[Notes: Recycled a bit of the previous chapter for story consistency. Also, Lillian and Jen sit together for lunch, as it's usually the three of you who sit together at one of the tables]

You fell into a sea of crimson sludge with black and green pieces, you can see through the tomato sauce that it was Jen's chili you landed in and you're on her spoon. You try shouting, as you hope that Jen will hear, but the gods deny this and you enter her mouth. You scream, fearing this will be your brutal end. Everything goes dark, and the shift in humidity and warmth hits you pretty hard. You go into fetal position, awaiting your end, almost preferring to be chewed rather than swallowed alive.

Fortunately for you, Jen happened to be quite the chili connoisseur and immediately noticed an odd taste in her mouth. It wasn't bad by any means, but it was definitely something she didn't recall adding to it. Rather than chewing it, she tried to carefully taste it as thoroughly as she could using her tongue, and quickly noted that its shape was odd as well. She swallowed the rest of the food but pinned the odd tasty thing to the inside of her cheek as she did to keep it from getting swallowed as well. She then discreetly covered her mouth as she took the mysterious object out of her mouth.

Her eyes widened when she realized it seemed to be a tiny doll, a replica of Blaise at that, and it was so detailed that it even worse the exact same clothes he wore today. Raising an eyebrow, she brought it closer to her eyes to further inspect it, and almost failed to suppress a gasp as it moved. She heard it cough and wipe what had to be her saliva off its face. It was surreal, it couldn't be a simple doll, but, she didn't think it'd be possible for it to be a real person, or be Blaise himself.

'Come to think of it... he never skips lunch with us... and he hasn't shown up yet...' She thought. She looked around, and she didn't see him with either Celeste or Yamile.

Her thoughts on that were interrupted as the tiny figure then stood up on her fingertip, its movements were too smooth to be a robot, and it was too small to have batteries or a charging port. As crazy as this scenario looked, the only obvious answer was that this was a tiny person. She remembered that she had you explain the plot of Sherlock Holmes' books to her, since she had missed that class and needed the info for homework, and you told her one of his famous quotes, explaining his reasoning:
"When you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth"

She decided to listen to that memory, however, she couldn't just talk to you as it was, as Lillian was sitting right next to her. In fact, she might have already seen her, but she wasn't sure. She seemed to be just focused on eating her personal burrito feast...

[Paths]

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Unexpectedly, Lillian got up and went to the bathroom, asking Jen to watch her food for her. She sighed in relief, and could afford to talk to you. Will she be your one true savior?

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"What's that?" Lillian suddenly asked, making Jen gasp. Unable to hide you, nor make a good enough excuse, she sighs and reveals you to her. Now your two friends start asking you questions, and while it sounds good on paper that the two people that know of your current predicament are your friends, deep down something tells you Lillian might not be quite safe to stick around with.

Once you tell them what little you know, they'll have to decide what to do with you. More importantly, who's going to protect you? The girls might argue, but it's highly likely Lillian gets you since she's known you for the longest and is significantly more assertive than Jen, and that's without mentioning her imposing appearance. However, Jen's protectiveness from seeing you in such a vulnerable state might go through the roof and she could very well stand her ground, but even then, they might take care of you in turns, as there's no way Lillian would let a chance to get her hands on you slip away.


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[Note 2: Usually free choice chapters are still expected to follow the previous story, but in this case, you may go for a 'what if' kind of route where Blaise gets eaten by Jen, if you so choose. If it's not that, then you can make your own path, but keep in mind the stuff before, please.]
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May 12, 2023
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