The streets of town- Sunday morning

[notconflicted]

Sia didn't know much of what she'd done over the past day, because it wasn't her doing it. Her split personality Mia was taking over more and more, and leaving Sia to deal with all the consequences! Why had she placed a call to the bank this morning wondering if $100,000 had been deposited to her account yet? Mia, what were you doing?

She'd gone for a walk to clear her head, but she'd only taken a few steps in town before she stopped and clutched her head, because that's what people did when they were going crazy, right? They clutched their heads and said "Noooo" a lot?


[So open. Which personality will you get? Which. Will. You. Get?]

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[whenshewasnice]

"I've got your money!" Natalie declared, in a fashion that was likely to get someone complaints about whether something had been aired in the wrong order, since there'd been nothing to establish her getting the money.

Also, it was needlessly dramatic. Plus she'd pretty much appeared out of nowhere.

[notconflicted]

Sia's hands dropped to her sides as she stared at Natalie in confusion. "What... what money?"

[whenshewasnice]

"The money!"

Sure, that cleared it up.

"I don't know if I should trust you, but I've got the money anyway. This is too big a thing to get sloppy with."

[notconflicted]

"I... I don't know what you're talking about," Sia said, looking overly desperate. "Please, tell me what I did!"

[whenshewasnice]

"You blackmailed me, because of my dark secrets!" Natalie expositioned. "How can you not remember?"

She looked offended and betrayed by this.

[notconflicted]

"I..." Sia turned dramatically away...

...and when she turned back, she was Mia. You could tell because of the darker lighting. Also she suddenly seemed to be wearing more eyeliner. "I know you wouldn't dare approach me unless you had my money," she said.

[whenshewasnice]

"I used to be Peter Wiggin's right hand woman, I'm not afraid of you!" Natalie exclaimed, oblivious to the seriously obvious change. "But I've got your money. I hope you're happy."

[notconflicted]

"Slightly," Mia said. "But now I want $200,000. I'm sure that won't be too hard for you. Not with your... connections."

[whenshewasnice]

Natalie gasped. "What? No! No, you can't! That's too cruel, even for you! Christ, what have you become?"

Had they even known each other before? Did it matter?

[notconflicted]

"I've become what I was always meant to be," Mia told her. "Rich."

...That line was so going to get played at the Daytime Emmys this year. If it aired.

[whenshewasnice]

"Well I won't stand for it any longer!" Natalie declared, out of nowhere. "You're not getting any more of my money. I'm going to tell everyone myself! That way, you won't be able to hurt me anymore."

[notconflicted]

"No, you won't," Mia said coldly. "You won't be able to handle what they really think of you. And what will he think?"

[whenshewasnice]

"He won't care! He loves me!" Natalie replied, as if fighting back tears. Because awards. "Our bond is stronger than that. You won't win."

[notconflicted]

"Yes, I will," Mia said, her voice full of what she thought was steely resolve. "I always win."

[whenshewasnice]

"Not this time," Natalie replied with equally misthought resolve. She held her chin up high. "Not this time."

Because repeating things with more emphasis made everything more dramatic.

And then she stalked off.

[twintuitionist.livejournal.com]

Juliet's late-stage pregnancy did nothing to stop her from taking brisk walks through town, and that's what she was doing when she spotted Sia clutching her head. She paused, because that's what you did when somebody was having a breakdown in your path, right?

"Excuse me," she said firmly. "Can you do that someplace else? You're in my way."

Her very, very important way! (The characterization dice had come up 'selfish bitch' on Juliet for this episode, apparently.)

[notconflicted]

Mia glared at her before she even dropped her hands. "No. You're lucky I don't push you down."

But she wouldn't, because the writers still wanted her to be a sympathetic character.

[twintuitionist.livejournal.com]

"You'd never lay a finger on a pregnant woman," Juliet said, glaring back as she folded her arms over her stomach. "What's your problem, anyhow?"

[notconflicted]

"My problem is you. And your bossiness," Mia shot back. "And the fact that you never loved me back!"

[twintuitionist.livejournal.com]

"How dare you?" Juliet gasped. "I loved you first, but you only had eyes for my brother until I gave up on us."

[notconflicted]

"I did not!" That had been Sia. Meddlesome, meddlesome Sia. "I always loved you! You just didn't know how to show it!"

[twintuitionist.livejournal.com]

"You just never knew how to accept my love!" Juliet returned, and stomped a foot for emphasis. "I'd give you another chance, but would things really be any different?"

[notconflicted]

"Well they can't now," Mia said, gesturing at her. "And I have... secrets. Terrible secrets."

Like that she wasn't really real!

[twintuitionist.livejournal.com]

Juliet smiled bitterly. "And I should probably give the baby's daddy another chance," she said. "For ... the good of the child, and everything."

Even if she had no idea who he was.

"But is there any way I could help you, as an old friend?"

[notconflicted]

Mia couldn't admit that her heart was breaking. Especially since it wasn't really her heart. Oh, her issues!

"No," she snapped. "We're over. Completely."

[twintuitionist.livejournal.com]

"Fine," Juliet snapped back, turning to the side so Mia wouldn't see the tears in her eyes. Her heart had been shattered by this girl for the last time.

She stepped to the side to go around Mia.

"Have fun with your ... whatever you were doing."