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Lightly, she squeezed his hand. Slowly, she scooted closer to him, and draped her arm around his shoulder as he cried.

2015-10-28 23:16:30

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She put her arm around me and I took that hand with my wooden one. She actually cares. I can't believe it. Out of everyone, /she's/ the one to comfort me. ".....am I.....am I your friend?" I mumbled. Too much to ask? I don't know.

2015-10-28 23:23:33

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She thought for a moment. "Sure." He did show some signs of forgiveness, at least.

2015-10-28 23:25:32

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She's not serious. ...she's serious? I'm really her friend? I looked at her, a bit of out-of-place ecstasy rising up in me. I'm really her--AHH..! I was in the middle of asking if that meant she forgave me when the wood clutched at my lungs and I gasped for breath, tightening my grip on her hand.

2015-10-28 23:29:33

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She held them tighter, keeping her grip on his hand. It was probably worsening now. It was just...still upsetting he had to experience this.

2015-10-28 23:34:50

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I can't breathe. I can't breathe. I can't -- it reached my collarbone. My pounding heart stopped.

He seized up, hand that wasn't clamped to hers clawing at his chest. There was a tap at the door. "...is everything okay?"

2015-10-28 23:39:15

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She paused. No. Things weren't okay. Far from it. "...No. Not really." She called back, her voice not angry or upset just...unsure.

2015-10-28 23:48:05

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"....is he upset?" It moved up his neck, and he gagged, tears streaking down his face until those too stopped. His jaw grew hinged and his terrified expression changed to a blankly carved wooden gaze. His straw-colored hair remained the same, as did his purple eyes, until they closed. His hand turned solid and limp in hers and the wooden man slumped against her shoulder.

2015-10-28 23:53:07

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She said nothing. Only nodded.

2015-10-28 23:54:24

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"Ivory? Yes or no?" He looked around the doorframe, he'd been giving them a little privacy, and when he saw a hand flew to his mouth. "...oh my God."

2015-10-28 23:55:28

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"..Yeah, I know."

2015-10-28 23:59:58

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"....is he.....is he dead?"

2015-10-29 00:00:08

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"I don't... I'm not sure."

2015-10-29 00:00:32

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"How did I not notice before......" He slowly crouched down and shook Madison's shoulder. There was no resistance, and his head lolled to one side.

2015-10-29 00:02:45

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She pulled away from him. "...What should we do?"

2015-10-29 00:04:42

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The second he wasn't supported by her, he fell to the ground in a heap. "....if....if he is /not/ dead, we need to wake him up. If he is....um......."

2015-10-29 00:05:48

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"Well I'm not sure how we can tell either way."

2015-10-29 00:06:20

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"See if he will react to things? If Cale sees him like this he will probably just assume he is dead and immediately burn him, so whatever it is, we should do it before he gets back. Or try to." Zane wrung his hands. Would he have been able to do something if he'd noticed earlier?

2015-10-29 00:08:14

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"If Cale sees that I'm here we won't have to worry about Madison being burned, because he'd try to set /me/ on fire first."

2015-10-29 00:09:19

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"...oh. I will......go hide the lighters." He got up and ran to the kitchen to find every fire-starting object they owned.

2015-10-29 00:11:13

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"...Please do." Once Zane left, she looked over at Madison, keeping an eye on him.

2015-10-29 00:14:38

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He was in an odd position for any normal human to fall in, with his limbs tangled and splayed around him, but of course, that train of logic didn't apply anymore. After a few minutes, there was a clacking sound.

2015-10-29 00:17:35

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She looked to the source of the noise...hm?

2015-10-29 00:23:06

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I opened and closed my hand. My left hand. ...that seemed to be wood now. I felt woozy. There's something....seriously wrong. Didn't my heart stop? Am I dead? Oh shit. Please, please don't be dead. Opening my eyes hurt, so I gave up on that and cried out softly instead. The very act of opening my mouth felt so /wrong/.

2015-10-29 00:25:27

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Oh. He was alive! Thankfully. But...still upset. She slowly reached over, and rubbed his shoulder for reassurance.

2015-10-29 00:30:56