<hr/><div class="floatleft">(http://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/13381189_236387550075587_999398268_n.jpg?ig_cache_key=MTI3MDM1MDIwOTYwMzcyODQ4MA%3D%3D.2&amp;se=7)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Blackout (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261894.msg12962174#msg12962174)<br/><strong>Location:</strong>In her (and Hourglass's) Dorm<br/><strong>Date/Time:</strong>September 6th, late evening<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Hourglass (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=261894.msg12957766#msg12957766)<br/><strong>Content:</strong>Hanging with her roommate<br/><strong>Wearing:</strong>tee-shirt and panties (https://i2.wp.com/slotsmarvel.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/heroineflash.jpeg?resize=600%2C330)<br/><hr/><br/>Having Tessa look at her drawings was proving to be a good thing.  The other girl seemed to have picked up on something that she had not and that was her near obsession with getting the eyes just right.  Thinking back on it, she could remember most of her drawing time being spent on the eyes.  And she also started to remember how she tended not to have to fix mistakes with the eyes, perhaps hinting that she had always been subconsciously comfortable or happy with them as opposed to the rest of the face, which she often found herself erasing sections to redo.  And she also realized that when she met someone new, the first thing she was likely to notice was their eyes.  As she came to this realization, she wondered if she had some sort of attraction to eyes or if it was just something that happened with everyone.  Either way, it was what it was and now that she knew it, she could start using that to her advantage.  Not that there was a whole lot of advantages to her drawing, but she wanted to believe that what Tessa had told her would end up making a difference with her drawings and she would continue to do so unless she was proven wrong.  And she highly doubted that that would happen.<br/><br/>As Joanne made the decision to try and change topics with Tessa, she noticed how that seemed to cause a bit of concern with the other girl for a moment.  In fact, she was fairly sure that Tessa was biting the inside of her cheek, a nervous tick that Blackout used to have when she was younger, which made Joanne question whether or not this was actually a good idea.  But then Tessa agreed and she joined Blackout on the bed, sitting up near the headboard while Blackout shifted lightly so that she was closer to the foot of the bed to give the other girl some space since she was noticing that Tessa wasn't really used to the idea of someone being physically close to her.  At least not in a positive way given the number of scars that Blackout had begun to notice as they saw each other on a regular basis.  In fact, she suspected she was the only one that had seen the brand on the other's girl's cheek and didn't bring it up since it was clearly a very sore spot for the girl.<br/><br/>Choosing what she'd felt was a safe topic to start with, she waited for Tessa to comment.  And she was admittedly very surprised when Tessa talked about how she hadn't seen many movies.  Seeing movies was almost a standard thing that kids their age had done growing up.  It was really another hint that things had been very rough for Tess as a kid and Blackout determined that she was going to try and help Tess as much as she could.  And when she mentioned a movie she saw, Blackout's eyes lit up as she knew immediately what movie was being talked about.<strong>"Oh, oh, oh, that was 1408!"</strong>she exclaimed, bouncing a little bit as she remember that movie,<strong>"That movie messed with me so badly, especially when he gets to the end of the hour and thinks it's over, only for it to start all over again.  Which ending did you like better?  The one where he survives, or the one where he dies?"</strong><br/><br/>The topic of the movie was a good one, but then it did turn a little as Tessa apologized and started talking about how she hoped that this would be a fresh start for her and give her a chance to have a more normal life.  Yeah, that was a clear show of how bad things had been for Tess and Blackout actually had a strange desire to reach over and pull the other girl into a hug.  But she restrained herself, one because she wasn't the type to embrace alot of physical contact with someone she barely knew and two, she had a feeling that it would startled the living daylights out of Tessa and she didn't want to do that.  So she restrained herself and instead settled for flopping down across the foot of the bed, her arms stretched above her head and causing her tee-shirt to drag up a few inches to show her flat-ish tummy and would remain that way as she turned her head to look back at Tessa.<br/><br/><strong>"Well you can have friends here,"</strong>she said with a smile,<strong>"And hopefully plenty of them.  As for doing things, I'm sure we could get permission to go somewhere if we can get one of the Professors to come along.  Not to mention there's really a lot of things to do here and a massive collection of movies to choose from.  Maybe tomorrow, she can take over one of the televisions around here and watch a few or something."</strong>She smiled lightly as she looked at Tessa, trying to convey that she wanted to hang out and be the other girl's friend.<strong>"Hell, maybe we'll see about going clothing shopping sometime.  I could use some new outfits and I think you'd look good in something other than baggy sweatshirts."</strong>She giggled a bit as she waited to see how Tessa would react to that thought.