To Find A Needle

[7:47:32 AM | Edited 7:48:02 AM] Omniance: [Monday November 17th, 3:48 PM
Wildomar, Twin's House]
[7:50:45 AM] Omniance: Lucas: He quickly unlocks the door and barges into the house, tossing his backpack to the side and quickly running into the kitchen. He scrambles to the spot below the stairs, looking for the mail box key as it's report card day. I don't see it. He pushes a few papers away from the small desk and looks in a wooden box where the key is normally placed.
[7:53:10 AM | Edited 7:53:27 AM] Arbi: No matter how hard Lucas looks he can't find it.
[7:56:11 AM | Edited 7:56:28 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He steps through the frontdoor a moment after Lucas, not in a rush like him. He walks towards the couch, drops his backpack beside it, and lays down on it. He gets comfortable, kicking his shoes off and relaxing while his brother scurries to find the mail box key. He turns the TV on and watches for a moment before looking over at his brother.
[7:57:29 AM] Omniance: Lucas: He looks under a stack of random bible papers before looking at Yuri as he turns on the TV. What are you doing?
[7:58:36 AM] Arbi: Yuri: Laying down, relaxing a bit. Thinking I might go into the kitchen and grab some chips and a soda.
[7:59:05 AM] Omniance: Lucas: He looks at where the key should be, then back to his brother. But... It's report card day.
[7:59:30 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He reaches down into his backpack and pulls the key out, throwing it over to him.
[8:00:26 AM] Omniance: Lucas: He grabs it out of the air and runs towards the door, but he freezes in place as he sees their mother standing in the doorway looking at the mail.
[8:02:21 AM | Edited 8:02:35 AM] Omniance: Clara: Bills... Bills bills... Macy's is having a sale. Her eyes light up a little, and then she looks up at Lucas, who has shoved the key into his pocket. You're home early.
[8:03:14 AM] Omniance: Lucas: He shrugs. Leena gave us a ride.
[8:03:37 AM] Omniance: Clara: Does she have a car now?
[8:03:56 AM] Omniance: Lucas: Her parents let her drive that huge truck sometimes.
[8:06:13 AM] Omniance: Clara: She walks passed Lucas and he follows after her. He looks at Yuri in confusion. Their mother throws the mail onto the kitchen table. You two hungry? I was thinking of microwaving some taquitos or something, I haven't eaten lunch yet. She looks back at them. How does that sound?
[8:07:16 AM] Arbi: Yuri: We still have taquitos? He sits up and looks over the couch at his mom. Hell yeah.
[8:08:39 AM] Omniance: Clara: She opens the freezer and pulls out a box of them and starts getting them ready for the microwave. Take your school stuff up stairs. We talked about you leaving your backpacks at the front door. She starts humming something to herself as she looks for a knife to cut open the plastic.
[8:09:19 AM] Omniance: Lucas: He looks back at Yuri, still confused at where the report cards went.
[8:09:51 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He grabs his backpack, points down at it when Lucas is looking at him, and heads upstairs.
[8:10:43 AM] Omniance: Lucas: He walks into the front hall and grabs his stuff, running up the stairs after his brother. As he gets to their room he whispers loudly. You have them already?!
[8:15:05 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He sits down on his bed and unzips his backpack, taking out his brother's mail with his report card and holding it out for him to grab. Think ahead, little bro. We would've been caught if it wasn't for me. I grabbed the key on the way out this morning and took the report cards while you ran into the house.
[8:19:05 AM] Omniance: Lucas: He forcefully grabs his report card from his brother, obviously a bit annoyed by the comment. He takes a deep breath and holds it in as he tears it open and folds the paper open to see his grades. As his eyes scan the paper he raises an eyebrow. I actually passed all of my classes. Damn. He smiles. I even got an A. He turns it around and points to P.E. It says "A-" next to it. His other five classes are graded with a single B- and a bunch of C's.
