Such a shame

[VEN is Back]

A girl was sitting in the park looking around innocently. her eyes had almost the same look that five year old would when looking at a new place for the first time, which was essentially what she was. despite physically being a sixteen year old girl she really at the momment had something else acting for her.

Inside of her body was the worlds most advanced parasite. Umbra was flowing through her veins and wrapped around her brain. As sinister as this sounds though, he really had no bad intentions, he just wanted to feel safe, and being in a host made him feel safe.

The girl had long since given up on fighting him, she wasn't advanced enough to fight against his superior nervous system control, and had just stopped fighting him. Now they shared a link binding the two of them together for the most part.

The girl sat on her bench wide eyed, staring around her clothes billowing around her somewhat. She was obviously dressed for comfort, as no one on the planet could consider what she was wearing stylish.

She was clothed in the different types of floral print that looked like they weren't even worthy of being on a 90-year old redneck widows spare bed. They clashed terribly with each other and hung around her in a horrible way making her body seem almost inflated. had she chosen her outfit theres no way she would have come close to ever being seen in this. However Umbra, only being about five himself had no concept of fashion and has simply thrown on whatever seemed the most comfortable, shame too consider the girl had quite a nice figure, almost movie star worthy. Umbra however couldn't care less.

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MoAnna blasted her little music player, rocking out to various bands that included, but were not limited to, Godhead, Disturbed, and Korn. She was listening to Penetrate by Godhead, not really a song you sing to, as much as listen to appreciate. Her head bobbed up and down with the beat. She had a small smile on her face. She opened her eyes, realizing that she needed to watch where she was walking.

She was wearing her usual shirt, the shoulders cut down to the bottom seam, the arms of the shirt more like handless gloves hanging down, still connected to the shirt, but leaving her shoulders bare. She had on a pair of black bondage pants, they were made of a soft material with straps swinging forward with every step she made. She fancied them making music as she walked. They hung low on her hips, and matched the black boots that they almost hid from view. Her shirt hung tightly around her chest and stomach, and loosened up to flare around the top of the jeans, leaving room for her to sit down comfortable. She chose the outfit for a few reasons: One. It was an extremely comfortable arrangement, and it fit her CD player in the large pockets. Two: It looked good on her and she knew it. She was by no means an underdeveloped girl, and had a body that she knew how to show off. The outfit melted to her curves, and it matched her personality.

However...... As she opened her eyes, they landed on a girl in a ghoulish outfit. It was a clashing of flowers. Trust me, one over all pattern could be cute, but this.. MoAnna repressed a shudder. Jesus.. All of the clothes were too big, and the patterns should have died away in the 60's.. She shook her head, turning down her music and walking over to the girl. She looked clueless. But she must be for her to wear that at all, let alone in public.. "Umm.. Hi." She said, going to try to start a conversation. She could help this girl.. and she thought she would be doing the public a service when she did. This girl was very pretty, but she was an eyesore. Giving her a once over, she noticed that she had the overall figure that MoAnna did. "Come on then." She said, skipping the conversation. "We have got to figure something out with that outfit, you look like a hippy threw you up." She said shaking her head and grabbing the girl's hand.

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"Hippy? Hip-ppee, Hiiiiiiiiiiiipeeeeee." Umbra said playing around with the world out loud, wondering what it meant as he made the girls lips form the words.

"Okay." He/her responded. He felt that he would just play allong, act like he knew what was happening, as young children often do around older people to look intelegent.

"If you think that would be best." He had the girl respond, her voice sounding almost cocky, like she knew more about the subject than MoAnna.

During the entire time he was looking the new girl over. A parasite thing. He wanted to know if she would make a better host. In this town from what he had gathered all of the people were "scary", or as most people said gifted. He took hosts to find a safe place, one that didn't give him any control he found fright full because it was different. He eventually decided to stick with his current host, not playing the odds this time.

"So what do suggest?" The girl asked, Umbra really hoping that the phrase fit into the situation, folding the girls hands over her lap pleasantly. For a six year old this would have looked normal, average even. however this gesture coming from a 16 year old made her look either incredibly stupid, immature, or simply having lived a life so sheltered they had never seen the sun.

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MoAnna stopped and stared. This girl was crazy. She acted simple and ditsy as if she didnt know what a hippy was, and then she acted cocky, then she tried to act smart, then she seemed utterly childish. Wow. She was messed up in the head. " I suggest that we burn that outfit." She said simply and urged the girl to stand up instead of sitting there acting as prim and proper as a five year old. She took the girl's hand once more and lifted her up easily.

