Project Pandora: Part Two – Cherie DeVille, Mercedes Carrera (2016)

Previously on Project Pandora, we say Isadora struggle through a normal day in her life. she gets up, tends to her heterosexual lifestyle, and dreams constantly of her lesbian experiences as a teenager. she’s torn in half before our eyes until the moment she can finally get her fix. Bath time. Isadora opened the box to her past once again, making sure her fantasies back off for another day.

Today is the day Isadora’s husband’s sister arrives from France. Before long it’s clear that Isadora will have a hard time with the attractive new guest. Julia immediately greets her new sister in law with a double kiss, a cultural tradition that Isadora is clearly not on board for. She snaps her elastic against her wrist to stop the visions from surfacing again, blaming her discomfort on the virus. Isadora shows Julia to her room.

Isadora sits with the mail Julia kindly brought in to her. In the pile she finds an envelope from MANTIS. Unsure what to expect she opens the letter to find magazine cutouts arranged on a white page that reads ‘I know what you did with your cousin and I’m going to expose you.’ Isadora’s worst fear has caught up with her. The idea that someone knows what happened in her past, a past she’s desperately tried to keep hidden is just breathtakingly overwhelming. Isadora, unsure where this originated, tears the page into pieces and rushes to find the box.

She finds Julia waiting in the bathroom. she has to cover up her anxiety and act like nothing has happened. she finds the quickest excuse she can to avoid drawing any attention to her psychological state. in another room she talks to herself, the voices in her head and decides the only way to stop this going any further is to find Kitty and make her deny anything ever happened, then there will be no more proof. But will Kitty play along? or is she caught up in this whole conspiracy?

After some searching through family, Isadora arrives at Kitty’s door. She knocks only to find a very concerning looking young woman answering the door. Isadora is immediately forced out of her comfort zone. When she sees Kitty for the first time, she loses touch with reality, clearly traumatized by her inner voices. Kitty is worried something very bad has happened to a family member until Isadora cuts the bullshit and starts to open up. She explains everything, the threatening letter, and their history, and can’t help diving into Kitty’s face, kissing her as she’s wished for 15 years. they continue, and Isadora finds herself submitting to the voices, allowing herself to explore Kitty’s body once again, reuniting themselves properly. Kitty assures Isadora that the anxiety is over, and for once Isadora feels she’s in the right place at the right time, she’s where she’s supposed to be. and Kitty has felt the same way this whole time.