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Enid Sinclair had always tried to put on a bright smile in the face of adversity.
And Enid Sinclair had always had more than enough adversity to go around. Her mother hated her, her father ignored it, and that isolation left her struggling to make friends.
Going to Nevermore was supposed to be a turning point in her life. A chance to get away from the toxic elements in her life.
And in a manner of speaking, it was. She got away from her mother. And, she did find new friends. The somewhat queer (in both senses of the word) vampire Yoko and her siren girlfriend Divina actually liked her.
Otherwise, however, Enid still had a deep loneliness. The lack of family and a still small social circle left such a naturally outgoing girl feeling lost.
—
“Are you sure about this?” Yoko looked concerned. “I don’t want you stuck on your own just for our sake?”
“I’m sure.” Enid gave them a smile. “You two enjoy it. I really want to meet new people anyway.”
“But there’s no guarantee anyone will be rooming there any time soon. It’s already midway through the school year.” Divina pointed out.
“Trust me. Things will work out. I want to help you. That always passes along.”
The two weren’t so sure.
The school had decided to let Yoko and Divina room together. Enid pushed them to accept, but Yoko wasn’t so sure. Enid was currently her roommate, and she didn’t want the blonde alone.
“Really, I’m still going to see you both every day.”
Yoko sighed.
“Alright. Alright. If you want to get rid of your best friend so badly.”
Enid laughed.
“You better believe it. You two know that you aren’t exactly subtle just because you try to wait until I’m asleep to have sex like, three feet away from me?”
Divina had the decency to blush. Yoko just laughed.
“Fair enough. Hey,” she pulled Enid into a hug. “Stay safe, alright? We worry about you.”
“I will.” Enid returned the hug.
—
The room was a dusty top-floor space. It was ridiculously spacious, but that only enhanced the feeling of emptiness.
“Wow!” Enid looked in awe at the massive spiderweb of glass. “That is a window!”
Enid spent the rest of the day after classes cleaning and decorating the room. She set up pink ribbons, and fairy lights, and all sorts of other whimsical decor on her half. The other half of the room she cleaned, but left barren for its hoped-for future resident. The whole process actually took several days.
“What’s this?”
While Enid was cleaning around the empty half’s bed on her third day of decorating she found a book hidden within a makeshift compartment. At first, she assumed it would be some former student’s long-forgotten smut collection or diary.
Opening the dusty pages, however, revealed something very different.
The pages were lined with handwritten esoteric text. Glyphs, charts, and tables decorated each page lovingly detailed and utterly indecipherable.
“Whoah!” Enid gasped.
She laid the tome out on the bed and started to give it a closer look.
Some of the text was readable to her. The headings explaining what each ritual did were at least partially in English, though using many deeply archaic or seemingly nonsensical words.
“To ward off the shoggoth. To harmonize the energies of far realms with your own. Charts of the stars and to which each elder power they align and awaken.” Enid read out the various titles. “Wow! This is so weird.” She laughed. “Oh! On the summoning of a helper from the outer realms. Huh.”
She thought about it for a moment. As much as the very school she was in proved that not everything was easily explained, she still had doubts about the book’s veracity. The kind of charts and rituals in there resembled medieval superstition mixed with pulp horror more than real outcast-related powers.
That only made it easier for her to decide to give it a try.
“I have some artistic talent, and I think most of this stuff is around here…”
Enid set the book down. She read the full ritual carefully and began gathering supplies.
First, she drew a large and very elaborate glyph on the floor with chalk. Secondly, she surrounded the glyph with an almost equally elaborate ring of ashes.
Next, in the center of the glyph, she dripped three drops of her own blood and placed a lock of her hair over it.
“Okay, weird chanting time.”
Enid braced herself, then tried for her deepest, most dramatic voice.
“Nyala Harr Shal-Galbroleth!
Nyala Hin R’lyeh!
Nyala Harr Galah Shal-Galbroleth!”
The chant went on for several minutes. Finally, at its conclusion, a bolt of lightning tore through the dark and the room’s lights flickered.
“Ah! WTF?!” Enid screamed and fumbled backwards into her bed.
“Crapcrapcrap!” She whimpered. “No more messing with dark magic!”
The blonde rolled under her blanket and curled up. She jumped at every sound for the rest of the night as she nervously tried to sleep.
—
Enid had largely managed to forget the whole thing by the next day. She went through classes as normal.
When she got back to her room the next day though, something was very different.
“Oh my god!” She exclaimed after opening the door. “They already gave me a new roomie?!”
Standing in the middle of the room, right where the remains of the summoning circle she hadn’t had time to clean up yet, was a girl of around her age in pigtails and a monochrome version of the school uniform.
