FRACTAL 2014/04/14(Mon)15:12 No. 570697 ID: 8dbc01
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i guess we should rest. a little needling voice at the back of my head tells me we should keep moving, but i'm so tired, and the lamb told paris not to move too much ...

there's only one bed in the room and it's dirty and small. paris claims it immediately, so i guess there's no need to try and compromise about it.

the lamb brings a plastic tray with some soup and a pair of sandwiches wrapped in plastic. i try to offer one to paris but she turns away.

get her to eat, if her injuries were that bad she needs to recover lost blood. Be insistent about this.

"come on, please eat. You've earned it. I just was a lead weight, you're the one that did all the heavy lifting... Please eat Paris."

She just ripped out somebody's eyeball. I think it's reasonable to not want to eat after that.

Just keep the extra sandwich in a pocket or something.

Eat one, set one to the side for Paris, if she wants it later.

And then do your best to nap in that chair.

Nothing really to talk about, at this point. We're beyond words, for the moment.

Be persistent about getting her to eat something; she'll need a bit of food to recover, especially if you plan on getting something done in the morning.

Before you nap, perhaps you should rig up a little noise trap by the door, like a stack of books or an elevated can, just in case that needling feeling was right and something bad might come for you.

Try and offer her the food one more time, insisting that she'll need her strength if you two are to continue. If she refuses again, eat the soup and maybe one of the sandwiches and save the other for her when she wakes.

Survey the room and see if there are any windows you can crawl out of if something goes bad. Also see if there is anything you can use to block the door or at least set up a noise trap so that you can fall asleep in your chair and finally get the rest you deserve.

Paris may need the rest more than the food immediately. Take a sandwich, leave one for Paris. We can maybe have a little soup. It's not like we weren't fed at the club, nobody's dying of starvation here.

>>571391
From the sounds of how the boss treated Loretta, I doubt they fed that well at the club. But yes, rest is more important. The body heals better from resting than it does from eating.

FRACTAL 2014/06/18(Wed)15:47 No. 579148 ID: c3ad33
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"come on, paris ... please? just a little?" i get up from the chair and lean over the bed, holding a sandwich for her. "it's importa-"

"fuck OFF!" her paw connects firmly with my wrist, and the sandwich drops and falls apart on the bedspread. it didn't hurt that much, but tears start to well up anyway. it's worse because she was being kind of nice to me before.

i hear her mumble something, then she repeats it, louder. "sorry." she turns her face even further away, shoving it into the pillow. "fuck. god. i'm sorry."

Reassure her. She's not trying to hurt you, she's just shaken and probably more than a little scared.

well, that was a bit shocking, but obviously she's a bit shaken up right now. just let her know it's okay, and maybe ask if there's anything she needs.

Maybe you should see if you can salvage the sandwich, then put it away and comfort the poor girl.

>>579148
It's fine, Paris. You've both been through some shit.
We'll have to figure out some stuff later, but for now some rest should do. But perhaps we should focus on something other than pity.

Paris has been with your boss longer than you, right? Ask her thinks like has this happened before with another girl? Did that girl escape, or did Boss track her down good? How good are her boss's contacts and connections? Who IS your boss, is what I'm asking. I'm just worried that if she does have connections, can you also afford to sleep, or do you need to keep watch and be prepared for some hitman or somebody tracking us down. We were just making assumptions earlier, I'd like to make them more certain. Paris should definitely sleep, though, even if you have to keep watch.

"... It's ok, don't worry about it"

I think it might be best if we just kinda sit next to her and just be her for silent support. I feel if she want's to talk to us then she'll talk.

FRACTAL 2014/06/18(Wed)23:22 No. 579287 ID: c3ad33
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"i-it's okay." sometimes, since she acts so tough, it's easy to forget that paris must be scared, too. i clean up the sandwich as best as i can and put it back on the tray before sitting on the edge of the bed. i look over shyly and realize her shoulders are shaking slightly.

"it's okay!!" i say again, more insistently. "really, it's fine, i know you're -"

"i've been treating you like shit this whole time." her voice sounds weird and strained. "god, what are you? sixteen?"

"seventeen," i whisper.

"fuck. god. and i've been -" she makes a weird noise and i stare harder down at my lap, uncomfortable. "when i was seventeen i was - i was living with my parents, i had three square meals a day, i hung out with my friends at the mall and i ... fuck, i don't know, my life wasn't like this." her voice keeps shaking and i've never heard her like this and it's scaring me.

