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[b][color=#9dd7d1]|[/color][/b] [color=#dc143c][b]𝖫𝖮𝖢𝖠𝖳𝖨𝖮𝖭[/b][/color] [b][color=black]:[/color][/b] ANGEL GROVE COMMUNITY CENTER [b][color=#9dd7d1]|[/color][/b] [b][color=#dc143c]𝖨𝖭𝖳𝖤𝖱𝖠𝖢𝖳𝖨𝖮𝖭𝖲[/color][/b] [b][color=black]:[/color][/b] VALLORY & ROSS [b][color=#9dd7d1]|[/color][/b] [color=#dc143c][b]𝖬𝖴𝖲𝖨𝖢[/b][/color] [b][color=black]:[/color][/b] --- [b][color=#9dd7d1]|[/color][/b][/center]

[indent][indent][indent]Sloane smiled at Vallory and Ross. Perfect white teeth in a perfect row hid the thoughts churning behind dull, gray eyes. [b][color=#dc143c]"Mc[i]Cabe[/i],"[/color][/b] he corrected, fully understanding that she was getting him back for earlier. [b][color=#dc143c]"Sloane McCabe. You know, I thought we could have put two and two together with my name, but it's no big deal."[/color][/b] And it didn't come across like a big deal for the most part. Sloane seemed to not linger as he grabbed his phone and flicked through a few different modes and filters until landing on something that he liked. Yet, that didn't change the tenseness in his shoulders. The litmus test on his feelings would be hard to read. 

He allowed himself to be pulled into Vallory, and to leave some room for Ross. He held the phone up, the front-facing camera trying its hardest to capture them all in the frame. A less egotistical man would have let Vallory do it. Still, Sloane didn't grow up getting his picture taken constantly not to know how to handle himself. He went to say [i]"Cheese,"[/i] or something equally as idiotic when Ross complained about his underwear. Despite his best attempt, Sloane laughed. The phone clicked, and the picture was taken. He glanced at it. [b][color=#dc143c]"Good enough,"[/color][/b] he said. He had played it down. It was a very nice picture. Sloane was mid-laugh, highlighting his cheekbones, Ross seemed handsomely annoyed, and Vallory was selling it like she always did. Sloane may have admired it for a moment longer than he intended... especially when he saw something in the background. [b][color=#dc143c]"What is that? Ryan, did you hire cosplayers?"[/color][/b] He looked behind him to see no costumed men but armed soldiers making their way towards them. [b][color=#dc143c]"Shit!"[/color][/b] He exclaimed, nearly dropping the phone.

Sloane grabbed his bat, wielding it one hand as he held his phone in the other. [b][color=#dc143c]"We need to get out of here."[/color][/b] He turned to Ross. [b][color=#dc143c]"You set this up. What's the safest path of egress?"[/color][/b] He paused. [b][color=#dc143c]"[i]Egress,[/i] it means [i]to exit[/i] in case they didn't teach you that in Little Orphan Annie school."[/color][/b][/indent][/indent][/indent]
[b][color=#9dd7d1]|[/color][/b] [b][color=#dc143c]𝖳𝖠𝖦(𝖲)[/color][/b] [b][color=black]:[/color][/b] [@metanoia] [@Zoey Boey] [b][color=#9dd7d1]|[/color][/b]