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Joel ran through the hallways, dodging people left and right. From the way he was moving, some of the workers probably wondered if they had missed the siren signaling a demon attack. Because surely that's where he was running off to so fast. That was not true, of course. But he wasn't going to stop and explain.

The party was going to be held in the breakroom. He just had to get there without any of his teammates seeing him.

He rounded the last corner, and pulled up short. He ducked back around the corner and waited, as he heard Kelsey and Dana approaching.