"you shouldn't have to deal with me on top of all this. you've been nothing but good to me even though i've been treating you like shit. you're STILL being good to me." i think she's crying. i don't know what to do.

Give her a hug. Life might be a mess right now but if you work together maybe you can improve things.

Tell Paris to stop thinking so hard about how she's acting right now. She shouldn't be going through that stress as she's healing, it just makes making it this far pointless if she opens up her wounds again being all stressed out.

Just calm her down, life is kinda hitting her hard now that she realizes what's going on on a deeper level.

As a result she needs support, but don't coddle her.

Add that you don't intend to change how you're acting towards her, no matter how much self-hate she's dealing with right now. If she feels guilty, she should help us all out and make sure she gets better. Maybe nudge the sandwich a bit. Oh, and hugs are definitely called for here.

"but you have looked out for me, you helped me get away from the club when things went south, you helped when you went into the back room with that guy instead of... instead of me. It's my fault we're in this mess but you're the one who's suffering for my mistakes, I can see why you're mad. I just make everything worse just by being around. But this is my fault, I can't just let you surfer and do nothing. but...(sigh) now all I've done is made you cry."

"It was supposed to be me in there. If I hadn't asked you to take my place, you wouldn't have gotten hurt."

FRACTAL 2014/06/19(Thu)01:49 No. 579309 ID: c3ad33
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i turn towards her and kind of climb onto the bed, really gentle and slow, and lean down to hug her. i'm nervous because i know a lot of the time she doesn't like getting touched, but she doesn't tense up, and after a second i feel her moving and her arms are around me. they're hard and wiry and she smells like sweat.

"you've been helping me, though," i whisper. her shoulders jerk in response and i hug a little tighter. "you kept me safe, you got me out of there .... if you hadn't gone in there with that john instead of me you wouldn't have gotten h-"

FRACTAL 2014/06/19(Thu)01:49 No. 579310 ID: c3ad33
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she laughs in my ear, so suddenly that i jump. it's not a happy laugh. "if i hadn't gone in there with that john you would be dead."

i don't know how i ended up this close to her but i am, and it doesn't feel weird - what does feel weird is how her body is all hard, and not hard like bony but hard like strong. "exactly," i mumble. "that's exactly what i mean."

we're silent for a little bit. i can hear cicadas outside, and sometimes the sound of a passing car.

"you know what you said before?"

"hm?"

"that you're glad it was me you ran away with." her voice is really soft. not soft like volume but soft like nice. i swallow really hard instead of answering.

i'm waiting because i think she's gonna say something. twice i hear the sound of her lips parting but then she closes her mouth again. before she can try a third time the door opens.

FRACTAL 2014/06/19(Thu)01:50 No. 579311 ID: c3ad33
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it's the lamb. her expression doesn't look friendly. she's looking at us like we're something gross on the side of the street. her paw touches her necklace and then she looks away. "there's someone at the back door asking for loretta. i told him nobody was here but he insists he knows you are. i sent him away but he's still there."

i slowly sit up. paris doesn't.

"he says he knows about your ... friend being attacked and that he wants to take you somewhere safe. i'm telling you in case he's telling the truth. if not, when it's time for you to go we'll take you out the front, in case he camps out back there."

now kiss

Stuff whoever's there; anyone connected with that club is probably bad news. Better to just get some sleep and give Paris a chance to rest.

ideal option: continue gaying it up
realistic option: consider who could be out there (likely suspects: a baddie, or maybe it could be your dude)

Ask what species he is.

>>579311
I'm really tempted to say kiss Paris right now, but lamb girl might be disgusted enough to go tell whoever's asking for you where you are just to get rid of you. Ask lamb girl to check what species he is and if there's anyone else that seems connected with him nearby, and get some rest.

So gentlemen or bad guy.
So get species. If they happen to have a security camera that would also have been great. But a normal description might be great too.

ask her to describe the person if she can so you have an idea of who they are

>her expression doesn't look friendly
She takes in two injured and abused young girls and she's upset that... what? She subsequently found those same two emotionally vulnerable people hugging? (Oh no, so gay!) That there's a man looking for you? (Oh noes, the sins!)