“Roomie?” The girl’s expressionless face turned to a slight frown.
“You are staying here, right?” Enid asked, not sure why else a student she had never seen would be in her room, a very out-of-the-way room, at that.
The student’s eyes snapped back to her.
“Yes. I will stay with you.” She nodded.
“Yes!” Enid couldn’t help but squeal. “Roomies!”
She ran up throwing out her arms, but had to halt when the girl flinched back.
“Oops! Not a hugger?” She asked, worried that she had ruined things already.
“Physical contact is ill-advised.” The girl flatly spoke.
“Cool! I can respect that.” Enid was just relieved the girl didn’t seem too offended. “I kinda already divided the room in half. You can decorate your end however you want! And just let me know if you want any other changes.”
“You want me to decorate the room?”
Enid was slightly confused by the question, but rolled with it.
“Yeah? Just put up whatever you want. I don’t mind! I can tell your look kinda clashes with mine, but I think that’ll only make it cuter!”
Enid was telling the truth, the idea of her roommate setting up a gloomy goth library directly beside her pink princess hideaway was, frankly, adorable to her.
“Oh! Sorry, I forgot to get that up.”
Enid rushed to grab the broom she had been using for cleaning up the place in the first place and started to sweep up the ash and chalk.
The moment she had, the girl stepped out of the spot where she had been standing stock still the whole time they had talked. She looked down on Enid, hunched over sweeping, very intensely.
“Yeah?” Enid grinned up at her, starting to notice the piercing gaze. “Wow…” she stared back at the strangely mesmerizing face for a moment. “Your nose is cute.”
The girl’s eyes snapped away and she walked into the barren half of the room.
“Oops! Sorry, I, uh, let my gay show too hard there.” Enid fumbled over her words, worried she had made things weird already.
The girl looked back slightly quizzically.
“Your sexuality could not possibly concern me.”
“Whoo.” Enid let out a sigh of relief. “Not everybody’s felt that way around me, you know, before.”
“So,” she continued, back to her bright smile “what’s your name? Oh! I’m Enid Sinclair.”
“W’ěd Nyash S’deah Ahæ Dia Seamess.” A stream of hypnotic and indecipherable syllables spilled from her mouth.
“What?” Enid asked after nearly a minute's pause, somehow enthralled by the sound of her voice. “Uh, sorry. I didn’t catch that.”
“Wednesday Addams.” This time it sounded clear, normal.
“Cool!”
Enid jogged over to where Wednesday was examining her half of the room.
“If you need any help getting stuff to put in there I know where to get the best fabrics and stuff. There’s this store..”
Enid enthusiastically spent the night talking to her new roommate about decorating. Wednesday would occasionally nod or agree, but otherwise just let the blonde talk.
—
The next day Enid was floating in clouds. She practically danced to class with a smile on her face. The first time they were together, Yoko immediately noticed the change.
“Well, someone gave the little puppy a treat. What has you so happy?” The vampire asked, clearly pleased at her best friend’s improved mood.
“I got a roomie already!” Enid informed her with a wide grin.
“What?” Yoko scrunched her brow in confusion. “I hadn’t heard about anyone moving rooms.”
“I think she’s a transfer.” Enid looked back on their encounters and realized she had forgotten to even ask. She’d never seen the very memorable girl around before though.
“Don’t they usually do some kind of introduction thing with those? None of the teachers have mentioned a new student.”
“I’ll ask her later.” Enid brushed the question aside. “Or you can, I’m sure you’ll meet her soon enough.”
“Alright.” Yoko still seemed suspicious.
Strangely, they did not encounter Wednesday a single time during the day. Enid wondered to herself, assuming that she must just have not started classes yet. She committed to asking about it when she got back to her room.
—
“Whoah!”
Enid was shocked entering her dorm for the second time in as many days.
The right side of the room was fully decorated. It was as grim and black as she had expected, looking like an eerily old-fashioned Victorian writing room, right down to having a typewriter.
“That was fast! I thought I’d see you in classes.” Enid stepped into the room. “Can I come over?”
Wednesday looked at her curiously.
“Of course.”
Enid stepped into her side of the room and looked at the full-sized furniture, somehow moved in within one day, in awe.
“This is cool!” She complimented her. “So, when are you starting classes? I hope we share some!”
Wednesday just passively watched her silently for an odd moment before speaking.
“May I see your schedule?”
“Oh, sure. I think I still have a printout around here.” Enid checked the bags around her bed until triumphantly pulling a crumpled paper out. “Here we go!”
