PicFight [REMASTERED]

Seline_V: Heyyy anyone in here?... It's Seline... *enters through the front door because it was open, a bit hesitant*

Jessica_Beppler: "Mmnphsh... Smmmhhh... Mmmh..." *Random mumbling can be heard from a distant room as you venture inside through the ominous looking front door. Whatever words being uttered cannot be made out, even as you make your way closer towards the source.*

Seline_V: I am a bit confused, and also a bit scared/worried, by the situation, I was expecting to see you around. My fingers tighten around the bottle I have in my hand. "Jessica... is that you? I brought some wine...." I leave the wine on the kitchen table and knock on the wooden door from which the mumbling is coming

Seline_V: The moment the door opens silence covers all sounds, it is almost loud... my heartbeat starts increasing, and before I can take a step I feel air coming from the room and immediately *SBEM!* the door I entered the house from slams closed. My heart skips a bit and I almost jump. "No no... it's nothing..." this last sequence scared me a bit, and I start thinking I should not have entered in the first place. "Jessica it's not funny, stop it." I am not sure if you are playing some game or if you are just not at home and I am going crazy. I walk back towards the entrance to leave the building

Jessica_Beppler: What originally sounded like a gathering of people chattering amongst themselves in the other room disappears in favor for complete eerie silence. Even the outside world seems to disappear once the main door of the home shuts. The electrical hum of the circuit grid and appliances disappears along with the power in the building. Once you make you way to the front entrance, the door is seemingly locked, as if someone closed it behind you and locked it from the outside. Then you hear it, footsteps, slowly descending down the main staircase one after another while you remain in total darkness... A radio seemingly turns on all on its own, yet it doesn't pick up any sort of signal, just loud, unsettling static.

Seline_V: The door is locked. I shake the cold handle a second time, then a third time more vigorously. I hear footsteps coming down the stairs so I immediately turn in that direction... of course the light flicks off in that moment... but at this point I am just standing still with my muscles tensed, trying to keep silent my quick breaths. A radio turnes on, but at this point I am not even surprised. The dusty air filling the place makes my throat a bit itchy, I cough twice braking again the silence governing the place. My hand reaches in my purse for my little chilly spray and hold it tight in my fingers

Jessica_Beppler: The footsteps gradually grow closer, whatever it is continues to descend down the staircase. A low, guttural moan or growl can be heard, barely sounding like it belongs to human vocal chords. "Grrrrrrrraawwwllllllll..." The radio continues to make crazy noises when suddenly the door opens behind you, filling the front room with evening light, revealing that there's absolutely nothing there on the staircase. "Oh hi Seline..! What are you doing in here?" I ask, standing there with a half-smile, half confused expression. All the power in the house is back on, the radio is off and everything appears totally normal. Although hopefully I don't get a face-full of pepper spray...

Seline_V: I was tensed up with all my muscles contracted, not reacting to anything, still like a marble statue. The door opens behind me and everything around me returns to normality. I hear your voice, slowly turn, and when I see your confused face all the tension releases. "Oh fuck you Jessie..." I murmur with a knot in my throat as I push you to the side with both forearms and quickly walk outside. I look left and right, I feel some whistle growing in my ears... I can hear you talking in the distance, saying something, but I can't distinguish yoir words. My sight gets dizzy and I feel my pressure dropping... I clumsily sit on the grass, holding my balance also with both hands, and after a couple of seconds I feel my senses returning to their usual, managing to not pass out. "WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT JESSICA??? ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND???" I feel my heartbeat rising again in my chest

Jessica_Beppler: I'm utterly confused as I stand there at the front door, feeling you push me aside with your forearms. "Oww.. Hey!" I stumble a little bit, moving out of the way for you as you exit the building. "Fuck me? Why? What did I do..? What's going on? Why were you in my home anyway?" I ask you a bunch of questions but they seem to fall on deaf ears as you end up dizzily collapsing on the grass of my front lawn. "What was what? I have no idea what you're talking about... Are you alright Seline? Should I get you a glass of water?" I ask, all the while reaching down to take the bottle of wine you were carrying, considering it a miracle that it didn't break once you collapsed to the ground. "Here just relax, just breathe and take it easy... I'll go get you some water..." I say as I proceed towards the entrance of the haunted house all by myself...

