Natalia could see Leo dive into the hot spring, smirking as she started swimming away from where she was before, just to throw him off a bit and make it more difficult than she usually did. She herself had plenty of time to swim thanks to being cooped up in this place for so long, so she knew this hot spring like the back of her hand. She quickly got to the other side and had to resurface giggling as she wondered if he had noticed that she had moved to the other side or not.
"Ah, over here!" Nat called to him, though she wondered where in the hot spring he actually was. If only she had checked the tablet she brought, she'd see what was going on in the mall and be able to put a stop to it. But alas, she did not, so she'd stay oblivious to the scene for at least a little while.
"Hmmmm? Pancakes? Yeah, I'd love to grab some-" Artemis said before Jace got up, watching him walk away before she could say anything. Did Jace not like Toby for some reason? And what could that reason possibly be? They didn't seem to interact a lot, so what could have Toby done to make Jace leave so quickly? Artemis pushed those thoughts aside as she looked back to Toby, deciding to continue what she was going to say before.
"I love pancakes, so yes, I'll grab some with you." Artemis said gleefully but that glee didn't last very long as Artemis was in the range of Lyra's Sorrow ability, her eyes clouding as she started to relive her time in the experimental creatures army base, finding herself back in the chair that she had stayed in for so many months, only to be let out to go to the bathroom on the rare occasion she had to.
Artemis held her head and crouched down as the memory continued, Artemis watching Dr. James come closer to her with the tracking implant and the tattoo machine. "No.... No.... No!" She screamed as tears streamed down her face, screaming in utter agony as she could feel the young doctor cutting a flap of skin in her arm and placing the small tracking device inside, feeling him stitching the flap back on before he started up the machine.
Her screams as she felt her tattoo being placed on the back of her neck all over again, sounded like that of an animal being tortured to death. Artemis was in agonizing pain just like that day, screaming, and crying though this time she just stayed in her crouched position and did so instead of being strapped in that chair like the aactual day it happened. Her vision began to blur just like that day, the pain too much for her body to bare so she passed out on the floor, laying there unconscious and looking so vulnerable.
Jasmina looked at Emmett who was making small talk with her, wondering if he had always been so nice to her before. Had her judgement if every guy she met blind her from this fact. No, that was impossible! There was no way of that happening! It just wasn't possible, not one bit! Before Jasmina could answer Emmett though they were interrupted by a fight breaking out across the mall cafeteria, the poor cat girl having to cover her ears the screaming from Artemis was so loud.
The two of them were good friends, despite their differences on the subject of men, eating fish, and other things, but other than that they had a lot in common. Jasmina was trying desperately to stand up, but the pain from her screams just were causing her too much pain since her hearing was amplified much more than the other super powered humans here. She wanted to do something but couldn't, and she hated feeling helpless, but what was she going to do? She gritted her teeth as she waited for the girls screaming to stop, opening her eyes just to watch her good friend faint.
She stood up and tried to stumble over to her, but her balance was off and so she tripped over her heels and started to fall towards the floor, Jasmina closing her eyes as she knew it was hurt quite a bit tomorrow since she'd most likely have a very big bruise on it the next day.
Persephone smiled, titling her head to the side in a care free way. "Hehe, you haven't done any shadows for longer than 4 minutes, so I would've been fine! Nothing to worry about!" She said happily, her cheeks going red as she wondered if his question was about what she thought it was. No, it certainly didn't mean that! He wasn't into her, so why was she thinking this way? But even though she was sure he thought of her as a little sister, she couldn't help but fantasize about the two of them going out on a date.
"Hmmm....? Oh, right, about your question! I guess I'll do whatever you want me to do!" Persephone said as she rubbed the back of her neck, completely embarrassed that she had been caught blushing while having a dreamy look on her face. Persephone turned to face Kenny as he arrived, smiling and waving as she got up and walked over to him. "The garden's going great, thanks for asking! Do you want an apple or two to take to work? I'm sure we can spare a few!" Persephone said, the embarrassment on her face from before completely gone and she seemed to be back to her old self again. 
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