Cara Osborne
Location; University
Interacting With; Her target and Sloane via text
@Kidd
The Shrine reminded Cara of Stonehenge back home. The careful placement of the boulders in an almost perfect circle around the alter still awed Cara, even if she had seen the exact same rocks almost twelve times within the year she'd met the critters. She carefully untangled her body away from Angel's neck, sliding down her body towards the ground.
And boy was she glad that she wasn't still hanging off the newbie's neck. If Grimbold's chanting wasn't creepy enough, he was holding a dagger in the direction of the swan, who was still laying by the alter helplessly. The sudden strike from Grimbold's dagger would've caused Cara to constrict around Angel's neck instinctively, but instead it looked like she was almost curling into her body as her black pupils stared at the scene ahead.
"---ne?"
This whole situation reminded Cara of a cult sacrifice - one you see in many weird films and horror flicks. It was definitely a first, to see Grimbold killing a woodland critter and watching black smoke ooze from the body like blood from a wound.
"---sborne?"
What was even weirder was that Grimbold dismissed everybody straight after; leading them back to his cabin to allow the others, including Cara, to return back to their home. Cara didn't have the heart to say anything as she ducked out of the cabin after changing. She just gave a small nod in the direction of the elder man, her mind still processing the previous events carefully.
"Miss Osborne!"The voice came from right beside Cara, the girl almost jolting out of her skin in response. She turned to the right, eyes widened and heart racing as her Professor stared at her with a disappointed look on his face.
"S-sorry 'bout that." Cara apologised, looking away to stare down at her empty page that was supposed to be filled with notes.
'Crap, that's an hour wasted. Good job, Cara.'The Professor turned to the front of the hall once more, returning to his teachings of the nervous system as Cara mentally berated herself. As he answered more questions, Cara realised that she was given a golden opportunity. Discreetly turning her head to the left, as if she were tilting her head to stare at the wall, she peered over her shoulder at the blonde head behind her, working hard like a good student. Cara could use the opportunity to talk to her target, get to know her enough to be able to figure out what scared the girl and use it against her.
Maybe things weren't
too bad after all.
With the seminar over with, Cara immediately jumped out of her seat, spotting Janet already packing up hurriedly. Cara couldn't help but notice how shaky and jittery the girl was, storing the information in her mind as her mouth curled into the familiar
sweet smile. Cara approached the blonde, eyes sparkling and a charming grin on her face as she clutched her notepad against her body.
'Gotta lay it on thick.'"Hi~!" She greeted in a sing-song voice. Cara's mouth twitched as Janet didn't even bother to look up at her, instead busy with shoving her pen in her already filled pencil case.
"I guess you already know why I'm here so um, could I maybe borrow some of your notes you took today?" I mean, you're the smartest one here, and if there's anyone I can trust to take good notes, it's you-" Cara was cut short by a cold glare.
"Save it, I need to get out of here."Blinking twice, Cara barely managed to keep her façade from slipping as she continued, even tilting her head to the side to feign obliviousness.
"Pardon? I- I was just hoping you could help me out-"Once again, Cara was cut short by Janet, who finally slipped her bag over her shoulder,
"ask someone else. I have... somewhere I need to be." One more look out the window, Janet brushed past the shorter girl and out towards the exit, leaving Cara's fake smile to immediately wash from her face. Instead of feeling angry, like she would've been after being brushed off like she was nothing, Cara couldn't help but grin to herself. After peering out of the window to find nothing but trees, Cara pulled out her phone, selecting the contact she needed before typing.
Sloane, mind if I drop by sometime soon? Need your help with something.