Room 506, Early Afternoon
Shira was hiding away in her room and not ashamed to admit it. It was the only thing she could think of to do, the only thing that made any sense anymore. She'd tried doing homework, she'd tried studying, she'd tried reading, she'd tried practicing her Craft, and she'd eventually moved on to pacing back and forth like a pacing thing.
And that was when the voice blasted through her mind with a force unlike anything she'd felt before.
She stopped mid-pace, almost not sure that she'd even felt it, so sudden was the lack of presence in her mind.
*Cassidy?* she tried. *Cassidy!*
Nothing.
Panic rising steadily, Shira kept trying until she was screaming along a thread with all the force she could manage.
Still nothing.
Choking back a sob, Shira spun and ran for the door. That meeting. She had to go to that meeting. It wasn't going to help matters any, but maybe she'd learn something. Maybe she'd be able to contribute.
Or maybe she'd just see someone she could fall apart on.
[NFI]
And that was when the voice blasted through her mind with a force unlike anything she'd felt before.
She stopped mid-pace, almost not sure that she'd even felt it, so sudden was the lack of presence in her mind.
*Cassidy?* she tried. *Cassidy!*
Nothing.
Panic rising steadily, Shira kept trying until she was screaming along a thread with all the force she could manage.
Still nothing.
Choking back a sob, Shira spun and ran for the door. That meeting. She had to go to that meeting. It wasn't going to help matters any, but maybe she'd learn something. Maybe she'd be able to contribute.
Or maybe she'd just see someone she could fall apart on.
[NFI]