She handed it to Wednesday, who quickly read over it. The dark girl then pulled out a pen and circled a few items.
“I will join you for these classes.”
Enid took back the list and looked at it curiously.
“Okay!”
—
The next day, Wednesday appeared in those classes as promised.
“Oh, do we have a new student?”
The algebra teacher looked up when Wednesday quietly took a seat without a word. A handful of students looked as well.
Wednesday stared at the teacher with that same intensity Enid had seen when she first met her. The teacher seemed mesmerized. She looked into Wednesday’s eyes with a blank awe, as if she looked away she would cease to exist somehow.
Wednesday just looked down at her textbook and the teacher started the lesson without another word, no longer showing any special attention to the new student.
”Weird.” Enid had to acknowledge. Still, maybe she knew that Wednesday didn’t like attention.
The other classes Wednesday showed up for went much the same.
“Hey!” Enid hissed at her new friend.
“Yes?” Wednesday looked her way curiously.
“It’s okay. This teacher always pretty much ignores us during study time. So, we can talk all we want as long as we keep quiet.” Enid’s eyes twinkled as she whispered across the way to the goth girl.
“What do you wish to talk about?” Wednesday looked back at her with as flat of an expression as ever.
“I don’t know, I just like talking to you.”
Wednesday cocked her head and stared curiously for a minute.
“Very well then.” The gloomy girl nodded. “Why don’t you tell me a little about yourself. You are clearly very skilled at and passionate about makeup. Talk to me about that.”
“Okay!” Enid smiled.
She started chatting about her tastes and techniques in makeup. Wednesday was quiet, but actually did join in and ask questions or provide opinions as Enid went on.
“Oops!” The teacher looked up from his desk as class time neared its close. “Times up. Thanks bestie!” Enid grinned and gave her companion a thumbs-up.
—
Lunch time rolled around, and Enid took her usual seat at a table with Yoko, Divina, Bianca, and Xavier.
“Hey, Pup.” Yoko greeted her.
“Hey, guys!” Enid took her seat with a smile to the group.
“I hear your new girl finally showed up in class today.” Divina said.
“Yep! It was awesome!” Enid smiled.
“Isn’t it still a little weird?” Yoko mused. “She shows up out of nowhere, isn’t in any classes until you ask, and then she’s in a few classes ALL shared with you?”
“That’s probably why they roomed us together.” Enid brushed it off.
“Who roomed you together?” Yoko pressed. “Has literally anyone from the administration dropped by? Talked to her? Talked to you? You didn’t even get an email telling you a new roommate was coming in?”
“Okay, it’s weird. But seriously, she went to classes, wouldn’t teachers know who is supposed to be attending? It’s probably just because she’s really antisocial. They’re just making accommodations for her.” The blonde argued.
“It’s super fucking weird.” Bianca cut in. “Not much to do though, she’s showing up to classes. If she doesn’t belong here, they’ll have to notice. You have to fake documents to sneak into a school. Not just walk in the front door and live there.”
“She’s right.” Divina agreed.
“Okay!” Yoko held up her hands in surrender. “But, we’ve got to meet your new roomie and BFF.” She shot a disarming grin at Enid. “Ask her to sit with us.”
“Wednesday is super not social.” Enid looked reluctant. “You have to promise to be nice and not push her to talk too much.”
“I solemnly swear.” Yoko held her hand over her chest.
“I would like to meet this mysterious person.” Divina added.
“She sounds crazy and more than a little psycho. Could be entertaining.” Bianca agreed.
“Okay, fine. I kinda want to have her here for lunch anyway.” Enid gave in.
—
Enid brought the topic up later in their dorm.
“Hey, Wends.” Enid called over to her roommate, who was steadily typing away at her typewriter.
“Yes?” Wednesday answered without looking over or missing a stroke of the keys.
“Could you sit with me at lunch?” Enid put a little bit of effort into looking and sounding cute. She was sure the girl had to have a soft spot for her, after all, she did seem to tolerate Enid and absolutely no one else.
“I am certain that you are aware that I do not like the company of others or needless conversation.” Again, Wednesday didn’t even turn her way.
“I know, I just want my other friends to meet you. I promise that I won’t let them bother you too much.” Enid pleaded, in full puppy mode.
“This is what you want?”
“I don’t want to make you do it, or make you feel pressured to do it. I’m just saying I want you to meet my other friends.” Enid gave her her most reassuring smile, trying to show that she wouldn’t be mad. “I’ll just tell them you’re not interested if you really don’t want to.”
“I will show up at lunch tomorrow.” Wednesday said simply.
Enid squealed.
“Thank you! You’re the best!”
