<div align="center"><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Monday, January 6th - 10:38 PM</strong></span><br/><em>Medical Bay (Computer Station)</em></div><hr/><div class="floatleft">(https://lezwatchtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Alycia_Debnam_Carey-350x412.jpg)</div><strong>WHO:</strong>Amber Jenson (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=316749.msg15293218#msg15293218)<br/><strong>WEARING:</strong>As pictured plus black booty shorts<br/><strong>DOING:</strong>Working Away<br/><strong>NOTE:</strong>-<br/><strong>TAGGING:</strong>Marley | OPEN<br/><hr/><br/>Amber wasn't sure where Marley was going to take things.  It was clear that she wasn't at all happy about the fact that Amber hadn't really spent time around anyone today and she seemed to realize that Amber was a ghost here.  With the exception of a couple of people, most didn't know who she was and what she was about.  In fact, if not for the fact that they might sometimes see her around, they wouldn't even know she existed at all.  Not that Amber really cared, but it seemed to be an issue for Marley.  Of course, she had no idea how Marley would try to teach the lesson, so when the older woman made her way into the kitchen, Amber would follow and then find a seat.  She watched as Marley started the stove and it looked like she was going to get the grilled cheese started but then she would drop her hand on the burner instead.  Amber couldn't help but let out a shout of panic as she shot out of her chair and would move to try and stop Marley, but before she could get over there, Marley's hand was up and now facing Amber.<br/><br/>She looked at the hand and winced a bit when she saw the burns and boils and inflamed skin.  She could smell the burned skin and it made her stomach churn, but before she could properly react to anything else, she watched as the skin started to heal itself.  In less than a minute, her hand was completely healed as though it had never happened and Amber found herself a bit dumbfounded.  So she found herself listening to the story and she found herself struggling with it.  In a sense, she already knew where this story was headed, but at the same time, she thought that it also had another message.  Marley had been friends with these people.  And she had been unable to save them.  It was clear that she carried the guilt with her about that and to Amber, it was just another reason not to try and get close to someone.  Especially with the way the world was now, getting close to someone meant creating an opening to hurt you, not just physically, but emotionally.  And she didn't want to be hurt.  Not by losing someone, but especially not by someone betraying her.<br/><br/>By the time the story was over, Amber was sitting back down and soon, there was a plate with two sandwiches in front of her.  Her hunger got the better of her and she would take hold of one and started to eat it slowly, thinking a bit as she knew that Marley would expect a response.  More than that, she was sure that Marley expected her to fall in line, but that was still difficult for her.  Being the lone wolf had been her life.  The only reason she had come here in the first place was because she knew that it was a place that she could use to her advantage.  When Marley asked for half a sandwich, Amber would nod and cut the untouched one in half and then offered it to her.  Once it was taken, she would take a deep breath and look at Marley.  She knew that this women could cast her out if she wanted, but she knew that Marley didn't want to do that.  She wanted Amber to stay and to grow and develop.  Amber knew that she was going to have to change.  But that also didn't mean that she would have to accept that easily.<br/><br/><strong>"I've been a lone wolf since I was a little girl,"</strong>she finally said as she looked at Marley,<strong>"The few times I've let someone in, they've ended up hurting me far more than helping me.  The only person I've ever been able to rely on is myself."</strong>She paused as she took another bite of the grilled cheese and found that her body was responding well to actually having something put into it.  She would have to try and remember to eat more often.<strong>"You're asking me to trust in people.  To believe that when the chips are down, they won't feed me to the wolves in order to buy more time to survive themselves,"</strong>she looked into Marley's eyes as she said this, her distrust of people on full display,<strong>"So I'm going to ask you something very important.  Why should I believe that the people here won't do exactly that when whatever horror that comes next comes knocking?  If you can give me one good reason to have faith in them, then I will try to open myself up more.  But if you can't, then I see no reason to change my ways."</strong>She finished the sandwich and looked at Marley, eyes seeking answers that she didn't know whether to hope or fear that she would have.