[8:21:04 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He takes out his report card from his backpack and folds it open, looking down at his grades. Hmmm...
[8:22:04 AM] Omniance: Lucas: How'd you do? C'mon, tell me you passed everything... He looks almost pleadingly at his brother, as his grades really mean nothing if they both didn't do at least decent, since they won't be getting a car if either of them fails another class.
[8:24:11 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He hands him his report card and lays back on his bed with his hands behind his head.
[8:25:19 AM] Arbi: The report card reads C-, C-, C-, C, C-, C-.
[8:26:26 AM] Omniance: Lucas: He holds the cards up above his head, almost like they're an item from a video game or something. We need to show mom.
[8:27:38 AM] Arbi: Yuri: Right now?
[8:27:51 AM] Omniance: Lucas: Why not? When else?
[8:29:10 AM] Arbi: Yuri: I'm kidding. I want that damn car. He gets up and runs downstairs.
[8:30:28 AM] Omniance: Lucas: He runs after his brother and they arrive just as their mom sets down the plate of taquitos. He has them hidden behind his back.
[8:30:47 AM] Omniance: Clara: She looks at them strangely, not sure what to expect. Uhh... What happened?
[8:31:36 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He grabs a taquito and sits down at the table, munching on it. Taquitos, that's what happened.
[8:31:56 AM] Omniance: Lucas: He looks at his brother and then holds out their report cards.
[8:32:38 AM] Omniance: Clara: She looks at him, and then to Yuri. This must mean good news if you're actually giving them to me instead of hiding them.
[8:35:43 AM] Arbi: Yuri: I had to pay off all my teachers with hard work and extra credit. These are dark times we live in.
[8:36:20 AM] Omniance: Lucas: I actually stayed after school three days to get that B.
[8:36:54 AM] Omniance: Clara: Well... She tilts her head. It would've been nice to see more A's on here...
[8:37:03 AM] Omniance: Lucas: He groans.
[8:37:17 AM | Edited 8:39:13 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He stands up and laughs a bit. I can't work miracles.
[8:38:54 AM] Omniance: Clara: She shakes her head. I'll show these to your father when he gets home tonight. We'll see what he says. She folds them up and puts them together, placing them on the kitchen counter. I know you guys have wanted a car.
[8:39:43 AM] Omniance: Lucas: He sits down at the table and grabs a taquito. Odie got into that accident and Leena doesn't like driving us everywhere... Plus she has all these secret friends we didn't even know about.
[8:44:01 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He's about to say something about the loser jock and the nerd he punched during lunch but he remembers their mom is standing right there in the kitchen. He just looks to the side. You hear that mom? Secret. Friends. We need that car more than ever right now.
[8:45:18 AM] Omniance: Clara: She shakes her head, I'm going to go water the plants. She walks outside and shuts the sliding glass door.
[8:45:33 AM] Omniance: Lucas: What do you think dad will say? Think he'll say yes?
[8:45:51 AM] Arbi: Yuri: Yes.
[8:46:33 AM] Omniance: Lucas: Ahh... I hope so... He sighs in relief and eats another taquito. Hopefully we'll get a nice car.
[8:50:48 AM | Edited 8:51:36 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He looks down at him. We're not rich, Lucas. He mumbles. At least I don't think we are. He walks into the kitchen to grab a soda. Dad's probably going to pick some used car he saw for sale on his way home from work.
[8:51:33 AM] Omniance: Lucas: As long as it looks nice, I don't want to be driving around in a hunk of junk like Leena does...
[8:52:47 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He opens his soda and pours it out into a glass full of crushed ice. I wouldn't mind. I'm just getting tired of having to ask everyone for a ride...or taking the bus.
[8:53:30 AM] Omniance: Lucas: Ugh... The bus...
[8:54:20 AM] Arbi: That poor old chinese lady getting knocked off her seat goes through their heads. They remember the fat lady sitting beside her blaming "those turns".
[8:54:41 AM] Arbi: Yuri: Wait a second that's the lady from the party.