Now that she had her standing, it was time to make her walk. She turned around, getting her bearings straight. She had been walking with her eyes closed, and her feet guided her here, but where was here? Ah..the ramshackled park. Pitiful place, they would have to add on to it. The school yard made this place look pathetic. Now she knew where she was though. It was left to the marketplace, right to the school, and straight to get to her house. She tugged on the girl's hand, urging her to follow. MoAnna hadnt had plans for the day, so this all worked out just fine. Now she had a project. She rounded the bench, with the girl in tow.

She headed straight forward, her long strides causing the straps on her pants to swing madly, barely missing the girl that was two arm lengths away. She looked back, her long black hair swinging to the side with the movement as her purple eyes landed on the girl. "So..whats your name?" She asked as she drug the girl along. She had forgotten to ask, which was rude of her, but she had always been the straightforward type..

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Umbra followed her willingly, happy that she was paying attention to him. Although he had no idea where he and his host were headed, he had complete faith in the girl, and for no apparent reason.

"My name is Umbra." he had the girl tell her. The name was admittedly strange, and while genderly it was neutral it didn't match the girl at all. If this girl ever ended up being free of Umbra she would have a life time of reputation to rebuild it was obvious enough, even before anyone spoke to her.

As he followed allong he noticed the straps coming close to his hosts body. The fascinated him for some reason, the constant swinging motion, following each step MoAnna made. On occasion he reach out for one grab it briefly to feel it and let it go, only to repeat the process. the gesture resembled that of a cat batting at a dangling mouse toy. From a view almost anywhere this girl looked utterly insane. Of course Umbra didn't relize this, as far as he was concerned it was perfectly normal, and everyone straing was strange.

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MoAnna looked back and frowned when the girl began to play with the straps on her pants. They were fun to fiddle with, and she usually flipped them around and wound them around her fingers while reading a book..But she was acting as if the straps were the most intriguing thing she had ever seen. They were amusing, so MoAnna let her play with them, as long as it amused her. It actually brought a small smile to her face and reminded her of an animal at play. Easily amused.

"Umbra huh?.. Thats..different." She said thinking to herself while walking. She figured she could let go of the girl's hand now that the straps had her practically in a trance. She didnt care that everyone was staring at the girl and her. Everyone usually had to do a double take when they saw MoAnna. Her goth-like appearance made everyone assume that she was a dark child, but she was really a sweet person, and loved to talk and chat with the local people, those who would actually try to get to know her despite her appearance.

She took the headphones out of her ears for the first time since she began the small talk with Umbra and began to swing them around in small arcs, where they sometimes clicked against each other and bounced off of each other before continuing their path in circles. The music followed them, and faded and returned with each loop. She smiled at this. "I am MoAnna. MoAnna Celeste. Do you have a last name, or is it just Umbra?"

She hit the road that was lined with houses, and slowly made her way to the sidewalk after they crossed the empty road. Her house was the second one on the right, so that is where she walked. She took a key out of her pocket and slipped it into the deadbolt lock and twisted it counter-clockwise. A 'click' was heard from inside and MoAnna pocketed the key and twisted the knob, and swung the door open. "Its not much..but its home." She said simply shrugging and stepping up the small stair to get into the carpeted area. The livingroom was the first place you saw after walking inside, and the steps were immediately to the right. MoAnna took a sharp turn and headed up those stairs. The upstairs was pretty much hers. It consisted of one whole bathroom, *Shower and all* and two rooms. One was her bedroom, one was her computer room. She stored clothes in both. She headed straight into her bedroom and emptied her pockets, setting everything on a desk near the door. "Sit." She said pointing to the bed as she opened up the sliding door to her closet and began to pick out clothes.

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Umbra had the girl sit down obiedently, almost as instaneuosly as dog being given a command.

"Noo...Just Umbra" He had the girl reply.

"MoooooooooooAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnaaaaa" The girl said said now playing with MoAnna's name.

"Cellllllllllllllllllllllllllllleste." Umbra said, pronouncing the "este" almost as thogh he was Mexican.

The girl looked around the room both curiously and satisfied. He always found new places captivating, and the girls eyes were darting around everywhere taking in as much information as they possibly could.

