Book Five: Chapter 99

“She would?”

“I assume so. She’s been a pool of motionless slime for a couple of hours now, so the fact that she’s up must mean she heard you.”

“Great.” Disgruntled, Beth took the aspirin and swallowed them with the water. What the hell was she supposed to say to a slime version of herself?

When she walked into the bathroom, her clone was waiting. She felt a little relieved to see that it had changed its features slightly. It still had her face, but its hair now dangled in thick, fat drops that indeed made her think of a jellyfish.

“Hey. Lily said you wanted to talk to me?”

Yes. The ooze moved its hands with purpose, but the words were tough to decipher. Beth didn’t know how much of this was an inability to remember the right signs and how much was that pieces of the ooze fell off if she moved too quickly. We need to prep for mediation.

“Mediation? Oh, right. With the horsemen.”

The slime nodded. This is weird for you, but i