« Prev 1 2 Next » Reply Share Thread Facebook Twitter Tumblr LinkedIn MySpace Email Go to Previous Thread Next Thread Please make a selection first Author Topic: People are dumb (open) (Read 347 times) Rebecca Jefferson Legend Defense Will it be you this time? [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 4,354 People are dumb (open) « Oct 30, 2015 23:40:11 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "What?!" Her voices spikes up an octave in pitch and volume. "Eric, I was alone. You know what was in that open graves? Imagine dealing with dead bodies that made that look like a beauty queen." Her stomach roiled just thinking about it, her face tinging green. "I thought we just got separated in the chaos, and you went after the big guy. I was alone." Back to Top   Eric Phillips Hero Intelligence A man of many hats [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Posts: 5,490 People are dumb (open) « Oct 30, 2015 23:42:02 GMT -6 via the ProBoards App » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "You tried to grab my face before turning to attack the girl that was there. She had to hit you over the head with a freaking shovel before you'd stop!" There were no other bodies. Back to Top   Eric Rebecca Jefferson Legend Defense Will it be you this time? [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 4,354 People are dumb (open) « Oct 30, 2015 23:45:08 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top She stares some more before shaking her head fervently. "Eric, you're my friend. There's no way I'd do that." Her frown deepens as she tried to recall what happened. "I don't know where you guys went, but the only other living person there was some guy in a trench coat. I couldn't just leave him there." She's not lying.  Just wrong. « Last Edit: Oct 30, 2015 23:45:51 GMT -6 by Rebecca Jefferson » Back to Top   Eric Phillips Hero Intelligence A man of many hats [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Posts: 5,490 People are dumb (open) « Oct 31, 2015 9:27:28 GMT -6 via the ProBoards App » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Why do you think you were handcuffed..." Back to Top   Eric Rebecca Jefferson Legend Defense Will it be you this time? [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 4,354 People are dumb (open) « Oct 31, 2015 9:39:47 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top She stares at him, running through events as she knew them in her head. The last things she remembered before coming to were the guy with the fingers telling her she had a black soul, then the trench coat guy and fighting the living dead... ...Including one that had clubbed her with a shovel. The color drains from her face so fast that it turns grey, stumbling back like he'd just hit her. Still staring at him, but now with a look of pure horror. “Have you made any friends at the academy yet?” “A couple. Why?” “I'm just curious as to which one you'll kill first.” “No.” It's barely a whisper, thought it feels like she's shouting, as though her lungs have been left in a forge, breath coming in short, ragged bursts. Her arms fold across her chest, hands gripping the fabric of her sleeves so tightly that it makes their shaking worse. « Last Edit: Oct 31, 2015 10:17:50 GMT -6 by Rebecca Jefferson » Back to Top   Eric Phillips Hero Intelligence A man of many hats [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Posts: 5,490 People are dumb (open) « Oct 31, 2015 15:27:52 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top He stood there, unsure of what to do with the revelation. What was he supposed to do. He couldn't even fathom on how to comfort her right now, or even if he should. She tried to kill him, did he even owe it to her? "Everything is so fucked up now..." He sighed. Everything. He hated this. He hated not knowing how he was supposed to feel. Feeling so powerless, so helpless, just tossed around like a rowboat on the ocean. He felt like he was drowning, and barely able to keep his head above water, and now he was dragging her down with him. Back to Top   Eric Rebecca Jefferson Legend Defense Will it be you this time? [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 4,354 People are dumb (open) « Oct 31, 2015 16:31:49 GMT -6 via Tapatalk » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top A storm is always able to take down more than one ship. Her gaze remains in the ground, darting left and right as she tries to remember, but nothing of what Eric says comes to mind. She didn't say aloud that she meant to kill him - he knew. Because the things she saw had already been dead and needed to stay that way. "Yeah." Her voice cracks on the word and she wets her lips. "Yeah, it is." She looks up at him again and shakes her head, voice wavering. "Eric, I never...I never would have done that if I knew it was you." Back to Top   Eric Phillips Hero Intelligence A man of many hats [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Posts: 