[If you guessed that Jack's response to being uncomfortable with a given situation was to head to the beach, you guessed right! He'd come out originally to watch the fireworks going off near the hills, and the colors were awfully pretty. Even the sounds weren't so bad, at first. But over time, with darkness pressing in, the whistles and bangs ( Read more... )

[Nothing but darkness and deep, harsh, almost-sobbing breaths for a few long minutes. Then the uncertain shuffling of a person moving around a dark room. A sliver of light as the door opens, a shadow as Jack exits, a sound as it closes ( Read more... )

[OOC: Enjoy an interminable night of insomnia from Jack! You can bother him at any point in the night, as long as it doesn't interfere with the continuity of the post. He's not going to bother to cover the communicator or anything, even if he finds out it's turning on by itself.][Once again, the fickle machinery of Wonderland seems to do as it ( Read more... )