Thank her for telling you, and ignore the offense / the look. Ask what he looked like, or if he left a name.

>kiss
Too late, if this was even a good idea to begin with.

>So gentlemen or bad guy.
...assuming the gentleman isn't a bad guy. What little we know about him Loretta has rose colored quite a bit, I think.

Even if it turns out he really isn't a bad dude, I'm not sure he's the best choice for help. For one, if we're being looked for, Loretta's little obsession is an easy first place to check. To say nothing of the emotional trainwreck he seems to have left Loretta in.

>>579311
She thinks you're in lesbians with eachother. If that's totally not true you can say you're just friends. (for now)

ask if she got a name off him... and what he looked like.

We aren't gonna look at who it is, we are just gonna leave. Most likely it's the clubs goon here to bring you back and then "dispose" of you.

Ignore the uncomfortable look, she probably thinks you are criminals or is bothered by the fact tough criminal looking folks are looking for you.

Thank her for all her assistance and tell her you'll leave. The two of you will have to find somewhere else to sleep tonight.

Okay you are too injured to move for a while, stay till morning. Do not go with that guy. Do not. DO NOT.

>>579311
She probably always looks unfriendly, she's seen a lot of shit.
Touching her necklace probably doesn't mean anything beyond a fidgit, maybe it means she's super christian, but she probably knows what the christian thing to do here is, even if she doesn't completely agree with what she may think you are. Which is help you out.
Jesus would totally help you out and you know it, and she knows it.
I guarantee she's just always in a bad mood with a bad face, she wasn't friendly at the door. She doesn't have to look friendly to be friendly. She knows basic respect, so lets just give her benefit of the doubt.

eh, so lambykins might be homophobic trash. id see it with the crosses that hand in the background and the pause she had on friend. try to stay a safe distance away from her and when with her, from Paris as well
moving on, i agree to get the species but... i don't think our gentleman has our best interest in mind, loretta. he ran out so fast when the police came, remember?
and how the hell did he track you down? did he follow you two the whole way?
damn, girl. stick with paris no matter what- gain her insight on your gentleman, what she thinks of him, and if you should answer whoever's come
maybe also suggest it could be your boyfriend, if lambchops IS a homophone.

>>579393
uh
Alright if I am reading this right, yeah I agree, we should ask our friend if gentleman is trustworthy or not.
As much as it might pain us to admit, there's not exactly a lot of faith we can go putting into some random bloke at a strip club who was nice to us once or twice.

>homophobia
It could also be that she's figured out you're both prostitutes.

your gentleman was the first one to run out.
HE DOES NOT CARE FOR YOU HE DOES NOT CARE FOR YOU HE DOES NOT CARE FOR YOU HE DOES NOT CARE FOR YOU HE DOES NOT CARE FOR YOU HE DOES NOT CARE FOR YOU HE DOES NOT CARE FOR YOU HE DOES NOT CARE FOR YOU HE DOES NOT CARE FRTGHFJ

I don't think you should go with the man regardless of who he is. If it is your gentleman caller, then he did not help or try to comfort you in the bar. He is not as reliable as you may think; and certainly not as reliable as the person you have beside you now.

If it is not him, then this man is someone from the bar who saw the exchange; someone who also did not help; someone who may be trying to take you back to where you ran from. You do not want to deal with those type of people anymore.

FRACTAL 2014/06/19(Thu)16:42 No. 579420 ID: c3ad33
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"u-uhm." i sit up a little straighter. "what was he like? the person at the door ..."

"it's a black wolf. tall, yellow eyes, expensive coat. he didn't leave a name."

that ... it has to be my gentleman. it has to be. i know it is. Mmy heart jumps unevenly in my chest. i figure i'd better talk to paris about it, though.

FRACTAL 2014/06/19(Thu)16:43 No. 579421 ID: c3ad33
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i thank the nurse and ask her to stay a bit longer, then touch paris' shoulder and get her to sit up with me.

"i think the man at the door is my gentleman," i whisper. "he wants to help, i know he can bring us somewhere safe -"

paris' eyes are like chips of ice. "are you seriously fuckin telling me," she begins, breathing through her nose, "that after this, you want to take safety with a JOHN -"

"he's not just a john!" i barely manage to keep my voice quiet enough. "he ... he always comes to see just me, it's different -"

she interrupts me again, this time with her hand on my wrist. "you wanna know what i think, loretta? do you really, honest to god wanna know?"

i swallow thickly and stay quiet. her eyes are getting harder by the second.

