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Sophie Frost (outgrewthenest) wrote in utr_logs,
@ 2008-05-10 19:13:00

Entry tags:

quentin quire, sophie cuckoo

Who: Esme!Sophie and Quentin
What: Esme's starting more shit
Warnings: Possibly some profanity.

Esme had been slow and calculating in her approach. Her rising to become the unofficial leader of the Cuckoos seemed only natural. The other girls hadn't even picked up on Esme's increasing control over their actions and thoughts.

It would have been much easier if Sophie wasn't dating a telepath. Simply impersonating Sophie would not be enough. Sophie and Quentin had a mental link, and he would see through Esme in a second. It had to be more than an illusion.

Over the past months, Esme had been wearing Sophie down. It didn't take much convincing to turn the four-in-one's attitudes against Sophie. Esme pushed them further and further in their hostility toward the girl, slowly breaking Sophie's barriers down. Sophie had been feeling more depressed, and acting out of her usual self.

Sophie had shut herself in her room, as she had several days over the past week.

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	omegaman 2008-05-10 08:16 pm UTC (link)
	Quentin was worried. He did not know how to help Sophie and he was unsure how to push, but he finally broke down and called her, hoping he could lure her out to a date. He settled down as he dialed her room, and pondered what to do, but a night of her favorite things might be good. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	outgrewthenest 2008-05-10 09:50 pm UTC (link)
	Sophie glanced over at the phone on her desk. Usually she was elated when Quentin called, but tonight it seemed like she couldn't get excited about anything. She flipped open her phone and answered, the normal giggly tone absent from her voice. "Hey," she said. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	omegaman 2008-05-10 09:54 pm UTC (link)
	"Hey. How are you doing? I was wondering if you might be interested in a night out. See an art museum, the latest paintings, then swim at a private pool? Just you and me?" He kept the worry out of his tone. She was definitely different and he did not know how. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

outgrewthenest
2008-05-10 10:38 pm UTC (link)

"Um," Sophie hesitated a moment. "Yeah. That might be nice." It had been a rough day for the girl. Her sisters had been particularly cold to her today. She couldn't even put a finger on what it was that was worse. Maybe it was just that she was more sensitive today, for some reason. But things were rough. She didn't really feel up to going out, but seeing Quentin might help.

"Where were you thinking? I could meet you there."

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	omegaman 2008-05-11 12:49 am UTC (link)
	"There is a small place, and we could sit and watch the paintings. The Scottish Landmark Museum, [address]. Then we could go swimming or just hang out." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	outgrewthenest 2008-05-11 12:58 am UTC (link)
	"Okay," Sophie replied, sounding distracted. "I can meet you there. I'll get ready now. See you soon." She hung up the phone a bit abruptly and turned to her closet. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	omegaman 2008-05-11 01:16 am UTC (link)
	He stared at the phone and then left. Soon, he was at the spot he was to wait for her at. And he waited. And waited. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

outgrewthenest
2008-05-11 11:41 am UTC (link)

More and more time passed, and still Sophie didn't show.

It was even easier than Esme had thought. With a little manipulation, she was able to harness the power of the four-in-one in the efforts to control Sophie. No one was more intimate with Sophie's mind than the Cuckoos, no one. Not Emma, and not Quentin. He may have found her wavelength, but the Cuckoos had lived within eachother's minds for years, now. As long as Esme played her cards right, no one would be able to detect the intrusion.

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	omegaman 2008-05-11 04:18 pm UTC (link)
	In the end, Quentin waited an hour before he started calling. This was so not good. He waited for it to ring, and for her to pick up, before speaking. "Hello? Are you okay?" Worry, and wonder, filled his voice. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	outgrewthenest 2008-05-11 04:55 pm UTC (link)
	Sophie let it go several rings before finally answering. There was exasperation in her tone. "I'm fine," she replied. She tapped her fingers on the table audibly, something Sophie sometimes did when she was agitated. "I've just been thinking." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	omegaman 2008-05-11 05:00 pm UTC (link)
	He winced. "Oh... do you not want to go out anymore? We could stay in instead, maybe watch something on TV?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	outgrewthenest 2008-05-11 05:23 pm UTC (link)
	"For being such a genius, you're not getting it. I don't want to see you. Period." There was an unusual edge to her voice, but it was still unmistakably Sophie's voice, and her mental signature still went with it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	omegaman 2008-05-11 05:27 pm UTC (link)
	"...what?" He stared at the phone. "Why? Did I do something? Is something wrong? Sophie, I--" He did not know what to say, or do. His breathing felt labored and his eyes were watering with tears as he felt this happiness start to slip away. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

outgrewthenest
2008-05-11 05:44 pm UTC (link)

"It isn't anything you did, Quentin. It's just you." Sophie could practically hear the waterworks start, and she rolled her eyes. "Did you really think I could love you? You're a nerd, Quentin. I'm out of your league." She tossed her hair over her shoulder. They were the five-in-one. The thought of one of them dating Quentin Quire was laughable.

"I know, Quentin. My mother tried to hide it from all of us, but I saw it. I died, Quentin. And it was your fault."

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omegaman
2008-05-11 07:20 pm UTC (link)

"But... I thought you cared."

He swallowed.

"That wasn't me. You know that! Any more than the Cuckoos who blew uop Manhattan and Xavier's was you!"

He swallowed again, shutting his eyes.

Alone again, naturally.

"If you don't care then, I-- I wont bother you anymore then. I'm sorry I-- I'm sorry."

He stared at the phone a moment, and then hung up. And wandered away from it, and down the street, shivering, eyes full of tears.

What the hell? How had everything gone so wrong so suddenly?

How had he managed to lose it all?

Fuck.

He kept walking, trying to outdistance the pain.

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	outgrewthenest 2008-05-11 07:37 pm UTC (link)
	But Esme wasn't quite done. Sophie's voice was harsh in Quentin's brain, over the telepathic link they shared. 'Did you really think I could love you, knowing that? You're beneath me. Every version of you; you always will be. You disgust* me.*' (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	omegaman 2008-05-11 07:44 pm UTC (link)
	He shuddered. Self-revulsion, self-horror, self-shame, rolling over him. How could he feel else? I will bother you no more, then, dear one. May you find joy and love, wherever you go. And he simply shut his side of the link, not breaking it, but making his side a wall, dark and impenetrable, and walked on, unsure what so do next with himself. (Reply to this) (Parent)