Xyloh enjoyed the rest of her conversation with Leah, and then they went about the day doing thing she couldn't quite remember, because she wasn't 100% focused on what was going on around her, it was still processing in her mind. It seemed to be the same way with Leah too. After dinner, Leah headed off to bed, and Xyloh was heading that way too before she got distracted by something else. At this point of the day, no one else was in the music room. She had avoided this place for the longest time although she knew it was here. It was one of the things she tried to move on from after she died. Music. She hadn't touched an instrument in years. Any. She may have sung once or twice but she hadn't touched an instrument in so long. She looked among the selection of instruments, and froze when she saw a blue violin. It was like the one her grandmother gave her. Exactly like the one her grandmother gave her. This didn't surprise her too much because of the dream situation, but it still made her pause for a moment. She picked up the violin and the bow, and put it up in playing position, and tried to familiar herself with it. After a good half an hour doing that, she finally got back into the swing of things. She was a little upset because she used to be able to play it so well, but because of her lack of practice, she could barely manage Ode to Joy on the violin. After a few more minutes of trying to play, she shook her head and placed the blue violin back, and headed to the girl's room where she managed to fall asleep for the night.
⌈It's been weird. I feel different and everyone is acting different. It's still processing. Even for a dream it's so ... so ... so ... surreal.⌋ Xyloh nodded at this statement and spoke, "They have been... I have been too...I've been, thinking more about things during this dream. Things I feel like I have been ignoring... and it's... different..." She was still convinced she was dead, but some of the things she blocked out in belief that she was dead were coming to light, and it was making things feel more and more alive, despite still being a dream. "Pencil is correct! I'll be on my way if that is all.""Yay! Thank you so much for that riddle. It was fun." She then took a seat in a chair nearby and looked over at Leah again and continued, "Although they say it is a dream... I... almost feel alive again... That can't be right, can it?"
Lauren was really glad she could take Avery along. She didn't end up taking much with her, a couple pairs of clothes, hygiene products, basic little things that could easily be packed in a suitcase. She really didn't bother grabbing anything else. She told her parents she was heading back home and they didn't seem to really care all that much. On the plane ride, she was petting Avery and thinking about Alice the entire time. The words the man had spoken were sinking in more and more, and she kept feeling this need to get them back, it was only growing worse and worse. Almost making her grow impatient for it. For the first time ever, she wanted to break something, or someone. After they landed in the place Lauren always called New Seaworld, they went to a hotel. Lauren didn't really want to sleep, but she felt like she had to. She watched the blonde boy she shot at earlier go into a room, she assumed going to bed. When she was in bed, she felt alone. It was the first time in a long time she was in a bed without knowing Alice was nearby, without her being in bed with her. Without having her presence there. It made the angry twenty-two year old cry to herself until she fell asleep.
[/url] Alice was not happy at the sound of Hana's words. All she wanted was for Lauren and herself to keep out of it. She knew there would be something dangerous involved and she wasn't wrong at all, she was just upset that there was no way to peacefully back out on the situation. Now she was in Hell, and she had no idea what Lauren was up to. Maybe she managed to stay out of it? Or what if she didn't. Alice felt like some form of bait, although she wasn't being shoved in anyone's faces. She couldn't imagine what Lauren felt. Then suddenly, Alice felt afraid for all everyone who would end up pissing Lauren off. At the mention of sitting down, she nodded in understanding and took a seat on the bed. She had no idea what time it was, but even if it was night and a good time to fall asleep. Alice couldn't bring herself to sleeping, and she sat quietly in thought and in nervousness.
[/url] Hell. She was in Hell. That was definately not expected. Was she dead? How the hell was she in Hell? And why was she not surprised it was possible. She listened to the girl, who was clearly forcing a smile, and she told her that her name was Hana. She mentioned something about her speaking Korean, but it wasn't Korean. She let it just pass by taking into account how much pain she had to have been in. Alice had been reaching towards the restraints when she was told not to touch them and she pulled back in almost a frenzy.Hana also had seemed to have been in a panic when she was going for it, she appreciated that concern. Alice took a breath and responded to her calmly, "I'm Alice, Alice Walker... it's um... I'd say nice to meet you, but its too bad it is under these circumstances." She backed away a little bit and her mind seemed to go distant thinking about Lauren and hoping she was okay, "I tried to keep Lauren...Ahriman? Out of trouble and ended up in Hell. Not exactly what I expected at all... no..."
