"Oh no. Ohhhhhh no."


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Jack was going out for a wander and was about to turn left when he heard a scream from his right and took off running. To the right.

"Hello? Hey, Amber? Are you okay?" He looked around, hands all punchy, looking for what attacked her.

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Eyes wide she pointed down, at her shoe, at where the tiny feet were just... dead. "I killed it," she whispered.

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"Killed it what? What killed?" He looked at her feet.

"Why are there noses with legs?" Beat. "And how'd you kill them?"

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"I squished it," she whispered still. "It's dead. Look Jack, there's noses, everywhere."

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Jack looked. And boggled. "OH MY GOD THERE'S NOSES EVERYWHERE!"

No, Jack, it would be bad to start swatting at them. Really.

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Amber nodded and stepped off the nose she squished, not looking down at all whatsoever. "Jack. This isn't right. Where'd they come from? Not people, right?"

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"Never seen 'em before in my life." He looked at Amber. "You have your nose. Wait. do I have my nose?" He quickly clapped his hands over his face.

"Yeb, I hab by dose. Bot lebbing go."

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"There's no legs sproutin' from your nose, Jack. I think you're safe. But if it starts itchin', I would... tape it up or somethin'."

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"Do you hab aby tabe?" Yes. Still holding it. "I dob't wabt a rubby dose."

Jack looks down, trying to see if he has any noselegs. And...sees what Amber's done.

"Ew."

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"Don't look!" She held up her hand and moved towards him in an attempt to usher him away from the squished nose. "I don't want to see a bloody nose!"

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He flailed. "I don't want any more business with this nose! Get this nose outta my business!" he said, backing away. The noses that were left were flailing and running away.

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"Calm down, Jack," Amber said, striving for calm herself. "They're just noses. I mean, how much trouble can they cause, right?"

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"I don't know. Exactly how much trouble can a disbodied body part get into?"

He flashed back to something he'd seen on the television.

"What if it's like that hand, from that TV show? With the creepy people and the hand that ran around by itself? It... They.... could sniff us!"

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"What are they goin' to do, sniff us to death, Jack?" Amber asked. "This is just too freaky."

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"Maybe we can run away? 's not like they can follow. Right?" Right? Right. Yes. Run.

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"What if... I mean, what if they're everywhere?"

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"Then we'll just have to run farther. Or faster. Or both. You ready? I'm ready."