Sorority Sorcery
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				Title: <strong>Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SpiralSpider</strong> on <strong>22-07-2012, 06:28:37</strong>
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				It had been a long day. Contrary to the sterotyped image of the average woman, Charlie <em>hated</em> shopping. She had to spend the day downtown, scouring through the used book stores that were off the beaten path, often ill-lit and dusty-smelling. She thought she'd have sneezed her head off eventually. But luck came her way shortly after lunch, where she stumbled upon a rather silly sounding shop named Carl Conrad Coreander's. If it weren't for the tomes displayed - or stacked rather - in what could be seen of the window she would have passed it by but now, looking at the ornate tome currently in her hands, she was certainly glad she didn't.<br><br>The book in question was bound in thick leather and cracked in some places, though it held up overall. The writing on the cover had long since worn off but when she looked inside, she found pages upon pages of diagrams and paragraphs written in some strange tongue. That alone wasn't so much of use to her, but to the side margin on several sheets was a shorthand pronunciation guide. She knew enough about typing to be able to read that one off and she chuckled as she ran through a few lines in her head. <em>"Well... that seems spooky-sounding enough to do the job."</em> She thought, shutting the book with a satisfying thud and then consequently coughing a fit from the dust that kicked up.<br><br>Carl himself looked up from his perch across the room, his owl-like sideburns sticking out at odd angles while he adjusted his glasses. She caught his eye and laughed nervously, only to fall into coughing once more. "Gra-howmuch... is this one?" She said raspily while she attempted to bring her breath under control. The desired book had no price tagged or written on it so she was left having to ask the cranky-looking man near the register. When he just continued to stare at her for some few seconds, she walked over and handed the book to him. Mr. Coreander appeared just as old and dusty as half the books in his market. Charlie couldn't help feeling somewhat intimidated by the way he leered over her as he took the book in hand. She knew all about owls - her mother collected countless little curios inspired by them - and this man definitely had that entire gimmick going on. Not so little yet vegetarian Charlie couldn't help but feel a bit mousish in his presence.<br><br>The man looked the book over and quoted a rather high price to her. The tall red-haired girl raised her eyebrows and rustled through her wallet, pulling out the dollars. It seemed she had just enough. <em>"Thank God the club'll reimburse me..."</em> she thought to herself as she payed the man with a friendly smile. Much to her shock and dismay, he returned it slightly - the look making him even more eerie. She scrunched up her nose and said her goodbyes before hopping gratefully back on her bicycle to head back to study and rehearse.<br><br>The Phi Beta Sorority House (http://www.gaf.com/corporate-information/press-room/gaf-logos-graphics-photos/residential-roofing-shingles-logos/designer-shingle-logos/slateline-shingles-logos/Images/SlateLine_Large_House_WeatheredSlate.jpg) was a hell of a place to come&nbsp; home to. Being that it was gifted by prior Alumni and up-kept by each artistic member who's stayed there since, it certainly was a pretty thing. Each resident had the right to re-paint and decorate their own space, a wall in the living room was filled with shiny signatures of the graduates from the last few years - a smattering of which were now well-known. Some of the girls tended plants - flowers and fruit to use in their programs to give back to the community, but Charlie was very unfortunately cursed with the opposite of a green thumb, making her an extra bit grateful to the other girls who lent a hand to their small gardens. <br><br><strong>"Yeah-heh!"</strong> The chubby girl yelled, skidding to a stop by the tiny orchard. The scent said that the apples were coming in, though many were still green that was exactly the way she liked it. Snagging a big sour one, she dropped her bike where she stopped and hopped up the front steps to enter the main hall. <strong>"Tadaima!"</strong>Charlie called out in a rather cutesy tone, using one of the first words she learned in Japanese class this semester to announce her arrival home. Taking a bite out of the fruit she held, she went on without swallowing, "Mm... Need.. salt." She dropped her backpack on a sturdy wooden chair in the main hall before heading to the kitchen to rummage for the seasoning she thought the unripe fruit needed. It was one of her many strange habits. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lumasan</strong> on <strong>22-07-2012, 06:56:38</strong>
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				Lee had been sitting at the large kitchen counter, reading over an art history book when Charlie had waltzed into the kitchen. She slowly lifted her head from the book, a bored and somewhat strained expression on her face. She let out a soft sigh and closed the book, using a small drawing pencil (that she had been using to take notes with) as a marker for where she left off. Sometimes Lee absolutely loathed studying, particularly if she didn't have the right frame of mind for the day. Most often then not, it ended with her ditching her studies to game or tinker with her motorcycle. Today just wasn't a reading or study type of day for her at all. She adjusted her tight fitting, rather old and worn out, Mighty Morphin' Power rangers tee, so that it wasn't riding up anymore and sat up straight on the stool.<br><br>Pushing strands of deep chocolate away from her face, she pulled her hair back into a ponytail and greeted her sorority sister. "Soooooo... How was your day Charlie?" Her voice was dragged out and ended her sentence with a soft sigh. "I can't concentrate for crap today. I feel like I have better things to do, and yet at the same time I'm so bored with myself that I can't concentrate on anything!" she paused to catch her breath, and then continued,"I also feel, that if the world were to end right now I'd probably wouldn't give a crap. I hate these weird do nothing moods of mine..." She paused once again before continuing, placing her hands under her chin, and slouching on the stool again. "So... anything interesting happen?" her somewhat relaxed voice gave inclination to her state of mind at the moment.
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				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>22-07-2012, 07:36:20</strong>
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				Up in her room, Melissa kept the keys of her keyboard dutifully clacking, an open door her only real contact with the outside world.&nbsp; Although the headphones blocked out most of the noise of people passing by, the desk had been turned so that she could see people coming in, with the added bonus that they weren't able to see her computer screen.<br><br>Her current task was the Phi Beta website.&nbsp; Every once in a while, there was a jerk out there who decided to put up something mean.&nbsp; Today was no different: <em>"If blue-dome isn't going to learn to play an actual instrument, maybe she should shave half her head like that other freak."</em>&nbsp; Deleting such trash took only moments, and Mel didn't want the rest of the girls to see any of it if she could help it, especially when it was about herself.<br><br>Some situations didn't have any good outcome.&nbsp; Whether one of her sisters read it and got angry, or reassured her that it wasn't true, or somehow ended up agreeing with the insults, it was a better course of action just to erase it and move on.<br><br>Once that was done, she started up Castle Brigade, a PC game dedicated to building an extravagant and beautiful castle while simultaneously keeping the monsters and barbarians from destroying it.&nbsp; Melissa was pretty smart and had built the castle specifically to be easily defended, but the later levels were proving difficult as simultaneous onslaughts made it difficult for her to keep track of all the chaos.<br><br>Ten minutes into the level, she realized that the ticking she'd been hearing wasn't the dubstep throbbing in her headphones but was actually the picks of miners who had burst through to her dungeon.&nbsp; She commanded her knights and wizard to go investigate, but they weren't able to get down there before her dragon was dead!&nbsp; "ARGH!"&nbsp; She clicked out to the menu and deleted her save, a decision she instantly regretted because it meant that she'd have to start all over.&nbsp; Even so, the game was next to impossible to complete without your dragon.<br><br>She took off her headphones, put her hand over her face and gave herself a while to calm down.&nbsp; This time she wanted to have a better plan from the onset before starting anew.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shadowsmaiden</strong> on <strong>22-07-2012, 08:05:30</strong>
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				"Practice, Practice, Practice."<br><br>Miyu repeated the word aloud until it became a continuous chant. Confined to her bedroom on the second floor, at the furthest end where the sound of the music sounding from her stereo could not be heard throughout the rest of the house, she practised the steps of the dance routine that she'd been working to complete for the passed few months now. The university was hosting a competition in a few weeks time for the students who shared her major in modern dance and she was determined to finish out on top.<br><br>She was determined to win no matter what it took!!!<br><br>As the violet haired girl shifted herself into a carefully constructed spin that signalled the end of the routine, she misjudged the space she had to move and found herself colliding with the large wooden bookcase near the window. Books were sent everywhere and she fell into a heap on the floor surrounded by them and a flurry of white material from the dress she wore.<br><br>"Oowie!" She whimpered softly at the bump she'd acquired on her head. <br><br>It took her a moment to realize that the bookcase had actually fallen and now lay strewn across her right leg which seemed otherwise unharmed. Unfortunately, her room being located where it was and the fact her music was still playing meant that none of the other were likely to have heard her if she tried to call out. So, she could only hope they had heard the sound of the bookcase hitting the ground.
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				Post by: <strong>SpiralSpider</strong> on <strong>22-07-2012, 08:39:45</strong>
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				The pigtailed girl hardly noticed her sorority sister until she spoke up. "Huh?" she responded to the best of her ability, considering the apple she held with her teeth. Finding the salt, she turned around and sprinkled a soft layer on her sour apple while she listened to the rest of Lee's words. <br><br>"Eh... it was all right." She responded to the first question with a shrug. "I finally found the prop I'd been needing for that project I was telling you about. Even though it took a while and I feel like I need a bath now..." She brushed a bit of the residual dust off out of reflex at her own words. She nodded in sympathetic agreement as the dark-haired woman went on. Charlie wasn't much of a studier herself so Charlie was well aware of dry spells in her own ability to focus. "I feel your pain..." She responded, taking a peak at the spread of schoolwork her friend had before her.<br><br>Just as Lee had asked if anything interesting was going on, the hands of pissy fate seemed to respond with the rather loud thud from up stairs. Charlie brought her eyebrows down in a sharp 'V' and pursed her lips while she looked in the direction of the sound before she shot back to Lee with a pause and then. "..... Whatthehellwasthat?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>22-07-2012, 10:13:34</strong>
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				The sudden nasty-sounding thump made Melissa sit up just a little straighter in her chair.&nbsp; What was that?&nbsp; She only barely heard it, and fortunately she'd taken her headphones off or she wouldn't have noticed at all.&nbsp; Jumping from her chair, she dashed down the corridor to find out.<br><br>As soon as she threw open the door, it didn't take her long to recognize the problem.&nbsp; "Oh, Miyu..."&nbsp; She ran over to the bookcase, wrapping both arms around it and trying to give it a sharp heave.&nbsp; "...Ugh..."&nbsp; She wasn't quite strong enough, but shock mixed in with desperation to try to give it a solid go anyway.<br><br>No good.&nbsp; She could try yelling, but in this room, even with the door open, people weren't likely to hear.&nbsp; "I'll be right back," she said to Miyu, instead running down the hall to the staircase for a proper yell.&nbsp; "Hey!&nbsp; Everyone come and help; Miyu got her leg stuck!"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lumasan</strong> on <strong>23-07-2012, 01:54:00</strong>
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				Lee adjusted herself on the stool before finally deciding to rummage in the refrigerator for some sort of snack food. All while she held a conversation with Charlie. "That's cool that you finally found the book you need, how long have you been looking for something now?" Lee managed to find a single packaged string cheese in the fridge, she pulled it out and opened it. Plopping it in her mouth, she walked over to the garbage can to throw away the wrapper before removing the cheese from her mouth and picking it apart. <br><br>It was then that Lee heard the noise, at the same time as Charlie. However her reaction was a bit different. Only an eyebrow raised as she bit off a chunk of the string cheese, and then looked towards the ceiling in the direction of which the sound came from. She shrugged and then looked to Charlie who had a peculiar expression on her face. Lee held back a soft giggle as she answered Charlie's question. "Could have been anything, maybe it was a ghost! This house is kind of old you know..." She joked to her sorority sister.<br><br>Soon though there were rushed footsteps to be heard, and this made Lee concerned slightly. "I hope no one got hurt..." she spoke softly, listening to the footsteps become louder against the floor above them. Then she heard Melissa's voice and she finished her string cheese with one last chomp. She calmly approached the stairs and walked up them, while talking with Melissa. "What do you mean stuck?"
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				Post by: <strong>SpiralSpider</strong> on <strong>24-07-2012, 00:53:22</strong>
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				"Ha Ha..." Charlie replied dryly at the offer that a ghost had made the noise. In all her time in the lovely home, she'd yet to feel even the remotest bit eerie over anything - even the basement was partially finished, though the half the washer and dryer were in was still dark and damp.. the perfect setting for practicing the witchy scene she was writing for a school play. <br><br>Just then, she heard Melissa's warning call and bolted up the stairs, somehow finding the energy to zoom past both her sisters on the stairs and pushing the door carefully open. "Miyu.....?" She said slowly, concerned. Seeing the small woman on the floor, she flew over to her. "EEEEE!" She called out in panic, quickly hefting it up a few inches - the best of her ability. As she strained she called out to the other two in the hallway in a strained voice. "Guys... I think this thing is two awkward for me to lift myself." She did give it another go but without all that much result in the end. <br><br>She knew her back would hurt after this and silently scolded herself for never working out - Charlie's upper body strength was severely lacking, though her legs were fairly built up from biking everywhere. She wasn't about to let the damned thing fall back on the tiny dancer and she was so very worried that she may have sustained a major injury already. For now, Charlie spread her legs, bent her knees and waited for the other two, ready to heave it up to standing as soon as they came to help.
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				Post by: <strong>Shadowsmaiden</strong> on <strong>24-07-2012, 01:03:09</strong>
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				The weight of the bookcase might be holding her leg trapped in place, but Miyu could tell that she wasn't seriously injured because she was still managing to wiggle it from side to side a little. She could hear the commotion being made outside by the other girls and silently said a prayer of thank you for Melissa being in her room and coming in when she'd heard the sound of her distress. Of course, she also planned to find a way to thank them all later for being such caring friends.<br><br>"Charlie!... Guys... I... I'm not hurt..." Her voice sounded a little on the shaky side. The shock of the fall must have started setting in and she figured she'd be fine if she could just manage to wiggle her leg free from the entrapment. An idea struck her when Charlie tried to lift the bookcase the first time and she decided to try and voice it. "If.... If you can lift it just a little higher than you did before and manage to hold it in place... Maybe... Maybe I can slide free."<br><br>She braced herself, knowing that sliding her leg along the carpet was likely to leave a nasty sting with a hint of carpet burn behind for a couple of days. It could have been worse, much worse.... She was glad that it wasn't..
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				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>24-07-2012, 01:07:02</strong>
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				"Her leg is stuck under a bookcase," Melissa explained, running back to the room so that she could help.&nbsp; Even though she wasn't very strong herself, all of them working together should be able to lift it.&nbsp; She took a deep breath as she got into position.&nbsp; "It's okay, Miyu.&nbsp; We're here."<br><br>Panic situation Melissa was quite a different girl.&nbsp; She seemed to know exactly what to do and didn't mind putting it into words.&nbsp; All too often, she didn't know what to say or how to handle things, but when there was only one good course of action.&nbsp; Maybe it was simply that Melissa didn't have time to second-guess herself.<br><br>Hearing that Miyu wasn't hurt was a relief; she hadn't even consciously considered that something could be broken until then, but it would be horrible for a dancer to have a major injury so early in her career.&nbsp; She gave her sister a warm smile as she got her hands under a shelf.&nbsp; "Everybody get ready, and someone count to three, then we all lift.&nbsp; We can see about having someone help put the bookshelf back up later, after everyone's okay."&nbsp; As soon as the signal was given, she would help lift.
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				Post by: <strong>Lumasan</strong> on <strong>24-07-2012, 01:23:34</strong>
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				Lee slowly made her way to the room, not awaiting an answer from Melissa, she figured it would be best to carry on. She wasn't expecting Charlie to fly up the stairs passed her when she was climbing, but then again Charlie was a bit more energetic than Lee. As the girl with dark hair reached the room, at her much slower pace, she peeked in to see Charlie already attempting to lift what appeared to be a book case, off of Miyu's leg. "Well that's unfortunate looking. Were you dancing in here?" Lee spoke as she walked over and grabbed onto the other side of the bookcase and gave strained look at Charlie.<br><br>"Alright Melissa, you take that end, Charlie you grab it this way," She paused to show Charlie where to grab, before continuing,"I'll take this end. Alright like you said Melissa, on the count of three. But let me get into position here first." Lee took a few seconds to find the best way to grab a hold of the bookcase. It was awkward, like most bookcases but she managed to find an area on her side that she could grip tightly, ensuring her the case wouldn't fall from her hands. She positioned her bare feet apart, and her toes wiggled and attempted to grip at the floor. Flexing her muscles, she took a breath and prepared. "Alright girls, one... two... three..." With the last number falling from her lips, she lifted her end with no exerted grunts from her mouth. With the help of the other girls the case lifted with ease, Lee had to adjust herself so she wouldn't lift higher than any of the other girls. When it was out of the way, they set it down. It was then that Lee let out a grunted sigh, and stretched out her arms. Only to ensure she wouldn't get a cramp, and only just in case. "Now then, are you alright Miyu? Do you need an icepack for your leg?"
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				Post by: <strong>SpiralSpider</strong> on <strong>24-07-2012, 01:44:49</strong>
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				Charlie laughed heartily when the beast of a bookshelf was finally upright again. She slapped the heavy thing thoughtfully and turned to the short girl who's room they were in. "Damn, Miyu... we need to bolt this thing to the wall or something..." After a nervous laugh, her face suddenly changed to a more serious display and she bolted out of the room only to return a minute later with a cordless drill and screws. <br><br>"Don't try ta talk me out of it..." she grumbled, bending over to position a screw carefully. Her back cracked in the process, causing her to freeze and hold her breath. She was certainly gonna be hurting tomorrow.
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				Post by: <strong>Shadowsmaiden</strong> on <strong>24-07-2012, 01:46:20</strong>
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				She really hadn't been expecting the girls to come to her aid like that. They were such wonderful people and Miyu found herself wondering how she ever got so lucky a lot of the time. When she heard the question that Lee asked of her about dancing in her room, she managed to give a nod and her voice sounded tiny when she spoke, as if she were about to burst into tears at any moment. "There's a competition coming up in a few weeks.... I was trying to perfect the final steps of my routine and I always practice dancing in here when I'm not in class so.... I didn't think it would be such a big problem."<br><br>Were they mad at her? <br><br>The violet haired girl bit down on her bottom lip when a second attempt was made to lift the bookcase from her leg. This time, the combined effort of the girls was able to lift it enough for her to get free and she rolled to one side in order to slide her leg out from underneath it. In the space of only a few minutes, she was free!!!<br><br>Miyu wasn't game enough to try and stand up yet though. Being able to move her leg without major pain indicated that no bones were broken, but the muscles seemed to ache with each movement and she figured out that she most likely had some bruising. Walking around at the moment was going to be a bitch and she'd need to take a day or two before she could try dancing on it again.<br><br>"No... I'm okay Lee..." She murmured quietly when the other girl asked her if she wanted an ice-pack. Her head bowed forwards and a sigh parted her lips when she spoke again. "Thank you guys... I'm sorry to be so much trouble. Charlie... I wouldn't talk you out of anything."
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				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>24-07-2012, 01:53:13</strong>
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				After it was all done, Melissa smiled, stepping back and helping to pick up some of the books.&nbsp; "No worries, Sis."&nbsp; She loved being able to call people sis.&nbsp; She'd always wanted a sister, and it felt so dumb whenever she consciously thought about it, but it also felt like a sort of dream brought into reality.<br><br>When she noticed Miyu wasn't standing up, she went quickly downstairs to grab a package of peas from the freezer, bringing it back up and offering with a smile.&nbsp; Now that everything was settled, the words were starting to fail her again.&nbsp; Things seemed a little less important, and Miyu seemed to be really embarrassed about everything.&nbsp; Maybe&nbsp; it would be best to just leave be for a while.<br><br>Her mouth opened a little, wanting to add some more detail and maybe some sort of encouraging chant, but she couldn't think of anything that didn't sound like a little girl cheer.&nbsp; Surely Charlie and Lee wouldn't be interested, and Miyu might think that Melissa was mocking her.&nbsp; After giving over the frozen pea bag, she started to quietly retreat back towards her room.
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				Post by: <strong>Shadowsmaiden</strong> on <strong>24-07-2012, 02:29:23</strong>
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				Miyu noticed Melissa's reaction when she handed her the frozen pea bag. The way her face seemed to fall and her voice became silent when things didn't seem important any more almost made the violet haired girl feel as if she should do something to try and change that for her. It hurt to know that one of her friends... No... Her sisters was sad or upset for any reason and she always wanted to try and cheer them up. If not for the fact her leg was throbbing, she probably would have gone after her and tried to convince her to stay or something. Instead.... she was forced to watch her leave the room with a heavy hard.<br><br>"Can someone... please tell her thank you for me?" She asked quietly, glancing down at the bag of frozen peas she now held in her lap. It seemed like such a silly thing to say.. "Melissa always seems so.... lonely..."<br><br>An observation that she'd made about the other girl after knowing her a month or so, was that she seemed to be almost as lost and alone as Miyu was. It hurt so much because she understood the pain of it... but knew there was nothing she could do.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lumasan</strong> on <strong>24-07-2012, 04:10:55</strong>
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				"Well now, now that that's over, I think I should... I don't know. I really should study but I can't for life of me concentrate..." Lee started mumbling as she walked out of the room. Her destination was a bit unclear at this moment as she prattled on to herself, in a soft quiet tone. Debating the things she could do, she went through a large number of things, just to find something that could possibly take up her attention and enthuse her. She waved a slight bye as she left the room, quietly following Melissa. She stopped and looked up at her sorority sister.<br><br>"You know I have an extra controller if you feel like some silly games at anytime, regardless you know you can play on my console anytime right?" she mentioned softly to Melissa before the girl retreated fully into her room. She sighed softly and then went to her room, deciding she should partake in some laundry. Luckily the house had it's own hookups, and all they had to provide was the soap. All of these girls, including Lee were lucky to live in such a well maintained building, and have many services provided to them thanks to previous alumni. As she gathered her clothing, she paused and looked over her room. <br><br>There was a sort of emptiness to her room she could never understand, but at times she played it off to her loneliness. Despite having plenty of friendships in this house and outside of it, and despite having family. She always felt alone, regardless of if she was in a relationship or not as well. There was this tiny nagging at the back of her skull, like at this time, that always made her feel so much more lonely. She sighed heavily and finished gathering her dark and colored clothing into one basket and her whites into another. Stacking them on top of each other, and then she threw her detergent and dryer sheets on top of the basket. She had a bit too much for clothing, always hanging on to old pieces, sometimes just for nostalgia sake. Some of them were from previous boyfriend's, like the black pullover hoodie with a wrestling team logo on it, that hung in her closet now. <br><br>Things gave her comfort, in what seemed like a large and lonely world to her at sometimes. She suspected that everyone had to be lonely at least once in their life, some more than others. She gave a second once over of her room, concluding that after her laundry was done that she should do some reorganizing. She sighed and walked out of her room, closing her door behind her by hooking her foot around it and pulling it forwards. The two baskets were quite full, and she had a slight worry about traveling down two flights of stairs with them, but she was also used to doing it at the same time. "I hope no one has any laundry in the machines... I have a lot to do." She was right about that, she had at least two loads worth of darks and colors, some of them were towels, and then one load of whites.<br><br>Walking to the steps she passed the other girls rooms, giving them slight glances. Some of the girls had their doors decorated, and then on the inside was nice decor and furniture. Lee had basics, all of her money was piled into her computers and her gaming systems. Although she always wanted to play decorator with her room, she never got around to doing it. Posters of handsome game characters, stuffed animals, pillows, a nice ergonomic computer chair were enough for her right now. Only by knowing the house to well, was she able to realize she reached the first set of steps. She carefully placed one foot in front of the other as she walked down, her feet and toes feeling out for the steps as she descended.<br><br>She made the bottom step and she let out a sigh of relief. She needed to find some better way of transporting her loads of laundry to the basement. Until then, she would have to manage with this. It was easy maneuvering getting through the halls on the main level, especially in the kitchen. She had to turn on the basement light with an elbow but going down the stairs happened in a similar fashion, with a small detail being altered. When Lee reached the last step, she misjudged and was expecting another step. Instead her foot fell harder and faster than she needed and she fell. The baskets went skittering across the cement floor of the basement, and Lee sat there with her butt in the air and her head between her hands. She had purposely thrown her clothes to catch herself, and luckily she did, or else she would have had a nasty bump on her head. <br><br>She softly moaned, and cursed at herself for being so clumsy. Her ponytail hung to one side of her face as she wrapped her arms around her face and laid in a downward dog like position for a few moments. Luckily she didn't attract any attention to herself, because if she had, she would have succumbed greatly to embarrassment. Opening her eyes she sat up, on her knees and examined her arms, they had been scraped lightly, and on her left arm she looked at her untouched birthmark. It was the only thing on her body she didn't hate. Over the years she used so many excuses for the cool duo of white patches on her forearm, such as a scar from a fire, or a sign that she was a superhero. Even if it meant she was genetically different from others and this is what signaled it, she still loved them. There was a bit of red poking out on her elbows, "Huh... blood... oh well" both of her elbows appeared relatively scraped up, and her left one bled slightly. This didn't stop Lee from getting up and retrieving her laundry now though. She was careful though when she finally loaded her whites into the dryer (she always did them first) that her blood didn't get on any of the clothing. Giving a sigh she poured in the detergent and slammed the washer lid closed. <br><br>Lee left the rest of her clothes in the basement, trusting no one to take them in the house, and approached the kitchen sink. She turned on the faucet and grabbed a paper towel. She wet it and rubbed it gently over her scraped elbows, one at a time, using a bit of soap to clean them. After she finished she dried them with a new paper towel and then took her seat back at the kitchen counter. There she stared at her Art History book, like it was the last thing on earth she wanted to look at at the moment.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BellaVita</strong> on <strong>24-07-2012, 04:38:30</strong>
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				Olivia wiped off the sweat from her forehead and gingerly took off her pointe shoes. After hours of ballet, her feet were sore and even had some new blisters. She put her feet in the ice bucket, sighing with relief as the ice worked its magic on her calloused feet. The nurse came over and handed her a cold rag, which she gladly accepted, wiping her face and shoulders. It was pure bliss, but when the other dancers came in, she knew she had to give up her spot at the bucket. Begrudgingly, she got up and went to the nurse's table, getting her feet bandaged and ready for tomorrow's practice. <br><br>Walking down the street in her leotard, tights and pink skirt wasn't unheard of at this school, and she was thankful because today she didn't feel like showering in that gross studio locker room. Luckily, she wasn't far from the house and made it there in under 20 minutes. As she walked through the door, she noticed it was pretty barren downstairs. Schoolwork was on the counter and it looked as though someone left the freezer open. She went over to the freezer door and closed it shut, heading upstairs to see where everyone was. She passed by Melissa in the hallway, and gave her a nod, seeing that Lee wasn't far behind her. They were coming from Miyu's room and she walked inside, taking in the mess. Miyu normally kept a tidy room, but there were books everywhere and Charlie was drilling the bookcase in place. Miyu was on the floor with a bag of peas on her leg and not moving. She must have hurt her leg from the bookcase falling on her. 'She can be so dense sometimes', Olivia thought to herself. 'She needs to take her dancing more seriously and not pull such stupid stunts.'<br><br><br>&nbsp;"Did you hurt yourself? You're <em>this</em> close to the competition and you hurt yourself?" She let a sigh of exasperation and shook her head. "And who gave Charlie access to powertools?", she asked noting that Charlie had a drill in her hand. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>24-07-2012, 05:05:05</strong>
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				Melissa gave Lee a smile and nodded, a gesture repeated when Olivia passed by, but it didn't take her long to step back into her own room.&nbsp; She didn't open her mouth; she didn't really know what to say.&nbsp; Had she embarrassed Miyu?&nbsp; Would it have been better off if she just took the bookshelf apart and didn't get the others?&nbsp; She didn't know; all that really made sense was that she should have done something better.&nbsp; If she mad a mulligan and could start things over, maybe she could eventually figure it out, but it was too late.&nbsp; Now she had to deal with her mistakes.<br><br>Video games were easier that way.&nbsp; When you goofed up, you got to start over.&nbsp; Sometimes it was hard, sometimes you couldn't do it on your own, but you could always try again.&nbsp; She was already starting up Castle Brigade once again before she stopped.&nbsp; She just didn't want to do this anymore.&nbsp; She didn't want to stay in her room, waiting for someone to come to her.<br><br>Maybe she just had to grow up a little bit.<br><br>She walked into Lee's room, moving over to the console spot to have herself a seat.&nbsp; Pulling out her credit card, she typed in the number to pay the few bucks for the game she wanted.&nbsp; After that, she started to look around for Lee, letting Zed-Link Fence download in the interim.<br><br>It didn't take too long to find her in the kitchen.&nbsp; She was busy looking at her book, and Melissa almost turned around to leave her be.&nbsp; She didn't want to go, though.&nbsp; She would take this chance, and if Lee was busy...well, that was alright.<br><br>"There's a new Live Marketplace game," she explained.&nbsp; "Zed-Link Fence.&nbsp; Zombies are breaking down the barricades in the last city block, and you hold them off for as long as you can.&nbsp; Record is 94 minutes right now for two players."&nbsp; She offered over the other controller to Lee with a very subtle pleading in her eyes.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shadowsmaiden</strong> on <strong>24-07-2012, 05:41:06</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=146885.msg6641966#msg6641966">Quote from: BellaVita on 24-07-2012, 04:38:30</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Olivia wiped off the sweat from her forehead and gingerly took off her pointe shoes. After hours of ballet, her feet were sore and even had some new blisters. She put her feet in the ice bucket, sighing with relief as the ice worked its magic on her calloused feet. The nurse came over and handed her a cold rag, which she gladly accepted, wiping her face and shoulders. It was pure bliss, but when the other dancers came in, she knew she had to give up her spot at the bucket. Begrudgingly, she got up and went to the nurse's table, getting her feet bandaged and ready for tomorrow's practice. <br><br>Walking down the street in her leotard, tights and pink skirt wasn't unheard of at this school, and she was thankful because today she didn't feel like showering in that gross studio locker room. Luckily, she wasn't far from the house and made it there in under 20 minutes. As she walked through the door, she noticed it was pretty barren downstairs. Schoolwork was on the counter and it looked as though someone left the freezer open. She went over to the freezer door and closed it shut, heading upstairs to see where everyone was. She passed by Melissa in the hallway, and gave her a nod, seeing that Lee wasn't far behind her. They were coming from Miyu's room and she walked inside, taking in the mess. Miyu normally kept a tidy room, but there were books everywhere and Charlie was drilling the bookcase in place. Miyu was on the floor with a bag of peas on her leg and not moving. She must have hurt her leg from the bookcase falling on her. 'She can be so dense sometimes', Olivia thought to herself. 'She needs to take her dancing more seriously and not pull such stupid stunts.'<br><br><br>&nbsp;"Did you hurt yourself? You're <em>this</em> close to the competition and you hurt yourself?" She let a sigh of exasperation and shook her head. "And who gave Charlie access to powertools?", she asked noting that Charlie had a drill in her hand.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><em><br>"Did you hurt yourself? You're <em>this</em> close to the competition and you hurt yourself?"</em><br><br>Olivia seemed to have a way of being cruel with her words, even when she wasn't trying to be. Miyu knew that she meant well and was just trying to express concern for her in her own little way so she didn't hold that sort of thing against her. Still, it felt as if she were deliberately twisting a knife through her heart to try and pierce it before the big day of the competition.... She managed a smile in spite of herself and nodded to the other dancer.<br><br>"G-gomenasai....I'll try to be more careful in the future. Thank you Olivia."<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SpiralSpider</strong> on <strong>24-07-2012, 07:10:06</strong>
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				The tall redhead continued her work diligently, taking note that Miyu was attended to. In a few moments she should have the shelf secured so any more impromptu sessions wouldn't take the small girl down. "Hey, I underschtand...." she said, screws in mouth, "You gotta do it when the mood takes you over..." A passionate soul herself, she could relate to the fact that her sister's practicing had to happen whenever needed - even in such unsafe and unspacious places like her room. Charlie'd been known to wake at 2am and spend the rest of the early hours working on a costume. "Strike while the iron's hot... as they say." She spoke clearly, haven taken the last screw out. <br><br>Next thing she knew, Olivia was entering the room and shooting snarky comments. "Har dee har..." She said, rolling her eyes and turning around. She put a hand on her hip and lifted the drill as if it were a gun, pointed at the ceiling. "At any rate... " She said, pulling off a couple fake shots Liv's way, "My work here is done.. pew pew..." Before she left, she pulled pretty hard on the book shelf. It held it's place, stuck to the wall and she was happy with the effect. "Well, Miyu... I'm gonna head down to rehearse, myself. Let me know if you need anything." With that, she held up her cellphone as a hint, knowing that she'd bee two levels down by the time anyone thought to call for her. As she went out the door, she cocked a teasing eyebrow Olivia's way before making a goofy face just to get a reaction. She was random and spontaneous, but ultimately reliable. She knew Liv didn't mean serious offense by her words. <br><br>Back in the hall, she bounded down the steps and replaced the drill in the tool cabinet near the front door. Her apple was browning, but she shrugged and decided to finish it off anyway. And she took a seat in the kitchen and kicked her feet up on the counter while she ate. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BellaVita</strong> on <strong>24-07-2012, 07:27:24</strong>
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				Olivia rolled her eyes as Charlie pointed the drill her way. She was quirky, that one, but as loyal as they come. Making a weird face at Olivia, she lifted an eyebrow and smirked a little. As Charlie announced her leave to Miyu, Olivia stepped inside Miyu's room, setting her duffle bag down and put the books that were still covering the girl back on the newly bolted on bookshelf. <br><br>She mentally kicked herself for being a bit harsh towards the girl, but sometimes Miyu just didn't think things through! Looking over at Miyu, still holding the peas on her leg, she sighed. "Miyu, you really should be more careful." She tried to be kinder this time, but it still came through as criticism. "It just looks bruised, nothing too bad." She took off the peas and inspected it carefully. "Can you stand on it?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lumasan</strong> on <strong>24-07-2012, 07:59:24</strong>
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				<hr><div align="center"><strong>~*~ Arianna ~*~</strong></div><hr><br>Arianna all but pranced into the kitchen, covered in her gardening apron and most obviously: Dirt. Dirt was okay to her, only because it provided delicious nutrition for her favorite flowers. She also reeked of a certain plant, that all the sister's would all be familiar with when it came to her. She had opted for no wig today, because she had been working in the garden, instead it was pulled into two short pigtails. She still wore colored contacts, today's flavor being violet, and make up as well. She walked over to the sink, taking in to seeing Lee, Melissa, and Charlie in the kitchen. "Hello girls! Did I miss anything exciting while I was outside?" she all but chirped. She turned on the water and began washing her hands. The blonde took her time, and got under her nails, but it was also apparent she got into a rhythm because at the moment it felt fantastic. "Oh how I wish I could be a child and run through the sprinkler again!" she mused while scrubbing away at her hands still.<br><br><hr><div align="center"><strong>~*~ Lee ~*~</strong></div><hr><br>Lee spun around and looked at Melissa. "Obviously we haven't played it yet, because then the record would be over that." Lee softly mused, a bit too sure of her gaming abilities. Lee grabbed the system controller and winked at Melissa. "Did you want to play now or later perhaps?" She questioned her as she leaned against the kitchen counter, slightly spinning on the stool she sat on while she waited for an answer.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>24-07-2012, 08:09:56</strong>
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				"Hey, Ari."&nbsp; Melissa gave a wave and smile before looking back to Lee.&nbsp; Her smile came back slowly but surely as Lee showed interest.&nbsp; She gave a soft nod of affirmation at Lee's certainty that they would beat the record, wanting to share that confidence.&nbsp; She hoped that they could beat it, though, even though it might take a few tries.&nbsp; "It's downloading right now; I put it on my card.&nbsp; Let me check how long it'll be."<br><br>With that, she made a sudden dash up the stairs, heading on into Lee's room to check the television.&nbsp; It shouldn't be too much longer, since it's been a few minutes since it started...<br><br><strong>Progress: 2%<br><br>Approximate Waiting Time: 2 hours, 19 minutes</strong><br><br>Melissa stopped, staring at the message.&nbsp; Usually the internet speed was pretty fast, but something around this area could drop it to a turtle's crawl for hours at a time.&nbsp; She still hadn't figured out what, but she wanted to find out and make this not happen again.<br><br>That wasn't an excuse, though.&nbsp; She should have thought first.&nbsp; She should have at least checked on the speed before getting Lee's hopes up.&nbsp; Now she'd already given out the controller and everything and it would be at least two hours before they could play.<br><br>Dejected, she wandered her way back to the stairs, peeking out to Lee.&nbsp; "It's, umm..."&nbsp; She took a deep breath.&nbsp; "It's being slow.&nbsp; It'll take a couple hours.&nbsp; I'm sorry."<br><br>She went back up to her room without another word, this time closing the door behind her.&nbsp; It felt so stupid to get worked up over a game, letting the excitement build so that she didn't want to wait two hours.&nbsp; If anything, that's what made her feel so idiotic.&nbsp; Why was it such a big deal to want to play a stupid game to her?&nbsp; Why couldn't she grow up?
