Alarm

[Boq (The Tin Man)]

"Miss Glinda. I can't let you indulge in this fantasy anymore. If you wont go get help, then I'll have to."

[Glinda Upland]

"No!" the grabbed onto him tightly. "Please! Please don't! I know what's wrong. I have to fix it. I just...don't know if I can fix it..." she shook her head. "Elphaba...Elphaba will know..."

[Boq (The Tin Man)]

"Elphaba!" Boq cried. "Don't you DARE say her name. Even you. I can't stand it. You were dreaming. Glinda, Nessa is dead. The WITCH is DEAD! You're not thinking clearly..."

[Glinda Upland]

"Sweet Oz! We went back that far? Really?" she looked up, clinching her fists. "You're right...I'm sorry.." the only way to get this done was to play the game she had to play. Maybe Elphaba would know. "I don't know what i'm talking about I--" she shook her head. "I..feel feverish...I..." she pressed her hand to her forehead. "I....where am I?"

[Boq (The Tin Man)]

"You're at Shiz University. You had a bad dream. You'd better get to the hospital wing. I... I don't think I can come... I'm a bit...rusted..."

[Glinda Upland]

"I..I can't..." she feigned a faint, falling to the floor.

[Boq (The Tin Man)]

Boq slowly made his way over to Glinda, lying on the floor. He picked her up, and made his way into the hallway, where he finally rusted solid. He hoped someone would come along soon, to take Glinda, and hopefully, unrust him.

[Glinda Upland]

She knew he had rusted and laid her hand on him, freeing his joins. She wasn't sure what she was going to get from this...besides the feeling of him holding her. If she'd known she might never feel it again, she would have held him much tighter the night before.

[Ellie Baum]

Ellie was walking back from class in Gale tower, still reeling a bit from her first meeting with her room mate Claire. She was so preoccupied about how she would be able to slip away and see Glinda...it was too dangerous to see her mother now...that she almost crashed into Boq standing in the middle of the hallway. She was a little scared of Boq - he didn't seem to like her at all...

He seemed rusted. And he was holding...GLINDA? Quickly Ellie ran into Boq's office and grabbed his oli can - gold plated after his encounter with the Wizard, and oiled him loose. She helped get Glinda out of his arms and said quickly "Don't worry Mr. Boq, I'll take care of her. She's like a mother to me, I know what to do." She saw Boq nod - unusual. She thought she'd get some sort of argument.

She waited until Boq had left... "Glinda! Glinda it's Ellie! What's wrong?"

[Glinda Upland]

"Oh Ellie thank Oz! I had to pretend I was sick so he would quit staring at me like I was a lunatic. I'm not crazy. Everything's arlgiht, right? I mean...I didn't mess up the world. How old are you? How's Claire? And Taye? And your mother? Is Kay still Kay or Ozma? Is the Nome King dead or Alive? Is Mombie in Prison?"

[Ellie Baum]

"W...what?" Said Ellie, not knowing whether to laugh or or what? "Glinda, what are you talking about? I...this is my first week at Shiz. I'm sixteen, but I'm really supposed to be seventeen at least to be here. You had to pull some strings. Kay...Ozma? What are you saying?"

[Glinda Upland]

"Oh sweet Oz I've screwed up out lives!?" she covered her face. "I need to see your mother."

((OOC: Continued in Kiamo Ko: Alarm))