Seline_V: I don't hear half of your questions, and straight out ignore the other half since I am pissed with you right now. I start having a conversation with you inside my head 'Are you out of your mind? That was not fun it was sick, it was cruel! That's not ok, grow up.' and then imagine you lowering your head saying you're sorry. When you stand up I focus again on what's in front of me, I watch you standing up and entering your home, I roll my eyes and wait for you sitting on the lawn. I look up at the almost full moon, reflecting a bright blue-ish light on the houses

Jessica_Beppler: I have no idea why you're so upset with me and I really wasn't even expecting company tonight, so I'm utterly confused why you showed up at my place in the first place. Still, I can tell you're not doing so great so I rush inside my home, eager to get you a glass of water at least and maybe an aspirin or something. Once I make my way inside, the door slams shut on its own and with it, the stars and full moon in the sky seemingly disappear, leaving you in total darkness on the lawn, surrounded by eerie unexplainable noises in the distance...

Seline_V: The whole sky turns entirely black, like everything else around me. "Wha...." I am out of words. I just roll on all fours and start crawling as quickly as I can towards your home, towards the door. I start pounding at the wood with my right fist making it tremble "Je....J.... o...open.... *BAM BAM BAM* Jessica...." my feeble voice in high contrast with the sound of my closed hand hitting the wood. I am frightened, I regret having shouted at you. I look back towards the grass, the street, the house in front of yours,... I can guess where one ends and the other starts, barely seeing the contours of things, but darkness has enveloped the city

Jessica_Beppler: I can't even hear you banging on my door as I pour you a fresh glass of filtered water. You could be pounding on the door full force and yet it doesn't even register at all for me. If not for the fact I promised to bring you water, I probably wouldn't even open the door to begin with. The sound of radios turning on in the neighboring houses can be heard, filling the eerie streets with that same static-filled noise. A slow metallic sound could be heard, like someone was dragging something large and heavy against the pavement of the road. It gradually becomes louder, whatever it is seems to be headed in your direction as more guttural moans can be heard in the distance, also gradually increasing in intensity. Then the door to my home swings open as I stand there with a smile and a glass of water in my hand. "Oh you're up! Are you feeling better?" I ask as I see you crawling in front of the door, practically pawing at it in desperation. "Come in, come in..." I say as I put down the glass of water and offer my hands to you, trying to help you up to your feet. My home so much more modern, warm and inviting compared to how it was the first time you decided to sneak in.

Seline_V: "Oh thank god Jessie!" I immediately crawl inside and get up on one knee, I turn my head.... and everything is normal. I look up at your confused and a bit worried face. I then hug both arms around your knee, not intending to let you go anytime soon. "No no... no no... stay here now for a moment please..." I feel I am crazy, but I know I am not. I would like to somehow share what I saw with you but I can't even start to talk. After a couple of seconds my breathing stabilises and I calm down again. I take your hand and get up on my feet "Let's sit down please" I walk inside and sit on a chair, dragging your arm with me. "Ok so basically [....]" I start explaining everything, fully aware how confused I am, but in need to put things into words

Jessica_Beppler: I remain utterly confused as you crawl inside of my home and hug my knee, nearly causing me to trip down to the floor. I manage to balance myself though, remaining there and not going anywhere for the time being. "Umm, alright... I can stay with you!" I say as I close the front door of my home behind us before patiently waiting for you to come to your senses. I help you up to your feet and hold your hand with mine, all the while using my other hand to bring your glass of water. I follow you into the living room, setting your glass down on the coffee table while you take a seat in one of the chairs. I feel like you're not willing to release my hand, so I let you hold it while I clumsily drag another chair right next to yours, placing it so close that you're practically able to cuddle up beside me. "So everything goes black and you're hearing or seeing things? Hmm, sounds like you're hallucinating a bit... Have you been getting enough sleep? What did you have to eat today?" I ask, sitting there with you, still utterly confused. "What brings you to my place anyway? I see you brought wine, that's lovely! Did you have a bottle or two on your own before coming over here?"

