Stacey needs you

You need to talk to Stacey, she was devastated when she got out of the room. Olivia won't be a problem for a while, and if it does become one, you know how to handle her.

You begin your search of the house looking for her, she didn't went out, otherwise you'd hear the front door opening and closing, and you doubt that she's gonnna wander the streets with no clothes putted on. And if she did, you are definitely not going to chase after her being nude yourself. Let's start with the living room.

Entering the living you immediately find Stacey. Hmm, found her in the first guess, not bad. She's sitting on the couch curl up in a ball. Arms wrapping her legs tight as she buries her face into her knees.

You go and sit on the couch next to her. You wrap an arm around her, not saying a word. You just want Stacey to know that you are there for her.

After a minute of holding her, she raises her head to look at you with bloodshot eyes. She must have cried her eyes out.

"I'm sorry." she said in a whisper

"What are you sorry for? What happened was Olivia's fault."

"Yes, but I was the one that told her about the marker in the first place. Besides…" she pauses, considering if continuing with the tale. "I was also going to use the marker against her"

That peaked your interest "What do you mean?" you said with a soothing voice.

She broke eye contact and looked to the space in front of her. She finally gave a sad sigh and locked eyes with you again. "A lot of things happened, so I'll be brief. I was so excited about the marker, that today I made a slip and ended up telling her all about it. Took her a while, but she convinced me to show it to her. She then asked to hold it, but I refused on account on how weird she was being about the whole thing. This didn't sit well for her and tried to take it by ****. I was able to hold on to it at first." suddenly your girlfriend's expression hardens.

"I was so angry at her. I've been nothing but a good friend and she never returns the favor. I wanted to her to feel as crappy as I do when she takes me for granted. And that's when…" she pauses and her eyes water

"... I wrote on myself the words MEAN in my furious state. I felt all this dark thoughts rushing into my mind, to punish and humiliate Olivia in the worst ways imaginable for the past years of putting up with her and for trying to take the marker by ****. And that was really scary." tears run down her cheeks again

" Finn I thought that marker was one of the most amazing things that happened to us, but I'm not sure anymore, the temptation to do anything to anyone, corrupts.Turns you into someone your are not. Take me and Olivia as an example. How long will it take for you to get out of control and become a serial killer or something worse, just because you felt that you could do anything with the marker. Olivia snatch the marker back and scratch my writing before I actually made something I would regret. I have that at least that to thank her for, but then she use it on me to and... you know the rest."

She is freaking out right now, and truth be told she has plenty of reason for it. Stacey has always been a warm and kind person. The fact that a friend betrayed her and some magical object made her have feelings that she normally wouldn't, has put a great strain on her sanity.

"You have to get rid of that thing" she pointed to the marker in your hand.

Is Stacey right? Does the marker truly corrupts people? You look to the object on the palm of your hand. In a way, this entire situation happened because of it. Right now it's presence feels like it's mocking you, telling you that it's power it's also going to drive you nuts and become a monster of a person.

No, the HELL WITH IT! Power isn't inherently good or bad. You aren't going to throw away the coolest thing that could ever happen to anyone. It can be used, you just have to procure not to go over the line with it. You are not going to let power tame you, you are going to tame power.

Your thoughts are interrupted by Stacey's voice.

"Babe?" her lips is quivering. You have to do something, she seems like she's going mad any moment now. It's your moment to talk.

"Stacey, listen to me. You once said that you trusted me enough to give me the marker and believe that I wouldn't enslave you with it. Do you still believe that?"

The reply came instantly "Yes."

"Then let me be the sole user of the marker. I swear that I won't do anything that would endanger you or let this power tear us apart. But if you say no, I'll gladly ditch this for the sake of our relationship. "

She ponders your proposition for a moment before answering "I… guess I could be on board with that… but how would you make yourself the sole user of the marker. What's stopping me from using it on a whim?"

You already thought of that "Turn your back to me."

Slowly she rotates herself on the couch so her back is to you.

You proceed to write the same contract that you wrote on Olivia, only that you substituted Olivia Monroe for Stacey Chapman. You are lucky that she doesn't see the process of the ink turning into a tattoo, otherwise she probably would have gone back to her panicked state. Is the third time today you've seen this and even on your girlfriend's beautiful back doesn't look any prettier.

When everything is done your girlfriend asks "What did you wrote on me?"

You explain to her your recent discovery of the permanent ink and how you used it on Olivia.

"Ohh, so that's why Olivia wasn't able to grab the marker away from you back in the bedroom" Stacey seems to have putted herself together a little with the solution you offered and also relieved that Olivia has the same condition as her abiut the marker. But you can't shake the feeling that something is off about her.

"Stacey, are you sure you want this. I would be the only one of us able to use the marker."

She gives you a reassuring smile "Yeah, I'm ok with it. I was afraid that kind of power would turn me into a different person. But I fully trust you to get a hold of yourself. I know that you are still going to have a lot of fun with it, and I can't wait to be a part of it."

Your amazing girlfriend giving you this vote of confidence it's truly touching. You both get up from the couch and share a naked hug.