Kelly and Alex
A peek into the chem room reveals that Joel is sitting in the back, talking with his friends, gesticulating often. what do you do?
Yu
Yuji! what the hell are you doing in here! Taryn asks. This is the Girls locker room, Perv!.
Yuji's a girl Mae butts in. But, not in our gym class. what's going on?
what do you do?
Carrie
Okay. truth: you can sleep with anyone in the class. who do you choose? Uriah says, eyes gleaming with Malice. And, dare, go to the first non-family member contact in your recent texts, and send them an anguished declaration of love. you can't explain the situation for 24 hours.
Mindy
After the... whatever euphemism you care to use for draining someone of their blood, Morgan draws in one shuddering breath. then another, and swoons a little, catching onto a counter to keep her balance. wow, that was... wow. She says. her memory will fade soon. what do you do?
Seeing Joel sitting with his friends, Alex walks in, towards the group, glowering. "JOEL" she says as she storms towards him, causing the group to look up at her, "What the f%~* have you been telling everyone you slime-ball stoner piece of shit?"
Kelly leaned back with a smirk on her face, but her eyes never left Joel, watching for her moment...
Mindy unlocks the door and waits for Morgan’s memory to resync. Hey girl, earth to Morgan. You spaced on me. This place is a ghost town. Do you want to wait or should we bail out?
"Are the two so mutually exclusive?" Yuji looks past the girls at a mirror and tousles their hair. "You know three out of four girls experiment before college? -Usually with close friends. Anyway, sorry to interrupt. I'm only passing through." They make a bee line for the door, hoping they won't be further inconvenienced.
Okay. truth: you can sleep with anyone in the class. who do you choose? Uriah says, eyes gleaming with Malice. And, dare, go to the first non-family member contact in your recent texts, and send them an anguished declaration of love. you can't explain the situation for 24 hours.
The second part has her sighing, and not in the good way. Things were messed up enough between her and Kelly. This was not going to help. But she wasn't going to give in on the first dare. "Let me think on the first one while I do the dare." She pulls out her phone and begins typing, backtracking several times until she has what she wants. Before she send, she shows him the text, but covers up the name and previous messages.
Kelly:
I was dreaming about kissing you, both of us in white silk dresses. I pulled you down into a pile of soft fluffy stuffed animals. That song about silly love songs was playing as we rolled and laughed. Will you be my sweet-ums?
"Oh, Clayton Mann is pretty cute, but anybody that homophobic has to be repressing something. Maybe once he's broken out of his church upbringing, he might do. On the other hand, I'll bet Megan would be game for anything with the right person."
Innocent enough, right? Innuendo, laugh it off, divert questions, routine stuff. Nothing unusual about this situation but me. There is no reason this shouldn't work. I've got to get to the dark room! Yuji blinks as they look from Mae to Taryn. Taryn? Where have I heard that name? Taryn who? Taryn why? Atcha, that's going to bother me all day.
Kelly and Alexandra
Ms. Wykes What on gods green earth would make you think that barging into my classroom and screaming is acceptable.
meanwhile, Joel and his friends look about ready to bolt. Kelly, you only look away briefly, as you go for the bag. you have it, so why not check that text you found. anyway, your hands close around a hairbrush, you have what you want. what do you do?
Carrie
Uriah pauses for a moment after you finish, clearly knowing he's in for something a little worse after his dare... then, he says Dare
Yu
you get away, but you had to run, and you suspect you've left a lasting impression . You slip in the back way to the dark room, and see Mindy and Morgan there. Morgan looks very dizzy, and pale, while Mindy looks... better, a little less anemic. Morgan is also happily munching on oreos.
Mindy
What the? sorry, I'm a little out of it without coffee.[/b] she says Let's.. maybe go somewhere else. where else did Yungfeng say they might be?
your keen hearing detects a door opening behind you, the back entrance into the dark room. what do you do?
"Eh, once it's gone to Truth and Dare, it can't go back." she smiles with just a hint of predatory grin. "So who is the last person at the school that you thought about while masturbating? Then show me the facial expressions you made while jerking off to them."
