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[For all small interactions between Jesse and Kaelyn]

--The following transcript was a live chat roleplay--

* Kaelyn it had been almost another full day since she had seen anyone again. Doc had come to her yesterday, explaining what had happened. Explaining what was to happen. If she got out of this place, her entire life was going to change, in every possible way. She was starting to give up hope of seeing anyone tonight, especially since Doc had said he would only be able to come every other day. So she just sat there, in the dark dementor hell.


*Jesse Fforde lands in the Shadow Realm in silence. His wraith-like body breathes like a sigh, and he seems to relax. Everyone else hates the Shadow Realm. Jesse though? He likes it. It's quiet. And he doesn't feel the thirst. The constant, clawing thirst. He shimmers as he shifts. He'd posted to the forum and then he'd summoned the energy to slip into the Realm. Victor hadn't given Jesse any messages--so be it. He moves in an outward spiral, searching for Kaelyn--his voice breaking through the silence every now and again to call her name. His voice, clear as a bell and not broken and husky like it is above ground.


* Kaelyn was sitting on the cold ground as tearless sobs echoed around her. This place was pulling at her soul, tugging all the happiness and joy from her. It was making her feel hopeless, terrified, worried that she'd never get out...never make it back home. However Doc had promised her that he and Jesse wouldn't allow that. That they would bring her home. Still...it was impossible to feel any amount of hope down here. Hearing a vaguely familiar voice, hands came to quickly brush away non existent tears from habit. She glanced around to see where it was coming from. "J...Jesse? Is that you?"


*Jesse Fforde sees the shimmering shadow in the distance. One that belongs to a person. Person-shaped, anyway. But that doesn't mean much down here. It could just be a random spirit with no words and no soul left; a wondering remnant. Jesse had encountered a few of these remnants; had called Kaelyn's name to no avail. But this one shifts. This one says his name. He sighs his relief and approaches. Moving with determined footsteps even though he could probably just glide if he wanted to. "Kaelyn. Found you," he says. "Yeah, Jesse. I'd have been to see you sooner except I had no ******* idea where you were."


* Kaelyn let out the smallest of sighs as a tiny bit of relief lightened her some. Her gaze made contact with his shape. He looked just as Doc did...like the other person who never spoke to her did. Why do they all look the same...is this how she looked? It was scary. It was like a blurr...no face or anything. The only way he was recognizable was by his voice, which was even different and the fact he told her it was him. "I've been walking lots...trying to get out. I can't get out, Jesse...I"m stuck. I'm lost. Papi told me to stay put so he could find me again. I'm sorry I did bad...Please don't be mad at me. I want to go home please..."


*Jesse Fforde would have been frowning, had Kaelyn been able to see. A lot has been happening, which is why Jesse hadn't noticed Kaelyn's absence sooner. He already feels like he's lacking energy, due to Mickey's spontaneous siring. But he feels so much more alive because of it, too. "Papi?" he asks. He has no idea who that is. "Yes, stay put. And then I can find you, too. Be calm, Kaelyn. You will get out but you have to gather your strength, first, before you can see the doors. And absorb as many spirits as possible - I've come to draw some for you. To help you," Jesse says. There is a hint of anger in his voice but it's not aimed at Kaelyn. He reigns in it, and speaks only his concern instead. "Wrong, Kaelyn? What did you do?"


* Kaelyn wanted to grab out for him, wanted to make contact...but there was nothing to grab out for in this form. Kaelyn was a very physical being, and not being able to have contact with anyone she loved was making this all so much harder. "Papi...Papi Charlie. Doc. Kenlie's sire. He came yesterday to see me. I guess to check on me. He says he'll come back tomorrow. Did Kenlie tell you? Doc said he told Kenlie what happened, but she's mad at him now." He asked her to be calm...in this place it was impossible to be calm. She felt as if she were grasping just to keep from falling into a pit of despair. "I ate some spirits...they are hard to find." What had she done wrong? Did he not know? Her inner self was cringing, and shutting down. "I...I was hungry and sometimes it's hard to get money and buy blood packs. And sometimes I don't have enough magic energy and I can't boost my blood. I tried to be careful...never fed in high security areas, but people still saw me by accident"


*Jesse Fforde sighs. "No. Doc texted me a few hours ago. Kenlie knew, apparently, but she didn't tell anyone else," he says. He'd have to go buy Doc some of Ariadne's finest wine, maybe. Something to thank the guy for doing what Jesse's own family could not. Unless Kenlie doesn't see herself as family. Maybe therein lies the actual problem. But why would she not even tell Victor? A conversation for later, probably. "I have money, Kaelyn. If you needed some you should have asked. And you should have let me know as soon as you got seen. There are ways to check and see if there are any consequences. And there are ways to get your name off the bounty list once it gets there. I don't check it every night because I assume you're all doing the right thing. So when you do slip up I need to know," he says.


* Kaelyn was frowning on the inside...what did he mean that Kenlie didn't tell anyone, not even Victor? Had something happened to Kenlie? Was she ok... "Is Kenlie ok? Did something happent o her?" That was the only thing that made sense to her, for her not to tell at least. "I have money...sometimes it's just hard to get to the atm and then to the shop. I know we have them right at home. Makes it very easy. There are no excuses. I need to not wait until the last minute to feed. I messed up...What's the bounty list? Is that where the violations Doc told me about get put? How do I make violations go away? I didn't mean to get caught. I only did a few times"


*Jesse Fforde sits on the ground beside Kaelyn. While they talk, he starts to draw the spirits toward them. They shimmer out of the darkness, lured to the spot by Jesse's power. "Yes. You can check the bounty list through the Crownet. It's easy, anyone can do it," Jesse says. There are so many things to tell new vampires, sometimes small things like how to access the bounty list fall through the cracks. "If you can't get to the ATM just let me know and I can boost you. Plenty of ways you can get fed without actually having to feed. To get your name off? You have work it off. Community service, you could say. Kill zombies and things," Jesse says. They can talk about that more in depth when Kaelyn gets back.


* Kaelyn her head nodded...at least the whispy wraith like head seemed to move a little as she attempted the nod. "How many of these spirits do I have to intake before I can go back home? When will I be strong enough?" The conversation from the previous night filled her mind for the moment. New body. Crap. "Papi says ...I won't come back like Victor and Kenlie did. My body won't regenerate or anything. I have to take a new body. Jesse...I don't want to be someone else" There was panic in her voice with that last bit.


*Jesse Fforde watches as the spirits continue to gather. They kind of give him the creeps. Once upon a time, his brother was one of these spirits. Now gone forever. "You don't have to take the spirits to come back. I'm not sure how it works exactly, but it always seems to be around a week before people can come back. They find doors, and they can come back. The spirits? You need to have as many as you can so that when you come back, you don't have a wound that'll stick around for months. As many spirits as you can, just to be sure," he says. He then turns--or what looks like turning--to Kaelyn. They had discussed this before, once - Velveteen was there, wasn't she? They discovered Kaelyn was a Mystic and that she could come back with a new body. "You won't be someone else. You'll be you. You'll just look different."


