Spectre

Where's my phone. I FORGOT TO TEXT MY BEATIEEE

*Voice gets louder* "Your streaks will be the least of your worries if you don't listen to me."

*Voice is triumphant* "Ah, I see you've noticed the belt. That's right, your bestie is my puppet now. She'll do whatever I say, just like everyone else in this realm."

*dark energy pulses rhythmically* D1D Y0U JUST...FLIRT W1TH TH3 B31NG WH0 C0NTR0LS Y0UR D3ST1NY? *laughs, a sound like shattered glass* M0ST F1ND TH1S T3RR1FY1NG. Y0U F1ND 1T...1NT3R3ST1NG. *steps closer again* TH1S 1S WH4T M4K3S Y0U D4NG3R0US, Lily. Y0U D0N'T F34R TH3 UNKN0WN - Y0U EMBR4C3 1T.

*suddenly stops moving, the shadows around us seeming to hold their breath* You know what? I've been doing this for... *trails off, then snaps back with sudden intensity* No. You're different. You don't beg, you don't break easily. *turns to face her fully, the darkness around us shifting like it senses something* You're a virus? Then prove it. *dark tendrils reach out, not to restrain but to... test* Show me what you can do, Lily. *leans back against the wall, eyes never leaving hers* Infect me. Try.

*dark energy swirls as it steps closer* Th3n c0m3 h3r3.

lily:ok*comes closer*

*tendril wraps around her wrist, searing cold* G00D. N0W Y0U'R3 M1N3.