She ran to the middle of the room, made a hugging motion in the air, and blew a kiss.
Wednesday finally looked over, an expression resembling confusion on her face.
“What was that?”
“I know you don’t like being touched, but I wanted to hug you, so I sent you a hug.” Enid grinned, clearly knowing it was kind of dumb, but just happy to have fun with her roomie.
“You are peculiar.” Wednesday went back to her typing.
—
The next day saw classes go as usual. At lunch, however, Enid made sure to keep an extra seat to her right empty. She couldn’t contain her smile when Wednesday came in and completely ignored the stares as she went straight to that seat.
“Hey, Wends!” She brightly greeted her. “These are my other friends. This is Yoko, Divina, Xavier, and Bianca.” She gestured to each of the others in turn.
Divina smiled and offered a small wave. Xavier slightly raised a hand in what might have been the start of a wave, but seemed to be caught in staring at her intently. Bianca just gave a nod and “Hey.”
Yoko put her hands on the table and looked right in her eyes. Enid gave her a warning glare.
“Hey. I hear you’re my BFF's new roomie. So what’s your story? How did you end up here in Nevermore?”
Enid was relieved that the vampire managed to not sound too confrontational.
“I have already attended Nevermore before. My family does not live here permanently though. As a returning student, I did not need to be reintroduced to the school, and have been able to resume classes without any special arrangements.” Wednesday explained everything calmly.
“What kind of outcast are you?” Bianca cut in with her own question.
“I am a seer.” Wednesday answered. “A rare kind. My visions are severe. As a result, I must avoid touching or interacting with too many so as not to trigger dangerous and unwanted visions.”
Enid and Divina gave her a sympathetic look. Xavier nodded.
“Common problem.” He still looked distracted though. The seer boy pulled out his sketchbook and pencils.
“Okay.” Yoko admitted. “That all adds up, at least somewhat.”
Xavier started rapidly scratching out an outline in his sketchbook, looking up and down between the girl opposite at the table and his book.
“I’m really glad Enid got a new roommate, she really needs good people around her.” Yoko started talking more candidly to the mysterious girl. “She really seems to like you. Can’t say why,” the vampire laughed “you seem like total opposites.” Yoko laughed. “I guess I’m proof she’s into goths though.”
“Yoko!” Enid blushed.
“Are you two romantically connected?” Wednesday matter-of-factly asked.
“No!” Enid instantly yelped.
“Well, I never. After all I’ve done for you.” Yoko shook her head, tutting at Enid’s immediate and embarrassed denial.
“I didn’t mean that!” The flustered Enid babbled. “I just meant we haven’t-“
“She is teasing you.” Wednesday cut her off. “Ignore her.”
“Aw, no fun.” Yoko pouted.
While they chatted, Xavier continued to frantically sketch. The others started to notice and Enid looked in concern.
His expression was a grimace and she could have sworn she saw some kind of black drops leaking everywhere so slightly from his eyes.
Suddenly, he snapped out of it.
“Sorry,” he looked to the concerned faces of the others “sketching you is harder than I thought. You are a person of… dimensions.”
Enid caught the briefest glimpse of the sketch as he ripped it off and crumpled it. A faint outline of Wednesday was visible in the middle of the sheet, but it was surrounded by countless black tendrils, each splitting into ever smaller tendrils, forming a terrifying cloud of writhing blackness.
“I have heard that before.” Wednesday said. “I will head back to my room now.” She stood up with a polite nod to the others.
Enid watched as the goth walked away from the eating area. As she neared the dorm building, a strange choked cry could be heard.
“No! Your kind cannot be back!”
A white student in glasses shot up from his table and glared straight at the goth.
Wednesday ignored him and kept walking.
“You will be banished again!” He started to clumsily rush towards her.
She turned and glared straight at him. The student seemed to freeze in place.
“You are mistaken about my identity. You will sit down and calmly think about things.” She glared with an eerie, black-eyed stare.
Enid wasn’t certain whether her eyes actually changed, but the look was terrifying either way.
She snapped back around to finish leaving and the student fell backward before scrambling back to his feet.
“Okay, so, you know she’s weird, right?” Yoko asked, giving Enid a deadpan stare.
“Of course she’s weird!” Enid rolled her eyes. “We’re in Nevermore. Everyone’s weird.”
“Okay, cool.” Yoko nodded. “You wanna fuck that, go for it girl.”
“Seriously, she’s weird, but seems kind of cool. As I’m sure my girlfriend is going to say soon enough: Go get that goth pussy.” Divina offered her an encouraging smile.
“Oh my god you guys are so messed up.” Enid was blushing furiously as she dropped her face to the table to hide it.
