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It turns out that there's a method to finding a person's soulmate and it's as simple as having the person gaze into an orb that's plugged into the Akashic records until the image of their soulmate along with some basic information is revealed. No one is allowed to do this without being at least 21 and without having undergone an intense 24 hour psychological evaluation that is different for everyone. (there admittedly are some exceptions that have been rumored like the time a 16 year old hacker from Maryland managed to break through the firewall for a full 10 minutes to get all of his friends prom dates, or the time a bachelorette party broke into one of the facilities housing an orb to prove to their friend that her husband to be wasn't the one, or...well you get the idea).  Once the image of the soulmate has been revealed the pair meet in person and then they spend several days getting to know each other in the facility they were introduced in before being sent off to build a life together. The catch is that once you've undergone this process you've essentially agreed to pair bond with this person for life...no matter what happens.

An IMPORTANT note about story length. Please read BEFORE you do anything else

At minimum please provide 3 complete sentences per round that are relevant to the task being presented. At maximum please feel free to write as much as you want but note that you don't need to write the same amount for each round. I know life happens, inspiration bubbles and then fizzles, or you just feel blocked but still want to play along it's 1,000,000% okay to not write a novella every round.

For those of you who are interested in what the contest will entail in more detail please check out the round previews that I've provided. These basic guidelines will not change and will let you know if you're interested before you enter. Please note these don't give the full details of each round, so you can read them and still be surprised.

Round Previews

Round 1: Introduction
In this round you'll be introducing your character and selecting your soulmate.

Round 2: Secrets
When this round opens I'll provide you with the secret that your soulmate is hiding.

Round 3: Scandals
When this round opens you'll have a challenge centering around your soulmate's secret.

Round 4: Plot Twist
Sorry no spoilers here.

Round 5: Happily Ever After?
In this round you'll provide some insight into how you and your soulmate are faring 6 months into the future.

An important note about judging: Story writing contests are notoriously difficult to judge and so in addition to two winners for each round (best story and best dressed), there will be participation banners for each participant. All banners will be uploaded after the final round.

Basic Rules

One entry per participant with a consistent look and personality throughout the contest (any major alterations e.g. hair color change must be explained in the story in some way e.g. you don't have to detail the process of dying your hair but another character should notice it).

This contest is 5 rounds, every round will last 72 hours

The contest is both edit and non-edit

Please keep my characters as I wrote them. Most of us know Tonk's Lucifer rule, it's a great one, please follow it.

Tonk's Lucifer rule

Going Out of character.
So I've got a description of my character:
Mr. Lucifer is the ruler of darkness who brings his wrath and envy upon all living creatures, creating chaos on earth.
And now someone writes:
Mr. Lucifer blushed when I I winked at him.
...
No...He did not blush.
So watch out for that.  They have their personalities, just as you have yours.

Round 1 requirements

Name

Age

Face Claim

Occupation

Personality Traits

Your chosen soulmate I've provided 15 different extras who are available for you to choose from. You can't claim the same soulmate as another contestant, so the earlier you select, the better your chances are that you get your first choice.

Story Tell me why you've applied for the soulmate solution, what you hope to get from the experience, what you thought of the process you had to undergo, and how you felt when you first met your soulmate in person (please don't take your story beyond the first few hours of the initial meeting).

Outfits Show me what you were wearing when you first entered the process and the outfit you chose to where when you were first introduced to your soulmate.

When your entry is complete please write R1 complete or something similar in your entry.
 

Round 1 ends at 11am EST on October 25th

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Extras and Contestants

Extras

Harlow Rhodes * FC: Ashley Moore * 21

Occupation: Media Studies graduate student

Personality: Talkative and impulsive with a creative streak a mile wide. She's the quintessential social butterfly and can liven any party but she's also forgetful and can be a drama queen if she feels she isn't getting her way.

Maxwell Kimble jr. * FC: Bryshere Gray * 24 * CLAIMED

Occupation: Freelance Videographer

Personality: Extroverted and engaging his clients often wonder why he's behind the camera instead of in front of it. He works too hard and as a result can be neglectful, something which he makes up for with lavish presents.

Hamilton Dobbs * FC: Donald Glover * 32 * CLAIMED

Occupation: Software developer

Personality: Charismatic and creative he's the mind behind more than a dozen bestselling games and apps. He can be eccentric and is prone to disappearing for days at a time with no explanation

David Johnson * FC: G-Eazy * 25 * CLAIMED

Occupation: Tour Guide

Personality: Friendly and full of useless facts he's easy to talk to and forms quick peer attachments. While he's great with details sometimes the bigger picture is lost on him.

Noah Gibson. * FC: Harry Shum jr. * 23 * CLAIMED

Occupation: Dog Walker

Personality: Sweet and a little scatterbrained he knows he's better with animals than he is with people but to compensate for this he tries extra hard in his relationships and never forgets a birthday or anniversary. For as kind as he is though he'll lash out if he feels like he's being taken advantage of.

Eli Roberts. * FC: Jason Momoa * 32 * CLAIMED

Occupation: Restaurateur

Personality: Intelligent and flirtatious it can be difficult to tell if he's being genuine when he speaks. However, he's incredibly family-oriented and in addition to raising a daughter on his own he wants to have more children.

Ava Andrews * FC: Kat Dennings * 27

Occupation: Life coach

Personality: Compassionate and encouraging she has the tendency to see the best in a person even if they have a difficult time seeing it in themselves. She also likes to meddle though and often sticks her nose in everyone else's business.

Richard Patel * FC: Kunal Nayyar * 30

Occupation: 3rd grade teacher

Personality: Patient and goofy he has an equal fondness for rambling classic literature and the kind of silly jokes that eight year old boys tell. He can be unpredictable though and there are times when his behavior becomes strange.

Lucille Miller * FC: Madeline Petsch * 22

Occupation: YouTube Beauty Vlogger

Personality: Captivating and centered she's a natural in front of the camera. Off camera she can be indecisive and noticeably insecure so she has a tendency to pretend she's always on.

Zora Ellis * FC: Michael Coel * 27

Occupation: Fashion Designer

Personality: Artistic and adventurous she takes inspiration from wherever she can and often finds it in unexpected places. She's ambitious to a fault and a fierce competitor.

Victor Blake * FC: Nick Jonas * 24 * CLAIMED

Occupation: Yoga studio owner

Personality: Enigmatic and cocky he often speaks in riddles he thinks only he knows the answers to. He likes the finer things in life and believes that luxury is his right and the right of whoever it is he's with.

Edward Sharp * FC: Odelle Beckham jr. * 29

Occupation: Heir

Personality: Philanthropic and fun loving he's at the top of every guest list and likes his spot there. He believes in sharing the immense wealth that his family has left to him but will only do so on his own terms.

Madison Knox * FC: Ruby Rose * 23

Occupation: Tattoo Artist

Personality: Smart mouthed and self taught she can be incredibly defensive about her work and the way she lives her life. She spends more time at home then most people would think and dislikes large crowds.

Joshua Howard * FC: Seth Rogan * 33

Occupation: Accountant

Personality: Kind-hearted and open-minded he's willing to try just about anything once and will always pick up the tab. He can however be seemingly irrational about things that shouldn't matter like how many steps you take to get from one room to another or how often you wear a particular outfit.

Haley Ford * FC: Shailene Woodley * 25 * CLAIMED

Occupation: Brewery owner

Personality: Spoiled and smug she expects to get her way and as a result she often does. However, she's incredibly loyal and if you're in her life she'll always look out for you.

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Contestants

Schoggettchen as Blair Rosalie March

EmmyAna as Yannisse Mi

Hhgurl1 as Angelica Larson

Siri as Zoe Wilkins

Virgilia as Lorna Fallon

MariaL as Rosetta Lin

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Name: Blair Rosalie March

Age: 23 (21st February)

Face Claim: Sophie Turner (with her signature long red hair)

Occupation: Kindergarten Teacher

Personality Traits: gentle, funny, smiles a lot, creative, grumpy without her 8 hours of sleep, passionate about her job, messy, has no sense of direction and gets lost easily, dreamy, horrible cook, talks a lot, not always the best listener, gets scared easily, loves children, book lover, romantic, over punctual, cat person, chocoholic, terrible liar

Your chosen soulmate: David Johnson

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The Process

Blair looks nervously around the hallway while she is waiting for her turn at the psychological evaluation and she is having a hard time grasping that after this one last talk she might get to meet her soulmate. The whole situation still seems like a dream to her and she is expecting that she is going to wake up any minute now. But so far it hasn’t happened yet and that is what gives the young woman hope. She can still remember the day she had applied herself to the so-called Soulmate Solution... it had been a complete accident that she discovered the website a few weeks ago. Blair had been using her weekend to catch up with her favorite TV-shows while browsing on her laptop. She isn’t sure what exactly she had been looking for - could have been anything from books, over cat pictures or new craft ideas - when the advertisement for the Soulmate Solution popped up in her browser. The redhead had been fascinated immediately and she has no problem with admitting that she finds the whole idea not only interesting but also romantic. She has always been a fan of fairy tales as long as she could remember and as she grew older she couldn’t wait to find her own Prince Charming or Mr. Right - as he was called these days - only that so far she hasn’t been lucky yet. The few relationships Blair had over the past years never lasted longer than a year usually because at one point she realized that they seemed to want different things in their lives. Others might think that applying for the Soulmate Solution is desperate but the young woman doesn’t care much what they think… it is her life and her decision. If she gets to meet her soulmate she will be happy and if not - oh well Blair tries not to think too much about this outcome.
“Ms. March?” a voice calls and as the redhead looks up from the folder she has been given she spots a black-haired woman standing in the hallway.
“Coming…” Blair calls and quickly grabs her stuff and follows her into the room. It is sterile like the rest of the whole facility and no matter how hard she tries she can’t feel comfortable or homey. Luckily there is this only last psychological evaluation to be done - the young woman wonders if she still would have applied knowing that she would need to do all kind of tests and answer question after question… her soulmate better will be worth it in the end.
“So Ms. March, you applied for the Soulmate Solution a few weeks ago, why?” the woman asks after taking a brief glance at her files.
The redhead looks at her briefly wondering if she is being serious or not… she wants to find her soulmate or at least get a chance to see him.
“I don’t know… I saw your advertisement online and thought it might be interesting.” Blair replies with a shrug.
“Oh so you don’t want to find your soulmate?” the black-haired woman questions with a fake smile.
“Don’t we all?” the redhead tells her with a nervous chuckle but only gets a bored expression in return. “I mean at least I think it is kinda fascinating… I only read about soulmates in books before or saw them in movies but I could never imagine that they actually exist.” Blair knows that she is babbling but she hasn’t been able to stop thinking about the whole process. It is like a dream coming true and now that she has gotten this far she doesn’t want to ruin her big chance.
“Mhm interesting…” the older woman replies while taking some notes, “And what do you expect your soulmate to be like?”
“I don’t know, to be honest… I never thought about it before.” Blair says lips pursed together, “Until a few weeks ago I didn’t even know that they exist but I guess my soulmate shouldn’t be too different from me. I couldn’t deal with someone who doesn’t talk or never laughs. Other than that there is nothing I can think of right now.” she tiles her head to the side waiting a few moments but no important detail crosses her mind.
“What if your soulmate is a woman? Would you mind?” the black-haired woman questions leaning her head on her hands as she looks straight into Blair’s eyes.
“Honestly no idea. I have never been attracted to a woman before so I can’t tell how I would feel if my soulmate might be one.” the redhead says with a shrug. “I guess it would be pretty awkward though especially in the beginning but what happens later… only time can tell.”
The black-haired hums in reply, “Do you think anything will change in your life after you found your soulmate?”
“I guess so… I have been single for a while so I would have to adapt to a completely new situation, like living with someone - at least I assume we will live together. Looks like there is a lot to consider.” Blair says with a nervous chuckle. She doesn’t know how long she has been already sitting in this room answering, even more, questions - could be hours or only a few minutes - but she feels that it should be enough finally.
“Of course you are going to live with your soulmate. But remember it might not be as easy as you imagine. There is no guarantee that your soulmate will want you in the same way as you want him or her.” the older woman explains and Blair gulps realizing that she hasn’t thought about this outcome before. She has been so excited by getting this chance that she completely forgot how her soulmate will think and feel about the situation. The redhead bits on her lower lip telling herself to keep thinking positive… she hasn’t met her soulmate yet so there is no way of saying what will happen.
“That is all. Unless you have any questions, Ms. March.” the black-haired woman with another fake smile.
“Well, I was wondering how this the soulmate finding process work?” Blair asks her curiosity taking over. She hasn’t found much information after applying.
“Oh, it is pretty simple actually… our scientists found out that we need nothing more than an orb plugged into the Akashic records.” the older woman explains while she gets up, “All you have to do is gaze into the orb and wait until the image of your soulmate along with some basic information shows up. Anything else?”
“No… I mean yes. Does this mean I get to meet my soulmate?” Blair asks looking at her with a hopeful expression.
“You will. The room with the orb is just down the hallway, so please follow me.” the black-haired woman opens the door and Blair is quick to grab her stuff and hurries after her out of the room. The orb isn’t as impressive as she first thought but she guesses as long as it works everything is fine. As the young woman she sits down she wonders what face will be revealed… she doesn’t care much about appearance always claiming that personality matter more but now that she has come this far she is curious. What if her soulmate is indeed a woman? She might have claimed that she wouldn’t mind but honestly, she would prefer a man. Not that there is anything she can change about it now. All the redhead is can wait and hope for the best. The black-haired woman gives her some instruction but Blair doesn’t take any notice of her she is too distracted by the orb in front of her. At first, she sees nothing only a white light but then slowly an image starts to appear in front of her eyes.
“Oh…” Blair thinks to herself...

The Meeting

I don’t think I can do this… Blair thinks to herself as she paces up and down the hallways. In a few minutes she is supposed to meet her soulmate and ever since she woke up in the morning she is freaking out. Seeing David - she has learned his name yesterday - in the orb has been easy but actually meeting him is a completely different matter. The young woman has already gone through every possible scenario including the one with him not wanting a soulmate. She couldn’t tell how she would react if that happens… she stops in her movements shaking her head.
“Think positive… you have to think positive.” she murmurs to herself eyes locked on the door in front of her. “Everything is going to be fine.” Blair knows that she must look ridiculous talking about herself and in this moment she wishes once again that her best friend Hillary could be here but unfortunately, that isn’t possible. The redhead takes a deep breath and closes her eyes. “Okay, you can do this… you saw his face yesterday and he looked nice.” the young woman mumbles when suddenly the door opens. She startles opening her eyes only to spot the same black-haired woman from yesterday.
“Are you ready, Ms. March?” she asks getting straight to the point and for a moment she considers saying no and that it was all just a big mistake and that she can’t do this but no words slip out of her mouth. Instead, she nods hoping that her nervousness isn’t that obvious.
I wonder what David might be feeling right now… she thinks to herself as she follows the black-haired woman into the room. There are two things Blair notices immediately… David is taller than she has imagined - and she isn’t small herself with 1,75 m - and he looks better in real compared to the image she had seen in the orb. Not that it matters much to her since personality should come first but now she has to admit it is a small plus.
Lips curled into a smile she accepts the hand he has extended in her direction. “Hey, I’m Blair. It is nice to meet you.”
“Likewise and I’m David,” he replies with a firm handshake smiling as well and the redhead can’t exactly explain why but she feels comfortable around him… maybe it is a soulmate thing. For a moment they only look at each other obviously not knowing what to say which doesn’t happen often to Blair. Usually, her problem is that she doesn’t know when to keep her mouth closed.
“Did you know that only about 2% of the world population are redheads?” David asks finally breaking the uncomfortable silence between them. His lips are curled into a grin and the young woman blinks twice before she flashes him a smile.
“Wow, I didn’t know that. I always thought it would be more but looks like I’m not good at recognizing a fake redhead.” she replies with a chuckle, “But now I’m curious how do you know that?”
“I like to read usually useless facts. I guess you never know when you might need one and I have learned that they can be a good icebreaker.” David tells her with a shrug. “So Blair, what do you do for the living?”
“Oh I’m a kindergarten teacher for about 3 years already.” the young woman explains lips curled into a bright smile. This is a topic she could talk about for hours but she knows that this meeting isn’t only about her… this is her soulmate sitting across from her and she doesn’t want to scare him away with her endless talking. “What about you?”
“I’m a Tour guide… another reason why I know a lot of facts. There is always this one tourist who asks all kind of questions and I don’t like being unprepared.” he explains with a grin.
“Wow, I couldn’t do that,” Blair admits brushing a strand of her hair back.
“How come? I’m sure you would do fine… handling a group of children can’t be much different from handling a group of adults who are in new place.” David says teasingly.
“Probably not but I have a horrible sense of direction. Hillary - my best friend - always claims that I would get lost in my own apartment.” the young woman admits chuckling.
“You are joking… you can’t be that worse,” he replies looking at her like she has grown a second head.
“Trust me I am. I know how to get to my workplace and to my apartment but whenever I have to go somewhere new I have my phone ready otherwise I might end up somewhere completely different.” Blair explains laughing shortly, “But if you don’t, believe me, I can always show you once we are allowed to leave. And since you are a Tour guide I’m sure you will manage to find a way back for us.” she suggests lips curled into a smile.
“Sounds like a good idea for me.” David smiles back. The young woman doesn’t know how long they have been talking with each other but the worries she had before meeting him are gone now. It isn’t awkward as she feared it might be but she guesses that only time can tell what will happen between her and David next.

Round 1 DONE

Last edited by schoggettchen (25/10/2017 at 20:31)

Name →← Yannise Mi
Age →← 27
Face Claim →←  Zonnique
Occupation →← Closed Captioning Freelancer
Personality Traits →← I'm sweet and caring. Despite being a gentle lady, I can kick it up a notch and be the life of the party. I've done Closed Captioning for some of the largest multimedia companies as well as several universities. I work from home and sometimes can be quite reclusive.

Chosen →← Hamilton Dobbs

I've applied for the Soulmate Solution because I'm tired of trying to find Mr. Right but ending up with Mr. Oh-So-Very-Wrong. Even though I was quite nervous about going through this process, meeting Hamilton made it all worth it. We have so much in common! We both love computers and have been described as "eccentric" and "quirky." During our first meetup, we got carried away discussing computer programming pre-Windows and somehow segued into the extensive measures we've taken to avoid social situations.


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Angelica Larson
FC: Lucy Hale
22
College Student


Personality Traits:
Angie is feisty, loving a good joke even if sometimes it's at the expense of others; she doesn't leave someone without an answer and loves being sarcastic; she has short patience for those whom she considers dumb or lame and has pretty high standards either for friends or boyfriends.
Deep inside Angelica is a good person, she just has a mask for others to see and people have to dig deep to know the real her, those brave enough that is. She loves animals, chocolate and cheesecake. Hates routine, road traffic and lame people.

