❄ third reminder

[echidna]

[ phone ]

[ Jade places this call only a few minutes after drinking the morning's milk delivery. She sounds exactly like she feels: shitty. ]

Um, hi, Mayfield. I know things have been pretty bad recently, but I hope everyone's doing okay. I'm sorry I haven't been checking in on anyone!

[ Any cheeriness she had fostering fades as she continues. ]

With the way death is in this place, I guess I shouldn't be scared of it, but I still sort of am. Especially when I've already done it once. Hehe, um, at least this time I don't think it's going to hurt so badly.

So I guess I'll be able to talk to everyone tomorrow! I wonder if my police chief application had been better, maybe this wouldn't have happened. ...oh well.

Stay safe everyone! Bye.

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[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Welcome to Mayfield.

[A long, long time ago? He would've said that with a kind of sadistic, amused glee. Right now, it sounds tired. As if saying this is commonplace. Even a little bit sad you have to go through it.

He pauses for a bit, before finally saying.]

Five times.

No. You don't get used to it.

<3

[echidna]

[ Aside from a quiet, dejected oh, Jade's end of the line is quiet for a short while. ]

Hi Pokey.

FFFFFFFF <3

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Hi Jade. That's your name, right?

....I warned you. It may not have been because of the Chief applications. And it wasn't.

But this is one of the bad ones. And it's still pretty far from the worst. This is like...maybe a medium-level one, with how bad it was.

[echidna]

That's right.

[ She's trying to sound like her usual perky self, but it's pretty obvious that trying is all it is. ]

You mean there's been worse than this? That's really hard to imagine.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

You can drop the perky crap at the moment.

[He doesn't mind, and he doesn't understand why you'd bother with it anyway.]

.......Do you actually want me to tell stories? About October, or March? Especially right now? Cause hey, if you want me to, I will.

[echidna]

Sorry.

[ But for whatever reason that seems to cheer her up, even if it's only slightly. ]

Um, no, that's okay. I think I'll take a raincheck on those stories.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Yeah, sure whatever.

Good. I'm not really in the mood to talk about them.

[He wants to tell her that death isn't the worst thing the town can do to you, and stops himself, even though he gets a "You know" out there first. Reassurance isn't something Pokey gets, and dragging more depressing crap into this may not be the best decision. Even though it's inevitable as far as Pokey is concerned.

There's a long pause before he finally says something.]

You have anyone there in the house? I mean, it's stupid I guess, but maybe it won't be so bad if you aren't alone? I mean, dying sucks, but eh. It could be worth it to not make it so bad.

You'll be fine. We come back the next day anyway. Still, sucks to experience it firsthand.

[Goddammit, he's babbling. He'll clamp up now.]

[echidna]

Yeah, my friends are here, so I think I'll be alright. It's a little less scary when you're not alone.

[ But she's not really in the mood to talk about that right now, understandably. ]

So how have you been! [ And whether she can help it or not that perkiness is hinting back in her voice. ] Have you been keeping safe?

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Thought it would be.

[But he'll drop it now.]

Oh. You know. In between the effects of the milk and the kid who's supposed to be my sister here going crazy and trying to stab me to death, it's been heaps of fun.

[Oh. Right. He's trying not to be an utterly aggressive asshole at the moment.]

....I guess I'm saying I'm as safe as I can be.

[echidna]

Good.

[ Yeah she's ignoring all that other stuff right now. ]

Hey, can I ask you something?

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

Sure I guess. What is it?