While Alex was being just as distracting as planned, Kelly stuck to the plan too.
Okay, got the hairbrush.
Quiet wasn't a word most people associated with Kelly, but when she didn't want to be noticed, she was a ghost.
It was appropriate, because while she was waiting for Alex to finish getting chewed out and checking her texts she turned white as a sheet.
"What the f*%$..."
She scrolled up slightly to make sure that yes, this was the Carrie who she'd sent a cryptic text apologizing for dumping her body in a dumpster.
Shit, she's either f!&$ing with me or she's going to make a dress out of my skin.
Just ignore it? New phone who dis? F$%#, no, we texted this morning. Umm... "Shit shit shit..." How about:
Kelly:I think our last date was scary enough
no need to top it like that.
F***! Why'd I call it a date? It can't be a date if you f~@#ing chomp someone!
"Sorry Miss, I've just got something I need to say to everyone." Alex says, turning to face the stunned class "Most of you know me by now, and I'm sure you know Joel here all-too-well. Some of you have probably heard that Joel's been telling people he f!$!ed me. Well, it's not true. I wouldn't screw such a miserable, small-d!#&ed, lying, slimy, stoner virgin if you paid me a million dollars! Got that? Right, Lets go Kelly," she says marching to the door. As she leaves she turns back to the teacher. "Sorry Miss, I just needed to make that clear to everyone. You can get back to the class now." With that, she leaves the room, face flushed with the rush of confronting Joel. Stopping a short distance down the hallway she turns to Kelly. "So, did you get anything? If that piece of shit thinks that's all i'm going to do, he's got another thing coming! What'd you get?"
Kelly raises her eyebrows at Alex's flushed face, "She really gave it to you, huh? Well," she held out the hairbrush, "I hope this works for... whatever you're doing."
"Cool. Thanks for that. It should do nicely" Alex grins at Kelly and reaches forward to talk the hair brush, which she stuffs into her bag before glancing at her phone. "Class finishes in 15 minutes we should probably get back?"
When Alex grabs the hairbrush, Kelly doesn't let go.
"So I was just being coy when I said 'whatever you're doing.' Probably why I shouldn't bother with coy.
I get to see what happens next."
Alex frown as Kelly maintains a hold on the brush and meets her eyes for a moment, considering whether or not to back down. Something about the other girl's eyes - a feral quality, makes her nod. "OK, then" she says "Do you think you can sneak out of the dorm tonight? We'll need somewhere private. Somewhere we won't be disturbed." she pauses in thought for a moment. "Apparently there's a cave out in the woods somewhere. - Somewhere near the waterhole. We could try to find it?"
She knew it. A cave near a watering hole in the woods was a great place to leave her clothes when she was feeling wolfish. No one asked questions about things that had an obvious story to tell. Once she'd found someone else's pile of clothes, still warm, practically a beacon showing the path to some poor vulnerable bit of flesh.
She'd gone home in a cold sweat. Her room hadn't been safe either, so she hit the track, running lap after lap until even her legs were rubber, her blisters had blisters, and the f%+~ing moon finally set. Until she could get that smell out of her nose.
"Sure, I know the one you're talking about. Not a good place for an Environment Club visit though. I've seen some gnarly tracks out there."
"You don't think so?" Alex replies, "Do you have any ideas?"
Mindy turns to Yu’s enterence. She...didn’t know about the back door. That was lucky. She’s need to be more careful.
Here you are! Morgan, you good?
Yuji looks from Mindy to Morgan, then down to the disappearing cookies. "No food or drink in the- You okay, honey? You look like you've seen a ghost." Yuji quirks an eyebrow at Mindy as she leaves.
"No, it's fine for something like this. This is some spooky shit already. You shouldn't go there alone at night though; it's where the wild things are."
Mindy looks Yuji up and down slowly. How did she get the two confused? They look and present so differently...and yet, there was something she couldn’t quite figure out.