Your chosen soulmate: Noah Gibson

Story:

The Process

"So... Angelica." A man stares with a blank face at the young woman who leans back on her chair, starting to feel fed up with all the testing.
"It's me." She replies, crossing her arms.
"Why do you want to find your soulmate?"
Angie stared at the man in silence for a few seconds, thinking if she should tell the truth or not.
"I don't actually." She wasn't fazed by the man's surprised expression. - "I lost a bet and the payment was to enroll in this process." Even the word they used for the whole thing was just lame.
"Then why didn't you just tell your friends you wouldn't do it?" He stared attentively at Angelica while she rolled her eyes and shifted a little on her seat.
"Okay..." Angie let out her breath. - "I did lose the bet and had to apply but since I'm here and going through these hellish evaluations I got curious."
"So that means you do want to meet your soulmate."
It wasn't a question but Angelica nodded anyway.
"I suppose, yes." She shrugged.
"Alright..." The man wrote a few sentences on his notebook, pulling it away from Angelica's sight when he noticed her peeking.
"This is the last test right?" She confirmed, seeing the man nod while writing. She let out her breath again, leaning on the chair again.
"Tell me Angelica... what do you expect to get from this experience?" The woman watched the evaluator link his hands over the table, staring attentively at her.
"Well didn't I just say? Finding my soulmate... whoever that might be."
"Yes but you simply want to know who he or she is or do you want to pursue more than that?"
"Wait..." Angie rose a hand, trying to process the man's words. - "He or she? You're joking right? If I look at that ball and I see a woman I'll sue your bosses!"
The man simply chuckled, shaking his head lightly.
"You're young Angelica... you may not know where your soulmate is... it could be a woman... But if you're not attracted to them you shouldn't fear, I suppose. Oh and it is called an orb, not a ball."
"Whatever." Angelica was completely bored but tried to remain focused. She knew if she gave him all the answers he needed she would soon be free to go get some coffee, god knew how much she needed it. - "But yeah I suppose I want to know more of that person. I mean, if it's my soulmate he has to be a pretty awesome person." Angelica smiled, the most honest the evaluator had seen since she entered the room and started writing again.
"So you don't object the fact that once you know your soulmate you'll have to stay by his or her side no matter what?"
"I think so." Angelica shrugged, - "I mean it's my soulmate right? We should be pretty close to perfect together." She grinned, imagining the hunk that would appear to her. Probably a successful young man with brown hair and blue eyes, a nice six pack, who knew how to dress without looking gay and who would prefer short brown haired vixens like herself instead of those gigantic beasts of a women she saw on bars and discos at night. Yes it would be a match made in heaven.
"Angelica?" Her mind was taken back to the room and Angie's smile faded as the man's face materialized in front of her again.
"Are all these tests really needed?" She asked instead, crossing her arms.
"Well, yes. You see, there are some people who don't really want to know who their soulmate is. People who aren't mentally stable to work such an information. Imagine someone who was engaged for example, engaged and completely in love with the person and decides to apply to make sure that person is her soulmate. Imagine she'd find a strangers face in the orb... Having a soulmate doesn't mean you can't be in love with someone else. There are people who go through their entire lives without meeting their soulmate. Others only meet them by the end of it. Everything has their own time to happen, although we might anticipate that reunion we must be sure it will not impose a problem in each of the person's own growth."
"Right..." A brow rose on Angelica's face, unsure if she had her own growth as the man put it. - "So what does that mean exactly?"
"It means you must be completely certain that you want this."
Angelica's lips formed a line while she looked at the man with her big eyes. She swallowed dry, thinking at the events that led her to that place. Well there was no going back now, she had never given up on anything and today was not that day.
"I'm certain. I want my soulmate." She grinned, seeing the man nod and write down again.
"Well miss Angelica Larson, I believe we got to the end of your psychological evaluation. I thank you for the patience for these stressful last 24 hours and hope you get some well deserved rest."
"Does that mean I passed?" Angelica rose from her chair, looking confused at the man.
"Yes my dear. You'll meet your soulmate in the next room."
Angelica's eyes widened and she felt a rush of adrenaline pump through her veins.
She walked out of the room and ran to another where a woman was waiting for her.
"Sit here please..." The woman patted a chair and in front of it was the famous orb.
Angelica sat in front of the glowy white orb, thinking it looked a lot like those fortune tellers used in movies and thought about chuckling but she was far too nervous for that. She kept shifting her gaze from the woman to the orb, unsure when it would start and show her the man of her life.
"Can I look at it now?" She asked while the woman moved to the gigantic box in the back of the room.
"No... Not yet... Just a moment."
Angelica couldn't stop tapping her foot, looking at the four corners of the room, looking back at the orb at every 2 seconds to make sure she wouldn't miss the image if it appeared suddenly.
She heard a low beep and the sound of fans like when she turned on a laptop and saw the huge metal box in the back of the room light some signs.
"Please focus on the orb now."
Angelica's heart was pounding when she fixated her gaze on the orb. She swallowed hard, realizing then she was starting to hold her breath. She stuck her nails in her hand to try and control her nervousness and locked her hazel eyes on the orb again. There was still no image, no face, no nothing.
And then he appeared. And Angelica's mouth dropped.

Meeting the soulmate

Angelica let out a deep breath before opening the door to the room where she was supposed to meet her soulmate. She couldn't shake the shock that came over her when she saw his face on the orb, totally different from what she expected. Not that she didn't think he was somewhat cute but he was a far cry from the hunk she expected to see glowing in front of her.
Looking around the room she saw a very casual decoration, the place resembling a living room. She felt somewhat relieved that he wasn't there yet so Angie sat on a couch and tried to calm her nerves. She knew there was a reason he was the soulmate and not anyone else. Who knew, maybe he was the son of a big CEO and had an empire in front of him; or maybe he was tall and a model, he did have a nice face from what she remembered seeing on the orb. Knowing simply his name was Noah wasn't all that helpful.
She gasped when the door to the room opened and the guy she had seen in the orb walked inside. He was tall as she expected but he seemed pretty shy by the way he gawked at her, clearly uncomfortable.
"Hi!" Angie plastered her toothpaste comercial smile, extending a hand to the man. - "You're Noah right?"
"Erm, yes..." The Asian man smiled, sitting by her side on the couch even if he kept his distance. - "You're Angelica."
"Yeah..." She chuckled, eyeing him from head to toe. For the son of a CEO he didn't dress particularly well. - "So tell me stuff about you." Angie let her head rest in a hand, keeping eye contact with the guy that was her soulmate. For a soulmate thing she didn't exactly feel all that drawn to him but heh, she had just met him so she would let each thing on their time.

Angelica couldn't really hide the horrified expression as Noah continued to talk about himself.
He wasn't someone important. He wasn't the son of a CEO. He wasn't anything that would ever attract her and he was a freaking dog walker! Yes she liked dogs and animals in a whole but who worked as a dog walker these days? Did he intend to buy a house with that money? Or a car?
Oh my god, did he even own a car?
"You seem... perplexed." Noah commented, a worried expression on his face.
Angelica tried to snap out of her shock. She was sure there had been a mistake in that program, in that orb or whatever showed her the soulmate. That man wasn't it. DEFINITELY.
"I, hm, I was just surprised..." She mumbled, which technically wasn't a lie, - "I didn't expect to meet a dog walker in this day and age."
"Does it surprise you that bad?" Noah chuckled, shaking his head lightly. - "People have less time for their pets and since I have time and enjoy walking them I figured earning money doing it was good."
"Right." It was the only thing she could say even if she just wanted to ask him why he wouldn't get a decent job, like normal people do.
"So what do you do for a living?"
Taking her mind off Noah's occupation was a good thing so Angelica closed her eyes and tried to run a mental eraser to forget what the man had just told her.
"I'm in college. I'm taking a translator degree."
"Oh... that seems interesting."
"Not really." Angie shrugged her shoulders, - "I speak four languages aside from English so being a translator is an easy job that give me high pay."
"So you don't like it?"
"I don't dislike it I suppose."
Yes he was definitely not her soulmate. Not now not ever. She needed to have a talk with that management, seriously, making such a mistake.
Angelica couldn't even start to wonder how would she ever want to spend the rest of her days by a man whose main income was walking dogs. She had to admit though, he did have a good looking face and at least he wasn't fat or completely nerd or a total loser. Still she was certain the orb had made a mistake.

Evaluation // Meeting


Round 1 DONE

Last edited by hhgurl1 (23/10/2017 at 18:04)

FC: Emily Kinney

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Name: Zoe Wilkins

Age: 27

Occupation: paramedic

Personality Traits: curious, attentive, can be blunt and occasionally tactless, loves peace and quiet, rarely speaks when she doesn't have to, would love to have a family at one point, snappy when somebody interrupts her downtime with meaningless questions, nondrinker, works with her instincts, comfortable before pretty/elegant/fashionable

Chosen soulmate: Eli Roberts


entering, meeting

"You're not changing?"
I shook my head. Some people weren't aware of me taking extra shift today. I don't do that very often, but this time I needed little more money on my hands. And new bed. I really needed a new bed, the old one literally broke under me... I'm aware that it's due time it's replaced. You can sleep on air mattress for so long.
"Taking extra, I see" I nodded to that, eyes seemingly glues to the phone screen. So far it was quiet. "What is it this month?"
"Bed." It was high time I reply to anything. But I don't really like talking about this and that, as if my life depended on it. Actually, silence can be as much telling and words. And people I worked with got used to that. I mean outside saving lives, because saving lives also depends on good communication in the team amongst other things like fast reaction, knowing what you're doing, communication with patient and all that. So yeah, I have to talk then, but outside of work I can be silent... and I prefer to be silent. Which is why I've applied myself for a strange program.
"Second thoughts?"
I only grumbled. The person that was talking to me right now wasn't giving up on talking to me and didn't seem to in a longshot. But that's how May Cullen was getting all the information, through persistence. And she might've searched that program somewhere. For starters, she showed it to me just for laughs... Well, somebody hadn't predicter that I would be that desperate.
"So no second thoughts. You know, you might find yourself..."
I rolled my eyes. I knew she was going to say husband. Soulmates were a rare occurrence and they weren't limited to love in my point of view. However, let's say for the sake of people's sanity that it's that limited. So yeah, I might have a possibility of finding potential husband... huh.
"I hope you'll buy that bed before you get there officially."
I rolled my eyes. As if that was really important.

~*~

They said that each evaluation is different, depends on the applicant. So I got a bunch of stress tests... that's what it seemed to me, they were probably making sure of me working well under stress. Actually, being locked somewhere for a few days could get traumatic, so no wonder they did those tests. Whole day and probably even more, so at the end of it I was pretty tired and started yawning at some point... Just like now. Doesn't help that I worked the night before.
"Coffe? Energy drink?" at least they weren't complete inensitives.
"Nah, a long night sleep would suffice."
Actually, even a nap would suffice, quiet, little nap... But nope, not yet. It struck me as a bit odd to conduct the basic interview at the end of it all. I guess they had everything already... Well, whatever.
"Miss Wilkins, what made you to apply for a program?"
Oh, questions. I loved questions, especially when they were coming in bunch... yeah, sarcasm. I don't normally use it, it just slipped here. But I have to speak here, it's obligatory.
"I was curious if I could find a person who wouldn't mind me not talking at all."
And I was  dead serious. Some could say I was just fooling around, but honestly, that was crucial.
"Please, explain."
"Well..." I sighed. "If I don't have to, I'd rather sit in silence and not many people are comfortable with that. At one point blabbering or question starts."
"I see. How did you find out about the program?"
"A collegue of mine brought several pamphlets of several programs similar to this one just for laugh."
From laughter to general interest to picking this one, that's how it went basically.
"You do understand that you'll be unable to back down, yes?"
"Yeah."
Usually that's not how things go, but we're talking serious here. Dead serious. Finding potential soulmate is serious, no matter how the relationship will go and which nature it will be.
A couple of questions more (mostly about my profession and hardest situations I was forced to deal with) I was finally able to gaze into the orb. Like really, we're talking medieval and mystical here! This was getting intense.
What I've been surprised by the most was how quick the potential candidate showed up. There was that strangely fuzzy feeling when I was gazing there and then it happened. Briefly gazing at the face, I was more interested in basics. Single father... Interesting...

~*~

I can't say I wasn't nervous. Only a fool wouldn't be nervous. Me and my potential soulmate would meet and I wasn't so confident. I didn't have any plan, I rarely do have one. But nothing was telling me to run away.
I waited, solving the crossword out of boredom, before he showed up. First thing I did was to hide the crossword and smile, while looking at him. It seemed like a good move, not talking first. But the good manners include introducing.
"I'm Zoe" and rules dictated that woman introduces herself first... Well, at least I've read that somewhere. But honestly, no beating around the bush.
"Eli" but it didn't seem that bad. "A few words, but many actions?" I swear he had that smirk somewhere... Or was he? I'm confused...
"You can say that" yet I couldn't help, but smile at it. "Taking action is part of my job."
"Doest it involve taking risks too?" another smirk... or smile.
"Mhmm" I hummed in confirmation. The first moments were always hard. "That's why I appreciate peace and quiet... and a family time." I always wanted to have a family of my own, even if that wouldn't be the peace and quiet I like.
"Big family time?"
"Big time, not too big family."
That wasn't going that well, but still, nothing told me to run. I was certain that he was getting the meaning, when I wasn't speaking directly. Actually, he talked more than I... which isn't unusual. Not sure how I should read his words...

COMPLETED

Last edited by Siri (25/10/2017 at 00:17)

Welcome to Round 2!

After meeting your soulmate everyone is asked to return to the dormitories that the center has in place. While the dorms are co-ed all of the rooms feature only one twin bed with the hopes that this will minimize participants attempting to co-habitate before they may be truly ready. An alarm sounds in all of the rooms simultaneously and everyone is instructed that they have 10 minutes to get up and turn on their televisions for an important announcement. Some of you may be tired or overwhelmed or excited from the night before but you all manage to tune into the message which alerts you that over the next couple of days you'll be learning more about your soulmate. The message stresses that you take this seriously because there was one teeny detail that they didn't mention before now: None of the people that you met were actually people...you'll find out what that means when you speak to your soulmate and you can discuss it with them during the tasks that have been planned for you. Have fun!

Your first day has been carefully planned out for you: breakfast will be delivered to your room (everyone will receive the same breakfast tray which will include a bowl of oatmeal, some sliced berries and a small carton of milk) along with a note detailing what you're going to be doing that day with your soulmate. You'll then have 30 minutes to get ready and head to the orb room where your soulmate will be waiting.

Schogettchen

Your note explains that both you and David need to think about the direction that your lives are going in, especially as you're going to be sharing them. For this reason you'll be spending your day in an elaborate labyrinth on the property. David has already made it through the labyrinth successfully on his own and he managed to do it in record time but he won't be the one leading you two through it, you'll need to do it.

While in the maze David will reveal to you that he's an angel who recently left heaven. He'll joke about how much better the food is on earth and maybe give you some facts about cuisine in the city where you're from but he'll evade any questions that you ask about why he left, instead trying to give you subtle hints about the maze and comforting you if at any point you feel flustered.

EmmyAna

Your note explains that your shared love of computers is what may ultimately lead to love between you and Hamilton. For this reason you and Hamilton have been tasked with creating a new computer game that has to be completed in just 12 hours. Hamilton can answer any questions that you have about coding but he can't actually do any of the coding himself.

While coding the game you'll ask Hamilton a question about code and his response will be “Error 404, not found.” Any attempts to engage after this point will lead him to respond with the phrase “shutdown mode initiated”  before collapsing and within seconds two lab technicians will enter the room, push you aside and attend to Hamilton. After a few minutes Hamilton will sit up but look disoriented, the technicians will explain to you that the Hamilton Dobbs you'd met as your soulmate was actually a very sophisticated piece of Artificial Intelligence (think humanoid looking android). They'll explain that they've rebooted him but he needs to be debugged. If you ask the techs any questions they will provide limited answers that reveal nothing. It's your choice if you want to try and continue the task alone.

Hhgurl1

Your note explains that you and Noah are almost perfect opposites and that in order for you to be happy together that you'll need to learn compromise. For that reason you're going on a survival hike in the woods but you'll have access to the best gear and be treated to a couples massage at a local spa afterwards.

You'll discover the Noah is an incredibly skilled survivalist and leader and a hike that should take over an hour takes a fraction of the time. When you ask Noah how he got so good at this, he'll casually tell you it's because he's a werewolf, the alpha in his pack. This is something he's prod of since he's still very young. Noah will ask some awkward questions about your position in your own pack/family and try to be interested in the information that you share with him. If you make dog jokes or make fun of him he'll try to be a good sport about it, but push too far and risk putting him in a foul mood.

Siri

Your note explains that communication is a major issue for both you and Eli and if it's not rectified you're going to have a hard time making things work and since you're stuck with each other you really should try to make things work. For this reason you'll be given a 1,000 piece puzzle to put together. The puzzle is already started and only you will be able to reference the photo and then you'll need to direct Eli how to put it together without revealing what the image is. The puzzle is laid out on a special table and if a piece is correctly placed you don't have to talk but for every incorrectly placed piece a light will flash and you'll need to reveal a fact about yourself to Eli.

Eli doesn't fully believe that the rules apply to him and so when he sees you hesitating to share after an incorrectly placed piece he'll offer up the fact that he's a cambion (half mortal, half demon) and will display a bit of his demonic side (nothing scary, just a bit of eye glowing or temporary fang growing, seriously he'll be super charming about the whole thing). The facts you choose to reveal about yourself are completely up to you,but be warned that to encourage you to talk Eli is going to intentionally misplace a few pieces.

Round 2 requirements

Name

Round status e.g. round 1 complete, round 2 in progress

Story Tell me how you reacted to finding out your soulmates secret and what, if any, impact it had on the task that was planned for you. It's optional if you choose to also describe the morning before the outing and the outing itself, please don't take your story beyond the end of the outing.

Outfit Show me what you're wearing to your outing.
 

Round 2 ends at 11am EST on October 28th

Last edited by Dare (25/10/2017 at 17:27)

Name: Blair Rosalie March


Round Status: R1 DONE; R2 WIP

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The Announcement

Blair sits on the couch focused on the newest Karen Rose book. There isn’t much she can do otherwise… her clothes are unpacked and she has already taken a good look at the room she has been given. She guesses that it will be enough for the short time she is going to stay here. The young woman stops reading for a moment biting on her lower lip as she wonders what David might be doing right now. His room is just across the hallway and while their first meeting had been short she has felt comfortable around him. If she could only tell what he thinks about her. Blair shakes with her head lips curled into a smile focusing back on her book.
There will be enough time to get to know him better… she thinks to herself as she starts a new chapter. She is lost in the happenings that at first, she doesn’t even notice the alarm echoing through her room. It is only as it gets louder, that the redhead finally looks up from her book just in time to hear that announcement that everybody is supposed to turn on the TV in the next 10 minutes. Not thinking too much about it Blair simply switches on the TV but doesn’t stop reading the book… it is too gripping at the moment and she would hate to start over. So it isn’t much of a surprise that she barely listens to the announcement starts on TV. The young woman manages to catches a bit of information like she would be learning more about her soulmate. She has just finished another chapter when she catches this part of the speech, “... None of the people that you met were actually people.” Blair looks up surprised blinking twice wondering not knowing whether she has heard correctly or if her mind was playing a trick on her.
Non-human, what was that supposed to mean anyway? she thinks to herself as she puts the book away. David has looked pretty human to her at least as far as she could tell. Maybe she has simply misheard the announcement - yes that must be it - she chuckles shaking her head, “I will just ask David tomorrow. Hopefully, he can tell me what I actually missed.” she murmurs to herself as she gets up from the couch. It is getting late and the redhead knows that sleeping in a different bed is going to be a challenge for her and she would rather not be grumpy in the morning. Blair places the book on the nightstand before she lays down trying to get comfortable. She lets out a sigh after she finally found her usual sleeping position after turning and moving a lot. She closes her eyes hoping that tomorrow she would know more about the strange announcement.