* Kaelyn dropped her head just a little "But it won't be me. It'll be my soul or spirit or whatever it is...put into someone else's body. Won't it be a constant fight? Me trying to invade someone's mind and body? Trying to merge myself into them? Won't they try to fight back? Wont I lose bits of me...couldn't I fail and that person take themself back over? I'm scared..."


*Jesse Fforde is silent for a while. These are questions that he can't answer. He isn't a mystic. He's never had this problem. In fact, he's probably the polar opposite to Kaelyn, in regards to Path. Where death is hard for her, it's easy for Jesse. Too easy. Addictively easy. "I've met a few Mysitcs in my time and have never heard of the host body fighting back. I don't think they can. I think they cease to exist as soon as you take over," Jesse says. He wonders if she'll wake up in the morgue. He wonders how that all works. If she does wake up in the morgue it makes sense that the new body undertakes some kind of transformation, regardless, and that the occupant soul would vanish. "It'll be okay, Kaelyn. You won't be alone. We'll get through it."


<Kaelyn> How will I find a new body? Do I find it? Or does it just happen...


*Jesse Fforde shakes his head. A small shimmering movement in the shadows that surround them. "I don't know. I've never asked that question before. I've never had to. I suspect, when the time comes, you follow your instinct. It might be that as soon as you exit that door, you don't have much of a choice in the matter," Jesse says. At least, that's how he imagines it'll be. When he comes back from the Realm he wakes up in the morgue. He never has any memory of how he got there. He had only truly died the once, but ... he shakes his head again. He has no idea.


* Kaelyn rocked back and forth a little, frowning to herself. She was so uncomfortable with the thoughts of everything that was happening to her. She had no idea how any of this worked. And it was absolutely terrifying. "What if my new body is old...or really ugly? What if I am a boy after this? What if...what if I end up being a very young child? This could all go very badly, Jesse..."


*Jesse Fforde laughs. It's not really the time to be laughing but he laughs anyway. "You won't end up in the body of a very young child. I've never heard of that happening before," he says. But, in the end, he really doesn't know anything. He frowns. He does know Mystics, but now that he's sitting there trying to recall who he could ask, no names come to mind. "You'll be alive and you'll be back and ... we'll help you, no matter what happens. I can't answer these questions though. I don't know the answers, Kae. I'm sorry."


* Kaelyn didn't have the energy to keep her body upright at the moment. She sorta slumped down, curling against the cool floor. "Is Victor ok? He wasn't too worried was he? I know how upset he was when Kenlie got sent down here." She was changing the topic because she just didn't want to think about it anymore right now. Too much...too confusing


*Jesse Fforde is silent again. He's not too sure he wants to tell Kaelyn about how Victor had reacted. The guy doesn't seem bothered at all. Well, maybe a little but definitely nowhere near as torn up as when Kenlie had died. Jesse sighs. "I don't really know. Didn't get a chance to talk to him much before I came to visit you," he says. Which is the truth, really.


* Kaelyn eyes closed as she sighed again. Not the answer she was looking for. She hoped he was ok. "Can you check on him when you get back? Text him or give a call? Just to make sure he is doing ok? You can tell him I'm doing really well down here and the dark isn't bothering me at all. Let him know that I'll be home very soon." Even if that all was a lie.


*Jesse Fforde isn't sure he can keep that promise. Victor had made his feelings pretty clear, and all out in the open for Kaelyn to read when she gets back, too. Jesse sighs. "Honestly, his reaction wasn't what I expected. I think I'd prefer to tell him the truth," he says. "I can try go see him. But I ah... I turned Mickey. So I'll be kept busy with him," Jesse says. And he doesn't mention the recent upheaval with Grey. Why would he?


* Kaelyn tilted her head so she could look at him "His reaction? What is it? Is he ok?" She was beyond worried at that moment. Was it worse than she had imagined? She knew he'd be very upset, very hurt and very worried with her being dead...afterall there is always the possibility that she could be stuck down here forever. That alone scared the crap out of her. Kaelyn blinked a few times "Mickey is a vampire now? He changed his mind? That's good...I want a Mickey vampire"

--The following transcript was a live chat roleplay--

*Jesse Fforde sighs again. "Victor is fine, Kaelyn. He was angry and thought you should know better. I pointed out his lack of concern and he said he was pissed off," Jesse says. He'd detected no hint of worry but that doesn't mean there isn't any. "He's fine, though, honestly," he says. And then he laughs. A low whisper of a sound, there in the Shadow Realm. "Mickey didn't change his mind, no."


* Kaelyn dropped her gaze as her heart sank. She had once again angered and disappointed her sire once more. He was ok though...that's what mattered, right? Once she got out of this place, she'd have to face him. Hopefully she hadn't let him down and disappointed him to the extent as before. That sent more terror and worry into her mind and heart. This place amplified any and all negative emotion she had. Her head shook, trying to make those thoughts stop...he wouldn't get rid of her again...he wouldn't give up. "Mickey...is he ok? I'll make him ok when I get home if he's angry"


*Jesse Fforde can't see Kaelyn's face to read it. She doesn't mention Victor again. Jesse should have just said yes, he would go see Victor. He shouldn't have said anything else. And Kaelyn could handle it when she got home. "Mickey's going to be sick for a while. Might still be, when you get back. I'm sure he's not exactly happy..." he says. "He's sleeping. I have faith in his need to survive," Jesse says with a shimmering shrug.


* Kaelyn her brow furrowed. He couldn't see the confused and worried look on her face. "He's sick? Why is he sick? Can I see him when I get back? I want to help him...get him better."


*Jesse Fforde wonders if Kaelyn remembers. "He's sick like Cosette was sick. Like Bastion. Like Rhett. Like everyone I turn these days," he says. As to the why, he doesn't know the specific answer to that, either. "Sure you can see him, if he's up to it."


* Kaelyn "He'll get better...He'll do really well." She said this almost as if to reassure Jesse. To let him know his new childe will do well. "Are you ok Jesse? I didn't ask that yet...With having to come here and then having Mickey back home and stuff."


*Jesse Fforde nods. Again, just a shimmer of a movement. "Peachy keen," Jesse says. It's a lie. There's a lot going on inside of Jesse that has nothing to do with Mickey (even if Mickey happened to be the fallout) or coming to see Kaelyn. "It's not an obligation you know, Kaelyn. I didn't have to come here. I didn't stomp around in a tantrum because I had to. It didn't even have to think about it," he says. And he hadn't. As soon as he'd found out, he put his affairs in order and he came. No two questions about it.


