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[quote=Emily]"... And why is the village idiot making more sense than half the people in the room?"  [/quote]

[color=FireBrick]“I’m not really an idiot,”[/color] Maya muttered, rolling her eyes as she forced herself to not rise to argue with Emily who was actually agreeing with her for once… even if it involved insulting her. Because for once she knew she was absolutely right. None of them should have to sacrifice themselves for the rest.

Madison and Emily’s words were the first she heard of Annabelle, since she walked in half way through the conversation… who through process of elimination, she assumed killed Izzy. So not only was Babylon on the loose (but probably far away by now) but the Floridian killer had gotten one of the girls. 

[color=FireBrick]“I also want to know who Annabelle is,”[/color] Maya said, gritting her teeth to keep her voice level low… there were already plenty of shouted words going around and while she was normally the first to join them, this was serious enough to have her proper attention rather than her often irrational anger. [color=9e0b0f]“Apart from the fact that she’s a mass murderer. How come you know about her, and we don’t? I’m not the one to go on about some trust bullshit but if you can’t even tell us about someone [i]killing[/i] one of our members, then what the fuck can we do as a group?”  [/color]

[color=f26522]“Alright, alright, calm down,” [/color]Isla’s eyes widened when Emily very aggressively told her to put down the plant, taking it off her lap and placing it on the floor. She was honestly struggling to keep up with the entire conversation… like, there were so many names being thrown around but she figured she’d been accepted into the group at this point! No one was trying to throw her out again, at least. 

[color=FireBrick]“But I also agree with Vashti,”[/color] Maya continued, completely ignoring the weird Scotswoman. [color=9e0b0f]“DENs could’ve killed us [i]so[/i] easily during that first raid, nevermind all the times after that… not that I really trust them,”[/color] she just wanted to bang one of them, [color=FireBrick]“but if they were gonna kill anyone, it wouldn’t have been…”[/color] she shook her head as her voice broke slightly, grimacing in an attempt to channel anger over any other emotion. [color=FireBrick]“Well, it wouldn’t have been Izzy.”[/color]

She opened her mouth to go on, only for Claudette to walk right in. With two new members. [i]Perfect[/i] timing.

[color=FireBrick]“Yeah, shit happened,” [/color]Maya said, turning her head to look at Claudette and not bothering to tone down the harshness in her voice. [color=FireBrick]“A [i]lot[/i] of shit that Lyss has to explain to us. You see-”[/color]

[color=f26522]“Hi, I’m also new!” [/color]Isla chose the perfect time to pipe up, jumping off the sofa to wave. She then blinked right over to the door and grinned at Mariah and Kara. Honestly Mariah’s suggestion that they shouldn’t be here was nice… maybe the three newcomers should leave the old members to sort this out first. [color=f26522]“Nice to meet you! But yeah, maybe we should like... wait outside.”[/color]

Maya glared holes into Isla’s back for being interrupted, clenching a fist as she collected herself to actually say what she was going to say. 

[color=FireBrick]“As I was saying before I was interrupted,”[/color] another glare at Isla, [color=FireBrick]“... Izzy’s dead. She was killed by some mass murderer called Annabelle, something Lyss didn’t bother to tell us till right now.”[/color]

[color=FireBrick]“So yeah, I’d say something happened while you were gone.”[/color]