Seline_V: As I talk my left hand stays tight at your right one, and when you move a chair and sit right next to me I slide left on the edge of my chair until I feel my left side and leg brushing against your body. "Yes yes exactly, everything goes black and this growling guttural noises start... what? No I am sober! I am not hallucinating, I know what my senses felt!" I was not expecting you to understand everything, but I don't like your insinuations of it being just inside my mind. "Why am I here?... I don't know why I am here, I don't remember, also who cares why I am here that's not the point now, I was probably here to say hi, idk.... but now there's things happening whenever THAT door separates us!"

Jessica_Beppler: I gasp softly when I feel you lean into me, your chair creaking a bit as it tilts to the side, making me somewhat confused as to why we're not sitting on the sofa instead. Still, I can tell you're distressed, so I let you maintain a firm grasp of my hand while you cuddle up against my side. Of course everything you're describing to me sounds absolutely crazy but at the same time I'm not cruel enough to close a door on you if that's what seemingly happens. "I mean it just seems like a normal night to me, I haven't seen anything strange... Still, you're welcome to stay here as long as you like, I can prepare the guest room for you later?" I offer before slowly standing up from my chair. "Also if you haven't drank anything, we may as well have some of that wine you brought, maybe that'll help you feel better?" I ask, slowly trying to pull away a little bit. "I'll just go grab a bottle opener and some wine glasses from the kitchen..."

Seline_V: "Yes that may be a good idea..." when you stand up I stand up too "I'll come with you." My voice is firm, on this I do not accept any discussion or alternative. I let go of your hand and place it on your shoulder as I follow you to the kitchen. We drink some water, we get some wine glasses and some snacks, and then I follow you back to the living room "You know this is also a bit awkward for me... like... now I feel more ok, and it is a bit weird to keep a hand on you.... but at the same time I don't want that to happen again you know? I am not stupid, I can see this is weird for the both of us...." This time we sit on the sofa, side to side, which makes us sink into the cushions a bit one against the other. We cin out glasses together before taking a sip of red wine. "For now I have no intention of leaving.... but also I am not sure how to deal with this..." the wine feels warm inside my throat, a bit salty. I put the glass still half full back on the coffee table and lean my back against the soft sofa

Jessica_Beppler: It is slightly awkward but I don't mind really, I can tell the entire situation is distressing for you so I let you follow me every step of the way with your hand remaining a constant companion with my shoulder. I try not to walk too fast or too far as we're pretty much joined at the hip. After collecting the glasses and snacks, I make myself comfortable on the sofa with you, not really minding how cuddly you seem to be. Although whether that's a result of true fear or just some sort of weird excuse to get close to me is something that also lingers on my mind. "I mean if keeping a hand on me helps your peace of mind, then by all means, feel free to continue doing so!" I say with a smile before bringing my wine glass to my lips and taking a nice big sip. "Mmm, a very good bottle, you have great taste..." I say before placing my glass on the coffee table as well, playing with the stem a little bit as I twirl it around, swishing the red liquid around a little bit like I'm aerating it. "Well you're more than welcome to spend the night here, I don't mind at all... Still, how are you so sure it will happen again? Shouldn't we test it? Like is it only the front door of the house? What happens if I use the bathroom, and are you planning on sleeping in my bedroom too..?" I ask, obviously a bit curious about the phenomenon myself.