"i think he's a grown man who decided he wanted to come court a teenager in a place where your JOB was to never say no." she lets go of my arm, roughly, almost like she's throwing it away from her body. "and i don't feel like fucking with that."

"it -" i can feel tears pricking my eyes. that's not true. that's not why. he came because seeing me at work is the only way to see me. there's no other reason. "it has nothing to do with my age!"

she lets out a loud, sharp laugh that sounds like a yell. i flinch.

"i'm not going with him. if you want to you're on your own."

the nurse clears her throat. i think she's getting impatient.

>>579421
Listen to her, she has a very very valid point, one which may or may not be entirely true.
It's a hard pill to swallow, maybe, but it's important you know who are your friends and who are just faces.
Paris is a friend, and Gentleman is just a face. A face you find particularly alluring, perhaps, but not a face that will very likely spell good things for you down the road.

Apologise to Paris.
When you were working, he was the only thing that managed to brighten your day a little and not feel ashamed of yourself. You've relied on that for months while working. It was what kept you going, that and your career, but without him you would have been gone a long time ago...

Wow, okay, shit, without your gentlemen you probably would be back home with your uncle by now and gave up on everything here. Paris would have been left alone and probably dead, but you would have been home and not in danger. Well, likely. It's just that you felt so alone for months, except for him.

Apologies to the nurse, we won't be going with him.

>certainly not as reliable as the person you have beside you now.

Reiterating my point.

She possibly saved your life by taking that dance. She brought you with her to protect you, even when she could have gone on her own. And now she is fighting to keep you from making what she feels is a huge mistake and is willing to risk what as of now might be her only friend in the world.

Listen to her.

>>579427

Don't go with him, but don't bother apologizing to Paris yet. She's treating you like dirt again because of your naivete and that really shouldn't fly if she wants you to stay with her.

okay, yes, the wolf is not necessarily that trustworthy. but you said he is 'different', so it's worth a try. tell paris to just relax, say you'll be back in a few minutes, and go see what your gentleman wants.

>>579421
...you were the youngest one there, weren't you? And he's much older than you? How do you know he's not just being paid to lure you out? Do you even know his name? Have you even shared more than a few sentences?

Look, if you split up, whoever's left behind is vulnerable. If you have any shred of doubt in your mind of the motives of your "gentleman", stay with her. You know she is strong. You have seen the truth to her heart, that there is good in her. You can count on her. She is bitter and jaded, but together you can survive.

Do NOT, under ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, go with your "gentleman". I know what you think, but the truth is that he is a grown man and you are a teenager, and no matter what happens he never wanted to have you in any kind of healthy way. You need to accept that.

Don't go with him, and encourage Paris to talk to you. What did she mean to say before? What else might she say now?

Trust Paris, and please be kind to her.

Tell her that she might be right and it might be a bad idea. But we are low on options in a world that could care less. Maybe this guy can help us even if it is for the wrong reasons. But you want to at least talk to him and you would like her to be there when you do. She can help you from doing anything stupid.

Paris has a good point, but you also really need some help. You can't stay here forever and when you leave where do you go?

Go talk to your gentleman and see what he says, but do not go with him. Just talk.

No, do not go with your gentleman. Whether you like it or not you don't know him, or his intentions. Yeah, he's nice to you, and yes, Paris is mean to you, but Paris is honest, and she's being honest right now.

Stick with Paris. She's crass and jaded, but you've seen through that, seen her break down. In this situation where you really can't trust anyone who knows you, you can trust her.

I know, it's frightening. It shouldn't be like this. Your gentleman made you feel good about yourself, when everything around you just made you feel bad, but now it's time to put away how you feel. You need to be serious, if you want to survive this, and anyone who's in any way associated with that club you want to be as far as possible from.

Oh, here's another reason not to go to him. The club wants you back, and they know he's a patron. They might go looking for him to find you. That could put him in danger! Yep, it's for his own good that you can't go with him.

Pause, tear up, and then tell the sheep you'll be staying here.

Then mope silently for a while.

>>579421
gonna have to agree with paris on this one. the woman has a point.

