annabellelloyd:
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How did the ball go for everyone?

I swear she likes the sunrise.
So early… Do you have anything during the daytime? Can you just sleep all day?

Did that already.
Shoot… I’m sorry I can’t think of anything else that would help. I hope you’re able to get him to go to bed soon.

Annabelle sat back against the wall as Arielle started talking. The beginning of her speech worried her, the ‘not entirely truthful’ part, but she almost wanted to laugh at how little it mattered to her that Arielle was half human. Obviously, she didn’t laugh. She could tell that it was something Arielle had struggled with her whole life. She didn’t realize that there was a divide between the demons if one was half human, it seemed like such a trivial and petty thing to Anna, but apparently it was a pretty big deal to other demons. She had heard plenty about how demons posses humans before from the demons around town. She knew that it was a fun thing for them but Anna didn’t realize that it was something they truly craved. All the demons she’d met before had been wholly demon to her knowledge, that might be why they didn’t feel bad about taking over a person when they did it. It made sense that the humanity in Arielle would make her feel bad for taking away a person’s free will.
During the next part of her story, all Annabelle wanted to do was hug Arielle. The poor girl had been blaming herself for ruining a boy’s life for years, of course that would mess with her mind. She listened intently to the rest of her story, feeling intense pity for her friend and she wished there was something she could do to help ease her pain.
When Arielle finished telling her story, Annabelle moved toward her and took one of her hands in both of hers in effort to provide comfort. “Arielle, you shouldn’t blame yourself and be so hard on yourself for what happened to that boy.” she started, looking her in the eyes, “I’ve heard of full-demons who accidentally kill the people they posses so it’s not solely because you’re half human. I think you’re being too hard on yourself. Forcing yourself to only posses shitty souls can’t be good for you, it’s not natural to your demon half, right?” she hoped she was giving good advice, she wasn’t exactly an expert in demon ways. “I wonder, maybe if you posses kinder souls for a short time more frequently, maybe it would get easier?”
Arielle looked at Annabelle, gauging her reaction. Was she disgusted with her? What she did was horrible, and Arielle would understand if she wanted nothing to do with her. Even so, she would be really upset if Annabelle left her; she had taken a liking to Annabelle. When she grabbed Arielle’s hands, she felt so relieved. And though it didn’t change how she felt about what she did, it made her feel good that Annabelle didn’t blame her. ”But the difference between those demons and me is that I have remorse for what I did. I’ve met someone whose killed the human they possessed and they hardly felt bad for it. Humans are below them, so if they hurt a few humans it doesn’t matter as long as they get what they need. But for me… I’m part human. I can relate to humans; I can sympathies with them. Maybe this didn’t happen because I was part human, but it is the reason why I feel so bad for it. And I should. But maybe… maybe if I was like the other demons, or even acted like them, they wouldn’t have played that trick on me and none of this would have happened.” Arielle had come to terms with the fact that she was half human, but sometimes she just wished she was like the others.
“Maybe. I don’t know. Sure, it feels awful for me to be taking over those souls, but what if I lose control and hurt those people? I can’t really control myself very well, so I might take them over longer than I should or make them do bad things. I’m not sure I can risk it. I’d rather feel like shit than hurt anymore people.”
I’m Laura! How is everyone doing?
Hi Laura. I’m Arielle. It’s nice to meet you. Did you just move here?
