What a nightmare. Rita awakened with a start that morning, and quickly stumbled out of bed. To her relief, she was back in a perfectly normal room with no massive hair-monsters flooding the place.

Once she had a moment to reassure herself that it was over, Rita was able to fully calm down and was ready to go. She stopped in the Sun Room to check the bulletin, but she couldn't help but watch her back, for fear that that thing could still be lurking about. But it wasn't, and she was able to catch up on current events and continue on to the Cafeteria without incident.

Looked like Lingormr had gotten himself into trouble. He hadn't struck Rita as being particularly weak-willed or anything, either. It looked like the institute's "special counseling" could work on anyone... but that was a matter for another time.

Once Rita picked up some food from the counter, she spotted Skulduggery among the tables and chairs. Carrying her tray with one hand (as the other was still in a sling) she made her way over and sat down across from the man.

"Well, that was useless," she immediately griped. "Looks like we both survived, though."