[8:55:06 AM] Omniance: Lucas: What? That would have to mean that she willingly rides that bus places...
[8:57:04 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He grabs the plate of taquitos and heads upstairs. Speaking of morbidly obese woman...we still gotta figure out who stole the Prince's book.
[8:58:34 AM | Edited 8:59:43 AM] Omniance: Lucas: He's following after his brother. Yeah, I've been thinking about that all day. Just got sidetracked with the report cards... He chews on another taquito as he thinks. We could call the Detective, he might know something... I mean... He knows everything.
[9:05:21 AM | Edited 9:08:12 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He doesn't know everything, Lucas. He's a detective not a psychic...it's his job to figure this stuff out. He stops talking when he reaches the second floor and sees their sister's room. He quickly and silently goes towards their bedroom before their sister smells their taquitos.
[9:05:58 AM] Omniance: Lucas: As they get into their room he shuts the door.
[9:06:46 AM] Omniance: Yasmine: Movement can be heard in the hall. There's a long pause of silence. The sounds of heavy footsteps running down the stairs can be heard.
[9:08:09 AM] Omniance: Lucas: He turns and looks at his brother. Well... Either way he'd at least point us in a direction, right now we got nothing. Green eyes? Strong-willed? She shrugs.
[9:11:18 AM] Arbi: Yuri: Well, we already tried looking at the yearbook. The pictures are too small to make out anyone's eye color. He puts the plate down on his brother's desk. You tried looking at people's eyes during class...but you said that almost got you in trouble. Probably a good idea to call Murdoc.
[9:12:47 AM] Omniance: Lucas: Yeah... He grabs another taquito and starts eating it.
[9:14:27 AM] Omniance: After a brief conversation on the phone, Lucas and Yuri head over to the detective's office/house to see if he can help them dig up a bit more information on any recent events that might point them in the direction of the book.
[9:14:53 AM] Omniance: Murdoc: He leads them into his office. You know my services aren't free right? I do this for a living...
[9:18:33 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He takes out some crumpled up ones and puts it on the detective's desk before sitting down. Someone from our school has a demonic book. Do you really want to wait until someone dies so you can get paid real money for figuring out who it was after?
[9:21:18 AM] Omniance: Murdoc: Well when you put it that way... He leans back in his chair. Demonic book? There's a lot of demonic books out there boys. Most of them are pretty harmless.
[9:21:24 AM] Omniance: Lucas: This one isn't.
[9:21:44 AM] Omniance: Murdoc: How do you two know about this book?
[9:22:52 AM] Arbi: Yuri: Remember that demon that was inside Odie? The Prince needed something to seal the demon inside after everything happened.
[9:24:43 AM] Omniance: Murdoc: So... He sealed it in this book? He looks both worried and interested. It's not every day that he gets a glimpse into just what it is that the Prince does.
[9:25:50 AM] Arbi: Yuri: Yeah and someone from our school stole that book from him. The only lead we have is that the student has green eyes now and is strong-willed.
[9:26:26 AM] Omniance: Murdoc: He thinks for a moment. How do you know it's a student?
[9:26:39 AM] Omniance: Lucas: The Prince said it was someone at our school.
[9:26:53 AM] Omniance: Murdoc: He shrugs, Could be a member of the faculty staff.
[9:27:39 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He looks at Lucas. It's Mr. Hammer.
[9:27:51 AM] Omniance: Lucas: Mr. Hammer has green eyes?
[9:28:53 AM] Arbi: Yuri: No but who else could it be? The freakishly tall principal? I doubt she could steal a book in those high heels...and she's an idiot.
[9:29:42 AM] Omniance: Lucas: He shakes his head. Green eyes was one of the requirements.
[9:30:21 AM] Arbi: Yuri: I'll check the main office tomorrow... They have pictures of all the staff members on the wall.
[9:30:36 AM] Omniance: Lucas: I don't think any of the staff has green eyes.
