❄ 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]

[ The static isn't as overwhelming as it has been previously, she can make out a voice, she's sure of it. ]

... Pokey?

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

[Oh thank friggin' god. This hopefully isn't going to be a chore.]

Oh hey good job. You can still recognize voices, idiot. Good.

There's weird crap going on in town. You're not actually alone.

....You're going to be fine.

[echidna]

[ She can't hear everything he's saying, maybe every other word, but it's better than nothing. ]

Everyone's gone, Pokey, everyone's gone.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

[Oh for the love of God. He knows you're...crazy, or something right now, he wasn't paying attention to explanations. But he raises his voice, maybe more than he needs to.]

I just told you they aren't. You're being tricked. I-

Forget it. Where are you? I'll prove it to you.

[echidna]

[ weakly: ] At home.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

That's where you had your stupid booth set up, right?

I'm coming over.

[And a few minutes later, there is just an obnoxious knock at the door of your house, Pokey nearly shouting "Jade, Jade!" in irritation to punctuate the knocking.]

[echidna]

[ She doesn't quite hear him, but understands and is waiting downstairs for him. She answers the door, stares out at an empty doorway, to an empty street. She doesn't stay anything, leans against the frame and sighs. ]

No one.

[godisachild.livejournal.com]

No one! I'm right here you-

[He bites his lip for a moment before putting a hand on her shoulder. He hates touching other people, but if it'll get her to stop....this....he'll try.]

Come on....