>>579421
This really isn't the best circumstance to start a relationship with a guy. Stay away for now, until you're in a position where you don't have to sleep with one eye open

Go talk to him, but don't let him sweet-talk you into going with him. And try not to be alone with him for too long... you don't look strong, and he could probably overpower you easily if he wanted to. Keep your distance, you don't know if he's trustworthy or not.

Stay. With. Paris.

The Gentleman is nothing but bad news.

FRACTAL 2014/06/22(Sun)16:32 No. 580081 ID: c3ad33
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i'm starting to feel my eyes prickle. the more i think about it the more i realize she's right. i'm being stupid. i have no reason to trust him, no matter how much better he made me feel while i worked at the club - because i don't work at the club anymore. her words banging around in my head have made me realize how little i actually know about him. but ... at the same time, we need help. this might be our only chance.

"paris, please listen." i take a deep, shuddering breath. "i think you're probably right."

"thank god for that," she grumbles.

"but -" and here she sits up a little straighter, glaring at me - "i .... i don't think ..." i have to swallow and start the sentence over. "i don't think we can afford to automatically cross off any options. even if we have a lot of reasons to."

she starts to growl, but i take a deep breath and interrupt. "all i'm going to do is go talk to him. through the intercom. and i'll keep in mind everything you just said to me, i promise." she closes her mouth again, but she still looks mad. "paris," i continue, "i trust you. and i believe you. but i have to see for myself."

it takes her a minute to respond, but when she does, she says, "i hate this idea. but ... i don't hate that you're coming up with ideas." she turns her face away so i can't read her expression. "you're learning. you gotta keep doing that. you're being stupid as hell right now, but this ..... this is good."

FRACTAL 2014/06/22(Sun)16:33 No. 580082 ID: c3ad33
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"o-okay. i'll ... i'll be back in a few minutes then." i get up from the bed and hurry over to the lamb, who silently leads me through the hallways til i get to the intercom system.

"uhm." i have to press my finger down as hard as i can on the button to stop it from shaking. "i-it's me. loretta."

"oh, thank god." his voice is deep and warm and i feel like somebody's scooped out my insides. "are you alright? are you hurt?"

"i ... i'm okay."

"what about the cat?"

"she's .... resting."

"loretta." i've never heard him anything but relaxed, so to hear his voice straining is weird and scary. "i'm so sorry that i didn't do anything back there. i don't want you to think ... that i didn't care what happened. i'm not a fighter, and i wouldn't have been any help to you or your friend if paula's men had hurt me while i tried to help you."

i can't think of what to say. i guess he realizes i'm not gonna say anything because he keeps talking. "there are still people from the club out here. i passed a few on my way here, but they didn't recognize me. i'm worried that they won't stop overnight, and that they'll catch you leaving if you stay until morning. loretta, i don't know if they'll stop in three days, or a week, or longer." there's a pause; when he starts to talk again his voice sounds a little more like what i'm used to from him. "i don't think it's a good idea to try to hide in the city. if paula is persistent, they will find you eventually. you won't be able to move place to place."

i must've let out a little scared noise, i couldn't help it, bc immediately he's saying "shhh, shhhh." i hug myself with my free arm and try to stop shaking. "loretta, i live outside of the city, about twenty minutes away by car. i don't have many neighbors and the ones i do have don't go to the city often. you could hide there until things calm down. i think it's the safest way. your friend can come, too, if she doesn't have anywhere else to go."

>>580082
Hm.
On one hand, we don't have terribly many options. On the OTHER hand...
http://tgchan.org/kusaba/questarch/res/447054.html#i484119 We should probably try to avoid this.
I'm not saying that going with a strange man with a taste for underage women to a secluded house on the edge of nowhere is a bad idea, but...
We might want to explore other options with our friend, before we make any plans RE: going with him.

Ask him why he has been coming to see you. You want to believe in his good intentions but you have learned some painful lessons tonight.

If you are going to talk to Paris about this option you need to know more about him. Sure getting out of town will help part of your problems but you could be walking into a worse situation.

