Patchy
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Management Orders: Mission 4
Action 1: Spend Time with Jonas - So Jonas and I have been out once now, but I'm still not really sure about what we are, exactly. I think we're maybe together, but what if he doesn't see it that way? That would be so embarrassing. I guess I'll ask him if he wants to hang out with me alone again, that should make clear what he thinks we're like. We can probably just find a mall or something to hang around, since I bet neither of us wants to do anything too energetic in this weather, but i'm open to suggestions if he has a better idea.
Action 2: Look for Jasmine and Demons - Something wasn't right about that last demon vanishing, I could have sworn I felt a person trying to reach me. Given how unreasonable Nephilim was about what happened to Estefania, asking him probably won't help, and I know Laura doesn't like talking to me about 'that' stuff, so I guess that just leaves Jasmine. I know roughly where to find her, but I'll have to be a bit careful to make it obvious I just want to talk to her, given what happened to Sera last time. She said something about me being a 'natural blood girl', whatever that is, so maybe she'd be willing to let me help out hunting with her and the others (no cost, obviously), and if so I can hopefully get close to a dying demon again and see what happens this time. Even if she doesn't agree, it would be nice to set up some sort of communications so we can at least walk around in her area without her assuming right off that we're intruding on her turf; maybe where we text her whenever entering the Barrios?
Action Not: I don't want to have to lie to Ant' about some of the stuff that happened recently, so maybe I'll put off talking to him, just for a day or two...
XP Spending: +1 Social Point, +1 Magic Point
Dem Orders, right Patchy?
DT
Spoiler :
You sit down with Jonas in the air conditioned mall, taking a moment to bask in the cool air as you get shelter from the heat outside. Funny enough, you've never actually been to this mall before. Ant' lived in the directly opposite direction from it so you never had the chance to visit it before after school. You shake your head trying to get Ant' out of it, you still don't feel entirely comfortable with the idea of hiding things from your childhood friend.
You've been bouncing around a line of questioning in your head for a while, striking down various drafts of the idea. You can't exactly say what possessed you that day to spontaneously ask out Jonas and you haven't been entirely comfortable since then due to the complexity of the relationship and your relationship with his sister Sera. Heck, who knows how Jonas even sees the whole thing, it must have been even crazier from his perspective.
...Still going out with him hasn't been bad really, even though Jonas might be a bit younger than you he's entertaining to be around and is a surprisingly good listener. And the last part has been a godsend recently given the insanity your life has been put through.
"-ere? Hey, earth to Erika, are you there?" Jonas says waving his hand in front of you
You blink quickly, it seems like you got lost in thought a bit longer than you had expected. "Oh, sorry Jonas. I was just thinking."
"That's okay. I was just saying that maybe we should go and get some ice cream, if you're alright with that?" Jonas says while motioning over to an ice-cream stand nearby.
You nod and go to pick up your regular flavor of ice-cream while Jonas gets a healthy scoop of chocolate. He insists on paying for the treat, and you aren't particularly opposed to free ice-cream.
"Hey, Jonas?" you finally decide to quit hesitating and ask the question that's been eating away at you, "Are we- you know..."
"Yeah?"
"Are we... Alright with how your sister is doing? After the last fight I mean."
Erika Engel, slayer of demons, unflinching in battle, cowardly in love.
You restlessly stomp down on the more sarcastic side of your personality, really there was no need to directly ask Jonas about the relationship status. Clearly after he accepted your offer to continue hanging out and bought you ice-cream it means that the two of you are on the same wavelength as far as the relationship goes.
Jonas nods slowly after taking a lick of his ice-cream "She seemed a bit shaken after that battle, but she's been recovering alright, pretty much back to her normal self."
You nod with a smile "That's good to hear," your eyes start to drift towards the ice-cream in his hand, "Do you mind if I try a bit of yours?"
"Oh sure!" he says lifting up the chocolate offering.
As you eat some of the ice-cream the hairs on the back of your neck pick up for a second, similar to that feeling you get when a demon is about to land a blow on you. You look around distracted, but only see a regular crowd of mall-goers.
A cold feeling on your fingers alerts you to the melting state of your ice-cream "Oh no!"
"I got it!" Jonas says as he licks the ice-cream off your fingers, sending an electric sensation through your spine.
And there's that 'I feel like I'm gonna be killed' feeling again. You look around through the crowd for any sign of danger but again can't find anything.
"I've been doing too much hunting recently." You say shaking your head, "Let's go do something to relax."
