Truth; feline mascot of True Stories Creative Art Center
Interviewer: Tell me about yourself and your role as mascot here at True
Stories.
Truth: *remains stretched out on chair*
I: I understand you were named by your former mistress, who owned and lived in the house in the late 1800’s. What is the story behind
your name?
T: *stares*
I: I’m told your late mistress, Sarah, haunts the building. As an
*consults notes* animate-but-not-living cat, do you still have a
relationship with Sarah? Can the two of you communicate?
T: *narrows eyes*
I: Right. How did you happen to, um, return here to True Stories.
T: *Flattens against back of chair, growling*
I: I can see how that might be a sensitive subject.
T: *sits up; stares*
I: How do like the folks that run the center?
T: *purrs*
I: They’ve said that you help with security and have kept people from
harm on more than one occasion.
T: *licks paw and swipes ear*
I: If you weren’t a cat, I’d think you were being modest.
T: *stares out window*
I: One of the women here is supposedly involved with a shape-shifting
tiger. Have you met him? Are the two of you friends?
T: *hops down from chair and walks away*
I: I, well…I appreciate your talking with me.
T: *leaves room*
Voice: You know you’re speaking to a cat? They don’t talk.
I: Hello, who are you?
V: Tarria.
I: *consults notes* You are a patron of the Center, rumored to be able to
talk with animals.
T: Only ghost animals.
I: So, can you talk to Truth, since he’s technically deceased?
T: *stares silently*
I: Can you tell me about him? I don’t doubt he is dedicated in his efforts
to protect staff and patrons. Does he communicate with Sarah? Is he
friends with the Tiger-shifter? Is there really a tiger?
T: *turns and walks out of room*
Helen - MC of the Daylight Series; Owner of True Stories
Interviewer: Tell me about yourself.
Helen: I’m the most boring person in the world. I write books and ride and show horses.
I: You own a haunted house and your boyfriend is…mysterious and unusual, as are many of your friends.
H: My house isn’t haunted. And just be straightforward: my boyfriend is a vampire; but he’s an ordinary guy, just with some extraordinary abilities. The same is true for many of my friends.
I: Your house is haunted. And so is the other property you own, the Creative Art Center.
H: My home is only slightly haunted. Not all the time. And that ghost is nice and friendly.
I: And the one at the Art Center?
H: Not so much. She has issues.
I: How is it you end up owning houses with ghosts and attracting friends who are…different?
H: I don’t know. I just attract things and people like that, I guess.
I: Tell me again how boring you are…?