[9:31:48 AM] Omniance: Murdoc: Alright, alright... He shakes his head. You two are givin me a damn headache. Look. If the person recently acquired this book, they would have just gained green eyes. Have you noticed anyone suddenly having very deep or bright green eyes at your school?
[9:32:01 AM] Omniance: Lucas: Mandy Lane has green eyes. He smirks.
[9:32:18 AM] Omniance: Murdoc: But how long has she had them?
[9:32:28 AM] Omniance: Lucas: Since middle school I guess... So... All her life?
[9:32:35 AM] Omniance: Murdoc: He sighs.
[9:33:25 AM] Arbi: Yuri: We can't look into everyone's eyes. There's hundreds of people that go to our highschool everyday. You expect us to check everyone?
[9:34:51 AM] Omniance: Murdoc: No, I just wanted you two to be sure you didn't noticed something without realizing it. He sighs. The problem is really that Astreiyan demons and powers are incredibly difficult to track and detect, and since this person, or persons, won't be possessed like your friend was, there's really no easy way to track this book.
[9:35:56 AM] Arbi: Yuri: What makes someone strong-willed?
[9:37:37 AM] Omniance: Murdoc: Someone with resolve, like you two. You don't back down from a challenge, you went ahead and did everything that you needed to do to try and save your friend. Difficult to control, yaknow? Strong-willed. Stubborn as mule.
[9:38:26 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He crosses his arms, trying to think of people they know like that.
[9:39:12 AM] Omniance: Lucas: Umm... We don't actually know that many people at school...
[9:39:51 AM] Omniance: Murdoc: Well you're going to have to get to know people and you're going to have to learn to figure them out. It's a requirement if you want to survive in this line of work.
[9:41:20 AM] Arbi: The detective's phone starts ringing.
[9:42:22 AM] Omniance: Murdoc: Dwell on that for a moment while I get this. He picks up the phone. Murdoc Private Detective Agency, this is Murdoc. He lights a cigar and starts smoking it as he waits for the response.
[9:48:46 AM | Edited 9:48:59 AM] Arbi: Sally: You won't believe what we found this time. A couple of kids threw a party saturday night, a fire broke out about midnight that ended up destroying half the house. I've been waiting for the fire department to find the cause of the fire...and boy did they find something. I'm sending you the picture now. The detective's fax machine starts to print something out.
[9:50:02 AM] Omniance: Murdoc: He takes a puff from the cigar as he scoots his chair nearer to the fax machine. Supernatural in nature?
[9:53:21 AM | Edited 9:54:46 AM] Arbi: Sally: You tell me. The paper prints out a picture of a dirty wooden floor, a symbol burned into it. The same symbol as the bloody mess that was found at the gas station.
[9:54:53 AM] Omniance: Murdoc: He tilts his head as it finished printing. Damn. He rips the paper from the machine and holds it up in front of him. Almost an exact match, definitely the same group. He sighs. Do we know if these people were the cause of this fire?
[9:56:57 AM] Arbi: Sally: Beats me, but listen to this. Almost every kid that went to the party has been questioned...except one.
[9:57:20 AM] Omniance: Murdoc: Yeah? He go missing?
[9:59:00 AM | Edited 10:11:04 AM] Arbi: Sally: The kid's in a coma, Murdoc. They can't question him until he wakes up. The sound of paper rustling can be heard. His hand was cut open, he might of been trying to kill himself.
[9:59:24 AM | Edited 9:59:38 AM] Omniance: Murdoc: Just like the guy at the gas station... I think there's a definite connection there, and not just from this symbol.
[10:09:03 AM | Edited 10:16:58 AM] Arbi: Sally: The boy's name is Isaac Ben Abraham. His mother said he wasn't supposed to be out that night and that "he snuck out with his harlot friend." She clears her throat. You know what...there's no point reading all of this out loud. I'll just send the papers over. The fax machine starts up again.