* Kaelyn nodded. Peachy keen sounded like a crap answer that meant it wasn't true. She'd pry more later when she was home and things had calmed. "I know you didn't have to and it is beyond appreciated. It means a lot. It's helped me beyond words..."


*Jesse Fforde nods. "Just so long as you know that, though. You're not an obligation. You messed up and next time you mess up you tell someone," he says, voice firm. Reprimanding. "But we all mess up now and again," he says with another sigh. "I'll be back. To help you some more, before it's done."


* Kaelyn nodded faintly, just a slight shift in her form. "Yessir. I am sorry I messed up. I put everyone in danger. I was bad" She wouldn't mess up again. At least not purposely ever. "Are you leaving now?"


*Jesse Fforde might have cleared his throat, had he a body. But there is no itch, no tickle no nothing. He doesn't need to clear his throat. "In regards to family you only put yourself in danger. In regards to vampire-kind, yeah... you need to not do that," he says. He might have been smirking, had she been able to see him. She will see him shift, though. A shadow that settles, if a shadow can settle. "No. Mickey is sleeping and will probably be like that for a while. I'll stay here as long as it lets me," he says.


* Kaelyn sighed again this time in relief that he'd be staying for a bit longer. She didn't want to be alone...not in general at all. She hated when she had to be alone, but here especially. "I love you Jesse, ya know...You make me feel safe."


*Jesse Fforde stretches his shadowy self out. It's not hard for Jesse to relax. He's stay here indefinitely, if he could. Perhaps a little worrisome, that he would be happy to do so. But those are the facts. And maybe his relaxation will be a calming balm for Kaelyn. This place doesn't scare him like it should. "Well at least I'm doing my job properly, then," he says.


* Kaelyn closed her eyes, blocking out the bleak around her. "I want to go see Grey when I get home. I miss her. I havent spent time with her in a long time. Do you think she would be ok with that?"


*Jesse Fforde rolls his non-existent shoulders and shrugs. "Sure. Go and pounce her. Give her the famous Kaelyn treatment," he says. And there it is, the thing that'll always bring him out of the realm. The fact that, right now, he knows that Grey is suffering. She hates it when he goes to the Realm. She'd said as much. It feels, to her, like he's dying every time. "You need to force socialisation on her, I think. Go for it."


* Kaelyn shifted her form closer to his. She just wanted to be close, even if they weren't their true selves down here...then again she'd never be her true self again. Once again, those thoughts had to be pushed aside. "That would be ok? I hate feeling like I am bothering her."


*Jesse Fforde snorts. "She needs bothering," he says. He worries about Grey. She doesn't open up. She doesn't even open up to him, and she's always so depressed. "She needs a happier influence," he says.


<Kaelyn> I'll try to be happy for her....Will this feeling go away when I'm home?


*Jesse Fforde turns to face Kaelyn, rather than staring overhead. "What feeling is that?"


* Kaelyn thought for a moment. How did she explain this deep pit of grief, unhappiness, sorrow, hopelessness, despair within her..."Have you ever seen or read Harry Potter?"


*Jesse Fforde laughs. "No."


<Kaelyn> Well crap...I don't know how else to explain this.


<Jesse Fforde> "Just try."


<Kaelyn> It's bad. A very bad feeling. All the happy is gone. All the...everything...I don't feel like me. It feels like something is sucking all of the happiness and joy out of me. Like...there's nothing worth trying for...You guys keep saying you'll get me back home, but it feels like i'll be stuck here forever


*Jesse Fforde wonders what it is that he likes so much about it. Yeah, he knows what Kaelyn is talking about. But it soothes him. Maybe he had never really been such a happy person before and so it doesn't bother him so much. It's a blanket. "Do you want me to sing you a song? It won't be very good. But I can give it a shot..." he says. At least he can try make her laugh.


* Kaelyn straightened up a little and nodded. "Yes...I would like that please. I would like to hear you sing" She hadn't ever heard him sing before. And no one had sung to her in a very very long time. Not since she was a little girl. Not even in a silly way.


*Jesse Fforde moves to lay back on his back. He tries to think of a song. The one that he can think of that's upbeat, that has a good melody to it, is one of the newer ones from Dropkick Murphys. Jesse shouts the lyrics; he thinks he's doing quite well, but he's actually really horribly out of tune. But at least it's upbeat, right? "...the boys are back, and looking for trouble!" He'd even be kicking a beat into the ground, his hands swinging invisible drumsticks.


* Kaelyn tilted her head so she could watch the form on the ground. It kept swishing around in blurred motions. His voice wasn't horrid, but it definitely wasn't good. But the energy he put into this did have her feeling lighter...she even cracked a smile, or at least what felt like a smile. This isn't quite what she had pictured when he said he's sing a song, but once he started, she couldn't imagine anything different of him. Eyes closed once again so she could picture Jesse's actual form while he sang this to her. It was doing exactly as he had hoped it would. While it didn't take away all of the badness away, she was feeling a bit better, more soothed.


*Jesse Fforde keeps going. He doesn't stop with just that one song. He doesn't know all the lyrics, anyway. So if kind of abrubtly shifts between other Dropkick songs, and other random snippets of punk bands that he could probably name if forced. But they're songs he's got in his head, what he can remember of them. Mostly upbeat, anarchist types. There are no restrictions down here. His voice gets louder, and more out of tune the more he sings. And he'll keep going until Kaelyn tells him to shut the **** up, already.


* Kaelyn probably wouldn't ever tell him to shut the **** up. This was the only little bit of joy she had had in days. She relaxed back against the ground and just listened, quite content to take it all in. Her how form started to move a little with his singing that kept getting worse and worse. She didn't know any of these songs, or she'd be singing along with him or humming in the very least


*Jesse Fforde figures Kaelyn wouldn't know any of the songs Jesse knows. He doesn't go around singing the soundtrack to 'Frozen'.


<Kaelyn> What's your favorite band, Jesse?


*Jesse Fforde stops singing. He doesn't have to clear his throat. His voice is right there, as it was before. There's no voicebox to get tired. "Dropkick Murphys. What's yours?"


<Kaelyn> I'm not really sure...I don't think I have one. I like lots of music and lots of bands. Is Dropkick Murphys what you were singing?


*Jesse Fforde nods invisibly. Forgets for a second or five that Kaelyn can't see him nod. "Yeah."


<Kaelyn> Do you know Doc very well?


*Jesse Fforde shakes his head. Remembers, this time, and doesn't take too long to answer. "No."


<Kaelyn> I trusted him. He helped do this to me. I don't know if I trust him anymore


<Jesse Fforde> "Did he know you very well?"


* Kaelyn shrugged a bit "Somewhat. We've been talking lots. Supposed to have a sleepover. He's Kenlie's sire. He calls me Chubchub. He said he wouldn't abandon me..."


