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❄ eleventh reminder
[ action ; around mayfield ]
[ Gone. Everyone's gone. She's found little notes here and there, snippets that sound almost like parts of conversation, but they're all gone. Empty bedrooms, empty streets, empty everything. Maybe she should be happy. After everything they've all been through, they deserve this. They should be able to go home, to escape from her. If she has to stay here so everyone else can be safe, that should be okay.
But she doesn't want to be alone.
She's been wandering the streets of Mayfield for what feels like years, searching for someone, anyone. Even a drone would be a welcome sight. She might brush past you, bump into you without even realizing it, sniffling and peering into empty storefronts, down empty alleys.
Anyone. Just one person, just so she doesn't have to be all alone. Anyone. ]
Please...
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[ Jade's voice is barely a whisper, and she very obviously sounds frightened. This is worse than anything she can imagine, scarier than dying. ]
Hello? I- if there's anyone still here, anyone at all, then please- [ She hiccups, goes quiet for a minute. ] I don't want to be alone, not like this, please.
[ Gone. Everyone's gone. She's found little notes here and there, snippets that sound almost like parts of conversation, but they're all gone. Empty bedrooms, empty streets, empty everything. Maybe she should be happy. After everything they've all been through, they deserve this. They should be able to go home, to escape from her. If she has to stay here so everyone else can be safe, that should be okay.
But she doesn't want to be alone.
She's been wandering the streets of Mayfield for what feels like years, searching for someone, anyone. Even a drone would be a welcome sight. She might brush past you, bump into you without even realizing it, sniffling and peering into empty storefronts, down empty alleys.
Anyone. Just one person, just so she doesn't have to be all alone. Anyone. ]
Please...
[ phone ]
[ Jade's voice is barely a whisper, and she very obviously sounds frightened. This is worse than anything she can imagine, scarier than dying. ]
Hello? I- if there's anyone still here, anyone at all, then please- [ She hiccups, goes quiet for a minute. ] I don't want to be alone, not like this, please.
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It's not fair, you're not supposed to leave me like this.
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[He reaches out and rests an arm on her back.]
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I don't want to be alone. Dad...
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[He takes her and tries to ease her into his lap.]
Jade... You can't hear me, but I'm here...
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Jade screams, thrashes violently and tries desperately to untangle herself. ]
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[He leans back to avoid her flailing, trying to grab her arms while cupping her face. If he could touch her forehead and make a psychic connection.]
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Dad, Dad... [ The struggling stops, but the sobs don't. ] Dad.
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[He pulls her tightly into a hug against his chest, rubbing her back and trying to soothe away the sobs.]
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Why did you leave me?
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I've always been here, Jade. You just can't see me right now.
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Don't go, please.
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[He presses her forehead to his, trying to see if he can reach her with his mind...]
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Dad?
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[He presses his forehead more firmly against hers, gripping her hand.]
I'm here.
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You're here.
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[He wraps his arms around her, pressing his face into her hair.]
I've always been here.
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[He still holds her tightly, slightly worried about how she's shaking.]
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Everyone's gone.
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Now it's happening to you?
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I think it's happening to you now.