Elena felt stupid as she walked up to the front door. What else had she forgotten? What other dangerous faux pas lurked waiting for her?There was a su...stitute for the host at the door. Xena and Gaby were two of the girls who had worked with Elena on various projects in earlier years and, if they had let her do most of the work, at least they had always been polite."Hi Elena. Smart move not having a parrot; you're forever wiping bird shit off your back. Head through there, drinks are out the. I… I couldn’t let such a thing reach the surface, so I locked it away, convincing those blighted things to remain in a place of shadows in the only way I could think of. And I convinced the other eight that the dark creatures they’d spawned with their own arrogance were going to make war with them. It worked, and they fled far away to prepare. It was…’ he sighs, sliding his hand over his bald head anxiously, ‘…it was so easy to lock them in.’ My heart sinks. I’d grown up to worship the. After some fumbling by Caroline only due to lack of knowledge, the devicewas fitted and with a reassuring click, the lock closed and the keydisappeared into Carolines bag. You may put your panties on again nowKatie. A somewhat chastened Katie stumbled to her feet , retrieved herpanties and using her skirt as cover, slipped them back up her legs. The?Thing? that she had been fitted with was uncomfortable but bearable andshe knew that it was staying on until further notice. Believing. .. but then you gotta do it too.PAULA: You’ll show me yours if I show you mine, huh? Well, that’s nothing new.⁕Paula winks as the crowd doesn’t really know how to react. Paul steps forward and the lights dim, a spot illuminating the nine year old boy, who sings a fine rendition of “Love Reign O’er Me.” The crowd is basically stunned, but then they ROAR forth with applause. Paula steps forward to share the spotlight with her boyfriend, but then she decides to hang back a bit for a moment.