STORIES
249 - Turned
2019
Jesse Neve Brynie
Saturday morning ...
JESSE:
… I just told you Neve, Herita had to go away.
NEVE:
But who's gonna make breakfast, and lunch?
JESSE:
Me.
NEVE:
But Jesse - you don’t now how.
JESSE:
Says who? I can cook anything you want. The only thing I can't make is ...
NEVE:
I want pancakes.
JESSE:
How’d I know you were gonna say that?
NEVE:
They my favorite.
JESSE:
Yeah, but wouldn't you rather have something else, something
different like … grilled cheese?
NEVE:
Grilled cheese not breakfast. That lunch.
JESSE:
Who told you that? You sit down and in a few minutes, we'll be eating
grilled cheese for breakfast. OK?
NEVE:
OK.
NEVE:
Jesse?
JESSE:
Yeah?
NEVE:
When 'Rita coming back?
JESSE:
I don’t know.
NEVE:
Where she go? Why she not say bye-bye?
JESSE:
Well, she … ah … got sick, suddenly, and Lu took her to a
place where she can get better.
NEVE:
Oh. I hope she get better soon. I miss her.
JESSE:
Yeah, you and Herita did have a weird connection.
NEVE:
Can you help me make her a feel better card?
JESSE:
Why not? I've got nothing else to do today. Now do me a favor and sit down.
NEVE:
Hi Brynie. Jesse making grilled cheese. Want some?
BRYNIE:
Jesse, I didn't know you could cook.
JESSE:
I do OK.
JESSE:
Neve, don't go volunteering me to cook for the whole house.
BRYNIE:
Thanks anyway but Fin's taking us out to breakfast. I'm just early, as usual.
NEVE:
Jesse, I gonna get my crayons. Be right back.
JESSE:
How’re things?
BRYNIE:
Zyfan’s better. And Karanthir’s really mad at Herita and Syrrah and
Usagi and… well - life. But Fin said he's coming with us whether he
likes it or not. Which means - it's gonna be a very long morning.
JESSE:
I hear that. I guess no one's found a way to wake Es up yet?
BRYNIE:
Nope. And I don't get why this had to happen to her. I mean, she
would've stayed away, voluntarily, if Syrrah just asked her to, right?
JESSE:
Probably. What I don't get is – why isn't Zyfan a vampire? Es bit him. I know it was because of Herita's potion - but she still bit him.
BRYNIE:
That's only part of it. Zyfan would've had to drink from her too. Drinking
blood – yuck, really grosses me out. And then he'd still need to drink from
someone else who wasn't a vamp, and kill them to be turned.
JESSE:
Oh, so that's how it's done.
BRYNIE:
Uh-huh, unless you're Karanthir. Only my brother would find another way.
JESSE:
Yeah, I never understood that.
BRYNIE:
Me either. He says he ticked off some crazy sorceress and
she cursed him with a spell or something.
