"So, Samantha mason and company, could you please let me open my house door?", Rheagan said while pushing the girls aside.
"Excuse me? I'm her actual friend and secret love, Renata", the bleached haired said while making the other blush slightly.
"So, wanna medal to expose your affection on her?", the goth girl answered while opening her door. "Come in, and won't give ya two any beverage besides water. Thank your company for that, Samantha."
Once the three got inside, Rheagan opened her handbag and started to unpack her stuff, watching her guests.She then took some water bottles, and gave one to each girl.
"Had to get my E today. Main reason to leave my crib. On my walk back home, got Rob's phone call, telling me about your research and the couch. I don't want to clean beer there so..."she zipped her water while taking some pills, "Can we get straight to the point?"
Samantha was holding herself, but clearly was a bit upset.
"First, Renata's my friend, nothing more. Pretty sure she's teasing me...right?"
Renata blushed, and noded. Her eyes, on the other side, were reflecting a shy truth.
"Okay...", the black haired girl continued while looking her friend actign weirder than usual; leaving her quite dissappointed. "Back to the point, you said hauntsmen, and Rob heard. What you mean with that?"
Rheagan opened a drawer on the kitchen's furniture, took a lollipop and place it to her mouth
"Quitted smoking a year and a half, but still need to do this. Answering your question...hauntsmen is the name some people 150 years ago give to that. before the name, some called it 'gaze of the forest' 'those who lurk in plain sight', 'the ones that see...' and so on. The feeling the give while staring, is the way it tracks prey. Better said, the way it marks the prey."
Samantha was skeptical. And didn't even try to hide it.
"So, you want me, us, to believe that? Come on. You know people a 150 years ago lived inside the woods. All this place was a forest. A huge one. Obviously those 'hauntsmen' were feral animals and other persons. Whta makes you think it is more than that? A book? Your tarot cards?", she replied, angry
"You read the cards? Always wanted to know how will be my romantic life with Samantha as my GF...", Renata interrupted, then she excuse herself.
"Yeah, I do read the cards. Just the basic, nothing complex like deities and so on.", Rheagan stated while seeing both girls, specially Renata. "Now with Samantha and her strong disbelief, why you're here if you don't trust me? There's no winning for me to have you and your friend here. In fact it's just annoying for me...", the blue hair girl continued while taking a beer after seeing her phone."Samantha, in 3 hours the feeling will start to get more unnerving than now. The more dark it gets the moment, the more intense it becomes. I've told all I know, so please..." she placed her hands leading to the exit.
Samantha went out very upset. Renata just left and talked with Rheagan a moment. During that time, the girl with glasses was checking her phone once more. She received a message from Leandra telling her she'll be on that place in ten minutes. She forgot to send her a text for ok. and placed her phone back to her handbag. She then saw Renata taking pictures of Rheagan's tarot cards.
"Hey! The fuck you're dealing with my enemy?", Sam shout
"She just gave me a quick tarot reading while you were checking your phone. And the number 2 and number 6 seems to be my favorite ones. Also asked for our current not lovable situation. The tower appeared, she said it's bad", the bleached hair girl said while the blue haired one noded silently.
She then hopped to Samantha and waited Leandra. Talked a little while waiting, and, once both saw Leandra's car, the other goth girl appeared quite refreshed.
"I'll go with you two. Got nothing to do.", Rheagan said.
"Seriously?", the girl with a hat asked, still upset.
The girl with the tarot cards exhaled.
"I've got the tower too. I don't want to be alone this night."
Samantha accepted while Leandra and Ayaka came for them.
