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In the ht Fever, nobody even noticed that soh the portal In fact, I stood outstill on the floor than I had fro out of the portal I jumped to my feet and attempted to move like the dancers Immediately, I had two elven soldiers ers at each other, then the one who’d arrived a split second later sighed and backed away

While I danced aardly in front of the gyrating elf, I glanced around the room I wasn’t the only female present, but ere definitely in thean in-deuards would

Although I hadn’t anticipated landing in a party, I supposed itspace like this, and if they were fro disco, this as likely to happen I said a mental prayer of thanks to Saint Gloria of Gaynor because as weird as this situation was, it sure beat landing in theshifted to a Bee Gees tune, Ifor the exit on the other side of the room So far, no one had noticed that I was huet within clear view of the exit, and then my hopes fell The party ended at the doorway Beyond that, in the hall that led to the street entrance, there were several ar any fun They were facing out, like they were keeping people away rather than keeping people in, but I didn’t think they were likely to just let me leave I needed to find another way out

During a group participation rendition of "YMCA," during which I was unable toto a balcony surrounding the portal roooyles had disappeared fro about this place, and if I knew Sa ended and a Donna Suht not be able to escape via the roof, but I e out that way There were a nu the dance floor below, and I paused to do the sa on to look for a roof-access stairwell

Although ent, I forced myself to look casual This was a clear case of nobody questioning you if you acted like you belonged So far, I was getting along just fine in ene to jeopardize that

This building ht have been Elf Central, but it was still in New York and subject to the building code, so there was an exit sign over a doorway, indicating a stairwell Unsure if the elves’ lack of interest in ainst the balcony railing for a while, watching the dance floor It was hard to think of all these dancers as a potential threat toused for? And were they on board with this mission? Maybe all we needed to do to stop the elven invasion was introduce the would-be army to the New York club scene Then Sylvester would have to turn to Plan B for taking over the world These guys didn’t seehtclubs in it

When "Dancing Queen" came on, the partiers whooped with joy and enthusiastically threw the Even the elves on the balcony joined in the dancing They were all so caught up in theopen the stairwell door and slipping through it

There were no guards in the stairwell, so I was able to run up to the roof level I cautiously opened the roof door, ed a piece of wood I found nearby between the door and the frame so it wouldn’t close all the way, in case the door autolance, the rooftop seeood neas that there were no elves up there, whether guards or partiers escaping the crowd The bad neas that I didn’t see any gargoyles, either Noould have been a good tiht I could have sent up soht also have co to rethink ain, even if I’d had one, I wouldn’t have it now, since it seemed like all our stuff had been taken away from us ere sent into the other real er there was that I had no idea what I’d attract

Thatthere on the rooftop There was a waist-high wall around the edge of the roof, and I ducked so that I was beneath it Crouching, Iup occasionally It would have been lovely if I’d spotted Sa this place, but I didn’t