***
You jump from rooftop to rooftop as you move about the Barrios trying to get to the school where you first ran into Jasmine again.
"You know Blood," a familiar voice rings out behind you, "I get it that you weren't around to hear me tell ya girlfriend this. But runnin' around uninvited through other girl's territory is a good way to end up getting jumped. Especially doing it all on your lonesome like that."
You turn around to find Jasmine standing in full magical girl regalia, dressed in a crimson leotard with a Napoleonic cuirass over it and her cannon swung over her shoulder.
"Oh, Jasmine, I was looking for you!" you say as you raise your hands up to make it absolutely clear you are unarmed. "I just wanted to talk."
Jasmine nods putting the cannon down on the ground with a solid 'thud.'
"I thought so to, just letting you know I had ta' head off one of my friends who saw you runnin around."
"Thanks for that."
"Ain't nothing. So why'd you come looking for me?" Jasmine asks with an easy going grin, "Am I really that popular now?"
You take a deep breath before laying out your proposal. "I was wondering if you'd let me help you and your friends when you're out hunting demons? I'm not looking for Seeds of course, you guys can take all of them."
Jasmine's brow creases as she frowns at you, "You tellin' me that you want to go put ya life in danger for nothing at all? Sorry, but I don't buy it. What's the catch?"
"No catch." you shake your head, "I just want to hunt more Demons."
A silence fills the air as Jasmine considers your proposal.
"Oh I know what this is." Jasmine says breaking the pause, "You want to get more experienced! You could use it too seeing how that last fight went."
Well technically speaking she isn't wrong, so you nod along.
"Aight. I'll introduce you to the rest of the gang, they get the last say on whether or not you get to come along. So no promises."Jasmine picks up her weapon and heads off with you following close behind.
The Piru gang seems to be made up of five or so girls pretty similar to Jasmine, most of them don't pay much mind to you after Jasmine introduced you. Except for one of the older girls Faith, who warned you against trying to go alone through Sureño territory. "They ain't nice like we are to outsiders."
The hunt for demons goes well enough, as you stick next to Jasmine who offers the odd bit of advice when it comes to tracking demons. By the end of the fight you've managed to position yourself near the Demon before it died. Covering your eyes you again feel a strange sensation of fingers pulling at your arm in the seconds before the Demon died.
You've been bouncing around a line of questioning in your head for a while, striking down various drafts of the idea. You can't exactly say what possessed you that day to spontaneously ask out Jonas and you haven't been entirely comfortable since then due to the complexity of the relationship and your relationship with his sister Sera. Heck, who knows how Jonas even sees the whole thing, it must have been even crazier from his perspective.
...Still going out with him hasn't been bad really, even though Jonas might be a bit younger than you he's entertaining to be around and is a surprisingly good listener. And the last part has been a godsend recently given the insanity your life has been put through.
"-ere? Hey, earth to Erika, are you there?" Jonas says waving his hand in front of you
You blink quickly, it seems like you got lost in thought a bit longer than you had expected. "Oh, sorry Jonas. I was just thinking."
"That's okay. I was just saying that maybe we should go and get some ice cream, if you're alright with that?" Jonas says while motioning over to an ice-cream stand nearby.
You nod and go to pick up your regular flavor of ice-cream while Jonas gets a healthy scoop of chocolate. He insists on paying for the treat, and you aren't particularly opposed to free ice-cream.
"Hey, Jonas?" you finally decide to quit hesitating and ask the question that's been eating away at you, "Are we- you know..."
"Yeah?"
"Are we... Alright with how your sister is doing? After the last fight I mean."
Erika Engel, slayer of demons, unflinching in battle, cowardly in love.
You restlessly stomp down on the more sarcastic side of your personality, really there was no need to directly ask Jonas about the relationship status. Clearly after he accepted your offer to continue hanging out and bought you ice-cream it means that the two of you are on the same wavelength as far as the relationship goes.
Jonas nods slowly after taking a lick of his ice-cream "She seemed a bit shaken after that battle, but she's been recovering alright, pretty much back to her normal self."
You nod with a smile "That's good to hear," your eyes start to drift towards the ice-cream in his hand, "Do you mind if I try a bit of yours?"
"Oh sure!" he says lifting up the chocolate offering.
As you eat some of the ice-cream the hairs on the back of your neck pick up for a second, similar to that feeling you get when a demon is about to land a blow on you. You look around distracted, but only see a regular crowd of mall-goers.
