Pile Of Love

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The first thing that Tamzen noticed was that she was sore. Despite her intent to crawl into bed as soon as she had returned to the room last night, she had apparently only made it as far as the futon. The second thing she noticed was that she was warm - she could feel the heat of the sun streaming through the window of their shared living room. The third thing she noticed… was that it was dark. *That* didn’t make sense…

She groaned, and stirred, sending the pile of plushies that had been left on top of her tumbling to the floor around her. She blinked in confusion, then flopped back down on the futon, laughing helplessly.

Arsling had gotten out of bed, she hadn't slept much last night although she didn't feel that tired, she had decided that she probably wasn't going anywhere today so also didn't bother properly getting dressed or doing her hair up, letting it wildly rest on her shoulders and her face

Arsling walked out into the living room smiling at her happy roommate "Morning Tamzen"

Tamzen ran her fingers through her hair, trying to free the hair ties from the tangled wreck of her hair. “Morning…” she replied, smiling sleepily over at her friend.

"Sorry for the plushies, I started giving you them because you looked cute, then it looked funny and then only your legs were sticking out and it was really funny" Arsling takes in Tamzens scent, they smelled like a friend... apparently that smells like lilac and ozone, smells nice beneath all the pain and dried sweat "you need a shower, this nose is too strong to ignore that" Arsling says teasingly "are you ok though? I saved you some pizza" Arsling says walking into the kitchen

Tamzen groaned as she sat up. “I would *kill* for some pizza. Would you heat some up for me while I go clean up?”

"Of course, no problem!" Arsling throws open the box four slices saved, quickly shoving them into the oven and switching it on.

Tamzen disappeared into the bathroom, and a moment later Arsling could hear the pipes squeal and rattle as the shower turned on.

Arsling waited, watching the pizza making sure it doesn't burn, everything was so different, part of last night she soaked in the moonlight, she could hear the moon calling for her, not just as a werewolf, something magical was crying out to her, she knew she wasn't magically sensitive before but now, a new world was open to her, and she wasn't even finished cooking, she still had that pain in her although it was lighter than yesterday morning undoubtedly but she could feel parts of her DNA changing...she also noticed she had a two pack during sex with Selene so that's cool

There was a yelp of surprise from the bathroom, and when Tamzen emerged a few minutes later, a towel wrapped around her, she was smiling ear to ear. “Look!” she said, holding up her right hand for Linny to inspect. “Back to normal!” The wood had started to crumble off her arm when she had started washing up, leaving only a few faint lines of darker skin behind - lines that almost suggested vines and flowers.

"Ah good, you've stopped showing your wood, that can get you arrested y'know" Arsling gains a big cheesy grin looking like she was about to laugh at her own joke

“Ha *ha*…” Tamzen responded as she ducked into her room to grab some clothing. “Disappointed that you’re not going to get a chance to work your way through that list of bad jokes, Linny?” she teased, pulling a baggy t-shirt over her head.

"Possibly, it might drive me insane, although to be honest most of those jokes were rooted in insanity" Tamzen can almost hear the shit eating grin from there "pizza's done!"

Tamzen grabbed a pair of yoga pants out of a drawer and shoved her legs into them, hopping backwards in an attempt to maintain her balance. She ran a brush through her hair, and pulled it back into a low ponytail as she rejoined her roommate. “Well, I better hurry back out here then...I *wood*n’t want it to go to waste, after all.”

Arsling snorts "I think I'm rubbing off on you" Arsling holds the plate of pizza "I think you'll have to kill me for it " Arsling says teasingly as she holds it up in the air her 6ft height being taken advantage of.

Tamzen just leaned against the wall, and gave the other girl a Look. “You know...you really need to have more than two inches on me for that to be effective…” she commented dryly before quickly lunging forward, tickling Arsling under the armpits. “And you’ve left a very critical gap in your defenses!” she giggled.