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SpiralSpider</strong> on <strong>24-07-2012, 23:58:28</strong>
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				Charlie bounced up and danced in circles around Arianna as she came in, eventually throwing her arms around her. "Ah, not much... Miyu was dancing swan lake upstairs and knocked the bookshelf over on herself. Her legs are crushed, she'll never walk again." Not being able to say it deadpan, she started laughing, "And I am, of course, full of shit here. She's fine... and we just hooked that stupid thing to the wall."<br><br>Charlie pulled away from her happy-go-lucky sister and threw away her apple core. She picked up on Melissa and Lee's conversation enough to realize that the two of them wouldn't be able to have things go as planned. She raised her eyebrows and butted in a bit. "Well, then... if you're not busy at the moment, Lee.... Maybe you could come downstairs and help me rehearse a scene?" She waved a hand, her thumb pointing in the direction of where she left her backpack. "It wouldn't take too long. I just need to practice some of the bullshit words that were written in the side-margines in the new book."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lumasan</strong> on <strong>25-07-2012, 00:16:54</strong>
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				<hr><div align="center"><strong>~*~ Arianna ~*~</strong></div><hr><br>Arianna let out an audible "Oof!" as Charlie threw her arms around her. Listening to Charlie, Ari couldn't help but laugh a little seeing as Charlie couldn't manage to maintain a serious tone while telling her what happened. "I'm glad to hear everything's okay with that. I would hate to have to see Miyu take a break from dancing. I'm sure it would break her heart!" She stated as she finished up washing her hands. Oh look at that they looked kind of pruny now! "Looks like I'll have to moisturize my hands later! Maybe I'll even put on a new coat of polish. Yes... a new coat of polish will be a nice thing to do." Arianna was speaking to herself now as she looked over her nails and her hands making sure she hadn't missed any dirt underneath or on them. She took a nearby paper towel down and wiped her hands dry, and then carefully placed the dirtied towel in the waste basket. <br><br>"Now that the garden is watered and weeded for today... what shall I do?" she questioned out loud.<br><br><hr><div align="center"><strong>~*~ Lee ~*~</strong></div><hr><br>Lee let out a slightly disappointed sigh at Melissa stating that the game could take a while to download. "We really have to figure out what's going on with that connection. Good thing I'm not at a tournament today. That would have been a disaster! However, let me know when it's finished downloading, or I'll check on it later, and then we can have a go at that high-score okay?" Lee felt bad, it seemed Melissa was a bit excited to get to spend time with her. After all they usually played games with each other whenever Lee could persuade her to. It looked like that wouldn't be happening today though. <br><br>Hearing Charlie suddenly talk, Lee had almost forgotten she had came into the kitchen and startled a little. Turning around to face her other sister she smiled. "You know I can't resist anything spooky!" Lee twiddled her fingers as if hatching a devious plan, with a super villain like expression on her face, "Are we going to do it in the darker corners of the basement, because it would only be right, besides... I have laundry in the machine down there, so I can at least be down there to change it when it stops! I can't wait to see this book you found though!" Lee smiled at Charlie while awaiting her to go downstairs so she could follow.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shadowsmaiden</strong> on <strong>25-07-2012, 00:41:27</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=146885.msg6642982#msg6642982">Quote from: BellaVita on 24-07-2012, 07:27:24</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Olivia rolled her eyes as Charlie pointed the drill her way. She was quirky, that one, but as loyal as they come. Making a weird face at Olivia, she lifted an eyebrow and smirked a little. As Charlie announced her leave to Miyu, Olivia stepped inside Miyu's room, setting her duffle bag down and put the books that were still covering the girl back on the newly bolted on bookshelf. <br><br>She mentally kicked herself for being a bit harsh towards the girl, but sometimes Miyu just didn't think things through! Looking over at Miyu, still holding the peas on her leg, she sighed. "Miyu, you really should be more careful." She tried to be kinder this time, but it still came through as criticism. "It just looks bruised, nothing too bad." She took off the peas and inspected it carefully. "Can you stand on it?"<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Miyu was starting to feel better already. Her leg didn't hurt as much as it had a few minutes ago, thanks to the bag of frozen pea's she'd been given to place on it. The fact that she seemed able to move it now when she attempted to bend and stretch her knee as a test indicated that she might be safe to stand up on it now and if it would stop Olivia's criticism then she intend to do just that. <br><br>1,2,3.... The tiny dancer was on her feet! The muscle in her injured leg ached a little, but it was as she and Olivia had both guessed and would most likely form a bit of a bruise later on.<br><br>"It doesn't hurt so much." She told her with a smile. "A day or so and I'll be back to dancing. You'll see. I'm going to win that competition."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>25-07-2012, 00:48:29</strong>
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				After giving herself a little while to get over herself, Melissa hopped back onto her computer, putting on her headphones so she could crank up the music while trying to figure out what was going on with the connection.&nbsp; Rather than simple frustration this time, however, she put her thoughts into determination, wanting to make sure that it really wouldn't affect a tournament for Lee.<br><br>The soft light on the router was flashing, which quickly caught her attention.&nbsp; Why hadn't she thought to check that before?&nbsp; Typing in the IP address to take her straight onto the router, she checked the various connections in progress.&nbsp; A few were things she recognized and could identify as the various sorority computers, but a few were only recently connected, and were on some unusual site names:<br><br>http://www.saveahorseridehercowboystyle.com (http://www.saveahorseridehercowboystyle.com)<br><br>http://www.heyijustmetyouandthisfeelscrazy.com (http://www.heyijustmetyouandthisfeelscrazy.com)<br><br>http://www.mirrormirroronthewall.com (http://www.mirrormirroronthewall.com)<br><br>http://www.8girls0shame.com (http://www.8girls0shame.com)<br><br>After a healthy facepalm, Rachel killed the connections.&nbsp; She was probably going to have to get a password protection for the wireless, or else find out who was messing around.&nbsp; However, that was a mystery for another time; she wanted to try to get back into Castle Brigade.&nbsp; Checking the router had given her an idea on using the river to deter the barbarians.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BellaVita</strong> on <strong>25-07-2012, 01:05:26</strong>
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				Olivia watched as Miyu tested the strength in her leg, and then stood on it. She put her hands out, ready to catch her in case the leg failed her. Thankfully, Miyu stayed upright and Olivia let out a soft sigh. The girl was determined, that was obvious. "I wouldn't expect anything less than a win." Giving Miyu a small smile, she put her hands on her hips, and then realizing she was still holding the now soggy bag of peas. <br><br>"I'm going to go.. do something with these," she said holding out the peas in front of her with a look of disgust. She grabbed her duffle bag off the floor and then looked at Miyu. "Why don't you rest for a little while, and keep stretching that leg." She turned to leave the room, and then looked back again. "Would you like me to get you anything while I'm downstairs?" <br><br>She really was trying to be nicer, but it didn't come easy for her like it does for Miyu or Charlie. Her life had been one of discipline and structure, and the showing of emotions was met with disgust by her strict mother. She shook her head a little, not wanting to go back there and instead looked at Miyu, trying to give a genuine smile.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shadowsmaiden</strong> on <strong>25-07-2012, 03:39:04</strong>
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				She was feeling much better now.<br><br>&nbsp;Although the pain in her leg had been quite sharp when she'd first stood up, it seemed to have ebbed into nothing more than a dull throb on it now and walking didn't seem like it was going to be a problem. Olivia was right about her needing to stretch it and rest a while though. Maybe she'd just walk around the house a little or something so that at least she was close to the other girls if she happened to fall again or something.<br><br>"Um... No, that's okay..." She replied to oliva softly, giving her another smile and doing a small twirl to demonstrate that she was able to manage things on her own now. "Thank you for taking care of the pea's olivia... I think I might just... hang around or something for a while...."<br><br>The smile plastered on her face still betrayed what she was feeling, but it had nothing to do with the way Olivia had first spoken to her because she'd already cheered up from that with the other dancer being nice to her in her own little way.<br><br>In truth, it was thinking about her adoptive parents and how disappointed her adopted mother would have been if she couldn't dance at the competition because she'd broken her leg or something. A professional dancer herself in her teenage years, she often pushed Miyu to be all that she could be when it came to being on the stage.... The violet haired girl had been devastated three years ago to learn that she'd been killed in a tragic car accident and it had taken nearly a year before she'd had the courage to even set foot into another dance class again....<br><br>Now, it was her adoptive mothers memory that pushed her to compete. Modern dance was centred mostly around a persons feelings and the way they perceived the world through the motions of their dances, that was why it had been the perfect genre for Miyu to take on and excel in! Her teachers encouraged her and it was only due to random bouts of clumsiness that a routine would sometimes be thrown off course as it had during today's practice in her room...<br><br>Still... for what it was worth, she'd give her life to win that competition if that was what it took. That seemed to be something that Olivia couldn't understand..... and the reason she had been so hurt by her earlier words even though the other girl hadn't meant any harm.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SpiralSpider</strong> on <strong>25-07-2012, 06:14:08</strong>
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				Charlie giggled as Lee agreed to help her. "Thanks." She grabbed her backpack and then pulled the chain to light the overhead lamp on the way down the wooden stairs. "I didn't steal you away from anything important with Melissa, did i?" At the bottom of the stairs, there was a carpeted den-like area with a television, a few instruments hooked up and a computer. Sometimes she'd come down to hang out or practice for the band she had with Lee, though neither of them seemed to take it very seriously. <br><br>As she passed the carpeted area, she grabbed another lightswitch, illuminating the laundry area. There, she grabbed two sheets from a basket on top of the dryer. She hadn't folded her laundry yet, but she knew they were still there. She threw a grey one up over her head and held out her arms. "WooooOOOooooo..."She joked before pulling it back into a hooded robe sort of arrangement. She took a moment to gather a white one around the shoulders of her roommate, hoping she'd play along. <br><br>Past the laundry area, she walked to the one dully lit area in their otherwise fairly accommodating basement. It was a bit damp and spooky - though a high window was visible about 15 feet from the corner she faced. Charlie chuckled and pulled out the old book she'd picked up earlier that day. She held it up for Lee to inspect before opening it to the page she'd marked before. There was a rather ornate-looking circle depicted on the page and she took a few minutes to chalk it out on the floor, just for added effect. "Soo... I've got some watermelon Jolly Ranchers in my bag if you want one..." She offered grunting a bit from bending over and pushing herself to get the drawing done. "I can't seem to get enough of fruit stuff these days... shame I couldn't actually grow any myself.<br><br>She stood up and rubbed her hands together to get the chalk off them. There were a few minor adjustments to be made but she flew through them - it was just a silly prop, after all! "There!" She clapped her hands together as she called out. "Now.... let's see." She ran to one side of the eight-foot circle and pointed out a spot. "We'll start walking together from here... once we get over there, you'll stop - you'll be Lady Anclaire, by the way - and I'll come back over here and then we'll say the rest of the recitation together... probably just a line or so. Otherwise we'll be reading from the book together. Does that work?" She pointed out the final line in the book - some silly thing requiring "klakheal" at the end. "Just about that much..."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lumasan</strong> on <strong>25-07-2012, 07:18:36</strong>
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				Lee smiled as Charlie seemed to become at least two levels of happier. The dark brunette followed her sister into the basement, remembering to watch her feet this time, while responding to her. "Well not really. It seems the game we had been planning on playing is going to take a while to load because our internet connection is down," she paused to stretch as she reached to bottom of the stairs. Using that time to check on her elbows, it seemed they looked okay now... but they were still a bit red. Following Charlie again, she paused to check on her laundry, it seemed it was still going. As she had stopped, Charlie had taken the opportunity to throw a sheet over herself and pretend to be a ghost. Lee chuckled as her friend took the time to adjust the sheet to be a robe.<br><br>"Oh cool! We get to dress the part! I'm fine as long as we don't accidentally summon Daryl Van Horne with repetitive, obviously-on-cue-with-each-other chanting!" She chuckled again hoping her sister would get the reference she just threw out into the basement air. She welcomed the "robe" being tied around her now as Charlie was clearly getting into it. That was a good thing though, to be excited about one's work usually meant you enjoyed it. That was the goal of everyone's life wasn't it? To be successful with a job they love, a person to share their lives with and possibly children to carry on your legacy? Lee let out an inner sigh at the thought, it was something she tried not to think about because she wasn't secure in anything she did lately. She lifted her head as Charlie finished with her "robe" and she smiled at it, and then followed her taller sister to the area where she wanted to rehearse.<br><br>Lee watched with intent curiosity as the red head drew a symbol on the floor with chalk. "Oh going all out this time eh? Oooh Watermelon Jolly ranchers, don't mind if I do!" Lee mentioned as she finished by fishing out a hard candy from Charlie's bag. Plopping one into her mouth while listening to the direction of her friend, nodding to show she understood. "Works for me!" she got into position, the one Charlie had instructed. "Are we ready then?" Lee awaited the confirmation of her friend before she began doing as Charlie had instructed, moved as told and recited the lines from the book along with Charlie eventually. Lee did her best to make her motions convincing and swooshed her cape a few times with her dramatic arm movements. Her words were a bit muffled from the candy in her mouth, btu she figured it was only practice to help Charlie out, so it didn't really matter if she was spot on with annunciation verses her spot on pronunciation.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BellaVita</strong> on <strong>25-07-2012, 07:32:03</strong>
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				Olivia nodded to Miyu with a small smile and went back downstairs to the kitchen, thinking about the girl on the way. Miyu had a look in her eyes, the same that Olivia has, and she wondered where Miyu drew her inspiration from? Perhaps they were more alike than she once thought...<br><br>She tossed the wet and soggy peas in the trash and made a note to get some fresh ones at the store next time. So wrapped up in her own thoughts, she was a bit startled when she saw Arianna in the kitchen. She jumped a little and put a hand over her chest. <br><br>"Sorry, Arianna, I didn't see you there.." She let out a small chuckle and looked around. "Where is everyone?" She shrugged and rolled her shoulders. "Practice for the upcoming show was brutal today. I need a hot shower." Olivia went to the fridge and grabbed one of her expensive bottled waters, taking some long drinks and letting out a sigh. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SpiralSpider</strong> on <strong>25-07-2012, 07:40:18</strong>
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				Charlie looked at her friend and raised an eyebrow. "Right... heh heh..." She said nervously before giving a shudder and turning away from her once more. "Well.... At least that's <em>one</em> use for my cherry habit." She gave a loud laugh and turned back to her friend, nodding approvingly at the flair of her robe "swoosh". <br><br>She fell into step beside her friend and took on a deeper, quite eerie voice, reading the words with intent, each line coming faster and louder. For Lee's part, she stayed in her spot without having to be told twice and to the credit of both of them, they managed to keep relatively straight faces throughout all the silliness. At the end. Charlie dropped down to her knees, raising her arms to the sky while they both spoke the final words in seeming spiritual Ecstasy. Or maybe it was just Charlie's overacting, one could never be too sure with her. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lumasan</strong> on <strong>25-07-2012, 07:49:36</strong>
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				Arianna smiled and giggled lightly. "Oh it's alright, at least I'm not something you need to worry about like a big bad monster!" She replied as she waited for Olivia to be done with the fridge. Arianna was craving something salty, when she had the chance she rummaged in the fridge while responding again to her sister, "Well Lee and Charlie are in the basement, probably being silly together like they usually are. I'm not sure about Miyu, and Melissa... might have gone to her room? I just got in a while ago from tending the garden... and other things, so I'm not sure about those I haven't seen today. By the way, I never got around to asking, which show are you in? I'm doing costumes for a couple shows on campus and for the district, but there are so many... sometimes I feel like I'm in a pile of them!" she chuckled, unfortunately not finding anything salty enough to her liking in the fridge. She closed the door and went to the cupboard instead and grabbed a bag of potato chips. "I know I shouldn't eat these... but oooh salt..." she sighed happily as she walked over to Olivia.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BellaVita</strong> on <strong>25-07-2012, 07:58:33</strong>
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				She nodded, still sipping on her water as Arianna listed off where everyone was, but why were Charlie and Lee in the basement? She gave herself a mental shrug and watched as her sister searched for a treat. "I'm playing Hermia in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'." She adjusted her duffle bag on her shoulder and then noticed Arianna had claimed her prize, a bag of chips. "Salt, huh? I'm a sweets girl, myself. I crave chocolate like you wouldn't believe."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>jilorbb</strong> on <strong>25-07-2012, 08:02:26</strong>
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				The dark, damp basement grew suddenly dry. There was a stagnant sense of tangible silence that filled the space around the two standing outside the circle, as if an invisible barrier came down and enveloped the entire lower level. They could no longer hear the footsteps of the sisters above and, if they were to call out, not a sound would escape the basement. <br><br>A few moments after these first effects were experienced, a great swirling of air erupted from the circle, bringing an amount of sand up with it, hitting the ceiling in small bursts. It died down to reveal the body of what appeared to be a great cat, nearly taking up the entire circle in it's relaxed, lying pose. A tail flickered and it's face turned up, but the gaze that met that of the woman in front of him - Lee - was anything but feline. It was that of a human male, and his dark red eyes looked quite annoyed in deed.<br><br>Great spotted wings grew on the lion-man's back and spread out, flexing as if the basement made the strange creature feel cramped. But it did not take flight. In stead, it simply stared at the girls one at a time, flicking its tail repeatedly.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SpiralSpider</strong> on <strong>25-07-2012, 08:12:45</strong>
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				Charlie shivered at the sudden change. At first, she chalked it up to being so deeply in character. But the deafening silence and the sand could not be ignored. And for many moments after she was forced to stare at lion butt, she blinked confused and seriously out of sorts. When she finally regained her sense of self, she jumped back, hitting her head hard on the wall behind her. <em>"FFFUuuucka."</em> she called out in a rather hushed tone. She searched the face of her sister desperately for guidance before slowly trying to make her way around the circle to Lee's side. "Hey, there... It's all right.." She tried in a calm voice. "You're a good kitty, no one's gonna hurt - you-eeaaaghhh....." The reaction was clearly from when she saw the human-like face on the thing, as a hand shot up in instinctive defense mode from the sight of it. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lumasan</strong> on <strong>25-07-2012, 08:23:49</strong>
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				<hr><div align="center"><strong>~*~ Lee ~*~</strong></div><hr><br>Lee froze. It was now that for the first time in her life she wasn't sure how to move, react or speak. It was almost as if she was a deer caught in oncoming traffic. Unsure of why her fight or flight hadn't kicked in, Lee only moved back, on her butt, a few inches. This thing in front of them, had they brought it here? She now cursed inside of her head, ruing the mention of the man from Witches of Eastwick. She opened her mouth to let out a word or two, but only air escaped. She was afraid to break eye contact with the creature in front of her, afraid if she did, it would attack or do something possibly worse. As charlie moved around, Lee swung her arm in the air searching for her friend's body. As soon as she found it, she grabbed a hold of Charlie's shirt and held onto for dear life. Her friend's words helped soothe her a little, her shoulders relaxing and her finger's loosening lightly.<br><br>But that changed when Charlie panicked. <br><br>In a hurried rush, Lee stood and maintained eye contact. In a nervous blurt, she spoke, loudly and fast: "My name is Lee Cecilia Worthington, I am twenty years old, and art student at the local college, I am not a virgin, please don't kill me per the virgins-are-the-only-survivors-in-horror-movies rule..." Her wide eyes only seemed to get wider as she could feel the hairs on her body raise and sweat trickle down her neck as she awaited some form of action from the strange beast in front of her.<br><br><hr><div align="center"><strong>~*~ Arianna ~*~</strong></div><hr><br>"Mid-Summer's Night Dream is a wonderful piece of work. I've seen it several times myself, and I can never get over how fantastic it is!" Arianna spoke before shoveling another chip into her mouth and chewing on it. It seemed she was eating in a sort of ravished way, that is until the food hit her mouth. There she would chew on it, for what felt like forever for her, but in reality was only a few moments. To anyone else it looked like she was shoveling it in faster than she could swallow it.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>25-07-2012, 08:28:57</strong>
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				A few missions in, and Melissa was really starting to get into the swing of the game.&nbsp; She felt a lot better, even though not much time had gone by.&nbsp; Easy missions had a way of doing that, especially when they went exceptionally well.&nbsp; Next up was the ogre brigade, but she didn't feel like dealing with that right now, so she saved and stopped the game for the time being.<br><br>There was still one more thing she had to do.&nbsp; She stood back up, heading back out of her room but leaving the door&nbsp; open just in case.&nbsp; Miyu's room was just a few doors over, and she knocked politely.&nbsp; "Miyu?&nbsp; Can I talk to you for a bit?"&nbsp; She took a deep breath, preparing herself for a proper apology.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>jilorbb</strong> on <strong>25-07-2012, 08:37:39</strong>
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				There was a great roar as the beast before the girls threw back its head, but it soon became clear that it was an exclamation of laughter rather than a display of anger or annoyance. It shook with heavy guffaws over and over, its head bobbing up and down before, finally, one last time the head came down, touching its forehead to the floor. <br><br>"Oh... stop, stop..." The winged man-lion said in perfect English. Before their eyes, the body transformed. It went from the eight foot long body of an immense cat to that of a man of only 6 feet, curled with knees underneath and head down to the floor the way the other creature had just been. He stopped laughing slowly and got to his feet, wiping a tear from his dark eyes. The handsome face that had once seemed so out of place was now housed within a perfectly complimentary male body. He was clothed in tight black leather that was accented in white embroidery and he looked between the two horrified girls with a grin on his face before walking to the edge of the circle. He paused there and looked down at the hastily scribed chalk diagram and raised an eyebrow. For one small moment, he feigned terror and gave off the appearance that he was trapped. He then rolled his eyes and grinned farther, stepping clean outside the chicken scratch and pushing past the two mortified women to head for the stairs. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BellaVita</strong> on <strong>25-07-2012, 08:49:15</strong>
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				Olivia watched Arianna chow down and she turned her nose up a little. Such behavior in her mother's house would result in a slap in the face and her being sent to her room. She shook her head and remembered that this wasn't her mother's house, this was her sister. She gave a small smile and nodded to Arianna's words. "Yes, I've been in it a few times when I was younger, but here at the school it seems more professional." <br><br>She looked around and realized it was really quiet. Hadn't there been chanting before? She shrugged it off and looked at Arianna, letting out a sigh. "I'm going to take a nice, hot shower. See you at dinner later?" She smiled a little and waved, heading upstairs to her room. <br><br>It was a smaller space than she was used to, but with her decorating skills, she made good use of the space. Decorated in a more couture style, it was very much Olivia. A few splashes of pink, mixed in with the white, black and grey, it made for a room that felt like home. <br><br>Putting her duffle bag on a chair, she stripped down, tossing her clothes in the hamper. It was getting full, but she had another day or so before she had to do laundry. She hopped in the shower, breathing a sigh of relief as the hot water hit her sore muscles. She wasn't in the shower very long, just enough to wash up, shave what needed to be shaved and ease her aches and pains. After drying off and towel drying her hair, she did her after shower routine and got dressed in some black Victoria's Secret shorts with 'PINK' on the back in pink lettering and a white tank. Now she could relax a bit, before doing some homework.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lumasan</strong> on <strong>25-07-2012, 08:56:43</strong>
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				<hr><div align="center"><strong>~*~ Lee ~*~</strong></div><hr><br>Lee raised an eyebrow as the creature doubled over and then suddenly within a few moments was a man. Now she really wasn't sure what to do. <em>'At least it isn't the Almighty Cthulhu'</em> she gave for a thought for a moment. Still what had they done to do this, as she began pondering, her mind took a different approach to the events that had happened. Suddenly her world was opening up to her. What if they really had summoned. She had almost completely got caught up in her thoughts when she noticed, by pure luck, that the creature-now-a-man was heading towards the steps.<br><br>She swiveled around, still wide eyed and reached out her hand. "No wait. You can't go up there, or civilization may cease to exist. Wait... wait... wait. It already does! Nuclear fallout, it's completely unsafe and the radiation. Oh the radiation. We're safe down here because we're in a bomb shelter, but if you go up there you be cooked like a frozen turkey in a large pot of boiling oil in some rednecks backyard on some old thanksgiving day!" She then straightened up, she really didn't want to tackle the guy, because touching him at the moment seemed rather frightening. Let alone he didn't even give them a greeting or an explanation of what just happened.<br><br><hr><div align="center"><strong>~*~ Arianna ~*~</strong></div><hr><br>Arianna paused for a brief moment, realizing this strange deafness that had fallen onto her ears as she chewed. She could still hear herself chew but the silence around her seemed a bit stranger than it normally would while awaiting an answer from a person. She jumped slightly, her bag of chips rattling as Olivia spoke again. Almost like she hadn't expected her to talk, or perhaps she had forgotten she was talking to Olivia even in the first place. She let out a sigh and continued munching on the chips, nodding as her sister walked off to her own room. A tingling sensation came from her spine, like someone was watching her. Arianna turned in the direction of the feeling, and stared at the basement door for a few moments. She shrugged it off fast though, and sat her bag of chips on the counter. She then proceeded to retrieve a glass from the cupboard, fill it with tap water and guzzle it down.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shadowsmaiden</strong> on <strong>25-07-2012, 10:29:16</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=146885.msg6649134#msg6649134">Quote from: AndyZ on 25-07-2012, 08:28:57</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">A few missions in, and Melissa was really starting to get into the swing of the game.&nbsp; She felt a lot better, even though not much time had gone by.&nbsp; Easy missions had a way of doing that, especially when they went exceptionally well.&nbsp; Next up was the ogre brigade, but she didn't feel like dealing with that right now, so she saved and stopped the game for the time being.<br><br>There was still one more thing she had to do.&nbsp; She stood back up, heading back out of her room but leaving the door&nbsp; open just in case.&nbsp; Miyu's room was just a few doors over, and she knocked politely.&nbsp; "Miyu?&nbsp; Can I talk to you for a bit?"&nbsp; She took a deep breath, preparing herself for a proper apology.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>&nbsp;Miyu debated on walking around the house for a while to stretch out her leg as she'd told Olivia but after thinking on it for a little while, she'd decided that it was better to rest for a while and give herself a little more time to recover from her recent fall.<br><br>Curling up on her bed with a pillow cuddled to her chest, she'd chosen to watch a movie on the plasma screen TV provided as part of the furniture in her room that was already there when she'd moved in to the soriority house in the beginning. Her eyes were glued to watching "Romeo must die" and she remained blissfully unaware of the happenings going on in the rest of the house. It wasn't until she heard a knock on her bedroom door that the violet haired girl was finally drawn away from her movie, only to practically fall off the bed before she realized that it was only Melissa wanting to know if they could talk.<br><br>"Sure, come on in." She said to the other girl with a smile, pressing pause on the remote quickly and scooting to one side on the bed to make room for her to sit with her. "What's wrong Melissa?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>25-07-2012, 10:35:10</strong>
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				Melissa walked in, shutting the door behind her.&nbsp; Her head was downcast, with her hands folded together in front of her.&nbsp; Trying to figure out what the right words would be just didn't seem to be working, so she was just going to try to wing it.&nbsp; Somehow she always fell for that stupid trick, even though it never seemed to work.<br><br>"Miyu..." she said gently, walking further inside.&nbsp; "When I saw your leg trapped and couldn't lift it, I panicked.&nbsp; I just ran and tried to get help.&nbsp; I didn't really realize that people would get upset, or give you a hard time about it, or even bolt the whole bookcase to the wall so that it would never fall over again."&nbsp; She plopped down on the foot of the bed, staring at the floor.&nbsp; "I don't think you're clumsy or anything, and I guess I should have just figured out how to lift it on my own, rather than embarrassing you."<br><br>It didn't feel elaborate or well-explained or anything, but it was just going to have to do.&nbsp; She finally looked up towards Miyu.&nbsp; "I'm sorry.&nbsp; Forgive me?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shadowsmaiden</strong> on <strong>25-07-2012, 11:59:05</strong>
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				"Melissa...?"<br><br>Her name sounded from Miyu as a question, the smaller girl trying to understand exactly why it was that she felt the need to apologize. She thought she'd embarrassed her by calling the other girls in to help? Was she honestly feeling bad because of that? the violet haired girl gave her a smile for a moment and couldn't keep the giggle that escaped her lips a second later.<br><br>"You're being silly..." She told her gently, shifting herself on the bed and setting the pillow she was holding aside so that she could hug the other girl and pressed a kiss gently against her cheek. "If you hadn't come to my rescue and done what you did..... I'd still be stuck now. Charlie bolted the book case to the wall so I wouldn't be hurt again... and I am a little clumsy at times."<br><br>The violet haired girl didn't think anything of the affection she was showing her at the moment. It was a natural move to make towards a friend and she was simply showing her gratitude as far as that went, that was all. At least, that's how it went as far as she was taught. There was nothing romantic behind the motion and she thought she was reacting much the way a sister would.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>25-07-2012, 21:43:31</strong>
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				The confusion that Melissa felt only escalated at the sound of the giggle, but it was definitely a happy sound, not a mocking jeer that she'd heard so often before.&nbsp; A smile came over her features as she listened, and soon after, she wrapped her arms around her sister in a tight, relieved hug.&nbsp; "Good," she said.&nbsp; "I'm glad you're okay and can still walk."<br><br>She kept the hug going, enjoying the contact and the sense of belonging too much to let herself immediately let go, but the conversation changed a little.&nbsp; "If you need something, just text me, okay?&nbsp; I can also leave your door open if you want so you can just yell."&nbsp; Even though she felt silly for worrying that she'd upset Miyu, it was nothing compared to the relief she felt at proving herself wrong.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shadowsmaiden</strong> on <strong>26-07-2012, 02:37:27</strong>
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				Miyu revelled in the warmth of the hug for a moment. It wasn't often that she found the courage to embrace one of her soriority sisters like this and when she did, it was the most welcoming thing in the world. Next to ice-cream and other sweets, that is. The only other sister that she thought of herself being really close to was Charlie, even though Olivia, Adrianna and Lee were her friends too and she treasured them just as much.<br><br>It would just be nice for her to get to spend more time with them.<br><br>Giving Melissa another smile and nod, she responded softly. "I'm sure you'll hear me if I need anything."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SpiralSpider</strong> on <strong>26-07-2012, 03:28:19</strong>
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				Charlie stood with eyes the size of saucers, her jaw veritably down to the floor out of shock from the transformation. It wasn't until her sister started spouting nonsense about the end of the end of the world that she was brought back to her senses. She laughed anxiously. It was a meek, quiet little sound at first, but soon the laughter grew until it took her over completely. Tears formed in her eyes as the nervous laughter took her over. It was too late to cover it up, the adrenaline rush and stress put her to a point where she just couldn't help it.<br><br>"Aaaah...aha..." She said in a high-pitched tone while wiping her eyes. She cleared her throat and hten walked over to the man. "Hi! I'm ChazZ, she just said she's Lee... Soooo... who're you?" She smiled widely and blinked at him, holding her hand out, hoping that the shapeshifter would actually shake it. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>26-07-2012, 03:32:28</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=146885.msg6652693#msg6652693">Quote from: Shadowsmaiden on 26-07-2012, 02:37:27</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Miyu revelled in the warmth of the hug for a moment. It wasn't often that she found the courage to embrace one of her soriority sisters like this and when she did, it was the most welcoming thing in the world. Next to ice-cream and other sweets, that is. The only other sister that she thought of herself being really close to was Charlie, even though Olivia, Adrianna and Lee were her friends too and she treasured them just as much.<br><br>It would just be nice for her to get to spend more time with them.<br><br>Giving Melissa another smile and nod, she responded softly. "I'm sure you'll hear me if I need anything."<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>When the hug gently faded, Melissa kept on smiling.&nbsp; She loved the feeling of simply connecting, that she didn't have to be alone anymore if she didn't want to be.&nbsp; It wasn't something that she wanted to give up so quickly, even though Miyu may want her rest.&nbsp; More likely, Miyu was going to want to get back to dancing and would rather have the company anyway.<br><br>Well, there was one good way to find out.&nbsp; "So, how do you feel for movies?" she asked.&nbsp; "There's one I rented a while back but haven't gotten to ask yet, about a princess whose unicorn is kidnapped by demons and she has to go on a quest to go and find it."&nbsp; She takes a breath and is quick to add, "It's okay if that's not your kind of thing..."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>jilorbb</strong> on <strong>26-07-2012, 06:07:35</strong>
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				The deafening silence that stifled the basement slowly dissipated - it was as if every time the newcomer laughed, the tension literally let up. And it seemed as if he was always laughing around these two - regardless of the fact that he'd rather keep to his stoic, mysterious face. He knew there was no terrible apocalyptic scourge awaiting him at the top of the steps. Firstly, he was not an idiot, and second, the sounds of the other sorority sisters were quickly invading and echoing in their space in the corner of the basement. But he chuckled all over again in spite of the obvious dupe. The girls were scared. He could forgive them for reaching so desperately for a means to keep him contained. But while his mind wandered to what, exactly, they were protecting from him.... he also started to feel a definite pull in the direction upstairs. This last bit confused him. While he was a curious sort, he was never called to the forbidden just because it was <em>so</em>. <br><br>The larger girl approached him and he turned to regard her. Unlike Lee, Charlie had actually gotten within arm's reach and he didn't know whether to take this as bravery or stupidity. He grinned wickedly, exposing fangs that were clearly larger than a human should have. "Chaz, Lee...." he nodded in each of their directions as he said their names. "I have no name." It was a matter of fact statement and he shrugged the significance of it off. "Now..." the man began, moving to have a seat in the nearby carpeted area on the furniture that was so kindly provided. "Would either of you like to enlighten me as to why you've brought me here, hmmm?" He cocked an eyebrow and calmly looked between them both. Though the urge to go up stairs continued to pull at him, he patiently bided through it.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lumasan</strong> on <strong>26-07-2012, 06:39:25</strong>
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				"I have no clue how you got here, I... Charlie... how did he get here?" Lee shrugged and looked a bit more calmly at the man and at Charlie. She slyly looked towards the circle Charlie had scribbled hurriedly against the floor with some chalk. Could they have brought this creature...er this person here? It was then Lee realized she still had a bit of watermelon Jolly Rancher in her mouth. How she hadn't managed to choke on it during the last few minutes was rather astounding. She rolled her tongue around the candy while analyzing the situation, walking over to pick up the book they had read from. She couldn't understand anything than what was written in English and it was only the gibberish like lines they had spoken earlier. "Well.. that's kind of a dead end..." she sighed while muttering her words under her breath. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SpiralSpider</strong> on <strong>26-07-2012, 07:34:15</strong>
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				Charlie looked dumbly between the both of them, back and forth. She shrugged her shoulders and did a vague "I don't know" sort of hum. She watched Lee inspect the drawing and the book as well and just blinked. It took several minutes for the significance of those actions to sink in. "Hey! But... wait - that book was just a prop... I didn't even know if that was what was really in the book - huuuuh!" Her words ended with a sharp intake of air as her eyes went wide. Her mind raced to comprehend the possibilities - how in god's fuck could she have come across such a book as the first thing she actually bought?! How in the fuck was it possible that it even was real!?<br><br>She shook her head and took a deep breath, holding it in to nearly where she started to feel faint. She pointed to the book and then the circle, ending by shrugging again and dropping her hands down so hard that they slapped her sides. it was enough to cause pain but she didn't even blink from the impact. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shadowsmaiden</strong> on <strong>26-07-2012, 07:53:50</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=146885.msg6652954#msg6652954">Quote from: AndyZ on 26-07-2012, 03:32:28</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">When the hug gently faded, Melissa kept on smiling.&nbsp; She loved the feeling of simply connecting, that she didn't have to be alone anymore if she didn't want to be.&nbsp; It wasn't something that she wanted to give up so quickly, even though Miyu may want her rest.&nbsp; More likely, Miyu was going to want to get back to dancing and would rather have the company anyway.<br><br>Well, there was one good way to find out.&nbsp; "So, how do you feel for movies?" she asked.&nbsp; "There's one I rented a while back but haven't gotten to ask yet, about a princess whose unicorn is kidnapped by demons and she has to go on a quest to go and find it."&nbsp; She takes a breath and is quick to add, "It's okay if that's not your kind of thing..."<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Miyu thought about Melissa's suggestion for a few minutes. At the mention of watching a new movie she'd never seen before, she almost wanted to jump at the chance but the movie she was in the middle of watching at the moment was a favourite that she must have watched a hundred times already. Was it worth putting aside and letting her friend put on a movie they could both watch together?<br><br>Sure it was, she could finish watching "Romeo must die" later tonight before she fell asleep. Giving Melissa a smile, she nodded her head. "Of course! We can watch whatever movie you want to watch!"<br><br>Inwardly, she was starting to wonder what the other girls were up to down stairs. But her leg still hurt and she really didn't feel like having everyone make a fuss over her for walking on it or anything. So, she was more than happy to spend time with Melissa for now and figured she'd be catching up with the other girls sometime later in the day, or perhaps in the evening at dinner.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>jilorbb</strong> on <strong>26-07-2012, 08:13:15</strong>
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				The tall man sat and listened patiently through the ramblings and mumblings of the two would-be sorceresses. His eyes twinkled with a mark of pure amusement over the insane idea that he was <em>accidentally</em> summoned. He stood up to walk over near the book. "May I?" the young man asked, pointing to the tomb. Though he did not wait to gain permission before delving in, quickly coming to the marked page. <br><br>"Well, this is intriguing..." he said in a low tone that sounded like a half-hearted growl. His eyes ate up the information on the page. He flipped a few sheets back and a few forward, his dark reddish eyes going wide as he understood what the spell was all about. He didn't want to waist too much time now that he had a good idea that his <em>soul mate</em> was upstairs. He walked to the other girls and held the book open, showing of hands that had long, claw-like fingernails. "See here?" he pointed to a part of the diagram. "You really need to close this up. Otherwise if something unfriendly comes through the gateway, they'll be able to step out just as easily as I did."<br><br>The sphinx boy waited and looked intently into the both of their eyes. When it became apparent that they were still confused, he rolled his eyes and explained it in simple, child-like terms. "This is a summoning circle... obviously. Your spell is translated right into your language but you didn't do a very good job chalking it out. And you - " he called out to Lee, pointing a finger at her. "Should spit that thing out. If you miss-read this badly enough... you'll end up throwing the spell. Show some respect for the gift you've been given." He narrowed his eyes and gave them a proud look, wondering whether is was worth telling them more. Ultimately he decided to go on. "The spell here is a way to call across time and space to instantly transport your perfect love to you... Or, well, in this case to someone else in your household. If you do this again, take care to do it right." With that, he threw the book to the soft surface of a seat cushion and threw his hands up in the air uncaringly. He shook his head and moved to go up the stairs. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lumasan</strong> on <strong>26-07-2012, 08:51:08</strong>
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				Lee stepped back a few inches as the man approached her, unsure of what he was going to do until he asked to look at the book. Then again he didn't wait to grab it, and this resulted in her backing up a little more. Her ears were intent on listening to him as he flipped through the book, although her eyes constantly switched back and forth from looking at the man to looking at Charlie. It was clear she was unsure of what to do. She then, as he motioned to the symbol on the floor, the reality of the situation began to make a bit more sense to her and become more clear. "So then you're not something evil?" she asked in a questioning tone.<br><br>So it was a summoning circle, and it was legitimate. Lee wasn't sure what to think about this until he turned to her, and pointed a finger at her. She stood straight, instinctively and a chill ran up her spine. She obliged his words, obviously, because there was an evident loud crunching in the air and then an almost audible gulp from Lee. She had just chewed through the jolly rancher (god help her teeth) and swallowed the remains. Her face was kept straight throughout this event and managed to somehow maintain eye contact with him now that he was looking at her. <br><br>As he continued she managed to move herself closer to Charlie, her body once more easing up. Her eyes widened as he made mention of the perfect love, and Lee's mind went wild. <em>'There's no way that something like this could exist. Could it? What if this is what I've been waiting for? What if we do this again... and right this next time someone will come for me? No... no one would ever come for me...'</em> she thought to herself, ending completely on feeling unworthy of anything perfect for her. Her mind drifted into a slightly darker place and her widened eyes relaxed and she let out a sigh. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SpiralSpider</strong> on <strong>26-07-2012, 09:00:34</strong>
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				Charlie snickered derisively at Lee's assumptions. She shook her head and made her disagreement quite obvious. No weird bird-lion-man-dog-whatever-thing could be 'good' in her eyes. She winced as Lee finished off the candy so violently and hastily at the command of the strange man. She had quite the sweet tooth herself and so knew if she'd done the same, it would have been painful. She forced a straight face and simply watched the man walk away - as if his leaving would somehow make the world make sense again, somehow...