[10:12:55 AM] Omniance: Murdoc: Yeah just fax it all over here. When you have time later we can go over it together. I got a couple clients in my office right now, don't want to keep them waiting too long.
[10:19:26 AM | Edited 10:20:50 AM] Arbi: Sally: Clients? It's not the twins is it? She shivers. They give me the goosebumps. Well, take care, John.
[10:20:24 AM] Omniance: Murdoc: I try, talk to ya later. He hangs up, looking back to the twins. Where were we? The fax machine keeps printing things out behind him as he scoots back to his desk.
[10:21:37 AM] Arbi: Yuri: What was that about? He's sitting up like he's interested.
[10:26:16 AM] Omniance: Murdoc: Was a big house fire near Perris. Not really your concern. He raises an eyebrow at Yuri as he puts his cigar back in his mouth.
[10:27:17 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He crosses his arms and leans back again. What do you think we should do then?
[10:31:03 AM] Omniance: Murdoc: Well, activity for the cult of Astreiya has plummeted since your misfortune up at Iodine Springs. I'll keep a lookout for anything that looks related to them around town and I'll call you two. For now I think you need to "mingle" with you schoolmates more, get to know them, keep an eye on them. Couple of good lookin kids like you, shouldn't be too difficult.
[10:31:46 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He looks at Lucas, a little unsure about this.
[10:32:18 AM] Omniance: Lucas: He sighs. We used to be popular in middle school I guess? ...But that was when we played Basketball...
[10:32:33 AM] Omniance: Murdoc: What do you two do at school? Nothin?
[10:32:53 AM] Omniance: Lucas: He shrugs, School sucks.
[10:35:01 AM] Arbi: Yuri: We only have a handful of friends at school. We like to keep to ourselves.
[10:35:11 AM] Omniance: Lucas: He nods.
[10:35:41 AM] Omniance: Murdoc: Well get to know other people, small talk can even help. Even just spending a day with someone will let you learn a lot about them.
[10:36:02 AM] Omniance: Lucas: Well... He looks at Yuri.
[10:38:00 AM] Arbi: Yuri: I'll try but I can't make any promises that I won't punch them.
[10:39:05 AM] Omniance: Murdoc: A concerted effort will be required of you two if you want to get to the bottom of this quickly, got it? You two came to me for help, remember? I'm giving you advice here.
[10:40:07 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He nods. I know and we're really thankful, Doc. He stands up.
[10:41:24 AM] Omniance: Murdoc: Yeah yeah, get the hell outta my office. I'll call you two if something comes up.
[10:42:08 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He pats Lucas's shoulder as he walks past him and leaves for the door.
[10:42:59 AM] Omniance: Lucas: Likewise, if we find anything we'll call you. The Detective points his cigar at them, and as they leave he turns to look at the fax papers.
[11:12:58 AM] Omniance: The next day at school, lunch has just started. Lucas and Yuri sit down, Leena is already sitting at their table eating lasagna left overs from home with a Sprite. Since Monday the tables have been moved about the quad, more spread out, and the popular kids aren't quite as "together" as they used to be. About ten feet from them is Mandy Lane, sitting and eating what looks like a piece of toast and two bottles of Snapple with a bag of hot Cheetos. She's looking at her math homework and doing it in silence.
[11:15:20 AM] Omniance: Lucas: He pulls out his lunch, having made his the night before as he gave his week's lunch money to Murdoc. It's a simple beef sandwich and a Gatorade. Is Mandy Lane sitting by herself? He looks over at her, she's facing slightly away from them because of how her table is turned.
[11:15:40 AM] Omniance: Leena: So do you stalk her all the time or what?
[11:15:53 AM] Omniance: Lucas: Well she was super popular the last few days...
[11:16:13 AM] Omniance: Leena: She rolls her eyes and goes back to eating.
[11:18:41 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He looks over at another table that was moved nearby but further away than Mandy's table. The popular kids aren't looking so hot right now. He tries not to laugh at his own joke.