Lauren listened to the man speak, and was really able to pay attention to him. She wasn't looking in his direction at all, she was trying to avoid eye contact with anybody there, she originally wanted them gone, to just disappear. But at this man spoke, things started to come to light in her head. It wasn't natural, it was some else's doing. Those people could pay. They could pay for killing Alice. Lauren turned on the machine again, "Pull." and shot perfectly again. She felt her trembling stop and she took another few seconds before turned around and spoke, "That isn't a bad idea, mate. I'll go with it." as she said that she heard a meow and looked over at the side door and she shut off the machine and walked over and opened the door, "Yes Avery?" The ocelot made its way down towards the guests and hissed at them, "That isn't nice.""Oh a cat, another cat...""Avery is an ocelot not a cat. That is like saying a wolf is a dog." Lauren crouched down and spoke, "I can't take Alice with me... but can I take Avery? She's all I've got of her now..." Lauren thought about Doug, but Doug was the Walker family pet even before Alice was around, Alice and Lauren had picked out Avery, she was like their baby. [/url] Alice was certain she had never felt this afraid before in her life. The fall she felt as the ground opened up underneath her made her feel like she was going to experience death. But out of nowhere she was saved by an... angel? No... He teleported her to a place she had never been, in a room with someone she did not know. And from the conversation had between the redhead and the brunette, it appeared that even happened because she was trying to protect Lauren... and she had a feeling this would do exactly the opposite. When the man left, she looked at the red-haired girl on the bed and nervously took a few steps towards her. The girl looked in pain, and Alice felt herself shaking, "Wh-where a-am I?" She took a breath to calm her nerves down, she didn't want to not be understood through stuttering, "Who are you... I heard Xath, I'm not sure if that is your name though... are you... are you okay? Do you need help... is there anything I can do-" Alice realized her motherly instincts had kicked in, "Tôi xin lỗi... er... I'm sorry..."
Xyloh thought about the hint and had her hand under her chin and thought about rocks and raised an eyebrow. ⌈Coal, Hello Ghost.⌋ Xyloh thought about it a little more before she spoke, "No, coal isn't in wood... WOOD. Pencils! But that is more gray... did you want specifics? The part inside of a pencil? Pencil... lead? It really isn't lead..." Xyloh then turned over towards Leah and smiled, "Hello, how's the dream been going for you?"
Lauren was not appreciative of the new voice, how many of them were there? Why wouldn't they listen when she told them to leave. Usually people were kind enough to listen, and she didn't want to worry about any of this, she kept thinking about Alice and she felt like a part of her was ripped away, and she just kept trying to deny the events that happened right in front of her were real. Lauren shook her head at the new girl and spoke, "I don't need your help... I don't want your help now... there's nothing you can do." Lauren turned around and turned on the machine again, "Pull." and let off the shot, but her hands were too shaky to control it, and it completely missed. She kept shaking as she nearly dropped the gun and whispered, "My Alice is gone..."