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>26-07-2012, 09:00:45</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=146885.msg6654270#msg6654270">Quote from: Shadowsmaiden on 26-07-2012, 07:53:50</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Miyu thought about Melissa's suggestion for a few minutes. At the mention of watching a new movie she'd never seen before, she almost wanted to jump at the chance but the movie she was in the middle of watching at the moment was a favourite that she must have watched a hundred times already. Was it worth putting aside and letting her friend put on a movie they could both watch together?<br><br>Sure it was, she could finish watching "Romeo must die" later tonight before she fell asleep. Giving Melissa a smile, she nodded her head. "Of course! We can watch whatever movie you want to watch!"<br><br>Inwardly, she was starting to wonder what the other girls were up to down stairs. But her leg still hurt and she really didn't feel like having everyone make a fuss over her for walking on it or anything. So, she was more than happy to spend time with Melissa for now and figured she'd be catching up with the other girls sometime later in the day, or perhaps in the evening at dinner.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Her smile brightened to the unadulterated joy of the morning sun as she got up from the bed.&nbsp; "I'll be right back," she said, and dashed out.<br><br>A few minutes later, she had a bowl of low-fat popcorn, a couple glasses of juice and the DVD.&nbsp; She offered one of the glasses to Miyu, popped the DVD into the player, and plopped back down upon the bed.&nbsp; Laying the bowl between them, she let the movie start going through the credits.&nbsp; "I've seen this a dozen times, so just shush me if I start talking too much, okay?"<br><br>The opening sequences played out in classic fantasy detail, showing a princess who ruled fairly over her kingdom of mythic beasts but who still had much to learn about the trials and tribulations of life.&nbsp; She was far too concerned with her dresses and appearance, and many of her duties were left to her subjects so that she could make herself look absolutely perfect.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>jilorbb</strong> on <strong>26-07-2012, 09:21:43</strong>
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				The girls were leaving him to his own devices, at least that was well enough. He trudged up the stairs and followed the draw he had felt earlier. He wasn't sure how much stock he put in the spell's validity, but it seemed legitimate enough to give him faith enough to check out this pull he felt. <br><br>He opened the wooden door that creaked into the hall near the front door. Instantly, his vision was flooded with light. The rest of the house, it seemed, was quite beautiful to look at and well-maintainted. He could smell food off in the direction of where the pull was leading him and he followed it, stopping just inside the entry way to the kitchen. He took in the scene and found himself staring at the dirty gardner as she focused on drinking a glass of water and consuming a bag of chips. He smiled and found himself already enjoying her cute mannerisms. <br><br>But, spell or no spell, he wasn't about to let it turn him into someone he wasn't. He leaned against the wall and watched the girl, paying no attention to the other sounds or people nearby. Arms crossed, he smiled and waited for her to notice him. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lumasan</strong> on <strong>27-07-2012, 01:57:31</strong>
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				<hr><div align="center"><strong>~*~ Lee ~*~</strong></div><hr><br>Lee turned to Charlie as soon as the man left the basement. "I heard that right, right? He said we summoned him, and that it was a spell for the perfect love?" Lee thought herself again about the spell and the possibilities it held. <em>'What are you going to do Lee, if someone or some...thing comes out of that circle for you? What are you going to do? Do you really want to do this?'</em> she began to question herself. A part of her, the one that always doubted herself, but a majority of herself was excited and she could feel her heart beating in her chest. 'Is it okay to do something like this though?' she thought again, her mind jumping to all the possibilities coming from that chalk drawing on the floor. Her mind figured now that they had wet their feet, they might as well dive into it. Why not make a big mess, it'll probably take the same amount of time to clean it up regardless... Besides if they found a dispelling spell, it could be done with numerous people right? Why not. "Would it be wrong to say... that I really kinda wanna do that again?... but better this time?" She said to Charlie, with a slight excitement in her voice.<br><br><hr><div align="center"><strong>~*~ Arianna ~*~</strong></div><hr><br>It had been a few short minutes before Arianna even lifted her head. Her chips tasted amazing enough that she was pretty sure she devoured half of the bag already. When she did look up, she startled and almost shrieked, and definitely jumped a little. She wasn't expecting to see a man in the frame of the hallway, let alone a handsome one. A really handsome one. There was that feeling again, at the back of her neck, that subtle pulling--nagging at her thoughts. The chip bag was slowly set down on the counter as Arianna spoke: "I didn't hear anyone come in... are you... here for one of the girls?" she asked a bit nervously. Not entirely sure at why she was nervous.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SpiralSpider</strong> on <strong>27-07-2012, 02:29:08</strong>
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				"Errr...... I have no idea." Charlie said at first, blinking strangely. She wasn't quite ready to believe what happened, even though the fantastical element was so tantalizingly alluring. She watched the tall man's receding form go up stairs and furrowed her brow as her mind raced through all the possibilities and she continued to listen to Lee.<br><br>Charlie chuckled a bit at Lee's final words. "Yeah, that would be cool." She said, nodding. Then, it hit her - Lee was <em>serious.</em> Her eyes went wide as she stared at her sorority sister. "What, <em>really?!</em>"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lumasan</strong> on <strong>27-07-2012, 02:49:32</strong>
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				Lee's mouth ran off on a tangent now, her brain unable to keep up as she was literally doing her thinking out loud now. Lee also began pacing, something she usually only did when she was extremely anxious or excited.<br><br>"Yeah! Think about it. If what he said was true, and he was brought here, well this time for someone else in the house... what if we fixed our act a little and did it again? I mean someone could come out that is meant for one of us, hell we could probably get two at the same time. It'd be like hitting the lottery. Then again this is sort of the type of situation that screams tempting and tricking fate, but then again what if that book... what if this was supposed to happen? I mean I'm getting stupid here, yes, but I think we should try it again, after fixing everything up? I mean if there is a spell in there to summon them, which we just did, then there probably is one in there to get rid of them! So if we do bring anything bad over..." she paused and placed her hand on her forehead, looking at the ground. She then itched her scalp, "God I sound like a raving lunatic," Lee paused again and then continued after catching her breath and then looking at Charlie. "We could logically, well at least my stark raving mad logic dictates, we should be able to send them back. It would only be right, right? Keep in mind I also play way too many video games and my Mother calls my obsession unhealthy." She stood there, her arms crossed over her chest and then she whipped around to get another look at the diagram on the floor. After a few seconds she turned back to Charlie. "I mean where's the harm in being curious? All the great scientists in the world had to be curious first in order to come up with some of the greatest ideas in history...." and then Lee stopped for the sake of her head not getting light and waiting for an answer from her friend.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SpiralSpider</strong> on <strong>27-07-2012, 03:38:44</strong>
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				Charlie listened to her friend's rant, nodding ever so often. She quickly found herself becoming swept up in the emotion and excitement of it. She was empowered. "Yeah.... Yeah!" She said, nodding her head vigorously.<br><br>She shook her head as Lee insulted herself. To the contrary, the more she thought about it, the more it made perfect sense. It must have been fate that these girls got their hands on such a book. They were, after all, loyal, attentive and responsible - or so she surmised. And if anyone deserved to have their perfect boyfriend delivered straight to their front door, it was definitely the girls of Phi Beta!<br><br>She giggled and nodded again at Lee's take on science. <em>This</em> was obviously magic in stead. Then again, she was well aware that many things were considered magical until they were finally understood. "Let's do this!" she yelled, throwing her fist in the air triumphantly before running back to the circle. She still had plenty of chalk, so she tossed one Lee's way and began making the diagram as perfect as she could. It took her nearly a half hour to make sure it was right, and she started feeling kind of guilty that she was stealing Lee from Melissa for so long. But if the spell worked out the way that ... man .. said it would, then perhaps Melissa would be thanking them soon?
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lumasan</strong> on <strong>27-07-2012, 04:06:57</strong>
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				Lee cheered silently and gestured a victory pose and then caught the piece of chalk that was chucked at her. She got onto her knees and adjusted the symbol as well, hopefully matching it as well as she could. She hoped she had gotten her half as right as possible, Lee would have hated for another goof to happen on her account. When she finished she set the chalk aside and got onto her feet. "Perhaps not to theatrical this time I suppose?" She suggested with a soft sigh as she picked up the book and held in front of her and Charlie. <br><br>"I just wish we knew if we were pronouncing this right, oh well. Are you ready?" She questioned her sister, waiting for a confirmation of readiness. When Lee received it, she continued, counting to three on her fingers so Charlie could see. As soon as she threw up the third finger they spoke in unison, chanting the words on the pages of the book. This time around Lee's words weren't slurred and she sounded a bit serious as they flowed from her mouth. "Klackhiel!" On the last word however, Lee nearly shouted, and wasn't sure what to expect next after that. She did however take a few steps back, leaving the book in Charlie's hands, and she only did this just to be closer to the stairs... Should she need to run.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shadowsmaiden</strong> on <strong>27-07-2012, 04:15:25</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=146885.msg6654552#msg6654552">Quote from: AndyZ on 26-07-2012, 09:00:45</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Her smile brightened to the unadulterated joy of the morning sun as she got up from the bed.&nbsp; "I'll be right back," she said, and dashed out.<br><br>A few minutes later, she had a bowl of low-fat popcorn, a couple glasses of juice and the DVD.&nbsp; She offered one of the glasses to Miyu, popped the DVD into the player, and plopped back down upon the bed.&nbsp; Laying the bowl between them, she let the movie start going through the credits.&nbsp; "I've seen this a dozen times, so just shush me if I start talking too much, okay?"<br><br>The opening sequences played out in classic fantasy detail, showing a princess who ruled fairly over her kingdom of mythic beasts but who still had much to learn about the trials and tribulations of life.&nbsp; She was far too concerned with her dresses and appearance, and many of her duties were left to her subjects so that she could make herself look absolutely perfect.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>To tell the truth, fantasy movies weren't usually her sort of thing. As they sat watching the opening credits though and Miyu listened to Melissa saying to sush her if she talked too much, it really started to grab her attention and she found herself wanting to watch it because the other girl seemed to like it a lot.<br><br>Taking a sip of her juice and giving herself a mouthful of popcorn almost at the same time, she smiled and gave Melissa a nod. "Okay, I will."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MzHyde</strong> on <strong>27-07-2012, 04:40:26</strong>
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				The instant the last word left the girls' lips the magic circle caught fire. Heat filled the room and the lights in the basement flashed. Something was still wrong with the summoning, but because they'd been more careful in creating the circle this time it, in turn, created a much larger portal. A portal for <em>things</em> to get through. It was like a crack in reality first, a rip which glowed an unhealthy red, hanging in the very air itself. In mere seconds it started to widen, quickly becoming a gaping hole in reality the size of a full length mirror. The edges warped and bent, threatening to tear open further. From the other side came a dreadful cacophony of moans and growls and wails of pure horror. Out spilled half a dozen ghouls, like some grim tide pouring forth, the dam between the real world and a living hell broken wide open. They were emaciated abominations, sexless and bony with sunken eyes and hollow cheeks. They climbed over each other and clawed one another to pull through the portal, then they started heading for the girls, hungry looks in their eyes. It looked like it was all over. This is how it would end for Phi Beta, devoured by minions from hell. Suddenly, a female voice ripped through the air, stern and forceful. It was so dead quiet it was like even time itself had stopped to listen.<br><br><strong>"FILTHY MAGGOTS! THIS CALLING IS MINE!"</strong><br><br>Another ghoul came out of the portal, though it was at a much higher velocity than the rest. As if it had been flung from the other side it launched through the air and hit the far wall, splattering into a black filthy mess as soon as it hit the solid surface, like it was less a creature and more a horribly misshapen water balloon filled with foul liquid. Out from the portal stepped a gorgeous woman with hair of such blazing red it actually appeared to be on fire. Spiraling crimson horns sprouted from those locks and her nails were long and wicked looking. She was utterly nude and unashamed of her body, beautiful as it was. Batlike wings sprouted from her back, fanning out and trailing fire as soon as she came through the rift - which was now beginning to close behind her. She held out her left hand and spoke in some forgotten tongue... but nothing happened. The flame-haired demoness cursed in that same tongue then spoke in English, "Tch! My powers are sealed? What amateur opened this portal? Well, this will have to do.." <br><br>One of the ghouls launched itself at her and the demon snapped her fingers. In mid-air, the horror burst into flames, let out a horrific screech and hit the ground, dead. One of the others charged from the other side and the beautiful demon swiped her hand through the air, as if she were swatting away a fly. The creature fell to pieces, dissolving into a disgusting black puddle soon after. The remaining beasts hissed, fled through the collapsing rift in abject terror. The last one finally made it through just as it closed. The heat in the room seemed to die down and the demoness eyed the two sorority girls with a stern gaze, "Which one of you called me here? There had better be a good reason. I had to carve through a lot of those wretched things to get here." &nbsp;Her eyes seemed to flash red. Whichever of the girls spoke next, she had better be honest. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>27-07-2012, 04:43:26</strong>
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				Melissa smiled, but for the most part, she stayed pretty quiet, just content to watch the proceedings.<br><br>As the demons popped onscreen to capture the unicorn, a strange mixture of oil paints did a horrendous job of meshing with the proper drawings and designs of the unicorn and the forest, giving the monstrous creatures even more of an alien appearance when compared to the rest of the world.&nbsp; The sounds of pained neighing filled the forest as the shot panned away, leaving a small bird flying up to alert the castle.<br><br>The Princess was distraught, for the unicorn was one of the most beautiful and beloved creatures in the castle.&nbsp; "I shall have to undertake a quest," she said, "to return the unicorn to our fair kingdom."<br><br>The wise wizard simply nodded.&nbsp; "You shall choose a steed and a knight, then, who will aid you along your journey."<br><br>"What need have I of a steed?" she asked.&nbsp; "The unicorn is gone; he alone is my steed.&nbsp; I'll simply walk to reach him."&nbsp; She then looked over the assembled knights, each drawing his sword as a sign of his fealty.&nbsp; One knight was quite handsome, with armor and sword made out of purest gold.&nbsp; Another with more rugged features had a weapon and mail of iron, while the third was a minotaur with arms and armor of stone.&nbsp; Without hesitation, she chose the handsome knight with the gold armor and blade, then started to march out of the castle in her glass heels.<br><br>Although Melissa watched quietly, she started to blush after a bit.&nbsp; "Yeah, um, I guess it's kinda obvious nowadays..."&nbsp; She glanced towards the player, apparently considering shutting it off.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shadowsmaiden</strong> on <strong>27-07-2012, 04:53:31</strong>
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				Without even realizing it, Miyu had started crying when she witnessed the demons coming to kidnap the unicorn. Something inside of her burst open and the tears simply started rolling down her cheeks before she could stop them. The princess was so brave to undertake such a quest and the wise wizard helping her looked like little more than a cute old man in a simple pointed hat who looked kind of funny.<br><br>She brushed at her eyes with the back of her hands as soon as she felt the tears dripping from her chin, and spent several moments trying to hide them from Melissa. When she heard the comment from her about the handsome knight, all she could do was nod, unable to speak simply out of fear for how her voice might sound in that moment.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SpiralSpider</strong> on <strong>27-07-2012, 05:16:35</strong>
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				<span style="font-size: 8pt;" class="bbc_size">"Oh god..."</span> Charlie said meekly as the portal ripped open and the circle lit with hellfire , <span style="font-size: 8pt;" class="bbc_size">"I'm dead, I'm dead, I'm dead, I'm dead... I've died... I'm dead."</span> She watched in abject terror at the countless abominations crawled out, holding hands in front of her face.<br><br>Charlie did manage a look sideways at Lee. In the midst of such an insane crisis, it was nice to know she had a friend by her side.&nbsp; Little did she know that Lee had been preparing to bolt. And, while it made complete sense to prepare for such a thing, such abandonment might have caused them a rift in their relationship - if they even survived!<br><br>At that moment, the only thing that was really running through her mind was getting rid of that naked girl-demon-thing and she was so very happy that the lion-man-thing upstairs (Oh, god! She just let him <em>upstairs?!</em> By her <em>friends!?</em>) had given them the pointers of finishing the circle correctly. Unfortunately for the sorority girls in the basement, though, Charlie's heavy-soled boot had scraped the chalk drawing and made it an incomplete circle. They had no knowledge of the fact that they were, essentially, sitting ducks. <br><br>She swallowed hard and put her hands down, managing to shakily stand on her feet in a feeble display of false confidence. "Uh..." the syllable echoed strangely in the room as she swallowed once again. "Um... Hi. I'm Charlie.... Nice to meet you... I hope." She looked to Lee once more before taking a deep breath and going on with more self control and calm. "So... I got this book. And it is apparently a means to call forth true love from across the dimensions... or whatever." She squinted a bit and looked the elegantly proportioned demoness over. She was fairly certain that this girl wasn't for her - and all she knew of Lee made her think of men. With a shrug, she raised her eyebrows and scrunched her face to the side helplessly before going on. "So... uh.. Do you ...<em>feel</em> anything?" She wiggled her arms in effect for "feel" and then held them up to the sides, shrugging her shoulders once again. With what the other man said and how he had acted before, she thought it was possible that the satanic being would know better than she did why she was here and, if the spell was correct, who her love was. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>27-07-2012, 05:20:45</strong>
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				Melissa started to get up in order to turn off the player, when she glanced back and noticed Miyu wiping her face.&nbsp; Softly and sympathetically smiling, she got back up on the bed and reached over to give Miyu's hand a squeeze.<br><br>Bravery didn't really come into the equation yet, as the princess was still too young and naive to recognize the difficulties that were soon to come.&nbsp; Not too long after walking in heels, however, she obviously started to understand the importance of riding.&nbsp; A pronounced limp was building into her stride, though it was slightly hidden by the sauntering knight in front of her.<br><br>As they walked up to the swamp, demons were already there, ready and waiting.&nbsp; Although the knight bravely stepped forward to protect her, the gold armor did nothing to protect him and the soft metal of the blade quickly dulled as soon as he rapped it against a monster's carapace.&nbsp; "Run!" he told her as the sparkling yellow grew more and more stained with scarlet, and so she ran.<br><br>Melissa was trembling a little as well, but since this was Miyu's first time and everything was a shock, she wanted to try to be strong and keep it from affecting her too much.&nbsp; Maybe the story was a little too heavy on the morals, but that didn't make it any less touching.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shadowsmaiden</strong> on <strong>27-07-2012, 05:31:14</strong>
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				"No... Don't turn it off, please Melissa. I'm okay...."<br><br>Miyu pleaded with the other girl softly, wiping at her eyes once again and managing a faint smile at the feel of the other girls hand squeezing hers. The movie really was interesting and while it seemed a little childish in some small areas of the story, she was finding it rather enjoyable and wanted to see it right through until the end.<br><br>The smell of fire and brimstone suddenly caught her attention and she cast a questioning look towards the bedroom door for a moment. Was Arianna cooking in the kitchen and burning something accidently? Or was it Charlie trying one of her little experiments again? For a moment, she thought about asking Melissa to put the movie on pause so that they could go and find out what was going on, but shrugged her shoulders and changed her mind when she remembered about her leg.<br><br>Changing positions and moving to cuddle up with her pillow again, she returned her attention to the movie.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lumasan</strong> on <strong>27-07-2012, 05:38:34</strong>
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				Lee halted as soon as the portal arose, essentially the same reaction she had earlier. This looked like the hellfire from Hunchback of Notre Dame, the Disney version. Biting her lip she took a soft step away from the burning circle as abominations started crawling through it. "Alright, hopefully Keanu Reaves will be here soon to slay some .... hell-spawn? Or are they zombies... oh god ... I don't care they--" and suddenly she was cut off by a booming voice that caused her body to go rigid. And then all of a sudden the body of one of those things crawling towards them, flew past her and hit the wall behind her. Lee emitted a short shriek and stepped forwards, instinctively heading for the nearest thing to grab--Charlie. But once again she froze as what only looked like a classical Demon stepped from the fiery portal. <br><br>She... was naked. Lee stared, now a bit nervous and not wanting to look further down on the woman's figure. She reached a hand up to her mouth and the other one on her chest, and fidgeted for a while, constantly removing her eyes from the figure. Then another thing attacked the lady, and Lee only winced as she watched the aftermath of that happening. She remained silent and then heaved a heavy sigh of relief as Charlie answered the woman first before Lee had to open her mouth. Thank goodness the circle kept evil things in, so at least they were safe.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>27-07-2012, 05:53:04</strong>
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				Melissa smiled reassuringly, leaving the story going for her and turning back to watch herself.&nbsp; Knowing that Miyu was enjoying the tale made Melissa enjoy it all the more, and she relaxed to turn her attention more diligently to the story.<br><br>The princess was running scared now, really starting to understand the true difficulty of her journey.&nbsp; Her feet were starting to bleed from the glass heels, she was frightened and desperate, and the rips and tears forming in her dress were starting to be the least of her worries.<br><br>She came across a gnome whittling a pair of shoes in the forest, and fell before the stump as her legs finally gave out.&nbsp; "A princess," he said, "a princess fair.&nbsp; Dear me, what could have caused such a scare?"<br><br>As she explained her predicament, she kept on massaging her legs, her eyes focused upon the wooden shoes, which now seemed infinitely preferable to the wretched things currently upon her feet.&nbsp; Although he didn't say overly much in response, everything he said was in rhyme, sounding cryptic and whimsical.<br><br>"A trade?" he finally said.&nbsp; "Sounds ever so fun."&nbsp; His grin grew a bit more devious.&nbsp; "But once I start trading, I can't stop at just one."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>jilorbb</strong> on <strong>27-07-2012, 05:57:48</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=146885.msg6657814#msg6657814">Quote from: Lumasan on 27-07-2012, 01:57:31</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><hr><div align="center"><strong>~*~ Arianna ~*~</strong></div><hr><br>It had been a few short minutes before Arianna even lifted her head. Her chips tasted amazing enough that she was pretty sure she devoured half of the bag already. When she did look up, she startled and almost shrieked, and definitely jumped a little. She wasn't expecting to see a man in the frame of the hallway, let alone a handsome one. A really handsome one. There was that feeling again, at the back of her neck, that subtle pulling--nagging at her thoughts. The chip bag was slowly set down on the counter as Arianna spoke: "I didn't hear anyone come in... are you... here for one of the girls?" she asked a bit nervously. Not entirely sure at why she was nervous.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>The leather-clad man raised his eyebrows sympathetically when the girl in front of him jumped. "I'm sorry... I didn't mean to startle you." He said honestly, his voice like honey. Her mannerisms were adorable, he had to admit.&nbsp; But even now that he was able to hear her lovely voice, he wasn't quite ready to fall in line and behave like she was the end all and be all of desire for him. He gave that same confident smile again and cocked his head to the side as she spoke. "You could say that... perhaps..." he responded to her question slyly, sauntering over to boldly snag one of the chips from her bag. He'd never been exposed to such food before, potatoes were a rarity where he came from. He found himself rolling the bits around on his tongue for several moments to completely take in the complexity of its flavor.<br><br>"Mmm..." He responded,&nbsp; nodding his head in approval. "Salty... Interesting... I like it." Salt was a bad idea in the ancient desert. But one quick glance to the side window gave him a full view of the large body of water out in the distance. He wasn't quite certain as to what all of the modern luxuries were, but he had been made familiar with a few of them in the past. He moved into her personal space, leaning onto the countertops close to her. Taking in her dirty clothes and unkempt hair, he couldn't help but smirk. He kept his eyes on her face, trying to discern her thoughts. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MzHyde</strong> on <strong>27-07-2012, 06:08:34</strong>
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				Shizuru raised both brows and eyed Charlie with a look that was half boredom, half "are you shitting me?". "Yes, I feel something. I feel annoyed at being called by people who don't know what they're doing. You don't just open a porthole to hell and not know what you're getting into, girlie." Shizuru stepped from the circle and picked up the girls' book. She flipped through it casually and then let out a low whistle. "How did you end up with this? You two don't look like you could bake brownies, much less control a summoning ritual." She shut the book with a snap and reached out, thwacking Charlie lightly on the top of the head with it. Thump! "Didn't your parents ever teach you not to mess with forces you don't even know anything about? Tch. Mortals." The demoness straightened up again. She looked down at herself, then at the girls a moment. More pointedly, at the state of their dress. Shizuru's lips turned down in a frown. No, she couldn't base her look on those two. She'd just have to improvise something modern. So, she snapped her fingers and summoned a little something. The thick black bile that had spilled from the ghouls slithered across the floor and crawled up her body. It formed into something resembling an inky set of pajamas. Quickly, it gained substance and color, turning into a stylish pair of leather pants, a black dress shirt with a black and grey striped tie (with gold tie pin) and black boots. The outfit was accented with silver chains and a brown leather belt with a gold buckle. The demoness grinned to herself and then looked at the pair of girls again, smile fading into that look of unimpressed boredom. "You know, if I was the bad kind of demon I could kill you right now. Or worse. So let that be a lesson to you. Or do I have to hit you again?" The demoness tossed Charlie back the book. "Where do you keep the food in this place? As long as I'm stuck here, I might as well have a snack."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BellaVita</strong> on <strong>27-07-2012, 06:14:15</strong>