Lost in a maze with an Angel

Blair is already awake lying in the bed when there is a loud knock on the door. She isn’t surprised much that she didn’t get her usual 8 hours of sleep - it isn’t only that she misses her own bed, it also the excitement of the past days and the fact that she can’t stop thinking about today. With a sigh the young woman gets up and walks over to the entrance door. An unknown woman is on the other side and before Blair has a chance to ask who she is or what she is doing here she is handed a tray with what seems to be her breakfast. With a confused expression she closes to door and takes a seat in the living room.
“Of course there is no coffee…” she mumbles to herself as she picks up some berries. It is definitely not what she usually eats in the morning but she guesses it is better than spending the next hours hungry. The redhead quickly reads over the note her eyes growing bigger and bigger. 
“This has to be a joke!” Blair exclaims reading it again but the words don’t change. Spending the day in a labyrinth doesn’t sound like fun at all especially not the fact that she has to be the one leading them out, “This can only end in a disaster…” she murmurs as she gets up from the couch. There isn’t much time left for her to get ready so she quickly braids her long red hair into two tails before changing her PJs for a pair of shorts, a top and the first jacket she can find. High heels are out of question today, unfortunately, she can’t spot the sneakers she has packed. It takes her nearly 5 minutes until she finds flats in the mess she has made.
“Well, it wouldn’t be me if I manage to keep my closet organized longer than a day.” Blair chuckles to herself as she grabs some of her jewelry. Satisfied with herself she hurries out of the room only to run straight into something solid.
“Oh sorry I….” the redhead says only to stop as she looks up spotting that she bumped into David, “... didn’t see you. Good Morning.”
“Seems like someone is eager for today’s activity.” he teases lips curled into a grin, “And good morning. Are you ready for our task?”
“Eager nope and definitely not ready but as look like I haven’t got any chance to say no.” Blair replies with a grimace, “I hope you don’t have any plans for today because we might be stuck in the maze for a very long time.”
“Maybe not directly plans but I would like to be back before dinner.” David replies laughing, “But since I still refuse to believe that you are bad I don’t think we are going to have any problems.” he adds with a reassuring smile shortly placing his hand on her shoulder.
“We will see about this…” the redhead murmurs under her breath as they walk down the hallway. The labyrinth is bigger than she had expected and this time she is sure that there is no way she will find the way out for them. Blair thinks about the note again asking herself how this is going to help her and David to find the direction their life is going in. She gets that they are going to share their lives with each other at one point but how a trip through a maze is going to help them remains a mystery to her.
“Here goes nothing.” the young woman announces as she makes the first step into the labyrinth.
“Trust me it isn’t that hard. I already went through it and apparently in record time.” David says flashing her a smile.
“You are a tour guide. You are supposed to know which way to go while I get lost whenever I visit a new place.” Blair replies with a sigh. “But since you already did the labyrinth, I don’t suppose you could help me.” she looks at him with her most innocent expression.
“It doesn’t work this way, Blair. You are going to lead us but I believe in you.” the man says still smiling.
“Well it was worth a try.” the redhead lets out a sigh. Soon they reach the first crossroad and instead of thinking too much about it she goes right. It doesn’t take long before she has to make another decision and decide time she decides to take the left path.
“Oh, interesting choice.” David suddenly says with a fake cough. The young woman looks at him from the side with one of her eyebrows arched up.
“Did you just?” she asks but instead of answering he just gives her a smile, “Oh did we walk left? How silly of me… confusing left and right again.” she laughs shaking her head. “Come on, let’s turn around.” she hooks her arm with his leading him to the right path this time. “So tell me, David, what do you like the most about being a tour guide?”
“Puh hard to say. There is a lot I like about my job. But if I had to choose I would say definitely showing people a city they have never been to. I like seeing the joy in their eyes when I lead them to one of the touristic spots and tell them more about the history of the city.” David explains with a happy expression. “Ever since I have been here I can’t remember doing something else.”
“That sounds wonderful.” the young woman says lips curled into a smile, “But what do you mean with ever since you have been here? Have you lived somewhere else first?”
“Oh about that… there was plan how to tell you but well looks like I just ruined that.” David sighs dragging a hand through his hair, “You heard the announcement yesterday right?”
“Of course I did and now that you mention it I wanted to ask you something…” Blair starts but doesn’t get to finish because David quickly interrupts her.
“I’m an Angel,” he says and she looks at him blinking a few times while waiting for him to say that he is joking. “That is what I meant with being here. I used to live in heaven until a while ago,” he explains and something about his tone gives her the expression that he would rather not go into all the details.
“I’m not sure if I understand.” Blair finally says after a few moments of silence. “You are an angel? An actual angel with the wings and the halo?” she asks looking at him. “If this is a joke it isn’t a very funny one,” she adds arms crossed in front of her chest.
“Trust me, Blair. I’m not joking. You said you listened to the announcement yesterday. Then you should know that they mentioned that all the soulmates are non-human. I don’t know about the others but well I’m an angel… with wings but no halo.” David explains with a very serious expression on his face. “I know it must be a lot for you to take in and to accept.”
“You have no idea.” the redhead tells him shaking her head. “But how is that even possible? I mean if you are indeed an angel shouldn’t you be in heaven?”
“Normally yes but as you can see I’m here and I prefer to be here. The food in heaven is horrible.” David says laughing shortly, “Everything tastes the same and it looks the same but here on earth, there are all those spices. Once you are back in London, you have to check out the small Indian restaurant near your workplace. I have heard it has a fantastic kitchen.” he tells her with a bright smile.
“That is… I don’t know what to say honestly,” she replies biting on her lower lip. “I want to believe you, David but maybe I need a bit more time… you know to think about everything.”
“Of course. I didn’t expect you to believe me straight away. Why don’t you lead us out of this labyrinth and then we are going to see what happens next.” he offers her.
“Sounds good to me.” the young woman offers him a small smile before she stops at another crossroad, “So what do you think which side looks better to you? I think I prefer the right one this time.” she asks him with a fake innocent expression.
“Mhm, I’m going to agree with you this time,” David replies chuckling.
“Well then let’s see what we can discover.” Blair once again hooks her arm with his leading him on the right path. They continue this little game of theirs with every crossroad they come across in the maze and the redhead is grateful for his subtle hints otherwise the whole task would have taken a lot longer. As they reach the exit she wishes him a good night walking back to her room alone. She is grateful for the silence using the time to think about David’s confession but there isn’t much she can say about it yet… waiting seems to be her only option right now.
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DONE

Last edited by schoggettchen (28/10/2017 at 21:24)

Zoe Wilkins

Status: done



I had a lot to think about. But it had to wait until the next day. Why? Well... I fell asleep, having bed under my back as a nice change from the mattress. Yeap, still haven't bought that bed.
I was awake when the alarm rang, since I'm attuned to my own alarm that rang earlier... I haven't noticed that we had television! Nevertheless, I managed to tune in the device... And the announcement was the most bizarre thing ever. It took me a while to figure that out. What did they mean by telling that people who were matched to us weren't exactly people? This... was... Well. I couldn't exactly place what I was feeling, but listening to my own instincts... I actually still haven't felt the urge to run, rather to stay... Not that I could run anyway. By agreeing, I've crossed a point of no return.
Thinking about the agreements and clauses I had to read and sign, I realized that I've signed my warrant the moment I've agreed to everything that was in there. Which probably included this little detail. I had to admit that the possible reason I've not felt any inclination to run away was either my own curiosity suppressing my instincts... or they had something to dampen it...
But there was too little time to think, as I had breakfast ready... and a note. So instead of thinking, I did just that, nothing to interrupt me. Oatmeal, fruits and milk. Bleh. I hated that combination. I took my time to read a note and practically wanted to slam my forehead against the table. Communication is a problem... So there is a task that involves communication, basically telling me that I have to send proper signals... And start building all that trust. It's never an easy thing, especially with me. I had to think this through, because obviously they'd never let it leave. And I am being negative here, no doubt about that. It all mixes up, the note, the information... I would have to think about it and approach the matter accordingly.

~*~

Over the course oftime I found managing my day easier as I progressed, but it still hadn't saved me from being messy-looking or presenting freshly-out-of-bed visuals. In today's case it was neither. I would classify that as no-time-for-hair, doing something random and in a hurry.
Eli was already waiting for me. I greeted him with a smile.
"Are you ready for today?" He smiled with his own smile. Mine just went wider, almost to the point of grin. Almost. I wasn't that ready, but the task will need to be done.
"I hope they'll get us lunch or something" I voiced one of my concerns. I was dead certain that we'd take some sweet time with it... Of course, I had to properly guide him to place the pieces, because I didn't have the nine hundred facts about me. Especially nine hundred facts about me I'd love to share.
I had a colection of basic facts about what I generally like and dislike, where I went to school, that stuff. Things that are safe to share, so in the course of the task my likeness of peace, quiet and calm downtime were shared, as well as which chocolate I like and those were just a few things. I'm not sure if Eli was taking notes, paper or mental. But it hit me that it was me that had to share things, not him. And the question remained. Perhaps it was some sort of role reversal or they wanted to "fix" me. No idea, honestly.
We were after lunch and practically three quarters done, when I've given my last basic fact, that was a prelude to the serious stuff: that I quit my job for a year. I saw that Eli was interested about it, but I didn't want it to share with him. Not now, not today. It was too early and still painful. And after few well-placed pieces the panel blinked. Yeah, this one was on me and I sighed, resigned. I guess, I'd have to say it...
"Well, this is a story, so..."
"Wait" he interrupted me. "I have something to tell you as well."
He must've seen it, there is no other option. But he wasn't supposed to san ANYTHING about him!
"But..." he just looked at me and I felt silent. I swear this look and the smile he added just made me stop.
"It's the biggest of them all." I should've stopped him, that's what part of my instincts was telling me. The other was to listen to him and I was literally torn about it. "I'm a cambion" and he bowed slightly, as if he was introducing himself the old-fashioned way.
A cambion? That would make sense with the announcement. But something was amiss for me. He wasn't prepared for me looking at him from every possible side and angle.
"What are you doing?" he laughed at my attempts.
"You don't look like cambion" I replied, still examining him.
How did I know? Well... I lived with a nerd for a while, he was all about that stuff and he shared some of it with me.
"Am I?" Something made me look at him... his eyes were glowing. Literally glowing. And for the first time, I was speechless when I was supposed to. So he wasn't exactly human... and...?
"How should I know?" I shrugged. I was pretty chill at the situation, to my surprise... or rather intensely curious. If he really was a cambion he had to mask himself extremely well and I wondered if he had wings or horns or...
The panel blinked. I forgot about the guidance. Oh no...
"Wait, Zoe." Apparently he had something in mind. "Maybe you could tell me, why you don't like talking that much."
That? Yet another thing that tied to me that wasn't safe to share. Some would deem it silly.
"You really want to know" I sighed, resigned, yet again. "In fact, I hate that people always have to talk, even when they have nothing meaningful to say. I hate all this yammering, blabbering, chit-chatting... As if it was all that mattered. I hate that people talk stuff they know nothing about and that some of them don't even think before they say anything. Especially if it's hurting like hell..." Yeah, I've been subjected to treatment like this by peers at school. And I've been at the other end as well, giving such treatment.
"You've been bullied" he stated.
"Both sides actually" yeah, you see why I'm never mentioning it? It's not something I'm proud of. "But the most important part is when I see most people, I wonder, why they have to talk or do they really have to? Can't they just listen to their own mind, reflect on the choices, on the day or just drop the thinking and enjoy the silence? There are other means to express..."
I sighed. This looked more like a rant than confession, giving an opinion on things. And it probably made no sense, but it was tied.
We returned to the task at hand and fortunately, no mistake was made... until the last few pieces when the panel blinked and I knew.
"You did that on purpose" I stated, but he smiled. I guess I should say that... "The reason I quit my job for a year was that at the same day I lost a person I've been trying to save, a child... and my mother. They were victims of the same accident."
And it still was somewhere back in my mind. The moment when I saw familiar plates when we arrived on the scene, the clear directive of taking care of a child, panic, long reanimation that in the end did nothing and the news when I managed to whisk a moment to find out how things were going. It was too much to bear at that point. I had therapy and all this and I was able to get back on my feet and get back to saving lives. There was that grim truth that you can't save them all, even if you try and I'm still having troubles to agree with it.
We finished the task, placing correctly the rest of the pieces, but atmosphere was different. And it was fault of mine.
"Zoe?"
"Mmm?"
"I'm sorry."
"Don't be. At one point you would know."

COMPLETED

Last edited by Siri (28/10/2017 at 11:06)

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Ugh... came to get the coding and absent-mindedly deleted my entry. Should never play when I'm ill. I'm sorry. I tried to fix it with a replacement story.

He's a WHAT?! I could hardly believe my ears. How could that be possible? I searched the faces of the technicians hoping this was some kind of twisted practical joke. It wasn't.
My mind was a whirlwind of shock, alarm, and utter disbelief.

As far as the coding goes, it went okay. I didn't have much trouble with the coding itself, but Hamilton's whole shutdown issue almost made me shutdown. I'm still shocked that I was able to even think in the midst of such a horrid disruption.

My soulmate is a bot? AI? An Android? How is that even possible? I started getting dressed, but wasn't sure what I was going to wear or if it even mattered.

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Angelica Larson

R1 & R2 Done

Before the hike

"The person I met isn't a person?" Angelica repeated as the announcement ended. She had tried to speak with the management after her date with Noah but no one would take some time to speak to her. There was clearly a mistake on their part, she could never be the soulmate of a guy like him, his good looks weren't enough to make her believe that orb. And now they were saying he wasn't a person? Like what the hell?
Angelica shook her head, falling on her pillow. She was way too tired, couldn't really bother to think much of what they said because she was sure it was all a really bad joke like the Punk'd show she used to watch on MTV so tomorrow she'll talk to the management.

Talking to the management didn't happen the next day since Angelica woke up with an annoying siren and someone burst into her room with a breakfast tray.
"Well at least I got to have breakfast in bed." She smiled, taking the tray into her lap but her smile quickly faded. - "Where's the toast and jam? Where's the orange juice? Milk? Seriously? Milk is meant for babies, not for grown ass people!" Angie rolled her eyes, trying to eat the oatmeal they gave her even if she wasn't the biggest fan of it. A letter was in the tray too, and she ripped it open with a bored expression.
"This better be an explanation from the director of this place."
But it wasn't. In fact it was an activity schedule. A schedule that included a hike. - "What are they thinking? That I'm some workout freak?"
Angelica walked to her luggage, trying to find her shoes. - "I don't think I even own flat shoes." She murmured, but she did have some converse thank God.
"I'm only doing this so I can get that massage at the end." She grunted as she got dressed.

Hiking with a were-what?

"Ready for a hike?" Noah greeted her as Angelica walked inside the orb room.
"As ready as I'd be to get hit by a bus." She smiled sarcastically but the man gave her a confused expression. - "I suppose we should go. But let me warn you I'm probably not going to be much help. I never did hike before."
"You didn't?" Noah chuckled, making a brow raise on her face. - "Don't worry, I'll lead the way."
He seemed a bit more confident than the previous day.
"I guess he really likes the outdoors." Angelica murmured to herself as she followed her soulmate outside.

"Let's go this way." Noah pointed between two paths while Angelica tried to stare down at the digital map of the woods.
"But here it says to go the other way." She was confused, tired and didn't feel like hiking at all. Like ever. But Noah was pretty excited and perky and it only made her feel even more annoyed.
He took the map from Angie's hands which made her stare at him and his smile.
"Trust me, this way is quicker."
Trust a guy she had just met the day before? A guy some orb told her it was her soulmate? An orb that had to be pretty much mistaken?
"Are you sure?" Angelica crossed her arms, looking at the path opposite from the way Noah was heading.
"I am. Now come." He smiled warmly which made Angie grunt to herself under her breath, blaming his good looks to be able to convince her to follow him.
Turns out they got to the end of the hike around half an hour earlier than what was scheduled.
Angelica was still beat so she sat on a rock, rewarding herself with a cold bottle of water while Noah threw one down his head too to cool down.
"So, were you a boy scout or something?" Angelica asked, seeing Noah sit by her side, his head rising to let the sun dry out the water.
"Boy scout? No, I wasn't." He chuckled again, - "I always loved the outdoors though but I guess that was heightened after I became a were."
"A were?" Angelica repeated confused.
"Werewolf." Noah explained, his eyes still closed while he enjoyed the sun.
Angelica stared at him for a few minutes in silence but ended up chuckling.
"Right... a werewolf" She laughed again, - "Like the hairy type with a tail and ears?"
"Yeah there's no other type I suppose." Noah smiled, turning then his face to her.
"I'd ask you to show me your tail but that would involve you losing your pants and I think not." She joked, playing along with his silliness. That's what the announcement said, about the soulmate not being a normal person. Did they expect her to believe werewolves existed? They were taking her for someone far more stupid than she was.
"You know I can't do that before there's a full moon." Noah replied with a serious face, - "Showing my tail that is, not the pants." He clarified, making Angie chuckle.
"Right, the full moon, totally forgot about that." She didn't think he'd have it in him to be making so many jokes at his own expense and she had to admit that was a pleasant surprise. She was always up for a good joke. Even if werewolf jokes weren't the most original.
"I'm the alpha of my pack, I was so happy when I got to that position since I'm young and all." He continued to speak and there was a glow in his eyes that made Angie's smile fade. She felt something inside her chest, something weird that made her uncomfortable. - "So what's your position on your pack?" He asked her still with a warm smile.
"I'm... my pack?" She mumbled confused. He was probably referring to her group of friends, she did call them her pack from time to time. - "We're equals I suppose." Angelica tilted her head, - "We're all awesome so there's no leader. Or better said, we're all leaders." She chuckled, trying to shake the strange feeling inside of her.
"Hm that's unusual... Alphas rarely group together." He gave her a head to toe look, - "But I guess that's why you're my soulmate, an alpha with an alpha." He grinned while Angelica got another gut feeling that she hated.
"Okay, enough with the wolf analogies, I know you like animals and stuff but you don't need to pretend you're one." And besides she wouldn't think he was the alpha or chief or leader of any type of group or pack or whatever he called it.
"But I am one." Now it was his turn to tilt his head, looking at Angelica with a confused expression.
"Okay Noah, I got the idea, you can stop it now."
"Stopping what?" His confused expression only deepened.
"Are you oblivious or simply stupid?" Angie crossed her arms, getting up from the rock. - "Maybe you walked your dogs for far too long and now you think you're one of them?"
"Don't offend me." Noah rose from the ground too, now looking a bit angry. - "I'm not a dog. I'm a werewolf."
"Noah that's not funny anymore!" Angelica snapped, turning away from him but she stopped down the path because she had no idea which way to go back.
"I'm not trying to be funny." The man replied to her, placing a hand on her shoulder. - "And if you want to go back it's that way." He pointed to the opposite direction Angie was going, letting out a sigh.
She turned to him, her eyes staring into his dark ones.
"You really believe you're a werewolf?" she asked under her breath, trying to read his expression.
"I don't believe... I am one Angelica..."
He did believe that. But no, there are no werewolves. Those are just bad jokes in Twilight movies, not reality.
"They don't exist Noah..." Angelica didn't know what to make of it. Was he mentally ill? Or was he a really good actor who was trying to pull a prank on her?
"Of course they do, I'm one and I know quite a few of them." Noah gave a little chuckle, shaking his head lightly then. - "I take it you never saw one before?"
"Of course not." She replied with crossed arms.
"Maybe you did but they didn't tell you they were werewolves?" His expression then changed, - "Then that means you're not an alpha in your pack? Since I take it you're not one."
"Erm, no, I'm not a werewolf thankyouverymuch, I don't like fur of any kind on my body." She snorted, thinking at her meticulous routine of shaving precisely because she didn't like to be hairy.
"Oh..." He nodded, lowering his head like her answer was some kind of a let-down. Maybe he liked hairy girls?
So one more reason why he was not her soulmate, she would NEVER be hairy just for some guy.
"Look I don't care what you believe you are, as long as you don't make me howl at the moon..." It was the best approach at it, he was definitely nuts but Angie was certain it was all pretty much a joke and it was a matter of time until he told her that. So she'd roll with it. - "Come on wolfie, we have a couples massage to go to."

Round 2 DONE

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Welcome to Round 3!

Okay so it seems that some of you are less than pleased with the turn of events. Management understands that you may be experiencing a bit or disorientation, disbelief, or disgust and there will be counselors available from 6:00am-6:15am every morning for the remainder of your stay in order to address this. Please note however that all counselors go on a 5 minute break at 6:05am so you'll need to plan your visit accordingly. Thank you again for choosing the soulmate solution.

Following the initial tasks that you've had to complete, management has decided to plan a romantic date for you and your soulmate. Each date is a customized experience allowed to get you better acquainted. Along with this morning's breakfast tray (a blueberry scone, two over easy eggs, a side of bacon, and a glass of orange juice) you also receive a note detailing your date.

Round 3 requirements

Name

Round status e.g. round 1 complete, round 2 complete, round 3 in progress

Story Tell me about your date and be sure to select one of the choices I provided for you. Please don't take the date beyond where your selected scenario ends.

Outfit Show me what you're wearing on your date
 

Round 3 ends at 11am EST on October 31st

Schogettchen

Your note instructs you that you'll be spending the entire day with David: a breakfast picnic in the solarium, a private tour of a local art museum and finally dinner back on the grounds in the heart of the very labyrinth you've already toured. You won't have time to change between these activities so you should wear something that'll be appropriate in all three settings.

If you ask David any questions about Heaven or why he left he'll change the subject, push and he'll choose silence over speaking. While at dinner you'll hear a rustling in the distance and a rumbling that gets louder. David will become visibly nervous and will calmly suggest that you leave.

If you leave with him

David's pace will be incredibly quick, and if need be he'll carry you back to the building. When you arrive in front of his room they'll be a man over six feet tall, and clad in all black already there who'll greet David with a deep bow and refer to him as "My King..."

If you choose to stay

David will stay with you, becoming increasingly more agitated as the noises increase. Suddenly, a small army of half a dozen men and women, all over six feet and all clad in all black will surround you. David will hang his head and one of the men will approach him, and bow at his feet, the other men and women will bow to their knees as well."

EmmyAna

Your note instructs you to join Hamilton for a test of a new immersive virtual reality experience that takes you inside of a computer and suggests that you wear comfortable shoes while also telling you to leave all electronic devices in your room. You may still be disturbed by the fact that Hamilton is a piece of AI, but the date isn't optional.

As you're being fit for your VR suit, a tech will explain to you quietly that they had to reset Hamilton and so all he remembers is the first night with you. They warn you not to mention anything about the day before because while Hamilton is not aware that he's not human.

If you obey the warning…

At the end of the date as you're removing your VR suits Hamilton will suddenly knock out both the techs, grab your hand and start running with you through a series of secret tunnels until you reach a password protected door, you can only watch as Hamilton keys in the password..