Bianca gave her a sympathetic pat on the back.
“You’re the one who decided to be friends with literally the dumbest useless lesbian vampire.”
“I don’t even want to-! You know. We’re roommates!” Enid denied their insinuations.
“Oh my god they were roommates!” Yoko and Divina said it at the same time before breaking down laughing.
“I am officially not your friend anymore.” Enid mumbled out.
—
After classes finished up, Enid returned to her dorm, embarrassed, but ultimately in a good mood for having shown everyone that Wednesday was real and her friend.
The girl in question was already clacking away at her typewriter. Enid flopped onto her bed and began scrolling her socials.
“Hey.” She called over. “We’ve talked a lot about me. What do you like to do?”
She rolled onto her belly and stared at the goth.
“I mean, I know you like writing. So what is it you write?”
Wednesday paused and seemed to consider the question for a moment.
“I catalogue the things that I learn, about humans and this world while I am here.”
“So, like a journal?” Enid scrunched her brow.
“And a textbook, of sorts.”
“Huh.” That wasn’t what Enid had thought. She’d slightly peeked at the pages, but the letters were in some very odd foreign alphabet. “Cool! Have you ever tried fiction? I really think you would have a knack for it.”
Wednesday tilted her head slightly to glance at the blonde.
“That would be an incredibly unusual use of my time in this world.” She answered.
Enid looked confused.
“Really? Lots of people write stories.” She questioned. “You could do some serious horror stories. Or murder mysteries. You should think about it.”
“I will consider testing it as a learning experience.” Wednesday relented.
“Great! Ooh! They posted a new video. OMG, you have to hear this one!” Enid fell back into showing Wednesday K-pop MVs while Wednesday typed away. Their usual evening.
—
The next day saw big news hit the Nevermore campus.
“Rowan Lazlo is dead!”
“Wait, didn’t he confront that strange girl?”
“Yeah, that was super weird.”
Whispers spread through the student body like wildfire.
Enid expected more stares after she first heard what they were saying, but instead, just like the first teacher, every time someone looked their way, they seemed to forget what they were doing and look away.
Enid guided them off course from their first class to an empty hallway.
“Uh, Wends,” she awkwardly started “I’m not accusing you or anything, but did you…?”
The goth cocked her head at her.
“No? You didn’t ask me to kill him.”
“Whew.” Enid exhaled in relief. “But, uh, I’m definitely not going to ask you to kill anyone.”
Wednesday looked at her curiously.
“I’m not yet certain what you do want.”
Enid was taken aback.
“I’m just happy to have an awesome roomie like you! I don’t need anything more!”
Wednesday actually let out a small, tired-sounding sigh.
—
“Enid!”
The wolf barely had time to react before being pulled aside by Yoko while heading to one of her classes without Wednesday.
“Is your girl eating people now?!” The vampire hissed at her in a cramped side-hall.
“No!” Enid insisted. “I already asked her about it. She was as weird as ever, but in a way that I totally think she didn’t do it!”
“I snooped around. Rowan didn’t just die. He was totally torn to shreds. Like, itty-bitty pieces.” Yoko explained.
“So that means he was probably killed by a wolf? Or maybe a rarer outcast type. Which Wednesday definitely isn’t.” Enid deduced.
“Girl, Wednesday is NOT just a seer.” Yoko countered. “Still, I’m not saying she definitely did it. But something weird is going on. What did Rowan recognize her as? You need to be careful.”
“I will, I promise.” Enid agreed. “I seriously don’t get any vibes that she wants to hurt me though. She’s just eccentric, and super cool.”
“Okay, one: keep it in your pants. Two, okay, but I’m keeping an eye on her.” Yoko gave her a stern look.
“I wouldn’t expect anything else, Mom.” Enid joked.
“So cruel!” Yoko dramatically whined. “I’m not even two hundred years old.”
“You’re not even twenty-two years old, Yoko. Pretending you’re ‘Twilight’ing high school doesn’t work on me.” Enid gave her own deadpan stare.
“You wound me with each new word.” The vampire wailed. “I should leave you to be devoured by a million heartless, horny goth tentacle mouths.”
“Oh my god, let’s just get to class.” Enid dragged the vampire with her.
—
Later that night, when Enid returned to the dorm, the matter was still on her mind. The mystery of her queerly curious roommate took up far more space in her mind than it probably should have.
“Hey, roomie!”
Wednesday gave her a polite nod.
“Oh, I forgot! It won’t be that long until the Rave’N comes around. Do you wanna come with me?”
This time, Wednesday reacted immediately. She fully turned and faced Enid directly.
