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Friends in the Void.

Time seemed to slow as the tears fell from her eyes, watching as her teddy bear helplessly floated. She really couldn't even keep a teddy bear safe, could she...? Suddenly, her bear moved and stood, pointing one of its paws towards Ethan. Even more surprising was the voice that immediately came after the motion. The bear could...talk? And move?!

Even weirder still, the ink on Ethan's shoulder swirled and twisted until it revealed a beasts skull with bright red eyes who stared directly at her now defiant-stanced bear. The exchange between Ethan and his tattoo shadow seemed to be...difficult. A power struggle, maybe? Rasteva? Was that the name of her bear all this time? The voice that carried in the wind from her toy commanded respect, but the impact was lost when one would see where it was generated from...And the offending duo seemed to know it.

Hearing them bicker, and how they were arguing over..a phone bill split? Sara willed herself to move, quickly picking up the bear. She would have normally squeezed it to remove the water, but knowing that it could move and talk, she didn't want to cause any pain them. While they were distracted with their obvious large problem, she slipped away, and decided she needed to go home. She had many questions, and hopefully wouldn't be seen as annoying with her answers.

Once she inside the dorm again, she set the dripping bear on the counter, quickly grabbing multiple towels to gently press the water out of the fur. "So...Uhm...I-I'm Sara. But...But you know that...How long...have you been able to move? It's not...every day that bears move on their own. I've been talking to you quite a long time, you know..." She seemed a little upset if anything else, that if they could've responded for her, why they did not. "I'm sorry that you got thrown into the fountain...I should have kept a better hold of you..." As she removed a good bit of water from the body, she removed her hands from the bear, and looked at it with a bit of sadness. Would the bear even talk to her?

"Your name..is Rasteva? Why did Ethan's tattoo ink move and talk? The tattoo knew you?"

Friends in the Void.

It didn't take her very long to finish her breakfast, moving to grab a small bit of water to brush her teeth, tossing the disposable brush into the trash bin, along with the rest of her garbage, and left a few dollars to tip for the speedy service, before putting her plate onto a receiving shelf. Returning to her table, she pulled her bookbag over her shoulder, and picked up the bear again, making a small joke that it must not have been that hungry with all the adventuring they did the night before.

She stepped outside, shivering slightly as the wind caught her exposed throat, which she touched in reflex, nature reminding her that she forgot her scarf at home. Sighing softly, she started towards her school again, passing the familiar scene of the small park from the night before. As the bell clock chimed, she hurried her steps. That chime meant it was half past, she had fifteen minutes to get to her class across campus! Even though she moved at a brisk pace, she easily weaved through the mass of people who were shuffling about the hallways. Arriving at her home economics class, she waved to the older woman at the front to immediately smiled towards the girl.

"Working on that blazer and vest, are you?"

Sara beamed, nodding. "Mhm. It just took a little work to get the patterns all fixed up." She went to work after putting her teddy bear into the seat next to her, before beginning the rhythmic drumming of the sewing machine. It took almost the entire period, but she finished, brushing off the excess thread and trimming up any spare edges before slipping the tan vest over the bear's white fur, and slipping its soft paws through the sleeves of the blazer she had made. Deciding to button, or un-button it, she simply left it open. Her eyes went to the clock, and she waved goodbye, while other students went about finishing up their latest sewing project.

"You look like a real student, now. Very sharp." She grinned, making her way through the halls again. Her destination was going to be the library to hopefully check out a few books to read over the weekend. As she left the building and was hit with the elements again, a strong force caused her to fall backwards onto the pavement.

"Watch where the hell you're going, you stupid--OH! Look who it is!"