Seline_V: I look at the ceiling and exhale slowly, letting my body sink deeper into the cushions and my muscles relax. The prolonged physical contact definitely helped me release some oxytocin, which is making me feel in a safe place. "Of course we are going to sleep together in your bedroom. Are you out of your mind, have you not been listening to me?" I stop for a moment and look around. I see the clean living room, us sitting on the sofa hip-to-hip and shoulder-to-shoulder, drinking wine, and now I just replay my own words in my head saying confidently that we should sleep together..... ok I see how this looks a lot like a (pretty crazy actually) flirting attempt, and by how you are indulging all of my requests it would also be working... for a second I forget about the haunted house and just enjoy the warmth of your body against mine, I can smell your scent. But then I focus because it is more important to keep things clear "Wait, wait a moment. I just want to say that I did not made up everything. Real or not, those things happened, and they happened when THAT door closed. Is this clear?"

Jessica_Beppler: My lips curl up into a somewhat amused smirk as this is definitely one of the most elaborate plans anyone has ever come up with to sleep with me. I really don't know whether you truly believe the things you're saying or if this all just some sort of ruse. Either way, I'm willing to entertain it for now. At the end of the day, you are pretty cute and feeling your body cuddling against mine all night wouldn't be a totally unwelcome experience. "Well, if you insist! I'll keep you safe tonight in that case... What kind of bodyguard would I be if I let those shadow monsters get you?" I tease, brushing my hand against your thigh softly before I reach forward to pick up my wine glass again. "Mmm, this is great stuff..." I remark, taking another sip while I sink back into the sofa as well, letting you inhale my subtle fruity perfume. I turn my head towards the door once you bring attention to it and I nod slowly, my soft dark hair tickling your shoulder a little bit. "Don't worry, that door will stay closed all night... Or wait... Where's Yuna?" I say as I rise to my feet, realizing my feline friend is nowhere to be seen. "Oh no, she must have ran outside... I'm going to have to open the door to look for her at least... She's probably just waiting there though, I doubt she would have wandered far..."

Jessica_Beppler:

Seline_V: I am relieved that you accepted to have me around all night. Still I am not sure if you believe me or are just flirting back, but I am too exhausted to think about that, and also don't really care, as both options don't look bad to me. I am taking a second sip of wine when suddenly you stand up and go in the kitchen to search for your cat "Hey hey where are you going! What happened to never leaving me alone?? I put back down my glass and quickly follow you in the kitchen. When I arrive you are already leaving from the front door so I sprint to stop it from closing with my foot. I stay there at the entrance, looking at you walking around your lawn calling your cat. I still have to meet it but I am already hating this cat.... either way I help you calling it, and right when I do so I hear the sound of glass breaking from the living room. I turn my head, and your cat just pushed my glass of wine off from the coffee table. Fucking cat. "Beppy it's inside, you can come in"

Jessica_Beppler: "Yuna... Yunaaahhhhhh..!" I call out for my cat, searching the bottom floor of the house before eventually going outside. You manage to catch the door with your foot and nothing terrible happens yet. "Meowwww... Meowwwwww..." I hear as I find my beloved cat outside. I pick her up and hold her tightly in my arms, only to hear you say that my cat is inside. "Huh? I only have one cat though!" I reply, meanwhile whatever knocked over your wine glass seems to distort and twist before your very eyes. It grows larger, twisting and writhing around until it knocks over the entire coffee table. Soon the power goes out in the house once more and you're left in total darkness, the sounds of the cat-monster distorted, echoing throughout the structure. "Rrrrrrrrowwwwwwwwwwww..!" I seem completely oblivious to it though and once I open the door with Yuna in hand, the creature you can make out in the darkness disappears and the lights come back on. Everything appears to be normal except for the flipped coffee table and broken wine glasses staining the floor. "Unhhh dammit... That's never going to come out of the carpet... What happened? I was only gone for a couple minutes..."

