The Haunting of Sunshine Girl

Chapter 62

Okay, so.

Here's what's going on.

After yesterday's fun little fiasco, Sunshine decided to return to Georgia's house alone— well, not exactly alone, she's got Tootall here (and she silently hopes he doesn't resent her for Nolan's nickname).

Anyway, someone's clearly here with the burn pile going on and smoke pluming into the air, and there's a car nearby, and all Sunshine wants to do is talk to Georgia without the gang and see if she'll be willing to continue the investigation.

They get out of the car, hot summer air billowing down on the earth, and Sunshine picks her way toward the front door. "Georgia?" she calls hesitantly, hands locked together in front of her. "It's Sunshine."

Gravel crunches under their shoes as they pass a dark green truck. Sunshine looks back at Tootall, clearly uncertain — she doesn't know if anyone's here! Locking her teeth together, Sunshine walks up to the front door, looking at the cherry wood with the numbers '3199' hung over them.

After a moment's hesitation, Sunshine places her fist to the door to knock but— well, it slides open, hinges creaking as it moves inward. Sunshine makes a sort of nervous-fearful face at Tootall. "The door just opened," she whispers, "I don't know what to do! I feel weird, and there's a creepy cat over there meowing—" Tootall pans the camera to a black cat laying underneath the truck, "and it's scaring the heck out of me!"

Sunshine opens the door again and the cat meows loudly.

"Shh!" she says, giggling.

It meows again.

"I'm trespassing!" Sunshine whisper-yells.

The cat leaps from its sun basking and weaves through Sunshine's feet, stopping on a dirty black mat, pale green eyes staring back at the two. Sunshine makes a face and looks around. "Georgia...?" She laughs sheepishly. "I just let your cat in... Um, it's Sunshine." After a moment she turns to Tootall, hand still on the door. "Well don't just stand there!"

He follows as Sunshine shuffles through the back room. She pushes open a door with a glass window and frowns, peering into the kitchen. "Georgia? Is anyone home?" The house is quaint enough, a little dated but it has a nice feeling to it.

Suddenly, the glass door slams behind them and both Sunshine and Tootall jump. When he turns the camera around Sunshine is staring like she's about to be caught doing crack. "Okay," she says quickly, "I don't feel anything at all, not because the door slammed, I just don't feel anything, um, and I'm currently trespassing." She's also currently rambling. "In somebody else's home. That I've never been to. I'm a stranger. This is weird."

She rushes past Tootall and opens the front(?) door, looking around. "Hope that cat's allowed in." Sunshine hops out on to the porch and breathes, attempting to calm her nerves.

Well.

She might as well give the YouTubing people a vote, right?

Thumbs up to call Georgia and beg for her to talk to her and at least be home when Sunshine trespasses?

Or thumbs down, just stop the whole adventure. She doesn't want to, because now she's invested, but hey, it's up to her followers.

She just hopes Lionel can get his co-workers to vote along.
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Well, her loyal viewers came through.

Sunshine is continuing on with the adventure.

So, she called Georgia and practically—hmm, which word does she want to use—begged her to meet with Sunshine, and Georgia said she would and even apologized for hanging up on her and said she overreacted and felt bad. So, yeah.