He looks at her and smiles back lightly, at least for now distracted from the fact he just watched himself be semi-eaten. He looked at his body and his eyes almost popped out of his head. The darkness draining from the area, flowing into his body, was insane! It wouldn't take but a few hours for his body to heal if this kept up! He looks for the source, able to wander farther as his bond to his body strengthens, and he quickly finds at least one of the sources.

A lot of it was seeping from the very walls... this was not a nice place to be anywhere near, not at all. With the building, the nurses must also have quite a bit of dark energy, as a location can only hold so much, and if too much builds up it leaks into surrounding living hosts... People all have dark energy. Every little white lie you tell, every dark secret you keep builds up some dark energy inside you. It's the reason people eventually stop feeling bad about them after the first couple of times, enough has built up that it affects how you perceive the world. Depending on the severity of the secret, it could be a little bit or a lot of darkness for each one.

And some people are just born drenched in dark energy, evil people who hold only destruction in their hearts. Desmond has learned to avoid these people, or if he must tolerate them he never trusts them. He looks at his friends when he returns, knowing they must at least have a few secrets, and thus have at least a little dark energy. He wondered how much they did have... He also wondered if taking some of the darkness from the nurses will mean that they will be at least a bit nicer... He didn't know, but what he did know was that this place... it wasn't good...

Luna felt a pinch in her soul making her jump a little. She felt someone whisper in her ear about something. "Mmhm.......I told-........thank you....yes okay....bye...." She said to a dead old man. Mr. James was a nurse here at the group home. He used to take care of her when she would get really ill. She felt a tug on her should again but this time it was harder. She ignores it and announced "Okay the nurses all went to the hospital, something about a code red. So we all are nurse free." She said sighing in relief, she always loved it when there wasn't any nurses. Luna rubbed behind her neck, something was bothering her again.

Jess reached her had out for Luna, feeling that she was upset. She held her hand gently and blushed. She wanted to hold her pick her up and carry her away. She wanted to kiss her, tell her she's beautiful. But she knew she couldn't and she would never be anything more than a friend to her. Luna said so herself. Then why did she kiss you back? She doubted but quickly pushed it out of her mind.

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Jess reached her had out for Luna, feeling that she was upset. She held her hand gently and blushed. She wanted to hold her pick her up and carry her away. She wanted to kiss her, tell her she's beautiful. But she knew she couldn't and she would never be anything more than a friend to her. Luna said so herself. She doubted but quickly pushed it out of her mind.

Luna squeezed Jess' hand then blood slowly ran down from her nose "Fuck......." She wipped the blood away. She stares at the blood tilting her head. She never had a nose bleed. So why was she having them now? The blood dripped down on the floor. "Uh....I have to go to my room!" She said in a hurry and dashes for her room locking the door so no one can get it.

Jess blinked and quickly followed after her. "Desmond, knock something down if you need one of us okay?" She said sounding stupid for talking to a body.
When she got to Luna's room the door was locked. She felt a pang in her chest, but she brushed it off. "Luna, will you let me in please?" She asked as gently as she could.

Desmond nodded, knowing she probably felt stupid talking to a corpse. He wish he knew how he had done that with Luna... being able to appear and talk to her for a bit... He wasn't able to do it again, and he was still confused on how he'd done it the first time. He looks at his body. It was still going just as fast, sucking in quite the amount of darkness in such a small amount of time. It might even be done in the next hour or so... and as he began to question why the suction wavered, and slowed. Adding another thirty minutes to the waiting list. He tilted his head. Was it his will that was controlling this? His wanting so badly to be able to talk to them...?

He thought on it more and as the idea became more tantalizing the drainage of dark energy from the area increased. So it was caused by his will to be back! His want to talk to his friends. He focused, so hard, on just what he wanted to do most. To get back in his body and talk to people, help Luna because he knew something wasn't right... The pull on the surrounding darkness kept increasing, the speed following suit... It wouldn't be long before it was done again, but he could only get it to go so fast... Another 30 minutes to an hour... Much better than a few days... It helped that this place was a freaking cesspool of the stuff, even with the nurses being gone... He started laughing, realizing he's getting a better hold on his powers. And he liked that.

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Jess blinked and quickly followed after her. "Desmond, knock something down if you need one of us okay?" She said sounding stupid for talking to a body. When she got to Luna's room the door was locked. She felt a pang in her chest, but she brushed it off. "Luna, will you let me in please?" She asked as gently as she could.

Luna didn't answer, the blood was still coming out of her nose. "What the heck?" She whispered, something was definitely off. Maybe something was off with the spirit world. Or this is just something that happens to her, she guessed. There was a tug on her soul again making her jump and trip on her own feet. She falls to the ground in a loud thud. Luna felt like throwing up now, so she turned on her stomach groaning softly.

Jess heard the thud and a groan and panicked. She reached into her pocket and slid to her knees. She chose a few tools from her lock-picking kit and got to work. "Luna! Luna are you alright?"

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Jess heard the thud and a groan and panicked. She reached into her pocket and slid to her knees. She chose a few tools from her lock-picking kit and got to work. "Luna! Luna are you alright?"