Seline_V: My eyes widen in shock: I am standing on my feet, keeping the door open, and that cat just mutated and grew into.... a thing... right in front of my eyes. Lights flickering again, cold air running through the house, your radio on the kitchen table turning on again.... I look towards you are you are all innocent, nothing cracking your calm now that you have your cat in your arms. I am not panicking as before, but still I am quite agitated, and the moment you cross the entrance and things go back to normality I shut the door with force behind you. "It happened again, I don't know why, but no more leaving the house alright?" I am looking at you in the eyes, dead serious. I trust you: the worried shade in your pupils, and the light tension in your cheeks and lips, that I read as you smothering a laugh, tell me that you have nothing to do with this, that you genuinely find my sudden change in humour unusual and unexpected. "Ok now lets get comfy again, I need a last sip of wine before sleeping to relax a bit"

Jessica_Beppler: I put my beloved feline down and she immediately goes running up the staircase, at least I don't have to worry about her going on anymore nighttime expeditions. Still, I am a little bit concerned about the coffee table and the mess though, thinking I've let an incredibly unstable person inside of my home. "Alright alright, I won't open the door again tonight, I promise... Still, what a mess... I get you don't want to be left alone but you need to try and control yourself, it was only a couple minutes..." I do feel slightly uncomfortable when I catch you staring me in the eye for so long, like you don't trust me, like you're trying to catch me in a lie or something, I really don't know what to say and my smothered laugh is more of a defense mechanism than anything. "Well... Let me clean all of this up..." I say as I go into the kitchen, noticing an unusual radio on the table that I've never seen before. I pick it up and move it over to the counter, shrugging my shoulders a bit, assuming you brought it as a gift along with the wine. I grab a bunch of wet paper towels and a dust bin before heading out into the living room to clean up the mess. "Hmph.." I grumble a bit as I pick up broken pieces of glass, putting them into the dust bin cautiously while also pressing the paper towels against the carpet. Obviously they won't accomplish much but I do what I can to clean up the mess before turning the coffee table right-side up. "Well there goes the wine.. I should have another bottle in the basement cellar though, let me go grab it..." I say while disposing of the contents of the dust bin in the garbage and washing my hands in the kitchen. After that I head towards the basement with purpose, although I fully expect you to tag along...

Seline_V: I can feel the awkwardness in the air, and I feel bad for it because there is no doubt it's me the one acting weird, you are just acting normally, trying to manage your day while having a friend following you and being paranoid all the time. You start cleaning the mess a bit, I stay standing a couple of meters away. Ok I think I have to give you some space.... I can't continue behaving like this. When you mention you have some wine in the basement a knot ties up my stomach, I would like to stop you but instead try acting nonchalant "Uh...ok... well.... I'll wait for you here...." and sit back on the sofa. The moment you leave the room everything starts again: the darkness, the radio, the dust, the silence,.... I know you will soon come back.... I don't call you, I don't want to annoy you any further. I just stay sitted, hiding my mouth behind my hands and keeping my eyes scanning left and right. Someone or something starts again to go down the staircase and walking into the kitchen, I feel the steps closer... "It's all in your head it's all in your head..." I am not sure if it was the wine that made me decide to face this, I just know I decided to stay still and wait for either something to happen or you to come back. I feel cold. I take from my pocket my pepper spray but just keep it tight with my fingers. "Act like a normal person Seline" I am almost whispering to myself.

