<hr/><div class="floatleft">(http://cdn02.cdn.justjaredjr.com/wp-content/uploads/headlines/2015/12/ashley-benson-bday-wishes-from-pll-cast.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Medusa (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261894.msg12988378#msg12988378)<br/><strong>Location:</strong>X-Mansion, near the main entrance.<br/><strong>Date/Time:</strong>Sept 7th, around 3:00pm<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Salem (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261894.msg12918911#msg12918911), Bobby (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261894.msg12977312#msg12977312), Open<br/><strong>Content:</strong>Talking with Salem and keeping a nervous eye on Bobby.<br/><hr/><br/>Bobby's apology had surprised Medusa.  Not that it was aimed at her, which it wasn't and she didn't care, but the fact that he'd offered one at all.  The Bobby, or rather Snapdragon, that she knew about wouldn't have apologized for anything.  He would've ripped them both apart and laughed as he did it.  That was really her first real clue that something was off.  Either the stories about him were greatly exaggerated, something that was hard to believe given how many stories and how much evidence there had been attached to them, or something had changed in the guy.  She wasn't sure which one, but it had the wheels in her head turning even as she continued to speak to Salem while they waited for the rest of the tour group to return.<br/><br/>When Salem mentioned them coming from similar places, Medusa really did have to fight not to snort again.  She truthfully had no idea what sort of past Salem possessed, so she wasn't about to assume that she had a worse history than her.  But the girl had been here for six years, she now knew, and felt that knowing that would help with understanding why she was chosen to be leading this show.  Six years was a long time to get used to a place and learn how things worked.  If Medusa thought of this like a prison, which she still did in a way, then Salem was the one that she could talk to in order to learn how things functioned around here and how to get around things, although she doubted the second part would happen since she seemed very clean-cut.<br/><br/>After a few moments of talking about stuff, Salem asked Medusa about her past and where she came from.  She thought about it for a moment before realizing that it would all come out eventually.  So she just nodded and took a deep breath, fairly sure that Bobby was also listening to the conversation.<strong>"Well I was raised in an orphanage until I was ten years old,"</strong>she began,<strong>"And then I ran away and wound up on the streets in Chicago.  It was rough at first, figuring out how things worked and finding my way.  But I eventually figured it out and did alright for myself."</strong>She didn't get too heavily into what she'd done to survive or what had happened along the way.  That was something that Salem could ask her about later if she wanted to do so, but Medusa didn't really feel like it was something that she wanted to get out too much.<strong>"And not all that long ago, I got caught and arrested,"</strong>she said, not saying what she was arrested for,<strong>"I was pretty sure I was going to spend a long time in jail, then Xavier shows up, and next thing I know I'm on my way here."</strong><br/><br/>She knew that she'd glossed over alot of details.  Some of the details she actually didn't know, like how Xavier had managed to get the authorities to agree to release her into his care in this school.  And some of them were intensely personal, like her relationship with Him and what had happened to cause that relationship to be ended.  However, that didn't mean that she wouldn't answer some questions from Salem, but she also noticed that Salem seemed to be very eager to have this conversation.  It was almost like the girl was eager to have someone to talk to, which struck Medusa as odd since she figured that Salem had to have plenty of friends, having been here for so long.  However, even as she was having this talk, she felt a small swell of guilt in her as she noticed Bobby still nearby and realized that she wasn't being fair to him.  He seemed to be different that she thought he would be.<br/><br/>She bit her lip for a moment as she looked at Salem and smiled lightly.<strong>"Looks like the others are taking their time getting back,"</strong>she noted,<strong>"But I'm sure they'll be back at some point.  Maybe after I get settled in around here, we could hang out or something?"</strong>She knew that she was extending the olive branch and that wasn't something she normally did.  But she was going to at least attempt to be diplomatic with the people around here.  And speaking of which.<strong>"What about you, big guy?"</strong>she asked, trying to be as calm as possible as she addressed Bobby,<strong>"How'd you end up here after everything that happened involving you?"</strong>