May 17th - Memories Frozen in Time

by **Sara McDohl** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 3:22 am

McDohl had taken time to reflect on her antics the previous day, meeting with Mel, playing with Will, and screwing over the restaurant. She had made her way back to where they met, not inside the diner, obviously, but nearby.

by **Melpomene** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 3:24 am

"Down the road, number 38. Ring three times."

by **Sara McDohl** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 3:27 am

Without skipping a beat, she made her way to 38, ringing the bell three times.

by **Melpomene** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 3:33 am

A woman opens the door. She looks vaguely familiar but Sara can't quite place her. Without a word she ushers her inside and leads her up into a penthouse apartment, Melpomene is draped on a couch facing one of the windows. Without turning around she addresses her.

"Hello, Sara. Back so soon?"

by **Sara McDohl** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 3:37 am

"I'm a quick study." She said with a smile.

by **Melpomene** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 3:40 am

"Is that so? Then go ahead, tell me what you learned."

by **Sara McDohl** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 3:43 am

"Well, I think I've figured out why my friend shapeshifts when I tell her to..."

by **Melpomene** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 3:44 am

"And why is that?" she asks with a smile that makes her seem just a tiny bit unhinged.

by **Sara McDohl** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 3:47 am

"She wants to do it..it makes her happy." She goes on, looking back at the girl for a moment, before going back to Mel.

by **Melpomene** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 3:49 am

The woman (is that the waitress from the cafe?) just blankly stares into the air without anything to do.

"The shifting or being told what to do? That's quite the distinction you're leaving out there."

by **Sara McDohl** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 3:51 am

"Honestly, I think both. The feeling of euphoria that she was experiencing every time she changed, was just amazing."

by **Melpomene** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 3:54 am

"So you see how playing with her is splashing around in the shallow end of the pool?"

by **Sara McDohl** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 3:55 am

"That's exactly how it seems.."

by **Melpomene** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 3:57 am

"The good news is, someone like that would allow you to dive deeper into things more easily and see how things fit together."

by **Sara McDohl** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 4:02 am

"How do you figure?"

by **Melpomene** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 4:45 am

"People who are susceptible to simple manipulations tend to have a lower resistance to deeper seated ones as well. Especially shapeshifters who tend to have a very flexible definition of themselves to begin with. Why do you think Samantha has gone through the effort of compartmentalizing her mind? The first time I met her she was almost as impressionable as your friend sounds."

by **Sara McDohl** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 11:24 am

"You're serious? Sammy used to have a telepath's target on her back? Wish I coulda seen that.."

by **Melpomene** » Thu Feb 03, 2011 11:46 am

In time... she smiles to herself.

"Not quite the point I was trying to make. Their psyche takes to new things easily which makes some of them easy, if somewhat un-challenging targets. But it allows for some quite impressive results."

by **Sara McDohl** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 2:07 am

"Gives you a taste for the harder challanges.."

by **Melpomene** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 2:24 am

"That too. But like a surgeon starts learning on corpses it is prudent to train on someone who lets you go all the way so you can learn about the underlieing mechanics."

by **Sara McDohl** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 3:20 am

"Well I also had a little extra fun yesterday.. I learned that she can do something I didn't think was possible..."

by **Melpomene** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 3:24 am

"Do go on..." she says, not without a certain amount of interest.

by **Sara McDohl** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 3:26 am

McDohl explained about her antics the previous day, turning Willow into a lamp, changing the bulb out, and integrating the new bulb as part of her. "I was absolutely shocked she was able to transform the light bulb into part of her body!"

by **Melpomene** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 3:29 am

"Curious, she even accepts physical additions... Do you think it would be possible for you to bring her here?"

by **Sara McDohl** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 3:33 am

"Possibly...she doesn't exactly trust me, I kinda have to make her to things..and cover them up all the time.."

by **Melpomene** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 3:37 am

"And wouldn't you want to know how to change that? You could make her trust you if you learned how to..." she says, smiling and trying very hard not to look like a shark who is smelling the blood in the water now.

by **Sara McDohl** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 3:48 am

"Yes, that's true..I've tried to change things on my own before..but Sammy went and ruined everything.." She says, somewhat grumbling at the end..

by **Melpomene** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 3:53 am

"She does that, doesn't she?" she says, putting on her best sympathetic smile. "I can teach you how to hide it better so that even Sammy won't notice. I could even show you how to turn her into exactly the friend you want."

by **Sara McDohl** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 3:55 am

Sara opened her mouth to say something..but closed it and began thinking to herself...could she really change people that much..?

by **Melpomene** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 3:59 am

Melpomene just smiles, she didn't even have to read Sara's thoughts to see what was going through her head.

Behind them in the room the former waitress shifted her weight around a bit, just enough to be a reminder of her presence. Certainly that was entirely coincidental.

by **Sara McDohl** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 4:01 am

Blinking out of her trance, Sara looked back at the girl. "Isn't that...?"

by **Melpomene** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 4:02 am

"Not anymore."

by **Sara McDohl** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 4:04 am

"You mean..?" She asked, scanning the girl's thoughts for a moment. "Just a thrall?"

by **Melpomene** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 4:12 am

"Don't make it sound so mundane."

From a cursory mental glance the woman seems to be happy, maybe a little simple-minded but still. It is of course a charade as Mel hasn't had the time to truly change the former waitress from the ground up but Sara would have to dig deep to notice.

by **Sara McDohl** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 4:16 am

"So..what are you going to do with her..?"

by **Melpomene** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 4:23 am

"She's taking care of things around the house, so in a way she is a servant. But in the greater scheme of things her role is not important, she's merely a supernumerary."

by **Sara McDohl** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 4:35 am

Numerous thoughts go through her head at once, mostly about wanting one of her own..but she looks back to Mel with a smile. "Could be useful for something.."

by **Melpomene** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 4:38 am

"Oh certainly. But ultimately she isn't who you want, is she?" Mel smirks.

by **Sara McDohl** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 4:41 am

"I don't want her either...to be honest..I have a boyfriend..."

by **Melpomene** » Fri Feb 04, 2011 4:47 am

Melpomene chuckles. "Get your mind out of the gutter, girl."

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