*Jesse Fforde thinks about it for a second. "He should have known you wouldn't break Masquerade on purpose but he's part of Tytonidae. They kill first and ask questions later," he says. They. As if he is no longer a part of them. "They are dedicated to keeping the Masquerade at all costs. And if that means helping to kill people they care about, then so be it. He probably means it. That he won't abandon you, I mean."


* Kaelyn thought about it a moment "He said he didn't want to shoot me, but didn't regret doing his duty. Maybe I should forgive him..."


*Jesse Fforde shrugs. "It's a thing I did often without thinking twice. People break the masquerade and they should be punished for it. I'd happy hunt and shoot people I don't know without ever thinking of their side of the story. It is his job, and it's not his place to argue against the rules and the ... way of things."


<Kaelyn> Ok. I'll talk to him more when I see him again. ...Victor is really really mad at me?


<Jesse Fforde> "All that singing was for nothing, wasn't it?" Jesse asks. "I don't know. It seemed like it. But it was just a couple of posts on the forum. He should be angry with Kenlie, in the grand scheme of things."


* Kaelyn shook her head no "No..the singing helped lots. Made it not so bad inside. Victor just...he scares me when he gets disappointed at me. I don't want him to not want me again"


<Jesse Fforde> "Victor will be fine. He gets it. I don't think he'll be angry with you."


<Kaelyn> I hope not...


*Jesse Fforde seems to have calmed down a bit in regards to breakages of Masquerade. With the break from Andras, Jesse's whole world-view has shifted and changed; still building himself up from scratch, and still trying to figure out how he really feels about everything. Him. On his own. Not what everyone else has pushed on him. "I gave him what for. We'll see."


<Kaelyn> Huh? You gave him what for.....what?


<Jesse Fforde> "I told him off. Kind of. Is what I mean by that."


<Kaelyn> Ooh ok. I bet he'll get angry at you for that

<Jesse Fforde> "I don't know. I didn't wait around for a response. I'll check when I get back."

<Kaelyn> You're still the best though, ya know. In so many ways

<Jesse Fforde> "Sure, sure."

<Kaelyn> Thank you, Jesse

*Jesse Fforde reaches out a wraith-like hand and pets Kaelyn where he supposes the top of her head is.

* Kaelyn felt the brush of his hand and curled her wraith like body up against him

*Jesse Fforde continues to hum something nonsensical

* Kaelyn was content with this. Not so scary at the moment

*Jesse Fforde while drawing a few more spirits toward them.

* Kaelyn absorbed the energy from the spirits as he brought them to her, just as before.

--The following transcript was a live chat roleplay--

<Kaelyn> I need to talk to you soon...Let me know when you have a chance, please.

<Jesse Fforde> I have a chance. What's up?

<Kaelyn> Can I come see you? Are you at Limbo?

<Jesse Fforde> Sure. I'll use the tome.

<Kaelyn> Ok i'll meet you there

<Kaelyn> *tomed home and waited for him*

<Jesse Fforde> Jesse killed one more initiate in the castle, before wiping his blade and putting it away - though he was hardly clean when he pulled out the tome, chanted the script, and landed in Limbo. "Kaelyn," he nodded, before gesturing to a nearby set of armchairs.

<Kaelyn> *saw that he had been busy, but was happy he made time for her. She then glanced to the chair and took a seat* I have stuff to talk about...

<Jesse Fforde> He hadn't really been busy. It wasn't anything that needed to be done - it was just something to fill the time. Which he had a lot of to fill. He took a seat and leaned forward on his elbows. He nodded and arched a brow, waiting for Kaelyn to continue.

<Kaelyn> I met someone....a man *She stopped at that for a moment and let him take that in first, so she could continue. This one would be easier than Victor*

<Jesse Fforde> His lips curl into a smile, obviously somewhat pleased. But also confused. "You know you don't need my permission to date, right?"

<Kaelyn> *nods* I know that...I just figured you might want to know. And...there are things about this guy that might make it a little complicated...

<Jesse Fforde> He sighs. When are things ever not complicated? "Such as?" he asked, prompting Kaelyn to continue.

<Kaelyn> Well one...he's like twice my age. That's the small part of this... And thent here's more *she chewed on her bottom lip some* He's kinda a whole different race than us...

<Jesse Fforde> Here Kaelyn had been, desperate for more people her own age. And then she went and nabbed one twice her age? That would make him, what... forty? Old enough to be Jesse's father, too, if he wanted to be. Jesse wouldn't say anything, though. Was probably his own fault, ranting at Kaelyn about how age didn't matter. And it didn't, if they were both vampires, but... "What do you mean, a whole different race?"

<Kaelyn> *eyes glanced at the ground for a few moments before speaking.* In both ways...not that one matters. But...He's *she sighed and rubbed hands over her face* Please don't be angry. I'm going t be very careful. He's ...he's human

<Jesse Fforde> Jesse blinked, and stared. "Human?" he repeated, as if he hadn't heard right. He shook his head. "You know how this goes, Kaelyn. You know how it was with Esperanza. If he knows what you are he's either going to die, sooner or later, or he has to be turned. And... dating a vampire twice your age is one thing, but a human? Who's only going to get older? What kind of creep is he?" he asked with a shudder. "You know when I said age didn't matter, I meant you didn't have to find another 17 year old. I meant... a 17 year old dating a twenty-five year old, y'know. That's not so bad... but how old is this guy? Really?"

<Kaelyn> *legs pulled up into the chair, curling up under her. Her lips pulled into a frown as Jesse started going off on her* He knows all about vampires...he has vampire friends. He knew I was a vampire before I even told him. I offered it to him...he doesn't want this life. Not at all. He won't die...He can protect himself. And...he's not a creep. I don't think he's a creep. And I don' tknow how old he is...just older than me. He doesn't know I'm 17...I didnt tell him. You said age isn't important.

<Jesse Fforde> "Really, Kaelyn? You're going to come to me with this? I might not be in Tytonidae any more but that doesn't mean I still don't believe in what they stand for. My priorities rest with my family over the faction, which was why I left, and you dating a walking Masquerade offence isn't you being safe," he said, getting somewhat heated. "What do you mean, he can protect himself? What are you going to do when he gets all wrinkled and grey hair? Age isn't important if you're both ******* immortal, but you're not. And he doesn't want to be. Have you thought about the consequences?"

<Kaelyn> *she remained silent for a bit as she stared at the floor. Tears had started to pool in her eyes and she used the backs of her hands to wipe at them. Maybe this was a mistake. She shouldn't have told him. She just thought it was important to share this with him.* I'm sorry I put this on you...

<Jesse Fforde> He sighed as he flopped back in the chair, rubbing at his temple. "Did you think about it at all? What did you think was going to happen? What are your plans, for the future with this guy?" he asked. The tears didn't get to him.

