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"Sounds good to me. I'll grab the one on the right. But yeah, I don't think getting along will be a problem, you seem like a chill person Emily. I'll see you tomorrow."
She watched as her hopefully new friend left the house and went home to pack.
Grabbing her phone from the backpocket of the distressed denim jeans, she used the device to order herself a pepperoni pizza, soft drinks and online order some furnishings for the room she'd chosen. It was a pretty good sized room, with a cute alcove by the window and a custom made window seat, but like the other bedrooms it was devoid of any other furnishings.
Good as place as any to crash tonight Jade noted as she placed her bag beneath it, waiting for her pizza to arrive.

A few hours later she awoke dazed, the vivid dream she'd had disappearing from her memory. Her body felt heavy and time felt as though it was moving in slow motion. Jade was sitting on the window sill, wondering why she wasn't lying down and why it felt as though she was moving in the space between one slow breath and the next. The young woman decided she needed to get some water on her face in the hopes that it would jolt her body from this weird place between dream and reality.
No, that was wrong. This was something else.

She shook her head, the slower motion making her stomach turn. When she got put to the hallway she stopped dead in her tracks. At the end of it was the blurred outline of a female figure. Every second that passed and painful breath Jade took while she stood there, immobile made the figure come more into focus until she could see it clearly.

It was the not her her. The one she'd seen for passing moments as she'd passed mirrors and windows for these past years.
The one who aged along side her. The one with the scars. Scars which faded more every month and which new ones sometimes appeared.

The thought that struck Jade Parr the most as she stood there, facing off a version of herself which wasn't her, was the sadness and pain which radiated from it.
The other her opened her mouth to say something and then, just like that, Jade was released from whatever had taken ahold of her and time sped back up.

She promptly threw up the pizza from earlier on the landing leading up to the attic where her shadow self had just stood staring at her.

She hugged herself and started rubbing her arms in hope of getting warm before cleaning up the evidence of the episode with cleaning supplies she'd found underneath the kitchen sink. Before proceeding to take a long, scaldingly hot shower to try and ease the cold feeling inside her and then headed to the back garden, not once looking towards the attic landing. And there she waited until the sun rose from it's own slumber.

{{ Oh goodie :3 }}

@cheshirecat: Yeah I feel so too. The last three games have built up this mages v templar storyline and has left a lot of ends I think a lot of people want tied together. Would love to go to Tevinter and Antiva in DA4!

Jade shrugged "more pizza for me then. Or possibly sushi. Do you want to pick a room before you head out? Anything will be an upgrade compared to where I've been staying." Hell, the bathtub would be an improvement compared to motel murder.
She'd miss coming up with nice new names for the motel although to be fair it had become a nice excersise in creativity.

She'd have to make a list of things tonight that needed to be bought tomorrow. Sheets, pillows and covers. It would be nice to own more than one shower towel. Luckily Jade had been able to store her box of books for the semester at work, so that needed to be picked up. The mental list in her head made her realise just how much of a nomad she'd become.

"Sure thing. See you tomorrow, maybe we can buy food and shit when you get back, celebrate with some coffee and get to know each other. You can tell me all about your dreams of being a writer. Been a while since I lived with someone, so I should probably apologise for any bad habits in advance" Jade laughed.

{{Sorry if mine are too short or too long, writing on my phone from work ^^}}

@totalanimefan: Sweden. What about you? From what part of the world do you hail?

Jade didn't miss a beat, signing the papers on the spot. Whatever downside there might be to this deal, she thought to herself, couldn't be worse than the last couple of years.

"Me neither, so we should be five-by-five" she replied Emily. Five by five meaning they were square. She couldn't wait for Mrs. Kingston to leave, something about the older woman was... Off.
She blamed the market for why they rented it out and at that price, but there were studio apartments further away from college that went for double the cost. None the less, for once Jade wasn't going to look a gift horse in the mouth.

With her part time job as a bartender at Glitz, the partial scholarship and the dirt cheap rental she might even be able to pay the rest of the tuition this year.
"How do you feel about pizza, Ems?" the smile on her lips the first happy one in nearly a year "can I call you Ems? Or do you prefer Emily?"

It had been a long time since she felt at ease. At sixteen, she'd run away from home. The dreams had started a year prior to that, and then the visions shortly thereafter. Suddenly Jade seen things when she was awake.

She could walk by a mirror and swear, that for just a second, she'd looked different. Worn different clothes, had scars.
With time, whatever it was that made it all possible changed, as if the ability grew.
It was as though the fabric of time had become odd and translucent, that things at certain times or around certain people shone through. Her family was convinced the young woman was delusional.
She overheard them one day, talking about what to do with her and that was it.
Jade wasn't sticking around.
Bartending had been a good way to make money, as jobs could be found just about anywhere. Housing was harder, hence her current experience with motel hell.

"I'm Jade, by the way, Jade Parr. Majoring, or will rather, major in paranormal psychology" she reached out her hand to the other girl "nice to make your acquaintance, roomie."

@cheshirecat: I imagine a lot of small squabbles amongst them, but like, the whole world in in danger so maybe help each other out for just a little bit XD I'm hoping for DA4 to resolve some of these things.