Is you disobey the warning…

As soon as you reveal to Hamilton that he's AI, he'll state “Master user access activated.” and begin to rattle off a series of numbers and the images in your VR simulation will begin to fade away and change until you're left in what looks like an office, there's a man sitting at the desk and he looks just like Hamilton.

Siri

Your note tells you that dinner will be prepared for you and Eli that evening and that you are to meet him in the gazebo on the west lawn. It asks that you please dress to impress.

When you arrive at the gazebo Eli is already there and he has a devilish grin on his face. He asks if you want to get out of there and have some real fun.

If you agree to his proposal to leave

he'll lead you both off the property to a waiting car that you'll get into. As you ride along you'll begin to feel lightheaded and pass out. When you wake up and look out the window you'll notice the surroundings have changed considerably and so has Eli, somehow he's even more attractive as he welcomes you to the underworld...

If you tell him you'd rather stay

he'll respect your choice but he'll start showing off some of his demonic powers. It'll all be super charming but you'll notice a distinct shift in the air and the night will become somehow even darker. The scent of burning wood will fill the air and Eli will continue until the landscape directly around you begins to change. He'll tell you that since you wouldn't let him take you to the underworld that he's brought a bit of it to you...

Hhgurl1

Your note instructs you to join Noah for a moonlight dinner for two in the garden later that evening. The suggestion that you “dress to impress” is included in bold. You may be less than thrilled with the idea of seeing him again, but the date isn't optional.

The property is massive and you're not given a map so it takes you a while to find the garden. When you appear, Noah will already be there, dressed in a suit but wearing sneakers. He'll be polite but he's still visibly upset from earlier and will say very little. Before the moon is high in the sky he will excuse himself and you'll be left to find your way back to your room alone. There may be sounds in the distance that sound like howling, that may just be your imagination though. What isn't your imagination however is the the bundle of fur and teeth that comes rushing toward you. While you run you're overtaken and feel the sting of a claws scraping against your arm. The next day you see Noah in the main orb room and confront him about the scratch which he'll ask to see.

If you choose to show him the scratch

He'll immediately get a worried look on his face once he sees it and start pacing frantically, he'll blurt out that it's a challenge mark and then grab your hand taking you only who knows where

If you choose not to show him the scratch

When you return to your room you'll find

this guy

 

standing outside of your door, he'll greet you by name with a bow and tell you that he's sorry a mistake has been made and he's actually your soulmate, he'll hand you a box from Tiffany's with a sparkling diamond tennis bracelet inside and asks you what time you'd like to have dinner that night

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Zoe Wilkins

Status: done



How should I describe what is happening between Eli and me?
Warming up.
Definitely.
Despite his claims to be only partially human (and I do find that difficult to believe, but I also want to see what else is there - argh, my vices), I have a hard time to picture him as a cambion. So yeah, I'm not entirely convinced that he really is a supernatural being. Just not. And I'm worried, I'm starting to feel that something is not quite right. But there's another side of me that wants to investigate the potential disturbance and see how it unfolds. This is scary.
I didn't feel the need to go to the consultants, I was dealing with it my own way, which meant pondering, pondering and reaching proper conclusion. Trying to forget things was never the best option for me. I'm not the one to try to move on without proper dissection of the events. Sometimes it's not working. Things like those were the easiest to deal with when I had my quiet time, not disturbed by any kind of sound like music or talking or even TV for a background noise.
But I still had complaints about breakfast. It still wasn't what I would eat normally, I would definitely kill for pancackes. It's been awhile since I've eaten those.
I took my time this day, acquaintancing myself with yet another note. A date with my potential soulmate, the probable half-demon. And I was supposed to dress to impress and that could go against my general dress code. However, I might pull it off. Yet I wasn't in a rush, as it was a dinner time, carefully thinking what to actually wear. I had a few options.
My overall idea of dressing to impress involved looking fierce and comfortable enough. So I wouldn't mind dressing up in torn jeans and heels, but I remembered that I packed a skirt I kind of liked to wear on a night out with some of my colleagues who didn't need to go to work the next morning. Combining it with few other things and a hairstyle done as if I actually cared (ok, maybe I did a little bit), it was looking well. I made a pose and face while looking in the mirror... THat should do it.
I wasn't surprised that he was waiting for me, as I took my sweet time and was done practically close to the due time. I was prepared for a slow "date", maybe more on the silent side. And I was kind of hungry. But I digress. I arrived at the gazebo and there he was, looking dashing, but I could feel that he was planning something. I usually fail when trying not to give in when it comes to my curiosity. As if that overshadowed my instincts at those times. So it would be a battle inside me, if he was really planning something. That grin was telling. I wouldn't mind him grinning if I hadn't had a strange feelings about it.
"And what are you up to?" I asked, without the initial hello. I never listed myself as polite... nor straight to the point, but this required addressing.
"That depends" he answered, still grinning, slightly starting to annoy me.
"On...?" I egged him to continue with a look.
"If you want to have some real fun."
I wondered what he meant by 'real fun', but at the same time my instincts were telling me to beware. Something was there and as much as I wanted to find out, I had the feeling that I shouldn't give in. That... and a growl of my stomach. Oh, so I wasn't kinda hungry, I was really hungry...
"You can eat in the car" he continued. I still wasn't convinced and he could see how vivid was the battle inside me. Hunger aside, curiosity and instincts were in all out war. That wasn't ending well.
"Well, I'd like to..." and something hit me again. My instincts were bewaring me of not only agreeing, but also staying. This was a lose-lose situation for me, whatever I'd choose would be just as wrong as the other choice. So there was no good one. "Okay, fine, let's have this 'real fun' you keep talking about."
He knew that I wasn't just as happy. It was written all over my face, the wariness of the idea. But I followed, grabbing something first. I won't travel on empty stomach, thank you very much.
Eli gracefully bowed and led me outside the facility. Well, that was something, but honestly, I regretted not having a knife or something. I wasn't so skilled in self-defense, but that wouldn't hurt.
As we were driving, I felt uneasy, as if something I wouldn't like was about to happen. Maybe this was a mistake...
"Where are we going?" I asked him.
"You'll see" he smiled with that specific smile.
"Are we really following the 'surprise location' trope?" I wrinkled my brows. Nope, I wasn't liking the usage of something that was featured in many romantic comedies.
"And why not?"
"Should I start logically or alphabetically?" I cracked a little sarcastic joke, I managed to do that, which wasn't a bad thing.
And then something felt wrong. A sudden lightheadedness meant a thing that I didn't want to experience. Yet the air shifted and I couldn't help it...
...
"Wake up, Zoe" I heard Elis voice after nobody knows how long. At first it was sounding as if from a distance, but becoming clearer. "We're here."
Something was wrong. Eli was wrong, he was different. Something accentuated his features, his eyes shifted pupils and... was there something protuding from his face? I looked around, my eyes suddenly glued themselves to the view outside. It was different. All red and black, with something that looked like trees, but more like burning wood that was shaped like a tree.
"Where are we?" I was scared. THis wasn't the place I would see in my life any time soon or any time at all. What was this land, some kind of bad amusement park?
"Welcome to the Underworld, Zoe."
Thank God he hadn't seen my face, I was slack-jawed. And I really regretted not having a knife doused in holy water...

COMPLETED

Last edited by Siri (30/10/2017 at 19:19)

Name: Blair Rosalie March


Round Status: R1, R2 DONE; R3 WIP

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The Morning

The next morning there is no loud knocking on her door or no annoying alarm and Blair feels well rested and grateful for getting her 8 hours of sleep. Lips curled into a smile she stretches her arms… she and the bed still not might be best friends but she feels better compared to yesterday. Well, maybe not completely better given what happened between her and David during the task. The young woman still had a hard time grasping that he is an angel or better said insisted on being an angel. This wasn’t how the young woman expected her experience with the Soulmate Solution to be like. There is nothing wrong with David since she does enjoy the short time they had together but him claiming to be an angel is a bit too much for her right now. The redhead lets out a sigh as she gets out of the bed wondering if there might be enough time for a relaxing bath when there is a knock on her door.
“Of course just in time…” Blair murmurs under her breath before she opens the door. Without a word she accepts the breakfast tray from the woman quickly closing the door and then she settles down on the couch. “And why am I not surprised that there is still no coffee? At least there is orange juice this time.” As she takes a sip from the glass she spots two notes this time. Eyebrows furrowed together she picks up the closest ones.
“Counselors?” she reads and for a brief moment, she considers that it might not be such a bad idea until she sees the opening hours, “6 am?! You gotta be kidding me. That is way too early.” she shakes with her head putting the note down. The young woman has a pretty good idea what the other note might be about and since she doesn’t feel like rushing again she finishes her breakfast first. Whatever is scheduled for her and David today has to wait. Blair is expecting another task - one without getting lost in a labyrinth again - but to her surprise, it is a schedule for a date… or dates since it looks like she is supposed to spend the whole day with David.
“Breakfast picnic, private tour at a museum and then dinner.” she reads thinking to herself that it could have been worse. Well, the maze is involved again but this time she is going to enjoy it a lot more given that there will be only the dinner. The young woman wonders though what to wear. The note states that there won’t be any time for her to get changed which is pretty annoying. There is no way that Blair is going to go without heels even not when she has the perfect outfit already in the back of her mind… now she just has to find it. Seeing that there isn’t much time left until her breakfast picnic with David in the solarium she better gets moving fast. Lips curled into a smile she hurries back into the bedroom only to realize that she gotta find it first. She lets out a sigh as she first looks at the mess called her wardrobe and then at the clock on the wall.
“Oh, shoot looks like I have to hurry…” Blair curses and in the next minutes, clothes are thrown around the room some landing on the bed others somewhere on the floor. “Aha here you are!” she exclaims after finding the white top, the skirt and the jacket she had in mind. Luckily it doesn’t take her too long to find matching heels and a purse. Smiling to herself she starts to get ready after all she doesn’t want to keep David waiting since despite everything including his strange confession she is actually looking forwards the date with him… Blair still doesn’t fully believe him but yet she can’t deny that there is something about him that fascinates her. Not to forget that she doesn’t mind spending time with him and she is curious to learn more about him even if that means accepting that he might be telling the truth.

The Date

“So what is it like in heaven?” Blair asks after they have settled down in the solarium of the facility. A table has been prepared for them and to her joy they even included coffee. She doesn’t completely understand the purpose of a breakfast picnic though considering that just an hour before she already had some breakfast but given that it means spending more time with David she isn’t going to complain.
“How did you end up working as a kindergarten teacher?” he counters her question quickly. The young woman lets out a sigh feeling a bit disappointed. Already during his confession, she has noticed that apparently, he doesn’t like talking about heaven but she had hoped that he might make an exception today… looks like she has been wrong.
“It isn’t exactly the most exciting story I fear.” the redhead admits with a chuckle, “I always loved children. I have a 13-years old brother and used to babysit him and a few neighbor children.” she explains brushing a strand of her hair back, “After I was done with school I could have gone to University if I wanted to but in the end becoming a kindergarten teacher was the right decision.”
“Sounds like you don’t regret your choice at all,” David says flashing her a smile.
“Honestly I did a few times… education wasn’t as easy as I thought.” Blair replies looking at him, “I’m happy that I managed to finish and I have been working in the same kindergarten for a little over three years. I like my work, the children are adorable of course.” she says lips curled into a bright smile.
“But?” David asks after taking a sip from his coffee.
“What makes you think that there is a but?” the young woman counters leaning on her hands. “I mean there is a but, but I’m wondering now if you can read me that easily.” she looks at him grinning.
“You had this expression on your face like you wanted to say more but weren’t sure if you could,” he tells her with a twinkle in his eyes.
“The parents…” she says after a moment letting out a sigh, “I know that they love their children and of course every mother and father only wants the best for their kids but sometimes I just want to… well, I guess you get my point.” the redhead adds biting on her lower lip.
“To be honest not really. When it comes to children and parents you definitely have more experience than I do.” David says with a shrug. “But I would understand if you don’t want to talk about it.”
“It is a bit complicated but sometimes I don’t feel like dealing with them. I like to think that parents tend to forget that my colleagues and I are only humans because they like to demand the impossible from us.” Blair lets out another sigh. “In those moments I usually take a deep breath and count until ten. It doesn’t always help but I guess it is better than screaming at them.” she adds chuckling, “Not to forget that when a child smiles at you or gives you a hug it can make any situation better.”
“Sounds like you need a lot of patience every day,” David tells her lips curled into a smile.
“Well, I can say the same about you… I’m sure I wouldn’t last longer than an hour working as a tour guide and not only because I would get lost immediately.” the young woman jokes reaching for a strawberry. “And to think that you didn’t believe me when I said that I have no sense of direction at all.”
“Okay maybe I did but I also remember that we made it out of the labyrinth.” the man tells her flashing a smile.
“But only because you helped me.” Blair pokes out her tongue at him, “If not we would be still lost instead of enjoying this wonderful picnic.” Lips curled into a smile.
“You aren’t that bad Blair… you just needed a few pushes in the right direction.” David teases her, “But I’m glad that we made it out otherwise I wouldn’t be able to spend this day with you.” he adds with a soft smile. “Why don’t we finish this fantastic picnic before we move to the next part? I don’t know about you but I’m pretty curious about the art museums.”
“Sounds like a plan.” the redhead smiles at him before taking a sip from her coffee, “And I’m glad that we made it out as well.” She admits blushing slightly.

“Feels like ages that I have last been to a museum,” Blair tells him with a bright smile as they walk through the showroom.
“Not your usual interest?” David asks looking at from the side.
“Depends on the exhibition and the painter. I prefer classic painters like DaVinci, Michaelangelo or Monet. Modern art… well I don’t understand modern art and I’m definitely not an art critic.” she explains lips pursed together. They stop in front of a more classical painting of an angel, “See I told you! Wings and a halo.” the young woman says with a pointed look.
“I know but clearly…” David leans forward reading the information underneath the painting, “Benozzo Gozzoli has never seen an actual angel before.”
“Well I’m standing in front of one right now and I have to say that you look nothing like those in the painting,” Blair replies looking at him from head to toe.
“And which one do you prefer?” he asks lips curled into a grin.
“Mhm…” she puts a finger on her lips acting like she has to think hard about his question, “Definitely you.” she looks at him grinning as well. For the next moments, there is only silence between them as they keep walking through the exhibition stopping at a few pictures now and then. The young woman keeps looking at him from the side wondering if she might have gone too far. As she spots yet another picture of angels this time portrayed in heaven she decides to take the risk again.
“So I have been wondering… why did you leave?” Blair asks biting on her lower lip. This time David doesn’t try to change the topic like he had done in the morning instead he doesn’t say anything. The young woman lets out a low and frustrated sigh not knowing what to do now. She doesn’t understand him… he claims to be an angel but he makes it hard for to believe him when he doesn’t answer her questions. It isn’t like she wants to know all the details about his life but she can’t deny that she is curious to learn more about him.
“What was it like growing up with a younger brother?” David asks out of sudden and she stops in her movements to look at him. “You said earlier that he is 13 years younger which is quite a difference.”
Blair is glad that the uncomfortable silence between them is over - otherwise the rest of the day might have been pretty awkward especially since there is still a dinner happening later. “It wasn’t always easy especially since I was used to being a single child. I never had to share my toys and my parents.” the young woman admits chuckling, “ I remember when my mother told me I freaked out and made a huge scene. Thinking about now I acted like a complete brat.” she laughs shaking her head, “It got better when Michael was born. I started helping my mum and soon I was babysitting him so my parents could have some time for themselves.” she brushes a strand of her hair back and looks at him. “We talk with each other at least twice a week and I try to visit my family as often as I can.”
“Sounds like you are very close with them,” David says offering her a smile.
“We have our bad moments now - I guess like most families do… moving out was hard for me but I got lucky and managed to find an apartment not too far away from them.” the redhead tells him smiling too. “So ready for the next room or is there something you didn’t see yet?” she asks glancing at from the side.
“No I’m fine.” he replies with a nod. He places a hand on her back leaning her into the next part of the exhibition.

“This is nice,” Blair says pointing at the table that has been prepared for them in the middle of the labyrinth. “This too… I mean you and me spending the day together.” she quickly adds with a slight blush covering her cheeks.
“Yes, it is. How about a toast?” David asks picking up his champagne glass. “To us and a wonderful evening?” The redhead nods with a smile clinking her glass against his.
“I think I wouldn’t mind going into a labyrinth more often if there is a dinner involved.” she jokes laughing shortly, “And since you are here with me I don’t have to worry about getting lost.”
“You don’t remember anything about the way?” he questions one of his eyebrows arched up.
“To be honest I don’t even remember that we came across this place.” she admits biting on her lower lip, “I promise that I have a good memory but here everything looks the same but I guess that is the whole point of a labyrinth.”
“You know that we can always cheat if we have to do the task again.” David offers with a mischievous smile.
“Cheating? How do you mean that?” Blair asks one of her eyebrows arched up as she looks at him.
“There is a story from the Greek mythology about a young man getting stuck in a labyrinth and he manages to find the way out by using a ball of wool.” he explains.
“Oh, I think I had to read that one in school. Don’t think I enjoyed it though.” the young woman replies with a shrug.
“Not a book fan?” David asks with a curious expression.
“Oh I love books but somehow I never enjoyed it when I had to read for school. I always thought that my teachers picked out the most boring and longest books they could find.” she chuckles, “I only read them when I absolutely had no other choice but usually I tried to find some information on the internet. Probably not my proudest moment though.” Blair admits, “But if you give me a book now I will read it as soon as I can…. well maybe not every book. I prefer thrillers and crime books, sometimes fantasy but it depends on the plot.”
David opens his mouth to say something when there is suddenly a rustling in the distance followed by rumbling slowly getting louder. Blair looks around confused but the light from the few candles on the table makes it hard for her to see anything.
“Maybe we should leave.” David suggests out of the sudden looking at her with a nervous expression. The young woman wants to ask what is wrong and why a simple noise is scaring him that much when she hears it again and it sounds like it is getting closer.
“Good idea.” Blair agrees quickly grabbing her purse before she gets up. She tries to keep up with his pace and she curses herself for insisting to go with heels. David seems to sense her struggles and without a word he suddenly he crouches down signing for her to get on his back. The young woman wants to point out that he is being ridiculous but one look at his determined and still nervous face is enough for her to keep her mouth shut. They make it back to the facility in record time. David goes walks around the last corner before his room suddenly stopping in his movements.
“What is wrong?” Blair asks but then she notices the man over six feet tall and clad in all black.
“My King…” the man suddenly says and greets David with a deep bow.

DONE

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→← ■ →← Yannise Mi →← ■ →←

Still in disbelief at Hamilton not being human, I read the note. What now? I have to be fitted for a VR suit to "go inside of a computer." Oh joy. First I find out that my date is a computer and now I'm gearing up for a virtual experience inside of one. This must be some new age version of the Twilight Zone.

After a tremendous sigh, I resign myself to following through with this process. I might as well. I'm this far in. I slowly find a pair of comfortable shoes and start getting dressed.

Upon arrival, I see botface, I mean Hamilton. I still think that he's handsome, but knowing what I know now it's still just - very weird. Heeding the warning, I don't mention to Hamilton the shutdown weirdness that happened yesterday. I mean, what would be the point? He doesn't know about it and I wish I could forget about it.

As the fitting ends, Hamilton knocked out the techs! What on earth is happening?? He's got me by the hand and we're running, running, running, somewhere. Is this why I needed the comfy shoes? I thought I'd have to stand for a long time or something not run for my life! This is insane! Just as we go through the password-protected door...