A young man with dark black hair and blue eyes stared down towards Sara. He was wearing the appropriate pants and vest, but wasn't wearing the blazer or tie...and his shoes weren't in regulation. He had a skull tattoo on his right arm. "It's Sara - The Bear Whisperer!" He teased, kneeling down to be eye level with her. When she fell, she had let go of the bear to catch her balance, which the man picked up and went to talk before giving pause, his eyes looking over the bear intently. "Something's off with this bear, yeah? Don't you think?" He asked, seeming to be talking to the girl on the ground, but his eyes cast to his right side. "I think we'll take this off your hands, dear. You really need better company. Like me for example." He grinned, passing a quick glance again to the bear before he began walking off with him in tow.

"N-No! Stop! Give it back, Ethan!" She pleaded, scrambling to her feet, wiping off her hands and wincing slightly. Her palms had skidded lightly against the hard pavement, making them tender. The young man was much faster than she was, able to create a great distance between them.

"I'm doing you a favor, my dear!" He laughed, arriving at the plaza. Most student were in class still, and he tossed the bear into the fountain, the clothes and fur of the bear quickly becoming soaked as it absorbed the water, sinking slightly as it got weighed down with the cotton inside of its body.

Sara stopped dead in her tracks as he threw her bear into the water. Her eyes wide and wet with large tears that threatened to fall. This bear was her prized possession, and she took great strides to take care of it. And it was now in the water fountain, the constant water rushing over its delicate fur, threatening to cause the fresh seams she had sewn moments ago to rip apart.

"M-My teddy bear.."

Friends in the Void.

It wasn't the commotion just outside her dorm that stirred the young woman from her slumber, but the fact that nature was indeed calling. Groaning softly as her body forced her out of practiced habit to wake up and go to the bathroom, she made her way down the hall, seeming to ignore the chair in her dazed state. Upon entering, she did her business and washed her hands, rubbing at her eyes afterwards. "Mmm...What time is it?" Nobody would respond to her, and she didn't seem to be able to spot a clock in this room. Stepping out into the hallway once more she moved into the kitchen, pulling a chilled bottle of water from the fridge, finding her throat had dried during her sleep cycle.

On her way back to the room, her eyes spotted the teddy bear on the floor, and gasped. "Oh no! How did you get all the way out here?" Kneeling down, she grabbed the plush animal and headed back to her room. "What were you doing? Trying to go on adventure?" Sara giggled. "The couch can be a fun place, but who knows what danger goes there." She teased, blinking in surprise at the chair near her door. "Did I move that? I don't think I did..." Rolling with it though, she continued to pick at her bear. "You're pretty strong to move this chair across the room." Easily pushing the chair back to it's original position.

Setting the water bottle on a coaster on the bedside table, she got re-adjusted under the blankets and fell back asleep, turning her back to the door with the intent of holding the teddy bear captive in her arms until morning.

---------- The Next Morning ----------


Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Be-

Click.

"Too early," Sara yawned, as her fingers found the snooze button as she rolled over. Resuming her sleep for another ten minutes, her alarm blaring again, doing its best to reason her to wake. Her hand searched out once she was disturbed again, and switched it to the OFF position, slowly sitting up and yawning. Taking a few minutes to gather herself, she looked at the time and slowly took a few drinks of her water bottle. The clock read 9:45AM - she had about an hour to get back to school for her morning class. Standing up, she stretched out and headed into the bathroom, leaving the bear in a moment of silence before the sound of water rushing filled the hallway.

What she thought was ten minutes - that was actually twenty, the water was turned off and she emerged, pulling a towel from the closet to dry herself off, and wrap a second, smaller towel around her hair. Opening the door, the steam escaped the bathroom. Heading back into the room, she opened her closet, pulling out a navy skirt and the tan pullover sweater-material vest from it as well, removing the towel and dressing herself for the day. Deciding to pull on the white thermal tights she had bought, and a pair of knee-high boots.