Jessica_Beppler: I'm actually genuinely surprised that you decide not to come with me down to the basement as I stop at the top of the stairs and glance back over my shoulder at you. "Really..? You're sure?" I ask, shrugging my shoulders a bit as you seem to want to just chill on the sofa. "Alright, suit yourself then..." I say as I start walking down the dimly lit stairs. Unfortunately when I reach the bottom, the light-switch doesn't seem to work. "Dammit..." I grumble, realizing I forgot to change the lightbulb to the wine cellar and it's definitely too late to go searching for a ladder. While I'm stumbling around in the dark, everything seems to happen to you once again as you're left alone on the sofa. The radio starts making unsettling staticy noises while the same figure from earlier starts to move down the staircase from the second floor. Despite the total darkness, you can somewhat make out its shape and silhouette as it appears to twitching unnaturally with its movement, almost like it moves very slightly and then teleports a step. "Uggghhllllllhllllllhlhllll..." It starts making a guttural noise before it slowly walks up to you and the sofa. It seemingly just stands there for a good moment, staring at you in the darkness before it sits down on the sofa beside you. It's body cold to the touch, it's aura almost paralyzing as it sits beside you, almost cuddling up to you. If you pepper spray it, there's a good chance you'll get it in your own eyes and who knows if it'll even be effective on whatever the creature is, real or imagined. Still, you can feel its freezing breath teasing the sensitive skin of your neck and ear before I finally come back up the stairs just in time for it to disappear. "I found an old bottle! I remember this stuff being pretty great!" I call out, looking over at you shivering on the sofa. "We can drink this upstairs in my bedroom if you prefer?"

Seline_V: The more I wait, the more the thing gets closer. I am sitting there without moving a finger, just my eyes trying to follow the spazzing and irregular movements of it. It is tall, it could be like how I would imagine a standing bear. Its grouls are revolting, disgusting, the kind of sound that could get me to throw up on the spot, but luckily it stops. It doesn't matter how much zen I try to put in my thoughts, my heartbeat starts getting faster and faster, I can hear it pounding on my eardrums *tudum tudum tudum tudum...* I start inhaling more, and more, and more, until I am almost in apnea. It sits next to me, and when I feel it's cold body touching my side I gasp and slide away a few centimeters. Then you come back with the wine and peace and calm returns, which I am starting to associate to your face. I jump on board with your offer without thinking twice and I follow you upstairs, but I can't help to be deeply puzzled, confused by this last episode of nightmares..... if the thing had wanted to harm me or hit me it had all the time for it, but it just sat next to me, right in the spot where you were sitting just a minute before.... We enter your bedroom and for an instant I feel overstimulated as the same sweet scent of yours is filling the air but much more intensely. I stay standing looking at you as you walk left and right adjusting the windows, then moving something on the shelf, taking a blanket out, etc... you do look in your place. I don't want to annoy you with the different impression I had about the monster this time, also because I suspect you still don't fully believe me, so I just keep it to myself and timidly sit on the edge of the bed while you are still walking back and forth. In the meantime I fill up to half the two wine glasses

Seline_V:

Jessica_Beppler: I half expect all the furniture to be destroyed and the room to be on fire upon my return but to my surprise nothing seems to be out of the ordinary, aside from you looking just as terrified as ever on the couch. "Sorry it took me a while, I could barely see anything down there..." I explain, peeking around the living room a little bit just to make sure everything was indeed alright. I then lead you up the stairs towards my bedroom, carrying the bottle and some fresh glasses. Although I do stop at one point in the middle of the stairs, allowing your face to bump against my butt for a brief moment. Of course that totally wasn't my reason for doing so, fear can be infectious and the fact you've been seeing things has me a little bit more on edge than usual. I could have sworn I saw something at the top of the stairs but by the time my brain registers it, it's gone. Soon I lead you inside of my cozy bed room, setting down the glasses and the wine, leaving you to open it while I close the drapes over the windows. That way the morning light won't wake us up too early and it should also prevent any monsters from peering inside. "Well, you should be safe tonight! I have no idea what tomorrow will bring but hopefully you'll be feeling better in the morning. Bodyguard Beppler has never failed a mission so far!" I say with a bit of a smile before sitting on the other side of the bed. I reach out and take one of the wine glasses from you, only to clink it against the side of yours. "Cheers..." I say before taking a sip and making myself comfy on the bed. I flip on the TV and of course it just happens to be a horror movie, right at the time of a sudden jump scare. To make matters worse, Yuna is already in the room as she comes out from under the bed, brushing herself against your leg and meowing without warning...

