Why, though, Claude had no idea. Claude had never seen him before, and he wouldn’t have known anyone associated with him either, because he knew ver...y few people, and all of them were black. He returned to his seat having lost the poetry slam that evening. As the other poets spoke, the white judge gave them all tens, which made the mystery all the more frustrating. The slam ended around one in the morning, and by that time much of the crowd had filtered out, leaving the hardcore fans to fight. I think they are up to something." I will watch them, Di," she agreed, "Thanks for the warning." Anytime, angel, "Diane laughed, "Just remember that you are the only one on duty tonight, thanks to Jackie calling in sick. Not that there should be much to do, there never is on nights. Hardest part is staying awake."Toni sat at the desk at the end of the ward. Most of the men were watching television, some film involving fast cars and some shooting. One call from room fourteen at around ten-thirty. There is a catch however, to keep your powers you need to feed, like a vampire except you feed on emotions such as embarrassment, humiliation, and lust. You first found out about your powers in college. The influencing power you found out after an incident where a girl was exposed and embarrassed in front of you, afterwards you found you could get people to do almost anything for about an hour until it wore off and ended up with you getting slapped by a girl who you told to suck your dick. The. Once inside he offered me a drink, which I readily accepted, hoping it would steady my nerves. I'd barely sat down when I heard the front door shut again and Laura came in. She was about my height with a good figure currently inside some jeans. Her hair was very light brown or dark blonde, with a few grey hairs, but apart from a very few wrinkles around her eyes they were the only indication that she was approaching fifty."Hi!" she exclaimed, and proceeded to engage in some jolly small talk..