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				Olivia was browsing the web, Facebook and Reddit mostly, before she got bored. She went to the bathroom and looked at her damp hair, which was starting to frizz at the roots. She put some cream in it and took the blowdryer to it for a few minutes until it was smooth and silky. Luckily, she was blessed with good hair, and she rarely needed to use a straightener to get it to lay nicely. As she turned off the blowdryer, she frowned and sniffed the air, it had a somewhat burnt smell. 'Is my blowdryer?', she thought, giving it a sniff and realizing that it was not the culprit. Was Arianna cooking? If it smelled like that, Olivia would be ordering take-away tonight. <br><br>She left the bathroom and decided to go downstairs to check if Arianna was burning the kitchen down or not. As she made her way down to the kitchen, she noticed the smell getting stronger. When she arrived, she looked at the girl and noticed she had company. "Oh, sorry to bother you Arianna, I just wanted to see if you were burning something." She lifted her nose and sniffed again, trying to look for the source. "Doesn't it smell funny in here?" Olivia went to the cabinet and took out a bag of sweet and salty trail mix. As she munched, she noticed little things about the man in the kitchen. Were his nails too long? And did his canines look a little too long? She shook her head and looked away, still curious about the smell.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SpiralSpider</strong> on <strong>27-07-2012, 06:22:28</strong>
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				Charlie stared at the demoness while she spoke. She took the insult to her baking skills without standing up for them - while she could make a dessert, she knew Arrianna's special brownies probably could take the cake (so to speak) anyway. "Well...." she said at first, looking from the book to the lady, back to the book... "I didn't know anything <em>demonic</em> would come through... As far as I can tell, we don't have much choice where these people come from." She shrugged and went on in a weird voice, "I haven't a clue where the weird "lion man" from earlier came from. Do you, Lee?" She instantly winced as she said her sister's name. It might have been her choice to give her own away to the evil-looking creature, but she shouldn't have spoken for her partner in crime.<br><br>There was something really sick about watching the icky stuff from the dead body crawl over and around the new arrival. Charlie hoped against hope that the substance actually transformed and didn't just <em>look</em> like clothing. Transformation! Such a strange thing to be running through her mind! But after what had already happened.... why not?<br><br>"a-Wait..." the dreadlocked redhead responded, scratching her chin. "You mean there's a <em>good</em> kind of demon?" The concept was lost on her. She didn't respond to the threat of violence at all but did answer the lady's final question with a straight face and monotone voice, not wanting to give any more away than she had to. "I have watermelon jolly ranchers in my backpack." And she pointed that way, hoping the demoness would go for the candy in stead of seeking out the stairs. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shadowsmaiden</strong> on <strong>27-07-2012, 06:26:55</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=146885.msg6658967#msg6658967">Quote from: AndyZ on 27-07-2012, 05:53:04</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Melissa smiled reassuringly, leaving the story going for her and turning back to watch herself.&nbsp; Knowing that Miyu was enjoying the tale made Melissa enjoy it all the more, and she relaxed to turn her attention more diligently to the story.<br><br>The princess was running scared now, really starting to understand the true difficulty of her journey.&nbsp; Her feet were starting to bleed from the glass heels, she was frightened and desperate, and the rips and tears forming in her dress were starting to be the least of her worries.<br><br>She came across a gnome whittling a pair of shoes in the forest, and fell before the stump as her legs finally gave out.&nbsp; "A princess," he said, "a princess fair.&nbsp; Dear me, what could have caused such a scare?"<br><br>As she explained her predicament, she kept on massaging her legs, her eyes focused upon the wooden shoes, which now seemed infinitely preferable to the wretched things currently upon her feet.&nbsp; Although he didn't say overly much in response, everything he said was in rhyme, sounding cryptic and whimsical.<br><br>"A trade?" he finally said.&nbsp; "Sounds ever so fun."&nbsp; His grin grew a bit more devious.&nbsp; "But once I start trading, I can't stop at just one."<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>"A trade...."<br><br>Miyu repeated the words in a murmur. Was the princess really going to trade something with the gnome? Thinking back to the ornamental ones her family had in the garden back at the house she grew up in, she remembered being terrified of them and running to get as far away from them as she got before they came to life and tried to eat her or something. It was embarrassing to remember now but still brought a smile to her face.<br><br>Nodding her head, she swung her fist in the air and let out a shout. "Trade with him Princess, maybe he'll have something that can help you!"<br><br>Suddenly remembering that Melissa was watching the movie with her too, her cheeks stained a faint crimson and she fell back into silence with a small whisper of apology. "Sorry Melissa... I was getting into it for a moment..."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>27-07-2012, 06:37:08</strong>
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				Seeing Miyu seriously get into the story brought a bright smile to Melissa's face, and she leaned over and hugged the other girl once more, glad that they could share this moment together.&nbsp; "Don't be sorry.&nbsp; I remember how much I yelled, 'No, not the gold knight," the first time I saw this."<br><br>The princess stared at him in apprehension.&nbsp; "A trade...but there's two shoes each, so that's more than one, right?" she hoped.&nbsp; "We can just trade your shoes for mine, and leave it at that."<br><br>"Your ring," he said, gesturing down to her hand, "so precious; I love it!&nbsp; Alas, my own ring few would covet."&nbsp; He removed his own wooden ring from his fingers, a plain looking object with a number of intricate runes carved all over it.<br><br>She glanced down to her own ring, a golden item of perfection with a flawless diamond adorning what was one of her most prized possessions.&nbsp; If not for the need for the shoes, the narrator explained, the princess would never have even considered the possibility.&nbsp; Yet, what had gold availed her on her quest so far?&nbsp; "Agreed," she said, removing her ring and shoes in order to trade with him.<br><br>Each of the items fit perfectly, whether they were made for her or simply had enough magic within them in order to ensure a perfect fit.&nbsp; She stood back up, her legs now feeling so much better than before, and started to march back towards the swamp.&nbsp; Even though she didn't know what to do, as she slipped on the ring, she felt as though she learned something important and that that would make all the difference in the world.<br><br>Was she afraid?&nbsp; Of course she was afraid, the narrator explained, but she knew that the unicorn would be lost and trapped forever without her.&nbsp; A true friend isn't someone that you can leave behind when they need you.<br><br>On occasion, Melissa's lips trembled, wanting to speak out about this and that, but just keeping her mouth pretty shut so that she wouldn't ruin the story.&nbsp; She was more than content simply to watch with her sister.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MzHyde</strong> on <strong>27-07-2012, 07:05:06</strong>
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				Shuzuru held up her left hand and used her right to pinch the bridge of her nose while she closed her eyes. Agghh. Mortals. "Let me get this straight; you found or stumbled across an old book written in a language I assume you don't recognize. Then you somehow managed to summon a creature you don't understand. Now you've lost track of it and your first thought was 'hey, let's do that again'?" She opened her eyes and peered at Charlie, "Do I have that right, kid?" The demoness didn't wait. She leaned in and grabbed Charie's earlobe and tugged on it like she was a mother about to drag her misbehaving child to go have her mouth washed out with soap. Shizuru snapped, "Idiot! Of course not! We're all bed, that's why we're demons!" She relinquished the hold and leaned back, voice mellowing out again, "Well, varying degrees of bad. Those ghouls waiting on the other side of that portal, for example, were very bad." She raised her hand and held her fingertips barely apart, "But those things are insignificant. Like cockroaches down there. They're bad, but they're weak and stupid. You're just lucky I heard the calling and was there before they gobbled you both up." <br><br>She tossed her hair back and flexed her wings a little bit, then folded them neatly behind her back. The demoness spun on her heel and started heading for the stairs, "I'm going to eat your food and explore. If I'm here I might as well make the most of it. Try not to kill yourselves!" Shizuru parted with a casual wave and ascended the stairs, boots thumping on every step. As she reached the top of the stairs she halted, taking a little look around the sorority house. This was certainly a nice enough place. Color scheme was awful, but she supposed she could find a nice spot and cozy it up with some black and red. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lumasan</strong> on <strong>27-07-2012, 07:13:56</strong>
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				<hr><div align="center"><strong>~*~ Arianna ~*~</strong></div><hr><br>"It's... um... okay," Arianna paused and watched the man in leather for a few moments. She couldn't exactly place his look, other than the fact that it worked perfectly for him. Her eyes were wandering upon him now. The fitting seams of his jacket, how it accented the sturdiness of his waist. The cut to his pants that seemed to make them hug every curve of his muscles under neath. Gloves. Boots. Normally a person didn't wear this much leather unless they were riding a motorcycle. <em>'Is he here for Lee? No Lee would be gushing if she met someone this gorgeous...'</em> Arianna thought to herself. Her hands had moved down to her sides, unsure of what to do with them until he moved, with distinction, to grab a chip from the bag. She watched, as if it was almost in slow motion. <em>'Damn those pants fit him well...'</em> she thought again.<br><br>One of her hands moved to her mouth, as she wanted to say something but couldn't find what to say. So instead, in an awkward move, she brushed hairs away from her face and tucked them behind her ears. Speaking of her ears, it seemed they felt a bit warmer than usual. Arianna's lips parted slightly as the "mmm" poured from his lips, her eyes watching his mouth, and herself not sure why she felt so awkward right now. But soon, she had found him to be quite close to her. She took a step back, her hands coming to rest in front of her, her fingers on her hands locking together. "I'm... I'm Arianna Sinclair. Does the girl you're here for know that you've arrived? Or... perchance you'd like me to retrieve them for you or at least let them know you're here?" She said, her voice cracking at one point and a genuine, but nervous smile playing across her lips. She slowly lifted her hand to shake his, should he take the offer.<br><br>Her entrancement with the stranger was completely broken when Olivia walked in and started speaking. Her hand flew up in the air as she jumped for the third time today, a curse almost leaving her lips "Jeeeeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzzu---" She paused as her hand seemed to have swung rather close to the stranger's face when she startled again. She bit her lip and looked apologetically at him before speaking to Olivia. "I... I haven't started cooking... it's not my turn tonight. Besides if I had been cooking the alarms would have gone off..." When Olivia mentioned it smelled funny, Ari sniffed at the air, keeping her eye on the man so close to her. "All... uh... I can smell... is... my potato chips..." she said and then turned back to the man near her. His clothes smelled great. It was the best thing about leather, other than it's durability and protection. It was a resplendent flavor of earth, oils and a hint of sulfur.<br><br><hr><div align="center"><strong>~*~ Lee ~*~</strong></div><hr><br>Lee shuddered as the demoness stepped past the circle and grabbed the book. She didn't want to start thinking about the things that that woman could possibly do with that book in her possession. "On the contrary, Charlie makes wonderful brownies," Lee responded nervously. Again the demoness chastised them, and Lee once more perked up. "Well my father did say at one point that Dungeons and Dragons was the game of the devil. But then again he probably watched too much Mazes and Monsters to get that opinion..." Lee stopped to think about what she just said, <em>'I say... completely inappropriate stuff sometimes... I swear...'</em> she thought to herself until she caught sight of the black ooze from the killed creatures.... crawling up the woman's body. "Now... how come I haven't seen that in a hentai yet?! I... need to do something about that..." she said folding her arms over her chest and gesturing towards the ooze transforming. <br><br>She paused and realized she hadn't answered her sister's question. "Oh... actually... no... but the closest thing he reminded me of was a Chimera of sorts... but... those only exist in video games right?" Lee gulped instinctively at the thought of one of those horrifying creatures actually existing... somewhere out there. Lee reached up her hand as the demon tugged on her friend's ear. "Hey now... please don't do that..." Lee frowned greatly, not a fan of bullying in any form. <em>'Yes... very lucky we are...'</em> Lee thought as the demon explained how lucky they were that she heard their call, and that all demons are bad. Lee almost wanted to puke at the thought, since she thought general religious knowledge was that anything sinful like a demon was bad. Until now she had thought maybe demons were an analogy to humans having sins and weren't bad, just sinners who weren't forgiven. Then again Lee usually never put too much thought into religion, finding no matter what, it always left a bitter taste in her mouth.<br><br>As the woman moved towards the stairs Lee moved in front of them, blocking them but the demon just pushed right on passed her. Great another one in the house. "You think anyone will scream? With those wings... Oh... what about Miyu and Melissa!?!" Lee stressed to Charlie as soon as the demon was out of the vicinity, having run over to speak to her.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BellaVita</strong> on <strong>27-07-2012, 07:30:58</strong>
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				Olivia watched the exchange between Arianna and the stranger, there was something there, and Arianna was speaking as if she didn't even know this man. The way they looked at each other, it made her feel like she was interrupting something intimate. She gave a small smile when Ari said that her cooking would've resulted in alarms, and agreed. 'Then where on earth could that smell be coming from? Did the sewer break?,' she thought to herself.<br><br>Looking at the pair in front of her, she was concerned. Should she leave this stranger alone with her sister? Why was he even here? Just as she was about to ask, the smell from before became stronger and she slowly walked towards its scent. Could it be the basement? Was there a busted pipe? Did the dryer blow up? She frowned and got closer, and the door suddenly opened.<br><br>A shrill scream escaped her lips and she dropped her trail mix, scattering half the bag across the kitchen floor. Backing up slowly, she gasped and held the counter beside her, afraid of fainting. She was speechless. Who was this, thing? It was dressed in somewhat normal clothes, but it had horns and WINGS, oh dear god, it had WINGS. She backed up more and screamed again, hoping someone would do something!
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>jilorbb</strong> on <strong>27-07-2012, 07:37:29</strong>
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				The man payed dear attention to every reaction this woman - Arianna - had. Even her name was as sweet as everything else he had taken in about her so far. He didn't seem to notice when the other sorority sister entered the kitchen, his eyes were glued to the face of the woman who had been speaking with him so far. There was a definite hunger in those dark eyes - something mysterious but not forthcoming with their desire. After being able to regain it from her swing through the air, the man took the hand she offered and bent down to place his lips lightly upon the back of it, all the while holding her eyes with that same gaze.<br><br>"Arianna..." he repeated the name she had offered, saying it slowly to savor the feeling on his tongue. "Yes.... She knows now." He said in a slight cryptic tease. He held eyes with her for several moments before slowly pulling away and standing up straight once again. It was only then that he turned to give acknowledgement to Olivia, he gave her a pleasant enough smile but turned back to Arianna once more. "Well, if I hear right, you need someone to cook for you this evening? Would it be all right with you if I offered to cook for yourself and your friends?"<br><br>Just then, he noticed the other girl's scream and he snapped to looking in her direction. His eyes narrowed at the demon who had just come up the same stairs he had recently climbed. He feared for the lives of the dolts in the basement and scolded himself in Aramaic through clenched teeth that he had possibly left two of Arianna's friends to their doom - regardless of the fact that it was their own foolishness that lead them down that path.<br><br>He strode quickly over to the emerging demon and stood directly between her and the girls in the kitchen. "Who are you? What did you do with the other women?"<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shadowsmaiden</strong> on <strong>27-07-2012, 07:47:23</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=146885.msg6659172#msg6659172">Quote from: AndyZ on 27-07-2012, 06:37:08</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Seeing Miyu seriously get into the story brought a bright smile to Melissa's face, and she leaned over and hugged the other girl once more, glad that they could share this moment together.&nbsp; "Don't be sorry.&nbsp; I remember how much I yelled, 'No, not the gold knight," the first time I saw this."<br><br>The princess stared at him in apprehension.&nbsp; "A trade...but there's two shoes each, so that's more than one, right?" she hoped.&nbsp; "We can just trade your shoes for mine, and leave it at that."<br><br>"Your ring," he said, gesturing down to her hand, "so precious; I love it!&nbsp; Alas, my own ring few would covet."&nbsp; He removed his own wooden ring from his fingers, a plain looking object with a number of intricate runes carved all over it.<br><br>She glanced down to her own ring, a golden item of perfection with a flawless diamond adorning what was one of her most prized possessions.&nbsp; If not for the need for the shoes, the narrator explained, the princess would never have even considered the possibility.&nbsp; Yet, what had gold availed her on her quest so far?&nbsp; "Agreed," she said, removing her ring and shoes in order to trade with him.<br><br>Each of the items fit perfectly, whether they were made for her or simply had enough magic within them in order to ensure a perfect fit.&nbsp; She stood back up, her legs now feeling so much better than before, and started to march back towards the swamp.&nbsp; Even though she didn't know what to do, as she slipped on the ring, she felt as though she learned something important and that that would make all the difference in the world.<br><br>Was she afraid?&nbsp; Of course she was afraid, the narrator explained, but she knew that the unicorn would be lost and trapped forever without her.&nbsp; A true friend isn't someone that you can leave behind when they need you.<br><br>On occasion, Melissa's lips trembled, wanting to speak out about this and that, but just keeping her mouth pretty shut so that she wouldn't ruin the story.&nbsp; She was more than content simply to watch with her sister.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>Melissa was full of surprises. She didn't seem like the sort of person who would sit and yell at something in a movie, but then again she didn't seem the sort who really enjoyed computers and video games either. Miyu knew better than to think she would lie about something, not matter how silly it might sound, so she found herself giggling softly at how proud the other girl sounded.<br><br>The movie was becoming more intense by the minute and when the princess completed the exchange with the gnome, it created a sense of accomplishment in the story that resonated strongly with it's audience too.<br><br>Laughing or crying, she was enjoying herself and the time they were spending together. Maybe someday.... she would have the courage to do what the princess had done, and would trade something valuable for the chance to have true and everlasting love. No... It was too much to hope for but at least, a girl could dream.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MzHyde</strong> on <strong>27-07-2012, 07:50:31</strong>
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				Shizuru winced slightly at the shrill scream and held up a hand, "Damn! Knock it off, would you? Contrary to popular belief, not all demons enjoy screaming. Settle down." She stuck her hands in her pockets as the odd man stepped up before her, as if protecting the girls. He had an odd look about him. Suddenly, it hit her. Shizuru tilted her head slightly, "Ooh, you must be the other one those two girls talked about, huh? Wow. They're pretty lucky tonight, aren't they? No ravening hellbeasts just yet. Well, aside from the ghouls I took care of." She absently smoothed out her shirt a moment and smiled, "But those don't really count, right? They're small time." She pressed a hand to the Sphinx's shoulder and brushed passed him, heading into the kitchen. "Relax, fella, I didn't do anything to them. Nothing a little therapy won't cure anyway. But that's the price you pay for tinkering around with magic."<br><br>She strolled to the girl in the kitchen and swiped a potato chip from the bag. Shizuru popped it into her mouth, chewed, then spat it out, sticking her tongue out. "Blech! So salty. How can you stand these things? I remember mortal food being better than this." The demoness brushed crumbs off her tie and cocked her head in the man's direction again, "Didn't I hear something about you cooking? When is that happening? I'd love a good meal. You know how things are in the underworld." Shizuru was an odd demon, to be sure. So mellow and seemingly unimpressed with everything that was going on, yet behind her eyes was a fire that spoke volumes. The little gleam in her eyes said she wasn't afraid to get tough if things came to it. It said that she could flip on the rage like a switch and lash out if need be. It said that one had better stay on her good side.. or else. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SpiralSpider</strong> on <strong>27-07-2012, 07:53:20</strong>
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				Charlie leveled her sorority sister with a wide stare. "Oh... actually... no... but the closest thing he reminded me of was a Chimera of sorts... but... those only exist in video games right?" <br><br>"Yeah... and demons, on the other hand, are an EVERY DAY OCCURANCE AROUND HERE!!!" She yelled in sarcasm, waving her hands around and appearing very much like a Jim Henson creation. <br><br>Not a single action that the demoness took against her made the girl react. Her pain tolerance was so high that she didn't even flinch at the ear pulling, though she did worry that things might escalate into supernatural retribution of some sort. She raised an eyebrow at the way the demon went through everything with a devil may care attitude. She seemed just about as much unimpressed as the lion-man from before. <br><br>Just after Lee mentioned worrying about the others and screaming, Olivia's vocals split their eardrums. Charlie gave Lee a serious look and bolted up the stairs. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>jilorbb</strong> on <strong>27-07-2012, 08:02:21</strong>
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				The sphinx in man's clothing visibly relaxed. It seemed the new summon was fairly good-natured, despite her demonic appearance. Perhaps the girls had taken the time and given a shit enough to do things right after all?<br><br>He turned around and narrowed his dark eyes as she drew in close to Arianna and soon found himself clearing the distance between them before he even realized he was walking. "Nnnooo... Can't say that I do." He replied to her statement about the underworld. She was likely pressing him for information in her own little way, but he wanted to make it certain that there were stark differences between the two of them. He stepped between the demon woman and Arianna once again, this time brushing up against the gardener girl in the action. He had no intention on picking a fight with anyone - he did not receive his name as "the Uncaring one" for nothing. Back home he was known to do little beyond his guard duties and even those begrudgingly. That being said, he felt strangely and immediately protective of all the girls in the house to some degree, but definitely the one now behind him in particular.&nbsp; "I haven't received word from the ladies of the house as to whether I'll be allowed to cook for them yet." He replied, casually grabbing another chip. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lumasan</strong> on <strong>27-07-2012, 08:34:21</strong>
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				<hr><div align="center"><strong>~*~ Arianna ~*~</strong></div><hr><br>Suddenly Miss Sinclair found her hand in the man's, and her nose felt warm and then her cheeks followed. She watched with wide eyes as he lifted it to his lips and pressed them against her skin. She felt a shiver travel up her arm and then down her spine, and her eyes softened slightly. This man was awfully polite, much more than Arianna had ever observed in any man. As her eyes met his, as the softness of the lips pressed her skin, she felt something, that pull was there again. It didn't help that after kissing her hand, he spoke her name. The way it rolled off his tongue, it sounded a bit too pleasant to her ears at the moment. She felt like she could listen to him say it over and over again, like a record skipping and repeating.<br><br><strong>"Yes.... She knows now."</strong><br><br>When he said that, in that sly and soft tone that teased at her so in a strange way, Arianna wasn't sure what he meant. Was he referring to Olivia? Who... had just walked into the room. He couldn't possibly be talking to her... could he? Arianna felt her ears heating up, and her chest was warm and her stomach. Her stomach was a mess of birds fluttering about. As he stood up, she noticed how much taller he was than her, and she found herself examining some more. In all her altered sense of reality and senses, she found herself slightly fascinated with this man who had appeared from nowhere, wore perfectly tailored clothes that fit him to a tee, and used mannerisms often not seen. Let alone the effect on her body, she could only deduce--was caused by him and his voice. <br><br>Cook? He could cook?! Arianna reflexively smiled wide, and couldn't resist a soft giggle. A man who could cook was a wonderful thing to her, since about the only things she could cook, came in boxes. Pasta, cake mixes (barely, she usually needed Charlie's intuition on baking to make sure the batter cooked right), Mac n' cheese, ramen, and brownies... Of course she could cook brownies, but she was usually the only one to eat them, for various reasons. "I... I think that would be lovely... if... you really wanted to." she softly responded to his offer.<br><br>Once again though, the blonde startled and jumped as Olivia screamed out. "FOR CHRIST'S SAKE! CAN I CATCH A BREAK? Please???" And with that she watched as the handsome and very mysterious man strode over to the hallway where her friend had screamed. Her eyes found themselves on his rear side, staring directly at his buttocks. "Yep... perfect fit..." she sighed softly with a smile. <br><br>Arianna found herself following him, except staying a distance back, only to stop in her tracks before even getting around the floating counter. Arianna shrieked. She shrieked like a little boy who was terrified like spiders, when the little boy is actually twenty-one years old and screams like a girl. She instinctively reached for the nearest instrument in her possession, a trowel in her apron pocket and started waving it around. "BACK OFF. WHO THE FUUUUUUUUCK ARE YOU? AND HOLY SHIT YOU HAVE WINGS AND OH MY GOD YOU HAVE HORNS!" Miss Sinclair, in her state of confused emotions she didn't feel the man brushing against her as he stepped between her and that... thing. Still she grabbed onto his arm and began waving the trowel from behind him, threatening it. "Who gave you permission to come into this house? Aren't you supposed to have permission so you don't burst into flames and die upon crossing the threshold?!?" It was obvious though that Arianna just confused a classic demon for a classic vampire. Her feminine voice had deepened now, greatly, and the blonde glared at the demoness in the kitchen, all from behind the gentleman clad in black. She wasn't exactly shouting or screaming at it, but her voice was rather deep for a woman of her stature, curiously deep.<br><br><hr><div align="center"><strong>~*~ Lee ~*~</strong></div><hr><br>Lee shrugged and laughed in nervousness as her friend responded to her with sarcasm, almost flinching. Lee also startled after her prediction of screaming came true. Her head whipped to look upstairs and after Charlie had ran up, Lee followed right behind her. Slamming the door behind her as she got to the top and into the hallway, Lee skidded around the corner on the waxed wood, to see Arianna was screaming now. She made her way back to Olivia afterwards to ensure she was okay. "Are you alright? Did she do anything?" Lee asked in a worried tone.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BellaVita</strong> on <strong>27-07-2012, 08:45:56</strong>
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				Olivia saw in that thing's eyes, all the torture and flames that she was sure to endure. She felt so scared, her whole body seemed tense and shaky. She was snapped back to reality, though as the stranger stood between her and the winged thing. Feeling safer now, she relaxed a little and backed up to where Arianna was standing, her hands balled into such tight fists that her nails were digging into her palms. <br><br>When she saw the exchange between the man and the thing, it seemed like he relaxed. How could he relax?! Didn't he knew that she was evil! She was talking about the underworld and.. cooking? Oh god, she was going to faint.. Her body started to get clammy and she felt woozy. This couldn't possibly be real.<br><br>It seemed like an eternity before Charlie and Lee came running up the stairs and Olivia looked at them, her eyes wide and her skin pale. "Wh-what.. is .. th-that!," was all she seemed to be able to get out before clutching onto Lee tightly. Had Lee asked her something? Had the demon hurt her? "I.. n-no.. but..h-how.." She closed her eyes, hoping this was all a dream. Yes, any minute now, she would wake up in her bed.. Any minute now..
