<div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>The Black Box</strong></span></div><hr/><br/><div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/JCoNFHJ.jpg)</div><strong>NAME:</strong>Lily Jimenez<br/><strong>DAY:</strong>December 4th, 2020, 11:15 PM<br/><strong>LOCATION:</strong>SOPHE Headquarters, IT Office<br/><strong>TAGGING:</strong>Kyless, Open<br/><strong>EXTRA:</strong><br/><strong>WEARING:</strong>Her usual hoodie and jeans<br/><hr/><br/>One minute there was nothing but the smell of champurrado and the jingling - and the next,<em>her</em>. Lily nearly bumped her head on the table on top of her. As it was, the way her neck cricked up from the light of the screen, she knew it would hurt like crazy in the morning. "You... I... What are you?"<br/><br/>Fear fought with curiosity. Curiosity won. This person, well obviously a demon, she didn't look human, didn't seem hostile. Then again, looks could be deceiving. So, for the moment, calm but careful. "Yeah," she noted, "I guess I was. Then again, not all of us can turn invisible, can we?" Part of Lily was already tuning into the challenge.<em>How do you keep track of an invisible demon?</em>Much of the rest she left aside for the moment. This was the first person at SOPHE who ever termed Lily<em>quiet.</em>To be fair, Lily usually didn't hide either, even as badly as she had obviously made a mess of it.<br/><br/>The rest though, interesting. "Outside, you say? You're probably asking the wrong person. Look at this, Missy," she held up her arm. "See how pale that is? That's what happens when you go without sunlight for six months. Good think I get some Vitamin D milk with those Oreos. Otherwise I might get osteoporosis before I'm 25. I don't think they want me to get out much." Which brought up new questions, like, why the heck was this one so interested in the outside? Or was it her problem. Gee, give her Annie and some time to mess with some overbearing idiots' heads, and she didn't even miss the Outside? Should she? Well, that was one more thing to take up with Psych Services and the Good Doctor Date.<br/><br/>Assuming she survived this. The bravado was largely for show, as the biggest question of all was, again,<em>What the Hell was she, and why hadn't Lily met her before?</em>Along with the even bigger question still  of Is shethe Black Box, and if so, why was SOPHE so interested in Lily<em>not</em>knowing about her.<br/><br/>"Anyway," Lily continued doing her best to keep up the front and, you know, not wet her pants, "Outside is about nine floors that way." She casually pointed a thumb upward. "Through about 300 jarheads with guns and tight grips." She cocked her head a little, that cat-killing, make that Lily-killing, curiosity rearing its ugly head yet again. "Why do you want to get out anyway. Is there something out there you're looking for? Because by the way you're dripping on the floor there, you look like you could use a band-aid."<br/><br/>Suddenly priorities shuffled in Lily's head yet again. Whatever else she might not have wanted, she also found she didn't want whatever it was that just crept up on her to just up and die either. Give her a little credit. She got up and scanned the wall. "If I remember correctly, there's a first aid kit here somewhere. Ah... there it is." She stood and grabbed the little white box and opened it, retrieve a roll of gause and some tape. "It's made for human physiology, but the principle works the same for demons I'm sure. Strip of cloth stops the blood. Basic biology and physics." She also tossed Kyless over a bottle of disinfectant. "I don't know how you demonic types deal with germs, but better safe than sorry. If this stuff makes you melt like the Wicked Witch of the West though, don't go blaming me. You got a name?"<br/><br/>