"Let's split up!" Steven decides. "We'll cover more ground that way anyways. And besides, we both need either the Key and the Egg to win."
Michelle nodded with determination. "You're absolutely right," she says.
From behind him, Steve hears soft giggling. "That's what you think now!" a soft feminine voice says.
He turned his head to see 2 young girls. Maybe 18 or 19 tops. One to his right was short, with long, curly black hair that hung loose from her head. She wore black yoga pants and a black and white striped tank top. She was the shorter of the 2, but she had older looking eyes, that were large and smokey. Her nose was small but chiseled out from European features. Her large lips wore a dark lipstick, and a friendly smile. Her body was fantastic, she had large what-had-to-be DD breasts atop a thin figure and a fine set of legs. If Steve hadn't been all over Michelle, he'd be following this girl around.
The other girl was a several few inches taller. 5'9" or just under that, Steven guessed. Her eyes were only a few inches under yours. She looked slightly younger but had a vastly different style to her friend. She wore thick glasses and had a toothy grin. She had cute round face and her sandy blond hair atop her head was pulled back into a ponytail. She strangely had her ears stretched, despite having no other signs of being that type of girl. She wore a grey tank top with a light blue cardigan covering her arms and some black skinny jeans. Her legs were much longer but weren't as shapely as her friends. Her hips were incredibly wide however, and gave her otherwise modest body some incredible appeal.
Steven figured he was allowed to blatantly check these girls out, given the nature of the game.
Michelle pushed past him and introduced herself, as she does. "Yeah? And who asked you?"
Steve raised his eyebrows at her outburst. It seemed the TV effect took hold of her sooner than most, but the girls didn't budge. They didn't seem standoff-ish, so Steve again stepped in front of Michelle.
"Whoa whoa, okay." He said to Michelle. "This is the VERY beginning of the game. We don't want to be making enemies just yet."
She nodded.
Steve turned back to the girls who looked amused. "I apologize. I think she had to much coffee this morning."
The girls laughed. Michelle gave him a soft punch in the arm.
"I'm Steven, " he said, holding out his hand. "And this is Michelle."
Michelle reached her hand out and shook hands with the shorter girl. Steve shook the taller girls hand. She took the lead and said "I'm Victoria. Call me Vicky."
She motioned to her raven-haired friend, "This is Mary. Call her Mary."
They giggled again and Michelle cleared her throat. "So what's with the interruption?"
"Oh," Mary said. "You said you wanted to split up, and that's fine. But in that case, what happens if one of you is changed to something unrecognizable....or immobile?" Her eyes flashed dangerously.
Michelle stammered. She hadn't thought of that. She would have no way of reaching Steven or knowing who he is if he'd changed too drastically. She remembered that there are packs to change a persons mindset and rethought her strategy.
"That's what I thought." Vicky said, crossing her arms. She looked a lot bigger when she shifted her stance like that. Hmm.
"What you wanna do is, find people you can trust. Team up with them. THEN split up."
Michelle tossed the idea around in her head. Steve admired the thoughtful look in her eye. He spoke.
"And I'm assuming you're implying we can trust you?"
"We might be. Depends if you want to play by those rules."
"So what makes you think we can trust you?" He interrogated.
"Well, for one thing," Mary said. She pulled her green packet out of her bag, and then her blue packet. "I will give you these."
Steve stopped. And reconsidered. That was tempting, and possibly a huge game changer. "Is there anything else?"
"Is that not enough?" Vicky said. Mary nudged her and she uncrossed her arms, and rolled her eyes. "Ugh....fine. She - Michelle - can have mine."
She handed Michelle her blue and green packets. "Just so you know, if I change into something awful, I want that green pack back."
Michelle laughed, "So, if one of us gets immobilized. The other person finds the other team?"
"That's the idea!" Mary said, nodding.
"I think I can agree to that." Steve said, accepting Vicky's packets and placing them in his bag.
"Okay then!" The 2 girls said in unison.
Michelle turned and looked thoughtful. "So.....who goes with who?"