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Finished intro and prologue. Bobbie, a doctor, receives a severely injured boy, who is afflicted with animal bites, vomits blood, and convulses before dying. Bobbie suspects that he was mauled by an animal. She looked up the definition of raptor, indicating that it means "bird of prey."

-As Rosie showers, despite doubts creeping in her head like slime, she is certain that Bill will come.
-She hears a voice far back in her mind saying, "Beasts will fight," which startles her--her believing that it has a connection with the portrait.
-Regardless, she showers and hums as she waits for Bill.

(con).
-Rosie wakes up, inspects the armlet, which initiates a fragment of the nightmare.
-RM portrait still in the closet.
-When Rosie awakens, she worries momentarily that Norman is in her place.
-Despite her concern about the dream, the portrait, and Norman, Rosie prepares for her date with Bill Steiner.

-Rosie wakes up from a nightmare, a little after 4 am.
-The nightmare was about Bill Steiner and her on a motorcycle before stopping at a clearing where the tree laden with Rose Madder-colored seeds was located.
-Bill hurries towards the tree, Rosie attempting to stop him because the seeds were deadly.
-Bill, not convinced, gives her a small hug, assuring her that the fruits are not pomegranates.

(con.)
-Decides to sleep and rest until tomorrow, a Saturday, the day of the D&S festival fundraiser, where he hopes to find Rosie and then "talk to her up close."

-Norman has dream visions of Rosie in the RM's otherworld.
-Norman spots Pam, strong suspecting she is associated with Rosie and D&S.
-Steals a car, which he washes and replaces the license plates.
-Purchases a taser from an army surplus store.
-Cuts his hair clean-shaven and bald in a black-owned barber shop.
-Goes to a thrift store, buying a biker jacket.
-Went to a museum and gift shop.
-Returns to Whitestone H.

-Rosie puts the RM painting in her closet.
-Rosie realizes that she did indeed live and breathe RM's world.

(Con.)
-Rosie gives the baby, whom Rosie named Caroline, to RM.
-RM deems that Rosie passed her test, allowing her to return to the real world.
-Rosie returns and notices signs that her body was affected.
-Worried, she hides the painting of RM in her closet.
-Rosie goes about her day, and when returning home, she finds a gold armlet and a blue fabric with three seeds--seeds she used to guide herself in the maze.

-Rosie McCledon enters the painting she got from the pawn store.
-She meets the woman in the painting named Rose Madder, as well as an entity that resembles Wendy Yarrow.
-RM tasks Rosie to go through the Temple of the Bull, a trial for Rosie.
-Rosie reaches the maze, rescuing a baby while evading the bull.

So far:

-Rosie opened up about how abusive Norman is, but Bill Steiner cares for and loves her so much that he promises to be by her side.
-As Rosie gets ready to sleep, the painting of Rose Madder beckons her, with thunder and the sound of crickets booming her environment.
-Rosie enters the painting, entering a world where RM lives.
-Rosie encounters Wendy Yarrow.
-RM has Rosie go through some rite of passage.

Alot has happened since I last logged in, so I will give you the essentials:
-Rosie McCledon escapes and finds shelter.
-Norman is in the same town where Rosie escaped to.
-Rosie forms a romantic relationship with Bill Steiner.
-Rosie discovers an alluring painting in Bill Steiner's pawnshop
-Rosie has a job reading audiobooks.
-Norman kills Peter Slowik
-Rosie is about to open up to Bill about Norman's abuse.