Mysteries Unfold (Ven)

by **Alstroemeria** on July 30th, 2011, 5:51 am

She stared at him with squinting eyes baffled by his expression. Her eyebrows raised, scrapping the subject right off her arm like a fly. "Call me Alstro. It's easier." She smiled somewhat trying to lighten the mood in the air. "I know nothing about him. All I know is that he was trying to murder an eagle, I stopped him, he gave me this scar, dropped me, then left." She sighed, there wasn't much evidence to give out but she had to figure out who he was. She didn't like that it had to be him, as in the man who killed her... To fall in love with her. The puzzle piece didn't fit, and honestly didn't make sense at all. She thought about the time when he held her in the air, choking her neck. This gave her a flash back of course, in reality she began to choke. Literally, feeling is warm touch against her skin as if it was fire as he tried to burn her throat. She coughed, falling to the ground... Laying there, her pupils no longer visible, her fingers twitching as if she was on the edge of death. Her eyeball returned to their deep olive green instead of white. She realized she was on the floor, what had happened? What was she doing? Well whatever she was doing, she ended up looking like an idiot. She rose from her position, holding her head... It hurt her a lot, just thinking about memories and flashbacks brought her much pain. She turned her gaze back to Ven with solemn eyes and expression. "Yeah..." She sighed, her tone was weak, she couldn't help her flash backs. They drained almost half the energy in her, honestly she wished that she never had them. "Help me..." She said, mumbling to herself.

Alstroemeria returned her gaze back to Ven, a small idea popping in her head. "My friend... Rista, she said we could go around asking people and what not! You know?" She folded her arms, thinking a little bit more. "But what if he finds us before we do... What should we do?" She groaned in aggravation, this puzzle was too confusing for her. It made her brain ache, she hated the feeling even more as her expressions developed more and more into anger. For once in her life she felt actual anger, violence more or less. The feeling of punching something right in the face, watching it bleed. She shook her head a few times, trying to shake off the thought. it was nasty and revolting, she was never like that, and never shall be... Unless it was in her flashbacks and dreams then it was common. She screamed out loud forgetting about Ven, she began to breath deeply, shrinking into a little hole. "Sorry..." She said softly, holding her head. She felt twice the times worse than she had when she had her flashback a while ago. Why did she have to be cursed this way, life always has a good outcome of things. She just needed to overcome it... But how? She sighed again, breathing heavily. She needed to calm herself down before she actually broke something, if she had any strength. Although if she did, then probably she'd snap something in half... But she might as well not try because she'd end up looking like an idiot.

by **Ven** on August 1st, 2011, 10:41 am

Her mumbled plea for his aid was low, but to him it was loud enough to echo within his ears. It'd been too long since he'd decided to do anything for others, but if this was the case then he might as well help her out too. Vala forgive me...
"Don't worry Alstro, we'll find the guy!" He gave some enthusiasm to lighten the situation and hopefully lift her burden just a small amount if any, then concentrated on what she said and what the contents of the note read. Something didn't add up, that was for sure. This man that hurt her sounded intentionally psycho, while the writer of this letter sounded like some pathetic moron who needed to expand his vocabulary and needed to know more of the girl before wanting to, as his roommate once put it, "woo" her. Nothing made sense at all, but that was the important thing really; neither of the two seemed connected.

He turned to her and smiled, "Alstro I believe I've already figured it out. The characteristics of the man that gave you that scar doesn't add up to the idiot who wrote this trashy note, I think it's just some loser that has a crush on you really. Honestly I don't think you have to worry that he'll do anything to hurt you, but I'd still be wary." He felt better warning her, after all she was a female. Most female humans were usually weak, vulnerable in most cases. Especially if they were like weird and odd like Alstro.