Yuji smells like old sex.
Some of it is clearly Morgan, and the rest is something else masculine, but nothing like Yungfeng at all, and certainly unlike anything Mindy would have caught while working with Yuji in the past. In fact, Yuji's clothes are always freshly laundered, and they usually have the apparent hygiene habits of an obsessive compulsive germaphobe. They have a pulse, and their skin is warm--almost constantly flushed--but maybe it doesn't draw the eye like blood usually would?
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"Where the wild things are?" Alex asks, "Huh? What do you mean? Like,.. bears or something? I don't think I've heard of anything like that. But it'll be OK with two of us? Well then, let's meet at 10.30? That'll give us time to get there by midnight and set everything up. Might be worth bringing a torch. I'll bring everything else we'll need." she smiles cryptically. Class finishes soon. Should we head back?"
Kelly sniffed, "Sure there are bears. There're more animals than you'd think in woods like these. They thought wolves and cougars were extinct around here, but there are still sightings and tracks every so often. And predators love a good watering hole.
See you tonight. "
She looks at him, "Come on, don't be shy. Everybody does it."
Alex and Kelly
As you and Kelly finish your talk, the algebra teacher comes out of her classroom. Ms. Whykes. i do not know what could have possibly made you think that was in any way acceptable behavior! she says. Report to the dean! Immediately!
Yu & Mindy
Yuji. Morgan says I... wanted to talk to you. She says, clearly uncomfortable with Mindy still there.
Carrie
He is quiet for a seond or two, before admitting Rowyn. saw her in a swimsuit last friday. she'd be much more popular if she didn't wear those baggy sweatshirts. he then makes a go at recreating the face, though you suspect its inaccurate. a bit too goofy.
Your turn. So, have you ever slept with someone. And... have you ever thought about screwing a teacher?
Mindy catches a whiff in the air...and figures...some part of it out.
Oh dear me. I’m intruding. I’ll see both of you around.
She slinks out of the darkroom and...
"Oh, I've slept with lots of people. Sleepovers, camping, catching a few Z's on the bus." Her smile leaves no question that she's answering the question literally and not as intended. "And of course I've thought about screwing a couple of my teachers. Both in the 'f$@@ing their brains out' and the 'fastening their body to a wall to warn others not to mess with me' ways."
She's thinking about the next one when the bell rings. "Looks like you're saved."
Kelly, tickled by the novelty of Not being the one sent to the dean, abandons Alex to her fate.
As she walks along towards next period, she fusses with her phone.
Kelly: You're just ducking with me aren't you.
Kelly: *f&*+ing
Turning to the teacher, Alex nods. "Yes miss." she says, "Sorry, but I just had to make that clear. The dean? Yes miss." As the teacher turns back to the classroom , Alex shoots a quick grin at Kelly. "10:30. OK?". With that, she turns and heads towards the dean's office....
Fine, don't answer.
She spent a while f*##ing around on her phone as she headed to class. In a couple days, Carrie would receive a care package of dozens of pastel stuffed animals.
And... No signature required for delivery.
Enjoy
Yuji takes a step back and leans against the wall. "Yeah? What about?" They look down at their dingy socks uncomfortably.
Kelly, Mindy, and Carrie
The bell rings again, telling you three it is time to be in Chemistry class... while you three are at least a minute away from the classroom.
All three of you walk in at about the same moment. Professor Barnes turns to the three f you Oh, good of you three to join us! She says, rather deadpan You three can use fume Hood 8. We're going to by extracting chlorophyll from Spinach. Read through the lab thoroughly, and gloves and goggles everyone. we're using ether, so everything has to be done in the fume hood.
what do you do?
Yu
Just... well, last night. what was it... what are we, you and I, and I guess Uriah, because... She stops, kinda stuttering. what do you do?
Alex
the dean's office is open, and Dr.Bridges is sitting in his chair. Hello. Are you here for me? he asks.
What do you do?