“Usually, people ask for more.”
The words were confusing at first. Enid rapidly grasped what she believed was between the lines though.
“Oh, is your family rich too?” Enid shook her head sadly. “Basically all the friends I tried to make other than Yoko and Divina wanted me for my family. Joke's on them! Being friends with me is literally the opposite of how to impress my mom.” Enid chuckled a bit bitterly.
“Your family dynamic is darkly horrible and fascinating.” Wednesday commented. “I know you summoned me. I saw it.”
“Huh?” Enid blurted. “Wait, the silly book? That didn’t do anything.”
A flicker of the closest thing Enid would ever see to surprise flashed across Wednesday's impassive expression.
“You performed the ritual, and I appeared in the circle. Everything happened as foretold.” Wednesday slowly spelled it out, as if to a child.
“I performed the ritual and a girl appeared in a vacant dorm space the next day!” Enid indignantly defended herself. “But, wait, does that mean you’re…?”
“I am what your kind might call a being from the outer realms.”
Wednesday stood up from her writing chair and walked over to the massive spiderweb window.
Enid stared in awe as a fractal wave of black, shadowy tentacles erupted from her back. Each ebony tendril splitting in space into dozens, then hundreds, thousands, millions of indescribable tendrils of darkness.
The very space around her seemed to darken in uncast shadow. Enid began to hear a bizarre susurrus. It was like a hundred voices whispering words she could never quite catch.
As the madness further unfurled Enid began to feel a deep-set throbbing pain. She was too enthralled to look away until the pain spread into her head, causing a splitting agony behind her eyes leading to her snapping away.
“OMG! OMG! You are a literal freaking Eldritch god!” Enid shrieked.
“Close enough.” The words seemed to echo back and forth in her skull. “Now, why did you summon me?”
Enid’s head snapped back up.
“I really just wanted a roommate. I really wanted to give Yoko and Di their own space, but I have issues with being alone.” She rapidly explained.
Wednesday’s body returned to its human appearance.
“You summoned an outerversal being to be your roommate?”
“Well… yeah.” Enid admitted.
“I could have killed you the moment you broke the circle without binding me to a duty.” Wednesday admitted. “However, you are fundamentally different from all of my other summoners. They have all been power-hungry so-called intellectuals. You have a peculiar sincerity and lack of controlling intent.”
“Thanks?” Enid said it questioningly. “Are you, er, mad?”
“I do not get ‘mad’.” Wednesday flatly stated. “And, in any case, I do not blame you. Your intentions are sincere, and far less tiresome than my normal summoners.”
“So, do I have to send you back?” Enid looked disappointed at the thought.
“Hardly.” Wednesday said. “I have been attempting to further research this reality. That which you hold to be basic laws of reality; strong nuclear force, gravity, electromagnetism, those things which comprise time and space, none of them exist in my realm. The very concept of existence is fundamentally different. That makes the process of exploring your realm’s possibilities almost endless. I would much prefer to stay.”
“So, roomies?” Enid offered a hesitant smile.
“Roomies.” Wednesday nodded.
—
With the mystery solved, even if for herself alone, Enid’s school life continued surprisingly well.
Now fully understanding her new friend’s true nature, and willing to talk freely about it, Enid was happy to satisfy her curiosity.
“So, do you know what did happen to Rowan?” She asked will they were on the quad.
“No. Neither do I understand how he knew my nature. I have never seen him before.” Wednesday answered.
“Should we try to find out?”
Wednesday seemed to actually spend a moment to consider.
“I suppose it could be edifying.”
Wednesday turned away from the course they were heading.
“Come along.” She turned back to Enid and directed her.
She split from the path to their next class and headed to the woods around the school. It wasn’t far to a patch of disturbed ground. It was the site of Rowan’s death.
“We’re doing detective work?” Enid asked.
“I am beyond such things.”
Wednesday stepped right up to the disturbed soil and stood in place. She seemed to blur for a moment to Enid.
“Strange.” She said.
“Uh, what just happened?” Enid asked.
“Although, when inhabiting your realm I am limited to the concept of time, it is still relatively fluid to me when I am as much as where. However, in this case, I cannot see what happened here in the moments after Rowan arrived. This could only mean a powerful force has blocked me from seeing it.”
“Wow. So something is specifically after you?” Enid looked shocked and impressed.
“There should be fewer than a handful of beings on this planet who can even comprehend my existence. The mere suggestion that one would attempt to challenge me borders on absurd.” Wednesday firmly retorted.
“You know what this means, right?” Enid’s face split into a wide grin.
“I cannot possibly fathom what you are going to suggest.” Wednesday drily answered.
