"Since it's personal, I want to just show Allie alone if that's okay with you."
"Oh... Haha, okay, don't mind me then!" Rowena gave a girlish, brittle laugh before shooting Sally a look.
"You okay with this?" The look said. It was also human nature to loiter, to want to know what was going to happen next...
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Hmm...
As Allie, she felt a little nervous... Another part of her, Sally, was simply curious.
And yet.
It was... quite nice that Bob wanted to show just her.
In the end, she examined her feelings, considered what response might be most helpful for her situation, and found that she wanted to find out what Bob had to say.
Sally returned Rowena a look and a nod - thank you, and yes, this is something I... want to do.
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"Be careful..." The door closed behind her as Rowena gave Sally some privacy.
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Bob exhaled and channelled his Results-Oriented Focus.
"Thanks Allie... for trusting me. Okay... here goes..."
Closing his eyes, there was a whirl of *presence*, as the previously anonymous silhouettes, which were faded, greyed-out cut-outs, shimmered vibrantly into visceral 3d colour!
Of course, these were not the actual persons, but projections so that Bob could better demonstrate, explain and show Allie his secret!!!
The first that appeared in the room was Rafederokovic Phelps-Bolt-Ronaldo-Messi. He gave Allie a smile, before fading back into Bob.
Next was Darken Mysterius, who gave Allie a smirk before blending back into Bob.
This was followed by Leon Artisté whose eyes lit up when he saw Allie, as if filled with inspiration, before he blurred back into Bob.
And then finally, Valentine Richést - who waved hello, before also returning back into Bob.
At this, Sally's - still disguised as Allie - eyes widened.
"!!!"
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"Let me introduce you to my alter-egos. Currently, I have 4.
"I'm guessing you probably recognise some of them..."
Allie's eyes had widened with several looks of recognition, and Bob could tell that she had seen some of them before - this wasn't surprising, considering that for example Rafederokovic and Valentine were quite famous figures in their own right, and Leon Artisté was also likely to be a household name in the future.
Even so, she had to be sure that this wasn't just an elaborate hoax.
Aren't they... Weren't they just holograms? Allie still refused to believe that Bob was somehow *actually* all these people.
Although - now that she looked closely, she could see the similarities, now that she thought about it, all of these people indeed gave off the... essence of Bob - particularly the athletic looking person and of course Valentine Richest - although of course she had always just assumed they were different people - until now!
"Bob... are you saying... that you are... also all these people?!"
Was she dreaming? Was she going crazy? Was Bob crazy?
"Well, as I mentioned, these people are mes in a different time-space - they are not of course physically here right now, but yes, they are basically mes that decided to do different things in life..."
Sally recognised Rafederokovic from his sporting exploits, and she recognised Valentine from his viral video, but also because he was the one that had given her his card at the World Ball..
That said, Bob didn't actually know Sally knew this of course, he just thought that Allie recognised Valentine from online media.
Still, Sally wasn't yet convinced. Sure, they all kind of looked like Bob now that she looked at them side by side, but what if that was just a coincidence? Surely that was more likely than... whatever Bob was currently saying.
She needed more proof.