A cold feeling on your fingers alerts you to the melting state of your ice-cream "Oh no!"
"I got it!" Jonas says as he licks the ice-cream off your fingers, sending an electric sensation through your spine.
And there's that 'I feel like I'm gonna be killed' feeling again. You look around through the crowd for any sign of danger but again can't find anything.
"I've been doing too much hunting recently." You say shaking your head, "Let's go do something to relax."
***
You jump from rooftop to rooftop as you move about the Barrios trying to get to the school where you first ran into Jasmine again.
"You know Blood," a familiar voice rings out behind you, "I get it that you weren't around to hear me tell ya girlfriend this. But runnin' around uninvited through other girl's territory is a good way to end up getting jumped. Especially doing it all on your lonesome like that."
You turn around to find Jasmine standing in full magical girl regalia, dressed in a crimson leotard with a Napoleonic cuirass over it and her cannon swung over her shoulder.
"Oh, Jasmine, I was looking for you!" you say as you raise your hands up to make it absolutely clear you are unarmed. "I just wanted to talk."
Jasmine nods putting the cannon down on the ground with a solid 'thud.'
"I thought so to, just letting you know I had ta' head off one of my friends who saw you runnin around."
"Thanks for that."
"Ain't nothing. So why'd you come looking for me?" Jasmine asks with an easy going grin, "Am I really that popular now?"
You take a deep breath before laying out your proposal. "I was wondering if you'd let me help you and your friends when you're out hunting demons? I'm not looking for Seeds of course, you guys can take all of them."
Jasmine's brow creases as she frowns at you, "You tellin' me that you want to go put ya life in danger for nothing at all? Sorry, but I don't buy it. What's the catch?"
"No catch." you shake your head, "I just want to hunt more Demons."
A silence fills the air as Jasmine considers your proposal.
"Oh I know what this is." Jasmine says breaking the pause, "You want to get more experienced! You could use it too seeing how that last fight went."
Well technically speaking she isn't wrong, so you nod along.
"Aight. I'll introduce you to the rest of the gang, they get the last say on whether or not you get to come along. So no promises."Jasmine picks up her weapon and heads off with you following close behind.
The Piru gang seems to be made up of five or so girls pretty similar to Jasmine, most of them don't pay much mind to you after Jasmine introduced you. Except for one of the older girls Faith, who warned you against trying to go alone through Sureño territory. "They ain't nice like we are to outsiders."
The hunt for demons goes well enough, as you stick next to Jasmine who offers the odd bit of advice when it comes to tracking demons. By the end of the fight you've managed to position yourself near the Demon before it died. Covering your eyes you again feel a strange sensation of fingers pulling at your arm in the seconds before the Demon died.
Management Orders Mission 3/4
Order 1: Ach, that last fight seems to have made things so complicated. While it is good to know that Erika did not actually betray me, to know the truth of what happened, and to have experienced it first hand myself, has only makes things worse. To think of how easily I had lost control, and to not even have any memory of it...I just thank the Lord that Jonas wasn't there to witness that. It makes me wonder if it is still worth fighting these demons, if Im just as likely to attack those I should be defending. And what about this kiss that I have no memory of? Should I confront Erika about it, should I ignore it and act like it never happened? Maybe if I talk to Papa, he will have some answers. He always seems to know what to do. I just need to be careful that I do not let slip anything about the demons or magic.
Order 2: After all we did to save Estefa, she still ends up crippled. I wonder how many other girls have met a similar, or worse fate. There must be something I can do. Nephilim said that demons are drawn to those who have the potential to be magical girls, like when Jonas and I were attacked. If I'm to prevent anyone else from having to go through what has happened to Estefa, I need to find these girls before the demons do. Hopefully they will never have to fight these creatures, if we can fight the demons on their behalf.
Spend 1 XP increasing Heart stat to 9; 1 XP increasing Finesse stat to 4
Spoiler :
[blah blah, standard language disclaimers]
You sit down at home following the battle at the clinic, feeling completely and utterly spent physically and mentally. You scratch at one of the Band-Aids that Jasmine had put on you following the fight, you had to explain it to your father as you tripping on the ground when the rain had started.
You grimace as you remember that, you really hate having to lie to your father but it's really for the best that you don't drag him into this life. However, that doesn't mean that you wouldn't be able to talk to him about some of your problems, all you had to do was just couch the questions properly.
You knock on the door to your father's study before entering.
"Papa? Are you free right now? I want to talk..."
