❄ eleventh reminder

[frogst]

[ action ; around mayfield ]

[ Gone. Everyone's gone. She's found little notes here and there, snippets that sound almost like parts of conversation, but they're all gone. Empty bedrooms, empty streets, empty everything. Maybe she should be happy. After everything they've all been through, they deserve this. They should be able to go home, to

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[dreambubbly]

[By now, Feferi feels bad. She's over her own episode with the mushrooms, for the most part, but she feels like she started the others' off. But her phone rings and she'll answer it.]

Jade? Is that you? It's Feferi. Are you -- where are Karkat and Gamzee? Dave, John, Rose? If you're there by yourself, I can get there.

[frogst]

[ Jade presses the phone desperately to her ear, listening for an answer. All she can hear is static, loud and overwhelming, but there's something there. Someone? ]

Hello???

[dreambubbly]

I'm here, Jade. It's Feferi. Can you hear me?

[frogst]

[ Maybe she's imagining it. So desperate for someone to be there that she's hearing voices. ]

Who's there? Answer me!

Action!

[heardeadpe0ple]

Jade?

[She's running up to you.] You aren't looking too happy. Do you need the small, square cloth device used to wiping your face? I have one. You can use it.

[frogst]

[ Jade stops abruptly, glancing around wildly. She could have sworn she heard someone just now but-

She looks down at the sidewalk, finding another scrawled there.

jade? yò͙̤̲̈ͣ̐u͈̳̻͔ͧ̉ ̱̣̥̩͛̃͆̈́͌ȃ͒ͯͥ̇̚͏͉̤͖r̸͔̠͕̪̼̬̬͑̈́́͋e̵̖̯̩͓̜͒ͦͫ̽ͨn̜̗̝̐ͯͥ̒̅̕'̡̪͕̭͚͗̐̊tͪ҉̞̪̫ ͖̻̓̃͆̐̃̿̃l͂̉͟o̜̝̲͓̤̞̫o͓̦͊ͯ͑̓̆̿k̬̐͊͐̔i͕̘̗̊͆͞n̙͎̜͍͓͗̋͘̕ğ̶̡͎̮̳̦̫͓̲ͥ͊͌̏ͣ̿͢ ̨̦̰̝̦̳̾̈ͥ͟͝t͋̊̚͏͙͉͇̜̦͜ǫ̢̭̲̼̜̰̝͇̿̎͌̔͐̅̚͞o̟ͭͨ͠ ͩͨ͆ͭ̉̓ͨ̉͑҉̝̰h̻ͯȃ̴̖̈́̂̑̿̍͐̓p̴̴̞̤͍̘̾̓p̴̧͕̅ͪ̀͘y̞̖̱̲̤̦̫͕͒ͯ̑̍̔̂ͅ.̧̩̲̺͂̚̕͡ ̨͉̼̪̬̝͙̪̫̐ͥ͢͜Ḍ̜̹͎̳̤̼̘̯̌ͮ͒̄͜ͅͅǫ̵̵͖͉̪̣̤͇͉̝͓̞͕ͧ̐̃͐̓ͪ͋̂ͩ̾ͮ̀̒̐͛͛͌͘ ̵̧͈̜͙͈̠̥̟̲͎͓̝̖̗̫̱̹ͯ̆̓̅͛̚̚͝y̷̡̦͔̯̖̜̱͔͖̠̩̣̦͕̩̤̼̜͕ͤ̊̔ͤ͂̂̚͢͡ͅo̶̘̙̺̙̠̭̻̠̪͖̳̘̽ͩ̋̍ͥ͝ͅu̽ͧ̎̓͐ͣ͛́͊ͨͮ̚̕͏̟͔̬͚͙̤͇̗͟͞ ̧̛̙̼̼͚̗̞͕̬͕̹̔̿̌̊̌ͤ͒͗ͮ̅̉̊̀͛̉̽̊͢͜ņ̛͔̮̰̗̭͓̳̩̼̖̝̣̤̩̹͔̃͗̔ͬ̍ͮ̀͜ͅê̢̧̛͎͕̬̭̟̱̼̦̱͎̻̹̜̳͍͐ͮ̾͐͂ͭ͂́̊̄ͧ̅̊̋͆̐̔͝ȩ̲̳͖͔̫̩̰̜͙̫͓͇̺̪̥͍̫̬͐͊ͥ̏͑ͨ̀́̒̽ͥͦ̀ͧ͆̌͌̌́͡ͅd̨̧̫̦̯͉̟̪̻̬̔̉ͨ̅͗̄́̇̏̎̅̽͢ ̵̢̪͖̫̺̖̼̗̮̠̖̗̒͋̈͌̽ͧͦͦͩ̿̉́͐ͪ́͘tͮ͗ͧͫ̌͊͑ͩ͊̀̚͏̱̳̮̭̥͟͟͞ḥ̼̝̲͚̦̗̥̗̦̮̤́͛ͥ̂ͬͦ͊̒͒́̂͑̇ͦ͢e̳̞̻̣͉͍̞̬̣̺͍͉̰͐̃́ͭͩ͟ ̶̷̡̳̼̟̘̩̮͙̭̙̱̳̘̰̥̘̲̘͓̩̈́̅̂̽̐ͦ͜͠s̔̆́̑ͩ̔̈́̽̓̐ͤ̉͋̎̊ͬ͑͏̮̙̫̭̰̣̳̖̮͚̠̲̲̱̬͔̹ͅm̋ͦ̓̉̑̈́͊͛͛̓̽̀͂ͦͥ̉͛҉҉̲̝̖̺̯̜͍̻̥̯͡a̭̜͖̟̪̭͍̲͚̺͔ͤͦ͗̊ͧ̔̚͘͜͜l̸̲̱̘̙̗̤ͤ̊̌̒͊̍͐̆̓ͨ̀͢͝l̴̢̛̽̓ͩ͒͊̌̂̐͗ͦͣͥ̿͂̄͗҉̫̱̠͘,

