<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=161073.msg10218222#msg10218222">Quote from: PrestaDGTation on 06-07-2014, 08:57:30</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"She suits you.  Did you name her that?"</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Olivia blushed at that.  "I used to have an imaginary friend... now she's not so imaginary..."<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote from: PrestaDGTation</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"Is that something your Rose told you?"</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Olivia shook her head.  "I noticed it at first this morning; I usually see him walking to his first class.  I thought I should find him, ask him if he saw those... things, too."  Fear deepened to panic.  "When I didn't find him, I just... snooped around a bit.  No one remembers him, Esther, not even his band teacher! I asked him who was tutoring Amalia and he just got confused.  And it's not just people.  His name doesn't show up on any of the roll sheets; he's not even listed as enrolled in the school!"  Panic was blunted by embarassment - as if she'd commited a crime, Olivia added, "I... skipped a class to look into it.  Two, actually..."  Panic returned in force.  "I sent Rose to check out his house.  His mother doesn't remember having a son, Esther!  There's a room that I think must have been his, but it's a guest bedroom - it doesn't have anything of his in it.  It's like he never existed at all!"<br/><br/>Something about this bugged Esther, and after a moment's thought she had it.  The timing was too close.  It sounded like Jason had never come to school at all.  Had the creature attcked him at his house, or...?  A sudden memory bubbled up in her mind - the bonefire, the rain, the lightning.  A bolt striking Jason, and him falling to the ground.  Had it been this Parasite who was responsible... or was it Billy?<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote from: PrestaDGTation</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"I suggest you find Mike, and keep each other safe.  I'm a little further down this road than you are, so I should be okay.  But meet me here at 10:15.  If I don't show up, you'll need to track them yourselves."</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Olivia seemed to ground herself as Esther spoke - Rose whispered in her ear and that seemed to calm her down even more.  Finally she nodded.  "Okay.  I can do that."<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote from: PrestaDGTation</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"I spent most of the morning trying to tell at least one of you that."  She smiled and put a hand through her hair, just above the right ear.  "I'm glad I got to you in time."</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>((OOC: Bonus roll: With a successful roll for hearing things:<div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">To herself, or maybe Rose, as Esther walks away, Olivia mumbles, "That's weird.  Didn't Shawn tell us she was busy and didn't want to talk to us?"</div></div>))<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote from: PrestaDGTation</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"> "If you knew that just for today, you couldn't fail, what would you do?  What would you attempt?"  She asked herself, as she walked.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>As she walked, she found it hard to concentrate on her decision to find her Drama teacher.  Her thoughts kept drifting to her conversation with Olivia - how distraught the girl had been.  She was probably still sitting there on the bleachers, trying to figure everything out.  It was a side of her Esther had never seen before. The Princess had lost her facade - she had seemed so weak, at that moment.  So... vulnerable.<br/><br/>Why did that turn Esther on so much?<br/><br/>((OOC: Hehe, surprise!  :)  Esther is suffering from Temptation: Seduce Olivia.  Golden Boy might not be happy if Esther gives in, but... does she care?))