Saturday, November 9th, 2013 | Day 49 : 3/4 | Music | Location: Birdsville, Australia| ooc: Sal had mentioned he wanted to stop off at someone called Lauren Walker's home, and after questioning he found out she was Ahriman, the Destructive Spirit. The name didn't ring any bells for him but Semyaza let out a small chuckle at the name. All these angels knowing things and not speaking up about it. When they had driven up to her house, the conditions of the place were a nightmare. The split in the ground had made it all the way to this house, and it made him shake a little bit. Members of the family seemed to be sitting in front of the house with looked of concern and unhappiness. It was expected, the house was a wreck. Adam popped out of the car when they had parked before the rest of them, because the scene was reminding him of England more than he wanted it to. One of two boys ran up to him and looked at him with a rather emotionless face and spoke, "Hello mate." Adam looked at the boy for a second, before he responded, "Do you know Lauren Walker?""Well this is her house... I'm her brother Evan. If you are looking for her she's in the side yard. But I'd be careful." Adam heard a gunshot and jumped, and looked back over at the deadpan boy who walked away saying, "She's skeet shooting." Aha, now what happened heeeeere. Adam looked over at the rest of the group with a clear nervous face as he walked in the direction of the shooting, as he walked closer he heard an aggressive, "Pull." followed a second or two after by a shot. When he made it to the side yard, he saw Lauren positioned and ready to shoot. When she shot off and lowered the gun, Adam cautiously made his way over and spoke up, "Are you Lauren Walker?" The girl refused to turn around as she spoke up, "I am but I want to be left alone.""I'm Adam Pike, I'm with Sal and Jun Tae..." He watched as a tension built up in her shoulders as she growled under her breath, "Go away.""We just wanted to check up on you-""Are you deaf? Go away. I want to be left alone." She said as she started up the machine again, "Pull." and she shot again."Is everything alrigh-" Lauren quickly turned around pointing the gun at Adam and walking forward, "Listen you little shit. I told you to leave me alone, and if you don't shut up and walk away now I will make sure you leave running and screaming." Adam held up his arms in defense and spoke, "Put the gun down."Lauren shot at the ground next to him and Adam took a breath quickly."Leave me alone! I don't need any of your angel poop today.""I am kindly asking you to lower the gun." After a silent minute, Lauren lowered the gun with tears in her eyes saying, "It's morning time for me, why can't you leave me alone.""Morning time? It's around noon...""Dead time...""That's night... at 3 in the morning..." Lauren's face showed clear anger as she clenched her fist, "SHUT UP DUMB BUTT OR I'LL BREAK YOUR NECK."
Lauren and Alice had both felt shaking coming from the distance, more down the street. The two's curiosity peaked, and they both ran out to the front porch. The shaking seemed to be even worse and the two covered their heads and crouched down in case something fell. Lauren looked over towards Alice for a moment and noticed a crack in the ground heading their way. She was paying so much attention to it that by the time she realized it was right next to her she freaked out, and watched as Alice plummeted down. Lauren's eyes widened and she reached out, "Alice!" but by the time she reached out to grab her she was too far gone. Lauren braced herself until the shaking stopped and she gritted her teeth as tears poured out of her eyes, "Please, please be a joke... a dream... Alice... Alice no..." Lauren covered her face as she tried to keep herself from choking into worse sobs.
Riddles. She wasn't expecting riddles. She wasn't someone who got them on spot, but when she received one, she could stop until she got it. Xyloh placed her hand under her chin and paced around thinking about it, clearly having a tough time trying to solve it. She kicked her feet a little bit and whispered to herself, "Mines... what can come from mines... " Xyloh looked stumped and whispered, "This is hard..." she placed her hand under her chin again and looked up at him, "...I don't know... can you give me a hint?"
Xyloh woke up out of bed after having quite a boring day after breakfast. It wasn't that she didn't have anything to do, it was just she couldn't seem to find something to entertain her long enough. This morning was no exception to that rule. After eating breakfast she wandered around a bit looking for things to do, but nothing quite seemed to occupy her time like she was hoping. At one point, she saw the butler, was it Charles? She couldn't quite remember. She always had an odd feeling about butlers and maids, she didn't like to boss them around or anything. She liked to do things on her own, even if servants were paid. It was an odd thing, so she hadn't really asked for much while she was here over the past two days. If she did, it was more like she was asking for directions. Xyloh walked up nervously to him and scratched the back of her head, "Um, I'm looking for something to do. Do you know of anything? I know there is a lot around here but I am kind of in the mood for puzzles or something..."