Mindy puts on a brave smile. Over the decades she’d extracted chlorophyll from every vegetable you could think of. She could probably pass as a college student, why was she DOOMED to high school for all eternity?
She sits under the hood with the two girls. She fills out the lab sheet with the correct results without doing the extraction.
I did this at my old school, so let me know if you need any help.
She waits until Barnes turns her back, then palms her bowl of ether. Until then, imma get ripped on ether.
Ew, no.
"Morgan, not every relationship has to have significance, y'know? Sometimes, uh, y'know, sometimes sex is just sex. You try to read into every little thing and find meaning in everything anyone does you'll just drive yourself crazy. Had a friend do it once - Wasn't pretty. We talked about it for years. And not only that, but you'll likely end up believing something you shouldn't believe, thinking something you shouldn't think, o-or assuming something you shouldn't assume, y'know?" Yuji slides down the wall until they're sitting on their heels, putting themself eye to eye with the seated Morgan.
"You're a creative and driven girl, Morgan, and this has brought the three of us closer, but it doesn't 'make us' anything. We aren't beholden to any labels. We do as we will." The soulless automaton smiles, having made no commitments, and utterly misrepresented their own philosophies.
Her wolf was awake.
It wasn't as bad while Carrie was in her uniform, but being shoulder to shoulder with her made it a lot harder not to think about just going to town on her on top of a pile of stuffed animals, white dresses nowhere to be seen.
Mindy wasn't much more calming. Kelly had been slowly piecing together some of the other weirdness on campus, but from the moment she saw Mindy she had known Predator. Well, she'd better not try to make Carrie her prey. She's mine.
"Sure, knock yourself out."
Mindy laughs weakly at Kelly’s joke, but she was uneasy. Something about the way Kelly looked at her...a little suspicious maybe? She didn’t feel safe.
When the coast is clear, Mindy takes a quick huff of the ether, letting the euphoria wash over her, helping to pass the torture of eternal science class.
She leans over to whisper at Kelly, "No need to send a text when we were going to the same place. Trust your instincts and wait." As Kelly and Mindy exchange dirty looks, she moves between them. Wolfy is jealous of Mindy? That's interesting.
As she puts on her gloves and goggles, she manages to brush against both of them. There's not a lot of space for three people in front of one fume hood.
Mindy’s cold skin prickles into goosebumps as Carrie brushes her. She tries to shake it off but there’s something in the back of her head. She smells...savory.
Of f@$&ing-course. Carrie walks into a room with two predators and winds up rubbing up against both of us. No wonder she's died at least twice.
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Yu
That's not... God, Yuji! "Oh, sometimes Sex is just sex". Kenny was right about you and your Brother and Sister. Pack of a~$%~!!s the lot of you! She storms off, slamming the door behind her hard enough to rattle everything in the room. what do you do?
Carrie s you start Snuggling up to Kelly, trying to deal with the regurgitation column, you know over the beaker of ether, all down your front.
I told you to be careful with that, Miss Broklawski! Professor Barnes says Wash up at the sink!
you wash up, and the ether is volatile enough that it is off you in a matter of minues. but you've still inhaled enough to be thouroughly Victorian-high.
A hollow, sinking feeling wells up in Yuji's core. Once alone, Yu stands. "Just... well, last night. what was it... what are we, you and I, and I guess Uriah, because..." The parroted words bounce around the room as Yu replays them, searching Morgan's expression with the tips of Yu's fingers.
"I don't understand." The hands fall to either side.
You don't have read-access to their thoughts, only the data those thoughts produce through action on our network, and under our sensors.
"There was something I was meant to do. Did I do it, or was this a failure?"
Inconclusive.
"That's not something I can learn from. There has to be something here I can learn from. Kenny thinks we're a##~~%+s?"
Irrelevant.
"What am I supposed to do next? I need to check on Allison. Maybe I need to compare data with a control group."
Yu casts out over the network, seeking recent activity from Allison Morrison. Class schedules, wifi activity, even mentions in events scheduled on social media are filtered to locate Allison.