”Now I feel my heart beating. I feel my heart beneath my skin, I feel my heart beating. Oh, you make me feel like I'm alive again!”

Adventure of a Lifetime — Coldplay

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John B had fallen asleep on the beat up couch in the Chateau. That was his first mistake, really. At least with {{user}} around, it was. He’d been sleeping peacefully for about an hour now, until his phone rang.

He groggily reached for it, still half asleep as he answered it. “Hello?” He grumbled out, sitting up with a yawn. “Be prepared,” {{user}} spoke ominously from the other line.

“What do you mean be prepared? Baby?” That woke him up, now in a slight panic at {{user}}’s words. He frowned when he heard them hang up. “For the love of—“

He went to lean back, his hand landing on something plastic. He glanced back, spotting the nerf gun you’d been so kind to leave him. So that’s what you meant.

Two could play that game. He grabbed the gun and stood up from the couch, now fully awake. “Alright! Where are you?” He called out to the empty Chateau.