[11:19:44 AM | Edited 11:19:52 AM] Omniance: Leena: Yeah there was some big fire at some party they were at or something. Few of them got burned up pretty bad, or so I hear. She opens a bag of chips and eats one.
[11:20:05 AM] Arbi: Yuri: Poetic justice.
[11:20:21 AM] Omniance: Leena: Agreed.
[11:20:48 AM] Arbi: Yuri: After what they did to Lucas...they're lucky he wasn't the one that set them on fire.
[11:21:15 AM] Omniance: Lucas: Their cars were enough. He takes a bite of his crappy sandwich.
[11:21:33 AM] Omniance: Leena: I still can't believe you did that...
[11:22:19 AM | Edited 11:22:52 AM] Arbi: Yuri: They hung him up on the flag pole by his underwear. If it was me I would've put them in the hospital...
[11:23:03 AM | Edited 11:23:51 AM] Omniance: Leena: He could've gotten caught... She shakes her head. ...Wait, you didn't burn that house down did you?
[11:24:18 AM] Omniance: Lucas: Hell no. I destroyed some property, I'm not a murderer.
[11:24:30 AM] Omniance: Leena: She looks relieved.
[11:24:35 AM | Edited 11:24:57 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He looks to the side, remembering the Prince's party.
[11:26:04 AM] Omniance: Lucas: Anyway... Why don't you hang out with that jock guy at lunch, Lenny?

Leena: Leo?

Lucas: Yesss. Leo. Where is he?

Leena: She shrugs. Why do you care?
[11:28:13 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He sighs. I was sort of an ass to him when I first met him. Guess I was a little jealous that you were hanging out with other guys. Thought I could apologize to him.
[11:28:27 AM] Omniance: Leena: ...What?
[11:28:51 AM] Omniance: Leena: No, wait... Wait... She looks at him. ...What?
[11:30:11 AM] Arbi: Yuri: Yeah, you're our friend. I kind of thought the three of us had a loner thing going on but...you have a ton of secret friends you never told us about.
[11:30:57 AM] Omniance: Leena: That's because you guys are total dicks to... Like everyone.
[11:31:03 AM] Omniance: Lucas: I'm not a total dick.
[11:31:11 AM] Omniance: Leena: K, well, Yuri is.
[11:31:32 AM] Arbi: Yuri: Yeah and I want to change my ways. Where does he hang out?
[11:32:58 AM] Omniance: Leena: By the bleachers usually.
[11:33:18 AM] Omniance: Lucas: Let's go talk to him, and your other friends.
[11:34:35 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He stands up and throws his lunch tray away. Lead the way.
[11:35:20 AM] Omniance: Leena: She sighs. I don't know what the hell you two are up to, but if you're gonna screw with him I'm gonna beat the shit out of both of you. Supernaturally. Got it? She stands up.
[11:37:02 AM] Omniance: The three of them are walking up to the bleachers. Leo is sitting halfway up, an empty bread sticks box next to him. He's looking out at the empty field. There's a few other kids sitting around, but not many.
[11:37:25 AM] Omniance: Leena: Hey Leo. She looks around a bit. Where's Isaac?
[11:38:48 AM] Omniance: Leo: He looks over to her, I guess you haven't heard. He got hurt in a fire at a party last weekend. He's in a coma. He looks pretty down about it.
[11:39:03 AM | Edited 11:39:17 AM] Omniance: Leena: ...What? Really? That fire people were talking about?
[11:39:08 AM] Omniance: Leo: He nods.
[11:39:40 AM] Omniance: Leena: Damn, have they said anything about him? Is he gonna be alright?
[11:40:03 AM] Omniance: Leo: I'm not sure, I just got what I could out of Bobby last night.
[11:40:12 AM | Edited 11:40:21 AM] Omniance: Leena: She shakes her head.
[11:40:54 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He looks at Lucas for a second, thinking this probably isn't a good idea.
[11:41:17 AM] Omniance: Lucas: Well I hope he gets better...