Fluffing her hair out and making sure it was dry she grabbed a nearby brush and blowdryer, pulling it through her hair until it was dry and a little frizzy, which she easily fixed with a small bit of product. Turning her attention back towards the ribbons, she stood in front of them for quite some time, deciding on the color for today. "We wore blue yesterday...What about..orange today?" She asked, looking back over to the teddy bear, as if he would nod happily in response to being dressed up. Puling the matching ribbons from their hook, she kneeled down, her fingers gently tying the ribbon into a cute bow around its neck, slipping her finger in between the ribbon and the bear's neck to gauge that it wasn't on too tight. Once satisfied, she tied her own tie on her neck.

Once she had grabbed her bag, she scooped up the teddy bear into her arms and took a portable toothbrush and toothpaste with her to brush her teeth after she ate breakfast. Heading out of the dorm, she heard it close behind her and made her way back out of the building the way she had come before. Heading to a coffee shop, she approached the counter. She wasn't actually here for coffee. Not a real fan of the bitterness of it, to be honest. Ordering a melted turkey sandwich with a cup of milk, she gave her name, and picked a seat by the window where she would still be able to see the door, and placed the bear in the seat opposite of her.

It didn't take long for her order to be ready, and hearing her name, passed a look to the bear across from her. "One moment. I'll be right back." She had no qualms about leaving it unattended, since the shop itself was rather small and cozy. If someone tried to take the bear, someone would see. Returning back with her breakfast, she began eating, her eyes drifting outside. Some might wonder if Sara had any actual friends made out of flesh and blood rather than the stuffed companion that she fancied so much as she poured the bear a much smaller amount of milk in a tiny container, and cut a small piece of the sandwich to put on a napkin for them, humming a soft song as she watched some birds outside hopping about and eating small crumbs that nobody could see.

Friends in the Void.

The woman seemed to be a pretty deep sleeper, as the teddy bears constant wriggling didn't do too much to actually disturb her. If anything, it just had her shift about, at times easing her grip, and tightening back up again. Soon enough, the teddy bear was free from her grasp. As the soft fur poked the sleeping face of the young woman, her nose instinctively scrunched up as some of the fur tickled at her nose. Sara still had not registered that the bear she had been holding so closely was now gone.

Quite some time had passed between her falling asleep, and the bear's slow movements to get the chair towards the door to escape. The carpet was working to an advantage, to some fault. While it made its escape quieter, the chair would indeed get caught in bits of the carpet, slowing the escape. Their patience would be rewarded, as the young woman didn't wake up from her slumber, but seemed to realize subconsciously that she no longer was holding the bear, a quiet whimper escaping her throat as her hands began feeling about the bed for the familiar fur she was used to holding. Her search didn't keep for too long, her hands eventually stilling as she slipped back into a deep sleep.

It seemed that the darkness of the room from the bear's height had deceived them, for the door was wide open. The effort they had put into dragging the chair seemed to be for nothing. The door to get out would be a different story, however. As they made their way through the dorm, the way lit by more small night-lights in outlets around the dorm. Clearly, Sara wasn't fond of the dark, which is why she left her door open, even though she had sufficient light in her room to fall asleep. Loud voices suddenly pierced through the door. College students. They didn't know much rhyme or reason about when you should be considerate of others sleep schedules. The group passed through, the quiet soon returning. So quiet, the air became slightly heavy.

"Isn't this the place?"

Some rustling. Paper, perhaps? "Yeah, Dorm 55. That weird chick lives here. The one that talks to that bear she's got all the time."

The handle turned rougly a few times, voices outside muttering curse words that it was locked. "Give me that screwdriver I'll just pry the damn thing open."

Friends in the Void.