Saturday, November 9th, 2013 | Day 49 : 1/4 | Music | Location: Birdsville, Australia| ooc: Spoiler: The Trials Part 1 Intro The Room Trial Two Trial 3 Adam opened his eyes drowsily and found himself sitting in a chair in a really small room with brick walls. In front of him was a wooden table with two glasses, a glass of water and a glass of wine, and a bowl of assorted fruits. Adam rolled his eyes and opened his mouth to speak and realized he was tied up to the chair. He shifted quickly and started to freak out about it, then he noticed another object on the table, a handwritten note. He leaned in as close as he could to be able to read it. "Hello Kiddo, Today is your birthday? Too bad. Frankly, I could easily just let you sleep... but I do not think you deserve it yet. I will not show up to guide you along the way, this will all be on your own. We have done a lot of... character building. Since that seems to be failing at the moment, we might as well attempt power training. There will be a total of Thirteen trials. Why thirteen you are probably asking yourself. Well, I originally liked using the number twelve, but there are powers you haven't even tapped into yet that take no time at all. It adds up to thirteen. I will not do them all at once, but I am not going make it fun for you. This trial is rather simple. Get out of the chair, and then just eat or drink something. You can only choose 2 fruits, and only one of the drinks. Now, there is no right or wrong answer to them, but whatever you choose now will affect how the rest of this goes. Good luck." “Great.” Adam whispered to himself as he shifted his arms a bit. The ropes weren’t loose enough for him to just slip out, so he tried to think of another way to go about this. He knew he had Nahkosh on his neck, he could lower his neck down and slice it from there, or he could just use the mist and slip out. For the sake of “power training” he decided to go with the latter. When he was out, he turned to look at the chair wrapped in loose rope. Adam picked up the two glasses and examined each, he wanted to know if one of them was poisoned or something. Then he remembered the note on the table and examined the two a little more. He was tempted to drink the wine, but after staring at it for a few more minutes he decided to just go with the water. After he drank it, the glass of wine disappeared. Adam stared at where the glasses were for a minute, before he just shrugged it off. He looked over at the bowl of fruit and was impressed by the assortment. He was disappointed there weren’t any apples, but that was probably on purpose. He stared at the lemon for a little while, but threw it away from him as far as he could. On a whim, he decided to grab the strawberry in the bowl, and bit into it. As soon as he bit into the strawberry, he felt his body weaken momentarily and he collapsed back onto the chair, grabbing onto it so he wouldn’t fall off. After a few moments the room seemed to darken and change shape, shaping until everything went completely pitch black. Adam breathed heavily as his weak disposition disappeared and not long after a spark occurred in front of him, which made him a bit jumpy. He watched as the spark formed into a lit candle on a small candlestand. He rolled his eyes at the cheesiness and picked up the candle, “Seems familiar enough.” The wax dripped rapidly to his hands and he winced in pain dropping the candle. He caught it just in time before it hit the ground but almost blew it out in the process. When he caught it, he noticed another note on the ground. He picked it up to get a better look at it. "...is this a face? Am I searching for notes? What is this, Slender?" Adam examined it a little more and flipped over the note. Adam raised an eyebrow at the message before he felt something grab his shoulder and whisper something he couldn't understand into his ear. He quickly unhooked Nahkosh and pointed in the direction... whatever had grabbed him should have been. It was no longer there, but he wasn't sure if it was still close by. He walked a few more steps to see if it was there, and he ran into another candlestick on a candlestand. Figuring it'd be helpful to have more light, he lit the other candle and then looked at the note to see what it had meant and his eyes widened a bit. "Map. It is a map." he whispered to himself as everything suddenly clicked. He walked a few steps towards where the x should have been located at the bottom and he found himself at another candle and candlestand. He lit it up too and the room got a little bit brighter. After staring at it, he finally figured things out about the map. The shaded spaces were the entrances to rooms, and the arrows pointed to pictures of the doors. Next to the walls were symbols he knew meant two and three. After a few minutes he finally blurted out, "Are those Cantonese symbols?" He walked towards where the door marked with the two should have been, and went to open it, but the handle was gone. He looked back to see the dot was in front of the door and he chuckled lightly, "Why are you giving me puzzle games? I'm not sure that this is helping." He walked back over to the candlestand on the