SE RPG: Archives - Week 2
September 5th - September 14, 2000
Posted by: j-eb@uswest.net
Jessica stared at the note in her lap. She studied the beautiful drawing, how nicely
it was sketched. Jessica read the note and began to daydream a little, thinking about Zac
moreso than her math assignment. Her daydream was interrupted by the sound of the
bell. She gathered her books and rushed out of class, praying she wouldn't be late for any more
classes. "Oh! And Jessica..." the teacher called as she left, "Detention is cancelled
today. Be lucky for that." Jessica sighed happily. "I get to see Zac after all!" she
thought. She couldn't wait for the end of the day. She did her homework in school so she
would have a free afternoon. Jessica heard the final bell ring. She grabbed her backpack
and books and ran out the door and outside of the building. She reminded herself to slow
down, in case anyone was watching. As she walked out the building, she noticed the same
mysterious white cat near the tree. It was looking at her awkwardly again. Jessica
walked to the front of the school and waited for Zac to show up.
Posted by: mikaroo@hotmail.com
Zac smiled when he walked out of the room, there was something about her that just
made him want to keep her close to him...to keep her safe. "Get it together, Banes!" he
muttered to himself as he went through history and his other classes. "And your homework
for tonight is...nothing." The class cheered and Zac thanked whatever was giving him a good
day. When the final bell rang he stopped by his locker, threw his bag in there and pulled
out the things he needed to take home, or didn't dare to leave over night. Heading for
the parking lot he pulled his keys out of the breast pocket of his jacket and unlocked the door and
threw his stuff in teh back seat and hopped in. Starting up the car he smiled as he heared
it purr to life. He pulled out of the parking lot and drove up to the front of the school and honked the horn
to Jessica, then leaned over and opened the door for her.
Posted by: j-eb@uswest.net
Jessica looked around to see if anyone was watching (which they were). She quietly
stepped into the car. She shut the door and looked up at Zac. "Thanks for...um...picking
me up," Jessica said. She wondered if he could tell she was extremely nervous. She looked back
up at him and smiled.
Posted by: mikaroo@hotmail.com
Zac looked over at her, "How about I take you out for a burger? Or pizza? We could
get to know each other a bit better, we could swing by and pick up May if you would like...
my treat." He could tell she was nervous and he didn't want her to feel uncomfortable
in the slightest so he offered the only thing he could think of. He pulled out of the front
of the school and merged into traffic and hopped on the main "drag"
through town, unsure of which direction he should be going.
Posted by: j-eb@uswest.net
"Uh...sure," Jessica said. She sighed. "But...I don't exactly know where May is right now...
and oh...I need to be home by five..." Jessica remembered. "Sorry so early. But, I would
really like to get to know you." She smiled up at him. She stared out the car window for
a bit, not caring where they were going.
Posted by: mikaroo@hotmail.com
Zac sighed quietly, this wasn't going all that well. In fact she seemed bored out of her mind.
~Great~ he thought to himself. He just drove for a little bit until he came to a small place that his sister
just loved to go to. It had good food and a fifties style atmosphere, they served just
about everything here. As he pulled in he looked over at her. "Hey, don't worry about the time thing,
I totally understand. I normally need to be home no later than seven so I can help with my
sister's homework." He pulled into the parking spot and stopped the engine and climbed out of the car
and then waited for her. As they walked in he looked about. "Where would you like
to sit? Window, table?" He looked over at her.
Posted by: j-eb@uswest.net
"Umm...window?" Jessica said. She looked back at Zac. "Well...what would you like
to do? I'm really not good at making decisions," she said. She looked around the area,
scanning for empty tables. She spotted one by a window, one in a corner, and one
near the counter. :great...: she thought. :I'm actually totally stupid again.: She decided that
for the rest of the time, she would not do anything to make a bad impression on Zac.
Posted by: mikaroo@hotmail.com
"Well how about the corner then?? That way we can sit back out of everyone's sight but
can see them," he smiled at her, liking how she wasn't like every other girl he offered to
buy supper for...sure he had a few friends and he cherished those ones but most girls
just wanted to show him off to their friends...she didn't seem to be like that at all.
Posted by: j-eb@uswest.net
Jessica nodded and followed Zac to the back corner table. She liked it that way, it was
more private...or at least felt like it. She felt special when she was with Zac. Everyone
else barely paid attention to her...classamates, her mother...except for May and her few
other friends. she also felt something else from Zac...but she didn't know what...just
like the girl she had seen earlier. She sat down in the chair next to Zac's and waited.
