Vivienne Bianchi
Location: Owl's Nest - Dining Area
Phase: Morning Phase
Date: 10.09.1994 (SAT)
Weather: Overcast
Oh, so this is how things are going to turn out eh? We had the same problem yesterday with Alex... but this time... is it the same or is it different? Are you hearing some sort of buzzing around perhaps? Well, we still have these trusty earbuds don't we? Let's give them out a try!
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And just like that, a migraine she wasn't aware of fades away. This must've look really weird to Rachel, or whoever was taking control of Rachel; the person you are threatening just pulling earplugs out of nowhere and putting them on - not a very good impression on your attempts at being intimidating.
Yet it wasn't like she put these on to not hear anything -- Vivienne was here to converse. Looking at 'Rachel' back in the eye, the quiet girl said:
"Rachel... is that Rachel? Are you okay?"
She wasn't sure on what to do for now, except verify if this was truly Rachel or someone had somehow possessed her. Or perhaps... this was another case of a doppelganger? All Vivienne could do was speculate, but equipping the earbuds and seeing that they had effectively suppressed a migraine she wasn't aware of... it made Vivienne bet on the fact that perhaps Rachel was being affected by the very same thing which sowed discord between her and Alex yesterday.
"I think that there is something going on right now which is... causing you to be angry. Please take some deep breaths."
Vivienne remembered the description given to her yesterday by Daniel, of the effects that the scarabs had on people they affected. It was quite possible that even now, if they were affecting Rachel, they were distorting Vivienne's words and making them sound different... which would be a problem. The idea of removing the earplugs from her own ears then putting them on Rachel; then making a dash for it before she gets overwhelmed by them had quite a bit of merit, yet Vivienne did not have enough information on what was going on for now... so all she could do was hope for answers, and probably play dumb.
"Is there something... worrying about that name? I just heard it from a classmate... we talked about some gossips... did say was taboo though... but I thought Rachel was a bit more... free-spirited? You look a lot like that... maybe I made a mistake? Important to follow etiquette?"
She speaks as slowly and as clearly as she can, to make sure her message goes through, but of course if the 'scarabs' Winters spoke about are truly at work here, then this is going to be difficult. That's not taking into account if something else took hold of Rachel... was it the ghost at the lighthouse perhaps?