still a more glorious dawn awaits

[ highway ; early morning ; open ]

[ As far as awakenings go, this one is definitely ranks up there for most unpleasant. If the sound of trucks rumbling by weren't enough, the dull pain from the previous day has turned intense. She's quiet, temporarily uninterested by investigation by looking for somewhere to hind, finding a little hole in some nearby rubble to crawl into. The crawling is far more literal than she would like, and when she pulls up the legs of her pants she can see quite clearly why that is.

The swelling has increased significantly, her legs looking some horrible mess of black and purple. She pokes at them, like the two dead things they are, and barely feels it. ]

Oh no...

[ streets ; evening ; closed ]

[ She's not even sure how she's made it this long, or this far. Her legs barely work, and it takes everything she has to keep moving, to get from hiding place to hiding place. She's breathing heavily, and it seems like she won't be making it to her next one. All she can do is hold her breath and hope those things don't notice her. Maybe she'll get lucky. Maybe. ]

[ action ; 1338 benny ; morning ]

[ so the previous day you likely noticed that Jade was a happy, cheerful drone! fortunately, today she is back to her normal self, up bright and early and just a little confused, all things considered. but for now, she's settled herself down at the breakfast table, humming and working at a bowl of cereal.

everything seems pretty normal, save for the pair of dog ears she's now sporting. ]

[ phone ]

Hi Mayfield, it's Jade! [ wow she sounds super excited! breeeeathe! ] I have so much to tell you!

I went home! I'm not really sure how, or if that kind of thing happens a lot but I went home and I don't think I remembered being here or what but it's really weird! I'm also not sure why I'm back but I guess I'm kind of glad because now I can tell everyone-- or maybe I'm not supposed to say anything! Does anyone know anything about that, I mean, I don't want to spoil anything for my friends who don't know what's going to happen.

Timelines are getting kind of difficult to keep track of, maybe I should make a list.

Anyway, does this going home thing happen a lot? Because I keep getting pulled out at kind of inconvenient times!

[ action ; around mayfield ]

[ Jade is quite active around Mayfield today, once again having donned her girl scouts uniform, but without the wagon of cookies in tow. She's chopped some holes into her hat to accommodate her newly regained ears, and is approaching just about everyone, be they girl or otherwise, with the intention of recruitment. ]

Hi, did you know that you look like you would make an excellent girl scout?

[ afternoon ; around mayfield ]

[ Jade doesn't look any different today, but since leaving for school this morning she has certainly been acting different. She's not looking where she's going right now (she wouldn't be knocking into people on purpose, right?) when she bumps--quite literally--into you. ]

Wow, you sure are clumsy!

[ early evening ; outside 1338 Benny ]

[ If you've been paying attention today, seeing two of the same person around shouldn't surprise you all that much. One Jade is dragging the other by the collar, and the other is putting up quite a fuss about it, sobbing and struggling. ]

Oh my gosh, will you shut up already!? Why do other mes always cry so much?

[ morning ; 1338 benny road ]

[ Jade can't help but feel something is wrong this morning when she wakes up. She feels like she's missed something, almost like she's been asleep for a long time. She stumbles out of bed, feeling a little fuzzy, noticing the changes to her room. The window's been repaired, there's a backpack that she didn't have before with half finished homework on the desk. She doesn't really start to feel concerned until she looks at the calendar on her wall, which has been flipped over to October.

That can't be right.

She grabs it from the wall, bursts out into the hallway still in her nightgown and clutching it to her chest. ]

Karkat? Gamzee?

[ phone ]

Hi Mayfield! Long time no talk! Or maybe we did talk, but it wasn't me me, it was creepy drone me. I'm not really sure what happened, I can't remember anything since, hmmm, a couple weeks ago, I think, after the zombies. I don't remember going home, or being here, nothing! It's kind of scary, but I'm glad that I was a normal creepy drone and not a murderous creepy drone. I really hope that doesn't happen to me again. Have you ever had something like that happen to you? Not even just droning but, I don't know, something reeeeally creepy where you almost... don't exist. It's kind of scary.

Oh, and apparently I'm a girl scout now, hehe.

[ afternoon ; your front door ]

[ There is some pretty persistent knocking at your front door right now. If and when you get around to answering it, you will find Jade on your doorstep, wagon stacked high with boxes of cookies behind her. She is looking particularly adorable right now, all dressed up in a girl scout's uniform. ]

Hi!! Do you like cookies?

[ phone; fail filter to eridan ]

Eridan? Hi, um... how are you?

Hello everyone! I don't know if I should introduce myself everytime I make a call, but just in case, this is Jade!

I actually have kind of, um, a question. That I was hoping someone with some [ a loooong pause ] experience in things like kissing and dating could answer.

It's not really related to anything, but I was wondering, if you kiss someone does that mean you are dating them? What if you like them, but you're not really sure if you like them? And say for example it was after a really long day filled with a lot of weird [ there's something muttered here, indistinguishable but sounding very oddly like "and some homicidal". that couldn't possibly be what she said, right? ] emotions, does that matter?

Oh, and one last question: would you count your first kiss as the first person you ever kissed, or the first person you ever kissed who was also alive?

Thanks!

[ phone ]

Hi everyone!! It's Jade again!

I saw all the posters that said Mayfield is looking for a new police chief, and it sounds like an interesting job, so I applied! My only problem is that I only have oooone letter of recommendation, and I need three. Does anyone think maybe they could write one for me? I would really appreciate it!

Also apparently you need three hundred dollars to apply, and I'm not going to just ask for that, but I am going to be selling lemonade to fundraise for it! So I'm setting up shop outisde my house today if you wanna stop by. Thank you very much!!

[ action ]

[ And Jade has indeed set up an adorable little lemonade stand outside of her home, decorated in lots of drawings of herself in a police uniform, smiling and standing with various citizens of Mayfield. She has also scrawled vote for jade harley for chief of police! at the bottom of her sign.

A jar sitting on her table has a sign taped to it proclaiming that donations are very welcome. Whenever you pass by, she'll be flagging you down. ]

Hi!