Thursday, April 09, 2026
2. Lapinette in the Maxxi Museum
Lapinette reached the museum long before the Wabbit. But was she hopped past a window she noticed him approaching on the street. As he turned into the complex, she waved and shouted. "Up here! Join me up here!" She saw him wave back and then make an incomprehensible sign. She waved again. Then he used morse code. "Coming by back way." Lapinette shrugged. The Wabbit has all sorts of deals with museums which usually involved a lot of time. She signalled back. "I wait here." The Wabbit nodded and disappeared. Lapinette went to look at the photos on the wall. After a while she got bored. "Where is he?" She went back to the window and saw what looked like the Wabbit being dragged into a side entrance by a Eul. She hadn't seen a Eul for some time and had assumed they'd died out or were marooned on an inhospitable planet in the Sombrero galaxy. She searched in her frock for a radio but found she's left it on charge in her apartment. She cursed silently and went to look for an attendant. They knew the Wabbit and were generally quite congenial as long as he let them stroke his ears. She shuddered. But she found the door locked. She was stuck on the first floor. She waved through the window again. There was no one in sight. "I can't even get to the restaurant from here." The windows were sheer and unbreakable. "Maybe I can find a way," she muttered. She disappeared into a long dark corridor ...