"NO AH SHIT!" Arsling bursts into giggles, her arms lowering "Tamzen! Mercy!" She manages to put the pizza on a table as she physically lowers down to the floor. The minute that the pizza was safely out of Arsling’s control, Tamzen stopped her tickling assault on her friend and snagged a piece, shoving it into her mouth.

“A-ha! Victory!” Tamzen mumbled from around the crust.

Arsling rolls out of the way, standing up "you may have won today scholar, but the jester will get her revenge, when you least expect it" Arsling says comically seriously as she smirked as she sat at the futon, the subjects of Botato at her feet

Tamzen sank to the ground on the other side of the trunk in front of the futon, then cringed as overly abused muscles complained. “Ooof… too much too soon, I think…” she said, carefully shifting position and trying to gently stretch out the offending area.

"You ok? I know yesterday was rough" Arsling says as her mind goes threw the last time she saw Xander and Tamzen, leaving them in the forest as she walked back to the dorm, also being reminded that she's got to talk to both of her friends about where things stand with Didi

Tamzen hesitated… she honestly wasn’t sure if she needed to talk to someone about what had happened, or if she just desperately wanted to forget everything about what she had to do to Xander. “I… uh… I spent most of the day on my feet, fixing… ugh. It was *bad*, Linny. I hated every minute of it.” She leaned forward until she could bury her head in her arms on top of the trunk. “And… he still says he loves me, but I don’t know if I’m ever going to be able to look at him and not remember what I had to do. And that would suck...because… well, I think I really like him too.”

Arsling stood up and walked over to Tamzen placing a hand on her lap "look I don't have any advice, I've...never really been in love before but I think eventually this horrible memory will fade because they'll be too many good memories to think about, Xanders great, he's friendly, nice and let me do ungodly acts against 10 glasses of Guinness" Arsling smiles at Tamzen "I know what I say means nothing but, I think your love will survive this...man that sounds cheesy"

Tamzen snorted, not raising her head from her arms. “You know, usually couples go on a date or six before they do anything serious. We seem to be doing this backwards…”

"Hay it's a classic rom com, snake boy meets girl, girl falls for snake boy, snake boy and girl go through...no sorry It's too soon for my bullshit" Arsling says guilty sounding

"I gotta speak with Xander as well about the well, me situation, is he okay?"

Tamzen straightened up and looked at Linny. “Yeah… he’ll be fine - it worked. But he’s probably at least as tired as I was.” Her eyes filled with concern, but her voice was fierce. “So… how *are* you doing, Linny? Because, whatever you need, I’ll do it - I don’t care how strong they are… no one is going to make you do anything you don’t want to do.”

Arsling thinks for a second "I don't know anymore, it's become clear I have to work with Didi unless I want to become exactly what I'm scared of, maybe when I learn to be intuned with my Cú I'll break away from her...if you're up to it or capable, maybe ask what powers I'm getting...I don't know that feels like an abuse of your powers I'm sorry"

“You want me to ask Didi?” Tamzen asked, sounding confused.

"No no I mean your psychic stuff, I wouldn't make you talk to Didi by yourself" Arsling says clarifying

“Oh...right. That…” Tamzen hesitated… “I’m not sure it really works that way - I don’t think it can predict the future or anything…” She rubbed the back of her neck, nervously. “But...if you haven’t figured it out on your own by the full moon...I’ll try?”

"I'm sorry I'm being selfish" Arsling says lowering her head "that's an abuse of your powers, I'll try to think of something better...but I think you just being around is helping...also you smell like lilac and ozone" Arsling says chuckling.

Tamzen smiled and slide one arm around Linny’s shoulders, pulling the girl into a tight hug. “We’ll get through all this crazy stuff together...right? Isn’t that what friends are for?”

"Yeah, best friend's are for that, and I'm proud to have you as mine" Arsling holds Tamzen tight before standing up lifting Tamzen In her arms "...I'm not letting go by the way, I will play video games like this if I have to"