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Angelica Larson

R1/2 Done; R3 DONE

Morning

Angelica wakes up on a comfy bed, smiling before she opens her eyes. When she hears a knock on the door her smile immediately dies as she remembers she's not in her bed, in her room or even her home.
She hides her head beneath the pillow while someone walks inside and leaves a few seconds later. Angelica doesn't need to look at the cupboard to know her breakfast had been delivered but she takes her time to get up.
She was never a morning person, it was hard to adjust to the reality of someone actually delivering breakfast that early (even if it was 9am and a pretty normal hour for most people... But Angie wasn't most people.)
The girl tried to pull her hair in a ponytail, cursing under her breath for the idea to cut it short since she couldn't do much with it aside from trying to style some waves.
To her surprise she had a decent breakfast this time with the eggs and bacon and Aha- orange juice. She smiled, feeling glad she did make her complains to management even if they didn't seem to care about all the rest.
As she dug in the yummy food she cleaned a hand to open the envelope, knowing her daily schedule would probably be written there. After the couples massage Angie avoided speaking further with Noah, with all of his werewolf craziness she just couldn't deal with him and she was sure another task involving him would be in that envelope.
But that wasn't the first thing addressed.
"A counselor?" Angie repeated the words on the letter out loud as her eyes gazed over them. - "This is seriously how they handle this? I mean I complain that my supposed soulmate believes he's a werewolf which probably means he's mentally ill and they get a counselor for me?" Angie shakes her head, tossing the letter aside before she got a knot on her stomach and the delicious meal wouldn't go down.
As she finished the last sip of juice Angie put the tray aside and stared at the letter. What would happen if she just pretended she lost the letter? That she didn't read it? Or better, what if she pretended she was sick? Yes that would probably be a good plan.
Smiling, Angie picked up the letter and read the rest of the schedule since she had now a purpose for that day: pretend to be ill.
"Moonlight dinner in a garden.." She murmured while reading. That didn't sound half bad. Okay, it was still a date with a mentally deranged person but at least she was still on the facility campus, what could possibly go wrong?
Angelica stared at the words again with a sinking gut feeling. Moonlight dinner, as in a dinner under the moon. Moon as in the thing that triggers werewolves in those cheesy movies.
The woman grunted, forming a ball with the paper which she threw to the garbage bin.
They were playing a practical joke on her, they had to.
"I bet they knew about his illness before introducing us and they're mocking me for having a deranged soulmate!"
Angelica approached the window, grunting to herself while she tried to decide whether she should proceed with her being-sick plan or not when she saw Noah crossing the entryway of the building towards the main street. She kept staring at his figure walking, her eyes narrowing and her mind working at 100 mph.
Well she didn't believe in any of that tale of werewolves or fullmoon craziness so for all that mattered that would be a nice dinner outside wearing a nice dress. She didn't care about the rest.

Evening

Angelica couldn't wait for the whole soulmate ordeal to be over simply by the fact that she'd write her soul out in a review paper or complaints book or whatever. Who sets up a dinner in a garden and forgets to include a freaking map of the place?!
The last ten minutes had been spent searching the grounds of the property and cursing to the air. At least the moon was pretty, shining above in the evening sky.
Seeing the edge of the garden Angelica let out her breath, it was about time.
And of course Noah was already there when she arrived, he had like spidey senses, did the man never get lost?!
"Seriously, next time we do this, you get me by the door, I spent the last ten minutes trying to find this place."
Noah smiled, helping Angelica sit by the candle lit table.
"You just need to follow the scent of the flowers..."
Angie stared at him, there he was again with his weirdness; yes because it was oh so easy to follow the scent of flowers from a near impossible distant place.
"Right, the flowers. Of course.." She nodded like it was the most normal thing ever. Whatever.
Noah smiled, turning to the mobile trays, uncovering their dinner. It did look good. - "Next time I'll get you myself." He smiled, swapping Angie's empty plate with the full one from the tray, serving himself after, - "I was actually a little bit afraid you wouldn't show up." He admitted with a little smile as he sat in front of Angelica, making her let out a little chuckle. Yeah he had no idea.
"It's dinner on a garden, not a marriage proposal... I mean I hope not, you better not have that idea!" She pointed a well manicured finger at the man who continued to chuckle.
"No, no marriage, promise."
He did have a nice smile. It was a real pity that he was way nuttier than a snickers chocolate bar.

"So you've settled with silence this time?"
They were about half way through the dinner and Noah hadn't said much of anything else, the only sound being heard was that of crickets and themselves chewing.
"I'm sorry, no, of course not."
So he was terrible liar. That was a good thing, she hated when they were good liars cause at least this way she always knew when they were BS-ing her.
"It's okay, I suppose my sarcasm doesn't help huh?" Angelica smiled because she knew very well just who she was and she didn't have an easy personality, that was sure.
"I guess not..." Noah gave a little chuckle which seemed to make him loosen up a bit.
"See, I'm not that bad. I mean yeah I have my days."
"Weeks perhaps?"
Angelica narrowed her eyes jokingly - "Don't push it."
Noah smiled between bites, raising his glass of wine.
"To strong personalities."
Angie grinned, yeah from what she'd seen she wasn't the only one with a strong personality, that was for sure. Except she liked to think hers was sane and his... not so much.
"To strong personalities."

Dinner disappeared from their plates before long and all that was left was some wine in both glasses which Angelica took her time to finish. She was surprisingly enjoying that dinner, Noah hadn't said anything to majorly mess it up and she didn't feel like provoking it for once.
She took the glass to her lips after smiling a little dork joke Noah made (he really had to practice those) and caught the moon on the sky.
"Wow they really did pick a great night for this, the moon is huge." Angelica smiled, looking up at the white sphere.
"It isn't completely high, right?" Noah's face turned into worry as he followed her gaze briefly.
A brow rose on the woman's face, seeing all of Noah's weirdness make a comeback.
"I don't think so. Why?" If he said something about the full moon he'd get a kick on the balls.
"I..." His face kept turning from Angelica to the moon and back. - "I'm not feeling well, if you'll excuse me..."
He rose from his seat, almost running out of the dinner area, making Angie's mouth drop.
"Noah! What am I supposed to do here alone??" But she heard no reply, just his quick steps moving away.
"I knew it, this was way too good to be true, of course he'd have to weird-out on me." Angelica grunted, taking her glass to the lips to finish up the wine. - "That counselor is soooo going to hear me tomorrow."
Angie pulled the scarf over her neck and grabbed her purse, wondering who'd clean up the table and stuff but honestly she didn't really care. Her date had ditched her and she was again alone in that campus.
"F*cking awesome, now I have to get back on my own too!" She let out a couple of other curses under her breath as she tried to remember which way she had come so she could retrace the path but after a couple of wine glasses she couldn't remember much.

"Freaking Noah and his freaking freakish brain. Why couldn't he believe he's a GPS? Or a tour guide? Why a werewolf of all things? Well I guess it could be worse if he thought he was a vampire, at least he's not suckling people... I think..."
Angelica kept talking to herself as she tried to make it back to the main building, she hated the silence of the place and at least she felt a little bit safer hearing her own voice.
The brunette froze in place as a terrifying howl ripped through the dark. A shiver ran down her spine and she could feel at the hairs in her arm standing up.
"What the actual f*?" She stared wide eyed at her surroundings but there was nothing to be seen. - "Damned management and their jokes..." She murmured, raising then her voice - "I'm not scared!!"
Of course she didn't hear a reply, she didn't expect to but she did fasten her pace, she was pretty sure the building was somewhere around that path.
Angelica stopped again when she heard steps. Her brows furrowed as she tried to locate the place where those sounds were coming but something wasn't right.
Those weren't normal steps. They sounded like someone running, or better said, not someone but something.
As the woman turned back, her eyes widened impossibly, catching only a glimpse of gray fur as a giant dog landed on top of her, sending Angie to the ground with a loud thud.
The only thing she could see was the sharp teeth and drool coming from the beast's mouth, sniffing her. Angelica closed her eyes and cried out for help but her voice didn't want to leave her mouth. She knew that wasn't a big dog... that was a wolf.
She prayed, something the woman hadn't done since she was a little girl, forced to go to church on Sundays but she did pray to whoever could hear her plead, either God, Buddha, Zeus, Holy Mary or anything else.
She felt the animal's paw run down her arm and a burning feeling finally made the air expel from her lungs, sending a high pitched scream through the night.
The wolf jumped out of her and before Angelica could get up he ran away, leaving her there with a ripped jacket and a massive scratch as the only proof she had been attacked by an actual wolf.
Getting up from the ground proved a difficult task considering the way her legs were shaking and yet Angelica managed to find the building quicker than ever and went straight to her room.
The woman jumped to the bathtub and let the water rinse the dirt from being slapped against the ground and the way she felt the smell of dog.
She scrubbed and scrubbed and scrubbed and cried her eyes out until she was dry inside as a raisin.
She cringed when she approached the mirror, now with a towel wrapped around her body, seeing the scratch the beast had made on her arm. It stung and hurt even to touch.
Biting a smaller towel Angie managed to get a bandage from the first aid kid and wrapped it around her arm, falling afterwards on her bed. She didn't even bother putting on a pajama, she just needed to forget the whole thing.

The next day

Sleeping had been a nearly impossible task; Angelica did fall asleep as soon as she fell on her bed but after a couple of hours she woke up screaming, having a nightmare with a wolf. Her arm still burned and for as much as she tried she couldn't fall back into sleep.
So instead she examined her jacket and the clean cut the wolf's claws made through it. In a way it's like proof she hadn't dreamed the attack but it also seemed so surreal.
Angie stared at the scratch for quite some time at the mirror, trying to make some sense off everything that happened.
She wasn't sure about anything anymore, a part of her wanted to believe it was all a very bad joke that went wrong and Noah purposefully left her there to scare her with a wolf, but another part of her knew that was as unlikely as him being a werewolf and him being the one who attacked her. But that couldn't be, could it?


After breakfast Angelica marched straight into the orb room after sending a note to Noah to meet her there. When she walked inside she saw him standing there, an apologetic look on his face.
"Angie I'm sorry I left you th-" but he couldn't finish the sentence due to the impact of his cheek with Angelica's hand. Granted she didn't have much strength so he didn't seem fazed by the blow but he did look surprised.
"You don't get to call me Angie." The woman glared at him, - "Not after you left me there at night, in a place you knew took me more than ten minutes to find!"
"I'm sorry Angelica, I really am."
"You're not as sorry as I am for signing up for this thing! How can you ever be my soulmate if all you do is bail on me? I mean seriously, it was the first time we were okay together, and you leave just like that?! You have no idea how hard it was for me to find my way back and that stupid wolf jumped on me, I nearly died!"
Okay so she didn't die but the moment it happened it sure felt like it so Angelica didn't feel a single drop of regret for telling him that. - "I compromised! I pulled aside all your werewolf things and tried to have fun! I didn't even provoke you! And still you left me there!"
But Noah's confused expression only grew deeper.
"What do you mean wolf? Jumped on you? What?" He shook his head which made her roll her eyes.
"I mean the freaking wolf on the property! I don't know if it was a bad joke or what but whatever it was, I WAS ALONE!"
She felt her eyes starting to water but she pushed back the tears and crossed her arms, trying to look annoyed instead of hurt.
"Wait wait..." Noah placed his hands on Angelica's shoulders, - "A wolf.... on the property?"
"Yes Noah a wolf on the property." She couldn't help but want to slap him again but she pushed back the urge and instead pushed herself away from his grip.
"That can't be... No, that isn't right..."
Angelica saw him pace around the room and she was pretty sure he wasn't talking to her but more to himself.
"Yeah it can be and it was." She called his attention to her again, - "I have the scars to prove it!"
"Scars?" His eyes widened, following the woman from head to toe.
"Well not really a scar, it was a scratch but it could be a scar if I didn't have good lungs to scream!" She decided to leave out the part where she tried to scream but no sound came off her mouth, he didn't need to know that. But Noah's gaze kept running her body.
"Show me the scratch." He approached Angelica, making a brow rise on her forehead.
"Why? You want to see what you could have avoided if you stayed with me?"
"Look Angelica, I'm sorry, I don't know how many times will I have to tell you that but I really am sorry. But please let me see that scratch, I do know a thing or two of wolf scratches since I'm one myself."
Angie snorted, turning away from him. - "Right, because you're a werewolf." She then turned to him again, - "And if you're a werewolf how do I know I'm not just showing you the result of your attack on me?"
She could see the hurt on the man's eyes but he tried to hide it, except he wasn't as good at it as Angie had been before.
"I didn't attack you. You have to believe me on that."
"Right, because you're so trustworthy and dependable." Her voice was dripping in sarcasm. - "Look I don't even care anymore. I don't care about this soulmate thing, I don't care about this place anymore! I'm going to pack my things and write a complain to the CEO of this place due to being attacked by a wolf and I'm outta here. And I'm sure I have to be tested for rabies or something."
Angelica started to move towards the door but Noah got a hold of her hand and kept her in place.
"Please Angelica, just let me see the scratch. I understand that you don't trust me or want this to continue but I am genuinely worried about you."
The woman couldn't help but feel something down her stomach. His hand felt warmer than normal people did and it was weirdly comforting. The way he was staring into her hazel eyes made Angelica just grunt, taking her hand away from his to take off her jacket, showing him the scratch on her arm.
She saw Noah's jaw drop, his hand running lightly over the scratch, which sent a shiver down her spine.
"That's..." He mumbled, the rest of the sentence being inaudible to Angie.
"It's what?" She furrowed her brows, looking at Noah's dark eyes.
"It's a challenge mark..." Noah turned away from Angelica, starting to pace again on the orb room. - "You can't be here, you can't stay here..." He then faced her, - "You were attacked by a werewolf and he made a challenge mark... We must leave...now."
"What nonsense are you spouting now?"
Angelica had never been more confused, she had no idea what Noah was talking about.
"Come on, we have to go!" He grabbed her hand and pulled her away from the room.

ROUND 3 DONE

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Welcome to Round 4!

Management hopes that you all had a good time on the dates that were planned for you, however it's now time to let fate take it's course so there won't be any meddling...at least not by members of the staff, moving forward.

EmmyAna

Behind the password protected door is another Hamilton...and another...and another. There are 3 versions of Hamilton in all, each slightly different, and at least one has a part of it's metallic skeleton showing. Your Hamilton will tell you that he found this room yesterday and is unsure what it means. He begins to panic, worried that someone is trying to replace him and take over his life. As his soulmate he's also genuinely concerned for what that may mean for you.

“We have to get out of here.” He tells you as he grabs your hand to pull you deeper into the facility while behind you, it's clear that the techs have woke up and are on your tail. Do you allow him to lead you deeper into the unknown or take your chances with the technicians?

If you choose to go deeper into the facility

You'll eventually reach another door with the word “Exit” over it. When you push through the door however you'll very quickly realize that you're not outside, instead you're in what looks like an office and behind the massive desk is a man you've never seen before.

This guy

He reveals to you that he's the creator of the Hamilton Dobbs project which means that there was never a human Hamilton. He's been watching you via the feed that Hamilton sends back and wants your help creating a new version of the AI he's pioneered, one based off of an already living person: You. This isn't a request, and there's no calvary coming to help you if you refuse. However, keep in mind that in providing your help you don't actually have to be helpful.

If you choose to take your chances with the technicians

You'll be separated from Hamilton and ushered back to your room. Meals will be delivered to you but there will be a guard posted at your door. One evening you'll here a scuffle outside of the door followed by a polite knock. Outside Hamilton will be waiting for you with a bag and two plane tickets to Rome where he hopes the two of you can start a life together away from whatever craziness is going on. He still doesn't know e's an AI creation.

Siri

Holy water won't help you...and I also won't hurt you. You haven't said a word but Eli's thoughts are filling your head as he tries to ease your mind about where you are and what you're in store for. He takes your hand into his own and leads you out of the car. The black and red color scheme and the burnt trees quickly give way to much more normal looking surroundings and if it weren't for the intensity of the color and the fact that Eli is both taller and broader, the street you're walking down could easily be one on the upper west side of New York. Knowing that you're still hungry Eli leads you into a dimly lit restaurant where a sumptuous spread is already laid out in a private room. During dinner there are various forms of entertainment: some fire eaters, a few contortionists and while Eli will hope for a kiss at least he won't be the one to make the first move. Out of the corner of your eye you'll notice a little girl of about five weaving in and out of the festivities. Eli will feed her from his own plate, laugh at her attempts to mimic the entertainers, and eventually rock her to sleep in his arms. He will however purposely not tell you who she is, although it should be clear this is his daughter.

“I have a confession.” He begins with a smirk after the girl has been carried away, “I'm not actually a cambion.” He says his eyes starting to glow. He then reveals to you that he's a full demon and this part of the underworld is all his...and he'd like it to be yours as well.

He offers you a few days of freedom in the underworld which despite it's reputation isn't analogous with the Hell type place you may be thinking of. Think of it instead as a version of earth if earth had been designed by Baz Luhrman with input from Lana Del Rey; the colors are really saturated, the architecture is gorgeous and everything has a hint of vintage glamor with a wink towards pop culture. He assures you that no one will hurt you and anything you want will be yours for the asking.

Do you accept or do you ask him to take you back to the facility?

If you choose to stay

Eli will provide you with a well-appointed room in his home because while he may be a demon he's also a gentleman and won't presume that you want to stay in his suite with him. While you will be at his home, you can spend as much or as little time with Eli as you choose, he'll flirt with you when he sees you and will allow you to initiate anything beyond banter. He will also introduce you formally to his daughter, Lirit and will invite you to have dinners with them. Lirit, is like most 5 year olds: curious, open-minded and fun loving, Eli is also teaching her to control her fire breathing but he warns you to be cautious around her when she's excited, which she is often around you since she's never met a human before. While the underworld is different it's not inherently unpleasant and you may even see a few familiar faces (who by the way are not being tortured, thank you very much, that's just bad PR). At the end of the stay Eli will ask you if you'd consider a more full-time relocation.

Spoiler Click to display

If you choose not to stay] Eli will be noticeably upset, his eyes will glow and there will be a tremor beneath your feet, despite this however he will calm down and escort you back to the facility. Over the next few days Eli will be charming and apologetic but anything the two of you do together will need to be initiated by you and he will be distracted. Ask him what's wrong and he'll tell you that it's Lirit, his daughter who doesn't yet have enough control of her powers to live among humans like he does and it can take years for that level of control to develop. He tells you that he's growing fonder of you every day and thinks you feel the same way, he wants to know if you think the two of you can make this work?

Schoggettchen

David quickly ushers both you and the man into his room and the first thing you notice is how different his accommodations are, rather than being a twin to the small room you have, his space is the size of a small apartment and from what you can tell from where you're standing all of the rooms to match. David begins questioning the man who is profusely apologizing for the intrusion and asking what he can do to make it up. You only catch snippets of the conversation until David turns to you directly and tells you that he has to leave...now...and he wants you to come with him. There isn't any time to explain why or where you're going.

If you choose to leave with him

You won't have time to go to your room to pick up anything, instead you'll rush off of the property and hitchhike until you reach a church. David is well acquainted with the pastor and his family and thy gladly offer the two of you sanctuary. Once settled David will tell you why he left heaven: The heaven he knows is a monarchy and with the recent passing of his older brother he is next in line to lead. This position means that he will not be able to spend any time on earth at all, a thought that upsets him even more now that he's met you. He tells you that the guard who you saw at his door was one of his most loyal and he will ensure that the others stay away, however this will mean that if you stay with him you'll need to stay one step ahead of the guard which means constantly moving...

If you choose to stay

David will chastely kiss you goodbye and leave you. A few days later you will receive an invitation to a coronation...David's...in heaven. He will send a royal guard to accompany you, along with a beautiful dress. He ensures your safe passage to and from the event. (Note: if you accept this option you have to choose to go although you can debate it). When you arrive you will be taken to the castle where the coronation is set to commence, before it does David will come to see you and ask you to be his bride. The catch? You have to get married right now, before the coronation so that you're accepted as his legitimate queen.

Hhgurl1

Noah will clench your hand tightly as he pulls you toward the parking lot. With his free hand he'll use his cell phone and instruct the person on the other end to bring around the car. In a few minutes a limo will appear and a driver will get out to hold open the door for you both before getting back in to drive off. If you ask Noah what's going on you won't get a single coherent answer as he's still seething about the challenge mark. You'll ride along, noticing the clear wealth of the neighborhoods you're passing through until you reach a private driveway. The house you stop in front of is a modern mansion and without waiting for the driver, Noah escorts you both out of the car and through the front door. He practically howls a single word: grandmother once inside the foyer. It takes a moment but eventually a small, but in no way frail, older Asian woman appears and she's dripping in jewels and fur she's flanked on both sides by very younger men. She smiles broadly at Noah before literally growling in your direction.

“Take it outside.” she instructs one of the men, who walks in your direction. Noah however jumps in front of him and bares his teeth, a clear sign that you're not to be touched.

From the conversation that ensues between Noah and his grandmother you can piece together the fact that she doesn't think that you're good enough for her grandson or worthy of the immense fortune that he has  (surprise: he walks dogs because he genuinely likes the work, he doesn't actually have to work though, he's the sole heir to a super wealthy family). As a result she was the one who issued the challenge and now it's up to you to prove you're good enough to be a part of her family. Noah calls the challenge barbaric and uncalled for, he defends you as his soulmate, as the woman that he's supposed to grow to love. Finally, he turns to you and tells you that you're leaving.

if you leave with him right then

He'll explain to you that you can't go back to the facility but offer to replace everything that you've lost. He has a significant amount of his own money in places that his grandmother can't touch but he doesn't trust her not to let the matter drop quietly. He knows that there's one place you'll be safe but it's a small island country with a friendly population made up mostly of werewolf/human couples and once you go there you won't be able to leave.