@totalanimefan: Unfortunately no, if I'd ordered online it would have to be from out of the country, and with shipping and customs it'd wouldn't be worth it :( Luckily I can get a nice cup or chai latte just about everywhere so can't be too sad :3

She seemed nervous, Jade noted as the other woman glanced at the army green duffel-bag over her shoulder.
She was just about to reply to the mooching comment as the actual landlord parked and came over. I wish I'd lived at a sisters house Jade thought amused at least then I wouldn't have to listen to some old pervert got jiggy with some barely legal prostitute luckily she had her noise cancelling headphones and the suspicious stain in the ceiling above the bed which was either mold, water damage or blood from the previous tenant of room 14 who'd grown just as tired of the ever changing
yet still the same neighbours.

Of course, there was family too. Not close in vicinity, thank god, but Jade Parr would resort to sleeping on a park bench before she ever did such a thing as to go home or ask them for help. She subly shook her head to get rid of the memories threatening to flod back. By then, the landlord and the other girl, Emily, had started making their way toward the entrance of the house.

Jade had heard enough to know to get a gist of it all and to know she wanted this place. She wouldn't mind sharing either. $250 a month for mansion with her own room, no perverts or suspicious stains or a creepy receptions who probably had hidden cams in all the rooms? Heaven.

"I'm all for it" Jade replied to Emily "as long as we can agree to some ground rules. Not saying you're necessarily a party girl, or that I am, but no parties before exams and we get Internet and split the cost?" she raised an eyebrow at the other girl as she awaited the response and then quickly turned to the landlord
"If we take it, can we move in straight away?" the older woman nodded and Jade turned her attention back to Emily.

@cheshirecat: Yeah, it's really awful. And I hate that we have to choose a side on DAI, because they're both in the wrong and they need to cooperate. Imagine how much easier things would have been if you could have them both in your side 🤔

@totalanimefan: True. Sadly no place here serves the actual stuff so the powdery instant version is all I've got 🥺

@totalanimefan: Yes :) Ooh, matcha is soo god. Bought a packet of "insta" matcha latte a while back when visiting friends and I love it! Although, to be fair, not quite as delicious as it's cold as it is to drink right after pouring the hot water XD

@lilykin: Will do haha, found the rp corner and will set up my nest there, me thinks :)

@cheshirecat: Exactly! That's how I feel aswell. Like, sure in some places I think they've got it pretty good considering because not all circles are as bad. But Kirkwall? God dang, they've got it SO SO bad over there that how can you blame them for giving in to the demons, when they're already being tormented and living in fear for their lives constantly. In DAI, so far, I just think they're all in the super wrong. At least own up to your mistakes! :vanora_unamused:

@crystalkitsune85: Posted, sorry for the wait, work dragged out :)

Jade stepped out on the curb after handing the cabbie a crumpled twenty dollar bill. She threw her rundown duffel-bag over her shoulder and looked up the street at the rather impressive house in front of her. It resembled houses from the Victorian era, was two stories high and should by all standards go for quite a lot more money per month then what the landlord was asking. The jaded part of herself had instantly asked what the catch was, because no one was so charitable as to rent a damn mansion out for nickles and dimes.

It turned out that the old lady who'd lived there earlier had passed away and for some reason, fortunately for Jade, the family wanted nothing to do with the property. Even more fortuitous was the fact that the campus was a mere five minutes away. Less fortuitous, or so the young woman thought at the time, was that someone else was already parked on the street in front of the property, waiting by their car, and Jade Parr doubted that the young brunette standing patiently by the car was the landlord.

She let out a sigh and put her cerulean dyed hair in a ponytail to keep the breeze from messing it up. Strange, Jade thought to herself as she walked toward the other girl, the weather had been mild just a minute or two ago and now the wind was starting to get to peak annoyance level.

The landlord hadn't said anything about showing the property to someone else at the same time, or at all and frankly, she'd hoped no one would have been quick enough to pick up on the listing yet, given that it hadn't even been on the site for an hour. I need this, she thought solemnly. Her back was still sore from couch surfing, and the rest of her soul couldn't take another night at the cheap, pay by the hour motel she'd resorted to 'living' at. The walls were thin, the neighbors loud, the receptionist a creep and she was pretty sure someone had been murdered in her room at some, if not several, points in time.

Jade pulled her jacket on tighter and flashed the other potential renter a smile as she came up toward the towering house.
"Hey" she said "I'm Jade and I'm guessing you're not the shady landlord who rents this place out dirt-cheap and fail to mention the multiple people tour?"

@lilykin: Oh, we're both newbies then :) Any tips?

@totalanimefan: Yay! You've got good taste then haha. Yeah I prefer unsweetened too, on both of them, but with a few drops of milk in my tea (for the texture). Aw, sorry to hear that. But at least you've got tea and chai :)

@cheshirecat: True. Yeah definitely a lot of fault with both groups. I'm just slightly partial to mages because even though I can't agree with their actions (especially Orsino, that whole thing made me both sad and angry at the same time) I can see WHY the mages turn to demons. They live under this constant fear to be struck down, especially in Kirkwall, where there are so many templars which are soo soo bad, and the knight commander knows it and not only doesn't stop it, but almost encourages it.

@lilykin: Thank you! Been a member here long?

@totalanimefan: Chai latte, almost any tea (except camomile) and dark roasted coffee. Medium roast is doable but dark roast is the bomb
What about you? Hot or cold?