Your father looks up from the pile of paperwork he was working on before capping his pen and swiveling his chair around.
"Of course sweetheart, I've always got time for you, what is it?"
"Well, I was wondering if I could get some advice from you. It's about a friend you see." Genius Sera, now you can ask whatever you want about your 'friend.'
Your father raises his eyebrows "Oh? And what problems might this friend of yours be having?"
"Well you see, she's really just a regular person, but recently she's been trying to help make the world better. And to help and protect others."
He nods slowly "She seems like an excellent girl, this world needs more people like that."
"But..." You hesitate slowly, "The problem is that even when she's trying to help people sometimes, she can accidentally end up hurting them without meaning to at all. So I was wondering whether or not I should tell her to stop trying, if she might end up hurting the people she meant to protect."
Erwin places a hand on your shoulder and gives you a comforting smile.
"What you just described there is the tragedy of humanity, darling. You see, no one really wants to hurt people for the sake of hurting people. But people can try to do everything right and still end up hurting others."
He runs a hand through your hair, "What's important though is that we never stop trying to help others, as bad as it can sometimes turn out. Because if we do, then every cry for help would go unanswered and people would suffer because everyone was too scared of trying to give help. I know you are worried for your friend, but so long as she learns from her failures and gains experience, you'll see that she'll get better at helping people."
"Only problem is some people might like her too much for that..." you mutter to yourself as you remember how Jasmine told you that you were kissed by Erika after the fight.
"What was that?"
"O-Oh... Well I was just saying that... Never mind. It's nothing, absolutely nothing." you think you'd die of embarrassment before you told your father that you were kissed by another girl.
"Okay," your father says slowly, "But just a bit of unrelated advice. If you ever get unwanted attention, just be very clear to the person that it is unwanted. If they actually do care about you, they'll listen to that; and if they don't, you can always report to an adult about it."
You nod, your father always made a lot of sense and explains things very calmly. It was nice to talk with him.
***
You walk along with Nephilim through the Barrios while untransformed, you've learned your lesson about attracting unwanted attention in these parts.
"So you're sure this is the right way?"
'Absolutely, We only have two girls on record as having potential in this city. And you most certainly do not want anything to do with the second girl.'
"Alright..." you say slowly as Nephilim directs you across the street to a small park across from an elementary school, you can see a couple of kids playing there afterschool, "This is the place then?"
Nephilim hops onto your shoulder before pointing with his tail to a tween girl with beaded braids and mocha skin playing by herself on a swing.
'That would be her, all previous attempts at creating a pact with her have failed.'
"I thought that girls with potential had a scent that Demons were attracted to?"
'They do, it's just not a scent that is noticeable to humans. Her continued survival despite this is at least four standard deviations from the average length of un-pacted lifespan.'
You raise your eyebrows, it seems like it was a good thing that you decided to go looking for girls like her then.
You walk on over to the swing set and sit down next to her. You see the girl's eyes bug out when she sees Nephilim sitting on your shoulder.
"Hello, do you mind if I take this seat?" you ask politely
The little girl shakes her head, keeping her eyes on Nephilim.
"So you can see him too, huh?"
"Yeah." she says before looking at you, "Are you a magical girl?"
"I sure am." you nod, "My name is Sera, nice to meet you."
"I'm Alicia! That's so cool, I don't get to meet many magical girls."
You frown in confusion, this doesn't seem at all like a girl that would turn down Nephilim's offer.
"You know, if you became a magical girl you'd probably meet more of us, you'd be a lot safer too."
Alicia kicks at the gravel on the ground "I can't be a magical girl though, my sister says I'm not allowed to do that."
"But you can tell me about what that's like!" Alicia says with renewed enthusiasm, "Have you been in a fight yet?"
"Yeah, I've been in one or two."
"Ooh! Tell me!"
You chuckle at her enthusiasm before beginning to talk about the first fight you were in as a magical girl. Alicia listens with her attention solidly on you, and before you know it the sun has begun its descent in the sky.
"I gotta go home now." Alicia says, "But you'll come and see me again soon right!"
"Well... I don't know if I can really say that, but I'll try." You say.
"It's a promise then! See you tomorrow Sera!" Alicia says with a wave before going to a bus stop.
You sit down at home following the battle at the clinic, feeling completely and utterly spent physically and mentally. You scratch at one of the Band-Aids that Jasmine had put on you following the fight, you had to explain it to your father as you tripping on the ground when the rain had started.
