[Game 18] The Waking World

[arsgoetia]

After successfully talking Zan into waking up—the world around you starts to dissolve and break apart. There's a lurch, like the sensation of abruptly falling into sleep, but backwards; and all around you, the glass begins to crack apart, splintering and sending ocean water splashing everywhere, gushing forward, a cascade of blue and black, alternating between starfish and actual stars, suspended in liquid sky.

. . . reality seems to bleed in overtop of it and, sluggishly, you find yourselves waking up all over a suburban basement in New Jersey. There is a lamp on near the bed, where someone is still asleep, though fitfully beginning to wake up.

More noticeably, there is a woman sitting up in bed with him, arms wrapped around her bare knees as she watches them with amusement, extremely beautiful and . . . extremely familiar.

"Wow." One hand drops to Zan's hair. "I don't even know where to start with you guys."

Comments

[telepathetically]

[rolls facedown, mumbling into the bedspread]

Today was bullshit.

[liarliarliar]

It really was. I hate this place and this night.

[telepathetically]

I don't even want to be drunk now, I just want to go home.

[ughhhh digging out his phone, texting sera the phone

una lita left, butler hung up. sariL and tristan told not to pursue more. we're ok.]

[liarliarliar]

I wish I could go home.

[telepathetically]

Sorry.

[liarliarliar]

Ah well.

[delivoreance]

[we're driving. i'm blocking gps tracking on elli's phone. do you know if we're being tracked otherwise?]

[telepathetically]

not that i know of

[delivoreance]

[okay.

thank you for the update... we don't really know what to do now either.]

[telepathetically]

[tell us when you arrive wherever

i'll update you if anything changes here but we're tired

[delivoreance]

[okay. sorry. if you find out who Una was, give us a heads up, but otherwise please rest.

this wasn't one of the better visits. i hope i see you again when it's better soon.]

[telepathetically]

[she's not his boss, but he called her Great One. he's cranky right now.

maybe i'll get to come back soon.]

[delivoreance]

[are there any nice things you want but haven't bought here yet. i'll buy them for you. or put better software on your phone, or something...]

[telepathetically]

[updated software would be cool, but you don't have to do that (*ﾉωﾉ)!! ]

[delivoreance]

[not at all, i'm embarrassed i didn't sooner]

[telepathetically]

[it's no problem, really!! "sooner" is a hard time anyways isnce i'm only here every few months anyways]

[delivoreance]

[yes...

and a while later

we're at a place. anything else we should know?]

[telepathetically]

[ we don't know that much uhh tristan tired him out so he might not wake up for a while. but he is legit, there were signs/help from madison when we were inside.]

[delivoreance]

[any messages you want us to give him?]

[telepathetically]

[stop playing so much silent hill]

[delivoreance]

[...

consider it done]

[telepathetically]

[ty]