Life Finds a Way
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2019 8:49 pm
((continued from A Trip to Die For))
He stood, towering proudly over the bustling attendees.
And Bree returned his gaze.
Yeah. In retrospect, it was a little bit of a “her” cliche that she’d go to the National Museum of Natural History first. But honestly. There was… close to everything. There was an insect zoo. There were bones. There was an ocean hall. There was a “garden lounge.” There was a hall of human origins. There was even an exhibit full of taxidermies. It boasted that it had the largest natural history collection in the world.
Really. It was a biologist’s wet dream. She’d be crazy if she didn’t check it off quickly. And, well, when she heard about the group planning to go today...
She looked down at the information on the elephant display in front of her. His name was Henry, and he was an eleven-ton African elephant. His pelt had been donated, and he was now used to educate the public on elephants and greet the guests as they walked through the rotunda.
Bree was still feeling the sting of what happened the day before. Once they had gotten on her floor, Oppenheimer handed her her keycard and pointed out the room she was staying in, before leaving her be. She’d been quiet as she unpacked, the look on her face probably giving her away. However, on the way to the museum she’d brightened up some, making conversation with some of the other people in the group. Word traveled quickly at George Hunter, so a few people brought it up without her even mentioning it. Some of the jokes were funny, others… weren’t.
But in any case. She was here now.
Bree lifted her phone again.
Speaking of word traveling fast… she heard about what happened with Ross the night before the trip. Apparently, he hurt his shoulder or something, and had to sit the trip out? Shortly after that word got out, another word got out that Ariana had set up a plan for him where they could send him stuff.
Ross was one of those people who was friendly with everyone, but not really best friends with anyone. Kind of quiet, but still went to parties and stuff, right? But you know what? Here, she’d send him something.
And she did.
Bree put her phone away and smoothed out a bit of her hair.
The group was going to move on in a bit. Probably to one of the ground-level exhibits.
He stood, towering proudly over the bustling attendees.
And Bree returned his gaze.
Yeah. In retrospect, it was a little bit of a “her” cliche that she’d go to the National Museum of Natural History first. But honestly. There was… close to everything. There was an insect zoo. There were bones. There was an ocean hall. There was a “garden lounge.” There was a hall of human origins. There was even an exhibit full of taxidermies. It boasted that it had the largest natural history collection in the world.
Really. It was a biologist’s wet dream. She’d be crazy if she didn’t check it off quickly. And, well, when she heard about the group planning to go today...
She looked down at the information on the elephant display in front of her. His name was Henry, and he was an eleven-ton African elephant. His pelt had been donated, and he was now used to educate the public on elephants and greet the guests as they walked through the rotunda.
Bree was still feeling the sting of what happened the day before. Once they had gotten on her floor, Oppenheimer handed her her keycard and pointed out the room she was staying in, before leaving her be. She’d been quiet as she unpacked, the look on her face probably giving her away. However, on the way to the museum she’d brightened up some, making conversation with some of the other people in the group. Word traveled quickly at George Hunter, so a few people brought it up without her even mentioning it. Some of the jokes were funny, others… weren’t.
But in any case. She was here now.
Bree lifted her phone again.
Speaking of word traveling fast… she heard about what happened with Ross the night before the trip. Apparently, he hurt his shoulder or something, and had to sit the trip out? Shortly after that word got out, another word got out that Ariana had set up a plan for him where they could send him stuff.
Ross was one of those people who was friendly with everyone, but not really best friends with anyone. Kind of quiet, but still went to parties and stuff, right? But you know what? Here, she’d send him something.
And she did.
Bree put her phone away and smoothed out a bit of her hair.
The group was going to move on in a bit. Probably to one of the ground-level exhibits.