<Kaelyn> *her teeth clenched tight to try to calm her nerves or anger* I don't have any plans. I knew you wouldn't quite like this, but I at least thought you'd be supportive. This entire family seems to have some sort of human about...Victor had Spaz, you had yours. I dont know what's going to happen. But he makes me happy...and he accepts me for everything that I am.

<Jesse Fforde> "Yes. Had. That's the key word in that sentence. Grey was always going to be turned. Esperanza was always going to be turned - if Victor didn't do it, I would have. I would have thought you'd have looked at those scenarios and learnt from them, rather than assuming that you should be allowed to 'have' a human as well. Which is all well and good but you said it yourself. He doesn't want to be turned. Why would you think I would be supportive? I'd be supportive if he were a vampire. If he weren't a danger to you. You might not think he is, but he is. And if we were to bring him into the fold? It'd put the whole family in danger. So... keep dating your human, Kaelyn, but don't bring him anywhere near this family."

<Kaelyn> Papi was right. *bit down her bottom lip hard to keep herself from crying. She stood up to make her way out of the room* He said it'd be friends and family. I just didn't realize it'd be my own family. You're being a ******* hypocrite. Your humans were all eventually to be turned. That means you gladly and happily accepted them into the fold while they were still humans. Still dangers to us all. But because YOU trusted them at that time, it was ok. If it came down to it, I could force the life onto him. It's not like you haven't done that to humans. Even if they beg and plead not to be brought into this, if you see that you want it...you turn them into this and make them yours. But since you aren't comfortable with me being with someone who makes me happy for ONCE in this stupid life...then I’m not going to force you to be around me or it. You know how to contact me should you need me.

<Jesse Fforde> Jesse stood, too. "No no. I'm not a hypocrite, Kae. None of you knew a ******* thing about Grey until she was turned. I didn't bring her anywhere near anyone. She was a secret - and I kept my secret from her, as long as I could. Esperanza? I was not happy about that situation at all. If you recall. She wanted to be turned later than I wanted to let her, and Victor and I didn't speak for ages over that. And she was allowed to stick around because I knew and she knew that she WAS going to be turned. Your argument doesn't stand. I'll meet him, if you want me to. I can reserve judgement. But it won't change the facts. He's human and he shouldn't know a ******* thing. He has vampire friends? Then don't let me meet them, either. Because they're breaking Masquerade, too. And ******* Papi? Doc? You tell him **** before you tell me? What exactly did he have to say about the situation?"

<Kaelyn> "Yes I tell him things first! I'm with him practically every day! He offers me the extra stuff I can't get here. I needed the extra. I'm not like all of you...I can't just suck it up and grow up and become ..become you over night. I needed extra help. He helps me. And he said I'm walking a tight rope and if I **** up he'll help kill me again. But if that happens, he'll be there to help pick me back up again. But he's supporting my decision. Well not my decision, but he's supporting me. He wants me happy. He said if Stagger hurts me, he's dead. He's meeting him tomorrow. And I was nervous abotu telling you because you're always so negative about things anymore. I'm not doing this to hurt anyone. I'll keep him away from Fforde. You don't have to meet him. I would have liked you to, but to keep you and everyone else safe...you don't need to.

<Jesse Fforde> Jesse ground his teeth together. "I ******* knew it. I knew it. What extra stuff you can't get here? No, don't answer it. It's fine. Be like the rest of them. Just go **** off and don't even tell me when **** goes wrong or why you've disappeared. There's no reason to bring him near Fforde anyway because Fforde is basically non-existent. No one's around anymore. Even Clover made me think she was here for good but she's gone and fucked off again, too. No one talks to me. I don't know how the **** I'm supposed to help anyone if no one tells me anything. No. You told Doc first and organised for Doc to meet him first so clearly you don't need me. You're happier with Doc so go. Don't even worry about me."

<Kaelyn> *turned back on her heels and made her way directly towards him. Within reaching distance, arms reached out and shoved at him* Don't throw this back at me! What extra did I need that I can't get here!? I needed affection...I needed comfort. You flat out told me that you can't give me that! Where the hell else was I supposed to go!? It's not like I have a sire to run to! It's not like I have anyone else in this family to run to because like you said they are all GONE! But I've been here. I try to do everything I can to spend time with you and this family. I go to every event I possibly can that is had! I gave up personally coming to you all the time because it was useless...you were either too busy or too cynical and down already! I needed someone to help support me and lift me up! My entire life got fucked upside down and he is what I had! I have tried and tried and tried to get your wife to spend time with me or do something...it's impossible. I am like the ONLY person left int his family who still sticks around...and I need help and support. I am still learning ****! I want you! I want my family! Maybe I would have come to you first if I felt comfortable enough to come to you first...but think about it Jesse, when is the last time you and I actually spent together? I had you in the beginning and it was amazing. You took the place of my sire because he fucked off...but then you got all this depression in your head and it's been impossible since then. You told me you'd talk and spend time with me when you got back. That hasn't happened. And that's my whole point.

<Jesse Fforde> “I'm a negative person. I get on your nerves. You don't want to spend time with me. So why bother trying anymore? Just leave the depressed person alone and get angry at him when he doesn't do what you want him to. That's how it feels, Kae, and maybe they were right all along. I am only good for this family when I give them absolutely everything but when I stop giving? I'm the bad guy. I get sweet **** all in return. The only person to actually sit down and try to figure out how to fix what's wrong with me is gone, so I may as well just ******* give up. But it's not about me. It's not. This is about you. I'm sorry that you've been sad, and upset, and that I'm no help to you. I really am. “

<Kaelyn> *Her eyes glared at him as he yelled back at her* We don't have to watch stupid movies! I only say movies because I don't know what else to do! The fact that you get depressed and sad and all that crap doesn't bother me! What bothers me is when you allow it to pull you away! Because then I have no one here! When you get depressed you don't want me around anymore! There's only one thing I’ve ever asked of you and Victor...I just want to spend time with you two. I try to give you everything you want and desire...EVERYTHING. You didn't like how I was, so I worked so hard to change for you even though it was making me miserable! I stopped when you said I could. I went back to being just me. I've been happier but that doesn’t change the fact that I wanted to spend time with you. I can't help you. I can't even begin to try to help you when you don't want me around. So what the hell is it that you exactly want from me? Everything I have done since being turned up to this moment has been for this family. The one decision I make for me...It's like the worst thing I could do apparently

--The following transcript was a live chat roleplay--



<Jesse Fforde> Jesse groaned as he dropped back down into the armchair, dirty hands rubbing at his face. "I don't know what gave you the impression I don't want you around, Kae. I selfishly want everyone around all of the time because that is the only thing that makes me happy. I don't want anything from you. I'm sorry, okay? I'll meet this Stagger of yours if you'll still let me and I'll keep my tongue where it belongs. We can work through this together. I'm angry because ... this decision you have made creates this... this wedge. I'm angry because I can see it's not good for you. Not for my own selfish reasons. I want what's best for you and you might be happy now but you'll be miserable in the future when he dies, or you die, repeatedly, because of what he shouldn't know, and where he shouldn't be. Do you get that?"


