[hr][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/f9bqQL2.png[/img][h1]Jennifer Caspin[/h1][img]https://i.imgur.com/TEvPZje.png[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/OgAxSZT.png[/img][/center][b]Interactions:[/b] Neko ([@Atrophy]), & Charlie ([@FernStone]).[right][b][code]The Webb Family Coffee House[/code][/b][/right][hr][quote=Neko][color=FFB6C1]“Yesterday, you told us some girls went missing. Later, we heard from Mr. Thornton that people who came to Quintin to look for Eleanor have gone missing over the past two months. No, not just missing: dead. Dead, Jennifer. Dead. It’s not right to tell everyone that things are hunky dory and that we’re doing a real bang up job when there is actual serious danger involved. Life threatening danger.”[/color][/quote][quote=Charlie][color=MediumSlateBlue]”Dr Harkness said they were dead too, I’m staying too… Wait, uh, people are missing, I didn’t-”[/color][/quote]


"I, uh... [i]what?[/i]" Jen tilted her head at Neko in genuine surprise. Her jaw dropped as Neko spoke more and more... but what didn't add up was that there were more people than the five girls that went missing a few nights ago. It didn't make sense to the Caspin girl, but then again she was only here for a few days - and she hyperfocused on Eleanor Black and only Eleanor Black. She looked at Neko, then looked over to Charlie, before settling back on Neko, as she answered, "I honestly.... [i]I didn't know.[/i] I was, uh, only here for a couple of days." 

[color=saddlebrown]"... Now, let's not get ahead of ourselves,"[/color] Jasmine finally spoke up, she did not so much as raise her head from her coffee. She was stirring it around with a shiny spoon, one that appeared to have been recently washed as it still had little bits of water on it. She still didn't make eye contact with Neko or Charlie, [color=saddlebrown]"Do we have [i]anything[/i] concrete besides the word of some redneck? One that is [i]trying[/i] to get us out of their town as fast as possible?"[/color] This was when Jasmine raised her head, tilting it at Neko.

Jasmine remained completely stoic and monotone as she said, [color=saddlebrown]"Do [i]not[/i] get me wrong, I don't trust Jen anymore than anyone else at this table - and if she's using us for her own end...."[/color] She turned towards Jen as she took a sip of her coffee, maintaining eye-contact that felt like it was long as hell. [color=saddlebrown]"... [i]It will not end well for her.[/i]"[/color] 

Jennifer's eyes shot open, her heart started racing, she looked at Jasmine as she trailed, "I... just..."

[quote=Neko][color=FFB6C1]“Where are Harmony and Eugene? We should inform somebody if they're missing.”[/color] [/quote]

"I did notice,"

Jennifer gave Neko the side eye when she said this (strangely, not stuttering), that was when she pulled out her cell phone and brought up the text message that Gene sent to her. She placed the phone on the table, screen-up, and then slid the screen across the table so Neko would see it. "I was, uh.... going to get to that, [i]Neko.[/i] But... but it just doesn't make [i]any[/i] sense, and, uh, anything I sent afterward doesn't reach him... Harmony, or Harmony either." 

She then closed her eyes as she said, "Ummm... I [i]want[/i] to go, and um... look for them, but, um, I have no clue where to [i]start[/i]."

[color=saddlebrown]"I'm not alone when I say I want to find Eleanor and leave,"[/color] Jasmine injected, looking down at her coffee again. [color=saddlebrown]"If they got lost, or did something stupid, that's their problem."[/color] Jasmine then shrugged.

"... I, uh, bet you would want us to help you out if you were in trouble."

Jasmine was silent.

"If you want to, um, look for them, that's, um...[i] your prerogative[/i], I won't stop you - nor will I stop you from leaving," Jennifer finished.

[quote=Neko][color=FFB6C1]“Oh, and who is Eleanor Black? To you, I mean.” [/color][/quote]

"So, um... yeah! I forgot, my - um - bad, we were just in a rush to catch up to all these leads..." Jennifer trailed off as she chuckled. Suddenly, her dialogue (mostly) cleared up from all the "um"'s and "uh"'s. "So, um, I take it that [i]none[/i] of you follow the Esports scene, but, uh, Eleanor Black and I were on our own Esports team... the Phoenixes!" She proudly and excitedly exclaimed the last one. 

"Weeeeeeeeee.... we played games like Tyrant Shell and Nomadic Odyssey competitively all over the world! Eleanor Black was the star player, [i]and[/i], um, my, um, [i]friend[/i]." She chuckled a little bit as her cheeks went bright red. "Then... well, you probably could guess what happened; Eleanor Black was replaced with Olga Walls.... except she... wasn't that, you know, [i]good.[/i]"

She shrugged.

"I, uh, looked everywhere, that's... uhhhh... what led me to make that, um, forum post.. uh, how we got here," Jennifer's demeanor quickly went back to her previous one.

[quote=Charlie][color=MediumSlateBlue]”We don’t wanna be in the swamp when it gets dark. We should also get weapons… In case there’s some alligators or something, better to be safe, ay? Or something else. Dr Harkness seemed to think there were various kinds of monsters out there. Insane, I know. But better to be prepared an all.”[/color][/quote]

"That's, uh, a great idea - [i]providedyouallstillevenwanttogo[/i] - how about we meet back at the summit motel in an, ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.. let's saaaaaaaay, hour? There might be monsters. There might be something worse. But, as [i]long[/i] as we're out during the day, everything should be fine."

[color=saddlebrown]"But, I saw something at the motel..."[/color] Jasmine spoke, putting all the attention on her. [color=saddlebrown]"When... I was at the motel... I saw a woman, but there was something [i]wrong[/i] with her. It was like she was a... [i]ghost.[/i]"[/color]

"... You may have seen an Apparition."

"Ya, that's what I'm [i]saying,[/i]" Jasmine rolled her eyes as she spat.

"I mean- uh, [i] never mind.[/i] We'll, um, just meet in the motel in an hour?"