Scarlett hadn’t really been doing much that afternoon. In fact, she’d spent most of it lying on her back and singing at the posters on the roof. Sharon Den Adel seemed mostly unimpressed and Scarlett had to convince her that she hadn’t really given up her opera vocals for all time and that it just wasn’t the right thing for Entropy. It was somewhere in the middle of explaining Entropy’s angle to a poster that Scarlett decided that she might, just possibly, be going stir crazy. With a sigh she jumped up off her bed and- after dragging her hair brush though the tangles- called out to James. “Hey, I’m going out, okay?”
( James came out from the living room toward her room looking slightly apprehensive. “Maria’s here.” )
( James came out from the living room toward her room looking slightly apprehensive. “Maria’s here.” )