But it could've been worse :)

There were so many rumors flying around lately. It was like a buffet for Sazz. Like the best Christmas gift ever. Like he'd died and somehow wound up in a less prudish heaven. It was almost too much to investigate all at once... except he was gonna try. That said not all of these rumors had the apparent similarities to each other. And others struck a bit closer to home. Namely the one about a handful of kids trying to do some magic ritual and one of them exploding. Man oh man that was a doozy.

There was really only one person he could think of off hand that would probably know something about it. Or as he suspected was involved based on how scarce she seemed to be making herself lately. Well he'd find out soon enough as he headed into the one place he knew he'd definitely find her.

When he entered the library Sazz headed straight for the magic section, checking around. Then one particular figure with green skin caught his eye. Asleep at a table with a stack of books. Oh man this was bad. Sazz wasn't normally one to go out of his way to look out for people in a genuine capacity, but this was just really sad.

He took a seat directly across from Wednesday and reached out to poke her. Hopefully that would be enough to wake her up.

@Lotharingia

Sazz sighed and looked over to the cat, gave him a wave, then back to Wednesday. Well a little poke didn't work didn't even make her budge. This time he put a hand on his shoulder and shook her. Who even let this happen? The second he fell asleep in the library a librarian would be on his ass within seconds.

"Hey come on get up. You can't just hole up in here and sleep," he sighed as his shaking intensified. Of course he left off the part of "if I can't sleep here no one can," but that might come up later.

Sazz recoiled quickly enough when she hit him. No it didn't hurt or anything, and no he wasn't surprised. Still he didn't want to get hit anymore. He just sighed at her and smiled at her.

"Well... no I didn't really need anything. I just wanted to check up on you. You've been kinda scarce and uh... I dunno."

He shifted awkwardly. Sazz had a plan, he always had a plan. That said the emotion he was feeling now, this was worry? Nerves? He never really got hit with those things not often anyway. He considered how to word it before he finally said anything.

"Are you doing alright?"

Sazz probably didn't even have to say anything. The look on his face was probably enough to cut through that lie like a hot knife through butter. This wasn't the usual end of the semester study hustle, this was something more impactful. Wednesday was a mess there was no way around it.

"Looks like a lot more than nor-" the demon frowned and sighed. There was no reason to just dance around it, so he might as well crash the conversation into it. "I heard what happened okay? You don't have to hide that stuff from me."

Sazz frowned, he didn't much like that response. He almost didn't have an immediate response to it... almost. He watched her as she started to pack up and let out a sigh.

"Do you really think you're in any kind of place to pull off something big on your own? In this condition? You look terrible, and you're thinking with your guilt. You're not going to get very far like that."

He narrowed his eyes. He didn't know all the details, but he was smart enough to piece together what probably happened. He studied enough magic theory to know how to make a lich, or undead. That wasn't something a person could just reverse with ease.

"Clear your head a little is all I'm saying. You have to think about yourself too. You might end up hurting yourself in the process. And as someone who's investing a friendship with you I don't wanna see that happen. I'll even help you... if you want."