Journalism Class - Tuesday November 1

[jerusalem-s.livejournal.com]

There's a pre-recorded message on the screen behind Spider's desk.


Given the number of ghost stories I've heard recently, I'm intrigued. Find an eyewitness to events at the Halloween Ball and interview them. Use their statement to either support or disprove the claim of ghosts/hauntings/possession.

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[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Thanks," Rory says gratefully. She takes the cup and stares into it distractedly, not drinking. "Then...well, I guess I could interview Logan after Angela's done, or something. What happened to you when you were there before?"

[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

"Fell down a scorpion pit and had a run in with some flesh eating plants," Jake replies, picking up a mug for himself. He starts pouring the coffee. "Wait, you didn't go?"

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory shakes her head. "I got distracted along the way, kind of. And..." She stops and swipes at her eyes quickly. "And I just didn't feel like going," she finishes lamely.

[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

Jake takes his mug and narrows his eyes at Rory over it. "Did something happen? Because, excuse my french, you look like crap. ...Did Logan do something?" Can I kill him and get out of the whole groveling thing?

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory smiles slightly. "No, nothing to do with Logan. Nice try." She bites her lip. "I'm not actually supposed to talk about it, yet, but...a friend of mine died."

[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

"Oh, I'm sorry," Jake says automatically, then, "Not supposed to... Someone here?" He sounds like he can't quite make up his mind whether to be surprised or not. "Who? How?"

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory shakes her head. "I can't talk about it. Everyone's going to know soon, anyway. But...we don't know what happened. She was attacked somewhere in town, I think."

She doesn't say that it was completely her fault, but the thought echoes in her head all the same.

[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

Jake rapidly tries to remember any female students he knows of that might be the one Rory is thinking of, giving up when he realizes the list is too long. He reaches out with his free hand to pat her awkwardly on the head. "I'm really sorry."

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

She sniffles. "Thanks. And everyone's probably going to know about it by tonight, so...prepare for all hell to break loose." She glances over in Logan's direction, and, seeing that he's distracted, carefully sets down her coffee and gives Jake a hug

[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

Jake hugs her back, a little startled.

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Sorry," Rory says, pulling back. "I know, it's completely stupid, but the whole thing is my fault and," she shakes her head as though to clear it, "you're a good friend, Jake, even if my boyfriend kind of hates you."

[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

Jake snorts, amused. "That's okay, I kind of hate him back. It's a mutual thing." He gives her a solemn look after sipping his coffee (finally). "And I don't believe for a second that it's your fault."

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Except it is," she says gloomily. "I let her go off by herself and if I hadn't..."

[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

"That's silly thinking," Jake says sternly, frowning at her. "You didn't know what would happen. ...Do you know what happened even now?"

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory shakes her head. "No idea. I just know she's dead." She swallows hard. "I do know she was attacked by someone in an alley in town, but I don't know who."

[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, see, unless there's something I don't know about you, I'm not sure you'd be able to do much about that even if you were there," Jake points out, voice gentle, before taking another sip of his coffee to cover his own reaction to his words. No more Rory? Notgoodbadbad.

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"But I shouldn't have let her go off. I should've insisted she stay there," Rory sighs. "And...hey, I took a self-defense class. I could've done something."

[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

"If you had known what would happen," Jake says, lowering his cofffee again. "But you didn't."

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

Rory nods. "You have a point. I just...I don't know, I still don't like to think I was right there and didn't even know it was happening."

[courier-gavin.livejournal.com]

Jake nods, then points his mug towards Rory's. "Have some coffee. It might not make things all right, but it'll at least be a little better."

[auroryborealis.livejournal.com]

"Coffee makes everything better, and you know it," Rory says with a ghost of a smile before taking a sip.