A Pretty Face [OPEN]

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Chariot races used to be something that would get the legacy of Venus' heart pumping, usually with great concern for those participating, but now it was just another cover. A way to hide behind a smile, to pretend to be happy and normal. What else could she do? How many times had people told her to smile, that if you smiled you'd feel better. To be honest every time she forced her well rehearsed smile she felt worse. Her heart fell so far that she felt very little, if any, remorse for her choice on New Years eve. Tessa just felt the need to be close to someone, without actually being close to them. Something easily replaceable, because the people she loved needed to be pushed away. Acquaintances grew in number, people she'd spend time with but invest no emotion or love. It seemed that everyone she cared about either left her, or fell to an early grave. Even Lilith was dying, her heart was too weak. Perhaps if Tessa stayed away, perhaps she should move away, then Lilith might live longer. Better.

It was dangerous to live outside of New Rome, she had encountered a monster or two just on her way to and from college. It would be better though, or so she told herself. It was painful, it tore at her heart in strange new way, when she called her mother. Asking to have the money she had made from her career as a child in Hollywood. She had managed to get a scholarship for school, but if she wanted to live outside of New Rome she would need American currency. Walking around trying to find a home was increasingly difficult, and increasingly expensive. Apartments, condos, lofts, houses. She was looking through them all, trying to find something decent for rent. She didn't plan to live there forever, perhaps another twenty years? After that, she was certain she could find a discrete way to disappear.

Tessa saw her way towards the concessions, she should eat something. She had skipped the last two meals, filling the void with water and tea. The beautiful girl sighed, looking over the sign of deep fried and covered foods that she hardly considered edible.

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Would it be good to be out up and down after just acouple of weeks of having found her new renewed health? People didn't know about it, people... at least the people that used to know her for a couple of years thought that she was still sick, some maybe thought that she might be breathing her last breaths or worst... that she had already died. But she hadn't, she was healthy again!! Ethan made a stupid deal with her grandfather and well... now she was healthy one more time. She should be very careful now, it wasn't only her health in risk, it was whatever Ethan had bargained with Lord Apollo.

But... would it be wise to spend her new life indoors? She needed to live right? Ethan wanted her to live, Ethan wanted her to be happy! and she was happy by going out, being with people and enjoying life! One of the things that she used to enjoy was the races, so why not?! she was going to have some good time by checking the circus magnus one more time. She would be careful by going there, she remembered how much her cousin used to worry about her, how much he used to get upset at her... well what if she had died?! He didn't stay around to check on her anymore, he didn't care if she died or not!

She walked into the Circus and looked around, a lot of people had gone there, a lot of people was enjoying the races that day. She smiled and walked to the food court, she wanted to buy something before taking a seat. but when she was checking the places she saw a familiar figure. She sighed and was about to turn away. Tessa Yates... she used to be her best friend, or was she still her firend? Just as gunnar she just left her alone, just as her cousin did, Tessa stopped visiting her in the infirmary, maybe it had been too hard for them to seeing her dying?

Well, after all it was Lilith the one dying right? after all, it was she the one facing death in a very short time! And they felt that they were the ones in pain?! She wanted to leave, to go and train, why was she so angry?! But she didn't leave, she walked directly to where Tessa was. "I think that isn't the best food around..." she said and then looked at her best friend. Lilith looked healthy again, pale as always, but a healthy kind of pale, some pink on her cheeks, her eyes again full of light.

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Tag: @tessayates
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Notes: Hope this one is ok jejeje

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Tessa joked around with someone about how she was watching her figure, he said something flirtatious back. She played along with a wink, and some kind of reply. To be honest the phrases she used where pretty common, and easy to come by without putting thought into it. After all this was all a part to play, to just be a ditsy legacy of Venus and Apollo. Hurting was all she knew, but still Tessa didn’t want to hurt those around her. Not more than necessary, and the necessary part was to drift away from them. To leave New Rome while she studied, so that when she came back all those old wounds she left would have scarred over. Then she could start new, placing a clinic that specialized in plastic surgery. Not cosmetic, at least not for vain reasons, but all the wonderful things that plastic surgery could bring. Especially when lightly paired with nectar or ambrosia.

“Lilith! It’s been too long” she said with a deceptively beautiful smile, her voice chimed with something alluring. All to pleasing to the ears of anyone around. “You’re here for the races right?” she had to be careful, Lilith knew her. Not this facade she was putting on, but maybe she could fool even her. People changed all the time right? And she had died, who was to say that ordeal hadn’t made her into some kind of flirting party girl? Did it matter? There had to be some kind of curse on her, and Lilith would either die for trying to stay her friend or leave. Or Tessa would leave first, as she had died first already.