Thread:The Reptile King/@comment-28358106-20160701174024/@comment-28358106-20160702022417

Lucida slides into her bedroom sleepily, ready for a night's rest. She closes her door, rubs her eyes and yawns, and looks up.

She draws her breath in sharply and drops her pillow, wide-eyed.

Minutes later, there is a knock at her door, and Aegis' muffled voice filters through. "Lucida? I keep hearing laughter.  What's going on in there?"

Lucida cracks the door. "Nothing!  I'm tired, Aegis. Go to bed."

"What are you doing?  What is all that stuff on your bed?" Aegis wedges her face in the crack.

"Nothing, Aegis!  Go away!  I'm naked!"

Aegis looks puzzled. "What the heck are you talking about?  You hardly wear any clothes anyw---"  Her face is pushed out and the door slammed shut and locked again.

For the rest of the night, Lucida is drawn under her covers, her thrilled face illuminated by a moonstone as she eagerly turns the pages, her hood runes glowing and changing with every word she absorbs...