Luna got up, shit she couldn't let anyone find her like this. She jumped and hide up in one of the ceilings dark holes. She holds her nose closed and breathing out her mouth softly. She cursed under her breath, and she felt her bones shift into her wolf form. She backs away from the light and stays in the dark.

The lock clicked and Jess twisted the knob, pushing it open gently. "Luna?" She called softly as she closed the door behind her and re-locked it. She allowed a small flame to grow in her hand so she could see. "I know you're in here. Come out."

Desmond sat there as precious minutes ticked away. He couldn't take all the waiting, but he just had to. He pretty much was meditating by now, visualizing the dark energy swirling into his body and spreading through his bloodstream, into his lungs, coating his insides black. In ways, this helped, to the point where he was counting the minutes as they passed. Twenty four minutes, exactly... At this point his body was pulling him towards it, ready for him to come back, but even if he did, he'd be trapped in an immobile body for the duration of the time left. So he sat and kept it up.

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The lock clicked and Jess twisted the knob, pushing it open gently. "Luna?" She called softly as she closed the door behind her and re-locked it. She allowed a small flame to grow in her hand so she could see. "I know you're in here. Come out."

Luna hide deeper in the hole, she looks at anywhere she can escape. It was like being held captive again by the nurses and they shoved a needle in her arm. Wait.......how did she know that? She doesn't remember that at all. She snapped out of her thoughts. She felt a tug on her soul again. Making her feel uneasy, she need a way out of her room and fast.

"Luna. Why do you always hide from me!" Jess shouted getting frustrated. She sat down in the middle of the floor and put her head in her hands, the flame snuffing out. She felt something warm and wet trickle down her face, and she quickly wiped it away-she didn't cry.

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"Luna. Why do you always hide from me!" Jess shouted getting frustrated. She sat down in the middle of the floor and put her head in her hands, the flame snuffing out. She felt something warm and wet trickle down her face, and she quickly wiped it away-she didn't cry.

She shifted back holding her head in her hands, her hair was the color of her wolf's fur. Her right eye glowed red and her left glowed blue. Her claws and fangs were out, she felt tears run down her cheeks "Jess get out!" She cries out her voice combined with a whimper and a growl.

Jess stood up. "Fine! Fuck you!" She shouted wiping her eyes. "Just so you know: love you, you stupid asshole!" She shouted and slammed the door, knocking things off the walls.
She ran for her room, not giving to shits about anything. When she got there she slammed the door closed. She pulled off her shirt and threw it on the ground, her torso being licked by flames.

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Jess stood up. "Fine! Fuck you!" She shouted wiping her eyes. "Just so you know: love you, you stupid asshole!" She shouted and slammed the door, knocking things off the walls. She ran for her room, not giving to shits about anything. When she got there she slammed the door closed. She pulled off her shirt and threw it on the ground, her torso being licked by flames.

Luna felt her heart shatter, but she had to do it. She didn't want to let Jess see her, something was telling her that she shouldn't love someone or something will happen. She whispers softly "I love you too Jess", the tears run down her cheeks. She slowly gets out from the hole, she squinted when the sun hits her eyes. She whimpers softly, it's all her fault, just because of her stupid self she just lost the one she cares about. It's all her fault....all her fault, she repeated and hugs her knees tight. The papers in her room swirl around in the air, she kept on repeating it. The papers swirl faster.

Jess watched in horror as things in her room began to catch fire. She tried to breath deeply, but the fire kept licking at the walls. She sat down, closed her eyes and began to meditate. The heat rose, consuming most of her room.

Forbidden love, broken before a word is spoken in its favor. In this one moment Desmond's eyes shoot open, his body enveloped in darkness, his skin crawling. He shoots up with a short scream, more of a yelp and pants. The darkness seeps into his skin, and leaves him in his humanity. He smelled smoke. "Luna?" he looked around, realizing the girl was not in his room. Where was she...? He remembered she ran off, and he got up. His legs were shaky, his newly restored body was still weak, frail. He was stumbling out of his room, unable to even just stand up straight.

He let out yet another yelp as his legs simply gave out on him, but he did not meet floor. When he opened his eyes, he couldn't see himself. He looked everywhere and yet he saw neither hide nor hair of his body. Soon he realized his body had become dark energy in and of itself, and that he was in the shadows of the hallway. He moved and soon he was in Luna's room, nearly instantly, traveling along the shadows unnoticed by even the keenest eye. He looked upon her from his shadow form. He still smelled smoke. Fire. "Jess?" He thought, and nearly instantly he moved from shadow to shadow and ended up in her room.

The flames did nothing to him in this shadowy form, though it was harder to hide as the fire illuminated most of the room as it rose. He moved back to a shadow in the hall and transformed back, before going to the doorway. "What the hell is going on in here?!" He called, his hands gripping either side of the door frame, his lungs coating in black energy, filtering the smoke so he could breathe clearly. "Jess, calm down! You're gonna burn the place down!"

Luna slowly got up whipping her eyes, she needed to go back to normal. She didn't like this form! It ruined her! She felt the papers move wildly around around her room.

Luna slowly got up whipping her eyes, she needed to go back to normal. She didn't like this form! It ruined her! She felt the papers move wildly around around her room. She opened her window door, feeling the wind hit her. She jumped out of the room and dashes for the forest. Maybe being here would help her calm down.