Seline_V: "Cheers... to Bodyguard Beppy then haha" You are smiling, maybe laughing, but I feel safe here in this room. Probably, the fact that to you it is all just either an hallucination or a weirdly sophisticated story I designed, makes me feel a bit more at ease. Between the intense intoxicating scent filling the air, hearing you giggling, and seeing your body laying next to mine, I quickly forget about all my nightmares, then I have a flash of that instant where I bumped my face right against your butt.... on the moment I didn't even register what happened, but now that I think back to it.... I cross my ankles and start lightly rubbing my feet one against the other. We put on the TV and of course with our luck we get the worse possible sequence: immediately we both lock in at the suspense moment, the music keeping me on the edge, something just barely brushes my calf so I nervously sit up to feel what's there but find nothing. Suddenly right next to my head "Meow!" I gasp. It was just your stupid cat. But this instead of releasing the nerves only makes me focus on the cat while my body is still filled with suspence, and when I have my guard low and am looking away the jump-scare arrives: "FUCK!" I literally jump in the air and towards you from my spot

Jessica_Beppler: There's certainly a chance that all of this is just some sophisticated story you came up with in order to invite yourself into my bedroom. Not that I mind really but there are easier ways to find your way into my bed I'd say. Still, if there's even an off-chance you truly believe and see the things you're seeing, than I couldn't possibly let you be alone tonight or send you out into the darkness. No for now, I'll keep you safe and we'll figure out what's going on in the morning hopefully. Of course a responsible bodyguard probably would have changed the channel of the TV to something more soothing rather than whatever random horror movie happened to be on at the time. "Well, it's just a movie at least..." I say, trying to calm you down, even as my cat startles you by brushing against your calf and then hopping up onto the pillow beside your head. "Aww, hey there!" I say as I reach over to give the kitty a few gentle headpats while sipping my wine before setting the glass down on the end table. Thankfully I put my glass down before the actual scare occurs as you pretty much jump right on top of me as a result. "Oooofff... Heyyy..!" I gasp, my body laying beneath yours, my eyes peering up into your own as I squirm a little bit from side to side. My breasts jostle right up against your chest as we remain face to face. "Easy there, it's just a movie..." I say while coiling my arms around your waist, hugging you nice and close to reassure you. Still, there's suddenly a horrible static sound on the television, the very same sound that random radio was making downstairs earlier. It doesn't seem to match the movie at all though so I pick up the remote control and change the channel. Of course it's another horror movie but at least that horrible noise can't be heard anymore. My hand returns to casually caressing your back, still looking up at you as I make no effort to push your body off of mine.

Seline_V: I feel conflicting feelings, that confuse my reasoning and do not let me think. I feel definitely overwhelmed by the amount of diverse stimuli. My heart is beating in panic, my legs brushing against yours, my eyes cannot decide whether to fall into yours or look around for possible threats. On the one hand I would like to just forget everything, let myself melt under your hands caressing my back, the smooth curves of your physique pressed against me tempting me. On the other hand that sound.... that emotionless static sound making my skin tense up.... "Nnnnnnnggg....." a guttural moan leaving my body, betraying both my fright and a bit of my arousal. I place my open hand on your cheek, near your mouth "...shushhh Jessica...." and we both stay still, in silence..... no sound but the boring movie can be heard. "Yes you are right.... it is just a movie I am sorry..."

Jessica_Beppler: I try not to really move in the position, not wanting to startle you as I simply let you lay on top of me like I'm some sort of extra mattress topper for you. I can feel your heart beating rapidly in your chest as it continues to mushroom down against my own. You shush me and I allow it for now, simply just holding you in my arms and caressing my fingertips along the skin of your back, up and down. The other horror movie is at least more boring and that creepy sound isn't happening for the time being, although just to be sure, I reach for the remote and turn off the TV. "There, it's off now, that's enough of that... How about we just get some sleep hmm? You'll be safe here I'm sure... Hopefully whatever is going on will be fixed come morning..." I say while peering up into your eyes, my nose practically nuzzling you in the position while I almost voice the words right up against your lips. I still make no effort to push you off of me as I lay beneath you, stretching out my legs a little bit against the bed, allowing them to brush up alongside yours. I still wonder if this was your plan all along, like this is just some elaborate ruse to get on top of me... "I mean we can sleep like this if you feel safer?" I tease.

