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Post by PeaceKeeper2014 Sat Aug 17, 2013 11:39 pm

"You know, I don't think you should do that." Peace suggested.  "He's in here because of..."  Peace approached a cabinet, opened, and grabbed a pan and threw it at a pile of plates.  The plates were destroyed into small shards.  It was as fast as a Tom Brady bullet pass.
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Post by No.1JerlitaFan Sat Aug 17, 2013 11:44 pm

Jonathon jumped back in surprise. "In here because of what?"
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Post by PeaceKeeper2014 Sat Aug 17, 2013 11:46 pm

"Some... illegal practices." Peace answered.  PK opened a second cabinet, finding a kitchen knife inside.  PK held by the blade and threw against the wall, where a clock was hanging.  The clock's glass shattered, but the knife stayed in place.
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Post by No.1JerlitaFan Sat Aug 17, 2013 11:48 pm

Jonathon whispered to Peace so it wouldn't anger PK anymore than he...or she already was. "Maybe it's that time of the month."
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Post by PeaceKeeper2014 Sat Aug 17, 2013 11:52 pm

"Trust me." Peace whispered back.  "Something happened and he... well, she now, had a little bit of... anger inside." 

PK continued to trash the kitchen, grabbing a hold of a cleaver and approaching Jonathon.  She then threw it next to Peace and Jonathon, just missing Peace by a hair.

"You're on your own."
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Post by No.1JerlitaFan Sat Aug 17, 2013 11:53 pm

"darn, okay come on PK, please calm down. I need you to calm down." Jonathon took a few steps towards her.
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Post by PeaceKeeper2014 Sun Aug 18, 2013 12:03 am

PK grabbed Jonathon's collar.

"You listen to me." PK said.  "You don't know what I...  what... I..."  She fainted, letting go of his collar.  Peace approached her.

"She doesn't look so good."
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Post by No.1JerlitaFan Sun Aug 18, 2013 12:37 am

Jonathon hadn't even flinched.

"Wow....definitely that time of the month. Alright help me get her up on one of these tables instead of the floor. .....oh wait, crap you can't can you?"
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Post by PeaceKeeper2014 Sun Aug 18, 2013 1:06 am

"Exactly." Peace replied.  "If I could, I would... But, you know, imagined personality and stuff..."
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Post by No.1JerlitaFan Sun Aug 18, 2013 8:01 am

Jonathon laughed. "At least you admit it, unlike Jeremie over there."

Jonathon lifted him.....her up onto the table. "Can someone get me some water for him.......on second thought, make that milk!"
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Post by PeaceKeeper2014 Sun Aug 18, 2013 8:04 am

"If I calculate this correctly, adding more into her system will make it worse." Peace warned.  "I should know.  I'm her imagined alternate personality. "
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Post by No.1JerlitaFan Sun Aug 18, 2013 8:16 am

"Hmmmm good point......is there any way to....flush it out? I mean we can't just kill her by dehydrating her, but we could wait till her....natural processes cleans it out of her. In the mean time, we need to figure out a way to boil the water and catch the steam."
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Post by PeaceKeeper2014 Sun Aug 18, 2013 8:20 am

"Her genetic re-writing could take a few weeks." Peace answered.  "The milk somehow re-wroteher genetics, which ended up changing everything.  Hopefully, it will occurr naturally. "
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Post by No.1JerlitaFan Sun Aug 18, 2013 8:25 am

"if not, it looks like i'll have to start learning Genetic Engineering." Jonathon sighed, "Do we have anything that makes a controlled heat source, like a bunsen burner or anything like that?"
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Post by PeaceKeeper2014 Sun Aug 18, 2013 8:28 am

"I don't know." Peace replied.  "But, we should look aro...."

"Wh...  What's happening?" PK asked, slowly waking up.  "Peace?"
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Post by No.1JerlitaFan Sun Aug 18, 2013 8:30 am

"Oh, PK you're away, stay still you've been through a lot, don't drink anything until I can figure out how to set up a distiller for the water, who knows what it could do to you now."
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Post by PeaceKeeper2014 Sun Aug 18, 2013 10:59 am

"It.... It hurts." PK said, holdint her forehead.

"It's going to be fine, PK." Peace told her.  "Just.... don't think about it."

"If I stay like this, you'll still be with me, right?" PK asked Peace.   Peace nodded.

"Yeah, I will."
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Post by JeremysGirl Sun Aug 18, 2013 11:05 am

Jeremie glared at Jonathon. "I am real!"