>>580082
Thank him for the offer.
You'll think about it.
But you're also sure they'll think to check his place as well. He's left his own mark on the city and they'll track him down. He knows people here, probably made friends. Any place we know they could know about isn't safe. And then he'll just end up dead.
If he really wants to help and be effective, report what might be useful to the police, they won't care about a couple of girls like us, but they might care about the man who almost killed Paris. He was almost certainly killed by Paula and moved somewhere. They'll care about a murder of a random joe, especially if he turns out to be someone important. He could have been anybody. Someone the police might really care about. He could have been a corrupt cop for all we know, and they care about dead cops regardless. If gentleman can find out who that man was in anyway, like he'll probably show up on a missing person's list in a few days, just report him anonymously.

while it may seem appealing and all, this obviously could be very dangerous. you have no real reason to trust him and you need to let him know that. even if he *seems* like a nice guy, it's extremely easy to fake that kind of thing.

>>580098
This is a good idea, Gentleman seems like he could at the very least make for a useful go-between to get us out of this mess.

>>580082

ask him if he can take you outside of the city to a hotel or something rather than to his house? something about the whole 'underage girl who can't say no' makes this guy seem more than a bit sketch to me. paris might respond better to a hotel than his house, anyway.

>>580082
Ask for more information about where he lives. We COULD just take a taxi. Also tell her that the other girl thinks he's just a pervert who wanted to seduce a teenager, and we need some way to convince her he's legit. He also needs to tell you why he sought you out. What does he like about you?

How did he know you were here, anyway? Why doesn't the club know, if he knows?

>>580082

If he really wants to help, what you need is money. Better disguises. And people unrelated to the place you just came from.
He's suspicious, and even if he says he's not a fighter, it might be a lie. He's a wolf. He's dangerous. If he really wants to help, he'll gladly give you some money to help and back off.
Better, give him your and Paris' old clothes, let him dump them somewhere in plain sight to create a wrong track for the pursuers to follow while you get away.
Don't go with the wolf!

tell him.... You need to talk to Paris and ask if he can come back in the morning????

DON'T GO WITH HIM DON'T GO WITH HIM DON'T GO WITH HIM

he seems like he genuinely cares, but it feels off. he feels like hes hiding something.

ask him why hes helping you. then go back and talk with paris about the plan.

Okay, your gentleman is nice... but from what you've said so far it doesn't seem like you ever talked much with him, right? You just went to the back room with him. So, why does he care that much about you? And how did he know where to find you? Ask him. In the situation you are in you can't afford to just believe people because they look nice. Question everything.
And... you're young, but you sure must have heard stories about murderers/kidnappers/whathaveyou who feign kindness to lure in their victims. Kind manners don't equal a kind heart, and kindness isn't the hardest thing to fake.
House-almost-in-the-middle-of-nowhere-with-a-john-twice-your-age doesn't seem like a great plan. You're really not in a position to trust others blindly.

Only go with him if Paris will go with you. Go relay everything he said to Paris and talk about your options and if any of them are safer than your gentleman. Don't let Paris put you down and remain firm that you both need to chose what you both are going to do. Tell her you will not go with him without her.

Also, the club you used to work at doesn't seem like the most classy place. As you said earlier, your gentleman doesn't behave like most of the other customers, he tips well, and all of the girls like him. And let's not forget he wears visibly expensive clothes! He could hardly go unnoticed. Yet he says that "there are still people from the club out here. [he] passed a few on [his] way here, but they didn't recognize [him]". I find that hard to believe.

do not go with him omg that is the worst idea that ever happened

tell him to come back in the morning. go back to your room, talk about it with paris, and then get some rest. talk about it more in the morning, make your decision, and then relay it to him. do not take this lightly, make sure you and paris are on the same page, and do not let your infatuation with this gentleman blind you.

A SECLUDED HOUSE IN THE WOODS? NOOOODONT
DON'T DO IT
TELL HIM NO
at least then you will see how he is like when you deny him!

Loretta bby, listen to me. Please. Very, very carefully
Your gentleman probably does care about you and want you to be alive.
YOUR GENTLEMAN IS NOT A GOOD PERSON. The people and the johns especially who frequent that place aren't. Your gentleman's affection is NOT good, and NOT healthy.
DO NOT TRUST YOUR GENTLEMAN. We do not know what he wants, or why. And he is a wolf. I would even say to use that affection he has for you to your advantage if he wasn't a wolf.
Be very, very careful. Ask him how he found you.
Do not make him angry, under any circumstances, but DO NOT FOLLOW HIM.
DO NOT TRUST YOUR GENTLEMAN.
And as soon as you can, keep as far away from him as you can, and make sure he can't find you. Your gentleman is dangerous, Loretta, no matter what he feels for you.