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SpiralSpider</strong> on <strong>27-07-2012, 08:53:48</strong>
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				Charlie stood out in the hallway, panting. There was lots of tension in the area and she couldn't really discern exactly what was going on. People were worried, confused, terrified... and soon to be looking to her for an answer. Sadly, she didn't really have an intelligent excuse for doing what she did. But she wanted more than anything to believe the spell was real and this new arrival was here for the reasons told.<br><br>She jumped forward, ignoring everyone else. She stood with one leg back and a hand pointing straight at the demon. "WHAT IS YOUR NAME? AND WHO ARE YOU HERE FOR!?' For some reason, she thought that the forceful command would make everything apparent to the others, even though it was completely vague to those who had no idea what they had been doing in the basement. She hoped against hope that the demon wouldn't fly at her with death in her eyes and that she'd be able to get a straight answer for at least one of the questions. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>27-07-2012, 12:27:19</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=146885.msg6659457#msg6659457">Quote from: Shadowsmaiden on 27-07-2012, 07:47:23</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Melissa was full of surprises. She didn't seem like the sort of person who would sit and yell at something in a movie, but then again she didn't seem the sort who really enjoyed computers and video games either. Miyu knew better than to think she would lie about something, not matter how silly it might sound, so she found herself giggling softly at how proud the other girl sounded.<br><br>The movie was becoming more intense by the minute and when the princess completed the exchange with the gnome, it created a sense of accomplishment in the story that resonated strongly with it's audience too.<br><br>Laughing or crying, she was enjoying herself and the time they were spending together. Maybe someday.... she would have the courage to do what the princess had done, and would trade something valuable for the chance to have true and everlasting love. No... It was too much to hope for but at least, a girl could dream.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>The princess walked to the edge of the swamp, where three of the demons were already waiting.&nbsp; She had no weapons, but she had Noble Wrath, and that was just going to have to be enough.&nbsp; "I am Princess Trianna," she explained to the demons with all the authority of a ruler.&nbsp; "These lands are mine to command.&nbsp; You will return the unicorn or these swamps will be destroyed, and you with them."<br><br>Chittering laughter came forth from the wretched things, and one of them launched itself at the princess, claws sparkling in the moonlight.&nbsp; She winced, but the monster seemed to bounce off of a bright light mere inches from her.&nbsp; The wooden ring sparkled as the runes glowed, and she stood resolute.<br><br>Another of the demons stepped forward, the oily designs twitching with each movement of the animation to continue the unearthly appearance.&nbsp; "You wouldn't want him now anyway," it explained with a voice like flint carving along a rock.&nbsp; "You only like pretty things, and see what we've done to him."<br><br>Chains clanked from within the swamp as the poor animal was brought out.&nbsp; It was difficult to see the specifics, but his horn was missing, and mud and blood spattered his mane.&nbsp; Trianna stared in shock, at first heartbroken, but the difficulties of her quest had taught her a lesson all its own.&nbsp; "Do you think it is beautiful just because of its appearance, that you are monsters only on the outside?&nbsp; I have seen the heart of this unicorn, and his true beauty is beyond your venomous touch!"<br><br>Her words brought a powerful sparkle to the unicorn's body, and light shone down upon him from above.&nbsp; Within moments, he was fully cured, and his bright new horn gave off a powerful illumination that drove off the monsters.&nbsp; The princess hopped upon the unicorn's back, and off they rode once more towards the castle.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MzHyde</strong> on <strong>27-07-2012, 18:58:45</strong>
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				Ugh. More yelling and screaming and... a trowel? She peered at Arianna and sarcastically remarked, "Oh no, please don't garden me to death." Shizuru eyed the Sphinx, "Were they this panicked and screamy when you came out too? Or am I the lucky one here?" She looked back at Charlie again, annoyance in her eyes, "Would you keep it down? I'm standing right here. You don't have to yell." She stepped away from the counter a little. Those chips were disgusting anyway. "My name is Shizuru, and I'm here because <strong>YOU</strong> called me. So don't get all mad with me, missy. You're the one that opened the portal haphazardly." Shizuru eyed the Sphinx again, then looked back at Charlie, as if making a point, "Twice, as a matter of fact." The demoness hopped up on the kitchen counter and sat, crossing one long leg over the other. "I don't know who I'm here for and I'm not leaving until I find out." She said it in a matter of fact way that seemed to be the definitive end of the issue. They were stuck with her. Shizuru didn't bother to mention that whatever they did, part of the summoning ritual had sealed away the greater portion of her power. Not that she'd need it. But they didn't need to know that.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lumasan</strong> on <strong>31-07-2012, 01:12:12</strong>
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				Lee had expected, but was still greatly relieved to hear that Olivia wasn't hurt... just... in shock. Lee gripped her shoulder a bit more and looked at her. "It's alright. I'm pretty sure she won't hurt you if she hasn't already." &nbsp;she spoke assuredly to Olivia. She watched the commotion in the kitchen. What had they done? They really had gotten in over their heads with this person. If it really was a love spell though, perhaps it wouldn't be too bad as things looked at the moment. Lee watched as Charlie demanded a name from the demoness and then the questioned one replied. <br><br>"My name is Shizuru, and I'm here because YOU called me. So don't get all mad with me, missy. You're the one that opened the portal haphazardly." she said, to Lee she sounded beyond angry right now. Although would everything summoned by that spell be angry if they knew the spell was a love spell? She was a rather chastising kind of person at the moment, well person wasn't the right description. Lee still had no idea if she was just a demon or something more, but she kept her guard up, just for Olivia at the moment.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MzHyde</strong> on <strong>31-07-2012, 01:33:15</strong>
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				Shizuru raised a finger and decided to add one more thing, "And if I remember correctly, you two girls would've been dinner for about a dozen ghouls if I hadn't shown up. So maybe you owe me a little bit of gratitude. If I was here to kill you, don't you think you'd be dead already?" The demoness' lips curled upwards in a little grin. "You've opened the portal to hell. Worrying about it isn't going to change anything now."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shadowsmaiden</strong> on <strong>31-07-2012, 01:50:07</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=146885.msg6660301#msg6660301">Quote from: AndyZ on 27-07-2012, 12:27:19</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">The princess walked to the edge of the swamp, where three of the demons were already waiting.&nbsp; She had no weapons, but she had Noble Wrath, and that was just going to have to be enough.&nbsp; "I am Princess Trianna," she explained to the demons with all the authority of a ruler.&nbsp; "These lands are mine to command.&nbsp; You will return the unicorn or these swamps will be destroyed, and you with them."<br><br>Chittering laughter came forth from the wretched things, and one of them launched itself at the princess, claws sparkling in the moonlight.&nbsp; She winced, but the monster seemed to bounce off of a bright light mere inches from her.&nbsp; The wooden ring sparkled as the runes glowed, and she stood resolute.<br><br>Another of the demons stepped forward, the oily designs twitching with each movement of the animation to continue the unearthly appearance.&nbsp; "You wouldn't want him now anyway," it explained with a voice like flint carving along a rock.&nbsp; "You only like pretty things, and see what we've done to him."<br><br>Chains clanked from within the swamp as the poor animal was brought out.&nbsp; It was difficult to see the specifics, but his horn was missing, and mud and blood spattered his mane.&nbsp; Trianna stared in shock, at first heartbroken, but the difficulties of her quest had taught her a lesson all its own.&nbsp; "Do you think it is beautiful just because of its appearance, that you are monsters only on the outside?&nbsp; I have seen the heart of this unicorn, and his true beauty is beyond your venomous touch!"<br><br>Her words brought a powerful sparkle to the unicorn's body, and light shone down upon him from above.&nbsp; Within moments, he was fully cured, and his bright new horn gave off a powerful illumination that drove off the monsters.&nbsp; The princess hopped upon the unicorn's back, and off they rode once more towards the castle.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>The ending credits were rolling before the violet haired girl even realized that the movie had ended. She was still trying to wrap her mind around the morals taking place during the story and could barely fathom the final events of the princess rescuing the unicorn.<br><br>Miyu was completely enamoured by the story, just as Melissa had predicted that she would be. Though it brought out may emotions in her and even had her close to tears on a few occasions, her short attention span had stayed off long enough for her to see it through to the end. She was happy and would never hesitate to watch it again if the other girl ask.<br><br>Struck dumb by a sudden craving for rice-balls, she shot up from the bed and headed for the door of the bedroom with the intention of heading to the kitchen.<br><br>"I feel like some onigiri." She informed the other girl with a smile as she headed for the stairs. The pain in her leg was long forgotten and she only spared a glance over her shoulder to see if Melissa was following. "Would you like to have some with me?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>31-07-2012, 01:56:02</strong>
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				"I feel like every time I watch it, I notice something a little different," Melissa explained.&nbsp; "I've had it for several years now, but I love to throw it on every once in a while and see it again."<br><br>It wasn't so much that she enjoyed it, though, as how happy she was that Miyu had liked it as well.&nbsp; She cleaned up the bowl and glasses before following along, making sure to keep an eye on her sister in case the leg pain started up again, but glad that she was feeling better.&nbsp; Sometimes the best thing was to let someone keep their mind off of a wound for a while so that they wouldn't pick at it and prolong the damage.<br><br>"Onigiri are the rice things, right?" Melissa asked, not fully certain but thinking she remembered correctly.&nbsp; "That sounds great."&nbsp; She would grab the DVD later, just in case Miyu wanted to watch it again.&nbsp; After all, Melissa wasn't very picky with her stuff so long as she knew that whoever had it would take good care of it.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BellaVita</strong> on <strong>31-07-2012, 02:58:42</strong>
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				Olivia listened to Lee, who was trying to comfort her. Although, Lee's words weren't really all that comforting. 'Kill me? Oh, that's really comforting,' she thought to herself. Her thoughts were broken off when the demon-lady started talking. She took it all in, her eyes widening at the realization that Charlie and Lee weren't so innocent in all this.<br><br>She stepped away from Lee, her mouth open in shock. "Wait, wait, wait.. Let me get this straight. You two <em>brought</em> them here?" She pointed an accusatory finger back and forth, from Charlie to Lee. "You willingly did this? Twice?!" The demon, whose name she now knew as Shizuru, seemed to be speaking the truth. What reason did she have to lie?<br><br>"And what does she mean by 'who she's here for'?" She crossed her arms across her chest, wanting answers. She had gone from shocked, to infuriated. Those two had knowingly put everyone in this house in danger, and they did this more than once! "Is she here to kill one of us?!"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SpiralSpider</strong> on <strong>31-07-2012, 03:01:13</strong>
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				Charlie's eyes darted back and forth from the demon to Arianna. In a more mundane setting, such a scene would have caused her to laugh uncontrollably, but she was still far too worried for her skin to find any of this funny. So the dry sense of humor that the demoness displayed was really putting her off. The jig was up sooner than she'd have hoped it to be and as this 'Shizuru' outed her, it was as if Charlie could feel the eyes of all her sisters boring in with accusatory glares. She swallowed hard but was happy to hear a name to call the newly summoned creature and that she was at least passingly curious to meet the person the spell had called her to. With any luck... something good might come out of this after all - but Charlie'd be damned if she could figure out which of the sorority girls would be interested in an actual <em>demon.</em><br><br>As Shizuru went on and demanded gratitude, Charlie at first nodded in agreement, but quickly changed it to a violent shake of her head. "For all I know, you could just be trying to earn our trust so you could eat our souls later!" There was an over-the top, anxious quality to her voice that made it far more high pitched than it should have been while she made zombie motions and pantomimed eating brains in a cartoonish way. She stole a glance to Lee and then the other girls in the room. "What? It's possible!"<br><br>A few moments later, she could hear footsteps down the stairs and knew it would be best to calm down. She took a deep breath. "All right.... Well, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt, i-if I can." She said to Shizuru, "Lee and I didn't know any kind of "hell-demon" would come out. That guy - " She jerked a hand towards the leather-clad male standing defensively by Arianna, "was really weird but didn't seem demonic to me. I don't know.... The spell <em>sounded</em> cool and I... I just kind of hoped it would be real, you know?" She gave the red-haired demon a sheepish grin. "We don't have this sort of thing here.... it would be so awesome if it actually did... what it was supposed to do..." With those last words, she trailed off to almost a whisper and looked shyly down at the floor. Charlie acting shy was a real rarity in this house, so it was probably obvious to the other girls that she was likely baring her soul on something pretty embarrassing. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shadowsmaiden</strong> on <strong>31-07-2012, 03:53:15</strong>
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				<strong>"O-oh... Charlie, you didn't tell me we were having a party."</strong><br><br>Miyu greeted the largest of her soriority sisters as she entered the kitchen, completely oblivious to the idea that she might be interrupting a conversation about something majorly important.&nbsp; The first thing she noticed was the way she seemed embarrassed about something, with her eyes down cast and the last part of her voice trailing off into a whisper. It wasn't until the smaller girl glanced around the room again that she figured out what the cause must be. One of their guests was a man clad in leather, with dark piercing eyes and pose that made him look sexy as sin. He must be the one that she was crushing on or something.... That had to be it....<br><br>The other guest was a strange looking woman, with leather wings attached to her body that looked way too real for her own good. She was the one who brought a blush to the smaller woman's cheeks and caused her to react in a way that mirrored Charlie's actions. Suddenly flustered and bustling around the kitchen with a renewed energy that seemed to come from out of no where, she pulled out the rice maker from the cupboard under the bench and set herself to work with making the riceballs she had offered for Melissa.<br><br>Her thoughts were suddenly scattered so much that she forgot to say anything more, or even to ask if anyone else wanted any. Miyu didn't didn't dare chance another glance at the strange looking woman, for fear her face might turn redder than it already appeared.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>31-07-2012, 04:03:43</strong>
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				Melissa likewise followed down the stairs, at first momentarily surprised by the new people, until she got far enough into the room in order to get a good look.&nbsp; The man in leather didn't bother her overly much; she would have rather known about the boy coming in, but it wasn't as though she was running around in pajamas at the moment.&nbsp; The wings, however, quickly caught her attention.<br><br>It just didn't make any sense to her, and she found herself staring, running her thoughts over and over again like a feedback loop.&nbsp; This couldn't be a prank on her, that much she knew.&nbsp; It wasn't that her sisters were physically incapable of pulling pranks, but mentally, emotionally, she just knew with absolute certainty that they wouldn't want to hurt or play with her like that.&nbsp; This just had to be real...<br><br>...unless it was a play.&nbsp; If that was the case, she had to stay quiet and not interrupt, because they would ignore her.&nbsp; As long as no one deliberately said anything to her, she could rationalize everything.&nbsp; She stayed back a little so as not to mess up their rehearsal.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MzHyde</strong> on <strong>31-07-2012, 04:06:44</strong>
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				Shizuru watched the small girl enter the room and.. start blushing and running around like everything was fine. The demoness grinned a moment at the appearance of someone a bit more mellow than her sorority sisters. The grin faded after a few seconds, however, as she felt... something. Like an invisible thread connecting her and this new girl. 'This must be the one I'm here for', she thought to herself. Hopping off the counter, the fiery demoness moved up behind the small girl, looming over her, wings stretching out a little bit to partially cover the both of them. Her flame red hair fell, tickling Miyu's cheek as she leaned inward. Shizuru's grin returned as she observed, "Ahhhh. Onigiri. Finally, some real food. I remember enjoying this when I was in the mortal realm mast time. Japan, during Nobunaga's reign. Mind making one for me?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shadowsmaiden</strong> on <strong>31-07-2012, 04:20:27</strong>
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				She knew it was silly to act so flustered around someone she hadn't even spoken to yet. The blush spreading across her cheeks was simply an unexpected reaction, due to the surprise she felt at having some unexpected guests. It wasn't often they had people around to visit and Charlie hadn't mentioned anything about having friends around. A sigh parted her lips at the knowledge that it would be her turn to do the dishes tonight after dinner and she decided to simply focus on the task set in front of her at the present time.<br><br>It wasn't until she felt the presence of the taller woman looming over her, that Miyu finally halted her flustered movements long enough to acknowledge that she had noticed her. Hesitantly and almost shakily when she heard the request made of her, she dared to look up at her and offered a tiny smile of nervousness.<br><br>"S-sure... I can do that..." She murmured softly, giving a small nod in the process as if to emphasize her confirmation. "But could you... maybe... your wings are a little large and they make you seem scary... could you... do something about them?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MzHyde</strong> on <strong>31-07-2012, 04:29:42</strong>
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				"I seem scary, do I? Well, maybe that's part of the point. To scare away people." Shizuru flashes little Miyu a toothy grin, then lets out a little laugh. She was joking. Probably. Regardless, the demon leans back and snaps her fingers. Her wings, both of them, disappear in a little flash of flames. Her horns shrink until they vanish entirely, and her finger nails become more normal and less claw-like. Even the demoness' ears become round and human-like instead of pointy. Overall, she now strikes a more human appearance, though she is only marginally less intimidating and spooky. The lack of wings seem to hardly change things. Perhaps it's just her general countenance that makes her seem so tough. Shizuru moves to the side to let the small girl work, the demoness leaning against the counter. "Better? Admittedly, this does make it easier to go through doorways." 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shadowsmaiden</strong> on <strong>31-07-2012, 04:38:05</strong>
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				"Hai, Arigatou..."<br><br>Miyu thanked her in the most confident voice that she could manage. Her voice still wavered a little, but she seemed to be calming down from her fluster and was able to work without her movements seeming rushed or choppy. She'd laughed a little at the joke made by the strange demon woman, even if she hadn't completely believed that she wasn't being serious.<br><br>As she retrieved the boiled rice from the maker and started smoothing it into balls between her hands, she gave her an apologetic look and seemed to contemplate her words before she spoke up again.<br><br>"Who else want's some? I don't know what we have to use as filling, so I'm just making plain unless someone puts in a request."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>31-07-2012, 05:42:45</strong>
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				Even though she hadn't been addressed directly, Miyu certainly wasn't a part of all this, because she'd been upstairs with Melissa this whole time.&nbsp; It didn't make any sense, and she'd just been about to manage to brave her fear and ask the obvious when the demoness' appearance changed in little spurts of flame.<br><br>A soft, helpless squeal of fright escaped from Melissa's nearly closed mouth as she bolted from the room.<br><br>It was all she could do to stay nearby, hiding herself behind the couch in a blur of agile movement.&nbsp; She wanted to run and keep running, but how could she abandon her sisters?<br><br>Unless it was a prank.&nbsp; If it was a prank, she didn't have to run away and they'd laugh at her for running, but her sisters wouldn't do that to her.&nbsp; It had to be a prank, though, didn't it?&nbsp; It didn't make any sense.<br><br>A soft tuft of blue hair peeked out from behind the side of the couch as Melissa let one eye creep out to examine the situation.&nbsp; Her whole body was going into trembles.&nbsp; What was going on?&nbsp; Why was there a winged woman in their house?&nbsp; Worse yet, a woman who could make her wings appear and disappear.<br><br>Everyone was talking, but not a lot of it was registering as Melissa fought to wrap her head around things.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lumasan</strong> on <strong>31-07-2012, 05:53:50</strong>
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				<hr><div align="center"><strong>~*~ Arianna ~*~</strong></div><hr><br>Arianna stayed close to the man, somehow feeling a bit more secure by him now that the kitchen seemed to be an endless commotion. She lowered her trowel and placed it in her apron. She only listened to the argument that ensued, as her hand some how found its way to his, as she stared at Charlie talking to the lady with wings. Arianna almost pulled away immediately as she felt the heat of his skin, her fingers curling into her palm and hugging her chest. Her ears were warm again, and she stepped a couple inches away from him, giving her bubble some room.<br><br>She saw how Charlie got shot down, and she felt bad. Her eyes drifted to the man next to her. <em>'So he... he was summoned here?'</em> she paused and her eyes lingered on him some more. <em>'Was he summoned here for someone like that thing was?'</em> The sound of footsteps on the stairs distracted Arianna as she watched Miyu and Melissa walk into the kitchen shortly after. She held her breath and wait for more screaming, but there wasn't any. They just came in and acted like nothing was wrong, and now Miyu was making food. Arianna softly spoke up, in a moment of silence to respond to Miyu's offering of rice balls. "I'll take one..."<br><br><hr><div align="center"><strong>~*~ Lee ~*~</strong></div><hr><br>Lee pulled back her hand as soon as Olivia darted from her grasp. Now her and Charlie were taking accusations... and it didn't help Lee's confidence at all. With barely any prodding, Lee shut down, and her gaze lowered to the floor. 'Look at what you've done, there was no way this would have ever gone over smoothly, you should have listened to that nagging part in your brain Lee' she began to think to herself as she just leaned against the door frame. Her fingers met in her lap as she twiddled them, obviously nervous. <br><br>The girl never did well with being yelled at, it shut her down faster than an emergency stop to a power system. Especially if it came from her parents, or worse... a friend. Lee felt horrible now as she listened to Charlie trying to explain about what was happening. "It's my fault... I convinced her to do it a second time. I had no idea that, despite fixing everything that something like this could happen..." Her words trailed but Lee felt like she could easily be ignored with all the commotion that was going on. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>jilorbb</strong> on <strong>31-07-2012, 05:55:40</strong>
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				Before the lone man on the scene could react, the scene exploded before him. The lovely Arianna comically tried to fend off a demon with gardening tools and he couldn't help but chuckle at how cute and amusing that was. This 'Shizuru' seemed rather laid back in spite of the panic surrounding her arrival. He wasn't concerned about her any longer, though he understood why the ladies would be so worried. He shook his head when she asked if the housemates had been so panicked when he arrived, "Nnnnooo... I had planned to keep things rather hushed and normal until you graced us with your presence." He gave the demoness a wry smile and snagged another potato chip. <br><br>Olivia's concerns brought his attention over to her. He tried to do his best to offer her a reassuring smile, "No, I believe you have very little to worry about. She seems uninterested in harming any of you."<br><br>When the little girl walked into the room, his eyebrows shot up. He hadn't been expecting a child to be in a house full of young adults. He didn't gather that she was just unusually small until she spoke the second time and then he was duly impressed. He imagined that such a stature might allow her to get away with a lot of mischief, if she were ever so inclined. Shizuru's sudden snap and change to a more "normal" appearance gave him a minor fit of jealousy. Would that he could so easily change form but without his jacket, he was helpless in that regard. He shook his head at Miyu's offer for rice balls. While they looked tasty, he had hopes of making a proper dinner for the girls soon. <br><br>On that note, he walked to the fridge and called over to the gardener in the group, "Arianna, would you mind helping me?" He bent over and began rummaging through what items they had within the drawers and on the shelves. "What sounds good for dinner?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SpiralSpider</strong> on <strong>31-07-2012, 06:44:10</strong>
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				Charlie took to the sea of commotion like a fish. She was rather used to being able to navigate through a varied room full of conversation. She saw people going off in their own directions, gathering in groups, Olivia going largely ignored, Melissa was still scared and Lee was feeling guilty about the whole affair. It was probably about time to bring everyone together and let them know what was going on. <br><br>"MIYU!" she called, a little bit louder than she'd planned to. She wasn't sure if the girl would hear her, given that Shizuru was still keeping her busy. "I'll take you up on the rice ball offer. Anyone else want one? Now would be a good time to get something to eat... I've got something to tell you..."<br><br>With that, she sighed and leaned against the far wall. She looked over the group sadly and then clapped her hands loudly. "Olivia, Melissa, Arianna... Miyu.." She paused for a moment to make sure she had most of their attention before launching into a fast-talking explanation of what happened.. "So, you know how I was downtown shopping? I found a really cool book. I thought it would be just perfect to use as a prop for the student-wrote play that were working on for our mid-term. It had really cool writing.... and fancy words - I had no idea what they meant but I could read how they sounded because of some side notes." She swallowed and looked around again. "ANYWAY... I stole Lee earlier to give the makeshift rehearsal a try - we were just having fun - and.... it-was-apparently-a-real-life-spellbook and this dude showed up." She motioned at the man in black - or rather his ass, as it was all she could see as his head was buried in the fridge. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BellaVita</strong> on <strong>31-07-2012, 06:55:11</strong>
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				Olivia watched as Miyu and Melissa came down the stairs, and didn't seem shocked by Shizuru standing there in all her demon-y glory. Were they completely oblivious, or did they think that this was just one of Charlie's cosplaying or theater things? She pinched the bridge of her nose, trying to calm down, and avoid getting a headache. She let out a sigh as everyone just went about their business, talking about food and normal things. <br><br>When Miyu asked Shizuru to "take the wings off", and the demon actually consented, she felt a little more relieved, but how could Miyu not be scared? This was all too weird, and everyone was acting much too normal. The man in leather tried to comfort her, but still no one answered her. <br><br>She listened to Charlie's words, trying to take it all in. What were they thinking? They could've been hurt. Olivia let out a sigh and shook her head."Charlie, what you're saying is that you found a <em>real</em> spellbook? And it brought these two here? But why? What was the spell even for?" If she was going to be with these crazies, she might as well go along with them. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shadowsmaiden</strong> on <strong>31-07-2012, 06:56:29</strong>
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				Miyu was a little irritated by the lack of attention to her question. Sure, she already had Melissa's order in mind, the strange male who seemed to be still hovering around Arianna shook his head in decline and the demon woman beside her had been the second in line to ask. But the rest of the girls seemed to completely ignore her as per usual. Her meek and quiet mannerisms made her feel as if she were little more than an insect to them sometimes, a pest that would sit in the corner of a room and wait for it's time to die.<br><br>Without realizing it.... The friends she cared about most... were actually the one's hurting her.<br><br>She spent several minutes in silence, tending to the creation of numerous rice-balls in front of her and ignoring the others as they clearly seemed to be ignoring her. When Charlie and Arianna asked her for one each, she wasted no time in handing them the two largest balls she already had made on the plate in front of her and quietly returned to her task.<br><br>However....<br><br>When the confession was made.... The tiny dancer reached boiling point and finally snapped... Blue eyes ablaze with the anger she felt now evident in the way she threw the unfinished rice ball she'd been holding across the room and snapped her head in the direction of the larger female without bothering to focus on the others....<br><br>"You summoned.... strange creatures.... into this house!?" Her tone was low, cold and forbidding. She had only used it once before around Charlie and that was when someone had stolen her shoes and replaced them with new ones... Despite her words this time however, that wasn't even the part that bothered her. What irritated her the most was that there was a man in their house who looked as if he was going out to some goth party or something.... Feeling as if she wanted to bash her head against the counter in front of her, she sighed softly and shook her head. "Men aren't supposed to be in the soriority Charlie.... You know that..."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>31-07-2012, 07:23:48</strong>
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				Melissa seemed to be listening, but it was hard to tell just how much was getting through.&nbsp; Most likely, she had an audio recorder taking notes in the back of her head, like she so often seemed to manage.&nbsp; Whatever she was doing, she'd remember things later, even if she didn't respond at the moment.&nbsp; It was hard to tell just how much she'd remember later.<br><br>In her mind, panic was turning into an attempt to focus.&nbsp; She was supposed to be good at this.&nbsp; She was supposed to be tactical, able to come up with what they had to do.&nbsp; All she had to do was to shout out what the thing was, which should have been easy.&nbsp; She played so many video games that she easily recognized a demon.&nbsp; They were weak against blessed weapons; where could she get a blessed weapon?<br><br>Her hands were supposed to be getting off the couch now.&nbsp; She should be moving towards the silverware drawer.&nbsp; Why wasn't she?&nbsp; Was she under some spell?&nbsp; Did she forget how to walk?&nbsp; She just couldn't stop trembling, staring at the not one creature but creatures there according to what someone had said.&nbsp; The man was something too, and she didn't know what.<br><br>Tears started to sneak their way down her face as desperate panic refused to free her from her paralysis.&nbsp; What was she going to do?&nbsp; The demons were going to drink their souls and she just couldn't bring herself to do anything.&nbsp; She didn't want to die.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lumasan</strong> on <strong>31-07-2012, 07:43:33</strong>
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				<hr><div align="center"><strong>~*~ Arianna ~*~</strong></div><hr><br>She watched as he moved away from her and over to the fridge. <strong>"Arianna, would you mind helping me?"</strong> He had asked her but it had almost fallen on deaf ears, because she had been watching him move and her eyes had fallen to his rear again. "Uh... yeah" she said softly as she walked over to him and bent over to look in the fridge as well. 'I still can't get over how well his clothes fit... I should probably ask him who tailors his clothes. I could learn some things from them.' Arianna thought as she raised a hand to her mouth, and then stopped. She had caught herself from biting her nails, and forced herself to place them in her pockets.<br><br>"I suggest something with a high amount of vegetarian content. Perhaps the tofu in the fridge, since Miyu is making rice balls already. Charlie's a vegetarian... So... asian cuisine is a good place to go. At least I think it would be to-" and with that, as she was suddenly interrupted by a 'thwump' like noise. Following shortly after the noise was Miyu's angry voice shattering her ear drums. Arianna flinched and looked over to the man she was looking into the cold box with, an apologetic look playing across her face. Her lips mouthed 'I'm sorry', and then she went to point out where the vegetables and the tofu were in the fridge.<br><br><hr><div align="center"><strong>~*~ Lee ~*~</strong></div><hr><br>The constant barrage of "Who's fault is this?", "Why is this happening", and "What's wrong with you" like comments, or how Lee had heard them... pushed Lee a bit too far down the hole. It didn't help at all that Charlie was taking the brunt for something that was almost entirely Lee's fault either. Her eyes began to water and Lee screamed. "Look I already said I was sorry. The spell is meant to pull over the perfect lover for you. I convinced Charlie to do it again. I had no idea it was going to go bad whatsoever, seeing as how we fixed everything like we were told to by him!" She paused to take a breath and point a finger at the man bending over and examining the fridge. Tears began rolling down her face. "If you have such a freaking problem with it, how about I go take that fake sword off my wall, walk down to the campus church, have the pastor bless some water and the sword and come back here and vanquish Shizuru. Would that make you happy? Would that make you all shut up? And then after that I can go ahead and learn Ancient Sumerian or the Language of the Birds and put them back from which they came? Because you know that all makes incredible sense!" Lee paused and clenched her fists at her side, bit her lip hard and then took a sharp breath of air into her nose. Her words were screamed openly, and with nothing but a tired and emotional voice. IT was unsure who she snapped back at, but it was apparent she was staring at Miyu, or at least in her general direction.<br><br>"How about you settle for the answer that maybe, just maybe one of us had some hope for the future in this spell. And that PERHAPS we were also going to be generous enough to think that maybe one of these people were for one of you? How would you feel... after everything that has happened, that one of these two people could possibly be the perfect person for you?!" Lee was over-reacting, yes, but in her emotional state, or whenever she got emotional, she had a hard&nbsp; time controlling anything. She blinked a few tears from her eyes and began to walk out of the room, slowly and in a sulking manner. She stopped just outside of the kitchen doorway and spun around on her heels. "Also I could care less about a man being in this house at the moment. It's not 9pm now is it?" She turned back around and hurried rushed up to her room. An apparent and ridiculously loud door slam shuddered through the walls of the house. It was evident that Lee might not come out relatively soon.<br><br>Literally plopping on her bed, Lee grabbed hold of a very dear stuffed animal and hid her head under her pillow. "You're an idiot Lee. A giant, untrustworthy, unworthy of anything person..." she muttered to herself, muffled by her pillow. It was practically a tradition, with her lower than most self esteem, to beat herself up after feeling incredibly guilty about something. And today... was no exception.<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>jilorbb</strong> on <strong>31-07-2012, 07:58:35</strong>
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				The comforting approach of Arianna made the lone male in the house relax, but the other girls really seemed to be getting at it. He nodded at the thought of needing vegetarian food - while it wasn't his personal cup of tea, he was familiar with the concept.<br><br>A thrown riceball and raised voices later and he found himself wondering just what he'd gotten himself into. Miyu's break of anger was unexpected and intense, though it nothing like Lee's breakdown - the man in the fridge whipped his head out so fast that he bonked it on the freezer. Rubbing his head, he turned a sideways glance to Arianna and asked, "So... are they always so lively?"<br><br>He was doing a fairly decent job of acting like a regular guy in spite of the fact that it was becoming clearer and clearer to the girls in the house that he was anything <em>but.</em>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SpiralSpider</strong> on <strong>31-07-2012, 08:29:44</strong>
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				"Woah, Woah-woah!" Charlie exclaimed as Lee started losing it. Her eyes went wide as she tried to make it to her sister's side but she didn't make it in time. When the dark haired girl stomped off to her room, Charlie ran a hand over the top of her dreads and puffed out her cheeks, making a strange horse sound while her lips vibrated together. She knew enough about Lee to know that the girl took this whole exchange as a personal fuckup. It wasn't fair, really, Charlie had just as much - if not more - to do with the summons than she did. She felt bad for her but thought it was better to remain in the kitchen and perform damage control rather than run off after her.<br><br>"So... yeah..." she said, falling calmer again, swinging her arms back and forth clapping them quietly as they came together before her. "As Lee said... it's supposed to be a love spell. Brings you your soul mate. I mean.... as spells go, that seems rather harmless, right? So, after it seemed to possibly work once, we decided to try it again." She chuckled at the irony, "Sadly, no sweet romance has come for Lee or I so far... so, if the spell's doing what it's supposed to, I'm not sure who these two are with..."<br><br>She paused a few moments and looked around at each person in turn, "So, anyone else wanna yell at me or throw something at me? I understand, I deserve it. This was all my fault, really. I think Lee just feels bad because she takes any negative feedback harshly. Don't take it personal or anything." She stopped swinging her arms and stood up straight, moving out from the wall she'd been leaning on. "Can't say I can answer them... but I'll ask anyway - Any questions?" She raised an eyebrow and waited. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MzHyde</strong> on <strong>31-07-2012, 12:12:15</strong>
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				Shizuru laid a hand upon Miyu's shoulder and spoke in that quiet, husky tone of hers, "Getting upset isn't going to help anything. After all, do you see me getting upset? I've been screamed at and people have threatened to kill me twice already." She tilted her head back a little and glanced sidelong at the girl that threatened to have a priest kill her with a sword. "Trust me honey, he wouldn't be the first to try and kill me with a sword anyway. They used to call me 'Daughter of Yomi' back in my ancient Japan days. You can't even imagine the number of samurai that tried to cut me down. Men always underestimate women. Even if she's fighting for the most powerful Lord there is and just slew a dozen warriors in battle. Hatred is easier than understanding and calm."<br><br>Her advice was surprisingly sound. It was easy to argue and charge at a problem with anger and fury, but that was rarely a viable solution to anything. Calmly assessing a situation would be a much smarter alternative. She turned back to Miyu and flashed the girl a brief smile. "In other parts of Japan, they actually thought I was Amaterasu for a while. I used to dress in white and red robes and used my power to set my sword and hair alight. The very sight was enough to drive most men away screaming." She winked playfully, a smirk crossing her lips.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BellaVita</strong> on <strong>31-07-2012, 22:54:14</strong>
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				Olivia looked around the room, and it seemed everyone was falling apart. Miyu was furious, Melissa was silently sobbing, Arianna seemed mortified, and Lee was very upset and ran upstairs crying. <em>'Since everyone else seems to be breaking down, that means you have to keep it together,'</em> Olivia told herself. She quietly went to the cupboard under the sink and grabbed a dustpan and brush, cleaning up the mess she made when she dropped the bag of trail mix. She swept up the mess and threw it in the bin, putting the dustpan and brush back where she found it. <br><br>As she stood back up, Charlie started explaining about what she and Lee did. In a sense, it was understandable, who wouldn't want their soulmate to be brought to them? <br><br><strong>"So, anyone else wanna yell at me or throw something at me? I understand, I deserve it. This was all my fault, really. I think Lee just feels bad because she takes any negative feedback harshly. Don't take it personal or anything. Can't say I can answer them... but I'll ask anyway - Any questions?"</strong><br><br>Olivia thought about it for a minute and felt bad that she made Lee and Charlie feel that way. "I'm sorry I yelled at you, Charlie. I suppose I can understand why you did it. And you couldn't have known what would come through." After a moment of looking down at the ground, she looked back up at Charlie. "I can't say I wouldn't have done the same if it meant finding love." &nbsp;She took a few steps closer to Charlie and gave her a tight hug. "I really am sorry," she said again as she pulled away from the embrace. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shadowsmaiden</strong> on <strong>01-08-2012, 02:51:17</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=146885.msg6682442#msg6682442">Quote from: MzHyde on 31-07-2012, 12:12:15</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Shizuru laid a hand upon Miyu's shoulder and spoke in that quiet, husky tone of hers, "Getting upset isn't going to help anything. After all, do you see me getting upset? I've been screamed at and people have threatened to kill me twice already." She tilted her head back a little and glanced sidelong at the girl that threatened to have a priest kill her with a sword. "Trust me honey, he wouldn't be the first to try and kill me with a sword anyway. They used to call me 'Daughter of Yomi' back in my ancient Japan days. You can't even imagine the number of samurai that tried to cut me down. Men always underestimate women. Even if she's fighting for the most powerful Lord there is and just slew a dozen warriors in battle. Hatred is easier than understanding and calm."<br><br>Her advice was surprisingly sound. It was easy to argue and charge at a problem with anger and fury, but that was rarely a viable solution to anything. Calmly assessing a situation would be a much smarter alternative. She turned back to Miyu and flashed the girl a brief smile. "In other parts of Japan, they actually thought I was Amaterasu for a while. I used to dress in white and red robes and used my power to set my sword and hair alight. The very sight was enough to drive most men away screaming." She winked playfully, a smirk crossing her lips.<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>The touch on her shoulder was unexpected.<br>Miyu turned her attention away from Charlie and glanced up at the demon woman with curiosity reflected in her gaze above all else. Was she trying to tell her that her words were too harsh? She couldn't quite discern why the other felt the need to interfere between the sisters in the soriority house when she barely knew them. However, it was enough to crumble straight through her defences and sent the violet haired girl back into another bout of flustered actions as yet another blush began to spread over her cheeks.<br><br>"Go - Gomenasai." She mumbled as she busied herself with cleaning up the mess she'd made with the riceball she'd thrown across the counter top. The plate piled with the completed ones still remained untouched and she took a moment to slide it Charlie's direction as a peace offering. "Just.... don't let come near my room when I'm dancing.... A rehearsal with a girl in leotard is no place for a man.... or.. demon man... Whatever he is.."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lumasan</strong> on <strong>01-08-2012, 03:50:58</strong>