<Kaelyn> *moved back to her own chair, watching him* I get the impression because no matter how much I try...I can't get anyone to spend any amount of time with me unless it's Axel who wants to be with me and wants to have sex with em and i'm not comfortable with that, or with Papi. If you wanted me around, you'd make time for me. You would say...no let's not do a movie this time, maybe we could do...any number of other things instead. I shouldn't be the only one making an effort. I want everything for you and this family. I just can't seem to give it. I don't mind hearing your opinions. I don't mind you wanting to talk about things. But how you went off....that wasn't the way. Instantly making me clam up and having to get defensive and not feeling like I made the right choice in telling you...That's not how this was supposed to go. You can meet him. You can speak your mind to him. You can speak your mind to me. Bad things happen, Jesse...all the time. I'm still hoping one day I can convince him of becoming a vampire. Right now he is dead set against it. And he already knows about vampires, so it's not like I'm sharing secrets with him. He knows.


<Jesse Fforde> Jesse nodded, taking everything in and letting it simmer before he responded. "I've taken you for granted," he said, realising now where he'd slipped up. "I'm trying so hard to get the rest of them to come back and to make an effort and I don't appreciate the one person who does," he said, before he gave her a crooked smile. "When have I ever not reacted in that way when it's something I don't like? I will speak my mind to him. I'll try and do it in a calmer fashion than I have with you," he said. "But you can't expect me to react any differently with this than I have with the others. Grey was given a time limit. Esperanza was given a time limit. These things I'll tell to him, too. Doc is in Tytonidae... and he's happy to just let this go?" he asked, curiously.


<Kaelyn> If it gets to be too much or bad stuff starts happening...he'll do what needs done. His own childe...Dom, she was with a human. He's just...he's being here for me. He told me the consequences. He's not overly thrilled about it, but it's my choice. He says he won't bale me out if I **** up. Which i know isn't completely true...he'd try his hardest to do what he could. *She sighed and curled up in her seat* I just...I really really like him, Jesse. And he likes me. No one has ever wanted me like he does, before.


<Jesse Fforde> "Is that the reason why you like him? Because he wants you? You're not just jumping at the opportunity because it's the first one you've had...?" he asked, softly. A question he thought needed to be asked. "I was baled out when I fucked up because at the time, Vel and Micah cared, and they didn't want to hurt me. But they didn't let me get away with ****, either. I baled Victor out. I can't do anything to bale you out, because I'm not a part of their club anymore," he said. Although he was on the road to recovery with both Micah and Vel, he was nowhere near asking them for favours. He'd never ask them for favours ever again. He sighed, and relaxed. "Tell me about him? How'd you meet?"


<Kaelyn> *her head shook some* No, that's not why I like him. And I don't really want baled out. I'm going to try my hardest to be as careful and safe as I can be. *When he asked her to tell him about Stagger, her face literally lit up* Well...I was working at Nexus. HE came in and sat at a table. Renee was short staffed, so I was waiting tables and happened to get his. I felt this like immediate connection to him. I thought I was in love. I needed to know him more...I needed to be close. We talked for a while and he suggested we get out of there...he wanted to show me a place. So I went with him. He blindfolded me in the mall and took me to his shop. Which is a place that sort of terrifies me for our kind and him...but we'll get into that later. We played a game. I asked questions and I'd do a task for him. Then he started asking me questions. And I don't know. I just felt...connected to him. I realized over the night eventually that I'm not in love with him, but...god I adore him. He makes me smile. He makes me feel good about myself. I'm comfortable with him. He asked me to be his girl...so I'm his girl. I told him I'm not ready to sleep with him and I don't think I will be for a long time. He completely respects that. There's just something about him...I like how I feel and who I am when with him.


<Jesse Fforde> Jesse was imagining someone twice Kaelyn's age. He was imagining a forty year old man. He remembered his Uncle at forty. He looked sixty, at forty. Jesse imagined grey hair and belly fat. He imagined an old slug and he had to try not to visualise that old slug sleeping with Kaelyn - this young, spritely thing with not a single flaw. He bit the inside of his cheek to keep from saying what he wanted to say. Nor did he tell her that she shouldn't have to be careful and safe; that it would have driven him batshit crazy if he still had to try to keep Grey a secret. Not that it mattered; she was no longer a secret but she still may as well be his imaginary girlfriend, sometimes, for all anyone else saw her. He wanted to ask what this place was that terrified Kaelyn, but she said later. So he left it for later. He struggled past all his opposition and instead he smiled. "I am happy that you are happy. I am. I don't want you to think otherwise. I just hope you can stay that way," he said, softly.


<Kaelyn> *fingers toyed with her hair as she smiled. He said he was happy for her. Maybe he really was. She felt good. She felt secure and happy. Mainly...she felt wanted and special. Those were two feelings she had craved for so long. She just wanted to belong...she wanted to be wanted, accepted and now she was.* I really am happy. It's only been a shortish while and it happened so fast at the time, I’ve been worried about sharing. *She thought for a moment and grinned* I snapped a picture of him on my phone! Want to see!?


<Jesse Fforde> And so she should have been worried about sharing. Jesse nodded. he couldn't help himself. "And it's probably something you shouldn't share with everyone, either. You can't trust everyone and this is not something you'd want to get back to Tytonidae," he said, sighing again. He shrugged. "Sure, show me."


<Kaelyn> *she pulled out her phone and flipped through some pictures til she got to the one she wanted. Sliding from her seat, she made her way to his and perched onto the arm of it, showing him the picture* I'll probably need to work on his style and stuff...


<Jesse Fforde> Jesse narrowed his eyes at the screen. Not grey or balding, at least. But still, he shifted slightly in his seat, scratching at his scalp. It happened all the time, he supposed. Some young girls had a thing for old men. Jesse didn't get it. It might make him all kinds of uncomfortable, but he refrained from saying it. Refrained from telling her that she could do so much better. "So. You want to change him, then?"


<Kaelyn> Well, the color of that jacket is kind of hideous. It's like...baby diahrea. But if he likes it that much, I'll tolerate it. *She probably had daddy issues of some sort, hence her constant need for attention and finding it in other men like Jesse and Doc and now Stagger.* He's big...I think he'll be able to keep me safe from some things. And I won't tell everyone. Just you and Papi....and if I can get Victor, him


<Jesse Fforde> Jesse shook his head. "He's a human, Kae. He can't protect you from sweet **** all, if it's not human, too. You're strong, now. You're the one who'll be protecting him, should anything go wrong."


