((OOC:<strong>Rule discovered:</strong>Normal humans have limited means of resisting supernatural traits.  Unless the target of your abilities is actively trying to oppose you,<em>such uses are solo rolls instead of contested rolls</em>- generally meaning success is assured.<br/><br/><strong>Rule discovered:</strong>Using a supernatural trait in direct sunlight boots its power,<em>adding a free success to your roll</em>.  Esther's roll of 2, 8 is actually 2 successes because of this.<br/><br/><strong>Rule discovered:</strong>Using a supernatural trait during the day (unless you completely seclude yourself from the sun) resonates with your darker natures,<em>increasing Lust by 1 each time a supernatural trait is rolled</em>.<br/><br/><strong>Rule discovered:</strong>Using a supernatural trait in direct sunlight feeds your inner monster, greatly raising Lust.<em>Lust is immediately increased by the number of dice rolled, in addition to any other Lust gains</em>.<br/><br/>Esther's Lust has increased by 3, to a new rating of 1d12.  Esther now has a non-zero Lust score, meaning she is vulnerable to Temptation - see the OOC thread for what this means.  Alternatively, keep reading, because to keep things interesting I've decided to subject Esther to her first Temptation immediately.  :-)))<br/><br/>Esther took the fateful plunge and unleashed the power that had been building inside her.  Suddenly her whole body seemed to darken; the three girls watching her gasped as just for a moment her body seemed to be absorbing light rather than reflecting it.  She felt a pulse of something - she couldn't think of a way to describe it other than as "pure energy" - pass through her, leaving her skin tingling and her mind euphoric.  The tingling seemed to concentrate in her erogenous zones, washing aside her euphoria in a rush of what was unmistakably arousal.<br/><br/>The strange high ended after mere moments, leaving Esther feeling depleted - almost desperate for more.  But the world around her was crying for her attention.  She noticed the three girls were staring at her with strangely dazed looks on their faces.  Then, slowly, as she returned to reality they did, too.  The three shared a moment of confusion... but it was to be the last thing they shared.  Dorothea shook her head and said, "You're such a creep, Esther."  Her bemused expression somewhat took the force out of her insult.<br/><br/>The reaction from the others was almost instantaneous, however.  Both took a step away from her, frowning at her as if seeing her for the first time.  The new girl spoke up first, sounding defensive of Esther.  "Don't treat her like that, Dorothea.  She doesn't deserve it."<br/><br/>Dorothea's mouth fell agape; shock quickly gave way to outrage.  "Leila Davidson!  What has come over you?  You can't talk to me like that!"  But Cynthia was already shaking her head.<br/><br/>"No, she's right, Dorothea.  You're way out of line.  I may tease Esther sometimes, but she's still my friend.  I thought you were, too, but I don't know what's come over you lately.  Esther's right about you: You're worthless.  I don't know what I was thinking associating with you, but it's officially over."<br/><br/>Dorothea worked her mouth without any sound coming out as she looked first to Cynthia's disdainful glare and then to Leila's quiet reproach.  All of a sudden it was too much for the girl; with a howl of shame she turned and fled, tears visibly streaming down her face as she shoved her way past another student and into the women's restroom.<br/><br/>Cynthia shook her head and grinned conspiratorially at Esther.  "What can I say?  Some people just can't handle the stress of high school..."<br/><br/>She kept speaking, but Esther didn't hear - her mind was elsewhere.  For the first time she consciously realized that there was something<em>wrong</em>.  Something was not right in her head.  The spike of arousal had faded, but now it seemed to build up again.  With it came dark thoughts that seemed to whisper in the back of her mind.  Thoughts that Dorothea hadn't suffered enough - that Esther should follow her into the bathroom.  There they'd be alone, and Esther could really make her pay for her insolence.  Who was she, to say such spiteful things?  Esther would show her.  After all, she wouldn't be able to make nasty comments with her tongue buried in Esther's--<br/><br/>That last thought - completely alien to Esther's mindset - hit her like a splash of cold water.  Where moments before she had been precariously close to tumbling over the edge, now she realized she was caught in a battle for her very mind as the tempting whispers attempted to gain sway over the rational part of her thoughts.  She had thought the idea of using her power was a "temptation".  No.  Compared to this, Esther had merely been wading into the deep end of the pool.  Now... now she was in the ocean in a storm, fighting to stay above water as her mind was assaulted with foreign thoughts of all the things she would oh-so-love to do to Dorothea.<br/><br/>((OOC:<strong>Rule discovered:</strong>Esther is suffering from a Temptation - her darker nature is attempting to influence her into using her powers in a new and frightening manner.  She must make a contested roll against her current Lust rating of 1d12.  Success means she has overcome temptation and can act normally - including giving in to the temptation of her own free will if she so chooses.  Failure means her rational mind has lost and she will do everything in her power to follow the temptation wherever it leads - in this case attempting to get alone with Dorothea.  If you fail, feel free to include whatever actions Esther takes in pursuit of this goal, but please stop once you have Dorothea "isolated".  :-)<br/><br/>Esther may resist her Lust with any trait<em>except a supernatural trait</em>; such traits can never be used to resist Temptation.  Of course you should also justify in your post how the trait in questions is helping you resist.<br/><br/>Addendum - it's gonna take me a while to have the OOC thread totally updated, but all the pertinent information should be in this post.))