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				<hr><div align="center"><strong>~*~ Arianna ~*~</strong></div><hr><br>Arianna shuddered as Lee screamed in an emotional manner, wincing a few times, but staying low and next to the leather clad gentleman. He had asked her a question, and she waited until Lee left the room so she could speak. <br><br>"This... is... well not a usual day. Most of the girls are quiet. Some of them are prone to anger, but most of the time it's a bit more chipper in the house. I really do apologize for all the screaming... as well as my behavior earlier. I don't usually wave garden shovels at people. Then again," she paused and sighed softly, "Nothing usually gets me too excited to scream like that." Arianna ended with a smile as she pulled a few things from the fridge and set them on the counter. <br><br>"Do you need anything specific for the meal?" she asked as she then paused to hear Charlie explain further than Lee's shouting had. Charlie had asked about questions, and looking back at the man bent over examining the fridge, Arianna decided to ask one. "Okay... so... he was summoned too?" She paused motioning to the only male in the room, and then continued, "Is there any way to even know who was brought here for who? I mean... like is it random or is it planned?" She said in a calm even manner. Now the one known as Shizuru was attempting to calm down Miyu, and it worked surprisingly well. Arianna raised an eyebrow at that and smiled.<br><br><hr><div align="center"><strong>~*~ Lee ~*~</strong></div><hr><br>Lee rolled around, restless on her own bed. The old teddy bear in her arms was still clutched to her chest as she stared now at the ceiling. There were a few posters above her bed, various characters from games, a picture of Trent Reznor, and a piece of art she had drawn long ago. It was a conflicting picture to her, it always started a war in her mind, how she could have done things differently with it and even more. Hanging it over her bed was an interesting decision, but conflict wasn't the only thing it caused. IT caused her to rationalize and rethink things through, it caused her to get into a mind set of learning. How to take one situation, and turn it into something better. Even if it was just a moody looking piece of abstract art that was painted during an anxiety attack long ago, it had an effect on her. Lee let out a sigh and placed her pillow under her head and stared at it for a few minutes more.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>jilorbb</strong> on <strong>01-08-2012, 04:40:49</strong>
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				The brown-haired man continued to work through Charlie's explanation speech. His head bobbed along as she bore her heart and soul to her friends. Things would go over far easier if he just stayed out of it an allowed her to tell her friends what happened. The demoness seemed to be attempting to smooth things over as well. With any luck, a decent meal will put the housemates in a warm mood and make them open minded enough to really understand what had happened.<br><br>He turned from the fridge with a wide array of foods in his hands - lucky for him, the girls were varied eaters and interested enough in food to offer plenty for the meal he had in mind. He caught Olivia's act of kindness and couldn't help but smile in response. It seemed things might continue down the path towards peace after all. The taller of the two dancers had been one of the girls who had taken it harder so her forgiveness was a definite step in the right direction. <br><br>Miyu's words made him laugh out loud. "I am nothing of the sort!" He cried out at the accusation of being a demon - and, to a lesser extent, a man. "Believe me,&nbsp; I have no intent on spying on you while you are less than decently dressed or ready for an audience. You have my word."<br><br>"And as for you, my lady,..." he said, turning back to Arianna, "You have nothing to worry about. It is not your place to apologize for anyone else's actions. And I appreciate a bit of excitement after so long of duty on the job." &nbsp;He shrugged and began to rummage around through the floating counterspace. Soon he found a cutting board and began to chop vegetables. <br><br>"Nothing specific..." he replied Ari's way once again. "I think you ladies have plenty of things for me to choose from as it is. How about I make an Asian meal? Not to step on the little Miss's toes, but I think I could put together a fine Japanese dinner to complement her lovley rice balls..." He listened in on her questions to Charlie and pretended not to pay too much attention while he waited to hear the theater major respond. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>01-08-2012, 06:11:48</strong>
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				This wasn't making any sense.&nbsp; The demons weren't killing everyone.&nbsp; Certainly, if they wanted to hurt people, they'd have done it by now?<br><br>She kept trying to think.&nbsp; Summoned monsters...there was that one game where you could summon a monster and it didn't make it not evil but it couldn't do evil things that you didn't want it to do.&nbsp; Was that what was going on?&nbsp; Could she take that risk?<br><br>She would have to.&nbsp; She wouldn't be able to live with herself if even one of her friends had their souls stolen.&nbsp; Slowly, very quietly, she started to creep out from the couch towards the kitchen.&nbsp; Her body wouldn't stop shaking, but what fear for her own life couldn't accomplish, fear for the life of her sisters allowed some modicum of movement.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SpiralSpider</strong> on <strong>01-08-2012, 06:33:13</strong>
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				Charlie took Olivia's hug with shock. The sign of affection and obvious forgiveness was a real surprise to her and it was touching enough to make her tear up a bit - though she quickly wiped her face, coughed and tried to avoid making it obvious. "mmm.... That's ok..." she mumbled in response to the taller of her two dancing sisters. Charlie snagged another rice ball from Miyu and used the action of shoving it in her face to avoid making eye contact with anyone for the time being.<br><br>"Mmmfmm-" the big girl nodded to Miyu before going on to speak with food still in her mouth, "Your room's your room... only you get to say who gets in there..."<br><br>Things were calming down, but her attention was still split between several of her sisters. She turned to Arianna next to answer the question that she had leveled her way. She shrugged, "Iono... I thought that, since me and Lee were doing the spell, someone would come for us. But now it seems like the entire house is part of the portal and anyone in it could be the subject that the spell focuses on. Has he ... shown interest in anyone here?" She asked, looking at the boy who so coyly avoided her eyes and tried to appear like he was not listening in. <br><br>After a few moments, she shook her head as if to clear it of cobwebs. "Anyway, guys... I'm sorry for the stress. I just... I think it would be nice if we ... or at least I had someone in my life right now. And I know that sounds cheesy and everything. But ... YOU know how weird I am." She motioned around at the other girls and then made a swirling motion to the side of her own ear while sticking out her tongue. "If I've actually got a soulmate out there... they've <em>got</em> to be hard to find... I could use all the help I can get. heheh..." Charlie caught Melissa coming into the kitchen and gave her a slow and calm wave with a sympathetic look on her face. "Since someone is nice enough to make dinner tonight, I promise to order whatever everyone wants tomorrow to make it up to you. For now.. I think I'll get out of everyone's hair and go fold my laundry." With that, she sighed and took off towards the basement.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BellaVita</strong> on <strong>01-08-2012, 06:53:27</strong>
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				Olivia saw that her actions touched Charlie and she smiled. She was so used to being selfish, that sometimes she didn't think about the way treating others could make both people feel better. She watched Charlie distract herself with a rice ball and smiled to herself. <br><br>When Charlie asked about the man having interest in anyone, Olivia rolled her eyes. "It's obvious he's for Arianna. Come on, the way he looks at her.." She trailed off, not really sure if it was her place to call them out, but annoyed that they didn't see what she saw. The way he protected her from Shizuru when she first came in, and offered to make dinner. It was really sweet of him.<br><br>She crossed her arms across her chest and looked at Charlie as she went on talking about a soulmate. Her mind went there, too, and she felt a tightness in her chest. Isn't that something everyone deserved? Someone to love? To call their own.. She let out a soft sigh, and saw that Charlie was heading back downstairs to do laundry. Olivia looked around the kitchen and decided she just wanted to be alone.<br><br>"I'm not hungry," she said roughly as she grabbed a Vitamin Water from the fridge and headed upstairs to her room. She turned her iPod on that was docked to a stereo and closed her door. Her feet hurt, but she wanted to dance anyway, so she went through her part in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' to get her mind off of things.<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>01-08-2012, 07:02:48</strong>
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				Melissa couldn't stop shaking, and though the tears glistened upon her cheeks, her crying had stopped.&nbsp; However, that wasn't important right now.&nbsp; She looked and listened to Charlie, how much pain she was in after everything, and suddenly dashed forward to yank Charlie into a tight hug.&nbsp; She wasn't very strong, but she still squeezed her apology at freaking out, even though she was definitely still afraid.&nbsp; Right now, Melissa was just trying to be as tough as she could be, not wanting to freak out and make things any worse.&nbsp; However, she would let go as soon as Charlie wanted to head away.<br><br>She just had to hold onto the hope she was wrong, and the creatures weren't waiting until the girls became complacent.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lumasan</strong> on <strong>01-08-2012, 07:19:20</strong>
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				<hr><div align="center"><strong>~*~ Lee ~*~</strong></div><hr><br>Lee sighed and sat up fast. There was no use pouting about things now. She set her bear to the side of her pillow and lazily climbed out of her bed. She looked at her computer and all around her room, it needed some reorganizing for sure, now that she actually sat down and examined things. She spied a box of dryer sheets and then it dawned on her. She was in the process of doing laundry, and during the commotion in kitchen, the summonings, she had completely forgotten about it. Let alone, she wouldn't dry any of her clothes without those dryer sheets. <br><br>She stood up with a grunt, and walked over to her desk and swiped the dryer sheets with her right hand and her water bottle with her left. Taking a swig of water from the bottle, Lee slowly made her way to the kitchen. She was out of water, as she reached the bottom of the steps, Lee took a detour to the kitchen. Before she reached it, she walked up behind Melissa and patted her on the shoulder, and attempted a reassuring look. Almost everyone was still in the kitchen, Charlie wasn't though, and her eyes immediately shifted to the floor. At the moment all she had her heart set on was filling up her water bottle from the sink. She turned the water to cold and proceeded, having set her dryer sheets on the counter. She did her best to ignore everyone in the room.<br><br><hr><div align="center"><strong>~*~ Arianna ~*~</strong></div><hr><br>Arianna smiled as the man explained he didn't mind the excitement in the slightest. She was glad to hear it, considering the house could get swept up in excitement and emotions at times. She watched him cut vegetables for a moment until he spoke again, to which she faithfully listened. "An Asian meal would be wonderful..." Arianna replied softly. Then Charlie was responding to her, she asked Ari if he had shown interest in anyone... a little gear began to slowly spin in the back of her mind. She felt that pull again, and she turned to look at the man who was now preparing supper for all of them. She had started to blush a little, and her ears grew hot, but she shook it off and turned back to Charlie. <br><br>"I'm... not sure," She did her best to answer Charlie's question, because honestly she wasn't sure. Although, he had been particularly sweet to her, Arianna could never be sure of these things. She only knew what she felt. Had Charlie asked her if she had any feelings, she would have told her about the strange feeling at the back of her skull, that pull she felt from time to time when he was sweet on her. "It's alright Charlie. No one was harmed right?" She smiled nervously but then stood a bit shocked when Olivia spoke her words. Arianna immediately ruffled her apron up into her hands, wringing it with her fingers in a nervous fashion. Her head stared at her hands and her cheeks felt like they were burning. Someone walked into the kitchen a few minutes later, after someone had walked out, and she heard the sink turn on. But Arianna did not dare lift her head.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SpiralSpider</strong> on <strong>01-08-2012, 08:22:29</strong>
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				Charlie sighed. It wasn't often that she was able to get so much affection from her sorority sisters, so at least some good came from the mess she'd made. She smiled at Melissa again and steeled her nerve to get rid of that blasted chalk mark in the basement. The first one was an honest mistake and she could forgive herself for that one, but bringing Shizuru into the picture was something they shouldn't have done without considering all the options first. It wasn't Lee's fault... She could sympathize with what it was like for her dark-haired friend. Lately, "hooking up" had become the closest thing to dating that most college kids did. It was pathetic and sad and, ultimately, lonely. But Charlie was proud to know that none of her sisters had given the useless habit. They were proud and unique and full of integrity and the Stowe gal was feeling very unworthy of them at that moment.<br><br>She pulled the chain and trudged dejectedly downstairs. As she passed into the laundry room, she saw the white chalk to the left. She flinched guiltily and moved her eyes away. She only had a small basket of clean, dry bedding to fold and yet she managed to make it last excruciatingly long. Her mind raced back through the day's events and she shook her head repeatedly at every stupid mistake she'd made as she though of it. "What a difference a single day can make..." she lamented aloud with a sigh. "First, I'm being a good student, working on my project - studying, essentially - and then..." She plopped the basket full of folded clothes down on the table and reached to clean out the lint trap so it would be ready for Lee when she came down to finish her own laundry. <br><br>It was ironic that all of this happened to her when she was doing homework - unfortunately for Charlie, she was rather known for procrastinating. Usually she was able to turn things around and do well on tests but her homework suffered drastically. <em>"Just goes to show my luck either way..."</em> she thought, clenching her teeth. She picked up the white basket and moved towards the stairs but paused to lean against the wall on the other side of the door to the laundry room. She thought of Shizuru, and how she seemed so drawn to Miyu somehow.... and then Arianna and the cooking boy popped into her mind. Was it just coincidence that these two were already doing so well around one of the girls? It was surreal but so confusing. She felt so unworthy and like such a screw-up that she soon found herself crying. Even if she was stupid enough to keep performing the spell and it actually worked, there'd never be anyone there for her. <br><br>A few moments later, she dried her eyes but continued to make violent sniffing sounds involuntarily as she moved over to grab a broom. Standing in front of the circle once again she felt numb. She blinked for several seconds and then felt compelled to grab the wall paint. She would never have made it very far in the Art major if she wasn't able to pour her emotions into her work. Being that the residents in the Phi Beta house were allowed to decorate it however they liked and leave their marks when they left, she decided to make a statement out of the circle. She painted over the chalk with white paint, taking care to form every line perfectly because she knew it would be the last chance she'd have to feel the fluidity of the lines and the history behind it. <br><br>The work calmed her down and she stopped shaking, though she had been gone far too long than it would have taken her to simply fold some laundry. She wasn't too concerned about gaining attention from her actions, she knew her sisters knew her better than to assume she was making the same mistake again. In reality, she was already reaching for the black paint to finish her statement. She wanted to paint over the circle in vast areas to make it obsolete, yet with enough of it displayed to show off its beauty. Her plan was to make it look as if the floor holding the circle was falling apart and crumbling away - just like her silly thoughts of love were starting to. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shadowsmaiden</strong> on <strong>01-08-2012, 08:50:46</strong>
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				Miyu kept quiet for the rest of the duration she was in the kitchen.<br>Her sorority sisters were playing kiss and make up, while she simply returned to making rice balls and only gave a small nod to Charlie in acknowledgement to what she said about her being the one to decide who could enter her room. She wasn't the type for such affection and usually seemed to go out of her way to avoid it in most cases, though secretly she wondered what it might be like to wake up with that sort of thing each morning.<br><br>The 'demon' male who claimed not to be a 'demon' had laughed at her comment to Charlie and assured her that he would not intrude on her during the time she was practising in her room. What he most likely failed to realize, was that his laughing at her only served to dive the invisible knife deeper into her chest than what her emotions were capable of doing on their own. She was used to being picked on by some of the male students who attended the university because of her side, and used to being ignored because of the quiet meekness that she displayed more often than not. Having someone laugh at her only served to remind her that even though she had her sisters of the sorority there for comfort, she was well and truly alone.<br><br>Wait a minute...<br>Her mind flicked back to what Charlie had said when she made her confession. The spell in the book that she had used to summon creatures, was supposed to bring one together with their destined soul mate... <br><br>Was that the reason she hadn't been afraid of the demon woman when she'd entered the kitchen? She'd seen her standing there with wings raised and a fire in her eyes, yet had been completely undisturbed by it. Well actually.... It was more of an involuntary reaction that she'd had to her.... a fluttering in her stomach... and warmth entering her chest merely at the site of her.... Even now, she couldn't glance at her for a moment without blushing as though she were still in grade school...<br><br>Deciding that she was just being silly at that point and not really noticing what any of the others were doing, Miyu grabbed a completed rice-ball from the plate and gently offered it to the demon woman without a second thought.<br><br>"I... don't think I caught your name... Mine is Miyu... but you probably knew that...."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lumasan</strong> on <strong>01-08-2012, 09:11:15</strong>
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				Lee stood at the kitchen sink for what felt like an eternity before she had gathered up the courage to even shut off the water. Water had been pouring out over her full water bottle for a few minutes now. She reached up her hand and shut off the water, reaching with a free and wet hand she grabbed a towel to wipe off the excess water from the outside of the bottle. Lee wiped her hands on her pants and closed the bottle up before grabbing the dryer sheets again. She turned on her heels and headed out of the kitchen, headed towards the basement. <br><br>As she opened the cellar door, she noticed the light was still on. She scoffed it to her and Charlie forgetting to shut it off after running up stairs earlier. Slowly she proceeded down the steps with a stubborn sounding gate, clearly walking with her heels. The basement floor was cushy, and it greeted her feet. Lee loved the basement when she was alone. Growing up, she had a playroom in her parents basement, it was the only area that was ever carpeted. Many fond memories of playing house, playing mom to a bunch of dolls or playing with Littlest Pet Shop toys and pretending her Barbie was a Veterinarian. She sighed softly zoning over childhood memories and she idly moved over to the laundry room. As soon as she hit the cement by the washer and dryer, her toes curled and she shivered silently.<br><br>Looking over the room, she noticed Charlie's basket was gone, and she shrugged it off in her mind. She assumed Charlie grabbed it and went to fold her laundry in her room. Placing her dryer sheets in her empty basket, she retrieved one, opened the dryer and threw it in. Opening the washer she pulled out her whites, consisting mostly of undershirts, tank tops, and underwear, and threw them carefully into the dryer. Carefully she checked the lint trap, mainly because of habit (her mother was horrible about cleaning it with every load) and found it was empty. She smiled, it was nice to be in a place where people were concerned with dryer fires.<br><br>Suddenly, after closing the dryer, metal clinking caught her noise. Lee froze. <em>'Did something come through the gate? No... they have to be summoned first.'</em> she thought as she began sneaking her way to the noise. To her surprise, it seemed that as Lee walked downstairs she had passed by Charlie, and there she was painting? As she looked closer it was apparent Charlie had been crying, as well as she had painted over the chalk with white house paint. She walked over silently as she watched Charlie reach for the can of black paint. <br><br>"Planning on making this a permanent fix?" she softly asked. She half expected to scare her sister but she continued, a sadness on her face. "I'm sorry about earlier. I lost it, and I didn't mean to leave you alone like that. I'm a coward. I also hope I haven't hurt your feelings, you know it's the last thing I would have wanted to come from this. I only hoped... that maybe we could end up happy from this. Possibly bring someone meant for at least one of us. I would have given anything for one of those last two people who came through, to be for you..." Lee paused and crouched down, picking up the white paint brush Charlie put down. Slowly the dark haired girl began refining the lines, making edges cleaner and sharper, making the writing more defined than it ever was in chalk. <br><br>"Love is stupid... I... wished for years it could be this easy to find the person you were meant to be with, and now here it is, but also this huge mess. I don't know whether to give up and let things be... or keep trying like I usually do. Go head first and charge along like a bull on a warpath, not stopping until I meet my destination..." Lee spoke in a gentle tone, as she preformed tiny and precise brush strokes. <br><br>"When I was in my room, I gave it a lot of thought, and I figured, if it was okay with everyone, and we fixed this again... that we should try..." Lee couldn't even believe the words coming from her mouth at the moment, because the thinking that had been done in her room was a learning period. She had learned that maybe not to withhold information from others, especially with something this huge, but it had also been a chance sooo great that it almost had to be done. "But... this kind of thing isn't up to the mind of one person... not if it involves everyone." She finished, her last brush stroke carefully adding a fine tip to a triangular shape in the circle. Lee may have sounded calm, but her emotions were almost completely gone, all that was left in her numb state was rational thinking. It was common for her to explode like earlier, retreat for some period of thinking and to come out numb but renewed. Sometimes if it was a particularly bad sort of explosion of emotion, she would slip into an almost comatose numb state. Couple it with a few bad times of depression and it had led Lee to cut on a few occasions, but after seeking help, all that remain was the thought of needing pain.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MzHyde</strong> on <strong>01-08-2012, 11:28:55</strong>
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				Shizuru was fairly glad, at least, that all the screaming and making death threats at her was over. Not that she was afraid of a bunch of sorority girls, but it did get rather old after a while. When Miyu spoke up again, the demoness looked down. She took the rice ball and smiled slightly. "Well, aren't you the cutest little thing? My name is Shizuru. Thanks for the food, Miyu. You seem to be quite a bit more rational than your friends here. You're not waving trowels at me, at least."<br><br>The demon grinned and ate the omnivorous in two bites. She licked her lips a little and remarked, "Mmm. Not bad at all. I'd like to see what else you can make." She turned her head, watching a few of the girls wander off. Probably to try the summoning again. When would they learn? Probably only after they'd all been devoured by monsters. Mortals tended to never learn a lesson until it was too late. Shizuru decided not to try and stop them. If they wanted to chance getting eaten it wasn't her problem. So, she turned her attention back to Miyu. "So, you're a dancer? Show me."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>01-08-2012, 17:34:26</strong>
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				Melissa followed over to the top of the cellar stairs, desperately wanting to follow her way down.&nbsp; Her breath just didn't seem to want to fill her lungs, no matter how much she tried, and she was getting such a headache from the pounding of her fearful heart.&nbsp; What she wanted to do was to go down and let them know that they could summon one for her too, that she trusted them and that as long as they promised that it wouldn't hurt anyone, she would be happy to have her own heart's desire.<br><br>She wasn't sure how she truly felt about the thing, but it was far more important to her that Charlie and Lee not be upset.&nbsp; She'd messed up a lot in her terror, though she still didn't really understand why the others weren't equally fearful of the strange and demonic creatures.&nbsp; It had to just be her, something that she didn't understand, and not that the things were truly vicious.<br><br>She went back to the couch, lying down and giving her heart some time to slow down.&nbsp; If anyone wanted her, they would know where to find her easily enough.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>jilorbb</strong> on <strong>01-08-2012, 19:27:07</strong>
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				The man continued to expertly prepare dinner. He stole a glance Arianna's way when Olivia so blatantly stated that he was there for her. When he caught the gardener's eye he gave a mischievous grin that seemed to confirm Liv's statement without having to say anything at all. Soon, pans were on the stove and he was making some kind of stir-fried dish. The smells of the sauces he had whipped up were quickly wafting through the kitchen and taking over the entire main floor of the house. White rice was being steamed and he was soon stirring a vinegary sauce for a pickled side dish. <br><br>It wasn't a shock when he wasn't able to find miso, but thanks to Charlie's vegetarian needs he was able to find a small jar of "Better than Bouillon" (http://veganishrecipes.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/better-than-bouillon1-150x150.jpg) vegetable base and quickly made a clear soup with spring onions and eggs. He paused for a moment, considering whether or not this particular vegetarian could eat eggs, but he ultimately shrugged it off. If Charlie didn't like the soup, she'd still have plenty of other dishes to choose from. He put on a pan of oil and set it to medium-high before scooping up a garlic-fried green bean. He was satisfied with it enough to offer one Arianna's way. "So, do you have any food restrictions yourself? Anything you <em>don't</em> like to eat?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SpiralSpider</strong> on <strong>02-08-2012, 00:22:30</strong>
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				Charlie had been so in tune with her painting project and so lost in her own feelings that she didn't hear Lee come downstairs or approach her. The sudden question made her jump and swing around, splattering black paint on the floor behind her. She was lucky enough to have missed her own clothes entirely, but she worried for her friend. "Huh? Oh... uh, no..." she responded to the question. "Sorry if I got you there..."<br><br>She stood up and ran to the laundry room where there was a handy paper towel dispenser. Cleaning up the black paint was easy enough, but the very fact that she had to do it made her feel stupid all over again. She saw Lee using the white paint to clean up her own lines and wondered why she joined in. After the first question she realized Lee had the entirely wrong idea but she didn't speak up again until her dark-haired friend was finished speaking. She nearly began crying again when Lee said she wanted to find someone for Charlie. Her own motivations for the spellcasting were largely selfish. She was happy for her friends that found someone, but she was sorely jealous and feeling lonely in the middle of such a full house.<br><br>She started painting the floor crumbling effect around the outer edge of the part of the circle she stood near. Sitting down, she finally spoke up again, now that Lee was finished. "Actually... I didn't want to do it again. I saw how angry everyone was and how hard it was to even figure out who was here for whom. I could reach my own assumptions but I could always be wrong... and I'm still not even sure this "spell" is doing what it's supposed to. After all, if it was only meant to summon true love - then where did all those 'things' Shizuru fought off even come from?! They shouldn't have been a part of it." She sighed and continued on with the black paint, now a 2 foot square seemed to be building up to show a rather realistic depiction of a crumbled floor and she started bringing her paint brush closer to the white outer lines of the circle. "Actually... I was just going to paint something here showing it all demolished.... Only parts of the glowing white peeking out of the floor amidst rubble like ruins. I thought it was a good statement." she chuckled and then went on with a sad face and a quiet tone, "You know... that way no one could make that mistake here again, you know?"<br><br>She looked over the circle and how Lee was expertly filling it in. It was a shame to let it go, but she thought it was the most responsible thing to do at the time.&nbsp; She smiled at the silliness of an easy romance and felt very much like she had been indulging in childhood dreams. You couldn't really blame her, though. In all our modern world with a 60% divorce rate, girls were still raised to believe that they'd find their perfect Prince Charming who loved only them and they would live "happily ever after". She knew it couldn't happen in the "real world" why would a magic spell make things any different?<br><br>She gave Lee a half smile and let her heart sit in that bittersweet moment while she did nothing for quite a while. Then, sounds in the kitchen above suddenly brought her attention back to what she came downstairs to begin with. "Oh! Fuckmonkies.... I totally forgot. I came down here to do laundry!" She laughed and went over to snatch up her basket of folded bedding, holding it up for Lee to see. "Sorry... I got distracted and my mind wandered.... I'll just go take this up to my room. I'll be back down in a bit."<br><br>She climbed the stairs into the kitchen and looked at the group around her. "I remembered to clean out the lint trap this time..." she offered with a laugh, holding up the basket for them to see. It was as if she was rubbing it in that she had actually done what she said she was going to do rather than run off to recklessly summon a demon once again. Of course she hadn't a clue that so many people in the house - including those who knew her best - had assumed that she was going to cast spells again, but she would have been very hurt if she knew that they had thought that of her. Luckily, she wasn't very good at picking up on the subtle non-verbal signals of others. <br><br>The kitchen smelled wonderful. She wasn't used to Japanese food in the house, though she was a <em>huge</em> fan of that kind of cuisine. "OH my god... that smells fantastic... I hope it will be done soon." She ran upstairs and shoved her bedding into her closet hap-hazardly before coming back downstairs with the empty basket. Charlie made goofy faces as she ran to the back door to replace the laundry bin in the basement. "Be up soon!" She called, her spirits lifted greatly by the food she already saw displayed. "HEY LEE!" she called loudly as she went down, "That weird Lion-dude is making <em>Japanese food!</em>"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lumasan</strong> on <strong>02-08-2012, 02:30:22</strong>
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				<hr><div align="center"><strong>~*~ Arianna ~*~</strong></div><hr><br>Arianna managed to pull herself together, lifted her head, and watched the man prepare supper. It was almost as if she was watching the Food Network again. Where did he learn to cook like this, with such ease and what looked like accuracy. The smells from the food were enough to make Ari's mouth water, especially in her current state. Japanese cuisine was good, then again she thought a lot of things were good. Tonight though, it smelled amazing. <em>'He must really know what he is doing!</em>' she thought as she decided she should probably clean up for supper. Walking over to the kitchen door, Arianna removed her dirty apron and hung it on the hook next to the door. Taking a look at her clothes, only her knees were dirty, she managed to keep her skirt of getting too full of dirt this time. <br><br>She would definitely need a shower tonight. She paused as the man started to ask her a question, and then returned to the island in the middle of the kitchen, sitting on a chair on one side. "Food restrictions? No... not really. I'm not allergic to anything if that's what you mean?" she replied. With clean hands she went into the cupboard and pulled out plates. She walked over to the rather large kitchen table and sat the stack of plates down on top of it. One by one she daintily placed the plates parallel to the chairs. She counted, she needed a few more plates, and it looked like people might have to eat at the island. She had to pause for a moment as Charlie came in and blurted something out too fast for her medicated brain to understand and then ran out. <br><br>"I caught... none of that" and then as she was grabbing more plates Charlie was back and yelling to Lee downstairs. Lee was downstairs? That must have been who she heard shuffling about from before. "Wait... Lion dude?" Arianna looked at the cook and held a confused look upon her face.<br><br><hr><div align="center"><strong>~*~ Lee ~*~</strong></div><hr><br>Lee silently listened to Charlie as she continued to paint the symbol on the floor. She paused a few times to look at her sorority sister as they talked. It was apparent to Lee, that Charlie was upset when she mentioned making the symbol a statement, and to make sure no one could ever use it again. She then continued to paint the white on despite Charlie mentioning making it look like it was crumbling away. The least she could do was make the white pop some more for her. Lee startled after the few moments of silence when Charlie suddenly got excited over... laundry. Her hand jerked away from the floor, luckily nothing had smudged, not that it wouldn't be something she could fix. <br><br>Then suddenly, without much time passing, Charlie was no longer in the basement. Lee stood up with a sigh, looking at the symbol on the floor and then the white paintbrush in her hand. She walked over to the laundry room and the sink in there. Turning the cold water on, Lee used her palm to make sure she got most of the house paint out of the brush. Then afterwards she rinsed her hands and grabbed paper towel to dry off the brush and her hands. Walking back to put the brush away, she passed by the book that caused a majority of today's shaking events.<br><br>Lee bent over and scooped up the book, and then put the brush away. She stood for a moment examining the symbol and Charlie's work on making it look like it was crumbling away. Sighing her mind drifted to the book again, and she looked at what she held in her hands. Today was eventful to say the least, far more than most days held for the sisters. Sitting down, Lee idly opened the book and skimmed through the pages. She wondered what it would have been like to do this ritual and then actually find their perfect love. As the years had their toll on Lee, she had lost sight of her main goal in life, to just be happy and in love. <br><br>Men had proven over and over to her, as well as women, that Lee had bad taste in people. She thought that perhaps, love could conquer anything. It was clear, she was a victim of the Disney and fairytale mindset. The delusions of having someone perfect for you were always part of Lee's dreams. It had recently gotten to the extent where Lee was fascinated with anything romantic in her video games, attaching to the fictional characters of Alistair and Garrus Vakarian. She just wanted someone, without having to fight her way up the stream of life kicking and screaming. But as of late, life just continued to prove it's strength of it's river as Lee was often left feeling as if she had made no progress since high school.<br><br>Lee let out a heavy sigh as she flipped another page. Like most projects or things in her life, they never reached their potential or were never finished. That was something Lee had to come to terms with. Lee heard Charlie as she came down the steps. "Oh he's making supper already? That's very kind of him," she said still staring at the book with a solemn look on her face.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shadowsmaiden</strong> on <strong>02-08-2012, 02:49:24</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=146885.msg6688225#msg6688225">Quote from: MzHyde on 01-08-2012, 11:28:55</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Shizuru was fairly glad, at least, that all the screaming and making death threats at her was over. Not that she was afraid of a bunch of sorority girls, but it did get rather old after a while. When Miyu spoke up again, the demoness looked down. She took the rice ball and smiled slightly. "Well, aren't you the cutest little thing? My name is Shizuru. Thanks for the food, Miyu. You seem to be quite a bit more rational than your friends here. You're not waving trowels at me, at least."<br><br>The demon grinned and ate the omnivorous in two bites. She licked her lips a little and remarked, "Mmm. Not bad at all. I'd like to see what else you can make." She turned her head, watching a few of the girls wander off. Probably to try the summoning again. When would they learn? Probably only after they'd all been devoured by monsters. Mortals tended to never learn a lesson until it was too late. Shizuru decided not to try and stop them. If they wanted to chance getting eaten it wasn't her problem. So, she turned her attention back to Miyu. "So, you're a dancer? Show me."<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>"Um, well...."<br><br>The violet haired girl dropped her eyes to her feet in embarrassment. How in the world was she supposed to explain her lack of fear for the demon woman when she couldn't even discern that for her self. It was certainly a strange turn out, considering Melissa had run to hide behind the couch and Olivia had passed out at the sight of a woman with wings. Still, it was hard to be afraid of something you didn't really understand. That's what she thought, anyway.<br><br>"... I fell earlier during a practice and... my leg still hurts a little so... " Although her voice sounded shaky again, it was much stronger than before and she was able to get the explanation out without much struggle. "But I'll be practising in the morning.... if you want to see then... having company would be nice..."<br><br>She said nothing at the compliment to her rice balls, too shy or perhaps merely too embarrassed to accept the compliment.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SpiralSpider</strong> on <strong>02-08-2012, 04:21:19</strong>
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				Charlie bolted through the carpeted den area, kicking off her shoes so she could slide across the shiny stone floor on the other side. "Yeaaaaaaah!" she responded excitedly, in equal parts about the food and about sliding around like a little kid in a sugar rush. She reached the doorway to the laundry room and caught it, stopping her slide abruptly so she could toss the white basket in the room for someone else to use. It rolled on its side and hit the far wall, falling onto its flat bottom just as she hoped. "Yes!" She said, throwing her fist in the air. Charlie giggled and walked over by Lee.<br><br>Her dark-haired sister was still looking rather melancholy and she wondered why. She lost her pep while looking at her, not knowing how to cheer the Art student up. "Yeah, it is..." she responded quietly. "It smells fantastic... and there's all kinds of stuff.... I think you'll like it. I didn't see any carrots." She teased. "Or is it peas you don't like?"<br><br>"So..." she went to join Lee at her side, "What are you thinking about?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MzHyde</strong> on <strong>02-08-2012, 04:23:47</strong>
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				"You don't look hurt to me," observed Shizuru, "but if you insist, alright. It can wait until morning. For now, I think I'll go get some fresh air. I haven't been in the human world for a few hundred years. You get tired of the smell of brimstone after a while." The demoness grins and snaps her fingers, a pair of black shades appearing on her face to cover those golden eyes of hers. Regardless of the time of day, she'd wear them outside. She found that mortals often stared a bit too intently at her eyes and she had a rather distinct look in hers. Looking into them long enough revealed something... not human about her. It was less something one could actually see and more of a gut feeling. The feeling of looking into something forbidden, not of this world. The demon turned and waved a hand at Miyu, "Come along."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lumasan</strong> on <strong>02-08-2012, 06:55:07</strong>
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				Lee sighed. "It's peas. And I don't know. I just get kind of sad thinking that we could possibly not do this again." she said motioning to the summoning circle. She stood up and loudly slammed the book shut, a bit of dust kicked up but it didn't bother the dark haired girl in the slightest. She placed a hand on her hip and gave another sigh. "I was just really thinking about how many relationships I've been in to this date, and everything up until now, how life is just dragging despite being so busy. I can't help but be incredibly lonely, that and I kind of hate Disney now." She sighed again and placed the book on the floor.<br><br>"Fate's a dick sometimes, and sometimes it can go suck my giant imaginary black dick," Lee suddenly said thrusting her hips back and forth and then laughed afterwards. "I just really had hoped, and kind of still do, that maybe this was our fate. Our fate to pull people towards us, to finally be happy. All pure serendipitous events. Completely and utterly fascinating random events that led us here." Lee paused and turned to Charlie, a pout on her face, her brown eyes wide. "It seriously can't be our fate to just stop like this can it? I mean, things happen for a reason, and sometimes the things that happen aren't good. I do realize my horoscope for today was a bit weird, talking about strange things in store for me, but..." She paused again.<br><br>"Fate can't be this much of an asshole right? Giving us this book, and then making us stop." she said still pouting, but her eyes a bit brighter than before.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BellaVita</strong> on <strong>02-08-2012, 07:08:28</strong>
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				Olivia went through the dance a few times before sitting on the floor with a sigh. She wiped the sweat from her forehead and turned off the music on her iPod. She realized that 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' was a lot like what was going on in this house right now. The love, the confusion, and in the end, it all worked out. Maybe it could all work out with what's going on now. She got up and wet a towel with cold water, wiping the sweat off of her face and neck.<br><br>Could she get them to agree, though? Would Charlie and Lee even do it again? The promise of love was too great of a pull for her to give up on this idea just yet. She grew up dancing to shows like 'Cinderella', 'The Nutcracker', and she was even Snow White back in junior high. The prince always came to save the princess, and they always lived happily ever after. This was what she was told by movies and television shows, so why couldn't she have what they had? <br><br>Since the age of 5, dancing has always taken priority over everything. When other girls were dating, she was wearing in her toe-shoes until her feet bled. She tried dating in high school, but eventually the guy kept getting tired of her making excuses for being late to dinner or having to miss out on the movie because she had dance class in the morning. It's hard to make it as a dancer, you only have a few precious years before you're passed over for someone younger, and she knew that she had to work hard if she wanted this as a career. In all that time, she forgot that after dance was over, what she would have is nothing. She would be all alone, and the thought of that made her incredibly sad. If she could have a chance at finding someone, if anyone had that chance, wouldn't they grab it and hold on to it for dear life?<br><br>Olivia felt tears creeping up on her, and she tilted her head back, refusing to let them loose. If she had to do the circle by herself, she would. If that's what it took, then so be it. She stood up and left her room, going past the kitchen without saying anything. She straight to the basement, looking around once she reached the bottom of the stairs. She saw that Lee and Charlie were sitting near the summoning circle and she walked over and sat down beside Lee. She overheard the speech that Lee was giving Charlie, and she felt the same.<br><br>"Lee, I'm sorry I made you feel bad about what you and Charlie did. I know why you did it, and who's to say any one of us wouldn't have done the same?" Olivia looked down at her hands that were busying themselves playing with a string on her shirt. "I think we should do it again. I agree, we all deserve someone, and maybe if we had Shizuru and the guy help us, we could make it safer." She was grasping at straws, but maybe they could help and make it safer. Who knew? It was worth the risk.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SpiralSpider</strong> on <strong>02-08-2012, 07:27:32</strong>