As she sat on the couch, she heard the beeping of the oven that had finished pre-heating in the kitchen, and stood, taking the stuffed animal with her this time. Entering the kitchen, she ran her hand over the counter, checking to see if it was free of any moisture or debris before setting the bear on top of it. Unwrapping the plastic from the frozen pizza, she put it directly on the top rack, before returning it into the oven to cook, pulling her phone out as she set a timer for twenty minutes. Closing the oven back, her attention fell back on the teddy bear, and she gasped. "Oh! I'm sorry, I forgot to take off your bow. I took off my uniform and didn't even get yours." She laughed lightly, her fingers untying the ribbon with a few deft motions, leaving the bear bare of any articles of clothing. She pocketed the ribbon, and left the kitchen for a few minutes to head into the bathroom down the hall. While she remembered she would go ahead and take a few pills of cold medicine she had in her cabinet. After sifting through the various boxes, she found what she was looking for, grabbing a small cup nearby and filling it with enough water to take them with, swallowing them, making a face after.

"Ick, those gel tablets always dissolve a bit even with just water...Maybe I should start taking them with milk? It might be thicker to coat them..." As she left the bathroom, her phone began to ring, a simple tune playing from it, and she reached into her pocket, answering it. "Hey mom, what's up?"

"Hey honey, just wanted to call to see how you think your presentation went." Her mom usually called to check in with her pretty frequently, especially after she had to give a speech, or had a project for school. Making her way back into the kitchen, she raised herself to sit on the counter across from where she had placed her teddy bear, legs swinging as she conversed. She told her mom that everything seemed to go well and that she had just taken some cold medicine and was currently waiting on her dinner to be ready. Once her mom seemed satisfied with their conversation, they parted ways, ending the call on her phone. Looking at the time, she raised her eyebrows.


"I always forget that talking to my mom always goes on for longer than I intend." She laughed, turning her attention back to the bear on the counter, and gently poked at its tummy. "You know how she is, yeah?" She didn't expect a response, simply giggling as the bear rocked back slightly from being poked and returned to its former position. Her timer went off and she moved, turning the oven off as she grabbed oven mitts to help her remove the pizza from the oven and put it onto the pizza box that it had come in, cutting it into eight slices and carried it into the living room, after grabbing a container of parmesan cheese to put on it. Grabbing two cans of soda from the fridge, she dried her hands off on a nearby towel, picking up the bear from the counter and placing it on the couch beside her, but far enough away where she wouldn't get it dirty with what she was eating. Grabbing the remote, she turned to her company.

"Hey, I heard there's this new show on Netflix called Black Mirror? Well...It's not really 'new' but they have a new season coming out, and I heard some people in the halls talking about it so I figured I might give it a look, yeah? It's about new technologies and hypothetical situations with them. It's meant to get people to think about 'what if' situations. You know I enjoy learning new things, especially about what impact people have on the world around them." The clicked the show to begin, the episode playing as she ate her pizza and drank her soda. It was about people, and how if someone has information on a person that they don't want their loved ones to know about, how they can be manipulated to do things they wouldn't normally do otherwise. As it came to a close, and the ending revealed itself, Sara frowned. "I didn't appreciate that ending...I mean, c'mon now!" She groaned, running a hand through her auburn hair. Shaking her head, she gathered her trash, disposing of it in the kitchen before washing her hands. Coming back into the living room once she cleared it, she picked up the bear again, moving to lock the door, just in case. She did a lap around her dorm, closing the blinds and covering all the windows with thick curtains. She held the bear tighter as she approached the windows, black from the night as she couldn't see anything outside. Even if she was on the fifth floor, and her fear that someone would be looking in at her at night still didn't subside as she approached them, quickly covering them up.

Heading into the bathroom again, she brushed her teeth and flossed, finishing up with mouthwash before finally stopping in her room. Turning the light on, she set the bear on the bed, removing the ribbon from her pocket, and hanging it on a small hook, next to a set of smaller ribbons of different colors. She color coordinated the teddy bear's ribbons to match her own for school that she had. "I'll have you know that I am finishing up your own little blazer and sweater in my home economics class! You'll look so spiffy with that ribbon." Sara beamed. Turning on a small lamp nearby so she wasn't submerged completely in the dark, she turned off the light, causing some glow-in-the-dark stars and moons to come to life on the ceiling, and her small night lights to brighten up. Slipping into the bed, she nuzzled the back of the teddy bear's head, giving it a gentle squeeze. "Night, night~" She whispered, her arms cuddling the bear as she snuggled under her blankets, going to sleep in a matter of minutes.