<Kaelyn> And I will. I will protect him. I won't let anything bad happen to him. He's mine.

<Jesse Fforde> He grimaced, and he couldn't quite hide it. "If I don't like this, you know Victor's going to like it even less. For different reasons, probably," he said.

<Kaelyn> And what's he going to do about it? What's he do about anything?

<Jesse Fforde> "He'll probably sulk about it because there's nothing he can do about it. We just want you to be happy so there's nothing any of us are going to do about it, even if I think it'd be far better for you if this ended now rather than later. The only good end I can see to this is if he's turned. I'm sorry. I know you don't like me being negative but I can't help it. I wouldn't be doing my job properly if I weren't completely honest with you. If he doesn't agree to be turned you're just going to be stuck in this secret relationship, miserable as he gets older and eventually dies from old age. Or a heart attack. Or ... cancer, or diabetes. Or by the hands of vampires, which is far more likely, given his precarious situation. And you, too. Do you really want to die again?"


<Kaelyn> *She chewed on her bottom lip as he spoke. She felt uncomfortable hearing him list off the ways he could die. She knew it was possible...but wouldn't it be the same if she were human? She'd find someone and they'd eventually die.* I'm not going to die...I'll be ok. And if I do...at least I"m happy for now. And I'll get another body and start another life *frowns some more*


<Jesse Fforde> Jesse shook his head again. "You nkow this puts me in a hard place. You'll tell this to Victor, and he'll bring up Esperanza, too. He'll ask why I'm not forcing the decision on you. Making you force it on Stagger. Grey'd say the same thing. Ishaq - because I went off at him about Milo, until I found out Milo was his thrall. I'm going to let this go for now but I can't make any promises that I'm not going to make you hate me later," he said. Calmer, this time. Not as angry as before. But he'd made up his mind, in the short time he'd had to think about it. "I really do want you to be happy, Kae, but ****. What a way to go about it..."


<Kaelyn> I didn't mean for it to happen.....I know you're not happy with this. I know you're worried and scared. This is not what I was expecting...I never meant to find him...but I did. I wont' tell Victor if you think it'll make things easier.


<Jesse Fforde> "Would you really not want to tell Victor? Is this really going to make you happy, not being able to... do anything? Because if you go out in public, you'll be seen. You could be seen. I don't care about the general public - screw what they think. But people do know who you are, Kae. They'll know that you're a vampire, in the very least," he said. "You might think that staying home all the time is fine, now. But trust me. I know from experience. You'll go stir crazy."


<Kaelyn> Now might not be the best time for him anyway with Kenlie leaving and all. And we can go out of town where I'm not known....We can take weekend trips and what not so we're not always stuck in. And...I can somehow alter my appearance. And...they might not know he's human...


<Jesse Fforde> "How could they not know he was human? What if they found out you were going out of town and came to kill you there, instead? Then there'd be no coming back..."


<Kaelyn> I don't know...we'll figure it out. I don't know anything right now


<Jesse Fforde> He doesn't say that he doesn't believe she'll figure it out; that it'll end up being figured out for her, eventually. He just sighs and lets it go. He's said what he needs to say. He'll meet the guy. He'll think about it in the interim - and then the conditions will be set. "We'll see how it goes," is all he says. "Let's set a date now. You and I. To hang out. Okay?"


<Kaelyn> I would like that. Very much so. What days work best for you? *was happy to be off the topic of Stagger for the moment. They had a lot of difficulties ahead, but right now she didnt want to focus on those*


<Jesse Fforde> "Thursday or Friday," he said, leaning sideways to pull his phone from his pocket and bring up the calendar, to see if there was anything happening at Gresse's that would require his urgent attention on those days. There was nothing. "Yeah, one of those."


<Kaelyn> Let's say this Friday then?

<Jesse Fforde> "Friday it is," he said with a nod and a smile.

<Kaelyn> *wrapped arms around him, hugging* Love you Jesse

--The following transcript was a live chat roleplay--
<Jesse> [T] Victor's at Limbo. He's either far too drunk or he's gone insane. If you're wondering where he went.
<Kaelyn> [t] What are you talking about? Is he ok?
<Jesse> [t] I don't know. He says you're the only one who's seen him - has he been drunk this whole time? He still thinks I'm dead...
<Jesse> [t] He thinks the dead are talking to him through his phone.
<Kaelyn> [t] No...he wasn't drunk last I saw him
<Jesse> [t] Well, he made it sound as if he's been drunk for weeks.
<Kaelyn> [t] Oh...I've not spent tons of time with him really. But I don't thinkk he was drunk on Christmas or anything
<Jesse> [t] So he seemed normal to you at Christmas time? Did he think I was still dead?
<Kaelyn> [t] We didn't talk about you...I'm not sure
<Jesse> [t] Well. Maybe it's a phase and he'll wake up sober and be normal again.
<Kaelyn> [t] Maybe

<Kaelyn> [t] Things changed...
<Jesse> [t] Did they?
<Kaelyn> [t] How can you not see it?
<Jesse> [t] I ... don't know what you're talking about? See what?
<Kaelyn> [t] Between us. Nevermind
<Jesse> [t] Between you and I? A lot happened, Kae. There's bound to be recovery time.
<Kaelyn> [t] k
<Jesse> [t] I still have no idea what you're talking about. Maybe it's in your imagination.
<Kaelyn> [t] It's not. I notice differences.
<Jesse> [t] Like what?
<Kaelyn> [t] I could easily go two weeks or more without speaking to you or texting and you wouldn't worry. Whereas before...a day or two would go by and you would.
<Kaelyn> [t] Going along with that...we don't talk anymore.
<Jesse> [t] ... I did text you.
<Kaelyn> [t] Yes. Something about my sire being drunk or insane the other night.
<Jesse> [t] Yup. Still texted you.
<Kaelyn> [t] k
<Jesse> [t] This is a stupid thing to be upset about, Kae. You haven't contacted me, either. Have you seen me get upset about it? You're organising a party, posting to the forum. I know you're okay. We have access to the same places, we see each other around. This shouldn't be a big deal. What's the problem?
<Kaelyn> [t] We aren't friends anymore and it makes me sad.
<Jesse> [t] Yeah. That's just in your imagination.
<Kaelyn> [t] Do we talk? Do we spend any amount of time together? Everything changed. You don't need me anymore....so it doesn't matter if I don't keep in contact or if I don't come home...
<Jesse> [T] Two way street, Kae. I died. Before that, I was a pathetic **** of a person who could barely focus on himself, let alone worry about whose feelings he's hurting by not staying in contact. It's been two weeks, maybe three? Since I got back. I've been talking to Rhett because he's just sired someone and it's my responsibility to make sure people get settled. I sired someone - which takes me out of action for a week while help them with the transition.
<Kaelyn> [t] Ok. Forget it. Sorry.
<Jesse> [t] You have your boyfriend. You hang out with Doc. You have a life. You're busy. If you dont't come around I'm not going to assume you hate us. You've told me on several occasions that's not the case. There's no point being upset about it. You'll come around when you want to come around. You're imagining **** that's not true, and if you want to let that keep you away, then so be it.
<Kaelyn> [t] k
<Kaelyn> What does an arcane fetish do
<Jesse> I.... don't remember.
<Kaelyn> Oh ok
<Kaelyn> Stagger gave me one today
<Kaelyn> And papi gave me a pretty bracelet
<Kaelyn> ....It's my birthday
<Jesse> Happy birthday!
<Jesse> So that's why you're telling me that everyone's giving you things? You were trying to hint?
<Kaelyn> Yeah....Dad forgot too. It's ok
<Kaelyn> It's more the broken promises.
<Kaelyn> Plus...I'm an adult now.
<Jesse> Which promises?
<Kaelyn> Go look at the birthday board on the forum.
<Jesse> Ah, Victor. He's not been a man to live up to promises. You either gotta accept it and move on or let it eat at you.
<Kaelyn> He didnt do Christmas either...
<Jesse> Yeah. That's the point. He doesn't live up to his promises. If you want a good Christmas, or a good birthday make it happen.
<Kaelyn> Going to see Stagger shortly. He'll make it better.
<Jesse> Or you can come home and we can finally get your car out of storage. Why wait for Victor to live up to a promise he's not going to abide?
<Kaelyn> Stagger has a night planned for us. But I would like to do that
<Jesse> Then we can do that. Just let me know when.