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				Charlie listened to her positive sisters in a bit of awe. She hadn't been expecting Olivia to come down, let alone support the decision to cast the spell once again. "Um..." she started, looking back and forth between them. "Well, I don't think Shizuru will help us... she seems to be very much against what we did. Although..." as the thought occurred to her, she began to laugh, "With the three of us down here, we almost have majority vote!"<br><br>She stopped and looked down at the circle. She was confident that it would do the job perfectly this time - at least as perfect as three mortal girls could make it. She and Lee and had made the circle exactly like the depiction in the old book, it was uncanny, really. She sighed and looked back up at her sisters. She thought for just one moment that they were both testing her but then her trust for them threw that silly notion out the nearest window. Next, she began to wonder if they should even go forth with it, but she grinned and gave in. "All right, I'm in then... But! if anything goes wrong - we claim it was an accident, all right?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lumasan</strong> on <strong>02-08-2012, 07:41:40</strong>
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				Lee noticed Olivia come into the basement, looking a bit how she felt. Then she received an apology from Olivia, which in all reality Olivia was only having a reaction to a demon in the kitchen. It seemed like a logical reaction to the brunette. Then all of a sudden it seemed as things turned around when Olivia talked to Charlie and her, and then Charlie was talking about the summoning. A bit of Lee perked up now, as Charlie exclaimed they were majority vote. A smile broke forth on her previously pouting lips. <br><br>"So wait... now we're going to do it? Because... Honestly, I wouldn't mind doing it again. It's too much like a good fantasy book to pass up something like this!" Lee said holding up the book to show it to her sisters. "Soo.... I'm in... I've always wanted to be in, and I don't want any of us to be lonely." she said placing the book in the center of the three girls, almost like holding her hand out for a cheer before the big game.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shadowsmaiden</strong> on <strong>02-08-2012, 07:44:43</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=146885.msg6692111#msg6692111">Quote from: MzHyde on 02-08-2012, 04:23:47</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"You don't look hurt to me," observed Shizuru, "but if you insist, alright. It can wait until morning. For now, I think I'll go get some fresh air. I haven't been in the human world for a few hundred years. You get tired of the smell of brimstone after a while." The demoness grins and snaps her fingers, a pair of black shades appearing on her face to cover those golden eyes of hers. Regardless of the time of day, she'd wear them outside. She found that mortals often stared a bit too intently at her eyes and she had a rather distinct look in hers. Looking into them long enough revealed something... not human about her. It was less something one could actually see and more of a gut feeling. The feeling of looking into something forbidden, not of this world. The demon turned and waved a hand at Miyu, "Come along."<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>"That's because it's my thigh...."<br><br>The confession caused Miyu to blush. Of course the demon woman couldn't see the angry purple of the bruise, it was located in an area that was being covered by the white material of her summer dress. She wasn't about to go hiking it up her legs to reveal the creamy white skin beneath, especially not with it being only a few inches down from a rather delicate spot. Sure as hell not when there was a male in the kitchen with them either, which caused her cheeks to turn an even more deeper crimson at the thought.<br><br>When Shizuru snapped her fingers and a pair of shades appeared over her eyes, the smaller girl looked up at her in question until she was greeted with the mention of going out. Quickly, she finished the final rice ball she was making and set it down on the plate with the others. She decided to leave them on the bench for Melissa to find, since she was the only one who had said she wanted some and had yet to claim them.<br><br>"Sure... Where do you want to go?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MzHyde</strong> on <strong>02-08-2012, 08:08:15</strong>
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				Shizuru made her way outside and stepped onto the porch. A small smile curled her lips and she tilted her head into the sunlight. Miyu's more frightened roomates would probably think she'd burst into flames or something at this point. She breathed deeply, inhaling the fresh air and delighting at the warm breeze brushing across her cheek and blowing through her firey hair. The demoness tucked a few strands behind her ear and then looked down at the small dancer beside her. "We're not going far. I don't want to miss dinner. I haven't had a human meal in hundreds of years. I don't need to eat, so it's mostly about the pleasure of it. The tastes, the textures, the smells. When you only taste food once in a great while you savor everything. ...Except those awful... overly-salty... crunchy flat things." The demoness made a disgusted face and walked a short ways to sit down in the grass under the shade of a tree. She stretched out, laying back and folding her arms behind her head. It appeared she expected Miyu to join her, as she didn't talk again until the short girl sat down.<br><br>"You remind me of someone I used to know. She had the same hair and the same quiet nature. Her name was Atsuki and she was a waitress in this little restaurant I used to visit. Her father and brothers ran the place. This ways back when they used to know me as 'Amaterasu' in some areas. You know her? Goddess of the sun. It was mostly confusion and superstition because I liked to show off. I wasn't about to correct people, especially if it made them stay out of my way and treat me well." Shizuru shrugged. "But Atsuki never fell for it. When I walked in, all the men in the restraunt would back off and move away from wherever I sat down. Nobody would look at me. Not her. She always greeted me like I was a normal customer, nothing to be afraid of. She would serve me and I would savor every bite. I was at peace."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>jilorbb</strong> on <strong>02-08-2012, 22:51:45</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=146885.msg6691434#msg6691434">Quote from: Lumasan on 02-08-2012, 02:30:22</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Arianna managed to pull herself together, lifted her head, and watched the man prepare supper. It was almost as if she was watching the Food Network again. Where did he learn to cook like this, with such ease and what looked like accuracy. The smells from the food were enough to make Ari's mouth water, especially in her current state. Japanese cuisine was good, then again she thought a lot of things were good. Tonight though, it smelled amazing. <em>'He must really know what he is doing!</em>' she thought as she decided she should probably clean up for supper. Walking over to the kitchen door, Arianna removed her dirty apron and hung it on the hook next to the door. Taking a look at her clothes, only her knees were dirty, she managed to keep her skirt of getting too full of dirt this time. <br><br>She would definitely need a shower tonight. She paused as the man started to ask her a question, and then returned to the island in the middle of the kitchen, sitting on a chair on one side. "Food restrictions? No... not really. I'm not allergic to anything if that's what you mean?" she replied. With clean hands she went into the cupboard and pulled out plates. She walked over to the rather large kitchen table and sat the stack of plates down on top of it. One by one she daintily placed the plates parallel to the chairs. She counted, she needed a few more plates, and it looked like people might have to eat at the island. She had to pause for a moment as Charlie came in and blurted something out too fast for her medicated brain to understand and then ran out. <br><br>"I caught... none of that" and then as she was grabbing more plates Charlie was back and yelling to Lee downstairs. Lee was downstairs? That must have been who she heard shuffling about from before. "Wait... Lion dude?" Arianna looked at the cook and held a confused look upon her face<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br>The mystery man shook his head and swallowed down the food he had been sampling, "Nah, I was just wondering if you had any restrictions like the big girl does?" he asked, "Like... kosher food... vegetarian diet .. or maybe you just dislike cabbage or something?" He chuckled and flipped the fried beans before turning them off. Next, he began creating a flour and water batter before slicing onions, mushrooms and sweet potatoes, to anyone familiar with Asian cuisine, it was obvious that he was going to make vegetable tempura. <br><br>Unlike Arianna, he heard Charlie's call loud and clear. He slyly slid his dark eyes over to watch Arianna's reaction. When she looked back he smiled and said, "You and I ... may want to have a talk later..."<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BellaVita</strong> on <strong>03-08-2012, 03:14:19</strong>
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				Olivia looked at Charlie, and nodded. "Accident, got it." She was right, Shizuru seemed to think it was bad idea, but perhaps the only reason those things got through was because of Shizuru. Who could really know for sure? She took a seat next to Lee, who seemed to have perked up since Olivia had come down the stairs. She could see her own feelings reflected in Lee, and was sure that the girl felt the same way she did. It felt nice to know that she wasn't the only who wanted to see her sisters happy, and perhaps even herself. Was it selfish? Probably, but just about anyone in this world would want love and if they had a chance with this book.. Well, who's to say it wasn't fate, like Lee said. <br><br>"I don't want any of us to be lonely either," she said with a nod in agreement. It <em>was</em> like something out of a fantasy novel, and Olivia couldn't believe it was happening to them. She put her hand on top of Lee's and smiled. There would be no turning back, and she was alright with that. She looked expectantly at Charlie, waiting for her to put her hand on top of theirs in agreement. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SpiralSpider</strong> on <strong>03-08-2012, 05:04:43</strong>
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				Charlie took her sisters' hands and grinned madly, a couple of tears forming in her eyes. She blinked them away and laughed before running off to nab the book. Holding it open, she pointed at the diagram within and quickly ran off what she had known about the spell so far, "All right, well... We're not exactly sure why or how it works but it doesn't seem evil. The man who was summoned suggested that we make the lines completely connected or else the summoned creatures could get out if they meant us harm.... " She looked over the now painted circle and nodded at it's perfection, even sliding a boot over the outer line and jumping up and down a bit when she noticed it was completely dry. That had been the first place she started painting so if it wasn't smearing there, it shouldn't do so at all.<br><br>"I don't think we need to take any sort of formal places or poses or ... uniform. The first time we did it, Lee and I were wearing makeshift robes and walked around in a circle because that was how the sorceresses were going to do it in my play. But since there's three of us now and we need to make sure we do it right, we should probably just sit here together so we can all read at the same time." She plopped down next to her sisters and sat criss-cross applesauce for comfort, pointing at the footnotes to the side. "see... I have no clue what language the book is written in. If it wasn't for this pronunciation guide, I'd not know what to do with it... Someone really did us a favor. It's just like reading a word's pronunciation in a dictionary, see?"<br><br>She listened intently to the happenings upstairs and was fairly certain that supper had not yet been served. But, chances were, they wouldn't have much time to do this before others came looking again. "All right... ready to begin?" She asked, looking in Lee and Olivia's eyes intently.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BellaVita</strong> on <strong>03-08-2012, 05:51:00</strong>
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				Olivia watched as Charlie tested the circle, making sure it was up to her standards. When Charlie gave a nod of approval, that was enough for Olivia. She wasn't sure how it looked before, but it looked nice now, with bold lines and clear drawings. When Charlie said that the group should read at the same time, she agreed. The sister even showed that book gave instructions on how to pronounce the words, which were far beyond anything she had ever heard of. <br><br>She looked over the words, saying them in her head, so she wouldn't stumble on them as they chanted. After saying the phrase over in her head a few times, she felt satisfied enough to look at Charlie and give a nod. She took a deep breath and tried to calm her nerves. "About as ready as I'll ever be," she said, attempting a smile.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shadowsmaiden</strong> on <strong>03-08-2012, 05:56:30</strong>
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				<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=146885.msg6693176#msg6693176">Quote from: MzHyde on 02-08-2012, 08:08:15</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Shizuru made her way outside and stepped onto the porch. A small smile curled her lips and she tilted her head into the sunlight. Miyu's more frightened roomates would probably think she'd burst into flames or something at this point. She breathed deeply, inhaling the fresh air and delighting at the warm breeze brushing across her cheek and blowing through her firey hair. The demoness tucked a few strands behind her ear and then looked down at the small dancer beside her. "We're not going far. I don't want to miss dinner. I haven't had a human meal in hundreds of years. I don't need to eat, so it's mostly about the pleasure of it. The tastes, the textures, the smells. When you only taste food once in a great while you savor everything. ...Except those awful... overly-salty... crunchy flat things." The demoness made a disgusted face and walked a short ways to sit down in the grass under the shade of a tree. She stretched out, laying back and folding her arms behind her head. It appeared she expected Miyu to join her, as she didn't talk again until the short girl sat down.<br><br>"You remind me of someone I used to know. She had the same hair and the same quiet nature. Her name was Atsuki and she was a waitress in this little restaurant I used to visit. Her father and brothers ran the place. This ways back when they used to know me as 'Amaterasu' in some areas. You know her? Goddess of the sun. It was mostly confusion and superstition because I liked to show off. I wasn't about to correct people, especially if it made them stay out of my way and treat me well." Shizuru shrugged. "But Atsuki never fell for it. When I walked in, all the men in the restraunt would back off and move away from wherever I sat down. Nobody would look at me. Not her. She always greeted me like I was a normal customer, nothing to be afraid of. She would serve me and I would savor every bite. I was at peace."<br></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br><br>"Hm? Those are called chips... or crisps..."<br><br>Miyu did her best to stiffle a light giggle when Shizuru started talking about food with such awe. Listening to the way she described potato chips had already lightened the serious mood she'd been in before and somehow made her feel... Happier than she remembered feeling in a long time. Could it be that Charlie's summoning spell had worked in a manner of speaking? What if Shizuru and she were meant to be.... She blushed at the thought, dropping her gaze to the ground and trying to hide the blush spreading across her cheeks again.<br><br>It couldn't be.... Could it? Was that the reason she hadn't been afraid of her? ...<br><br>The dancer tried to push the idea from her mind. She was a dancer for Christ sake and a human one too. What could a powerful demon woman like Shizuru want with someone small like her, that was so easy to ignore? It made no sense.<br><br>"O-oh... I see.." She managed to say, when she'd finished listening to the older woman talk about someone she used to know. A thought occurred to the violet haired girl and after taking a moment to compose herself, she found her voice again and looked up at her with a weak smile. "Well... Maybe she was one of my ancestors or something... I don't.. really know. I never knew my birth parents, so most of my Japanese heritage is unknown to me... I only know what my adopted parents taught me and my mother...."<br><br>Her last sentence trailed off. Miyu didn't want to reveal that part of herself to anyone, yet something inside wanted her to talk about it. The emotions she was feeling were so confusing, that she bit her lip and forced herself into silence. Her good mood from a moment ago still hung in the air, but she was much quieter now and no longer laughing.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MzHyde</strong> on <strong>03-08-2012, 06:06:43</strong>
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				Shizuru broke the silence, "You probably are her ancestor. You're both very soft-spoken and very beautiful." She let the compliment hang in the air as she took Miyu's hand and pulled the girl over to cuddle up with her as they lay there in the grass, the demoness slipping her arm around the little dancer's shoulders. It was certainly a bold gesture, but it should be obvious that Shizuru was a bold kind of demon. Bold but... kind-hearted, in her own way. Shizuru felt a connection to Miyu. She knew it was because of the summoning, but she did like this girl. She was cute. Were the circumstances different, she'd probably be long gone by now. She'd have summoned a bike or stolen a car and been out, experiencing the thrill of speeding down an open highway. Yet here she was, snuggling up with the short, cute little dancer. She was drawn to her. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shadowsmaiden</strong> on <strong>03-08-2012, 06:15:42</strong>
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				"I wish.... I wish just once that someone would 'see' me..."<br><br>When Shizuru pulled her close and embraced her, Miyu made no move to resist. Instead, she wanted to be able to enjoy the action for just a little while. It was nice... having someone talk to her like this. Admittedly, she had her soriority sisters and was extremely close with Melissa and Charlie. But this was different... She wasn't so good at making friends on a normal basis because people were always judging her for things she didn't understand their reasoning behind...<br><br>It felt good... but it hurt at the same time...<br><br>Curling herself up into almost a ball, she deliberately snuggled closer to the taller woman and sighed softly. <br>"My real parents didn't want me... They sold me off like I was just another possession... My adopted mother passed away a few years ago and she was the only person who could tell me... I don't... I don't know who my ancestors are."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lumasan</strong> on <strong>03-08-2012, 06:17:31</strong>
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				<hr><div align="center"><strong>~*~ Arianna ~*~</strong></div><hr><br>"Nope, none what so ever. I like almost everything. I have yet to meet a food that has outright bugged me, also... meat is delicious," Arianna replied with a soft giggle as she finished placing plates. Moving to the drawers under the cabinets, she opened and pulled out equal amounts of forks, knives, and spoons, and then began to place them appropriately next to the plates. She paused mid action and replied to the man, "Well then, later... we shall talk," She sounded a bit more chipper as she laid another spoon on the table.<br><br><hr><div align="center"><strong>~*~ Lee ~*~</strong></div><hr><br>Lee shifted as she smiled, her hips motioning her excitement as they finally all agreed to do it together. She waited as Charlie explained the ritual to Olivia, and Lee continued to smile. Happy because another sister decided to join in. Lee nodded in agreement and signaling that she was ready to go. She sat down in front of the summoning circle and motioned for her sister's to join her. She reached her arm to place her hand on Olivia's shoulder, to reassure her that it wasn't just her in the basement. <br><br>Lee then explained about the motion cue so that they could all speak on time and in sync, and then a few short moments later, motioned the cue. Lee spoke loud and articulated (as much as she could), her voice was sturdy and not too loud. The words, she had started to remember now, as she spoke their familiarity. Upon finishing the invocation, "Klackhiel" Lee stood up and back up a few inches, just to insure some space between the circle--which she had been almost touching--and her, also so she could be at a hopeful eye contact height with whatever came through next. <br><br>"Alright, here we go," she said, her eyebrows slanting and her mouth pursing. Her chocolate eyes narrowed, and her face was now more of a serious display.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SpiralSpider</strong> on <strong>03-08-2012, 06:25:36</strong>
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				The three girls seemed to be doing a good job of keeping up with the cadence of the spell together. The moment that the final word was spoken, Charlie got to her feet and jumped away. She was confident that the circle would hold but still, she had seen more than her fair share of spooky and pee-your-pants scary since the first summon had came and went. She reached out and grabbed Olivia's hand as well, hoping she would take the hint and back away as well. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>MzHyde</strong> on <strong>03-08-2012, 06:27:11</strong>
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				Shizuru ran her fingers lazily through Miyu's hair as they conversed. "Don't let your past chain you down. If you don't know where you came from now, you'll find out some day. If not, it doesn't matter. What matters is what you do with your life now. If nothing else, be proud and tell everyone that you are the ancestor of Atsuki Takeko, a brave and beautiful woman with a talent for conversation and making onigiri." <br><br>It was then that Shizuru sat up, looking back in the direction of the sorority house. She felt it. She wondered if they were going to tr y to summon again. Did the girls inside not learn their lesson from last time? What if they screwed it up again? What if whatever came out didn't obey the ritual's rules? What if it was evil? So many things could go wrong. It was foolish to fiddle with magic of that nature. Especially after what happened last time. Well.. it wasn't her problem. She'd warned them. Shizuru laid back down again and nestled next to Miyu. If something went wrong there would certainly be screaming. She could worry about it then. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BellaVita</strong> on <strong>03-08-2012, 06:33:47</strong>
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				Olivia felt confident with their spell-casting. They seemed to have a good rhythm when they spoke the strange language, and perhaps the fact that they were more prepared and more cautious would make the difference. As soon as they spoke the final word, she noticed Lee immediately stood up and backed away. Perhaps because she hadn't seen the things that they saw, and that was the reason why she didn't have the 'fight or flight' feeling in this situation. <br><br>Charlie grabbed her hand and she took it, realizing that they thought it best that she back away. Olivia complied and stood up, moving backwards to stand next to Charlie and Lee. It was so quiet in the basement that you could hear a pin drop, and it seemed no one was breathing. We were waiting for someone to appear, not sure of what might happen.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shadowsmaiden</strong> on <strong>03-08-2012, 06:39:57</strong>
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				"You're right... I try not to let it bother me..."<br><br>She wasn't used to people being so understanding with her. Granted, she had the other girls in the sorority house to turn to if she really needed to, but they were more like her sisters than friends she could count on when the going became tough. Something about Shizuru made her feel differently. Perhaps it was simply because she was a demon, but something was telling Miyu that she could trust her and she was certainly enjoying her hair being played with which made her blush even more.<br><br>When Shizuru sat up, Miyu gave her a look of concern.<br>The other girls must be summoning again. That was the only reason she could think of why the demon woman would look slightly concerned. Reaching out in a moment of boldness to grasp her hand within her own, she squeezed it and gave her a genuine worried glance.<br><br>"If something happens... Will you be here to help stop it?..."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>1SAZ</strong> on <strong>03-08-2012, 09:02:37</strong>
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				When the girls backed away, there was a long silence in the basement of the sorority house, a dead calm that came over the area as if the entire world knew what was coming. Birds didn't chirp outside, the wind didn't blow, and even if a pin dropped, it would make no sound in these moments. As more time passed, the silence became all to clear to the three girls, and just how alone each of them were despite being in the room together. Lights began to dim around them before finally a window blew open, breaking the silence. And still, there was no sign of anything being summoned...<br><br>More time passed, and still nothing more occurred... Or at least nothing apparent to the girls. Whispers rang through their ears, the whispers of the recently departed saying the last thing they treasured of the mortal plane before they were pulled to the next. The whispers also put them closer to the here-after, close enough to finally see the first sign of what was coming. Black feathers fell in the dimly lit basement, disappearing into nothingness before they hit the ground only to fall again from the aether above.<br><br>And then came a black clad figure, his body obscured by a cloak of darkness and a hood to hide his face, though the girls could barely see what lay under it. A white face, devoid of any notable features beyond bared teeth, the face appearing to made of bone.&nbsp; In the being's right hand was held a large scythe, white and glowing in the shadow like a beacon. He held a list in his left hand, the length of which impossible to tell and with print of a language lost to man kind.<br><br>As the feathers began to disappear, the figure became more clear, as did the set of black wings drawn out of his back spread as wide as the room was across, the apparent source of the feather fall. The head beneath the hood slowly rose, showing bright blue eyes behind a horned oni mask, clearly of early Japanese origin. It was immaculately carved from pure ivory, which is what made it look of bone,&nbsp; and upon the forehead was two marks, the Japanese kanji Shinigami. Despite the imposing appearance of the man who stood before him, assuming it was a man under the billowing robes, the blue eyes that lay behind the mask had a sense of calm that could only put a person at ease.<br><br>And then came a soft voice with a British accent, it's source only made apparent due to the fact that the only one in the room other than the girls was the man before them. "Um, I'm sorry. I believe I've come to the wrong place. Are any of you a Mr. Richard Horowitz? I do apologize for the inconvenience... Wait... Why do you all still have ticking clocks? And heartbeats? And warmth? Are you dead? I swear, if I got summoned by those god forsaken psychics again, I will be forced to take my name off of the spectral plane's caller ID..."<br><br>The list in his hand disappeared into the sleeve of his cloak before he brought up a pale hand to the mask covering his face, lifting it slowly as well as forcing the hood from atop his head. Brown hair sprung forth from beneath the cloak as the mask disappeared from sight, revealing the face behind the it. A scruffy beard ran along his chin and his soft peach lips were curled into something of a half smirk that was partly playful if it weren't for the way he stood. "Well, out with it. I know you can see me. I don't take on a tangible form without good cause," he continued, his features turning into something of annoyance rather quickly.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SpiralSpider</strong> on <strong>03-08-2012, 09:25:24</strong>
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				The deathly silence that took over sent a chill down Charlie's spine. It was different from the way things had happened with the first summon... in stead of a barrier between the would-be spellcasters and the real world, this was more like everything just... stopped. <br><br>Charlie shifted from foot to foot, not knowing why it was taking so long. When finally the feathers appeared, she felt something hopeful within her heart - she had always been rather fond of black birds - could this summon be her own soul mate? But then the figure appeared and she went paler than ever before. It didn't help that her Otaku mindset already knew the kanji for Shinigami but the additional help of her Japanese class underlined the cultural importance of the term. Elbowing Lee in the side, she took another step back. This time she was preparing to run, herself, even though the complete circle made that an unnecessary precaution. <br><br>The English accent made her stop and cock her head to the side in a confused way. The puzzlement was enough to bring her back into focusing on the situation in a more rational way. "Horowitz?" she replied, "I don't know anyone by that name... Um.. you couldn't possibly be who we cast the spell for... That person doesnt' live around here so you can go now..." She offered hopefully, swallowing and giving a nervous smile. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lumasan</strong> on <strong>03-08-2012, 10:26:14</strong>
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				Lee's serious face faded as time passed without something happen. The room fell silent and her ears felt deaf. Her first reaction was to rub at her inner ear the best she could with her pinky fingers. Momentary deafness, or what seemed like it, was common for Lee. For years she had had hearing problems despite clinical testing telling her she had perfect hearing. While attempting to pop her ears now, as the pinky finger technique didn't help, she stopped as the lights began to dim and the silence rang in her ears. She could hear her hearing cells dying, that sharp high pitched tone that signified slight hearing loss. But sometimes it was from deathly silence.<br><br>The brunette stopped pinching her nose and let her hands fall into her pockets and watched the lights flicker. "So... we're going to get another show? Or is this just a power surge?" she idly spoke as she looked down at her bare feet, her toes curling under and stretching. A window blew open and Lee startled slightly, a soft "EEP" coming from her lips and then her ears were flooded with something familiar. A voice, it crept into her ears and she froze. Was that really who she heard? Was she really hearing her Grandfather? She couldn't make out what he was saying, but it was enough to make Lee drop to her knees and clamp her hands over her ears and her eyes wide as if she was a child in a house of horrors.<br><br>Feathers drifted in front of her and Lee only watched as they slowly fell, and the whisper disappeared as if it never existed. But Lee was still shaken, her pupils dilated and her palms slowly removed from her ears and fell flat on the floor. Supporting herself she focused on the feathers falling to pull her from her bout of shock. They were large and they were also disappearing before they hit the floor. Looking up to see where the were coming from she only saw the wide wings and the cloak of darkness. The white peeking out from underneath. Lee felt as if she was in front of something dark, and dangerous. Then, her eyes fixated on the blinding scythe.<br><br>There she was on her hands and knees in front of this creature, once again terrified out of her mind by a summon and at the same time in awe. It was like a beautiful session of a survival horror campaign, except her Grandfather's voice was a bit too much for her to handle. He had just recently passed and he haunted her dreams every night since then, but in a reassuring ways. His words were precious sounding and a bit calming, but to hear them again drove her only the slightest bit mad. Her eyes only matched the ones beneath the now formed mask, and she could not look away. She could hear a voice now, was it British? But all she could do was stare up at those vivid blue eyes.<br><strong><br>"...Why do you all still have ticking clocks? And heartbeats? And warmth? Are you dead? I swear, if I got summoned by those god forsaken psychics again, I will be forced to take my name off of the spectral plane's caller ID..."</strong> Was what Lee heard when her ears started working properly again, her shock clearly withdrawing the more she looked at his eyes, and her brain restarting it's main programing. She was also now aware of a pain in her side, not sure of where it had come from. She watched, somewhat in awe (as with the other summons) and somewhat in horror as the unknown lifted the mask from his face.<br><br>&nbsp;Lee let out a heavy sigh of relief upon realizing it was someone human looking this time. Had that unknown man had eight limbs and or resembled anything of an arachnid, she would have bolted then and there. Or you know, wielded a chainsaw and looked like an axe murderer from one of the many horror movies she owned. <em>'Oh god... please tell me we can't bring Freddy here...'</em> she gulped as she remained on the floor, inches from the circle and a mere two and a half feet (at best) from the person in the cloak. He was a rather attractive man really, at least Lee would think so if she hadn't just kept herself from urinating in fear a moment or two ago.<br><br>"Yes... I can see you... and... uh... hear you," Lee's voice was soft and a bit shaken as she looked up with wide chocolate eyes, that had seemingly brightened with the rush of chemicals running through her body.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>03-08-2012, 14:48:47</strong>
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				As everything started to calm down, Melissa snuck her way back upstairs in order to get back to her computer.&nbsp; Dealing with all of this had left her with so many questions, and the best way to get to the bottom of things was to check out the Internet.&nbsp; Granted, there was always the chance that things wouldn't be accurate, but what other options did she have?&nbsp; She had to do everything she could to make her her sisters were okay.<br><br><tt class="bbc_tt"><strong>Monsters and Demons</strong></tt><br><br>The title popped out at her on the screen, and she clicked the link to start reading in on things.<br><br><tt class="bbc_tt">The first thing you have to remember is not to panic.</tt><br><br>Her palm jumped over her face.<br><br><tt class="bbc_tt">These creatures can smell fear, so if you lose it, you're probably already done for unless you've got benevolent monsters.</tt><br><br>Was there more room for her other hand for a double facepalm?&nbsp; Yes, yes there was.&nbsp; After taking a breath, she started skipping down.<br><br><tt class="bbc_tt"><strong>Summonings</strong><br><br>Witches of old would often call upon monsters to perform various tasks.&nbsp; Rituals are passed from mother to daughter and old books often have a small glut of knowledge like a diamond hidden in the sand.</tt><br><br>Useful information, but nothing immediately helpful like she wanted.&nbsp; She kept skimming.<br><br><tt class="bbc_tt"><strong>Protection</strong><br><br>The best protection against demons is simply virginity.&nbsp; Contrary to movies, demons cannot harm a virgin.</tt><br><br>And thus was National Facepalm Day started.<br><br><tt class="bbc_tt">Pentagrams can be worn as amulets or drawn upon the skin, but care should be taken so that the northern point goes straight up.&nbsp; More than one demon has tricked a user into wearing a pentagram upside-down.</tt><br><br>Taking out a sharpie, she started inscribing the sigil upon her stomach, high up enough so that she could hide it with her clothes if need be.<br><br><tt class="bbc_tt">Monsters and demons cannot bear to lie three times in a row, and will answer truthfully if asked the same question three times.</tt><br><br>She kept on reading, absorbing all the little tidbits she could, and bookmarking the page.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BellaVita</strong> on <strong>04-08-2012, 03:13:44</strong>
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				Olivia could only fix her eyes forward, the feeling of being frozen in place was terrifying. She couldn't move, and where she was just holding Charlie's had a second ago, now she felt nothing there. The world seemed to stop, all the earthly sounds she had been so accustomed to take for granted had disappeared. The lights dimmed and then a window blew open. She wanted to scream, but she couldn't find her voice. <br><br>She felt like she had been standing there for ages, with nothing but whispers surrounding her. Then, the feathers came, but they came from nowhere. Soon, a figure appeared in a black robe, with a scythe in one hand and a list in the other. He was wearing some sort of Japanese mask, the only thing visible was his bright blue eyes. When he spoke, he had a British accent, and asked if there was a Mr. Horowitz? <br><br>Olivia found she could move and speak again, and she moved closer to her sisters. She watched as he tucked away the paper and lifted his mask. He was handsome enough, but was he for her? Was she supposed to feel something? She took a minute and decided he wasn't for her, sure that she would know when a summon came for her. <br><br><strong>"Well, out with it. I know you can see me. I don't take on a tangible form without good cause."</strong><br><br>Olivia looked at her sisters, then back at the man. Her voice was shaky, but she was used to taking the lead in things, so she stepped forward and answered him. "W-we summoned you here," she said with a look back at each of her sisters. "It's supposed to be a spell that finds your soulmate..," she said, trailing off a little at the end realizing how funny it must sound. "So if you're here, then you must be meant for someone in this house." Looking at Charlie and Lee, she asked them, "Do either of you feel anything? A connection?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SpiralSpider</strong> on <strong>04-08-2012, 03:58:23</strong>
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				Charlie gasped as Liv gave away their entire plot. She had hoped like hell that this was some sort of mistake. The tall girl found herself elbowing Olivia just to get her attention. <span style="font-size: 7pt;" class="bbc_size">"Are you <em>kidding?!</em>"</span> she whispered, eyes wide with shock, <span style="font-size: 7pt;" class="bbc_size">"Who's to say these things even <em>have</em> souls?!"</span>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BellaVita</strong> on <strong>04-08-2012, 04:02:35</strong>
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				"Ow..," she said and rubbed the spot where Charlie elbowed her. She turned around faced her, whispering <sub>"What? Shouldn't he know why we brought him here? Wouldn't it be best <em>not</em> to piss off the scary man with a scythe? And how could he not <em>have</em> a soul, then he couldn't <em>have</em> soulmate." </sub>She rolled her eyes at her sister and then looked at the man, hoping he wouldn't take offense to their whispering about him.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>1SAZ</strong> on <strong>05-08-2012, 07:25:56</strong>
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				Malak stood still while the girls tried their best to explain his presence, though it wasn't till Olivia piped up that he got a straight answer, or at least one that made some semblance of sense. At least she didn't try to usher him out the door with her words or stammer in shock. It didn't help that most humans forced him into the form they would recognize when they neared death, otherwise he probably wouldn't have been wearing the mask and robe. "You summoned me... because you needed a date? Isn't that like getting a shotgun when you expected a puppy?" he asked offhandedly as his scythe faded into darkness. A light burned from under his right sleeve as it disappeared, though it wasn't clear to the girls what was happening.<br><br>When Charlie elbowed Olivia and whispered in her ear, Malak couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. While his hearing wasn't any better than a human's peak, it was easily matching that. In fact, everything about him was at the peak of humanity in this physical form, as he soon came to realize as the cool breeze from outside caused him to shiver. He could feel... <em>Well, that's new.</em><br><br>"Why bloody hell, I have a soul! I take offense to that! I'm not some lowly demon of the abyss! I'm one of the Heavenly Choir! I was around before you girls' great grandparents were a twinkle in their great grandparents eyes! And to think fate favors you mortals! As much as I like your kind, you can be so narrow minded." Malak scoffed as his hearing caught a choice phrase from Charlie. As he spoke, he waved his arms dynamically, adding emphasis to every sentence he spouted out. He turned away from them for a moment, his wings slowly being drawn down as he turned before they rested against the cloak as if they were apart of it, and then shrunk down and away before being removed from sight. And then taste finally hit his tongue. A sweat smell also caught his nose, and then he could finally feel the weight of his robes. Something was different than every other time he was brought to the physical plane...<br><br>"Wait... I HAVE A BODY! HOW IN THE BLOODY HELL DID I GET A BODY!?" he shouted as he spun again, his eyes wide in shock and joy. The sensations coursing through him now were new, as was the beating in his chest ringing in his ears for the first time. He had a heartbeat... which meant he had lungs too. "Oh shi-" he managed out before his face went blue and he fell to the floor, gasping for air. And at that point, a new sensation coursed through his body, something most humans would recognize very quickly... Pain. "Ow..." he gasped out from the floor, partly enjoying the newness of everything, although he suddenly appreciated cold concrete in a new light.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lumasan</strong> on <strong>05-08-2012, 08:18:02</strong>
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				Lee shifted her weight back on her thighs as her back straightened and she fixed her frizzled hair. Pulling out her pony tail, Lee began to breathe normally, she had to run her fingers through her loose hair a couple of times to help with relaxing though. Slipping the tie on her left wrist, next to her watch, Lee slowly stood up as the man before them seemingly threw a fit over having a soul.<br><strong><br>"Why bloody hell, I have a soul! I take offense to that! I'm not some lowly demon of the abyss! I'm one of the Heavenly Choir! I was around before you girls' great grandparents were a twinkle in their great grandparents eyes! And to think fate favors you mortals! As much as I like your kind, you can be so narrow minded."</strong> Lee looked up as she was standing, examining the flailing man. Her eyes still drawn to his face. He was rather attractive, but she was more captured by his actions versus his face. He turned around before she could focus even more on his face. Rubbing her left arm, in an awkward fashion, she watched as his wings shrank and then seemingly disappeared. Interesting.<br><br><em>'So he's... an angel then? But why is he so... improper?'</em> Lee thought as she watched him, her heart still vastly out of sync with the rest of her body, throes away from a palpitation attack. Whereas her muscles in her arms and legs were no longer frozen and her brain was relatively aware of the happenings going on. She jumped, a bit nerved as well, when the angel shouted loudly and spun around. Instinctively biting her lower lip, she watched as he suddenly collapsed to the floor, his face pale and bluish. Her instincts again kicked in, but this time she moved to the man on the floor, helping was something she did on a basic level. But the tone of her action was misplaced and confusing, because she herself was in semi-shock and she was forcing herself to help another over herself. <br><br>Having crossed into the summoning circle she placed a hand on his chest and looked into his eyes. "Are you... okay?" She asked tentatively as she searched for a way to remove the cloak from around his neck. "Is your cloak too tight?" Her lips pursed tight as she got an up close look at his face, inside her body reacted as did her mind. <em>'He's really not that bad looking, no... not bad looking is an understatement... oh shut up brain,'</em> she thought, her brain screaming at her as her hands moved to find a way to release his cloak.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SpiralSpider</strong> on <strong>06-08-2012, 04:52:25</strong>
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				Charlie watched everyone else in the basement. She stood, shifting her weight from foot to foot. When she heard, "You summoned me... because you needed a date? Isn't that like getting a shotgun when you expected a puppy?" she almost broke down, laughing. But if this man was who he seemed to be, even if he was the best comedian on Earth, it would be no laughing matter.<br><br>She watched in uncharacteristic silence as the man went on in his rant and then her eyes grew wide as he seemed to be having... some sort of panic attack? Was this a ploy? Some sort of way to take the girls off their guard so that he could get them in the circle and take their souls? After all, if the circle was working correctly, no being who meant to harm them could come outside of it and what more harm could you cause someone than to kill them?<br><br>No sooner had these thoughts passed through her mind, Lee was running into the circle. Charlie stood, dumbstruck, for one long minute and then she yelled at the top of her lungs. "WHAT ARE YOU, <em>CRAZY?!</em>" She shook her head and ran to just outside the circle. "Lee!" She called out, reaching a hand toward her friend, tears forming in her eyes at the thought of losing someone so close to her, "Get back here!" Her voice cracked as she went on, "He's gonna kill you!"