by **Alstroemeria** on August 1st, 2011, 4:48 pm

Honestly, he was correct about this case between the letter and the black cloaked man. She laughed at the sight of the person who had a crush on her. On the other hand, Ven was right about keeping my guard up. She should honestly practice brawling or something because if she were to be alone, which she usually was. Then she would be ready for the time, but she might as well start keeping friends around her just in case. To be on the safe side. "Thanks... Ven." She gave him a soft smile as she began to close her book. "Lets just hope for the best, aye?" She grinned at her remark. She always seemed to amuse herself in some sort of way, people thought it was weird. She called it 'talking to herself'. "So... What now?" She asked him with curiosity. There wasn't much left to say in this mystery but be safe, be careful, and what not. Her mind was puzzled by the thought still of two different men, could it be the same man with two different sides? A romantic side or a psycho type of side. She sighed, completely tired by the thought because the more she thought, the more the pain. Ven probably had better things to do than spend time with a low life such as herself. Well she wasn't exactly a low life, but she honestly wasn't worth the time. People neglected her because of how strange she was or how weird. She realized people she met were critical, but at least they spoke their mind more or less. She looked down with a dull expression on her face as she began to play with her hair. Waiting for his response, she turned her gaze to the sky. She admired the small and big eagles that roamed the area, they were so majestic. They definitely weren't like her.

by **Ven** on August 15th, 2011, 3:57 am

"Eh, what now?!?" The question caught him off guard, after all the excitement he had forgot that he was on the job. However he had wasted enough time, he had to finish his deliveries now. So there was no choice, no doubt there would probably more chances that they'd see each other since she was a resident. However for now it was indeed goodbye, until the next time they met with each other. "Well, I can't really say anything besides nice talking to you. It was fun but I have a job to do, so I'll probably...see you around sometime." He started to feel awkward, usually he never had to say bye to people really. Now of course was different, now he was usually caught up with his job if not trying to talk to Vala. He hardly did see her really, but that was a different story. Mentally he shook the thoughts from his head, returning his mind to the present matter before him.

"I'll probably be seeing you around, so until then good luck with your "guy" problem." He joked as he strode away, pulling out the next message for the next delivery.

OOC :

by **Alstroemeria** on August 15th, 2011, 8:09 pm

She smiled softly, a small grin on her face. What a nice guy. Her thoughts did get the best of her when it came to men. As flustered as she was, she kept a lot to herself. She looked down again to stare at her feet, not really paying attention to what he was saying. She was to busy talking in her head about a bunch of things so it was sort of rude to be doing that. She looked up to find that he was leaving. "Bye!" She said quickly giving a small wave to him before she picked up her things and walked back home. She had a wonderful time with Ven although he wasn't like her at all. He was more solid and compacted, she was all over the place... She was so flustered that she didn't even know what to do with herself! Laughing at her little side comments, she hugged her families book tight. She thought about her mother... Then her father... Then her whole family. She asked herself a lot of questions that day, still she doesn't know how to answer them. Therefore questions remain unanswered, doors have been opened, and mysteries are only now unfolding. She had to prepare herself for the worst, the best, and the ugly. The only thing she could do right now though was wait. Time will tell and stories will unfold, who knows what's next in Alstroemeria's journey's or Ven's? Maybe they will cross paths again and this time not so flustered, maybe Alstroemeria won't be as flustered and hopeless as she was before. "Peace, Love, and Blessings. Alstroemeria."

~The End~

by **Phoenix** on September 5th, 2011, 6:23 am

Character: Alstroemeria

Experience: Socialization- 5, Composition- 1, Organization- 1, Storytelling- 1

Lores: Allowing the past to hurt, Aphephobia: The fear of touch, being able to laugh at yourself, The ability to be distracted by shiny objects, Running from social interaction, Asking for help when one cannot read, Fearing for one’s safety, Surviving sexual assault, Realizing the severity of a stalker, Turning an accidently meeting into a friendship

Character: Ven

Experience: Socialization- 5, Organization- 4, Interrogation- 1, Investigation- 2

Lores: Knowing a hard day’s work, Super Schnozz, Knowing ones place, Submissive by nature and environment, Having to deal with an awkward situation, Helping someone in obvious distress, Being influenced by a Sociopath, Up and coming detective, Turning an accidently meeting into a friendship

The Method, The Fire: Good job, guys! I wish you both could have done a little more detective work and tried to find the man before just having an "Ah-ha!" moment, but it is what it is! I like the inner turmoil they both had, though they were both pretty awkward. It was endearing.

I tried to give as much experience as I could, but since it was mostly a social thread it was hard. I gave organization and composition for the journal and storytelling for the recount of Alstroemeria's nightmarish experience. For Ven, organization for his mail delivery skills, interrogation for trying to figure out Meria's problem, and Investigation for trying to find a way to fix the problem.

Any questions or concerns, please send me a PM and I'll be happy to help!