❄ 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.

Comments

[worstvikingever]

...well there's two kinds like that, isn't there? The kind that kills you right away and the kind that kills you slowly.

[echidna]

Hehe, yeah, and now I've gotten both. I guess I like the quick one better, it hurts a lot less... it's just kind of scarier.

[worstvikingever]

I'm... I'm sorry, Jade.

[echidna]

It's alright! In a way I'm almost, well, not happy but-

I did something pretty bad on Tuesday, so this could be like karma.

[worstvikingever]

[Oh man Tuesday. He really didn't want to think about it.]

Yeah. I did too.

[echidna]

[ Maybe this is prying but- ]

You did?

[ Knowing she's not the only one sends the strangest, yet most amazing feeling of relief rushing through her. ]

[worstvikingever]

Yeah.

[He's quiet for a moment before going on.]

Yeah, almost right away that morning I got droned and ended up killing my housemates and badly hurt a couple other people before someone shot me dead.

[echidna]

Hiccup...

[ She doesn't really know what to say, but she understands and she thinks he understands her too. ]

I don't think I have a lot of time left today, but we should hang out again sometime really soon.

[worstvikingever]

I'd... that'd be fun. I'd like that.

[echidna]

Good! So think of something really fun for us to do, okay?

[worstvikingever]

...okay. I will.

[echidna]

I can't wait.

[worstvikingever]

It's... It's gonna be okay, Jade. We're gonna get through this.

[echidna]

We definitely will.

I think I have to go now, but I'm really glad I got to talk to you today.

[worstvikingever]

Me too.

Um. Bye.

I'll see you soon.