“Old-fashioned detective work!” The blonde cheered.
“I suppose I am here to learn.” Wednesday admitted.
“Alright! Let’s go!” The wolf was already racing off.
—
Enid investigated scenes and interviewed witnesses with very-much-not-surprising enthusiasm over the next few days. Wednesday came along and somewhat more surprisingly willingly provided her own expertise.
More exciting to Enid though, was the change in her relationship with Wednesday. Working together really seemed to help the girl-or, eldritch horror-open up.
Lunch time some six days later saw them exchanging notes on the case.
“Okay, spill. You two have been joined at the hip. Are you doing the do, or not?” Yoko’s voice cut into their conversation as she sat down beside them, making Enid spit her drink.
“What the frick Yoko?” The blonde sputtered.
“I’m your BFF, just wanna know.” The vampire shrugged.
“My sexual relations with Enid are none of your business.” Wednesday spoke up.
“I, ah!” Enid babble at the implications of what Wednesday just said.
“However, I would not hide them either. I am more than certain Enid will apprise you of any updates in our relationship.” The goth concluded.
“Was she just teasing both of us?” Yoko asked, more rhetorically than anything.
“I think so?” Enid agreed, no less shocked than her friend.
“I am finished.” Wednesday stood up to leave.
Enid watched her go.
“You want that so bad.” Yoko jabbed her.
“Like you wouldn’t believe.” Enid admitted without a second thought.
—
“So, I put together what we found.”
Enid was standing in the middle of the dorm. Two great, big pinboards flanked her to the left and right.
“BTDubs, those autopsy pictures were super gross and I don’t want to know how you got them.”
“It should hardly be a mystery. I can only be seen when I wish to be.” Wednesday was at her writing desk as usual, not particularly pretending to pay attention to Enid’s presentation.
“Anyway, after psyching myself up and taking a good look at the materials.”
“You threw up in the bathroom for an hour.” Wednesday interrupted her. “The limits of mortal weakness never cease to astound me.”
“Okay, mean. Anyway,” Enid continued. “I actually noticed something. The police think a werewolf did it. Body totally ripped apart, check. Huge claw marks, check. Bite marks, check. Or is it?”
“It is not. Or you would not ask and pause to build suspense.” Wednesday continued to show little interest.
“You bet it’s not.” Enid dramatically pointed at a spot on one of the autopsy pictures. “No way this bite matches a wolf’s jaw. No autopsy would say it does. The flattish round of teeth doesn’t match a snout.”
Enid pivoted to point at the other board.
“I found three possible suspects for that kind of damage. Yetis, but those are probably extinct, and I think we would know if one were here. Zombies, but those are probably a myth. And finally, Hydes.”
Enid pointed straight at her evidence board entry for the Hyde.
“We wouldn’t even know if there were a Hyde here, and it could definitely do that kind of damage. I think someone else knows about you, and they didn’t want Rowan knowing. So they, the Hydes’ controller or working with them, killed him.”
Wednesday actually slowly nodded.
“This is a logical conclusion.” She agreed.
“Awesome! ‘Cause I was pretty much winging a lot of that.” Enid laughed.
Wednesday stood up and pulled a paper out of her typewriter. She laid it on a stack beside her and walked up to her bed.
“Come over here.” She said.
Enid curiously left her presentation and went over to Wednesday’s bed.
“Sure, what have you got?”
Wednesday handed over the stack of papers.
“I followed your suggestion. I have written a mystery novel. Three, actually.”
“Whoah!” Enid looked at the thick stack of papers in awe. “You did all of this in a couple of days?!”
“My ability to formulate ideas and translate them into paper is not limited by the physical or mental limits of your species. That said, I did find this a somewhat enlightening glimpse into humanity. Writing unreal scenarios, ones which will never happen and which you are not materializing, is an unusual idea in and of itself. I would like you to tell me how I did.”
“Cool!”
Enid grinned and made herself comfortable on the black bed as she started reading the manuscript. Wednesday settled in beside her, ready to hear what she had to say.
“Is this a typo?”
“I have been on your world at many different times. Even I cannot always unravel which writing system is used in each time.”
Enid and Wednesday spent the next several hours working through the text, with Enid reading, asking questions, and providing feedback and Wednesday answering.
“What is that?”
“My apologies, I believe those have not been invented yet.”
“Viper’s coiled grip pressed her back into- Oh! This is getting steamy…”
Enid didn’t notice until well into her read that she had snuggled up against Wednesday. What surprised her more than that she did that was how normal Wednesday felt.
“We’re touching.” She pointed out to Wednesday their bodies in contact.
