Laura hesitantly walked over to the edge of the pool. Making sure to keep her distance from "James" having a feeling he was waiting to yank her in the pool with him. She curled up her legs, and sat as far as she could without being rude. She gave a glance to the others, and took a deep breath.
CC sat down beside Laura with her heart racing.
"MPD. Do you know what that means? Well if you dont, I'll tell you." He says pacing back and forth trying not to get the jitters. "Multiple personality disorder. Now Levi is the strongest personality out of us 7. Yes, there are seven. Some are dangerous. Some are sweet and kind. Some are….." He shook the thought. "Anyway, for someone as fragile as Levi and the rest of us, you have to handle with care. You wonder why he was a loner. People are full of flaws, mistakes, cruelty and evil. Levi has to be treated with kindness even though… He's a jerk. I do admit. He's fragile. Anyway people like….us…they have triggers. Do anything stressful, anxiety levels rise. The higher the anxiety the more stressed they get. Of course. Common sense right? Okay well will normal people they would maybe…shut down. Cry. It just freak out. Now Levis mind goes to extremes. We are to keep him in order. So he.. .doesnt do that. I'm sorry I'm really bad at explaining things. I can tell you more later. Oh and…" He turned to Laura. "Laura. He was quite fond of you. Hopefully you didn't mess it up. Though I'm afraid you already might have. If you still want to be friends, or even more, i would go a different route with him"
And with that he walked away.
Laura blinked. This was way more deep then she had thought. Yes, she thought he was a little strange, but not completely lost. She bit her lip a bit, and stood up. "James! Wait!" She shouted. She ran after him and took his hand. "Look, I didn't know. Nobody did! If I had known, I would've done things different, I thought he was just a bit stiff. I was trying to loosen up to him. And I messed things up majorly. Is there any way you could… talk… with Levi to try and straighten things out? I really want to be friends." she had meant every word. All coming from her actual feelings, not just guilt.
James turned around to her with a sweet smile. "Maybe you can talk to him yourself. He'll let you. You just need to try" he says turning back around and setting the shirt down. "Oh goodness my pants are soaked too! Hm, oh well" he says to himself. "So anyway, Levis not going to come out until tomorrow. He needs to get
mentally readjusted. Things like that trigger him because of traumatic things from the past. He has to work through that tonight and…..settle in his mind. Anyway, how much later are you staying?"
She sighed. "About an hour I'm assuming." She said looking at the others. She didn't know why, but this information just wouldn't settle with her.
CC hoped since it was a different personality, he would want to come in. She smiled over at him "hey! Wanna get in?"
He looked around rather nervously. "Oh uh……sure. I haven't been swimming for a while now. "
He says as he steps closer. He had taken the wet pants off a little bit ago when he put the shirt up.
He turned to Laura. "I can right? You're not mad at me or anything?"
She shook her head. "No, of course not. I'm mad at myself more then anything." She said sighing.
(Okay, I have to disappear. But when I get back, I probably won't respond until someone else does.)
(Awe okay. Have fun! :3
Janes hesitantly stepped in the water. "Oh gosh, it's colder than i thought"
"I know right!?" CC says with a smile, her big eyes looking at him.
Zanna was still sitting on the poolside and was sorting through her thoughts. It seemed like Levi had some type of DID or MPD, well James now. They start to kick the water creating small waves with her feet, "It's not that cold."
"Well that comes from the person who can't feel anything" he says now fully in the water. "Wait is it just emotions or physical too? I'm sorry, i don't have that great of a memory..unlike Levi." He says with a small laugh
"Just emotions," Zanna responded kicking water towards James specifically, "I still feel pain and hunger and temperature and all that, though maybe at a lower level than the rest of you. Huh, never thought about that. Hey, someone punch me and then CC. I want to see if my pain tolerance is lower than hers."
"Hey! My pain tolerance is off of the roof!" She says confidently putting her hands on her hips. "Uh…no thank you. And i doubt Laura will too." James says nervously
Zanna looked to them with a shrug, "Guess I'll have to figure out some other way. I really want to figure this out."
Laura smiled. She was starting to grow into to this new "Levi" or James really. "Hey, do you want to play Marco Polo?" She asked slipping back into the water.
(I apparently have wifi, but I won't for too much longer. So yeah… sorry if I'm spotty)
(Its fine! <3)
James tilts his head like a lost puppy unaware of it's surroundings. "What's that?" He asks her curiously. CC smiles at James. She loved this version of him! "How cute" she says under her breath
(Okay, I'm tired, and sorry it took so long. I've been gone almost all day ;-;)
Laura smiled. "It's kind of like the game tag. But you close your eyes and say Marco. Everyone else says Polo. And you try and tag people. It's fun!" She said cheerily.
Zanna looked at Laura. She hadn't heard that before while around people, "What's fun?"
"Marco Polo!" She says to Zanna with an excited smile.
Laura smiled at CC's excitement. "It's a feeling that you have when you're enjoying something. Like swimmming or hanging out with friends." She said to Zanna.
Zanna thought for a moment putting that definition away in her head, “Okay. So it’s like happy but not.”
"Yeah!" She says happily
"Okay let's start! Laura, you're it!" She says swimming away from her. She went up to James "so wherever she goes, you stay away from her. Just follow my lead" she smiled then swam away.
Laura nodded. "Alright, Marco!" She shouted making sure not to hit the dip in the pool. She moved slowly, but with ease.
Zanna dropped into the water and moved carefully away from the spot she was in. She didn't understand the pint of the game but would do it anyway.
"You guys have to say Polo at some point!" She shouted waving her arms around her. Trying not to run into anything.
He laughed a little "marco polo?" James says stepping away from her. "No silly! You say just Polo. Then she says Marco."
"Oh….okay?… Marc-ah i mean Polo"
Zanna paused for a second before moving away and saying, "Polo."
Laura heard two people talking, assuming it to be James and CC. She decided she was going for the more difficult target. Zanna. "Marco!" She called out again.
Zanna moved away again being as quiet as they could, "Polo."
Laura had strained her ears. She heard the quiet voice of Zanna, and she was chasing after her best as she could with her eyes closed.