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Vignette - Hot to Trot
Dramatis Personae Paige
In Absentia	2017-06-24 The title of this vignette has been brought to you by Heather.
Location <NYC> {Teamhaus} - Harbor Commons - Lower East Side
The right side opens up to a modern kitchen with cherry wood cabinets and steel countertops forming a corner against the close and right walls. This cooking area is fitted with modern appliances, among them being an over-the-counter microwave, a dishwasher, an electric stove, a refrigerator, and an oven. Opposite the kitchen is the dining room, accessed by a pair of narrow French doors. Walls of frosted glass panes, framed by stained wood and a diagonal slat slanting downwards towards the doors, separate the area from the rest of the unit. Long, vertical wooden boards stained dark comprise the rest of the walls in the unit. A small hallways leads from the entrance towards the back with a closet on the left and a bathroom on the right. Although the rest of the unit has beautiful hardwood flooring, the bathroom floor is tiled. It has the usual porcelain fixtures - a sink, a bathtub, a toilet - but also contains a separate shower stall made of steel and glass. On the left of the hallway is a closet containing a decent amount of storage space along with a washing machine and dryer. The hallway ends as it began, opening up into the same layout as the entrance, though flipped. To the right is the bedroom, concealed by the same frosted glass walls as the dining room with a single door of the same fashion as the walls. The left side holds a living room. Curtained windows along the back wall allow light to stream into the area. Seated on the toilet fully-clothed with her posture in a bored slump, Paige gently traces her eyes across the ceiling of the bathroom. Her elbows and wrists rest across a folded open notebook on her lap and her fingers idly tap on her legs while she breathes steadily through her nose. The sound of high-pitched beeping causes the young woman's ears to give a small twitch and she reaches up to pull the chirping electronic thermometer out of her mouth. Although her brows pinch together very slightly, she does not seem to express any surprise at the reading before pressing a button to cut the shrill beeping off. The horned mutant sets the thermometer down on top of the nearby toilet-paper holder as she draws a deep breath and sighs. Hunching over, she scribes the latest reading onto a chart in the notebook - one with a series of dates, times, and apparent temperature readings. The axes indicate that temperatures were recorded at various times across numerous dates despite some missing entries. This most current entry goes in as '102.5 F' and compares well with other recent measurements. Overall, the numbers indicate an upwards trend in body temperature over the past two months, though the past week appears relatively stable compared to its predecessors. Holding the notebook out in front of her, Paige sits quietly and chews on her bottom lip as she reviews the data. After about a minute, she places the notebook on the floor, grabs the thermometer and stands up before moving to the sink to rinse it off.