[11:41:31 AM] Omniance: Leo: You beat the shit out of him for his lunch...
[11:41:45 AM] Omniance: Lucas: That, uhh... Wasn't me.
[11:42:17 AM | Edited 11:42:51 AM] Arbi: Yuri: His eyes widen, he almost feels like turning invisible. I'm sorry I did that. That's kind of why I wanted to come talk to you. I've been...an ass lately.
[11:44:07 AM] Omniance: Leo: You should be. You beat him up for no reason, and now he might never wake up. He just glares at Yuri, obviously taking some of his grief and anger out on Yuri on top of already disliking him. You're apologizing to me? You should say sorry to Isaac, too bad he might never wake up to hear it!
[11:45:02 AM] Omniance: Leena: Even she looks at Yuri with a bit of contempt.
[11:45:49 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He looks down and clenches his fist. I wasn't the one that put him in the hospital...
[11:47:31 AM] Omniance: Leo: He looks down in silence for a moment. I'm going to go see him after school... You wanna come Leena?
[11:47:39 AM] Omniance: Leena: Yeah... She nods. Yeah.
[11:48:07 AM] Omniance: Leo: He looks up and to Yuri. You two idiots can show up to say your sorry I guess.
[11:49:06 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He just stays quiet even though he really wants to say something back.
[11:50:17 AM] Omniance: Leena: She shrugs and mutters to herself. This is why I have secret friends...
[11:51:15 AM] Omniance: Lucas: He's about to say something when he sees Mandy walking up next to them.

Mandy Lane: Have you heard anything about Isaac? I tried going over to his place this morning, but I think his mom... Knew I was coming.
[11:52:47 AM] Arbi: Yuri: He looks at Mandy and then at Leena and Leo.
[11:53:25 AM] Omniance: Leo: After a brief pause he responds to Mandy. He's in a coma. I'm going to go after school to see him if you want to tag along with us.
[11:54:08 AM] Omniance: Mandy Lane: Yeah... Sure. She looks at Lucas and Yuri, then at Leena.
[11:54:40 AM] Omniance: Leena: She looks annoyed. Why do you need to see him?
[11:56:06 AM] Omniance: Mandy Lane: Because I was at the party with him. I carried him out of the burning house... She thinks for a second about what she said, which is only half-true. She only carried Isaac a few feet at most. I watched him get taken away in the ambulance. She sighs.
[11:56:29 AM] Omniance: Leena: ...Oh.
[11:56:37 AM] Arbi: Yuri: What started the fire?
[11:57:53 AM] Omniance: Mandy Lane: She looks at Yuri and then Leena and then Lucas. Don't know. She looks back to Yuri. It all happened so fast... One moment we were there, the next everything was collapsing around us in flames.
[11:59:08 AM] Arbi: Yuri: I see. He looks down, not having anything else to say.
[11:59:23 AM | Edited 11:59:41 AM] Omniance: Leena: What was Isaac doing at a party to begin with?
[11:59:35 AM] Omniance: Mandy Lane: I asked him to come with me...
[11:59:45 AM] Omniance: Leena: Oh...
[12:00:38 PM] Omniance: Mandy Lane: I guess I... Kinda of blame myself a little... She narrows her eyes slightly, she obviously blames herself, but very little, she seems to be seething about something, but it isn't obvious. Anyway, She looks to Leo. I'd like to see him.
[12:01:50 PM] Omniance: Leo: We'll leave right after school then... He looks to the side. Can one of you guys give me a ride?
[12:02:15 PM] Omniance: Mandy Lane & Leena: They both say it at the same time. Yeah.
[12:02:40 PM] Omniance: Mandy Lane: She looks at Leena. Well... She shrugs. Leena's got a bigger car.
[12:03:16 PM] Omniance: Leena: She mutters, Not all of us drive a porsche...
[12:03:24 PM] Omniance: Mandy Lane: She mumbles. I didn't mean it like that...