There is a small plaster statue of Mary on Charlie's dresser.

Charlie hasn't been praying much lately--but now, every time he looks at it, he thinks, Mother of God, help me.

He has not emptied the hollowed-out center.

And he's begun to think oblivion is much better than this emptiness.

So.

Tonight Jenna gets new canon.

This means:

a) nobody inna bar or inna school until after it's over at 9:00 MST. And probably nobody inna school tonight anyway because:
b) Milliplot gets concluded after the show is over
c) expect squeeing and/or gnashing of teeth*

*because the possibility of drug-addict!Charlie makes Jenna wibble

In his bed, Charlie's restless. He clasps the necklace from Raven in one hand but even its power is doing little to soothe him. He shifts, he mumbles, he bats at the air.
ethan he killed you he hung you from a tree and you died you died charlie you died
"No. God. No."
when you shot ethan it was raining
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Tomorrow, Charlie needs to go a whole lot insane. I need somebody who can and would break down the barriers of reality for him--not even maliciously, even, perhaps. Just a trigger to send him over the edge and get this plot concluded.

Volunteers? *bats eyelashes*

Only not quite, that's just a good line from one of my favorite books ( Read more... )

( On a park bench in New Orleans )