Posted by: mikaroo@hotmail.com
Zac sat down in the chair across from her and draped his jacket over one of the other
chairs. The waitress came up and gave them two menus and two glasses of water and said she
would be back in a few minutes when they decided. He picked up his glass and looked
at it for a moment and then took a small sip of the water and set it back down.
~Wow...what to say...come on, this was your idea...at least have enough gumption to talk
to her, you dit.~ He looked around for something...anything to talk to her about. He spotted
something outside the window, there was a small leaf blowing in the wind. "I hope you
don't mind me drawing you earlier today...something just told me that you would look good
on paper...and it was right." Lord, he must sound like a total buffoon. ~Change
the subject!~ "So...you and May been friends for long?"
Posted by: doomstarxxx@icqmail.com
A loud crash in the corner of the library shook May out of her deep concentration. She
looked up from the thick text book she'd been reading, and noticed the librarian having
some trouble with a heavy cart of books. "Do you need some help, Ms. Hill?" May asked.
"No thanks, May, I've got it," she answered. May glanced at the clock then, and her jaw just
about dropped to the floor. "I've been here for more than two hours!" she exclaimed. Grabbing
her stuff, she rushed out of the nearly empty school. "I guess Jessica left already," she thought
out loud. Once outside, the weather was unusually warm, so she decided to slow down
a bit. As she ran down the stairs of the entrance, she noticed a white cat sitting there. "Hi,
kitty," she said, approaching it. "I thought I saw Jessica looking at you! No wonder, you're such
a cutie!" she reached out to scratch the kitten under its chin. Suddenly May slapped herself
on the forehead. "The pep rally! I missed that too!"
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Meanwhile, in the large throne room of a dark castle, the Dark Night Mistress stood before
a floating, black, crystal ball. She waved her hand over it, and two seperate images appeared:
Damita's and Stephen's.
"My warriors," she spoke into the crystal. "I demand to see you at once. I have an
addition to the mission for you."
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And in the restaurant that Zac had taken Jessica...a lone customer sat at the end of
the counter, a half-finished hamburger and a glass of chocolate milk before him. Blue-black
hair fell over his eyes as he scanned the people in the restaurant with a contradictory
disinterest. His eyes passed over Jessica, then Zac...then the boy did a double take, his
attention caught by Zac's piercing green eyes. "They seem interesting," he thought,
referring to Zac and Jessica. "Not like everyone else in this dull town." Sipping on his
chocolate milk, he continued to watch them...
Posted by: j-eb@uswest.net
"Uh...yea...I guess," Jessica said. She tried to remember how long she had
known May. Then she remembered. :Oh no...I missed the pep rally: Jessica thought. She
decided to go right over to May's house to talk to her. Jessica looked around the restaurant
with a sigh. Now there were six more empty tables. She spotted a young boy, sitting up at the
counter. "What's he doing here by himself?" Jessica thought. Then, it appeared again...the
same black aura that had come from the girl earlier...the darkness that seemed to surround
him. Jessica quickly turned away. "What is wrong with me today?" she muttered.
Posted by: doomstarxxx@icqmail.com
"Uh oh, the girl noticed me," Joseph thought. He quickly dug into his pocket and left
a few crumpled up dollar bills on the counter, before leaving the restaurant.
Once outside, however, he didn't have much to do. He sat down on the curb and just
waited, not really planning on anything.
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At the same time, May was slowly walking home, enjoying the evening sun. "Maybe I'll give
Jessica a call..." she glanced at her watch; it was already past 5 o'clock. "She
should be home by now!"
Posted by: starseeke@hotmail.com
Damita jumped as she heard the mental summons. Looking around her room she
found her full length mirror and saw an image of her queen and walked over to it. "As
you command, my Mistress," she said, bowing to the image before her. Touching
the small locket at her throat she silently said, "Bring me before the Queen." There
was a flash of light and then darkness. Stepping out of the darkness, Damita went to
one knee. "You summoned me?" She looked around and smiled...leave it to Gemini
to be late as usual.
