[@The Jest][@Petulant]

[b]The High Priestess - Meredith Fong[/b]

The first thing that struck Meredith Fong was the heat of the explosion. Even though she'd started running really hard the moment the big and buff Australian fellow strolled onto the scene, the intensity of the blast was still great enough that she could feel the ends of her furred coat fray and singe as wild sparks leapt out to lick at her clothes. Which was a big no-no, because she quite liked her clothes. It was a really vivid experience, and even if her clothes were just fake, dreamy ones (that had stolen away her PJs when she was getting in some Z's earlier), so much heat wasn't very good for her at all.

Getting scorched wouldn't help her live longer, right? The youth sped up as the heat reached her, each stride growing longer. She didn't look back, but from what she could hear, somebody had been hit. Her heart sank as the realisation made itself known in her mind. That wasn't good. That wasn't a good way to go out at all. Humans weren't supposed to go the way of roast chicken.

She had to wonder though if the weirdos who'd popped up to help out were supposed to be human too. All the strange names could really be funky nicknames for a fancy costume group that really liked Carroll (and if they had been she'd have to give another gold star for their super unique and vivid style of dress), but looking at that girl telling them to follow, those ears were really realistic. Very mousey. That was the Dorm Mouse, right? Pink eyes didn't look very healthy on humans.

It was a hypocritical observation for Meredith to make, given her own crimson eyes, but she hadn't realised that.

"Just follow along," she said aloud with a firm nod to herself, her movements increasing in speed. She was totally clueless about what was going on, and she couldn't blame all the other people for the confusion and anger, but she figured that doing the entire follow instructions things was their best bet. Turning into a fireball was a no-go, so the opposite to that was just to keep on running!