Liz calmed Jeremie down. "Isn't it time to go to the rec room. You promised to do a jigsaw puzzle with me."

Jeremie calmed down. "Yeah, you're right."

What other see is Liz talking to the empty chair beside her.
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Post by No.1JerlitaFan Sun Aug 18, 2013 5:59 pm

"sorry Jer, it's hasn't even been a day since I could see you! still getting used to it!" Jonathon headed off to the storage room in search of something to distill water with.
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Post by JeremysGirl Sun Aug 18, 2013 6:00 pm

Jeremie nodded. "Understandable."

"We've been here for more than an hour," Liz said. "Rec room time."
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Post by No.1JerlitaFan Sun Aug 18, 2013 6:17 pm

As Jonathon walked down the hallway, he came across the storage room. 

"Wow, this place looks like it hasn't been opened in centuries." he said to himself since no one was around.
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Post by JeremysGirl Sun Aug 18, 2013 6:39 pm

What Liz sees:

Liz leans next to Jeremie. "I hope he's not gone completely crazy."

"Me neither, Jeremie said, holding her hand up to his chest. "That water makes people do weird things."

"I regret drinking it," Liz said.

What others see:

Liz leans toward the chair next to her. "I hope he's not gone completely crazy." She lifts her hand up to chest level and after a slight pause says, "I regret drinking it."
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Post by No.1JerlitaFan Sun Aug 18, 2013 7:23 pm

Jonathon pushes the creaky door open and walks inside, it's dark but he finds a flashlight in the room and turns it on. After looking around awhile and finding nothing he starts getting frustrated and kicks a wooden crate.

"Well that's not gonna get you anywhere." says a voice behind him.......why was that voice familiar.

Jonathon turns and points the flash light to see who it was, but no one was there.

"Who's there? Where are you?" he asked.

"You don't recognize me by my voice, that really hurts Tyler." the voice was female. He swore it was extremely familiar and he felt like it should be important.

"How do you know my middle name? I haven't told anyone here." Jonathon kept looking around the room, but no one was there. 

"Because that's the name you used to tell everyone, including me." Jonathon suddenly felt a punch in the arm.

"Ouch! Hey, what's going on here? Why'd you do that?" he asked.

"But that's just how I say I love you." she said with a tone that gave away the fact that she was smirking.

Jonathon grew pale and froze so stiff you'd think he was a statue.

"N-no, this is impossible, you can't be here....you just can't!" he yelled.

"Hey, no so loud! So you finally figured it out, that's sweet. I knew you'd come around eventually, but usually you always make me happy immediately, what a shame." she said. The girl appeared out of the shadows and confirmed what Jonathon knew to be true. There she was, still as beautiful as ever. Her short, pink hair perfect upon her head, she was wearing the dress, the one Jonathon loved so much, the one she was wearing when....it happened.

Jonathon stepped forward and hugged her tightly, "oh my god it's you....it's you my Angel." Jonathon began to cry.

"You haven't called me that in so long" she said also crying.

"But- but how? How can this be.....you're dead."
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Post by JeremysGirl Mon Aug 19, 2013 4:19 am

Liz sat waiting to see if the call for breakfast to end will come, just to confirm that she was right about it being rec room time. She looked over at Jeremie. "If I'm right, then the water does give us powers."

"I doubt it," Jeremie said.

"Why?" Liz asked.

"No one can have superhuman powers," he said.

Liz smiled. "Always the skeptic. I love you for that as well."
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Post by No.1JerlitaFan Mon Aug 19, 2013 9:27 am

"haha always spoiling the moment", she said.

"but it's true....i had to watch it happen while I was stuck beneath the car" he said.

"alright, you're right, i am." she said.

"so how's this work? am i imagining things? are you like Peace and Jeremie or what?" he asked.

"no, i'm pretty far from that, remember how you can see them?" she asked.

"yeah, what about it?"

"well, other people's mental projections are not the only things you can see, you can also see....spirits." she said solemnly.

"...so...you mean....you're actually here right now?" he said.

"yes...i've been with you for a very long time" she said, more tears streaming down her eyes.

"really?" he asked.

"yes....and it made me so happy to hear you tell Peace that you were still taken....even though i'm....." she started

"shhhh....don't say it...you're here now." he walked up and hugged her tightly again while crying.

"Tyler...I love you." she said.

"and I will never...ever stop loving you, i promise....Erica."
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