table and placed the candle there. Everything in the room immediately brightened up to a normal lighting. When he turned around, the two doors started glowing and doorknobs appeared for both. Adam cautiously walked over to the door marked number two, and decided to just go right in. Adam opened the door to a bright field. He shielded his eyes because it was so much brighter than the room had been, he almost wanted to hiss as a joke like he was a vampire or something. When he moved his hands down, he saw two girls pushing at each other and screaming. The door disappeared behind him and he sighed in annoyance. Adam stared slightly confused and took a few steps forward and was able to hear the conversation a bit more clearly. It was almost like a fight he had watched between two girls in his school fighting over a guy in his year. He watched it all play out and end with the two girls hugging, despite having repetitively calling each other whores not even two minutes before. These two girls however, in the field, were completely different. The fighting seemed to get violent and did not seem to be resolving itself at all. Adam watched a few minutes longer before he ran up to them yelling, "Hey, calm down!" The two continued to pull at each other's hair and claw at each other until Adam pulled the two apart and kept them away from each other, "What is going on here?" "She's a filthy liar.""I am not, she just doesn't like my response.""YOU TOOK IT FROM ME.""NO I DIDN'T." "Shh." He said to the two repetitively until they finally calmed down for enough, "What happened? Explain calmly.""She took my bracelet and sold it for money.""I did not. Her boyfriend took it, sold it for money, and blamed it on me.""He wouldn't do that to me." Adam looked at the girl who had owned the bracelet and spoke, "Did you talk to him yet?""No.""So you are going to yell at her even though you didn't go and talk to him first?""HE WOULDN'T DO THAT HE WOULDN'T LIE. SHE JUST WANTS THE MONEY. I TRUSTED HER." Adam grabbed her shoulders and she looked like the was ready to run rabid. He looked her directly into her eyes, which were brown, and he felt like his voice traveled through more than just his voice, "You need to calm down and talk to your boyfriend." The girl quickly calmed down under his gaze until she nodded and spoke almost at a whisper, "Okay. I will.""Will you?""I will." The girl quickly ran off down the field and the other girl smiled at him with a relief and spoke, "Thank you so much.""And you should compensate by giving her that money back." The girl looked at him wide-eyed and spoke, "H-how did you know?""I didn't until just now." The girl looked away in guilt and spoke, "I need the money...""So you resorted to stealing from your friend?""...some things you have to do things you don't like to survive.""Tell her the truth while you still can. She won't forgive you the longer you go." The girl thought about it for a moment before she grabbed his hand and spoke, "Thank you sir." and she ran off in the direction the other girl had run down the field. The door appeared again and Adam entered it back into the room, the door disappeared and he walked over to door number 3. The first thing he felt when he stepped into the room was the free fall. He quickly looked around to see if there was anything to grab onto quickly and noticed a rope. He grabbed onto it and went down extremely fast. When he got a good grip he was suffering so much rope burn it wasn't even funny. He looked down and saw he was not even 200 feet from impact, which made him shiver slightly. He slid down the rest of the rope and cautiously stepped onto the ground. And immediately after he regretted that decision. Within a few seconds, he felt a bunch of arms grab at his legs and pull him down, he pulled Nahkosh off of his necklace and swung at the hands with a loose grip to avoid hurting his palms anymore. The pain was just numbness at this point. As the hands grabbed at his knees he closed his eyes and focused on getting out of there, he felt his body move not too far away and realized he was solid again nearby. He watched as a creature with many arms pulled itself out from the ground and he stared at it, "Well shit." He had Nahkosh turn into a throwing axe, and with the mist he helped to have it aim straight for the creatures head. It hit and stuck, and Adam quickly ran towards it and pulled the axe out of it's head. The creature grabbed at his legs again and pulled him down and growled at him. As the creature pulled him more towards it, it opened up his mouth in a clear attempt to eat him. Adam looked over at Nahkosh and had it turn back into a sword. Right as he was about to enter it's mouth, he stabbed at the roof of it and cut in a circular motion. The creature let out an agonizing cry as it tried to shut it's mouth on him, but he refused to let it. When he finished cutting out a circle in it's mouth, it started bleeding heavily and Adam wanted to gag at how terrible it smelled. He quickly ran out as fast as he could and it tried to attack him again. He quickly ran and like when he jumped from rooftop to rooftop, he landed on the creature's head and stabbed into it. When