If you decide to speak up and accept the challenge

What you'd be agreeing to is accepting to undergo the same challenges that any female werewolf would need to go through in order to become the mate of the alpha male. You'd need to prove your cunning in a series of tests (note that the rules of these tests have been the same for centuries so there's no direct rule that says you can't use modern technology or conveniences) in a series of tests including providing food for your pack (hint: you don't have to hunt it down in the woods), navigating your pack through a dangerous situation (hint: you can use your phone) and finally communicating with your potential mate (you're on your own for that one). If you best your challenger, a werewolf hand selected by Noah's grandmother, then the final step will be allowing Noah to turn you into a werewolf...

Round  4 requirements

Name

Round status e.g. round 1 complete, round 2 complete, round 3 complete, round 4 in progress

Story Tell me about how you're dealing with the aftermath of the choice you made in the last round and what choice you're making in this round. Please don't go more than a few weeks into the future.

Outfit  Please provide at least one outfit of your choosing, relevant to your choice.
 

Round 4 ends at 11am EST on November 3rd

Last edited by Dare (01/11/2017 at 15:21)

Zoe Wilkins

Status: done



I had no idea what else to think, I could easily slip into hysterics. Eli took me to THE Underworld, the place I could only hear about as a part of mythology and that was back in school! It looks like I've slipped into something I never meant to know... Where's the...
Holy water won't help you.
What?! For a moment I thought somebody was talking in my head.
And I also won't hurt you.
And now I knew that this voice was exactly like Eli's. I looked at him dubiously.
Yes, I'm talking to you. I believe you can call it telepathy.
Great, now I'm hearing voices...  I haven't changed my gaze, to which he only smiled.
"Don't worry, nothing here will hurt you" Eli tried to ease my worries, that was obvious. It was kind of working, but not completely. "It's just a gate, they always look like this."
"A gate?" Now my curiosity was picked. So it was only the view for transition?
"Exactly." I haven't noticed when he was outside, stretching out his hand. "Allow me."
When I got out of the car, I noticed, what he meant. Underworld looked much like my world, only the colors were giving me a slight headache, as if someone used saturation in Photoshop. But the surroundings were very similar to what I've seen daily otherwise. What I also noticed was that Eli changed as well. Top of my head wasn't reaching his shoulders anymore.
"Still hungry?" he asked me.
"I haven't grabbed much, so I could use something" I sighed. "Is Underworld's food actually edible for humans?"
"Don't worry about it."
I had my worries, alright. First of all, it was a different setting. Second, I felt a bit of a headache. However, as we were walking, the surroundings were becoming more and more adjustable and not so hard on the eye. I had the different feel inside about the place. It was not my world.
We entered a restaurant, bathed in dim lights and I suddenly started to worry about my dress code. When I looked around, there were demons, all finely dressed, as if it was a formal thing. But what intrigued me was that they all greeted Eli qith a hint of respect and we were shown to a private room. Which makes sense, since it's his job to run one so perhaps he runs this place. But it wondered me, if he's a cambion - or so he claims, I still had qualms about it - why he's even allowed?
But since the food was already there, I decided not to bother with that for the time being. I still had a room in my stomach for eating and this was as good time as any to check if food here is safe for humans. It did, so it was only a matter of time before I'd make myself full and not hungry in the very basic way. But I decided not to eat like a pig and instead enjoy it slowly, small bites.
I can't say it was boring experience. Somehow, there was an entertainment, making it similar to Ancient Roman feasts, only it was in more cameral setting. I glanced at Eli, confused about the whole thing, but he was just smiling at my confusion. Nothing more, leaving it for me to figure it out. Obviously, he wanted to impress me, but there was something amiss. He was waiting for my response - well, apart from the usual flirty undertone in his words. But I was having that gut feeling that there is something that wasn't fully explained.
There was also another thing. In the middle of the feast - yeah it was enough for me to call the whole dinner that - I noticed someone else. A little girl, with striking resemblance to Eli. Well that and the fact that he was fully engrossed in taking care of her. I wasn't asking questions, yet I couldn't help but look at them. It was a heartwarming sight and I smiled constantly as I was looking at them. Involuntarily, Eli showed me the side of a father I was eager to meet and even if I was merely a spectator to the whole event. I knew that the girl was looking at me occasionally, even asked Eli who I was (to which he replied with my name only) and what I was doing here. But the time came when she had to be put to the bed, as she fell asleep in his arms.
"You know, finally seeing the father side of you, I wonder what else is to discover" I started, when the little girl was taken away.
"There might be a lot" he grinned at me, but his smile lessened a bit. "Well, I have a confession to make." Another one? "I'm not actually a cambion."
"Knew it" I blurted out immediately. He was surprised at my words.
"You knew already?"
"No, I knew that there was something fishy with that cambion part. Typically, cambions are frowned upon in both societies, according to certain sources." I smiled, seeing his surprise. "Had a roommate who was complete supernatural nerd" I explained with a short-lived grin. "So, you were saying...?"
"That I'm full-blooded demon." That was obvious. I wasn't sure if he was disappointed at my lack of surprise or acknowledged that I know some things. "That's not all."
"What else?"
"This part of the Underworld is mine... and I hope you'd like to spend few days here."
Excuse me?! I had to have larger eyes than usual. But that was a huge surprise I wasn't even going to imagine.
"You could do whatever you wanted, have whatever you need and you'd be completely safe here."
I had no idea what to think about. Another time this day I felt a bit lightheaded from all the promises. And I would meet his daughter for real, not just observe, I could be that little part in life. This prospect excited me, I had to admit. I wanted to meet her... but the rest was too much. This much freedom with the concept of safety... not the excitement could top the worries. I miss my studio apartment and my mattress.
"I would love to..." I hesitated for a moment. No turning back. "But I can't accept it. It's... a little to much for me."
I'm a woman of simple needs. Peace, quiet and a family time. However, this seemed to be too excessive. I'm not used to such things. And this is just the first time we have meeting in such place. Not to mention that it's precisely another dimention.
Eli, however, wasn't happy. His eyes glowed, he probably hadn't expected my refusal. At this moment I felt a tremor under my feet... and after a second it stopped under me. I felt strangely invigorated and my vision felt... brighter. Eli noticed that and his eyes widened. I was confused at what happened, he calmed down quickly, maybe too quickly, but he seemed shocked.
"I'll drive you to the facility" he said.
Something was wrong, as we drove back in complete silence. For the first time, the tension happened and it was uncomfortable. For the first time I felt uncomfortable in silence.
Eli got me out of the car and I felt that he didn't want to loose his temper, but something was making him uneasy.
"You didn't tell me that you're a Witch..."
"I'm WHAT?!"
"..." he looked at me, surprised. Well, I did made a slight outburst. "You didn't know?" I shook my head.
"I don't even know what a Witch is... How do you know?"
"You absorbed part of the tremors and created a shield, as if you felt threatened... that was Witches do in danger."
"I did that...?" I definitely had to look for this, as this was something even my nerdy rommate wasn't telling me.

~*~

For the next few days I involuntarily restricted my contact with Eli to a minimum. It was mostly because of my research about Witches, but also because of his behavior. His whole posture and behavior indicated that he was sorry for his outburst and also I noticed that he's troubled. This worried me more than who I really am. According to the sources, Witches were naturally possessing affinity to absorb all kinds of power, making it their own life energy. Creation of shield was a defense mechanism, common in Witches, just like Eli said. Only a selected few were counterattacking with the gathered power and I wasn't belonging to that group, thank God. But as well as people accused of witchcraft back in the days, the Witches were also subjected to every kind of punishment that went. So it was more of a passive ability, passed genetically. I wondered if my mother had that or it was my father I've never met...
Eli worried me. He was troubled and distracted every time we talked and it was high time I'd ask what is it. I proposed a simple meeting at the gazebo in the facility, at the afternoon. And this time I was waiting for him, reading a book. When he came, he smiled at me.
"Glad you came" I said, patting a seat next to me. He gladly took it.
"For you, always" he turned on the basic charm, but he wasn't fooling me. Not anymore at least.
"What's wrong? You're troubled" I decided to press the issue.
Eli sighed, but still retained his charming posture. I rose my brows, waiting for the answer.
"It's Lirit" I still had my brows high. "My daughter. She can't live in human world."
"And it's because of...?"
"She's only five, Zoe. She doesn't have control over her powers, fire-breathing in particular" I nodded. If what I pieced together was accurate, uncontrollable powers were dangerous and difficult to hide. And nobody posessed complete control since birth. Witches' ability was automatic and there was no chance of controlling it. This was different. "It will take years before she'll get the same level of control I do" I looked at him sceptically. "It was Underworld, after all. The thing is... I'm trying my best to teach her, but..."
"Obviously not your best" I stated. My reasoning was perhaps flawed, but I understood some things. "Why are you still here, Eli?"
"I beg your pardon?"
"You should be with Lirit" I said. "Remember, I was observing you two. She needs you."
She was more important than me. Despite his constant flirting, surprises and tries to get me talking (which he did), he grew on me and I wished to continue the relationship we had, maybe even taking this further; he already became a part of my life. But Lirit was his daughter and with that kind of situation, she needed him more than I do.
"Yes. But that's not all of it" he stood up and in a moment he got me up, pressing me to his form. "Isn't it obvious that I'm fond of you?"
"Mhmm..." I looked up at him. "You're not hiding it, obviously."
"Do you...?"
"I think I would gave you a sign if I didn't want anything to do with you" I shrugged slightly. Figure it out Eli. I'm not running away.
"Do you think we could work it out?"
"That's possible" I wasn't denying it. "It will take some time to get used to."

COMPLETED

Last edited by Siri (03/11/2017 at 14:07)

Name: Blair Rosalie March


Round Status: R1, R2, R3 DONE; R4 WIP

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What now?

“What?” Blair blurts out looking at the strange man and then back at David but instead of a reply, the younger man grabs her arm ushering her inside the room. “Will someone please tell me what is going on?” she demands arms crossed in front of her chest but no one is paying attention to her. Letting out a frustrated sigh the redhead looks around the room noticing that it looks completely different from the one she has been given. It isn’t small more looking like a small apartment to her and it seems like all the rooms match.
“Okay, this is getting ridiculous… first, he calls you My King and then it turns out who are living in what I can only describe as a Palast compared to my room.” Blair complains glaring both at David and the tall man.
“What are you doing here?” David is the first one to say something but his question isn’t directed at her.
“Sorry for the intrusion my King. Is there anything I can do to fix my mistake?” the tall man replies bowing slightly and Blair rolls her eyes at the sight. She has no idea what is going on and at this point, she wonders if she actually wants to know.
“There he said it again!” she exclaims louder this time and yet again she is beginning ignored. With a huff, the young woman sits down on the couch eyes narrowed as she keeps looking at the men. She doesn’t catch every word of their conversation only a few sentences, like they are coming and you have to leave now. Blair is feeling more and more confused and yet also annoyed. She just wants to know what is going on and who the heck this guy thinks who he is to disturb the wonderful date she and David had. This wasn’t how the evening was supposed to end!
“We have to leave.” David finally addresses her but not with the explanation the redhead has been hoping for her.
“What do you mean we have to leave? Blair replies looking at him, “Leave where to and why?” she adds because there is no way she is letting him off the hook this easily.
“I can’t explain it to you yet. I will tell you everything later but now you have to trust me.” David says holding out his hand for her. The young woman looks at him blinking twice and probably for the first time in her life she is speechless. A part of her just wants to take his hand and run away with him not caring wherever he might lead them but then there is the rational part of her brain. She wants to trust him but right now she is having a hard time grasping the whole situation. Not to mention that it upsets her that David can’t explain to her where they are going or who the strange man is. The redhead opens her mouths but closes it again feeling lost and hopeless in this moment.
“Blair?” David asks looking less confident than a few minutes ago.
“I can’t…” she whispers her heartbreaking at his crestfallen look. “I want to trust you… I really do but I can’t leave like this.” she tries to explain her motives but even to herself it sounds lame, “I’m sorry.”
“It is okay Blair,” David says softly leaning down and before she can react he presses a chaste kiss on her lips. “It is time to leave,” he tells the tall man who follows him out of the room without saying a word. As she keeps sitting on the couch looking at the closed door she sadly realizes that this was the first and last time David ever kissed her. Letting out a sad sigh Blair gets up and walking to her own room. Later as she lays in bed still wearing the dress staring at the ceiling she does wonder if leaving with David wouldn’t have to be the better decision.
“I hope you are happy with your choice…” she whispers into the darkness of her room.

The Invitation

Three days have passed since David and the unknown man have left the facility, and Blair is still there despite the fact that her soulmate has disappeared. She has tried to contact one of the scientists or the freaking counselors but no one seems to care about her situation. It is frustrating and annoying and she doesn’t know how to make them understand that there is no reason for her to stay at this place any longer. David is gone and the redhead has no reason to believe that he is coming back. Blair is currently standing in front of her packed suitcase ready to leave this place as soon as she can. They have no right to keep her locked up any longer and they better not try to stop her. She looks around to make sure that she hasn’t forgotten anything when there is a knock on the door. The young woman isn’t expecting any visitors but maybe it is someone from the management to let her know that she can go home. To her surprise though a man similar dressed to the one that interrupted her date with David is standing outside her room.
“Yes?” Blair asks sounding hopeful. Maybe he has news from David or came to lead her to him but instead of answering he only hands her an envelope with her name written in fancy handwriting. Eyebrows furrowed together she carefully opens it.
“Invitation to the coronation of David…” the young woman starts to read her eyes growing bigger and bigger. “What is this?” she demands to look at the man with a stern expression. “Is this some kind of joke?”
“Of course not Mylady. King David has his coronation today and he wanted you to take part in it.” he explains and only now she takes notice of the huge bag he is carrying, “This is for you. King David wasn’t sure if you own a dress so I was instructed to bring you one.”
“His coronation in heaven?” Blair asks again and a part of her is waiting for someone to jump out of the wardrobe and scream that she has been pranked but nothing happens. “I’m not sure if I understand. I thought David was only an angel.”
“He is an angel but not an ordinary one. After his brother’s death, he is the rightful heir to the throne.” the man tells her. “Like I already explained he invited you to the coronation. Are you accepting or not?” he asks and something about his tone suggests that it doesn’t matter if she wants to or not. Not that Blair would refuse this offer - she is curious about seeing Heaven - but more important is that she can see David again… even if just for a few hours. But at this point, she is going to take any opportunity she can get.
“How much time do I have?” the redhead asks while she carefully opens the bag revealing a gorgeous turquoise colored dress. She gasps in awe running her fingers over the soft fabric.
“As long as you need mylady. The journey to heaven will only be a short one.” he says with a hint of a smile on his lips, “King David will be pleased to see you.”
Blair only gives him a smile as a reply before she hurries into the small bathroom to get ready… after there is a King waiting for her.
She is ready about an hour later wearing the gorgeous dress which feels like a second skin to her. Her long red hair has been pulled up into a curly updo and her lips might be curled into a smile but on her inside, she is shaking from nervousness. She has tried to calm down her nerves telling herself that everything will be alright and that after all David does want to see her as well.
“Are you ready?” the man asks leaning against the wall. Not trusting her voice the redhead only nods accepting the hand he has been holding out in her direction. “Don’t worry King David ensured that there will be a safe passage for you to travel and I won’t let any harm happen to you.”
“Thank you.” she murmurs taking a deep breath, Heaven here I come… she thinks to herself finally taking his hand.

A Coronation and a Wedding

The next minutes are a complete blur to Blair… in one moment she is still standing in the middle of her small room and in the next moment there is a beautiful castle right in front of her. Blair gasps in awe taking in the scenery and she can’t help to think that it reminds her a bit of one of the paintings she had seen during her date with David.
“The coronation is starting soon Mylady.” the man informs already a few steps ahead of her and she quickly lifts her dress hurrying after him. She tries to ignore the glances she gets from a few people as she walks upstairs. Her heart is beating crazy as she gets closer and closer to the castle. The young woman is worrying about everything - what if David doesn’t want to see her and it is only a cruel joke.
Get a grip girl! she thinks to herself as she makes the first step into the palast which is even more impressive from the inside. Blair blinks a few times as she looks around trying to take in as many details as she can… who knows when she might get another chance to see this place again.
“Probably never.” she murmurs with a sad smile letting out a sigh.
“I’m sorry but there has been a change of plans Mylady. King David has requested your presence now. Please follow me.” the man suddenly appears next to her pointing with his head to a door on the left. With slow steps she follows him biting on her lower lip knowing that at this point there is no turning back. The door opens and in this moment she doesn’t see anything except for David standing right in the middle of the room. He looks handsome in his robes and she takes in the sight lips curled into a small smile.
Suddenly he turns around eyes growing big as he seems to notice her and with three quick strides he has crossed the room pulling her into a hug.
“Blair, I’m glad that you could come.” the man says with a bright smile and she realizes that all her worrying has been for nothing.
“Thanks for inviting me though there are still a few things I don’t understand.” the young woman admits after pulling back, “Your guard told me something about your brother and you being the heir.”
“It is the truth. He was the last King until his death and today I will crowned as the next one. That is why I couldn’t tell you about my life. I have been running away from this part of myself for a very long time and the man you met a few days ago is my most loyal guard.” David explains reaching over to take her hand, “He would always warn me when other angels were about to discover me.”
“So when you asked me to leave you wanted to run away with me?” Blair asks looking into his eyes, “Looks like I should apologize for getting you into this situation.”
“Don’t be Blair… maybe it was time for me to stop running and finally take some responsibility.” he lifts one of his hand caressing her cheek. “Actually there is another reason why I asked you to come today. Blair, do you want to become my bride today?” David asks and she lets out a surprised gasps.
“Are you being serious?” her voice is barely a whisper as she looks at him.
“I don’t think there was anything I have ever been more serious about.” the man replies squeezing her hand tightly, “I know it comes unexpectedly since we don’t know each other that long but I know that you are my soulmate and that I don’t want to spend my life with anyone else.”
“What would happen if I accept?” she asks cautious. She doesn’t want him to be too hopeful… not when she hasn’t made up her mind yet. “Other than being Queen of course.”
“It would mean that you live here with me. Unfortunately you won’t be able to leave.” David explains and she has been expecting this - doesn’t mean she has to like it though. But this is her soulmate standing right in front of her and like he had said she couldn’t imagine herself spending the rest of her life with someone else.
“I would love to be your bride.” the redhead flashes him a smile and in the next moment, he has pulled her close his lips pressed against hers.
“I have to tell them…” David says after he has pulled back with a happy expression.
“Now? But isn’t your coronation more important?” Blair replies confused.
“It is but in order for you to become my legitimate Queen we have to marry before the ceremony,” he explains brushing over her cheek.
“Oh… I guess that makes sense.” she murmurs, “Is there anything I must say or do? Cause this is my first royal wedding I’m actually attending instead of seeing on TV.” she adds with a chuckle.
“Just follow my lead and besides the bishop is going to explain all the steps.” David says, “You’ll do fine, Blair. There is nothing to worry about.”
“Well I think that there is a lot to worry about… what if your family doesn’t like me or your people? Remember I’m not like them. In fact most of them don’t even know me.” Blair knows that is rambling but at this point she can’t stop.
“Look at me!” the man tells her placing a hand on her chin so that she is looking into his eyes, “They will love you exactly like I do, Blair. So trust me there is nothing you have to worry about. You are my soulmate, never forget that.” he kisses her softly when there is a knock on the door.
“Sorry to disturb you my King but the ceremony is starting soon.” it is the same man who had left with David in the first place.
“Tell them we are coming soon but there has been a change of plan. Please inform the bishop that there will be a wedding first.” David explains with a bright smile.
“Of course my King.” the tall man makes a slight bow before he closes the door again.
“So are you still worrying?” David asks turning back to the redhead.
“To be honest, yes but I have you at my side… my soulmate.” This time she does initiate the kiss just enjoying the feeling of his lips against hers.
“As much as I would love to continue there is a ceremony waiting for us but there will be time for this later.” the man replies with a grin placing a hand on her lower back as he starts leading her out of the room. In a distance Blair can hear different voices whispering and she takes a deep breath as a loud voice announces David’s and her presence. As she walks down the aisle she doesn’t dare to look to the side instead she squeezes his hand… the only thing keeping her calm at the moment. The redhead doesn’t take too much notice of the ceremony nearly missing her part when it is time to say the vows which makes David chuckling slightly. The rest passes without any bigger incident and soon Blair has a small crown sitting on top of her head - a strange but not unpleasant feeling. As the bishop announces them as King and Queen the crowd starts cheering… and maybe she has indeed worried about nothing once again.
The feast following the ceremony Blair can only describe as something she has never seen in her whole life before. The food is simply amazing and delicious but she guesses as long as David is on her side there is nothing she would complain about.
“And do you like it?” he asks after the deserts have been served.
“It is wonderful.” the young woman replies with a bright smile reaching over to take his hand, “The food, the music… just everything. Oh and you of course.”
“Good answer.” David teases kissing her softly, “Say what do you think about leaving a bit early? There are a few places I would like to show you tonight.” there is a mischievous glint in his eyes during the question. 
“Mhm only if one of those places happened to be your bedroom,” Blair replies chuckling.
“Don’t you mean our bedroom? Remember everything I own is now yours as well.” he tells her pressing a kiss on top of her hand. “But yes that is one of the places I would like you to see.” Somehow they manage to leave the feast without anyone noticing and soon David and Blair are standing in the bedroom… and none of them is going to leave it until the next morning.

