Turnabout is fair play (BB)

[Roderic]

So here we are. Roles reversed, more or less. She has a hole in her wall bigger than the one she left in mine. She's naked, which doesn't phase me in the slightest way, but it's how I ended up two nights ago. Naked, couple of broken bones, scratches and a hole in the wall. Dominique still ended up better than I did, but not for lack of trying. I look up at the night sky as Dominique walks past me, looking to see if there was a full moon, or something else. Blood moon? Blue Moon? I don't know what people typically buy into, but I've heard people talk about how things always seem crazy during certain moon phases. Everything appears normal, except it only wasn't.

It's then that I realize something. And I wonder if Dominique knows more than she's letting on, but I shake my head. If, and big if, she had this place ritualized, she wouldn't have wasted her time with trying to engage me. If would be futile. I disregard the idea completely. She couldn't have done a ritual. I'm sure by now had she done it, she would have let that ball drop ages ago and spared us both a lot of failed attempts and time in our night.

Something wasn't right. It nagged at the back of my head. She tells me how to clear the wall and offers me some raccoons. Two to be precise. I just nod my head, but don't say anything. I'm still thinking, and wondering how Dominique is so untouchable tonight. How she's so protected. She heads for her home, and I look to the wall she's talking about. I'm not in the mood for raccoons, even if it seems like a small attempt at a peace offering. Maybe some other night. She can't take the offer back, can she? Besides, it might come in use again. This offer and visit. I wait until she's gone back in the house before I make my way to the wall. My wet clothes are heavy, but don't slow me down. They give me a little trouble with climbing the garbage, only because my jeans cling to my legs, making it hard to bend my knees, but once I'm up, I don't look back. She's not following me, I don't smell her, or hear her. I grab the wall, hoist myself up and jump it. I'm about to land, when I get the idea to teleport and wouldn't you know it? Once again things are back to normal and I end up in the QZ, right outside the flats. Something was off about Dominique's property and I was going to find out what. After I changed my clothes, grab a couple things and head out to the woods. I always did my best thinking in solitude and surrounded by the familiarity of the outdoors.