However once Umbra felt that he had taken in all of the information he could, he became bored. Quickly. He sat there, the girls hands clapping together, and falling down between her knees lazily. She looked around a little more, making fish faces and attempting to whistle while she did so, eventually falling backwards onto the bed exasperatedly.

"So whatcha ya doing?" She asked attempting to fill the gap of silence, now that her faint whistles and the sound of her lips from making fish faces had stopped.

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MoAnna began flipping through the rack of shirts and pants, making the hangers click together with a sharp noise. She pulled some shirts down and unhooked some pants, just some simple tees and jeans. She looked back at the girl, a look of curiousity covering her features when saw the girl making fish faces. What was with her? She didnt have a last name? She flopped back on the bed, and MoAnna watched her hair fly out everywhere in the process.

She shook her head and slung the pile of clothes down on the bed beside her. "Getting you something suitable to wear. Now take these into that bathroom." She pointed across the hall. "And try them on. I am going to do a ritualistic and satisfying burning of that God awful outfit you are wearing right now. You are hardly presentable." She said, her hands on her hips and her head cocked to the side. "Your about my size, my height and my build.. They should fit you." She said cooly. She would help this girl out whether she liked it or not. She needed some fashion tips..

She sat down with a thud in a chair across from the bed. "Come back and see me with one shirt and one pair of jeans on. Just one." She felt she must point that out or the girl would come back in wearing all of the selections. "Pick the ones that fit you the best, and look the best, keep that one on okay?"

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Clothes? Umbra thought to himself disappointedly. He had been expecting more. or at least more of what he wanted. Like a toy or something more allong those lines.

More confused thoughts also flooded her mind when she mentioned the ritualistic burning of her outfit. He had no idea what that meant, and it didn't sound in the least bit like something fun, only souring his mood a little bit more,

While he did keep the girls face silent a slim look of disappointment did come over her face as she trudged towards the bathroom, the clothes dangling loosely from her hand and dragging along the floor.

She emerged from the bathroom a few minutes later sporting a long sleeved shirt that was baggy on her, at least as much as she could find. She also had on a pair of jeans so slightly to big for her that they also were bagging all the way down her legs.

He had once again gone for what felt the absolute most comfortable looking, and ended up looking like a new york mechanic.He didn't care of course, however the outfit was still somewhat unbecoming on the girls frame, which could clearly do so much more.

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MoAnna laughed. Okay.. so she wasnt as ..filled out as MoAnna was.. She shook her head. She knew she had some smaller clothes..She turned around to the closet. A hand appeared over her head, waving around to catch the girl's attention now that she had turned around. "Just throw the rest of the clothes I gave you back on the bed, and throw the outfit you had on in the trash. I dont want to see you in that again.." She said half talking to her, and half talking to herself as she flipped once more through clothes. "We might have to go into the other room..The clothes in there are the ones I had a few months ago..they are about two sizes smaller.." She muttered.

"Yeah.. Hold on a second.." She said, rounding the corner after leaving the room to go into the room adjacent to hers. She opened up the closet for her older clothes. She found some that she thought would look great on Umbra. She grinned. She pulled those down. She knew later on her parents would wonder what happened to them, but she didnt care. She walked back into her room. She held out the clothes. "These are quite a bit smaller than those.. Try these on." She said happily. She walked over to her radio and her collection of cds. She picked one out and put a Disturbed cd in and turned it up. "Can listen to music when you get back. " She said slinging herself on the bed.

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Umbra took the new set of clothes and sighed heavily, stomping back into bathroom.

She quickly re-emerged now wearing a completely different set of clothes. she was clad in a pair of rather snug jeans. tight enough to show of every detail of her curves, but loose enough to allow her to at least sit down, not much else. They didn't look uncomfortable, just tight.

Her shirt was now also much tighter, and seemed to be holding everything in place. Nicely.

The shirt was a black polo, short sleeved. A small insignia on the chest said radiohead in almost un-seeable letters. The shirt was tight enough around her stomach, which was good with her figure, and kept her chest held high. She looked good for once, or at least the first time since Umbra had gotten into her.

Umbra felt rather neutrally towards the outfit. he may or may not wear it. It wasn't as comfrotable as the floral getup, so it was to be decided.

