❄ eleventh reminder

[echidna]

[ 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...

[ 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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[echidna]

[ Even if she can't feel it, she can't ignore the fact that something is moving her. She struggles against him, kicking and fighting. ]

[miraculls.livejournal.com]

[He lets go instantly, putting his hands up.]

Whoa, hey. Chill out, hivesis, it's just me. I ain't gonna hurt you. [He seems to be saying that a lot today....]

[echidna]

[ Jade's breathing heavily, sits up straight in bed and looks about wildly. She lets go of the paper she's been clutching to her chest, completely blank in reality, but covered in his hand writing the way she sees it. ]

I miss you.

[miraculls.livejournal.com]

[He doesn't try to hug her again, but instead reaches over and slowly slides his hand over her.]

I'm right here, chica. Come on, look at me.

[echidna]

[ She calms down somewhat, her breathing slowing but the look of panic lingering. His words twist themselves across the paper in her lap, and she stares down at them. ]

I can't, I can't.

[miraculls.livejournal.com]

You can.

[In a time-honored move, he leans forward and gently tilts her chin up with his finger, trying to get her to meet his eyes.]

The town's just playing tricks on your pan. I'm real, Jade, you ain't alone.

oh man dat icon fail :Y

[echidna]

[ No one. There's no one there. Her face is inches from his, and as desperately as she stares in his direction, there's nothing. ]