<strong>"You quit ? huh ?" </strong><br/><br/>Mel's eyes darted away from Jacob then to her sister then back to Jacob again.<br/><br/><strong>"Please give me a moment."</strong>she mentioned to him curtly then ran to Holly's side.<br/><br/>It was likely Jacob would quickly take the original scroll like Chloe suggested and orb to the elders before Melinda could get another sentence in but it was worth trying to get Jacob to manage a little more help from the elders - pushing it perhaps but Mel didn't care. The elders were above being principled in a petty way ... well.... most of the time.<br/><br/>Regardless Jacob could orb away and manage these things in the blink of an eye. A mighty useful trick.... Mel briefly wondered if there was a spell that could do something simular. The closest ones she heard of had a risk of appearing in the middle of objects however - not exactly a comforting thought.<br/><br/><strong>"You quit?"</strong>Mel wasn't angry just confused ... very confused<br/><br/><strong>"But you won those awards ! They LOVE you there ! I thought <em>you </em>loved it there ! The place is only doing well due to your deserts, all there know it, hell half of them spend a large fraction of their pay check requesting servings from your hand. The owners adore you and give you no rules let you run the kitchen like its yours and are very thankful for doing so. It is so rare to be appreciated Holly, and I thought you adored creating food, what on earth happened ?"</strong><br/><br/>Mel talked like a stream train ... all in one breath too... In truth the other two sisters adored eating at Holly's restaurant, her working there was the only thing that seemed normal about their lives, a grounding Mel adored and took for granted as it seemed.<br/><br/><strong>"And whoa .. wait a moment whats with your powers changing....." </strong><br/><br/>Working out what<em>caused </em>something so profound could come later ... as deducing that would depend on what powers she was getting now.. so first things fist. Without asking Mel poured a few strong drinks nodded for others to take one while quickly downing one herself before grabbing another. Mel closed her eyes and counted to three.... normally Mel would be anxious over something this sudden for days ... but strangely though ... Mel seemed ... calm. VERY calm.<br/><br/>It was like Holly had an aura which felt like being in an invisible bubble bath... dreamy, surreal. The effect was obvious to those waiting Mel<br/><br/><strong>"Um .. what powers <strong>do </strong>you have ?"</strong>spoken in a voice that may have come from one up to her eyeballs in Valium<br/>