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  1. 2 minutes ago, The Aspiring Archivist said:

    Terrance watched her go, but was hesitant to move.

    Jenny stood there awkwardly for a moment. Should she leave too? She didn’t want to leave Terrance alone. She settled for walking very slowly back towards their group, trying to see if he was following or not.

  2. As soon as Jenny locked the door behind her, she regretted what she had done. It was selfish to flee. They had needed her, and she’d run away like a coward.

    They didn’t need you.

    She should go apologize. Tell them it wasn’t their fault. Poor Terrance was probably feeling even worse now. She reached to unlock the door.

    Don’t.

    She froze. Her head started to ache and her vision began to turn white. Not again. It was happening again. Again, again, again. In that little gap between moments, she remembered what had happened before. With the last of her autonomy, Jenny threw open the door.

    That was rather annoying. Now it would look suspicious to the other passengers if she immediately closed the door again with that stupid, terrified expression on her face. So the control over her was lessened. Not completely, but enough that she wouldn’t get another nasty headache and get too suspicious. 

    Jenny blinked, and everything seemed normal. She didn’t remember stepping outside, which was odd. She was feeling oddly put together. She walked back over to Terrance and Elsie.

    ”Sorry for leaving. Do you guys want to go play Uno? Terrance, you can watch if you want. Or you could be on my team.”

    She whispered to him conspiratorially.

    ”I could use someone to help me spy on everyone else’s cards.”

    @The Aspiring Archivist

    @Random Bystander

  3. 9 minutes ago, The Aspiring Archivist said:

    "You're terrified," Terrance said simply. It was not a question.

    Jenny’s voice was barely above a whisper. She wouldn’t have made eye contact even if she could.

    ”I’m not terrified of you. Most of this was already there.”

    She forced a pitiful smile and gave a wry chuckle.

    “It’s not that bad, anyways.”

    Liar, liar, liar.

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    Jenny’s coping mechanism for quite a while was just to be in denial. It’s very effective until you slip up.

     

    6 minutes ago, Random Bystander said:

     

    Elsie let go of Jenny, and just looked between the two with concern. "Can... Is there anything I can do to make either of you feel better?"

    She shook her head. Her smile only managed to survive for a few seconds. She could leave again. Not physically, but mentally. Accept those glassy eyes, float in nothing. But she couldn’t risk not being in control. So she decided to leave physically.

    ”Thank you, I’m gonna go.”

    Jenny’s voice shook slightly as she addressed no one in particular. She then fled to the bathroom and locked herself inside.

  4. 1 hour ago, The Aspiring Archivist said:

     

    Terrance glanced at her, meeting her eyes for a moment, as though the terror was a reminder.

    Jenny quickly averted her gaze, gritting her teeth. He said he was a monster. She was a monster too. How long would it be until she lost control? Until she killed again? Until she gave in? Not long. The voice was right. She was a danger. Monsters needed to stay away from everyone else. Terrance had the right idea.

    Even after she was no longer making eye contact, the dread lingered. Her eyes remained wide, staring at nothing. She tried to shake out of it, but something in her mind was refusing to let go of the terror. The dread dug its claws into the surface of her thoughts and scraped gashes through them each time it was yanked back from its attempts to flee.

    6 minutes ago, Random Bystander said:

    She just raised an eyebrow at him, and moved to give Jenny a reassuring hug. "Don't worry, he's done the same thing to me a few times." She said. She switched her voice to a conspiratorial whisper. "I think he really does care, and is just scared of hurting people."

    @Lunamor

    She nodded, not reacting to the hug.

    ”You’re not a monster, Terrance.”

    Who are you to be the judge of that?

    Jenny whispered to herself under her breath. She somehow managed to hold back the tears trying to well up in her eyes.

    ”I’m not a monster.”

    LIAR.

    It was right. She didn’t believe what she had said.

  5. 43 minutes ago, Koloss17 said:

    Hey folks! I’m thinking of making a new Episode in Era 7. This will not have any sort of time skip (unless you want to), and is purely just going to be a new thread to RP in. The reason for this is threefold:

    1) The arcs of episode 2 are pretty much done, and so everyone is kind of in between interactions at the moment. A new thread could invite people to coordinate and start up that interaction

    2) it provides a golden opportunity for newcomers to join in if they have been eying the Alleyverse!

    3) The current thread has gotten quite long, and if someone wants to go back and read what happened, it would be nice to know that more will not be added on to that thread while they are reading it.

    Again, this will not force any sort of time skip, though you are more than welcome to do a time skip of a few days or so. The only thing that this will entail is starting up a new thread.

    Will that work with you folks? I’m specifically talking to @TheRavenHasLanded, @Scars of Hathsin, @RoyalBeeMage, @Lunamor, and @Stormlightsong, as they seem to be the currently active folks.

    I’m good with this.

  6. Just now, The Aspiring Archivist said:

    "You've seen what I am. I bring terror and dread."

    “Not on purpose. You aren’t a bad person because you happened to be born like this.”

    Jenny almost tried to pat Terrance on the back, but remembered that he didn’t seem to like that. So she just crouched there, awkwardly not making eye contact, instead. It made her feel pretty useless.

  7. Just now, The Aspiring Archivist said:

    "I'm a monster."

    “Why do you think that?”

    Jenny crouched down next to Terrance. She knew that he wasn’t a monster, but just asserting facts like that hadn’t seemed to do her much good when trying to persuade people. Maybe she could rebuff his reasoning. She felt like she’d been getting a little better at that- Ed had certainly given her lots of practice.

  8. 1 minute ago, The Aspiring Archivist said:

    "I... don't need that."

