[Sodium_noir] Hell is Other People

[Colette Coeur]

John Black, Abby, Kurt Morgan
Very Old Man, Very Rattled Bastet, Sidhe 
Lady Sinclair's Mansion

John returned a moment later impressively balancing
three drinks on his hands. He handed one to Morgan, a
second to Abby, and kept the beer for himself. The
flustered look on the woman's face was a clear
indication that something had happened, but he had no
clue as to what.
   
  The Bastet looks younger and more vulnerable than he’s ever seen her.  Her eyes are almost solid black, her face is pale. John could swear he sees her shivering. 
  
"I hope I didn't miss anything."
   
  Abby turns to him.
  The Drink.
  She drains it one long swallow.
  Not really strong enough to wash that feeling of bein’
what? It wasn’t like someone else’d been driving, the thoughts and actions had been hers just not the Sela that lived here and now. 
  Like some kind of
what did that Photographer Fellow call it? Ahhh ‘double exposure’ it was.
  One image over another, different one.
  She’d ‘modeled’ some nude shots for him. In one she she’d been lounging on velvet cushions and he’d overlaid her image over one of a big Cat, Leopard most likely, in a similar pose.  Sure it was that he’d more than a touch of The Sight.
   
  But that had just been a picture, for a bit there, she’d been two people mergin’ into one confused and scared little girl.
   
  She glanced at both men, the Fey, shining and gorgeous, the Falcon ridin’ proud on his shoulder, and JMage was it? She looked straight into John’s eyes, hers with the Vision Morgan had just given her
   
  “Thanks John love, I REALLY needed that!”
   
  Taggin you softly with my Song


"Life is Short, let Love be Long."
 		
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