anarchist_queen: (vicky winters)
Leda Danan ([personal profile] anarchist_queen) wrote2009-06-13 11:41 am

Room 515, Saturday after Detention

If Leda hadn't been so worn out from Detention, she might have been able to dodge the Gremlin that had been lying in wait. As it was, she wasn't.

My name is Valerie Autumns. From the moment I left New York, and set foot in Corinwood, the shadows of the past have loomed over me like the shadow of this great brooding home. Even the inhabitants of this strange and bizarre place hover uncertainly between amazement, confidence and fear.

Fear of the unknown, fear of the past. Fear of the future. Even fear of each other. From the young boy I've come to tutor, to the father he hates. From the mistress of the house who never leaves to the grounds keeper who's loyalty borders on the sinister. From the man who has returned, possibly with ulterior motives, to the girl who I have come to care for more than I ever thought possible.

The shadow of Corinwood even falls over the town below. It falls over the artist living in fear of his secrets. It falls over his daughter who cares for him and worries. It falls over the young man who just wants a future with his girl.

And now all I can do is try my best to make sense of it all. And try not to let their secrets and their deception deter me from my own search for the truth. I can't let the fear and darkness over come me, or I will become like them. Like everyone has warned me.


[Door and post are open. Leda has become Victoria Winters from the original Dark Shadows.]

[identity profile] inthereflexes.livejournal.com 2009-06-13 05:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Jack knocked on the door. "Armolas! Time for family bonding." He was in the mood for pizza and company.
glacial_queen: (Excuse me?)

[personal profile] glacial_queen 2009-06-13 05:11 pm (UTC)(link)
"Leda?" Karla called, popping her head through the open door. "I realized we never--" She stopped, wary. Something was off about Leda's psychic scent. Very off.

"Leda?"


[SP, okay? Today = busy!]

[identity profile] anarchist-queen.livejournal.com 2009-06-13 05:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"David," Vicky Valerie said kindly, smiling warily. "Did you want something?"

[identity profile] anarchist-queen.livejournal.com 2009-06-13 05:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh, Carolyne, come in." Valerie smiled.

[identity profile] inthereflexes.livejournal.com 2009-06-13 05:24 pm (UTC)(link)
"Sure thing, Betty," he said, trying to play along with her name things. "C'mon, let's go get some pizza."

[identity profile] anarchist-queen.livejournal.com 2009-06-13 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
"David have you finished your homework yet?" She asked. Was David up to mischief again?
glacial_queen: (Are you for real?)

[personal profile] glacial_queen 2009-06-13 05:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay, Karla knew Leda liked playing around with names, but this one hadn't rhymed.

"Leda, it's Karla," she said calmly. "Don't you recognize me?"

[identity profile] inthereflexes.livejournal.com 2009-06-13 05:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"David? I'm Jack. Homework's done for a while. So you're not up for pizza?" She was acting a bit odd.

[identity profile] cutsthestrings.livejournal.com 2009-06-13 05:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[....takes a moment to GEEK OUT AND GIGGLE at that][*cheers*]

[identity profile] anarchist-queen.livejournal.com 2009-06-13 05:48 pm (UTC)(link)
"David, what are up to now? I'd love some pizza, but you're acting a little strange."

[identity profile] anarchist-queen.livejournal.com 2009-06-13 05:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Valerie looked at Karla, concerned. "Carolyne are you feeling okay?"

[identity profile] anarchist-queen.livejournal.com 2009-06-13 05:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[Only just recently discovered this, my house mate has been downloading the early episodes. Harper's Island I'm almost certain deliberately had an homage to it.]

[identity profile] cutsthestrings.livejournal.com 2009-06-13 05:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[oh? IS LOVE. used to watch it all the time; great stuff][...why is 'Corinwood', though?]

[identity profile] inthereflexes.livejournal.com 2009-06-13 05:53 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm acting a bit strange? You sound a bit out of your gourd," he said, his eyebrows raised.

[identity profile] anarchist-queen.livejournal.com 2009-06-13 06:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Valerie looked worried. "What do you mean?"

[identity profile] anarchist-queen.livejournal.com 2009-06-13 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's the meta name for it.]

[identity profile] cutsthestrings.livejournal.com 2009-06-13 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[AHA! Brain was all blinky ^_^]

[identity profile] inthereflexes.livejournal.com 2009-06-13 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
"Leda, are you okay?"

[identity profile] anarchist-queen.livejournal.com 2009-06-13 06:26 pm (UTC)(link)
"David why are you calling me Leda? You know my name is Valerie."

[identity profile] inthereflexes.livejournal.com 2009-06-13 06:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"...right. Have you eaten today, Val?"

[identity profile] anarchist-queen.livejournal.com 2009-06-13 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
"No I haven't. I believe you said something about pizza."

[identity profile] inthereflexes.livejournal.com 2009-06-13 07:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yes...we should go get some. Now." Oh, jeez.

[SP! off to work]
glacial_queen: (Formidable stare grayscale)

[personal profile] glacial_queen 2009-06-13 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Any of the things that Leda drank regularly could cause hallucinations, but it was the funny psychic scent that had Karla's hackles rising.

"What have you done to my Leda?" Karla asked tightly.

[identity profile] anarchist-queen.livejournal.com 2009-06-13 07:44 pm (UTC)(link)
"Let me just get my coat. Did you ask your father?"

[identity profile] anarchist-queen.livejournal.com 2009-06-13 08:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Well now this was strange indeed. She expected such behavior from David, or Mr. Corins, but not Carolyne. "Carolyne what's wrong? What do you mean?"

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