Rushed but DONE

Last edited by schoggettchen (03/11/2017 at 23:35)

Angelica Larson

R1/3 Done; R4 DONE


Communicating with the mate

Oh boy

Despite asking Noah just where was he rushing Angelica and getting no coherent reply coming from him, the woman couldn't help but let her jaw drop at the sight of a limo stopping in front of the property for them.
"What's going on?" she asked now completely shocked, seeing her soulmate push her gently inside.
"Just get in, please." He sat by Angie's side, instructing the driver to take him home, which didn't help ease Angelica's confusion at all. - "I can't believe you were marked, I can't believe she'd do that..."
Noah kept babbling to himself so Angelica decided to try and mute him out of her mind. She looked out her side of the window as the limo moved away from the facility. She noticed her hands were sweating and as she looked down to clean them dry the woman noticed they were trembling.
She realized then she was extremely anxious aside from confused, shocked, astonished or any other word one could come up with for her present state. But she was not going to show it, neither Noah or anyone else would see her weaknesses.
Angelica noticed Noah stopped talking and when she glanced at him the man was staring straight at her hands and then up at her eyes. Angie turned to the window again but she felt Noah's right hand covering hers protectively.
She didn't understand, she couldn't, for the life of her, get why they were going away from the property or why she was attacked by a wolf or what that mark thing Noah mentioned could even happen to her.

The limo pulled to a stop in front of one of the many mansions that surrounded an extremely posh neighborhood and the driver rushed to open the door to Noah, but the man jumped outside before he could even reach him, which continued to confuse Angie.
"Noah Noah Noah" She called, stepping out of the limo too and placing a hand on his shoulder. - "You told the driver to take you home... Is this your place?" Angelica's eyes moved upwards at the huge mansion in front of them, the massive front double doors with a wolf door knocker making her cringe.
"It is... I'll explain it to you, but now we need to get inside." He grabbed Angelica's hand and marched inside the place while all the woman wanted to do was run the opposite way.
The entry hall seemed like those she saw in movies, where rich people lived in ancient houses.
Angie heard Noah call someone but she couldn't catch who since she was too busy gawking at the decorations of the place and the equally massive grand staircase that led to the upper level of the mansion - or better said upper levels.
She nearly jumped out of her skin when she saw an elderly Asian woman covered in expensive furs and jewels approach the foyer with young men surrounding her. While she gave a wide smile at Noah she then turned to Angelica and -literally- growled.
Angelica stared in shock at the woman before turning her confused expression to her soulmate. She now started to understand Noah's weird behavior, with a woman like that in his home of course he'd believe he was a werewolf.
“Take it outside.” Angie heard the woman instruct one of the men who approaches her menacingly but she's too dumbfounded to reach to him.
"It?" She repeated, - "She's referring to me?!" But before Angie could stare at Noah again he jumped in front of her and -shock- showed his teeth at him.
Angelica had some time now to get to know Noah, they had a couple of dates now and although she wasn't all too interested in him in the beginning she did pay attention to his facial features which was the best looking thing about him before his lunatic ways showed themselves. But never, ever, had she noticed those sharp teeth. In fact she remembered he had basically a model's smile, all white and pretty pearls and not so... animalistic.
But it served its purpose since the other man didn't approach Angelica anymore. Instead Noah started arguing with the older woman, calling her grandmother which then made a click in her brain as she found some similarities between the both.
What called her attention though was the fact the granny was bashing Angelica as lower than a dog. Yes lower than a dog since they apparently considered those some sort of cousins of them while, from what she could hear, Angelica was something that resembled a vermin.
"Woah woah woah wait a minute!" She stepped in front of Noah, extending her finger at the older woman and trying really hard not to start shaking due to the two men on each of her side growling at her. - "You did not just say I'm unworthy of your grandson!"
Yes she had her flaws and a very strong personality and no, she wasn't in love with Noah but she was starting to open up to him and he was her soulmate after all so that woman had to keep her nose in her damned business.
"You are unworthy. A filthy human, in my household! Never!" She nearly spat, making Angelica's brows furrow and her blood started to boil.
"Look lady I don't care if you're Noah's grandmother or the great founding figure of whatever secret society you've got going, you do not tell me I'm not worthy of a man, whoever it might be!"
She could see from the corner of her eye Noah's amused and somewhat surprised expression but the old lady changed the level of discussion when she started speaking in Japanese to her grandson, so Angie couldn't butt in anymore.
She simply crossed her arms and stared at the two of them like she understood anything of what they were saying (she didn't) but in the end Noah ended up yelling louder than the woman and thankfully moved back to English.
"You are insane oba-san, she's my soulmate and that trial is barbaric to her!"
"Isn't she the one who says she's worthy of anyone? Let her prove it."
"Erm, she is right here, thank you." Angelica called their attention again, her arms crossed and her foot tapping but Noah grabbed her hand and pulled her away with him.
"She has to prove it Noah!" Angelica heard the granny's voice and pulled her hand away from the man. Instead she approached the asian raisin (her new nickname from that moment on) and put on her toughest face.
"You want me to prove whatever? I will prove to you that not only am I worthy of Noah - like please - you'll be the one who in the end will beg me to put up with his nonsense!"
She flipped her short hair and again cursed mentally for having it cut because it would give off a better effect as she marched away from the foyer towards her soulmate and left the place.

Proving one's worth

Turns out Noah's grandmother's idea of proving herself meant she was supposed to go through a ridiculous series of tests meant for werewolves.
As it wasn't crazy enough that she was getting used to the idea of there actually being werewolves and knowing Noah didn't have a mental handicap but she was actually supposed to act as one of them?
"How on earth am I supposed to do this thing?" Angelica fell on her provisory bed, seeing Noah lean on the window frame.
"Those rules are old as time, you can use stuff to help you..." He approached her, - "But I gotta say I'm surprised you'd want to fight for me."
Angie rolled her eyes at his grin, but didn't really try to hide the fact she was teasing him.
"I was fighting for you exactly..." She gave her own little grin, - "I just don't like to hear that I'm not worthy of a guy."
"That sounds like an awful excuse."
A brow rose on her face, eyeing him directly now, - "Well aren't you all smug and stuff. I suppose the shy awkward guy was a disguise just like your work walking dogs and all of that"
Noah shook his head, sitting at the end of the bed.
"It isn't a lie, I'm kind of shy with people I don't particularly know... And I never said I had to walk dogs for a living, I just really enjoy doing so..."
"So you're saying you know me huh?" Angelica's grin widened which made Noah narrow his eyes at her.
"Maybe? A little bit at least."
Angelica chuckled, getting up from her bed. - "I suppose you'll have to know more if you really want to be my soulmate."
Yes he wasn't all that bad now that she knew he wasn't a looney. And she had to admit it was pretty interesting to know a werewolf even if the whole idea still sounded crazy in her head but hey, she had an open mind... sometimes. - "But now I think I gotta get some sleep, I'm pretty sure tomorrow will be a busy day."
"It will." Noah walked to the door and stopped in front of it, smiling at Angelica, - "But I'll be there, and some of the pack too. I trust you to beat my grandmother."
"Yeah that old asian raisin won't beat me."
"That old asian raisin is my grandmother."
Angie chuckled, pushing Noah lightly out of her room - "Can't see why she can't be both." She teased, - "Good night."


Angelica woke up pretty early in the morning, dressed up in some strange clothes Noah had provided her since all her stuff was still in the Orb property but this time she was actually glad for that, she knew she had nothing decent for the tasks at hand and those combat boots would come in handy, she was sure.
The first task of the day consisted on having a group of six people dropped off in the woods and having Angelica try to get them back to the mansion. She was blindfolded until they got there so she wouldn't memorize her way back and had to fight adversity to get back to civilization.
Haven't those people ever heard of GPS?
She wasn't sure if she could use it but then again, there was nothing on the rules that kept her from it so after a quick chat with the other people - werewolves of course - Angie grabbed her phone and thanked a random deity that she had reception in that place.
She was teased by the wolves, hearing all sorts of jokes about how she couldn't sniff the air and follow trails and yeah she didn't know how to do any of that, she had been a girl scout when she was around 7 years old but that lasted for a few months only. And she was pretty sure they wouldn't know how to sniff air anyway.
It took them a two hour walk out of the woods, across a small river stream, dense forest with raised roots and fallen trees and she did have to take two small breaks because she wasn't used to walking that much but the others seemed rather surprised Angie made it back. Of course it was all thanks to the GPS on her phone but it didn't matter, she had done it.
"I have to say, I didn't expect you to get us out this early... Even if we usually do this in an hour because we run." One of the werewolves told her as they saw the mansion in the distance.
"Thank you... I suppose." She turned to the other members of her group. - "And I suppose I should thank all of you too for being here, you didn't help at all but Noah said people had to volunteer to be a part of this fake pack thingie."
The wolves looked at each other and laughed, one of them, a woman, approached Angelica.
"Honey we didn't volunteer to help you or believe in you... We made a bet about how long you'd last." She grinned, flashing her sharp teeth, which made a shiver run down Angie's spine. She saw the female wolf extend a hand to the guys, - "She pay up fellows, I won!" She glanced at Angie, - "I was the one who bet you'd last the longer since women are tougher than they seem. So thanks for the easy money." She chuckled as the guys grunted and handed her the notes.
Angelica knew it wouldn't be an easy task to also be accepted by those people, it seemed like Noah's grandmother wasn't the only person she'd have to prove her worth to.

Walking inside the mansion Angelica was greeted by Noah with a warm smile but she turned with her crossed arms towards his grandmother, seeing the elder sit on an armchair, still surrounded by the young men, or bodyguards.
"Your second test is to provide food for your pack. Feed them." She simply commanded, making the woman turn to Noah with a confused expression.
The couple together with the other 5 members of Angelica's fake pack moved to the next room where the wolves sat around the sofas and chairs chatting and listening to music while they waited for Angelica to provide lunch.
"She expects me to cook?" Angie whispered towards Noah, seeing him smile.
"She expects you to find food. You don't need to cook it, per se, you just need to find it."
"Noah I never hunted and I'm pretty sure I couldn't do it even if I tried! I just walked two whole hours, I can't possibly go out again to hunt food."
"Who says you have to hunt?" He chuckled, winking then at her, which left Angelica confused in the room while he was called away by his grandmother.
"Provide food... So I don't need to hunt... Can I just go to a butcher?" She tilted her head.
Noah had given her the rules yesterday so some of them were still fresh in her memory but she didn't remember anything about having to catch meat with her hands...
"Guys I'll be back in a few minutes with your lunch. You prefer Chicken, Cow, Venison, what?" She grinned, seeing the wolves laugh lightly.
"Someone decided to use her brain, nice." One of them replied.
"Any kind of meat will do it." The woman replied.
Angelica nodded and walked out of the mansion, not before she asked Noah for the keys of a motorcycle which she drove to the nearest butcher and came back with a few kilos of red meat, which she delivered to the head cook.
An hour and something later they were eating some pretty delicious steaks with fries and rice.
The last task was a rather easy one. Angelica simply had to communicate with her future mate, which translated to going on another date with Noah.

Dating a werewolf

Angelica ran a hand through the fabric of her dress, a smile coming to her lips. Her things were still at the property and she had to borrow that dress from one of the female wolves which she guessed was also rich (every one of them seemed to be even if Angie wasn't sure exactly why) but she had to admit, although she did have nice clothes they weren't as fancy as this one she was wearing and she had a blast trying it on and picking out the shoes and bag.
As usual she couldn't do much to her hair except blow dry it when she heard a knock on her room door.
"I thought we were going to meet downstairs." She mumbled, stepping aside to let Noah in.
"I told you our next date I'd come pick you up at the door." He smiled, looking pretty nicely dressed. He wasn't wearing a suit like in their last date but Angelica could tell he wasn't dressing as simple as he had the first time she met him.
"That's because I wasn't expecting our next date to be under the same roof." She chuckled, shaking her head lightly. - "Come on, I suppose now's the time to communicate with my future mate, whatever that may be."
The couple walked downstairs where the dining room had been set up for them with a candle lit dinner and soft music in the background. It still continued to be pretty weird to have a date in that house but Angie knew it was all so the Asian raisin could see if they got along. It made her wonder if the old woman had put up cameras around the room.
"So I heard you made the guys pay up to Kasha."
Angelica grinned, sipping from a glass of wine. - "Not my fault they expected me to get lost and forget that GPS existed."
"I'm still surprised you agreed to this. I honestly thought you didn't like me at all."
Angelica locked her hazel eyes with Noah's dark ones, not sure what to reply.
"I didn't...at the beginning..." She mumbled, turning her attention to her glass instead of the man. - "You were weird and so different from my idea of what my soulmate should be... And when I heard you speak of werewolves I thought you were crazy..."
Noah smiled, - "I understand, I didn't know you were a simple human either... I think I imagined my soulmate to be as much of a wolf as me." He shrugged his shoulders.
"Yeah...no." Angie chuckled, - "But I guess you're not that bad. At least now I know you're not crazy, which is good."
They both laughed and Angelica saw Noah approach his chair to hers and lower his voice.
"I know this must still be a lot to take in... But I'm really glad you decided to stay."
"I'm still not sure what that entails..." Angie chuckled, taking a bite of her dinner. - "So what happens after your grandmother stops sticking her nose into your business? And what happens if she doesn't?"
Noah let out a long sigh and Angelica knew he didn't know the answer to that either.
"I don't know... I mean if she accepts you - which she will - I guess you'll become one of us... If she doesn't... I don't know," He lowered even more his voice - "I suppose we'll have to run to that island."
"Run to an island we can never leave? Hm, no thank you." Angie shook her head, - "Becoming one of you can't be that hard as long as I can still use my GPS and order food." She grinned.
"You won't need that after you become a wolf Angelica, at least not the GPS." He chuckled but Angelica's eyes widened.
"Hold on, wait just a minute..." She rose a hand to physically stop him from talking, - "I have to turn into a werewolf?" Shock ran through her body when she saw Noah nod.
"It was pretty clear from the start... It is the only way my grandmother would accept us together..."
"But she's crazy?! If I proved I can do anything a werewolf can while being human then why can't I stay this way?"
Noah grabbed one of Angie's hands, trying to calm her down.
"There are a lot of things but it's mostly due to social hierarchy and physical stuff too like life span and everything else."
"Look I really don't like to have hair all over my body, I'd go nuts being a werewolf! So like, my only options are to run away to an island I can never leave or become a werewolf?"
"If you want to stay with me... yes." Noah gave her a sad smile which pulled at Angelica's guts but it was a pretty hard fact to assimilate. - "If it somehow helps, the hair part is just a part of the change and only new wolves who aren't in control change when there's a full moon. When you gain control you can shift at will so you can choose to never turn... But you will because one of the best feelings we can have is the freedom to run without a care with the pack and just enjoy the night."
Angelica's heart was jumping inside of her chest and she lost all appetite she had for the delicious food in front of her. Instead she finished her glass of wine and poured some more. She locked her eyes on Noah's grim expression while he ate and she didn't know what to think of everything. She had to admit she was starting to fall for him and she felt the urge to kiss him since the last date - before he ran out on her - but it was still pretty hard to accept she'd have to become a werewolf to be with him.
"I don't want to run away." she mumbled, calling Noah's attention again, - "I don't like the idea of becoming a werewolf but I don't want to run away. Not alone and not with you. I'd just be running from one fate to seal another." Her lower lip quivered, - "I'll stay... and if I must... then I'll become a wolf."
Noah's lips formed the warmest smile Angie had ever seen on his face and he pulled her into a long embrace.
"Thank you Angelica."
The brunette locked her gaze on his and after a few moments she leaned in and kissed him on the lips.
"Don't thank me just yet."

R4 DONE

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Travel                                                  Shopping

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Hamilton and I have been running through this hallway for what feels like hours. I'm scared to death! This was not what I had in mind when I envisioned finding my soulmate. This is worse than any nightmare.

Wait! There's another Hamilton! There's another Hamilton? There are THREE Hamiltons? How can this be happening?! The metallic skeleton shows that these are all AI, too. I feel faint, shaky, and queasy. This is unreal! Supposedly, he found this room yesterday. Why in the world is he showing me? I already know way too much. He thinks someone wants to replace him and take over his life. Silly, bot. You're a bot! He's concerned for me, which is nice, I guess. I'm not concerned for him. He is a droid, after all.

He's trying to escape and is pulling me along. The techs are chasing us and about to catch up. Why am I even running? I know that Hamilton is an AI. I've done nothing wrong. I've followed the instructions that included not telling him the weird truth. This is ridiculous! I release Hamilton's hand and stop running.

The techs take me back to my room. I'm getting meals delivered but there's a guard at my door. This is like prison - solitary confinement. But I'm completely innocent! Is this some kind of game to them? If so, I don't want to play anymore.

Suddenly, I hear a noise just outside my door. Are they fighting? Are they about to throw someone else in here with me? What is going on? I'm scared! I get closer to the door so I can hear better and am startled by a knock. It's Hamilton. He's got a bag and plane tickets. Bot or not, anywhere has to better than here! Wait, the tickets are for Rome? I've never been to Rome. Let's go!

Not only am I excited to be out of that weird facility, I'm thrilled to be in Rome! I'm looking all around so wide-eyed and fascinated. Everything is wonderful! I'm enjoying the food. There are so many sites to see: the Colosseum, the Trevi Fountain, the Pantheon... I want to go shopping! Hamilton is joyful and assures me that there will be plenty of time to see and do anything my heart desires. He's a wealth of knowledge, better than any human tour guide could ever be. He kisses my hand as he tells me that we'll make some wonderful memories of our own. I'm warming up to the idea. Maybe traveling with an AI isn't so bad. Heck, I travel with my cellphone and laptop all the time.



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Welcome to the final round

6 months later...

You all get an invitation to send a video message back to the facility to tell them how you've been faring...and of course they're hoping you'll provide a glowing recommendation for the next group of people bold enough to try out this project.

So, exactly how is it going?

EmmyAna

You and Hamilton are having a great time traveling all over Europe but there's a reason that he was prone to disappearances: AI's need routine maintenance and that's starting to show, Hamilton is starting to malfunction. Do you rifle through his things while he sleeps (powers down technically) and find the number of the man who created him or do you basically let him run until he can't function anymore.

If you call and speak to the man who created Hamilton, he'll offer you a fix...for a price. He'll teach you how to perform maintenance on Hamilton if you help him develop a female companion for himself. With this scenario, in exchange for your help you and Hamilton can go anywhere or do anything.

If you let Hamilton run until he can't function anymore he will simply cease to work one day in the middle of the street. You know he's an AI but remember that's not common knowledge and it'll be your burden to explain it to the police, medical examiners, etc. You've committed no crime so you won't be arrested but you will be all over the news internationally...and then the threats will start to come from Hamilton's creator.

Siri

You and Eli are finding a way to make it work similar to Hades and Persephone in that you spend a little time in his world and he spends a little time in yours, but part time and super long distance isn't the best way to build a long term partnership and whenever he's topside there's a risk that Lirit's training will suffer. Working together you've found a couple of options to be together full time though and it's thanks to your witchy powers that either is possible. You can either split yourself in two, allowing your witch half to remain full time in the underworld while you stay on earth or you can strip Lirit of her powers making her human.
If you split yourself in two, there will be two completely separate versions of you: the human side you know and the witch side you're discovering. It's the witch side who'll get to live with Eli and build a family with him but there's a very real chance that it's not that part of you that's actually his soul mate.

If you strip Lirit of her powers you'll need to take the lead on parenting since she'll be human, you and Eli will live in the human world but he'll retain his powers.

Schoggettchen

Ruling a kingdom is no easy task, even if that kingdom does happen to be heaven. While some members of the angelic host are happy that their king is happy others can't believe that he married a mortal and there's a legitimate fear of what will happen if you and David decide to ever have children because nephilim (the result of angel and human coupling) are a notoriously wild breed. The situation is getting tenser by the day and there's concern for your safety. Seeking to protect you he wants to abdicate his throne to live with you on earth but he wants you to help him make the decision.