    Jenny looked back to Terrance. He was speaking, that was good. He apparently wasn’t injured enough to need ambrosia. She wasn’t sure if he was downplaying his injuries or not, but he didn’t seem to be actively bleeding out, so she opted not to push it. Putting the ambrosia back in her pocket, she was quite relieved that it hadn’t been used. They were running out.

    ”Is it ok if I ask what’s wrong?”

  9. Just now, The Aspiring Archivist said:

    He didn't say anything.

    Jenny turned to Elsie instead, speaking in a whisper.

    ”Is Terrance ok?”

    She pulled out some emergency ambrosia from her pocket just in case. Seeing him bleeding and on the floor crying terrified her. Terrance hadn’t cried like this when he’d gotten injured before.

    @Random Bystander

  10. 4 minutes ago, The Aspiring Archivist said:

    Eventually, she found Elsie and Terrance in a [presumably empty?] section of the train further down. Terrance was sitting on the floor, sobbing.

    Jenny’s eyes widened, and she dashed over, too concerned to worry about scaring Terrance away. She managed to keep her last few steps to a walking pace, however.

    ”Are you ok, Terrance?”

    She tried her best to speak softly and calmly, but a little bit of panic crept through. Was he hurt? It looked like there was blood on his arm. Has he been attacked? She quickly glanced around, scanning for threats before turning her attention back to Terrance.

    @Random Bystander

  11. Just now, The Aspiring Archivist said:

     

    Not spotting Terrance, Jenny walked down the aisle with footsteps so soft that she was completely silent. She kept her face tilted slightly downwards and put her hair up into a bun with one of the many hairbands on her wrist. She intended to continue on until she saw someone familiar. With each step she took further away from the rest of her friends, she grew more and more anxious. Where was Terrance?

  12. Just now, Weaver of Lights said:

    “Yeah, maybe. I’m not very sneaky though.” He shrugged.

    “I’m pretty sneaky. I’ve had lots of practice.”

    Jenny was experienced both in hiding from monsters and spying on elderly satyrs. She wavered for a moment, looking at her cards, then placed them face down on the table. She gave an impressively intimidating stare at the other players, focusing on Ed in particular. She managed to conjure a few shadows both for dramatic effect and out of genuine intensity.

    ”No one touch my cards.”

    She then walked to the end of the train car and stood to the side of the door, barely revealing part of her face as she glanced down the other car.

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    What all would Jenny see at this point? Also, a note that she is pretty sneaky and would be very difficult to spot in this situation.

    @The Aspiring Archivist

    @Random Bystander

  13. 1 minute ago, Weaver of Lights said:

    “I don’t know. That might make it worse. He’s so confusing.”

    Jenny held her cards up in front of her face again, but this time it was in an attempt to hide her panic. Would Terrance run away if he saw people he hated come to bother him? Was he already trying to run away? Should they stop him? It was dangerous to be alone, but it was also dangerous to be on the quest. She hoped he’d stay, though.

    ”Maybe we can try and see how he is without letting ourselves be seen.”

  14. 50 minutes ago, Weaver of Lights said:

    “Do you think Terrance is ok?” Edgar whispered to Jenny. “I don’t want him to get hurt, I’m worried about him.” @Lunamor

    Jenny peeked out from over the top of her cards. Terrance was missing. He’d left a while ago. How had she not remembered that? She always did this, got too fixated on something. She never could pay attention to what was actually important.

    ”Should we go try and check on him?”

  15. 1 hour ago, Weaver of Lights said:

    “Are you enjoying the game?” Edgar tried to distract himself from Terrance’s sudden disappearance. He hoped the boy was ok.

    Jenny nodded enthusiastically. Her attention was completely zeroed in on the game. Her face was rather obscured by her cards.

    ”This is already really fun!”

    She was excited by the fact that she was actually playing with other people more than anything.

    45 minutes ago, The Aspiring Archivist said:

    "That's something a monster does. Not a person."

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    Oof, if Jenny ends up hearing his reasoning she’s gonna have a real bad time.

     

  16. 9 minutes ago, Weaver of Lights said:

    He smiled at her still, noticing her looking at his cards, knowing she was on her way to learningg how to really play the game. He had three blues, including a +2; three yellows, all numbers; two reds, one a skip; and four greens, including a reverse and +2. He also had a wild.

    Jenny mulled over her options. Going for yellow would probably mean she didn’t have much risk of being hit with any of Ed’s special cards. That would be her new strategy. Peeking at cards turned out to be very helpful.

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    Edgar’s a bad influence :P

     

  17. Just now, Weaver of Lights said:

    He smiled at her, blushing slightly, “Sorry, old instincts.”

    Jenny smiled back, but continued to hold her cards extremely close to her face. Ed probably wasn’t trying to lull her into a false sense of security, but it couldn’t hurt to be prepared. She was now rather tempted to peek at Ed’s cards too, however. After all, it was only fair…

  18. Just now, Weaver of Lights said:

    Edgar attempted to glance at her cards. He tended to do that when playing card games, it came with being an older brother.

    Jenny noticed Ed trying to peek out of the corner of her eye, and held her cards even closer to her face. Unfortunately, this was also making them difficult for her to read. She shot him a stink eye. She couldn’t let anyone else beat her, especially if it was by cheating.

  19. Just now, Random Bystander said:

    Elsie felt nervous. "I gotta go find the bathroom. I'll be right back..." She walked out. She had to find Terrance.

    Jenny took the opportunity to study her deck some more. She really, really wanted to win. She apparently seemed to have quite a bit of pent up competitiveness.

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