<span style="font-family:Amaranth">Quentin shrugged when Eliot asked if Penny was still alive. "I don't know if Penny's still alive. All I know is that I was here, and then I got the feeling of being somewhere else. I also got the feeling he was somewhere else, and then when he came to me, we showed up in the library. When I was talking, my surroundings changed and I found myself in the library. I had felt a hand on my arm and then was turned around and saw that it was Penny. Our Penny. While we were there, he told me that he used the fountains to go between worlds."<br/>
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"He's spent the last three days trying to help. That's how he got the keys."  He'd been glad to hand the keys to Margo, and accepted Eliot's help getting to his feet, with a nod of thanks. "As for why Penny hasn't come to see any of us, I don't think he can. I got the impression that the head librarian has been keeping a closer eye on him and the others in the library, and he had to make sure he could get to one of us without any trouble. Penny took a big chance reaching out to me." The brunette didn't have an answer to his friend's question. <br/>
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"I don't know. Honestly. I'm just as confused as you guys are. All I know is what I told you, and what you said happened here. I think that we should all just be glad our Penny was able to get two keys to us, no matter how it happened. We should also take this time to rest and prepare ourselves to keep going. I think we should all take tonight and relax and rest, and then tomorrow afternoon we come back down here and work on a better plan." With Eliot still helping him remain standing, he glanced over at Margo and Julia.<br/>
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Quentin nodded at Julia's question. "I'm fine, Julia." He was grateful to see Margo nod and then motion to Julia, and the two of them walked away. As that happened, he watched Poppy, Kady, and Penny 23 all walk off, leaving him and Eliot alone. "Any chance you're not gonna help me to my room and then ditch me? After the last few days, and what's happened tonight, I don't wanna be alone.." He admitted as he and Eliot started up the stairs to his room once more. He leaned against the taller man <br/>
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"I feel exhausted and I didn't even do anything. Feels like I ran back to back marathons or something. It's all fucked up.." The brunette said and as they entered his room, he kicked the door shut with his foot, grabbed the other man's hands and fell back onto his bed, pulling Eliot with him. "Don't go, El. Please."<br/>
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Margo motioned for Julia to follow her and once the other woman did, she led the brunette into another room. "Given the weird shit that just happened with Quentin, I think we need to take precautions. I think more is going on than he said, and even more than he knows, with his strange visit with our Penny. I think the best thing we<br/>
can do, is ward the Physical house. We're all staying in tonight, and we'll all be nearby in case some more freaky crap goes down. Do you think you can ward the house, not the school, and make sure we're not all killed in our sleep?"</span>