If David abdicates his throne he'll never be able to return to heaven. Stripped of the ability to go back his lifespan will also be reduced to human years.

If you and David choose to stay you will need to find a way to help quiet the political unrest.

Hhgurl1

Noah's grandmother has to admit that much to her chagrin you've passed the tests and have earned the right to be Noah's mate, but before he is able to turn you she wants to talk to you. During this conversation she explains that wolves mate for life and the lifespan of a wolf can be hundreds of years. She also explains that any children you have will also be werewolves. Worried that you will not be able to raise werewolf children properly she makes you an offer.

If you take the offer Noah's grandmother will give you several million dollars, the deed to a home comparable to hers, and a 24 hour head start. However you will not be able to contact Noah again and if he finds you, you're forbidden from speaking to him, she'll assign several of her guards to you to ensure this is carried out.

If you choose to turn into a wolf note that the transition will be painful at first as you acclimate to the new powers and Noah will be even more physically attracted to you. However, you may notice a shift in your own personality as your body craves more natural things. Fun fact: you can selectively grow hair.

Round  5 requirements

Name

Round status e.g. round 1 complete, round 2 complete, round 3 complete, round 4 complete, round 5 in progress

Story Treat this like your video message to management and tell then what you and your soul mate are up to 6 months into the future. Be sure to specify the final choice you made.

Outfit  Please provide at least one outfit of your choosing, relevant to your choice.


Round 5 ends at 11am EST on November 6th

Last edited by Dare (04/11/2017 at 02:33)

Zoe Wilkins

Status: done

Video message

The camera is a little shaky and shows a sofa and Zoe, in her paramedic uniform, with slight circles under her eyes. She looks as if she was barely sleeping.
"Found time to record it" she says rather grumpily. "Eli insisted I should do it. I'm having a short break in my shift, before another emergency, so I'll make this short."
She interrupts the monologue with a lowng yawn and she places the camera somewhere, probably on the arm and changes her position. She now sits cross-legged on the sofa, rubbing her eyes.
"Eli and I... We're good. Somehow" she sounds tired and weary. "For now we're doing it Greek mythology style, but... I'm insisting that I should visit them and not he visiting me. But it's really more like long distance thing than anything else. It's tiring, but we've found some ways to deal with it. However... during the training I observed, I've noticed that Lirit's health is not as good as I've seen her for the first time. It looks like her mother had a condition that ultimately caused her to pass away after Lirit was born... but in Lirit's case it shows now. It's directly tied to her powers, so... I don't want her to die, I love her as much as Eli do, it surprises me a lot...  I could split myself for my witch half to sustain her, but the soul-splitting would cause mental problems or I could even loose my life. So we've decided to strip Lirit of her powers and store them somewhere else. Eli procured a necessary container and I know how to do it somehow... but that would render her human and it would be a shock for her. We still haven't done it, Eli is reluctant" she sighs wearily. "Time is running short and at one point we won't have a choice. I love Lirit as if she was my own and it's hard decision but that's how we would do. At one point we might do the reverse process, when she gets older. After we do it, we'll live here, in human world. And maybe, just maybe, Lirit won't hate me for it when she'll be older. And there will be more people in our home..."
A distorted voice cut into the video. Zoe takes the radio and answers it in calm manner, not showing the hints of weariness she had shown seconds before.
"Well, there's an emergency. Gotta wake the rest up. Zoe out."
Blonde woman brushes away some loose strands away and reaches out to the camera. A second after the screen turns black... but it lights back, showing slightly more tired Zoe, but in much lighter room than before.
"Oh, by the way? Put a disclaimer that this is not for the faint-hearted. Zoe out. For real this time."
And then camera turns black for the second time and video ends.

Looking at the mirror that was hanged in the locker, I almost hadn't recognized myself from the time before. I felt as if I learned a great deal about myself and my ancestry. Turns out that the Witch gene was present in both sides, that's why I was able to do directed absorbance... yes, we tested that on charged objects with Eli. This wasn't a common occurency, as it is a rarity to be a child of two Witches. I guess I found more than just a partner.
"So, your boyfriend is picking you up?" May leaned against the locker next to me, with a knowing grin.
"Not this time" I fixed my hair and took last look. I tried to go for a little bit of edgy vibe, something I wasn't testing before. "Admit it, you love to watch him."
"He always flirts with you. I'm jealous. I wish Mark would do such thing..."
"Always wishing for what you can't have" I hook my head, letting out a high school girl giggle.
"Though you do pick strangest ones" she said when I closed my locker, all ready to go to the nearest gate to the Underworld. It was my turn to stay there for a while, of course going to work, how else. "I never thought you'd end up with single father."
I just smiled. I never expected that myself, honestly. I was intrigued when the orb picked Eli as my soulmate. Were we truly soulmates? I have no idea. Perhaps, maybe, but I wouldn't bet on it nor against it. I would't bet at all. Back to the subject, I was certain that it was a match made in Hell, we were so different... but we weren't that different after all...
I officially hated going through the gates. Mostly because of the landscape and the smell. The transition wasn't a good feeling as well. But I knew my way around and it wasn't long before I entered a familiar place. It was late evening, so they would be home.
"Zoe!" A happy shout was the reaction I missed so much and Lirit's weight when she jumped on me was a welcome feeling. Though to be honest, I still stumbled when she did that. "You're finally back!"
"Hey there" I smiled at the little girl, quickly examining her visually. She was paler that I've last seen her, but as full of energy as if she never had any condition. "Missed you too, darling."
"Traffic?" Eli walked up to us, greeting me with his usual smirk.
"Nope, jealous May" I chuckled, fixing my hold of Lirit, so she wouldn't fall.
"Again?" he rose his brows up. "That woman really needs to..."
I shook my head, laughing softly. I knew what he would say.
"Tell that to her husband."
"That woman has a husband?" he was surprised, he had no idea. Well, I did. "I think I need to teach him a bit."
"Daddy? Can Zoe tuck me to bed?" Lirit cut into our banter, remembering us about her.
"Yes, of course" he said quickly and I just smiled, while looking at him with a warning. Time was running short.

~*~

It was hard. So hard not to absorb Lirit's powers onto myself. Reinvigoration could keep me going, yet I knew what we promised ourselves. Turns out, Eli had been preparing her for the change of environment, this night was the last one she would spend in the Underworld and so would I. I placed the glittering red ball that was her concentrated demonic powers in the ornated box and closed it. Eli looked at me with worry. I probably hadn't looked that good, I felt sweaty and tired, but managed to check on Lirit who was sleeping. Her functions were stable, as stable as I could say given lack of proper devices. Listening to her breathing, I felt more and more at ease. The process was exhausting and I suddently wanted to sit down.
"Do you think everything will be alright with her?" he asked, still uncertain.
"Ninety-nine percent yeah" I said, leaning against him. "We'll see in the morning, if whatever's here can be called that."
He chuckled, practically pressing me to him. Feeling his body was always a thrilling sensation, this time was no different.
"You might want to pack your stuff" he said, leaning down to capture my lips. We've been going official-couple-style for only two months, it took me a while to get used to that. But before declaring it official, there was a lot of figuring out things.
"Mhmm..." I hummed between the kisses, forgetting about being tired. "Bye bye, mattress."

COMPLETED

Last edited by Siri (05/11/2017 at 18:58)

Angelica Larson

R1/5 DONE


Six Months later

Video Message

(image of Angelica sitting in the edge of her bed appears, a smile plastered on her face)
Hello there. So I suppose I should tell you how the last six months have been (little chuckle).
First of all I would like to apologize there. I was caught by complete surprise of Noah's...background, and the fact he was, well, special (another chuckle).
Turns out my soulmate was really a werewolf and not a crazy person with mental issues... which is good I guess (laugh).
So after I left the property I was greeted by my soulmate's not-so-friendly grandmother, or as I affectionately like to call her, the old Asian raisin, don't let him hear us (grins mischievously). The Asian raisin was a bitter old woman who didn't believe I had what it took to stay by Noah's side. Well, I like to prove people wrong, especially when they underestimate me so that is exactly what I did. I went through some serious crazy tasks the old woman sent my way and aced them much for her dismay (grins widely).
So after that I was given a choice... well, at least the old woman called it a choice, I just thought it was plain rude to give me those two options... I know you're dying to know so I'll just go on...
So she gave me a good hard look and decided, with no further acknowledge of me or trying to get to know me that I wasn't strong enough to bear Noah's children, some day, despite the fact that I had nailed tasks that were meant for wolves, mind you. (ahem)
Anyway she gave me option of selling my freedom with a small fortune as long as I forgot all about Noah and carried on with my life; or I would have to turn into a werewolf and put up with her for the rest of my life, which in wolf years means like a couple of centuries. Crazy, I know. (she nods)
Now for as much as I hate the old raisin I came to love her grandson and so it wasn't an option to get my golden ticket out of wolfville.
Turning wasn't pleasant. I don't know what most of you have in mind when you hear about people changing into werewolves, but I can tell you I hated going through that and I wouldn't wish it upon my biggest enemy, specially if I knew I'd have to deal with said enemy for 200 years (chuckles).
The thing is... I didn't expect to want this. I didn't even know werewolves existed before finding out about my soulmate, much less that Noah would be one, or the leader of a pack.
It took some adjusting and controlling my new abilities was incredibly hard, but after six months I can tell you I don't suck as much as I did at the beginning (laughs).
So okay, I still need the gps in my phone to get somewhere, I can't understand how the others just sniff their way out of the woods and of course I still call for home deliveries because why not use them if they're at our service? But I do like some aspects of being a wolf and you guys have no idea how much it improved my relationship with Noah.
We both changed I suppose, from the people we were when we met up until now. There's this chemistry that grew absurdly after I turned and it's so good. There's also more understanding which is also good I suppose even if I can't enjoy the full moon as much as I did before but hey, it can't all just be roses and stuff.
One good point of this change is, as you can see, my hair. I can finally have long hair in a short time, I guess it's one of the perks of being a werewolf. Heh, that would make a good title for a movie, like the wallflower one but werewolf (laughs heartily).
Okay okay, back to being serious...
My message for anyone who wants to try this crazy soulmate thing?
Go with an open mind and definitely an open heart.
Love isn't always what we imagine and the love of our life, our soulmate, may be completely different from what we thought but it won't make it any bit less special. (smiles)
Take your time knowing the person and let them know you, for who you are, without lies or secrets. Both of you will grow and you'll see why you're meant for each other.
Having this said be sure you know supernatural creatures exist, it's pretty handy (winks).

That's it guys, thank you for allowing me to broaden my horizons when it comes to what surrounds me and meeting my soulmate in the process too. Sure I just had to become a whole different species but it was kinda fun! (smiles and winks).

Oh and one last thing, you'll know before Noah does, so take it as a treat (Angelica raises a finger to her lips playfully) - In a few months the old raisin will be busy chasing around a little wolf. (another wink; Angie walks to the camera and turns it off).

Round 5 is DONE

Last edited by hhgurl1 (05/11/2017 at 23:15)

Name: Blair Rosalie March


Round Status: R1, R2, R3, R4 DONE; R5 WIP

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Time for storytelling...

Blair adjusts the camera one more time before she settles down on the bed remote control in her hand ready to get the show started. It is a strange feeling that she is going to tell the events of the past 6 months to the camera and she probably wouldn’t if it weren’t for the invitation she wouldn’t think once about the facility and the whole soulmate program again. The young woman doesn’t regret her choice to join in the first place despite all the problems she and David had to face in the past time. Speaking of the man, he is currently sitting outside on the balcony reading a book and she smiles at his relaxed state knowing that it wasn’t always like this. Blair takes a deep breath before she activates the camera trying not to show how nervous she is feeling right now.
“Hey to whoever who is going to watch this video later. David and I are currently at Santorin enjoying our honeymoon and the time we have together. I don’t know if you are aware that I left to stay in Heaven in the first place… well if you didn’t surprise.” she chuckles, “But since we are back I guess you already know that it didn’t work out at all. So this is what happened to David and me in the past 6 months.”

The first weeks at Heaven were okay for us - at least I thought they were okay - but maybe I was just too blind and too naive to notice that I wasn’t welcomed there. Settling in wasn’t easy there was a lot I discovered along the way and I had to learn new traditions and customs. David was a big help during this time despite his duties as the new king. I like to think that what we had was good - maybe not always easy but good… unfortunately I was wrong in the end. Being Queen was strange - I think that is the best way to describe it - I didn’t hate it but I can also admit that I would prefer my old job if I had to choose. After my short experience I seriously wonder why so many little girls want to be a Princess one day because in real it isn’t like in the happy-ending-fairy tales. It must have been after about fours that I first noticed that people were wary of me giving me strange looks and prefered to stay out of my way if they could. At first I told me myself that I was only imagine it and blamed it on my new life and the stress I had but then it happened again and again. In hindsight it might have better to tell David about it but I thought to myself that he has enough problems to deal with… big and stupid mistake from me. Soon I would hear the first people whispering behind my back mentioning that they couldn’t understand how their King could take a mortal as his Queen. It hurt… it hurt a lot and I wish I would have been stronger to ignore or to prove them wrong but I’m not. Every day the whispers would get louder often feeling like they said everything straight to my face and then those comments about David and me having children… they actually worried about that. As if those people had anything to say in whether we have children or not! Neither David nor I would have cared if our children would have been nephilim or not! After this we talked about what has happened in the past one and a half months and to my surprise David voiced his concerns about my safety. Apparently it was worse than I had realized. His reaction still amazes me today to think that he was willing to give up his throne just for me to be save.

Blair presses the button pausing the recording before she wipes a tear away. She bites on her lower lip as she looks at David who hasn’t noticed her reaction. Sometimes she wonders if she truly deserves him as a soulmate… he has given up so much for her choosing a human life over hundred of years as a King. Placing the remote on the bed she gets up walking outside on the balcony.
“And do you like it?” the redhead asks wrapping her arms around his shoulders. 
“It is good and I already have an idea who the killer might be.” David replies with a smile, “What the recording? Don’t tell me you are already done?”
“Nope… I needed a little break.” Blair shrugs nonchalantly. He looks at her with one his eyebrows arched up before he puts the book away pulling her onto his lap.
“What is wrong?” the man asks with a concerned expression.
“I was talking about your proposal to give up the throne for me.” she admits biting on her lower lip, “And I know it is silly but I still get emotional thinking about it.”
“If you are worrying again that I might regret the choice we made I told you before and will gladly tell you again, your safety is more important than being a King.” David tells with a honest and bright smile kissing her softly, “You are my soulmate, Blair and I love you. Never forget that okay?”
“I know and I love you too.” she smiles, “And I should go back or I won’t be done today.” she gets up from his lap almost back inside the room when he wraps a hand around her wrist holding her back.
“Do you want me to come as well?” David asks looking at her. “You know just to keep you company.”
“I would love that. And maybe you would like to tell them a bit about view of the last 6 months.” Blair chuckles grabbing his hand and drags him back into the room. She pushes him onto the bed throwing herself next to him.

“And I’m back and as you can see I brought David too,” Blair says with a little wave at the camera.
“Hey and I would say that you forced me to join you.” the man teases poking out his tongue at her.
“Haha very funny…” she grabs a pillow hitting his chest, “Anyway where was I?” she places a finger on her chin thinking about what she last told the camera.
“I think you just wanted to explain how you have the most perfect and charming soulmate in the world,” David replies with a huge grin waggling his eyebrows.
“You know that I’m recording this.” Blair crosses her arms and looks at him.
“Jup but you know I love teasing you.” he leans over pressing a loud kiss on her cheek, “And I think you wanted to tell them why we are here and not in Heaven anymore.”
“Oh right… so like I already explained David proposed to give up his throne for my safety…”

You can imagine that I was pretty shocked when he told me about his idea the first time. I didn’t say yes telling myself that the whole situation will get better and that I just have to show them that I’m worth their King. Only that David wouldn’t let the matter be… every night he would ask my for opinion again and for a while I was more willing to stay and help him find a way to deal with the political unrest. I like to think that it did work but in hindsight I probably didn’t want to see that nothing got better in fact it got worse. There were threats made against me and David and I came to a point where he once again suggested that we can leave to Earth if I wish to. This time I didn’t decline and the next day he told his people that he was abdicating his throne and returning to Earth together with me. I guess you can imagine how they reacted. Some accused me of bewitching David and that somehow I found a way to love a mortal more than his own people. Honestly it was ridiculous - not that I dared to laugh - but David remained calm. He explained that he fears for my safety and that for him it can’t go on like this. He didn’t change his mind not even when he was informed that he wouldn’t be able to return to Heaven and that his lifespan would be reduced to the one of a human…

“And I would all do it again.” David interrupts her story wrapping an arm around her shoulder.
“Softie.” the redhead chuckles, “I do wonder though what would have happened if we stayed?” she tilts her head looking at him.
“Hard to say… they might have calmed down at one point realizing that you are not going to leave.” David explains with a shrug, “If we had gotten children they wouldn’t have been pleased… I never understood the deal about nephilims to be honest. They might be known as wild breed but they would have been our children and therefore the legitimate heirs.”
“I never met one so I wouldn’t know… at least I think I didn't. Everything is possible after all I’m married to an ex-angel.” Blair replies flashing him a smile. “A very good-looking ex-angel.” she leans over pressing her lips against his.
“Don’t forget about the camera.” David teases with a grin. “But we can always continue this later.”
“Later sounds good. So okay we made the decision to go back to Earth despite a few protests that David should stay and that it would be enough if I were the one to leave.” she continues with the story.

Returning to Earth was a bit awkward and I worried a lot what my parents would say after all I was gone for nearly 2 months. Luckily David explained me that time in Heaven passes quicker and that only 2 weeks have passed since I first came to Heaven. We only returned once to the facility to pick up all the stuff I have left behind and to my surprise no one tried to stop us. To me it looked a bit like they stopped caring about us but I wouldn’t have been in the mood to deal with them anyway. My parents knew that I had signed up for the Soulmate Program so introducing David to them wasn’t as awkward as I had feared. They were nice and welcomed him with open arms… even if David still claims that my father was intimidating. Don’t give me this look. You told me that yourself… just admit that you were scared of him. Anyway we didn’t tell them about David being an ex-angel. I trust my parents with a lot but I can for sure say that they wouldn’t have believed one word about the story and I didn’t want them to think that we are crazy or something like that.

“He was intimidating me.” David insists arms crossed in front of his chest, “You were busy talking with your mother while he told me that I shouldn’t even think about hurting you.”
“He is my father, being overprotective of me is basically part of his job description.” she explains placing a hand on his shoulder, “But you are still alive and we are spending our honeymoon together right now, so I don’t think that you have to worry about that anymore.” she presses a soft kiss on his forehead before she turns back to the camera again, “You are probably wondering why we are doing a honeymoon almost 6 months after the wedding. David and I decided that our first wedding doesn’t count.”

It was a spontaneous idea from both us actually… so nobody got down on his knee and asked the big question. It might be unusual but seeing how happy David and I are I don’t mind at all. My parents did worry a bit that we are going too fast - they might think different if they knew about our first wedding - but our decision has been made. It was a small ceremony three weeks ago just with my family and my closest friends. To be honest our second wedding was the emotional one… my mother and I cried. Oh and David claims that my father cried too. What it made it better as well was the fact that people I love and care about had the chance to attend the wedding.

“And now we are here enjoying the last week of our honeymoon. Too bad that we have to leave soon because I wouldn’t mind staying a bit longer.” Blair explains with a bright smile. “So to sum it up the past 6 months have been difficult in the beginning and there were quite a few problems David and I had to face but we did face them together. Or what do you think?” she asks turning to her husband.
“I wouldn’t change anything or do something different if I could. We are together, happy with each other and that is all that counts in the end.” the man pulls her close intertwining one of his hands with hers.
“True and there is something we haven’t told you yet. I’m pregnant… second month and before you start worrying. David is a human now and so will be the child - not that we would care if it weren’t.” the redhead explains with a happy expression. “So I guess that was all or would you like to add something.” the man shakes his head so she reaches for the remote, “Well I hope you are going to enjoy our story because we sure did. Bye.” she presses the button finishing the recording.
“I wonder what they are going to do with it,” David asks looking at her.
“No idea but to be honest I don’t care. They wanted a recording and they are going to regret one.” she shrugs.
This might not be how expected the search for my soulmate to go but we are happy and that is what counts in the end. Blair thinks to herself as she grabs David’s hand intertwining their fingers together. As she looks at him she knows that she has found true happiness and love...

DONE

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