--The following transcript was a live chat roleplay--
<Jesse> [txt] Driving lessons? Soon, yeah?
[t] Yes...I think so. I want mom to teach me how too. Both of you could do it! Or maybe I'll have her teach me to drive a motorcycle
<Jesse> [T] I assume by 'Mom' you mean Kenlie?
<Kaelyn> [t] Well yeah...
<Jesse> [T] I don't think I've ever heard you call her mom before. That's good!
<Kaelyn> [t] Oh....I like her. She can be mom. Maybe. I think. She needs to stay around though...to stay mom. Mom's and dad's are supposed to be there for their kids. Otherwise...they're just creaters. Soo yeah. Maybe she'll stay mom
<Jesse> [T] if only the world were so black and white. My father died and my mother became an ignorant drunk. You learn to live without them, in the end.
<Kaelyn> [t] Well....they aren't my real parents, so i can decide it or not. It's completely black and white for me. Either be here for me or don't. Calling them my parents...it should be a gift. If they don't want it, that's ok with me. I'm a big girl.
<Jesse> [T] You are. I can see how you were with people, when we all died. Helping Dhara, specifically. I know you checked on Clover. Thank you.
<Kaelyn> [t] Dhara was worried. She needed someone. And Clover...well you two are attached now, so...i dont know. Figured I should.
<Jesse> [T] Clover would have killed herself if she didn't have support. Don't be modest now.
<Kaelyn> [t] That's stupid. She would not have killed herself. She can go down to visit you without that
<Jesse> [T] I think it was the shame, not the need to be with me.
<Kaelyn> [t] Her thoughts sometimes...they don't make sense. She blames her self and feels guilty. Which is stupid
<Jesse> [T] It is stupid. We're all fine. I pushed her out the window. It's my fault she lived.
<Kaelyn> [t] That's kind of humourous.
<Jesse> [T] I thought so. Poor woman is traumatised, though. Tsk.
<Kaelyn> It's just a window...I was thrown from mine twice
<Kaelyn> [t] And i live on the 19th floor
<Jesse> [T] No I mean. That she was the only one who lived.
<Kaelyn> [t] Oh...well you guys were just in the shadow realm. It's not like you really died
<Jesse> [T] Exactly. Yes. We're all perfectly fine.
<Kaelyn> [t] What's going on with Rhett? What does he need to handle?
<Kaelyn> [t] He should be handling Dhara....
<Jesse> [T] What do you mean?
<Kaelyn> [t] Dhara has been a mess without him. Constant worry. He should check in on her and stuff
<Jesse> [T] I'm sure he's with her.
<Kaelyn> [t] Ok good
<Jesse> [T] How're you?
<Kaelyn> [t] I'm fine. Nothing has changed here. You are fine?
<Jesse> [T] I am grand.
<Kaelyn> [t] For the party, I'm making it a Valentine's party since...everyone was dead and stuff
<Jesse> [T] oh yeah. Clover told me about that. Thank you. I'm looking forward to it
<Kaelyn> [t] I have no plans for iet yet
<Jesse> [T] Would you like help?
<Kaelyn> [t] Not at the moment. It shouldn't be too difficult
<Kaelyn> [t]...does Clover tell you all of the conversations we have?
<Jesse> [T] I'm tempted to say yes just to mess with you. But probably not. Why?
<Kaelyn> [t] Because I highly doubt you want to know all of them...
<Jesse> [T] oh?
<Kaelyn> [t] Yeah...
<Jesse> [T] I'll trust your judgement on that.
<Kaelyn> [t] That's smart
<Jesse> [t] You know curiosity is going to get the better of me and I'm going to ask her now, right?
<Kaelyn> [t] You want me to talk to you about my sex life with Stagger?
<Jesse> [T] Probably not, no. Just like you'd probably not like what I think about it.
<Kaelyn> [t] I can get in your head. And I dont want to know yuor dirty thoughts
<Jesse> [T] They're not dirty.
<Kaelyn> [t] Then what do you mean?
<Jesse> [T] I've said it before. To repeat it would only cause an argument. Don't worry about it.
<Kaelyn> [t] Oh. You mean about Stagger. I'm 18. I look older.
<Jesse> [T] I still haven't met him. My judgement is reserved.
<Kaelyn> [t] I'm considering bringing him to the party. I doubt it, but it's a thought
<Kaelyn> [t] No...I think not
<Jesse> [T] perhaps not with everyone there, no. Where were you going to have it?
<Kaelyn> [t] Depends. I think you should get the old place back up and going
<Jesse> [T] If you swing by, you'll see renovations are already under way. It's called Serpentine, now. I hired a Charlie - she's taking care of things during the day, and will be duty manager. There's no more garage.
<Kaelyn> [t] When will it be finished?
<Jesse> [T] before valentine's day, I should hope.
<Kaelyn> [t] Can my old thead...the one for the Winter party be deleted? It's just taking up room and is pointless now. I'll make a new for the new party
<Jesse> [T] Sure. I'll do it soon.
<Jesse> [T] Or not. It seems that function is not available to me.
<Kaelyn> [t] Weird.