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>06-08-2012, 15:02:31</strong>
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				After she started to calm down and really read through everything, a lot of the information really felt useful.<br><br><tt class="bbc_tt">Because Earth is a largely neutral plane, summonings most commonly tend towards those of a neutral disposition.&nbsp; When summoning a demon, for example, it is far more likely to get a more benevolent spirit than one of the truly monstrous and vicious beasts that live within the lowest levels of Hell.&nbsp; Angel summonings are far less likely to receive the exceptionally virtuous.</tt><br><br>That made a sort of sense.&nbsp; So summonings were more likely to get things that were closer to Earth.&nbsp; She started taking notes.<br><br><tt class="bbc_tt">Any creature who leaves a properly made summoning circle is bound by the rules set forth by the spell.&nbsp; Most spells promise protection for the lives and souls of the summoner and anyone who the summoner cares about, though a few expand that aegis to all humanity.</tt><br><br>So either way she was safe.&nbsp; She could wash off the pentagram later...though that could be difficult since she'd used Sharpie.&nbsp; Well, at least she was double safe for a while.<br><br><tt class="bbc_tt">Most summoning circles are made with chalk, a neutral element.&nbsp; When attempting to get much more angelic beings, salt can be used, and summoning circles in blood call more easily to the more profane.</tt><br><br>Also good to know, though she wouldn't want to mess with things too much if it was already in the book that Charlie found.<br><br><tt class="bbc_tt">Under no circumstances should the summoning circle be erased before all the summoned creatures use it to return to their respective planes.&nbsp; Not only can this potentially damage the covenant of protection, but the creatures may not be able to get back home.</tt><br><br>Her eyes went wide as she saw that, but surely nobody would try to erase it...right?
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BellaVita</strong> on <strong>06-08-2012, 19:23:33</strong>
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				Olivia breathed a little easier when he got rid of his scythe, but he still looked intimidating. As she got a good look at him, she realized he was very handsome. Dark hair, and crystal clear blue eyes, he would certainly be a lady-killer if he were human. <em>'If he were human,'</em> she repeated the thought to herself and shuddered. It made their actions all the more real. They were summoning beings, and even though they were supposed to be soulmates for the girls in the house, it was still a crazy thought. <br><br><strong>"Wait... I HAVE A BODY! HOW IN THE BLOODY HELL DID I GET A BODY!?"</strong><br><br>The man started yelling, snapping Olivia away from her thoughts. She watched him freak out and start flailing around like he suddenly got all the air sucked right out of him. She wasn't sure what to do, should they help or just watch? Lee seemed to not second guess and went straight for him, trying to help. Charlie was reaching for Lee, shouting at her. Olivia reached out and grabbed her red haired sister around the waist, holding her back from jumping in the circle. "If he wanted to, he could have killed us already," she said calmly, trying to reason with Charlie. "We're right here, Lee," she said, trying to reassure her sister.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>1SAZ</strong> on <strong>08-08-2012, 07:32:35</strong>
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				Breathing came slowly to the reaper as he lay half concious on the cold floor of the basement, not realizing that he had been rolled over when his senses finally returned to him. Panting hard, he slowly sat up before he realized there was something holding him down, namely one of the three that had summoned him to this plane of existence. Words didn't even catch his ears as he tried to figure out why she was fiddling with his robes, shaking his head negatively as he brushed her aside without looking, laying back as he let the air fill his lungs slowly, color returning to his face.<br><br>"I have to breath... That'll take some getting used to..." Malak finally said as he smiled slightly, not sure exactly what to do other than that. Smiling seemed to come very naturally to him as he let his body become accustomed to the new environment. And what a weird thought it was... his body. As he opened his eyes to see what was going on around him, the first thing he saw was Lee hovering over him, looking as though she were about to cry or scream, though she was clearly trying to help him. Something about her was... different from the other two, though what it was escaped him. All he knew was that there was something there, something indescribable even for one with a tongue for the angelic language.<br><br>"I have no plan to kill any of you. Your times are far from up, though if you keep shouting that I'm some murderous beast of the pit, I may have to strike off a few years lass," he suddenly said as he tilted his head back to look at Charlie with a look of annoyance before laughing. "As for the robe, only I can remove it. It is my cloak of darkness, which is supposed to hide me from mortal sight, though it seems that is a moot point today. Now, if you'll be so kind, may I have a glass of water and a chair? My back doesn't take very kindly to hard surfaces it seems..." he explained calmly before sitting up, his eyes meeting Lee's for but a moment, though that was all it took for him to decide that was why fate had put him here. <em>I have to keep her alive</em>, he decided silently.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lumasan</strong> on <strong>08-08-2012, 10:31:40</strong>
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				Lee continued to attempt to undo his cloak, until his hand swept hers away. She frowned slightly but in her head she reassured herself that this action meant he was okay. She sat back on her feet and move her hands off of his chest and placed them on her lap. She was quiet as she heard him speak again, a silent sigh escaped her lips and her tensed shoulders relaxed. He opened his eyes and her shoulders relaxed into a slump, and her fuzzy eyes locked with his for a brief moment before she diverted them. Her stomach in knots for some reason. <em>'Thank god he's okay. That... would have been terrible. To summon someone's love and have them die before they met each other!'</em> She fidgeted with her hands, avoiding eye contact as much as possible but still stealing glances at him.<br><br><em>'Our times are far from up? What is he talking about? Wait...'</em> Her brain began to piece all the puzzle bits together now, <em>'The wings, the cloak, his mask... the... scythe... he isn't...'</em> Lee's eyes widened a bit as she looked down at the man, her shoulders becoming a bit more rigid again. <em>'Is he... Death?'</em> Lee's heart began pounding some more now. Now she really wasn't sure what to do as she listened to him speak about his robe and then asking her for something... what was it? Water? A chair? <br><br>He sat up and suddenly her eyes had met his, her pupils contracting and then relaxing as she focused on his. Her heart suddenly felt as if it was going to pound right out of her chest, like as if it was a jackhammer. Her head felt warm and her eyes felt like they were going to glaze over. Lee wasn't sure if this was a reaction from being so close to an attractive guy or the fact that this man was quite possibly the pale horse rider. "Ummm" She spoke, breaking what felt like an awkward silence to her. "There are some chairs just over there," she said pointing and standing up. "As for water, we have a sink down here in the laundry room, but also a kitchen right up the stairs..." she then awkwardly stuffed her hands in the pockets of her jeans.<br><br>Her toes hugged the floor as she scuffled back a few inches before bending over to help the robed man up, her hands both extended. <em>'He's not the only one who needs water, I feel like I need a cigarette too. No I don't need a cigarette, I just need a big comfy chair and some quiet time... Why am I so stressed? Or am I stressed? I can't tell anymore...'</em> she thought as her palms opened for him to grab. She felt the need to ask him, if he had ever breathed air before, considering his reaction, but it felt like an awkward time to prod the man with questions. Let alone, was he going to continue to remember to keep breathing? Would he do it subconsciously...? <em>'Why am I worrying over these things?'</em> Lee finished thinking to herself.<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SpiralSpider</strong> on <strong>09-08-2012, 04:59:06</strong>
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				Charlie was yanked backward, kept outside the circle by the smaller form of Olivia. Just the action of restraining her was enough to make her reconsider her first thought process. But everything about her way of life skirted around death. Life was so sacred to her that she didn't even swat flies or mosquitos - however much she disliked them - everything was catch and release for her. <br><br>She shuddered while she looked at the man; somehow his perfectly normal, human appearance was even more unnerving. The very idea that death could masquerade as a man made her deeply afraid. She reached down to grasp one of Olivia's hands, reassured by the solidity of them that everything was still real, no matter how crazy it seemed to be. She managed to swallow down several snarky comments in regards to what both he and Lee had said, only giving a half-hearted smile in stead. <br><br>"Oh! Water!" she called out, bolting away from her sister's grasp to nab her backpack from where she had left it on the ground after the first summon. Inside was a reusable metal waterbottle with a plastic mouthpiece. She hated metal-tasting water, but as she stood with the half-full canister in her hand, she kind of wished she could rip the plastic part out so that the man in the circle would have to taste all that nasty. <br><br>She furrowed her brow deeply out of confusion - why in the world would that thought cross her mind? Scrunching her nose up to finish the expression she slowly turned and walked back toward the circle. She felt rather guilty - in spite of his presence deeply disturbing her for what he was, she was never one to hold a grudge against someone because of who they were - and, likely this man had no control over his lot in "life". So what was with the mis-placed anger? <br><br>"Uh... here..." She said, managing to bring her face back from it's twisted, boggled state. She tossed the bottle at the couple within the circle and moved to walk outside the circle, careful to not yet go within. "Yeah, like Lee said, there's a nice seating area over there." Charlie held up her hand and pointed back behind her with a thumb. She wasn't about to drag a chair over to him yet - she still needed to see that he could actually leave the circle of his own free will. <br><br>&nbsp;
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BellaVita</strong> on <strong>10-08-2012, 05:06:27</strong>
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				Olivia watched the man flail around, a concerned look on her face for not only the man, but for Lee as well. Eventually he seemed to come to his senses and she let out a sigh of relief. He seemed better now, although she was confused as to how a person doesn't know how to breathe. <em>'Take some getting used to?,'</em> she repeated to herself. She wondered to herself what he could possibly be if he wasn't used to breathing. He mentioned he was an angel, but what sort of angel wore a black robe and handled a scythe? <em>'Oh, no..,'</em> she thought as the image of the Grim Reaper entered her mind. It was hard to process, because this man wasn't just a skeleton, he had a body. Was that because of them?<br><br>Her thoughts were broken as Charlie held tightly onto her and Olivia gave the girl a squeeze, trying to reassure her. The man said he didn't want to kill them, and Olivia took it for what it was. He had no reason to lie, so they were safe for the moment. <em>'Good to know our time isn't up,'</em> she thought with a sigh. <br><br>The other girls directed him toward a chair and water, and Olivia bit her lip. She knew he wasn't for her, but who was he for? Looking at Lee, she saw how the girl ran to him when he fell down and tried to help when she and Charlie were too scared to even enter the circle. A smile played at her lips, but this time she kept her mouth shut. If they were meant for each other then love would find a way. Instead, she sat back on the floor ready to do this as many times as it took for the sisters in the house to each have someone, including her.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>1SAZ</strong> on <strong>12-08-2012, 09:37:53</strong>
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				Malak caught the bottle tossed to him by Charlie with a grateful smile before nodding to her in appreciation. His soft smile hardly faded as he took a slow sip of the cool liquid, feeling it flow down his throat before pulling the mouthpiece way and sighing. "So that's what water tastes like. I think I like water. Water is good..." he said slowly before standing up to his full height once again. Looking over to where the girls pointed, he wasted no time strolling out of the circle and towards the chair before plopping down on it and leaning on his knees with his elbows. "Satisfied?" he asked with a grin, looking directly at Charlie when he said it. He knew enough about magic to know what a summoning circle was for, mostly since his brother Raziel had written the book on the subject... twice.<br><br>"Like I said, I am a being of light. I have no qualm with you, hence why that circle is nothing more than a focus, though I commend you on drawing an incorporeal being into a corporeal state. Impressive bit of magic, I must admit," he explained before taking another sip of the water he was given. There was little point in trying to explain the main reason for his concern, as it would no doubt leave them worried or worse. Panic was something of a common occurrence when death was in the room.<br><br>Death... It was funny how mortals reacted to the very thing that made mortals something special in the grand scheme of things. The end of a story was meant to be celebrated, and instead it is feared as much as the thing that caused it. Malak couldn't really be surprised though, due to the fact that mortals often ended each others tales early. But death was never meant to be a finality. "Do you know who I am?" he finally asked, looking from girl to girl to see their reaction. <br><br>"I am Malak al-Maut. I am Azrael, the Shinigami, Muut, Hades, Thanatos, Charon, Yama, Yanluo, and as you might know me, The Grim Reaper. I am death, the very nature of it. I am the true end to every beginning, for all who live face me. But while you may know me, you do not know anything about me," he explained, his tone conveying the seriousness of his words. "However... I wish to tell you, the end of a book does not mean the end of a series. Mortality is an illusion, possibly the greatest trick the old man ever pulled. Your body dies, I guide you to the after life, and then you spend time with your loved ones before rebirth. And just to make things interesting... You're not neccissarily going to be the same person every time. You could be any number of mortal beings in any number of lives. I couldn't tell you what fate threw you into in your past lives, for that isn't my duty. I am just the guide, the reaper, the one who opted for the hard 'life' if you'll excuse the pun. I chose this path so my brothers wouldn't have to face pain..." he continued before trailing off. Clearly, something hung on his mind as he spoke.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lumasan</strong> on <strong>15-08-2012, 03:56:06</strong>
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				<hr><div align="center"><strong>~*~ Arianna ~*~</strong></div><hr><br>Arianna paused for a moment after having finished setting things up. She couldn't hear the voices of Shizuru or Miyu any more just outside the kitchen on the porch. They must have moved further down the porch. She cocked an eyebrow and&nbsp; made her way to the outside door, she could at least"I'll be right back sir," she said to the leather clad man. <em>'I should really ask him what his name is.... It would be much easier than calling him, man, boy, or sir...'</em> she thought as she made her way to the door. Snagging one more look of the man making food before opening the door to the wrap around porch. Making her way slowly around the corner of the porch she found the two, standing near the railing of the porch. <br><br>Before Arianna could even approach them or get out a word past her lips, Shizuru wrapped her arms around Miyu and the two took off in flight. Her wings had seemingly appeared from nowhere, as they launched off the railing of the house. A gust pushed into her face, forcing her to cover her eyes for a second, as the two flew off. She ran to where they were and called out to them "ARE YOU COMING HOME FOR SUPPER?" But she got no answer except a wave of goodbye from Miyu, who seemed to be smiling. "SO YOU'RE NOT COMING BACK AT ALL THEN?!?" She called out again and Miyu flashed her a thumbs up before they pushed up higher into the sky. Arianna huffed lightly as she gripped the railing. "Well then... guess I have to put away two settings..." she said as she pushed away from the railing and made her way back to the kitchen. <br><br>Walking through the door she mentioned, "Well it looks like the demon lady and Miyu won't be joining us for supper... possibly ever again..." she paused her sentence as she made her way to the island and removed two settings from it. "Well that was kind of rude, leaving without letting us know... they just flew off! Oh well, that means more food for the rest of us from here on out..." she said giggling a little, smiling at the man, "And if that tastes as amazing as it looks, perhaps it's not a downside..." she finished smiling.<br><br><hr><div align="center"><strong>~*~ Lee ~*~</strong></div><hr><br>Lee awkwardly placed her hands in her pockets when the man didn't take her hands and stood up on his own. She followed him, over to the den area after he had caught the bottle. She was a little concerned as he started to state that they had forced an incorporeal being into a corporeal state. She sat down on the loveseat in the basement, near the chair the reaper sat in. "So... have you never had a physical body then?" Lee spoke curiously as she adjusted herself in the loveseat to be more comfortable. She examined him now, he seemed a bit more lively than before, his flushed face was back to normal with it's pale tone. But still, those eyes did something to her, more than she realized. <br><br>Lee decided to stay quiet as he explained who he was, letting him have what seemed to be a moment of fun. Then he went into what happens when you die, and Lee was relatively confused as to why he chose to speak about it. She believed in rebirth already, but wasn't too sure what to believe in for what came after death except that which she already believed in. Her inner, hidden optimist kept her going with the belief that if it doesn't turn out in this life, it will in the next. She wasn't sure if she could believe him or not, because Lee was a woman who had to experience things for herself in order to form a valid opinion or belief. Well a majority of the time. In the case of reincarnation, Lee needed to believe in it to keep going. She wasn't sure what to say to that, but only stared at him, as if waiting for him to say something more.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SpiralSpider</strong> on <strong>15-08-2012, 07:26:44</strong>
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				Charlie shrugged as the new man said he liked water. it was a necessary component of human life to her - not really enjoyable unless it was really needed at the time. Admittedly, she had a bad habit of consuming "bad for you" beverages like soda. She only kept that metal bottle full of actual water when she was biking around. She raised her eyebrows and rolled her eyes, sniffing rather indignantly as he rubbed it in that he knew why she didn't bring him a chair. <br><br>She continued to watch him move around and shrugged when he asked if they knew who he was. She was still rather unnerved by his presence but was doing her best to appear unmoved. Charlie nodded along with him as he began to verbally confirm what she had already come to think about his origins - though when the name "Thanatos" was used, she had to hold back a snarky comment about the Persona 3 video game. When he spoke of reincarnation, her eyebrows shot up in actual surprise. Not too many religions that spoke of a "reaper" of sorts believed in that sort of recycling of lives. Reincarnation always seemed to jive well with her, but she didn't expect such a thing to be factually confirmed to her.<br><br>"All ... right...." She began, unsure of what to say. She looked over at her bewildered sisters for some sort of inspiration. "Well... it's a pleasure to meet you under less dire circumstances then.... Death... maybe?" The redhead couldn't help but to break down in laughter from the absurdity of what she'd said. "Are you ... hungry, too?" She asked aloud, wiping tears from her eyes as she regained her composure. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>15-08-2012, 07:30:59</strong>
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				After a while, Melissa just printed out everything, heading on downstairs and leaving a copy for whoever wanted to read it.&nbsp; She felt so tired; today had just been a wild adventure and she might just want to turn in early today.&nbsp; Thankfully all her schoolwork was already done.<br><br>She grabbed herself a rice ball as she plopped down on the sofa, checking to see who was around and who might be interested in conversation.&nbsp; Hopefully people weren't too mad at her for freaking out earlier.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>jilorbb</strong> on <strong>15-08-2012, 08:14:05</strong>
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				The dark haired man in the kitchen smiled and watched Arianna walk away. He heard the yelling outside and became thoroughly confused by it all. Was Shizuru really leaving with one of the girls? If so... how would the others take her sudden disappearance - at the hands of a demon, none-the-less. <br><br>He kept his cool as she returned and finished up the last bits of preparation - supper was finally finished. "Why don't you find out?" He suggested with a wink, plating up all the settings with individual portions of every dish he had created for the meal. He leaned against the counterspace and looked toward the basement door. "Eh... Do you think we should call them for food?" He asked. The three girls had been down for quite a while and even though those upstairs were spared from the effects of the summoning, he was beginning to worry that they had, indeed, tried the spell once again.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>15-08-2012, 09:12:38</strong>
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				Although she passed by everyone in the kitchen, still trying to keep a bit of distance from the strange man, her guilt soon started to weigh on her conscience.&nbsp; Was it his fault that he wasn't human?&nbsp; He hadn't actually done anything; maybe he never would.&nbsp; She didn't know.&nbsp; She wasn't really being fair, was she?<br><br>Taking a deep breath, and lifting up her shirt a bit to double-check and make sure that the pentagram she'd sharpied onto herself hadn't been smudged, she shuffled into the kitchen.&nbsp; "...um, hi..." she said, her words very soft and a little fast.&nbsp; "I'm Melissa.&nbsp; So, you eat normal food?"&nbsp; She tried her best to maintain eye contact, but nervously kept looking away.&nbsp; "That means you don't eat people...right?"<br><br>She regretted it the moment it was out of her mouth.&nbsp; It all felt so stupid, and of course she was messing things up again.&nbsp; She should have just stayed in her room; maybe she should never come out.&nbsp; Everything she was trying to do was only making things worse.&nbsp; She'd even seen Miyu leaving from the window, no doubt still angry at Melissa for her panic.&nbsp; Melissa would have to apologize when they came back...if they ever came back...
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BellaVita</strong> on <strong>22-08-2012, 04:54:51</strong>
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				Olivia sat silently, taking in all that this guy, Malak, had to say. If what he said was true, then they certainly had brought a very powerful being into human form. It was weird hearing from the source that we are all reincarnated. It was comforting, if anything, and made death only slightly less scary. She had never thought much about what the after-life would be, but she was young and didn't dwell on it like others who were older. <br><br>She watched the other girls talk to Malak, and when Charlie mentioned food she felt her own stomach growling. In the midst of all the chaos, she had forgotten to eat, something she didn't remember doing today. <em>'Madame would have my head if she knew I hadn't eaten today,'</em> she thought to herself. Standing up, she walked over to the redhead. "I'm hungry, do you think they made noodles?" She looked at the girls and then to Malak. "If you liked water, then you'll adore food." She gave a slight grin and glanced at Lee. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>1SAZ</strong> on <strong>26-08-2012, 08:03:13</strong>
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				Malak looked up at Lee soon after his monologue with a soft, warm smile on his face that was closer to what would be seen on the face of an old friend you haven't seen in years than the Grim Reaper. "Well, yes actually. I've never had a need to become corporeal in my many years watching. And before you ask, I can't say this is a bad experience thus far. I mean, I'm learning about those I serve. How many can truly say that?" Malak slowly took another sip of the water as he turned his attention to Charlie before giving her a smirking glare. "Please, call me... well... Malak sounds the most human, doesn't it? Death is very... melancholy. Malak at least sounds cheerful if said properly."<br><br>Rising to his feet, Malak began to stretch as his cloak fell away, leaving him in a black suit topped with a black pea coat, the collar popped up. Looking down, he noticed the sudden change of attire before raising his eyebrow and looking to the girls once again, as if they would have an answer he lacked. "I was wearing a cloak before, wasn't I? I'd like to think my mental capabilities weren't impaired upon descending to the mortal plane..." he said before hearing a grumbling from his stomach and jumping in surprise. Looking at the girls quickly, his already pale complexion grew paler as if he had seen a ghost, which was very likely considering who he was.<br><br>"I think I'm broken..." he said slowly, his voice trembling with fear as he gripped his belly almost as if it would fall off if he let go. It wasn't till he heared the girls ask about food that he began to realize what was really happening before he let out an annoyed sigh. "<em>That's</em> what happens when you're hungry? I don't think I like being hungry..." he said to himself irritably, rubbing his belly as he walked forward slowly, not looking where he was going until he bumped into Lee, causing him to wrap his arms around her with impressive speed, keeping her from falling back. "Oh... I'm sorry..." he said softly, gazing into Lee's eyes with care. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Lumasan</strong> on <strong>28-08-2012, 03:52:33</strong>
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				<hr><div align="center"><strong>~*~ Lee ~*~</strong></div><hr><br>Lee smiled nervously as Malak smiled at her, biting her lips afterwards, her caramel eyes scanning him as he answered her question. "I suppose that could be good?" she nervously spoke as her anxious state prompted her to stand up from the couch. She shifted, placing her hands in the front pockets of her jeans. Awkwardly she looked about the room, to Charlie and then to Olivia. Lee wasn't displaying any particular emotion at the time, but she was obviously fidgeting as she stood there. <br><br>Charlie's laughter wasn't misplaced and her humor, albeit which usually had an effect on Lee, incited no reactions at the moment as Lee just blankly stared at her. Her eyes told a different story. Charlie would recognize it as Lee not knowing how to exactly at, the social awkwardness that Lee sometimes dealt with. Especially around men. Turning back she noticed Malak no longer had a cloak. A single eyebrow cocked as she looked at his new appearance. <em>'Black... who would have thought. A Pea coat though, rather... interesting. I wonder if he had any choice in his clothing?'</em> The longer Lee stared at him, the more she noticed how the popped collar accented the reaper's jaw.<br><br>"Don't worry you were wearing a cloak..." she absentmindedly assured the man as inside her nervousness grew. She now actively tried to avoid eye contact with Malak as much as possible, her cheeks growing warm and her mouth going a bit dry. Her eyes searched about the basement room, her hands still in the pockets of her jeans, a slight rocking motion to her body. Typical "what now?" kind of behavior. Lee didn't turn back to him until he exclaimed he was broken and not liking the sensation of being hungry. <em>'You and me both, I hate being hungry, yet I starve myself on occasions anyways... why? I still don't know,'</em> Her mind fluttered with thoughts when she suddenly realized he was moving towards her. She froze, hands still in her pockets as he neared ever closer. In defense she moved backwards but it wasn't far enough as he bumped into her. She almost lost her balance, if it weren't for him, they would have both ended up on the couch. <br><br>Lee swallowed. Her eyes wide like a deer on dark night that was suddenly exposed to someone's headlights. Her mouth pursed tight and her face a bit paler. Inside she felt like she was going to explode. Here there was this attractive man holding onto her, and she was clamming up tighter than a KGB agent being interrogated by the CIA. As he stared into her eyes, Lee could feel her body getting warmer, and her stomach was tying itself into many little knots. Without thinking she blurted out a few words, random and without thinking of what was really coming from her mouth.<br><br>"I like noodles, noodles are great for filling you up!" she then awkwardly smiled at Malak before slipping out of his arms, grabbing his coat sleeve, and heading towards the stairs. "Someone's making supper, I think we should feed you, it would only be right," Lee stammered, her voice sounding a bit gawky as the tips of her fingers gripped Malak's coat tightly. She was barely hanging onto it, but it was enough to guide him, with her, to the stairs. She continued to speak as she climbed the steps to the main floor, not looking back at the angel. "Mal I hope you like food, otherwise you're screwed." <br><br>When she got to the top of the steps, she let go of Malak's pea coat and made her way to the kitchen table. Quickly she took a seat, having ignored everyone in the kitchen to this point. She brushed passed Melissa, the muscles in her face, tight and her lips pursed. It was rude, but it was obvious to everyone that something had gotten her a bit riled up. In what way was the question though. She sat there silently, not engaging anyone and prayed Malak wouldn't sit next to her. It was for her own mind, she would most likely lose herself in her nervous blabbering thoughts before supper was done, if he sat next to her.<br><br><hr><div align="center"><strong>~*~ Arianna ~*~</strong></div><hr><br>"I think tonight shall be a rather enjoyable supper," Arianna smiled, excited to dig in for food, but she also thought it important to wait for the other girls. She saw Melissa approach, wary to come into the kitchen. Arianna smiled softly at her, Melissa hadn't taken today's events as well as the blonde had. The blonde leaned against the counter and motioned the man to look behind him, it appeared Melissa had a question for him. <br><br>Arianna was going to do as the man suggested and let people know that supper was finished, and then Lee busted into the kitchen. Something was off about her as she sat down at the table. Arianna knew Lee to a point, but she had never seen Lee flustered in such a way as she was now. She bit her tongue, biding the time to ask her a question about it. Perhaps after supper. She looked back at the man clad in leather, and wondered when she should let everyone know Miyu and Shizuru were gone. Some time during supper, she decided.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SpiralSpider</strong> on <strong>01-09-2012, 06:44:39</strong>
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				"<em>Nobody</em> likes being hungry..." Charlie said, shaking her head and following Lee and Malak up the stairs. Something about the two of them troubled her. She still wasn't quite able to figure out why the closer their proximity, the more she was annoyed. It was easy to chalk it all up to the fact that he was Death incarnate... but she was well aware there was a lot more to it. <br><br>Shooting a look Olivia's way, she cocked an eyebrow and shrugged her shoulder, completely at a loss for why things were winding up the way they were. She was impressed that Liv was taking things so well, it seemed that this particular sister of hers was getting better and better at handling outrageous situations; Charlie felt like a fool for consistently showing otherwise.<br><br>Up stairs, she stood with her hands in her pockets and looked around the room cautiously. She expected to be yelled at for dabbling in the summoning magic yet again and so she decided to leave the immediate conversation up to everyone else and keep to the back of the room. However... that food smelled amazing. Luckily, it seemed that supper was going to be served and she might be able to sneak her way in for a bite without drawing undue attention to herself. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>BellaVita</strong> on <strong>10-09-2012, 07:13:55</strong>
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				Olivia smiled at her sisters, who seemed so enthused about supper. She followed after Lee, heading upstairs and into the kitchen. The smell of the food was wonderful and her stomach growled in response. She looked around and saw that the dining room table was not set yet. "I'll set the table," she said with smile, trying to be helpful. <br><br>As she grabbed the plates, silverware and bowls, she chuckled a little at herself. If only her parents could see her now, they would probably ask why she is doing the job of the maid. She went around the table and set it as if she were at home, with everything correctly placed and a glass at each setting. She made sure that she accounted for everyone and their guests, and when she was done, she looked over at Arianna. "The table is ready for you whenever the food is done." She gave a smile and put a kettle on the stove for anyone who wanted a hot drink.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Sorority Sorcery</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AndyZ</strong> on <strong>10-09-2012, 07:25:59</strong>
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				Melissa smiled a bit as everyone started coming to the table.&nbsp; Things were still crazy, sure, but everything was mostly calming down and no one seemed to be in trouble.&nbsp; "I found some information on the internet," she told them, moving over to help set the table before taking a seat.&nbsp; "If I understand right, the really mean and soul-stealing ones can't actually get through.&nbsp; It's hard to give too many specifics without reading through the book, since a lot of the old spells are different, but I printed out what I could if people want to read through it."&nbsp; She took a deep breath.&nbsp; "I'm sorry for freaking out earlier, I just..."
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