the creature collapsed dead, Adam backed away and had Nahkosh turn back into the necklace. Then he whispered, "That was bloodier than it needed to be." This time, two doors appeared, and in curiosity, he went through the door that he knew didn't lead back to the room. As he walked further into the dark, unfamiliar room, he fell into a deep sleep. Adam woke up feeling like he just slept for way too long. He sat up sluggishly and climbed out of bed and got himself ready for the day and grabbed his bag and went downstairs. When he got there, he saw the calender and whispered, "You had me asleep for over 24 hours? Is that even possible?" You still needed to catch up on that sleep. I am glad you took the second door. It gave you a pretty good amount of time to sleep. A little less than 24 hours actually. Adam's eyes narrowed at the date and he walked over to where the breakfast was being served, "Guess I'll just randomly say I'm 19 since I don't remember my birthday." Oh boohoo kiddo. Wanna know something about birthdays? They become less and less of a big deal the older you get. Adam got himself a lot more food than he normally ate, and downed it relatively quick. Then he went into the lobby and saw the trio who was usually up and moving at this point, "Guys, no one came to check to see if I was alive, clearly. I just slept for over twenty-four hours." He scratched the back of his head, clearly looking a lot more cheerful than he usually did. And it had nothing to do with the subject he was about to bring up, he was just in a good mood "I slept through my birthday, actually. Did I miss anything important yesterday?" After a moment, something clicked and Adam looked over at Sal and spoke, "Oh. Clearly I did. Um, when did you back? How did you find us? ...how did you find us when we aren't anywhere near the coast."
There was something she found terrifying about how calm he was. Even though he said there was nothing she should be worrying about, she didn't think she had ever heard Laurence speak... normally. It was odd, and it made her more uncomfortable than if he hadn't spoken or replied at all. But Xyloh was only mentally freaking out, by all appearances, she seemed rather calm, she still felt relatively calm. After a few more moments, she responded, "Gee.. thanks... because I could definitely control the screaming..." Xyloh looked around at everyone else before she looked back over at him and spoke, "Are you sure you are alright? You seem in a rather..." She tried to search for the word and found herself lost in thought for a bit before she found the word, "...bizarre mood."
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wait, by indoors do you mean at homes? Because in that case if differs, but at places like school and work it is generally frowned upon to take off your shoes... by frowned upon I mean someone I know got a detention once for not wearing shoes.
After Sal and Leo left, Alice and Lauren tried to finish off the rest of the day like they normally would, but they just couldn't seem to. Alice went over to the real hospital for a bit to get a real scan of her arm, and Lauren continued to skeet shoot. Her focus was off a bit too, especially when she was skeet shooting, to the point where she purposefully stopped herself from it. When Alice was gone, Mikey came out to tell her he was heading off to a friend's house in another city, and he thanked her for letting him stay. She replied in her usual dumb way, he didn't seem to ask about Alice though. She played with her younger siblings for a bit before Alice got home. She was glad Mikey was gone because the two could have their own room now. After eating dinner with her parents and responding to a few phone calls, the two headed off to bed. When lying down, Alice kept her distance from Lauren, who only brought herself closer and hugged her tighter, "Why are you sad love? I didn't go, I'm still here.""I'm not sad about that... I'm... sad about what we learned about you.""I'm still your little rabbit." Lauren said as she buried her face into her neck, "I haven't learned anything new.""You just learned you were an angel?""An angle? Am I an isosceles angle?""Angel... Lauren. Ahriman?""Oh right there was that I guess. Don't worry about it. It just explained why I am always breaking things. I'm still here." Not long after, the two fell asleep.
Xyloh was eating happily, even when Kyla was stabbed in the hand with the fork. It wasn't because she hated anyone there, she wished no harm to them, she was just too focused on the food to bother with it. When she finally looked up from her plate of food, and Rose had already left, she realized how quiet it was. Xyloh turned her attention over towards Laurence, who was one of the people she expected to be the loudest here. It was the first time she felt like she was ever able to look at him for more than five seconds without needing to look away. Her eyes kept focusing on the panties on his head, it was really irritating to her, but she preferred it over some of this man's idiosyncrasies. Finally Xyloh spoke up because the silence was bothering her, "Why aren't you yelling like you usually do? Is something the matter?"
