Jewel Maidens - Chapter 18 - Reluctant Actress

Pamela had a surprise going into Norway as she managed to finish ahead of several prominent drivers, it gave the ladies team a boost for round 3 in Scotland later on despite Zoe still being injured.
During some down time, Pamela reflected on how she ended up here in the first place.

In Bremen Germany, a young pink haired Pamela originally wanted to be an Alpine skier but instead took up snowboarding with three friends; upper class connections got her a spot in the Olympics where she took bronze in Snowboard Cross, she would later be hired for stunt work which got her a comfortable career for a while until a fateful day in Aspen.
Pamela's jewel awakened giving her emerald eyes and an ability known as technician meaning she can learn anything from seeing it once, it doesn't make her an instant expert, but the actress she was doing stunt work for was notorious for being difficult to work with meaning that in two weeks of reshooting, Pamela had learned the entirety of being an actress meaning she ended up with the role instead; the story gained traction online and a new movie star was born, Pamela was already a Hollywood fan idolizing starlets like Marilyn Monroe, so it's not that she didn't enjoy acting, it's that she didn't know what to do, she would first test to see how far she could take her abilities by entering a sports car race at the Nordschleife where she placed 3rd in her first race, Bayside came calling and she moved with her sister, another jewel maiden, to the hidden country; the racing scene quickly picked her up and she decided to join Sonic Youth as it was the least political of the nine major factions.

Present day she finally got a break from her nagging manager and figured she ask Dave Dreamer for a ride around Norway, see if she can learn anything from him driving.
She politely asked and got an instant yes from him, maybe it was because he never got a chance to speak to her but Dave was loving the attention from all the female drivers.
Pamela kept her eyes on Dave's driving for the whole trip, her pleasant smile and beautiful Emerald eyes were spellbinding, but something was off.
Pamela couldn't pick up anything, she had a similar issue with Gaz as well.
"Is his ability blocking mine?" She thought
She remembered that certain people have a natural firewall, Larasu told her that it didn't come from a gem ability but from a unique neuro pattern that blocks anything from mind control to mind hacking, Gaz has this condition, looks like Dave has as well.
At the end of the trip, she politely waved and went back to the garage, it didn't feel unpleasant, if anything she felt safe.
While it wasn't a date, it certainly went better than Dave's actual dates.
Willow's date had so much awkwardness it's probably why she couldn't work properly back in Greenland.
Naoko's date nearly put Dave into a coma with all the exercise Naoko made him do.
Yuffie and Sujin's dates saw Dave lose a ton of money, Yuffie being the reason he has so many parking tickets although she did apologize and pay for dinner while Sujin hustled Dave out of hundreds playing Pool.
Coleen's date ended with a lot of expensive payments for all the alcohol Coleen drank.
Larasu was fun until she wanted to examine Dave's brain.
Pamela was the best of the bunch and it wasn't even a date.
But the wheels of fate were turning as Dave would meet another woman, one that no human could tame.
Speed of Light Suzuka

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