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[3:40:49 AM] Canto: Ella finds Josie down a nearby alley!

[3:41:26 AM] Ella: Hello? Are you ok, Josie?

[3:42:37 AM] Josie: I'm fine, just...

[3:42:51 AM] Josie: Josie stops behind a dumpster and throws up on the ground.

[3:43:10 AM] Ella: Ah. Lovely.

[3:43:55 AM] Josie: ... do you think you could go into the church and grab the wine from the pastor's closet, please? I need to swish out my mouth.

[3:43:59 AM] Josie: Josie shudders.

[3:44:35 AM] Ella: Ok. Don't run off, ok?

[3:45:10 AM] Ella: Ella goes off to pilfer some fermented grape juice!

[3:45:11 AM] Josie: Josie nods.

[3:45:38 AM] Canto: She finds it pretty easily.

[3:46:28 AM] Ella: Ella snatches it and returns to her intestinally-troubled friend!

[3:47:18 AM] Josie: Josie swishes and spits a couple of times, still trembling a little bit, and then takes a couple of swigs of the wine, right from the bottle.

[3:47:29 AM] Josie: ... it was so *fast.*

[3:49:51 AM] Ella: Whatever it is, at least it's stopped for now.

[3:50:37 AM] Josie: Josie takes a deep breath, exhales, and takes another swig. "Ugh. Fifty cents a bottle, probably, and that's being generous. Thanks, though."

<p style="margin-bottom:0in">[3:50:42 AM] Josie: ... this didn't happen. Deal?

<p style="margin-bottom:0in">[3:51:20 AM] Ella: Ella grins toothily.

<p style="margin-bottom:0in">"What didn't happen?"

<p style="margin-bottom:0in">[3:52:08 AM] Josie: Josie grins back.

<p style="margin-bottom:0in">[3:52:16 AM] Josie: You're amazing. And you just saved us all, too.

<p style="margin-bottom:0in">[3:52:37 AM] Ella: I honestly had no idea how that would play out.

<p style="margin-bottom:0in">[3:54:11 AM] Ella: I was going to *try* to tell whatever was in the tear to keep its distance, probably with a great, big, shadowy "GO AWAY".

<p style="margin-bottom:0in">[3:54:37 AM] Josie: I don't know *what* it is, but I'm pretty sure it's awful. Come on.

<p style="margin-bottom:0in">[3:54:51 AM] Josie: Josie starts out of the alleyway, leaving the bottle behind.

<p style="margin-bottom:0in">[3:55:00 AM] Ella: Ella follows.