Lauren tried her best to listen in on the conversation, knowing she was being addressed, and knew all of this information was probably important. She heard pieces and lost other parts zoning out. But she thought most of what Leo had to say was interesting and not what she was expecting. At the end of him talking, Lauren clapped her hands together and said, "That was a good performance. I'm pretty good at improv myself." As Lauren opened her mouth to speak, Alice grabbed her shoulder and looked her in the eyes for a moment before Lauren whined and didn't start talking. Alice looked over at Leo and stared in a form of shock , "Interesting. I... have no idea what to think." Lauren bit at one of her nails and spoke, "Well you're looking at him like he just told you Santa isn't real." Alice shot Lauren a look and yelled, "I don't think he is acting Lauren... if he was that was... that was extremely well thought out and planned..." before she sat down in a chair and spoke, "Different... this is certainly different... Troi oi..." Lauren stopped biting at her nail and looked over at Leo and Sal, and put on a small grin, "This explains a lot." she looked over at Alice, particularly her arm, "I... I always thought it was odd how much I broke... things..." Lauren looked like she was struggling to find the right words. When she did find the words she wanted, she looked back over at Leo again, "I-""She's not going with you." Lauren's face filled up with shock and she looked over at Alice who was eying both Leo and Sal skeptically, "You said you weren't here for her, and she's not going anywhere.""Alic-""Dammit with all of the stuff going on in the world and hearing of some Apocalypse responsible for it, I don't want to see her go. I don't want to see her die because dammit Lauren tôi yêu em but you aren't the brightest bulb on the tree if anything your the broken one that makes you need to replace the string of lights." Alice looked away from Leo at this point and spoke shakily, "I-I d-don't want anything to happen to h-her..." Lauren walked over to the other side of Alice and bent down to her level and held her face, which looked on the verge of tears and spoke, "I'm not a christmas tree."Alice looked like she was ready to burst and Lauren placed her forehead up to her and continued in a whisper, "And they didn't ask me to go anywhere yes, they just asked what you thought.""And I said what I thought." Lauren let go of Alice and looked back over at Leo and spoke, "I still think you look like Leo... but if you are an angel that makes even more sense now.""Lauren...""Angra Mainyu huh... I don't recognize it, mate... am I supposed to? I guess I will now that I know it..."
. ⎧You have me mistaken for someone else. My name is Jun Tae White, and I'm not the Korean idol you're thinking about... But I'll be sure to give him your . . . regards. ⎭ Lauren's face clearly turned into a look of upset as she spoke, "But you look just like h-" ⎧You hurt your friend. Are you an idiot?⎭ Lauren watched as Jun Tae made his way over towards Alice and her eyes widened as she yelled, "Not again!" Lauren ran over towards the house and went inside and opened up the closet and pulled out a first aid kid. She turned her head left and right to see if her parents were around before she ran outside again. ⎧What would you like to do?⎭ "Oh, it's fine... Lauren and I both ha-" Lauren ran over to Alice's side and dropped the first aid kit and sat down beside her as she opened it up and looked at Alice sadly, "I'm sorry I went too far again."Alice sat herself up and reached inside the first aid kid and spoke, "Don't apologize to me. You do not even know this man and you ran at him under the assumption he was someone he wasn't. And you were rude to him too.""Don't mother me..." Alice started working on her own arm as she turned back towards Jun Tae, "Sorry for the rude introductions, I am Alice Walker and..." Alice looked over towards the door and then looked back over, "This is my wife Lauren Walker. I took her last name-""Because I'm the woman of the relationship!""...because if we changed her last name... her parents are kind of homophobic." Lauren reached out to help out and Alice swatted her hand away and spoke, "I'd rather you not.""Why not?""I don't need it to break more.""I said I was sorry!" Alice stared at her for a moment longer before she pointed towards the first aid box, "Break open all of the plastic wraps.""Okay! I like doing that." Lauren got herself busy and Alice turned to Jun Tae and spoke, "She means well, she really does. She's just a bit of a... I don't know how to explain it..."