You grimace as you remember that, you really hate having to lie to your father but it's really for the best that you don't drag him into this life. However, that doesn't mean that you wouldn't be able to talk to him about some of your problems, all you had to do was just couch the questions properly.
You knock on the door to your father's study before entering.
"Papa? Are you free right now? I want to talk..."
Your father looks up from the pile of paperwork he was working on before capping his pen and swiveling his chair around.
"Of course sweetheart, I've always got time for you, what is it?"
"Well, I was wondering if I could get some advice from you. It's about a friend you see." Genius Sera, now you can ask whatever you want about your 'friend.'
Your father raises his eyebrows "Oh? And what problems might this friend of yours be having?"
"Well you see, she's really just a regular person, but recently she's been trying to help make the world better. And to help and protect others."
He nods slowly "She seems like an excellent girl, this world needs more people like that."
"But..." You hesitate slowly, "The problem is that even when she's trying to help people sometimes, she can accidentally end up hurting them without meaning to at all. So I was wondering whether or not I should tell her to stop trying, if she might end up hurting the people she meant to protect."
Erwin places a hand on your shoulder and gives you a comforting smile.
"What you just described there is the tragedy of humanity, darling. You see, no one really wants to hurt people for the sake of hurting people. But people can try to do everything right and still end up hurting others."
He runs a hand through your hair, "What's important though is that we never stop trying to help others, as bad as it can sometimes turn out. Because if we do, then every cry for help would go unanswered and people would suffer because everyone was too scared of trying to give help. I know you are worried for your friend, but so long as she learns from her failures and gains experience, you'll see that she'll get better at helping people."
"Only problem is some people might like her too much for that..." you mutter to yourself as you remember how Jasmine told you that you were kissed by Erika after the fight.
"What was that?"
"O-Oh... Well I was just saying that... Never mind. It's nothing, absolutely nothing." you think you'd die of embarrassment before you told your father that you were kissed by another girl.
"Okay," your father says slowly, "But just a bit of unrelated advice. If you ever get unwanted attention, just be very clear to the person that it is unwanted. If they actually do care about you, they'll listen to that; and if they don't, you can always report to an adult about it."
You nod, your father always made a lot of sense and explains things very calmly. It was nice to talk with him.
***
You walk along with Nephilim through the Barrios while untransformed, you've learned your lesson about attracting unwanted attention in these parts.
"So you're sure this is the right way?"
'Absolutely, We only have two girls on record as having potential in this city. And you most certainly do not want anything to do with the second girl.'
"Alright..." you say slowly as Nephilim directs you across the street to a small park across from an elementary school, you can see a couple of kids playing there afterschool, "This is the place then?"
Nephilim hops onto your shoulder before pointing with his tail to a tween girl with beaded braids and mocha skin playing by herself on a swing.
'That would be her, all previous attempts at creating a pact with her have failed.'
"I thought that girls with potential had a scent that Demons were attracted to?"
'They do, it's just not a scent that is noticeable to humans. Her continued survival despite this is at least four standard deviations from the average length of un-pacted lifespan.'
You raise your eyebrows, it seems like it was a good thing that you decided to go looking for girls like her then.
You walk on over to the swing set and sit down next to her. You see the girl's eyes bug out when she sees Nephilim sitting on your shoulder.
"Hello, do you mind if I take this seat?" you ask politely
The little girl shakes her head, keeping her eyes on Nephilim.
"So you can see him too, huh?"
"Yeah." she says before looking at you, "Are you a magical girl?"
"I sure am." you nod, "My name is Sera, nice to meet you."
"I'm Alicia! That's so cool, I don't get to meet many magical girls."
You frown in confusion, this doesn't seem at all like a girl that would turn down Nephilim's offer.
"You know, if you became a magical girl you'd probably meet more of us, you'd be a lot safer too."
Alicia kicks at the gravel on the ground "I can't be a magical girl though, my sister says I'm not allowed to do that."
"But you can tell me about what that's like!" Alicia says with renewed enthusiasm, "Have you been in a fight yet?"
"Yeah, I've been in one or two."
"Ooh! Tell me!"
You chuckle at her enthusiasm before beginning to talk about the first fight you were in as a magical girl. Alicia listens with her attention solidly on you, and before you know it the sun has begun its descent in the sky.
"I gotta go home now." Alicia says, "But you'll come and see me again soon right!"
"Well... I don't know if I can really say that, but I'll try." You say.
