❄ 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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[crusthatecean.livejournal.com]

I told you, no. I won't stop.

Do you know who I am?

[Selfishly, he hopes she doesn't, because it hurts that she would push him away like this.]

[echidna]

[ She doesn't know who she's answering, or if she's answering anyone at all. She's by herself, all alone, and he can't hear her, let alone ask her questions. He's long gone. ]

Karkat.

[crusthatecean.livejournal.com]

[Ouch.]

Then I don't get this. You don't get to be in my business and care about me and not let me help you.

I know I made things awkward, but the whole sharing intimate personal details and feelings things is new to me, so maybe you could give me some slack?

[echidna]

[ It gets through to her in a convoluted way, distorted and scalding. She sobs into her hands, not wanting to look anymore. ]

[crusthatecean.livejournal.com]

Shit. Don't cry.

[Trying awkwardly to hug her; he doesn't really know how to deal with this, but he can try!]

[echidna]

[ Jade stiffens, her entire body going rigid. The tears stop abruptly and she looks up suddenly, panicked. ]