Posted by: mikaroo@hotmail.com
Stephen was sitting there listening to his "friends" when a mental buzzer-like sound
went off in his mind. Standing up without another word to the crowd around him he walked
to his motorcycle, hoped on and started it and took off. He didn't drive too far...just far
enough to know that he wasn't followed. Driving into a back alleyway he stopped and walked into a shadow
and appeared in the Dark Queen's throne room. Going to oneknee he smiled wickedly,
"As you commanded, I amhere M'lady." He looked up at the sickly beautiful woman on
the throne and caught a glimpse of Damita to his left and threw a quick wink in her
direction. "Well, well, looky who comes running when called...just like a good lil lap dog." The
taunt was whispered loud enough that Damita could hear it and hopefully not loud enough
that the queen heard it.
Posted by: mikaroo@hotmail.com
Zac looked at the menu and ordered a hamburger and strawberry milkshake and motioned
for the waitress to take Jessica's order as well. Hearing her sigh he decided to pull out
his sketch book and see if there was anything in there that might help them talk a
little more. When he started to hand it to her he noticed her looking at a young boy and he couldnt help
but feel his gaze fixate on him. Without realizing he was talking out loud he said, "Do
you ever have the feeling you know someone from somewhere...another time perhaps...
or place? I felt that way when I looked at May...and you." HIs gaze was still locked on the
boy as though he was incapable of looking away.
Posted by: doomstarxxx@icqmail.com
Dark Night heard the comment, but chose to ignore it. Instead, she raised her hand, and
in a surge of dark energy, another black crystal ball appeared. It floated in between
Damita and Stephen. "Take a good look," she said.
Inside the crystal ball, black energy swirled around like oil and water before turning
into the image of a young boy.
"This child's name is Virgo. Find him for me, and bring him here." She raised an
eyebrow, hinting at her sick sense of humor, "He's one of you. So I want him in one
piece."
The image changed, to show three girls - Molly, Jessica, and May. "I don't know who these
girls are, but keep an eye on them. They have a strange aura." She looked at Stephen,
then at Damita. "But you've seen them already, haven't you?"
Dark Night lowered her hand and the crystal ball abruptly disappeared, signaling a
change in subject. "By the way, you two...and especially YOU, Damita...since
you're supposed to pretend to be part of these humans, it wouldn't hurt to try to blend
in a little. Don't draw attention to yourselves. Not until it's completely necessary,
at least." She smiled, at some hidden wicked thought.
"All right...that's it. You may go now. But report back to me at once, if you have any news."
Posted by: mikaroo@hotmail.com
Gemini looked at the subject of his Mistress' globe and studied the face long
and hard. He would remember that face. He would be the one to bring him back, not
the Mistress' pet. Oh sure, he knew that she was the favorite, why shouldn't she be? After
all, she was another Mistress in the making, but he would prove his worth as well
to the Dark Queen.
When she mentioned the girls and he saw their picture, he nodded slightly. "Aye, my Queen,
I know I have, and as for her...she is too busy trying to be a stand out. I will do more than
keep an eye on them...I will take one as my 'human girlfriend' if that is possible. Then
you will know even more."
He snickered when Damita was critized and he stood up and bowed low to the Mistress
and walked back out of the shadow he came through and hopped on his bike. He would
have to find them first, and he would have to find the kid as well. "One of us...somehow
I don't think so." He laughed evily and drove off, looking for any of the four he was shown.
Posted by: starseeke@hotmail.com
Damita looked over at Gemini and her eyes flashed dangerously at the comment. If
it wasn't for the fact that the Queen herself was standing there she would have given him a
good taste of her full strength. But she didn't. When the globe appeared she looked into it to see
a young boy that had an inky feeling about him. Smiling, she nodded. "Shouldn't be
that hard to find the likes of him..." her smile faded though, when she saw the three. A
light growl errupted from her lips and she wished to only lash out at the perfection she
saw there...they were happy, friendly, and known around the school, everything she
was not. Looking up at the Dark Lady she said, "If you wish, my Mistress, I will destroy
them for you."
She lowered her head again then flinched at the tone of the voice she was admonished
in. Looking up at the woman on the throne she bit her lower lip to avoid saying what
she was thinking. ~I would rather die by her hand then blend in and be part of
THOSE humans.~ She only nodded, "I will try to do as you command, my Queen." She
noted that Gemini left and relaxed a little bit. Standing up she bowed as well, and turned and
walked back into the darkness from which she came and flopped on her bed. She began to
study, or at least try to study. Her mind was wheeling a mile a minute...another soldier...
the three girls...they all seemed to be connected to each other, but she wasn't sure
how yet...and that frustrated and made her angry.
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