Friends in the Void.

Why was it always so cold in the evenings? The fair-skinned woman pulled her school blazer tighter around her, adjusting the red plaid scarf she had wrapped around her neck to cover more of her mouth a nose, red from the cold. Her presentation for her latest psychology class had run over the end of the class limit, and now there were even less people walking about making the college student nervous. Gripping the medium-sized white teddy bar with a matching blue and white polka dot bow around it's neck to her own school tie, her green eyes scanned the streets, happy to see a small but scattered group of people making their way through the streets.

She just needed to cross the first street, and pass through the lit small park area they had in the middle of a round-a-bout. heading through, she gripped the stuffed animal a little tighter to her chest, making her way through rather quickly. The young woman was eager to get out of the cold, and into the warmth that her dorm room would graciously offer. Arriving at the designated building, she presented her student id - the machine out front beeping to grant her access. Moving through the sliding glass doors, her footsteps echoed softly through the empty lobby, save for a few security guard, and a person behind a desk for questions. Approaching the elevator,she called it, and once she was inside, pressed the for the 5th floor. The doors soon opened to her floor, and she exited, making her way to the door, and unlocking it with her id once more.

Upon entering the room, she shivered slightly. "Oh no, I thought I had turned the heat on before I left for the project.." She whined in dissapointment, and moved to the thermastat, pushing for the heat to begin flowing through the house and set the teddy bear on the couch with care, pulling the blazer off. "I hope I get a decent grade on it.." The kitchen was her next destination as she began pre-heating the oven for a frozen pizza to act as her dinner. Once she moved into her room and changed from her school uniform into a comfortable matching set of pink cat pajama pants and button down shirt, she hurriedly put on her slippers to keep her feet warm as she moved back to the couch where she had put the teddy bear down, and sat down pulling it onto her lap, finally letting out a sigh. "I might need to take some medicine...All this cold weather has me with the sniffles.."

Friends in the Void.

Name: Sara Kinsley
Age: Twenty-Three

Appearance

Unable to really decide the direction that she wanted to go, Sara is currently studying a mix of the arts and fashion. She is a bright young woman, and is currently attending university on scholarship. Her family could have paid for her education, but she insisted that she earn her way into the program instead, wanting to see if she could get in by her own merit. Growing up as an only child left to her own devices, she is a rather meek girl, doing her best to keep to herself as to not cause bother to anyone. As her parents often had many meetings, she learned social cues on when not to interrupt, or how to ask for things in a polite manner being that many calls that her parents took were to businessmen who had little time or patience to be put on hold. Since her parents were usually busy handling affairs, they thought it best for Sara to get accustomed to being at the home, and was home-schooled for a large duration of her education. The plan was to have her marry off to improve stocks, but Sara insisted that she did want to pursue a higher education for herself.

She enjoyed her many lessons, from music to learning other languages, but she has long since forgotten most of it. As a child, the music lessons were her favorite, mostly because she was able to play to a small audience of her many stuffed animals and just a few hands around the home. Due to this, she grew rather attached to her stuffed animals she had tons of during her childhood. The hands were busy taking care of the house, but they had little in common with a young girl. With no actual friends to play with, her imagination simply boomed to keep her entertained. Unfortunately, this habit has caused her to become quite awkward when talking to new people, and confide her stuffed animals or pets over the years.

Still, even if she is not the best around people, she goes out of her way to show kindness towards others, often putting their problems in front of her own. Sara herself isn’t much of a fighter, if at all. Not having much interaction with people didn’t lead her to really having to know anything as far as defending herself. Even still, she will do her best to help those that need it, even if she had no idea what she is doing.

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