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MoAnna sat chewing a peice of gum. Did it always take her this long to get dressed? She lifted up her arm, looking at her watch. Lord.. She heard something from outside the room and half-way sat up, almost in a crunch. She smiled widely, the look becoming more of a grin at the sight of the girls face. She looked..out of her comfort zone, but it was okay, she looked good. MoAnna clapped her hands with a shout. "Yeah! You look normal!" She had taken the time to hide the outfit the girl had on, it would never be seen again. She sat up completely, resting her hands on her knees. "I can give you the clothes I dont wear anymore." She said nodding. She twisted her hair as she looked the girl over. "So.. you wanna go grab something to eat Umbra? Lets see what the new look does for ya.." She said grinning and jumping off of the bed. She missed having people to talk to. Even if it was someone who was as ..well..simple minded as Umbra. She grabbed her hand and took off down the stairs again, resisting taking them two at a time like she normally did.

"Have you never thought about getting..oh..a boyfriend or anything like that?" She asked as she walked. " I mean seriously. A girl your age, my age, would be looking at some pretty good looking guys ya know? And while doing that you try to look your best..if not even attempt to match up your clothes.." She said truthfully. She shrugged. "I dont try to look all primped or anything like that, but I do wear clothes that match..and fit.. I wear make up sometimes if I know someone that I want to impress...Do you even know what make up is?"

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Umbra's face scrunched up at the mention of getting a boyfriend.

"Blegh" Was His simple response through the girls lips. It appealed to him non in the least. It disgusted him in fact.

"Food sounds good though." He added in, looking fore ward to get something to eat. Ideas of different foods were going through his head, sandwiches cakes, other delicious salty and sugared foods, any thought of clothes as relevant in his brain as the dinosaurs.

"Yeah we could get a pizza, or noodles, maybe subs, steak,....." The girls lips now rambled on, her eyes bright with excitement as she blurted out various foods. few things appealed more to a parasite than food. Thats essentially why Parasites do what they do, to steal nutrients. and while Umbra may have been beyond that, food was still and incredibly appealing thing.

"And then drinks, like a soda or juice, milk, water, smoothies, then desert." this was the happiest anyone had seen the girl all day.

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A look of shock covered MoAnna's face. What? She was a rather attractive girl, even MoAnna would admit that, and she seemed to actually be disgusted by the fact.. Wait..She wasnt.. MoAnna shook her head, doesnt matter. Soooo doesnt matter..She thought to herself. She listened to the girl eagerly list off food, different styles and tastes and items of food. That was a subject the girl seemed interested in. Why did she seem like such a ...guy?

She laughed a little, but it was a shallow laugh. "I know, lets go to the diner. Its small, but the service is good, and the food is better!" MoAnna had lived here just long enough to have found the place. It was just a little hole in the wall diner, but she had instantly fallen in love with the place. She was always wandering around, so had stumbled in there while looking for something to eat. She became fast friends with the workers, as she was a very talkative person.

She pushed the door in, hearing the small and pleasant chiming of the bell going off. One of the waitresses looked over and upon seeing MoAnna smiled warmly. "Hello dear. Who's this?" She asked spying Umbra. "Oh, its a new friend of mine." She said somewhat embarrassed. She hadnt made many friends and the waitress knew it. The older woman didnt let it show though, which was a relief to MoAnna. She motioned them to a seat that had already been vacated and cleaned. "Regular for you today Mo?" She asked. "Large Coke, no ice, and our country potato soup?" She said knowingly. MoAnna nodded and glanced over at Umbra. "What do you want? The menu is right in front of you.." She pointed to it while she fiddled with the wrapped silverware on the table.

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Umbra looked over the menu through the girls eyes eagerly taking in every word, or at least the ones he could read.

He rattled off a few tittles, and attempted to pronounce a few more, the waitress helping her along on words she didn't know, such as alfredo, or parmessian.

ventually Umbra pieced together a selection of foods including a hot chocolate, three slices of pizza, with every topping available, a glass of lemonade, a hamburger, and three various types of muffins. Umbra was hungry, controlling a host took allot of energy, and he had been in this girl for a year running on a rather meager food supply.

At a certain point he had given up even attempting to guess a price, addition was decimals or money was beyond him, and it showed.

However by the end of the ordeal he seemed happy as can be. Despite not being able to do the math and attempting to figure it out by counting on the girls fingers, or waiting awkwardly fore the waitress to help him say a words, or point to one and ask what it was, he felt proud that he had, almost, independantly ordered a meal.