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[throwabookatit]

you know there are only like five girls here how fucked up is that???

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[throwabookatit]

[ She doesn't let Maya go yet, nor does she pull away. Not until Maya's made an indication that she'd like that. ]

You're welcome, it's no trouble at all. If you...have problems, with this sort of thing, you know... I'm here for you, okay?

[itwasfeyt]

[There's a beat, and Maya shifts slightly against Rebecca. An attempt at a nod, which isn't terribly easy in her current position.]

Okay.

[Another beat, a few more sniffles. She's gotten most of this out of her system by now]

...Hey, Rebecca? Have you been seeing things too?

[throwabookatit]

[ Ha... There's no point in lying, is there? Especially when, as the week goes on...they seem to keep getting worse. ]

...Yes. Yes, I have. I've, um... I've been seeing my friends, from back home.

[ Her friends, and a few people she...doesn't recognize, entirely. ]

[itwasfeyt]

[Oh.... Maya nods, understandingly.]

Me too. There's... a lot of people I know by now. Some of them are nice. The others... aren't.

[throwabookatit]

...It was rough. [ She might as well... She might as well. ] They were all...in a state of mourning, or...or well. Isabella.

[ The person she'd asked Maya to channel. ]

[itwasfeyt]

[She mirrors Rebecca's expression.]

Whenever I saw Mia, she was smiling at me... like she was happy to see me again, but I couldn't see her all the time.

[She would always disappear. Never staying.]

[throwabookatit]

Belle's...just smiling at me. As if she's saying hello in the morning. ...Ash looks a mess, he...he's having such a hard time, with...what happened. It's just...one big reminder. Everywhere I look.

[itwasfeyt]

...What happened, Rebecca?

[throwabookatit]

...It's not a good story, Maya. You... You really don't want to know.

[itwasfeyt]

Oh... [She can tell, just by the way she says it.] But, maybe you can tell me some other time, then?

[throwabookatit]

...If I figure out how it ends. I'll tell you. I swear.

[itwasfeyt]

Y-you will! Just, uh... think positive!

[Maya, you're the one that needed a hug just now...]

[throwabookatit]

[ The enthusiasm draws a smile from her, though it's kind of sad. ]

Now, now... [ A light pat on Maya's head. ] This...won't last forever. Can't. That's what I keep telling myself.

[itwasfeyt]

[The headpats ease her murderous tendencies]

Of course it won't! Eventually, the people doing this just have to crack, and they'll let it end. We can't be stopped by a couple of illusions.

[.....right]

[throwabookatit]

Right. [ Being so forcefully optimistic is weird for her, but. ] ...If it doesn't work, then they'll... [ try something else ] have to let it end.

[itwasfeyt]

[If they try something else, what's the worst that could happen?]

Exactly! Eventually, Todd and the others have to get sick of us.

[throwabookatit]

[ jsyk drizz i hate you ]

...Why do the lot of you call him that, anyway? Todd.

[itwasfeyt]

[i value our friendship also]

Oh! Uh... [taps her chin. hmm.] Can't remember! But I think you can ask Tess?

[throwabookatit]

...Somehow, that makes complete and utter sense.

[itwasfeyt]

It does doesn't it?