5,490 People are dumb (open) « Oct 31, 2015 16:55:17 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top He just stands there in silence looking down at his feet with a frown. Back to Top   Eric Rebecca Jefferson Legend Defense Will it be you this time? [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 4,354 People are dumb (open) « Oct 31, 2015 16:57:45 GMT -6 via Tapatalk » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top He didn't believe her. He thought she was making this up. That she honestly meant to kill him. "You know that, right?" She hated herself so much in that moment. For what she'd nearly done and what it would lead to. Hated that she couldn't look away and he wouldn't look at her. He didn't believe her. "Right?" Back to Top   Eric Phillips Hero Intelligence A man of many hats [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Posts: 5,490 People are dumb (open) « Oct 31, 2015 18:48:23 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top He hesitated, maybe longer than he should have. It was still fresh in his mind. The way she lunged for his face with her hand. Knowing what that could do to him. But she was always so careful to not touch people. He felt like over the last month he had gotten to know her. He didn't know what happened in that Graveyard. But she wasn't right. That wasn't the Rebecca he knew. He sighed. But he nodded. "I know. But I don't know what happened there. If it was something he did. Or something with your power in general. But I believe you." He looked up at her. His eyes still puffy and red. "I trust you. And I'm not gonna abandon you. Okay?" Even if he wanted to just quit and curl up into a dark hole. Back to Top   Eric Rebecca Jefferson Legend Defense Will it be you this time? [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 4,354 People are dumb (open) « Oct 31, 2015 22:18:13 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Every second of silence felt like another nail in the coffin, quickly reaching the point where she couldn't take it anymore. The silence was worse than his outbursts or anger. How could he think she would? "Since when has that stopped you?" His answer cuts through the harsh reminder, pulling Rebecca away from her own thoughts before she could sink further. Her shoulders tense as she listens with a small nod. She really hopes it's just something the hulking grave digging guy did to her, rather than another manifestation of her power. She didn't know what she'd do then... "'Kay." She offers him a weak smile, still sick to her stomach. She can't decide if she's relieved at his answer or disgusted by the fact that someone would forgive her for something like this. She rubs her hands over her face with a sigh, squeezing the hair near her temples with a firm pressure to chase the thoughts away. "Thanks, Eric." She means it, but she wishes she could feel more confident about what she might do that would cause most to abandon her. With a deep breath, she forces her hands to her sides. "You too, you know? It's not that great, I know, but you've got a lot of crap going on, too. But I gotta go. I just wanted to be sure you were okay before I go see Dr. Gavyns." Because now Rebecca gets to figure out what the heck is wrong with herself before she starts believing she's crazy, too. Back to Top   Eric Phillips Hero Intelligence A man of many hats [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Posts: 5,490 People are dumb (open) « Oct 31, 2015 22:57:05 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "Need me to walk with you...?" He'd offer, not really sure if he wanted her to accept it or not. Back to Top   Eric Rebecca Jefferson Legend Defense Will it be you this time? [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 4,354 People are dumb (open) « Nov 1, 2015 0:31:53 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top She hesitates for a moment. "Only if you want to." Back to Top   Eric Phillips Hero Intelligence A man of many hats [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Posts: 5,490 People are dumb (open) « Nov 1, 2015 0:32:54 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top "I can." Back to Top   Eric Rebecca Jefferson Legend Defense Will it be you this time? [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Gender: Posts: 4,354 People are dumb (open) « Nov 1, 2015 0:39:38 GMT -6 » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Can want to, or can despite not wanting to? In the end Rebecca shrugs and nods. "Okay." Back to Top   Eric Phillips Hero Intelligence A man of many hats [send pm] Joined: October 2015 Posts: 5,490 People are dumb (open) « Nov 1, 2015 10:55:25 GMT -6 via the ProBoards App » Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top He'd walk with her, hopefully in silence to the Doctor's office! Back to Top   Eric Reply Share Thread Facebook Twitter Tumblr LinkedIn MySpace Email Go to Previous Thread Next Thread Please make a selection first