Seline_V: Something in the way I feel drawn at your lips and between your legs triggers an alert in me, but my survival instincts are too tired, they worked over time for too much. Something feels off, but I cannot bring myself to take action "Jess what....what are you.... what are we doing...." I murmur almost into your lips. My face resting against yours, foreheads one against the other. I feel bewitched, slowly enveloped in a warm and alluring web. My body is not resisting, but my brain is running non stop: "what is she doing? Am I in danger? Where are those...things... and why, why do you seem to not care? I shouldn't be here. I should not be here at all. But....but.... but you are protecting me...." I don't process your words and just mumble them back at you "....get some sleep.... fixed come morning.... feel safer?" as they move, my lips are barely brushing against yours.... but then I look away, and with one hand I pull at your arms hugging me while I try moving away "Let me go Jessica! Let me go now!"

Jessica_Beppler: I mean you're not wrong, my lips and legs have proven to be quite dangerous in the past, just ask anyone fortunate or unfortunate enough to be locked between my thighs. My lips able to whisper dangerous words into their ear while they're trapped before I'd plant those very same lips against the smooth sensitive skin of their necks to mark them as mine. Although right now I don't seem to have such plans for you, they aren't overt anyway and when you start to panic, I almost immediately release my warm, somewhat loose hug around you. After all, it's not like I was trying to lock you in place or anything like that. "What's wrong, hmm? You were the one who jumped on top of me there! I get it, you're scared but I'm not really sure what I'm supposed to do here..." I say, almost acting somewhat offended that you think I have some sort of ulterior motive here, but maybe I do, it's not something I show in my expression anyway. Now that I'm no longer hugging you, I press my hands up against your shoulders, giving you a little bit of a shove in order to roll you off of me back over to your side of the bed. My hands are in full-view of you, yet the moment our bodies aren't touching, you can still feel yourself being hugged. It's a different hug, not a loving embrace but more of a cold grip. Breathing can be felt on the back of your neck as well, like there's something else in the room with us but if there is, I don't seem to react to it in the slightest... "Don't you want to stay here with me Seline?" I ask, yet the same words can be heard whispered behind you, so quiet as they tease the back of your neck, subtle enough to be mistaken for a breeze or draft in the room...

Seline_V: I roll off of you, I feel a cold sensation where your body used to be, and cold where your arms were hugging me.... then I see your lips moving, but making no sound, your voice resonating instead from behind my neck "WHAAT THE...??? JESSICA LET ME G.... let me..... mmmnnn...." I freak out. I feel your arms still around me getting tighter, holding me still. They are very cold now. But you are in front of me, you are not hugging me, I can see it! And right as I was about to scream my voice is cut off, I feel as if something smothering my mouth, but from the outside my lips are just closed, relaxed. I would like to scream for help, but I look completely calm. The cold arms start tightening around my body, forcing air out of me, and whatever it is, but I feel cold, a lot of cold. My eyes meet yours, but I cannot speak, something is smothering my words before they even reach my lips. I swallow. Your eyes are puzzling, misterious. Do you not understand what is happening? Do you not understand I am screaming for your help?? Or maybe is it all a plan? Am I just a victim of some sort of witchcraft? Your words echoing from behind me, right behind my ear, with a growling tone, I feel petrified, unable to move, and barely able to breathe.... I feel my head starting to spin and my eyelids getting heavier and heavier.... I feel my weight sinking into the soft mattress and look up at you again, before my eyes roll backwards and I lose consciousness...