He could be the nicest guy in the world but you never start any sort of a relationship in a situation like this. If he is truly a gentleman he will understand and will be willing to help you in other ways.

NO LORETTA NO DO NOT GO WITH HIM THAT IS A FOOL'S PATH

Plus, as of right now, Paris needs you. You know you can trust her, and she might not be able to make it out without you.

Only go if Paris goes, if she doesn't then just tell him you need time to sort things out.

>>580082
Honestly as bad an idea as going with him is I'm not sure what choice you two have. Ask Paris what she thinks and when she inevitably says no ask what other options you have. Tell your gentleman to wait while you talk it over with her.

LORETTA NO

ask him why he's come here and what he expects from you

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i'm quiet for a really long time.

"loretta?"

"i'm still here." i take a deep deep deep breath and it makes me shake a little. "you know, paris doesn't trust you."

"paris?"

"the cat."

he chuckles softly. "she's not wrong, loretta." my eyes widen, but before i can ask for an explanation, he continues. "it's good that she doesn't, loretta. i'm glad you're with someone who's looking out for you. i'm glad you're with someone who knows how to take care of you." i hear him sigh. "and i would understand if you didn't trust me, either. but i hope you will, so that i can help you get out of this."

"w..." thinking this way makes my head hurt, i don't like distrusting him, i don't like to think about the worst case all the time. but i think about paris. she's kept me safe and i have to keep her safe. i have to keep us safe. "w-why...."

"hm?"

"why are you helping me? why did you come to see me so much?"

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now he's quiet for a long time. i can feel my nails digging into my arm. when he finally speaks i almost jump. "i can only be honest with you, loretta."

"it started out as just. loretta, you know." i don't say anything. "sex," he says, firmly but carefully, and i flinch. "it's the reason anyone goes there. you're an intelligent girl, loretta. you know that."

i'm crying now, struggling to keep it quiet enough that he can't hear, but i'm clinging to that one word he said. started. started, started, started, started

"but you were, ah. this is going to sound really cliche." i can hear that he's smiling in his voice and a tiny laugh bursts through my tears, i love him, i love him i love him, i love him so much - "you were different - i'm sorry, this can't sound convincing at all, it's so. trite. but really, i was just charmed by you, and i wanted to see you. i wanted to know more. and, ah ... maybe i'm wrong, but i felt like it made you happy too."

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"yeah," i burst out without thinking, "yeah, yeah -"

"are you okay, loretta?"

"yeah, i just -" i wipe my eyes frantically on the back of my hands, hiccuping. "it's okay. i'm okay. sorry."

"if i don't help you," he says slowly, once i quiet down, "i'll probably never see you again. i don't want that."

i'm nodding weakly, even though i know he can't see it. something suddenly occurs to me. "u-uhm," i begin shyly, "i just, uhm. i think .... you said you want to know more about me ..."

"yes."

"i think .... i want to know more about you, too." i swallow and it's so hard to do that it hurts a little. "what's your name?"

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"ah ... of course. of course." he's laughing and it sounds warm and deep and i feel like he'd smell like trees. "it's ridiculous that i've never told you til now, isn't it?"

"it's ulric."

chapter 2: http://tgchan.org/kusaba/quest/res/580760.html

NOPE NO LORETTA DON'T GO

Ulric?
"Name of german origin, used to describe a kind hearted man. Tranlsates, to man of the wolves."

Seems legit, at least thematically. This is a difficult choice. I don't want to abandon Paris but this guy seems like our best chance. Also it looks like Loretta is absolutely not going to stop trusting him because she's blinded by love(or what a 17 year old thinks is love anyway).

I wonder if the religious nurse has any connections that would help, if Paris refuses to come along. Best case scenario, Paris goes to live in a covenant and visits Loretta and Ulric periodically (with protection, perhaps) to ensure she's alright.

stick with the previous plan. tell ulric you need to talk to paris, ask him to come back in the morning. get some rest, think it over, do not make this decision without thinking of the consequences.

nopenopenopenopenope

WHY FUCKING ULRIC.
WHY.

Do it loretta you love him

BUT WHY

...I'm honestly not sure if knowing it's Ulric makes him more trustworthy or less.

Don't even fucking think about it you dumbshits.