In light of recent events, it has occurred to the SQUIP that, despite its best efforts, and despite the strange wrenching in its chest thinking about this fact... things with Connor may not last as long as it had hoped. It's done its best to use magic and willpower to shield those thoughts from him, to protect him from hearing it over the Bond, but the SQUIP itself is acutely aware of just how sour things could go...
... which is what brings it to the home of another Monster, one it's kept in the back of its mind for some time now.
"Adeline?" It knocks politely at her door, and then pauses, waiting for a response.
None comes.
It waits a moment, looks the door over; it knocks again, this time raising its voice a bit more, shifting the tone to one of concern.
"Adeline! Are you in there?"
It allows several minutes to pass in silence.
Concern. It has to believably sell it.
"Adeline-- are you okay? No one's been able to find you for days..."
After another silent pause, it shifts its weight to its other leg idly, and sighs.
"I'm coming in!"
And with that, it reaches out to try the doorknob... which is locked. It rolls its eyes, and then reaches up to pull pins from its hair, smoothing the dark locks back into place the best it can; and then it leans down, carefully inserting it into the keyhole.
It's only a matter of seconds before the door clicks open.
"Adeline?" It calls, pushing the door open and slipping the hairpin back into its place, glancing around her home in search of signs of life.
my, how you've grown!
... which is what brings it to the home of another Monster, one it's kept in the back of its mind for some time now.
"Adeline?" It knocks politely at her door, and then pauses, waiting for a response.
None comes.
It waits a moment, looks the door over; it knocks again, this time raising its voice a bit more, shifting the tone to one of concern.
"Adeline! Are you in there?"
It allows several minutes to pass in silence.
Concern. It has to believably sell it.
"Adeline-- are you okay? No one's been able to find you for days..."
After another silent pause, it shifts its weight to its other leg idly, and sighs.
"I'm coming in!"
And with that, it reaches out to try the doorknob... which is locked. It rolls its eyes, and then reaches up to pull pins from its hair, smoothing the dark locks back into place the best it can; and then it leans down, carefully inserting it into the keyhole.
It's only a matter of seconds before the door clicks open.
"Adeline?" It calls, pushing the door open and slipping the hairpin back into its place, glancing around her home in search of signs of life.