"It's a promise then! See you tomorrow Sera!" Alicia says with a wave before going to a bus stop.
Management Orders 3: Red
1. Following the recent revelation during the last time out, Estefa will be figuratively throwing herself into her practicing for the track team. It is a fun and enjoyable activity and interacting with the few people she knows in it, such as the coach and Sera, have been the highlight of her days. And, in case in the future it turns out poorly, best to get in the good memories while she can?
2. Give all the recent hassle lately, making a pact, discovering she is paraplegic untransformed, andJonas going out with some [redacted]some minor grievances with acquaintances, Estefa could really use a day to herself. On a day where the pressure to go out and patrol is low, she'd like to go to a mall or some other place people like to be at so she can just spend some time away from all the recent stress.
XP Spending: +1 Heart, +1 Fury.
Spoiler :
First part under construction.
***
You sit down at the mall, your bandolier of potions clinking audibly as you relax by the fountain. It has been a long week, and a hard one given the various revelations that have turned your world upside down. But today is your day, you are going to relax and not worry about Demons, being unable to walk normally, or how Jonas was seduced by that bad-
"I'll pay for us!"
"You really don't have to Jonas."
"No I insist."
She's stalking you.
It's the only logical explanation, she's following you around to rub in the fact that she has Jonas and you don't.
Every fiber of your brain screams at you to get up and walk away from all of this, but you can't force yourself to do so. You have a burning desire to look after Jonas, you could never leave him alone, especially when he's in the clutches of Erika.
Breathe. You breathe in slowly, before looking around to see if you can't find a better position to be in. The absolute last thing you want is to be out in the open with those two in the mall, they might see you, or worse, come over and talk to you.
In short order you manage to find a nice little vantage point where you can peek in on the two while staying relatively well hidden.
"Alright ... how your sister ... doing? After the last ... I mean."
Well it didn't sound like anything too sinister, but wasn't that also how it began last time? You can't let your guard down again.
"She seemed a bit shaken ... but she's been ... back to her normal self."
Well it was nice to hear that Sera was doing well at least, especially given the ordeal that was having to go from battling Jasmine to fighting the spider Demon.
"Do you mind if I try a bit of yours?"
Wait, that doesn't sound good.
You watch in horror as Erika goes and eats some of Jonas's ice cream. It's awful, Jonas's lips had been there; doesn't that makes this, like, indirect kissing? That- that- that bad woman, how could she have tricked Jonas to get so close to him? Surely he has to realize that she's just using him for her own nefarious purposes?
"Oh no!"
"I got it!"
You stare blankly as you watch Jonas lick her hand in public.
"I'm done with today." you mutter as you head out the exit of the mall.
***
You sit down at the mall, your bandolier of potions clinking audibly as you relax by the fountain. It has been a long week, and a hard one given the various revelations that have turned your world upside down. But today is your day, you are going to relax and not worry about Demons, being unable to walk normally, or how Jonas was seduced by that bad-
"I'll pay for us!"
"You really don't have to Jonas."
"No I insist."
She's stalking you.
It's the only logical explanation, she's following you around to rub in the fact that she has Jonas and you don't.
Every fiber of your brain screams at you to get up and walk away from all of this, but you can't force yourself to do so. You have a burning desire to look after Jonas, you could never leave him alone, especially when he's in the clutches of Erika.
Breathe. You breathe in slowly, before looking around to see if you can't find a better position to be in. The absolute last thing you want is to be out in the open with those two in the mall, they might see you, or worse, come over and talk to you.
In short order you manage to find a nice little vantage point where you can peek in on the two while staying relatively well hidden.
"Alright ... how your sister ... doing? After the last ... I mean."
Well it didn't sound like anything too sinister, but wasn't that also how it began last time? You can't let your guard down again.
"She seemed a bit shaken ... but she's been ... back to her normal self."
Well it was nice to hear that Sera was doing well at least, especially given the ordeal that was having to go from battling Jasmine to fighting the spider Demon.
"Do you mind if I try a bit of yours?"
Wait, that doesn't sound good.
You watch in horror as Erika goes and eats some of Jonas's ice cream. It's awful, Jonas's lips had been there; doesn't that makes this, like, indirect kissing? That- that- that bad woman, how could she have tricked Jonas to get so close to him? Surely he has to realize that she's just using him for her own nefarious purposes?
"Oh no!"
"I got it!"
You stare blankly as you watch Jonas lick her hand in public.
"I'm done with today." you mutter as you head out the exit of the mall.