Room 515, Saturday after Detention
Jun. 13th, 2009 11:41 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
anarchist_queenIf 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.]
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.]
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Date: 2009-06-18 01:33 am (UTC)"I can tell you, but only if I know I can completely trust you," she said, wicked smile blooming. "To prove it to me, I need...a kiss."
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Date: 2009-06-18 01:47 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-06-18 01:53 am (UTC)"This isn't about love," Karla said, waving all mention of Joe away. "This is abolut trust."
She had no idea what that even meant. She just hoped Leda didn't question it.
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Date: 2009-06-18 02:18 am (UTC)"W-well. Okay."
And somewhere, fans of a 1960's dark fantasy soap snickered. Some might even have felt vindicated.
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Date: 2009-06-18 02:24 am (UTC)Karla smiled. "Well okay," she said, leaning in and closing her eyes.
Even if Blood mythology didn't say that everyone went to Hell when they died (and became demon-dead), Karla was fairly sure this would have sent her there anyway.
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Date: 2009-06-18 02:32 am (UTC)Valerie stepped forward, and gingerly pressed a chaste kiss to Karla's lips.
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Date: 2009-06-18 03:09 am (UTC)Karla accepted the chaste kiss. She didn't want to frighten Leda with a kiss.