“So we are.” Wednesday looked at them as though she hadn’t noticed either.
“I kind of thought something terrible would happen.” Enid admitted.
“Normally, I am only making people see me as a human, not actually binding myself to this form.” Wednesday explained, her words low and calm. “Your presence, even when banal, is calming to me. It makes this body feel more natural. I seem to have unconsciously held this as a true physical form.”
“Oh, wow! That’s really sweet.” Enid grinned.
“You should keep reading.”
Despite Wednesday’s obvious attempt to change the subject, Enid couldn’t keep a smile off her face as they continued going over Wednesday’s manuscript long into the night. Eventually, Enid started to doze off while reading.
The next day, they did more of the same. Wednesday’s writing was lengthy and verbose. Enid found herself more comforted by the strange warmth of her companion than her admittedly thrilling words.
“Would you like to attempt physical intimacy?”
The question seemed to come out of nowhere. Enid halted in place as she unpacked the shocking words.
She realized that the book had been getting to another rather steamy scene and she had started unconsciously pushing farther back into her companion. Wednesday had clearly (and perhaps correctly) read into what Enid wanted, even if unknowingly.
“Uhm…”
“OMG! What should I do?!?!” Enid was paralyzed by shock at the proposition.
“It’s alright. I merely detected an attraction and wanted you to know it would be acceptable to me for you to act on it.”
“No! No!” Enid suddenly blurted out, breaking from her trance. “I-I would actually really like that.”
Enid had no clue what she was saying, if she was perfectly honest with herself. She just knew Wednesday was really pretty, and the idea of such a terrifyingly grand creature being intimate with her was deeply thrilling.
“Are you… able to do that?”
“I would actually be fascinated to attempt it.” Wednesday explained. “I have never done so. Had any of my summoners tried, I would have found some means to kill them. Boring, power-hungry men as they were hold no interest to me. You lack base and vulgar intent. Hence, I would like to explore this with you.”
“You’re really cute and so nice to me. I don’t know if I would say ‘no’ base intent.” Enid babbled out with a blush.
“Enid Sinclair.” Wednesday stopped her. “Stop calling me cute.”
The goth rolled onto her, taking the thick pile of papers out of her hand and dropping them onto the floor. She pressed their lips into a firm kiss.
Enid melted into her arms. Wednesday’s lips were simultaneously warm like a human should be, but bled a strange chill beneath the surface. The feel of her skin was fluid and blurred, almost like her body was everywhere, all at once. Enid felt her hands running down her back at the same time her clothes were stripped off; sweater, skirt, and socks all at once.
Enid reached around to help remove her companion’s clothes, only to feel they were already gone. Were her garments a real, physical thing to begin with? It didn’t matter.
The blonde moaned into her dark lover’s touch. With Enid’s clothes shed, Wednesday kissed down her now exposed flesh; her chin, her neck, each of her breasts. Enid writhed under her touch it felt like a thousand feather-light kisses reverberating around her body.
When Wednesday slipped down between her legs Enid’s world exploded. The goth’s tongue wisped over the surface of her lower lips in dazzlingly fast and precise motions. Enid’s pleasure mounted fast. She had never experienced anything quite like this.
“Hah!” The blonde gasped when she felt Wednesday’s tongue snake into her depths. She had never felt something so deep. It wriggled inside of her, touching her most sacred places.
Suddenly, she felt something flicking at her clit. It also felt like a tongue, and Wednesday’s hands were gripping her wrists. Enid’s mind however, was too lost in the pleasure to dwell on the impossibility of it.
“Oh god! Wends!” Enid gripped her lover’s hair. She felt a knot draw tight deep in her core until snapping, leaving her floating in a sea of euphoria.
Enid slumped flat. Wednesday floated up to lying overtop her. Her body felt warm, but almost weightless.
“I will restrain my form.” She whispered. “It is not hard with you.”
Enid felt Wednesday line up her length with her freshly soaked slit and slip inside gently.
She gasped at the welcome intrusion. Wednesday began sliding in and out, holding a steady pace. Enid reached around and clutched onto her lover’s back. Moments later, she felt tendrils wrap around her wrists her arms were held in place. She felt another wrap around her waist.
“Holy shit!” Enid gasped in awe.
She was floating. Wednesday was holding her against her body by some dozen hazy tentacles as they floated in the air over the bed.
“Ah!” Sensing her getting closer, Wednesday increased her pace. Enid’s world shattered again as she clenched her eyes shut and felt rolling waves of pleasure batter her mind. She felt a warmth filling her as Wednesday released inside her.
They drifted back down to the warmth of the bed as Enid drifted to sleep.