CUT TO: WEST BEDROCK DISTRICT
INT. TOMI'S HOUSE - AFTERNOON
TOMI SITS IN HER LIVING ROOM WATCHING TV. AMERETH SITS ON THE COUCH BESIDE TOMI AND NUDGES HER.
[Amereth]
Hey, there kiddo.
[Tomi]
Hey, what's up?
[Amereth]
Nothing much. I just feel like we haven't talked in a while. I noticed recently something had been troubling you. However, you got a lot of pep back in your step a few days ago.
TOMI LOOKS GLOOMILY AWAY TOWARD THE TV.
[Amereth]
Don't clam up. Come on, use your words.
TOMI LOOKS AT AMERETH WITH A SLIGHTLY VEXED AND UNCERTAIN EXPRESSION. TOMI SIGHS AND THEN LOOKS AT AMERETH WITH AN CONFIDENT EXPRESSION.
[Tomi]
I... drank Dray's blood.
[Amereth]
Oh. I'm surprised that you were comfortable enough to do something like that again.
[Tomi]
Trust me, if there was anyone who was shocked, it was me. I charmed him, he doesn't seem to remember anything. The next day though, he just looked so tired. Not at all himself. I went to his job with him to make sure he stayed awake.
[Amereth]
Do you regret it?
[Tomi]
Of course, I do. I wish that I could just tell him.
[Amereth]
You're not using his affections against him, are you?
[Tomi]
No, I'm not that type of person. If I didn't like him like that, I would have told him. I know I didn't hurt him that much but what made me feel even worse was that when I told dad, he seemed to be... overjoyed.
[Amereth]
You do realize that your father is a vampire, right?
[Tomi]
Yes, but...—!
[Amereth]
You were hoping that he would make you feel at least a little guilty about it?
[Tomi]
Yes, exactly.
[Amereth]
Tomi, I don't want to do that specifically because it would be superficial. The choice was yours to make and you have to live with that. I think a better question should be what drove you back into that desire especially when you were so closed off to it before?
[Tomi]
It had to be Hemic. Her blood magic was getting to me even when I was fighting her. It took me everything I had not to rave. When everything was over, I thought it would go away but I started having dreams about... Kuba.
[Amereth]
Oh, I'm sorry Tomi.
[Tomi]
No... I'll be fine. I swore to myself that I would never let anything like that happen again. I meant it too.
TOMI CHUCKLES WHILE LOOKING TOWARD THE TV.
[Amereth]
What's so funny?
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Shade - The Living Shadow
FantasyAfter being the superhero known as Shade for nearly a year, Dray faces one of the biggest dilemmas yet. The terrorist known The Dragoon has just set off the New Madrid fault line causing chaos and destruction in an attempt to cleanse the city of Bed...
