Oct 11th - Chasing Bookworms

[Will Stanton]

The kitten, too, stops for a moment...before prancing up SaraE's arm up on to her shoulder, hissing against at Sara M.

[Sara McDohl]

Sara stood back up and moved over to them. "I-...I am sorry you two...you probably will not forgive me..." She looks down at the ground.

[Sara Stanton]

"Damn right I won't. How dare you to take Will away from me!" Sara yells before throwing a punch at the girls face, barely managing to refrain from shifting along with it.

[Sara McDohl]

The girl winced as she fell to the floor, her glasses flying across the library. Instinctively she moved her hand to her face.. "Ow..." she said, her eyes watered slightly from the hit.

[Will Stanton]

Will, not possessing cat-like grace, falls off Sara's shoulder, before crawling over to the pile of clothing.

[Sara Stanton]

"If you ever do that again it'll hurt alot more." she glares down at the girl, rubbing her hand. Not used to punching with her 'normal' hand it's more unpleasent than she expected, even if it was worth it.

[Sara McDohl]

She did not bother to look up at them..she did feel ashamed for what she had done to them.

[Will Stanton]

Will shifted back up, fully male...

Of course, his clothing still lay in a pile on the floor.

"Nice right hook, Sara."

[Sara Stanton]

"Thanks..." She says as she turns around, still looking somewhat agitated. Without saying anything else she waits for Will to get dressed before starting to head towards the door.

[Will Stanton]

Will leaned over the table, and looked into Sara M's eyes.

"I am not Willow. I am not a kitten. I am William Angelina Stanton. Now, if you'll excuse me..."

He walked over to Sara, pulling up his pants as he did so. He was going to triumphantly carry her out but, hey, four and half feet tall.

[Sara McDohl]

Sara picked up her glasses, and stood back up. "You are very lucky..., he loves you very much..." She said quietly.

[Will Stanton]

"My god, you were hot just there," Will whispered in Sara's ear, giving her a kiss on the cheek as they walked out---and apparently staying male while doing so.

[Victoria Valentine]

Victoria was extremely hard to spot, her skin tone shifted to blend into with the bookcases just around the corner from all of them. When Will and Sara were safely gone, she took a step out, her skin and hair shifting back to pure white. "So... just curious, what were you hoping to accomplish there, dear?"

[Sara McDohl]

The girl stood still for a moment. "You know...I am not sure at all...at first I thought it was going to be funny to mess with him. When we met at the Xub, I could read the conflicting personalities like a book, then I started to feel really bad about it..." She stated blankly, turning to look toward the direction Victoria spoke.

[Victoria Valentine]

"It was impressive," Victoria allowed. "You had them going for a while... the right suggestions and you could have probably strung them along quite a while. Perhaps something more subtle next time, something that won't be so obvious to see through so quickly?"

[Sara McDohl]

"Honestly, it probably would have taken them a bit longer...I let go of my hold." She said quietly.

[Victoria Valentine]

"Hmmm... interesting. So does it always drop when you let go, or does it take until they notice the inconsistencies before the spell breaks?"

[Sara McDohl]

"That depends on how I drop them. With those two I told them both it was a lie, and what the real truth was...but I could let go, and they would never know until they realized it later.." She told her mysterious friend.

[Victoria Valentine]

"I thought that might be the case," Victoria said, looking thoughtfully at the girl. "Still... awful temper she had. Serious overreaction. Quite low-class, if you ask me."

[Sara McDohl]

"It was a bit uncalled for. I did apologise to them both, but I guess she had some reason to.." She continued, moving to her chair once again.

[Victoria Valentine]

"...Be an utter bitch to you? Yes, that's always completely justified," Victoria said dryly.

[Sara McDohl]

"I guess not..." She said quietly...thinking to herself a bit.. "What would you have done differently?" She continued..

[Victoria Valentine]

"Well, had a goal, for one," she said, shrugging. "And then, I would've been more subtle. Start with something small that they won't notice at first, but that can build over time. Possibly with additional suggestions you can add in after the first one's built up a bit."

[Sara McDohl]

"But I am not a mean person...it was the only way that I would have been able to talk to Will...Though you are right...I should plan these things out. I feel like a failure of a jester..." She sighs to herself.

[Victoria Valentine]

"Nooo, you're just starting, that's all. We all start somewhere."

"Besides... why shouldn't you be able to talk to him? Look at the girls he's associating with. If someone like her can talk to him, why on earth can't you?" she asked, evidently disapproving of Sara.

[Sara McDohl]

"I have never been able to talk to boys.., but that needs to change. A lot of things need to change..." She grins..

[Victoria Valentine]

"Seriously, dear. The only people you should be afraid of speaking to are people who are more important or more powerful than you. Now honestly... what would make a boy more important or more powerful than you?"

[Sara McDohl]

"Nothing..?" She said to Victoria while questioning herself.

[Victoria Valentine]

"If anything," Victoria reasoned, "You just proved that you were stronger."

[Sara McDohl]

"I did?" She asks, looking at her friend with doubt. "I have never thought of it this way before..."

[Victoria Valentine]

"You just made a boy think that he was a cat, and his girlfriend think that he was her cat and that she didn't have a boyfriend. And according to you, the only reason they snapped out of it was that you let them out."

"Now, perhaps I'm not an expert here. But who, pray tell, seemed to be calling the shots in that situation?"

[Sara McDohl]

"I was..." She spoke softly...realizing what she could do with her power..."They had no chance..."

[Victoria Valentine]

Victoria smiled. "Very good, you catch on quickly," she said approvingly. "Now... bearing that in mind, what reason do you have to be nervous around boys?"

[Sara McDohl]

"None at all....they should be nervous around me..." She replied.

[Victoria Valentine]

"Just be careful... if you overdo it, that could be bad, too. Remember... subtlety is the key. Keep it light... keep it careful."

[Sara McDohl]

"I'll need to practice..." She said firmly, her mind scheming on how to return the favor on her cheek to Ms. Evans...

[Victoria Valentine]

"Just be careful. There's a girl down in the brig right now who wasn't very subtle. Granted, that bitch deserves to be there, but still... subtlety is the key." She reached out across the table and patted Sara's hand. "But we can work on that, can't we."

[Sara McDohl]

"Of course..." She said calmly...her eyes wide with anticipation...