[heardeadpe0ple]

Uhm.

Me too? I don't understand Jade! What's wrong? Everyone is having problems today.

Is there something wrong with me?

[frogst]

[ Is wroblems thing? What's th me? Whaving? Everyone is theryong? What's today.

Is today.

Is there some? Everyone some? Everyong? What's theryong? What's with me? Everyone is wroblems wroblems there someth meth mething? Evere somethere is wrone sometheryone is wrone is today.

She backs away from the message, away from Aradia, frightened. ]

I just... I don't want to be alone.

Phone ☆

[fatedmagica]

H, hello?

[ Whoever you are isn't Madoka's concern. She sounds lonely and Madoka knows what it's like to be the last one there. She won't let this girl be lonely. ]

We haven't met but um... I'm Madoka... It's okay, you're not alone!

[frogst]

[ Jade strains to hear the voice, she's sure it's a voice, someone's voice. ]

I can't- [ She's practically shouting into the phone. ] I can't hear you!

[fatedmagica]

Y, you...

[ Madoka was about to start a cellphone commercial but stops herself. There's no point since she doesn't want to just be talking on the phone to this stranger.

She breaths in and tries speaking up, almost yelling back. ]

Where are you?! I'm coming! I won't let you be alone!

[frogst]

[ She doesn't even know if there's really anyone there, but she's yelling all the same. ]

Benny road, Benny road!

Phone

[nolongeralpha]

[Guess who thinks he's in a doomed timeline where you're dead?
Guess who doesn't realize his iShades are doing the talking and thinks he's hearing voices in his head?]

Fuck. Fuck, I'm sorry. We couldn't. I couldn't. If John hadn't fucking- if we'd known how to make server disks back then-

Why the hell am I apologizing to a hallucination?

[frogst]

[ This call comes through crystal clear, even worse than clear, sharp and intense and too loud. ]

Dave? Dave, Dave why? Why did you... Dave?

[nolongeralpha]

God, no, shut up, fuck, I don't care if I've been hopping hot gears for eight months I can't start hallucinating, gotta keep it together so I can save the real Jade fuck!

If I hadn't lost my own discs, I could have at least saved her...

[frogst]

Why didn't you save me?

action;

[windplay]

[ Everyone was acting weird, and it was all because of those mushrooms. And if "Mom," Davesprite and Karkat were affected then... who's the say the others weren't? John had to find his friends.

And there was one, over there! John ran up to her, waving his arms in wide motions. ]

Jade! I am glad you are okay, the others aren't doing very well-

[ He then gets a real good look at her face, and his own expression falls. ]

...Jade? Oh no.

[frogst]

[ At first, it seems that he's caught her attention, but it quickly becomes clear that she's not looking at him, but through him. She stares intently at a sign that's been hung up in store window.

Jade! I are othery well- Jade! I are okay, the othe othery well- Jad you am glade! I aren't doing vers are othe okay, thers aren't doing vers am glad you aren't doing vers am glad you are othery well-

She whimpers, buries her face in her hands. ]

Oh no, John, oh no.

[windplay]

Oh no, Jade.

[ He gently places a hand on her shoulder, still unaware she didn't fully recognize his presence. ]

You ate one of those mushrooms, right? It's doing something funny to people... Well, not funny as in "poop in my pants" funny, but in a weird kind of way and- um, why don't we go back home so we can sort this out?

asdkfha john,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[frogst]

[ Blue. Way too much blue. Of course he would leave so many goodbyes, they were best friends, and now he's going to go home and fix everything. Of course she doesn't notice his hand on her shoulder, just keeps right on walking, trying to keep from seeing all that blue. ]