Aedan was completely unaware of what it was that was happening around her. Well, aside from Zeke.

And that was exemplified when Peyton turned the corner. The small girl turned the corner just in time to to be thrown into the wall with Zeke. The zombie was across the way, just watching. Peyton was most certainly winded from that impact, and struggling to breath again for the moment.

"Z-Zeke!" She managed to get out after a few seconds,, stunned, surprised, at what happened. She hadn't a chance to look and see what was going on thus far yet, either.

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"Wh... what's..." Peyton tried to start asking a uqestion, but her lack of ability to breathe was making it notably more difficult. However, as Zeke turned to her again, he found that it was the opening that Aedan needed. The next thing he knew, he was tackled by the zombie, who had knocked him into Peyton. He'd managed to stay on his feet, but that didn't mean that the two of them didn't make contact.

Peyton let out a cry of pain and surprise with it, but she was ok. However, Aedan seemed to notice her then.

And Zeke felt her attention shift.

"...." She didn't say anything, however that wasn't surprising. She quickly leapt off of Zeke and dove for Peyton, managing to knock her down and against the floor. Peyton landed with a cry of pain.

And Aedan was ready to go in for the kill.

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Aedan's attack had caused Peyton to be notably unsteady, but she did get to her feet.

"I... I'm... I'm ok." She said after a moment or two, the pain eveident in her voice as she looked toward where Aedan landed, watched her getting to her feet and looking to Zeke.

"Thanks..." She said quietly before shaking her head and taking off. She knew where she was going, and knew what it was that she was going to do.

She had to let the boss know what was going on.

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He was left in silence for a bit before Peyton came scurrying in, closing the door behidn her and looking right scared. She was still having a hard time properly breathing, and it showed.

"There... the..." She started before having to take a second to try and breath. Having run there from the situation, she was winded, and wasn't breathing well before that.

"I...." She started before just hunching over, trying to get her breathing under control.

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"W... wind... knocked out of m.m.my lungs." Peyton managed to get out a couple of seconds later. It was, most ertainly, not easy for her to get out though.

After a couple of seconds, she just looked to Hal sharply.

"Z-z-zeke and Ae... Aedan are f-fighting." She then said. "All out."

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Peyton nodded.

"I.... y-yeah." She answered.

"I'm... I can't..." She added before trying to take a deep breath. She was having a hard time with it, but at least she was breathing... even if not the smoothest.

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Peyton just took a seat, as she was trying to regain the ability to breathe. Thankfully, it was happening over time all on its own.

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She was wiping down the bar, cleaning up a spill that had happened, before sighing.

"Well then, it's something that is in place." She heard from one of the patrons. She paused a moment, before continuing to clean the mess.

"Good." Another said.

"Assuming it was mixed properly, those afflicted should be showing their true colours by now." A third commented. She was silent as she listened in. She didn't know what it was that was being said, specifically, but knew that she did need to pay attention. This could be important after all.

Sadly, she couldn't leave her station, since she was the only one there to man the bar at the moment, but she knew that this was something she'd have to deal with after she could close.

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She just sighed, heavily.

Great. she thought. This is just what I wanted to find out tonight. There was definite disdain to her thoughts, but nothing she could really do about it, sadly.

She continued working, making sure to keep an ear out for if anything more was said by anyone that could be interest, and knowing that this could be bad.

As the night drew to a close, she was dead tired, but knew she couldn't wait. It'd keep her up anyway. With that, she left a note for the one who might be looking for her after she noticed her phone battery was dead, grabbed her stuff, locked up, and left. The best she could do at the moment was go a block or so away to where she knew she could find help. She just hoped the fact that it was 3 in the morning wouldn't get in the way.

She stepped up to the door and hesitated a moment before trying to open it, not sure if it would open or not.

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She made her way up to him, shifting the large round shades that she had on her face, with a sigh.

"Hi. I ... uhh... who can I give some pretty... vauge? Yet important information to?" She asked.

"I overheard something, and I'm reasonably sure you guys would be the best place to take the information." She added after a few seconds, her voice a bit on the cheery side, although rather subdued at the moment as well. Granted, that was partly because of the time, and because of the fact that this was a bit of a more serious topic.

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She just sighed.

"Here, just pass the information on." She said after a second or two.

"I overheard some patrons at my bar talking about how something was being done, and that those afflicted will have their 'true' natures come forth." She told him.

"That is all I know, and considering I'm reasonably sure they're tlaking shit like vampires and whatnot, I figured this would be the place to give the information." She added before sighing.

"Anyway, sorry to bother you. Just make sure that information is passed on, hey?"

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