[ once the rope is tied at the tree, they throw it down and proceed to make their way down the hole. Now usually they would hate to have other’s facing their back, but this seemed like an emergency. They bent down a little. ]
+
He wasn’t shivering, but his lips were a little blue and he had goosebumps along his scarred arms.
He wasn’t shivering, but his lips were a little blue and he had goosebumps along his scarred arms.
[ they’re already rummaging through their bag for rope. ]
“Hm…I suppose. But I am stuck.” a long pause, “I cannot feel my toes and fingers. I think I am cold.”
He wasn’t shivering, but his lips were a little blue and he had goosebumps along his scarred arms.
“Hm…I suppose. But I am stuck.” a long pause, “I cannot feel my toes and fingers. I think I am cold.”
* Uh… hello? Are you okay down there?
[ they think they’ve talked to this person a few times before. ]
“Hm…I suppose. But I am stuck.” a long pause, “I cannot feel my toes and fingers. I think I am cold.”
“𝚆𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚠𝚎 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚎𝚍 ’𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚗’ 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚍𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚘𝚗.“
“𝙸𝚝𝚜 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚗’ 𝚘𝚗. 𝙸𝚝𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗’ 𝚒𝚗 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛, 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚒𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚣𝚒𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚏𝚒𝚐𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚍.“
“No.” another pause, “…I do not like to think of that.”
Seems he said the wrong thing and triggered something with poor Thistle.
Slowly, Tomio closed the book in his grasp.
“Are you… Okay?”
Obviously not. But, he isn’t sure what to do. He’s terrible at comfort.
“It ate me. It said I tasted delicious and that there was nothing left. I should be dead.” he pulled his knees tighter to his chest, rocking back and forth, “Dead.”
“No.” another pause, “…I do not like to think of that.”
A servant came looking for him, “Have you seen a small elf anywhere? He has brown skin and white hair and purple eyes.”
A servant came looking for him, “Have you seen a small elf anywhere? He has brown skin and white hair and purple eyes.”
“It ate me. It said I tasted delicious and that there was nothing left. I should be dead.” he pulled his knees tighter to his chest, rocking back and forth, “Dead.”
Maybe it’s some sort of metaphor for depression, Tomio can’t tell.
“It ate me. It said I tasted delicious and that there was nothing left. I should be dead.” he pulled his knees tighter to his chest, rocking back and forth, “Dead.”
[he starts ambling away]
“As goes for me. Before, I never had felt empty and only too much. Though, I guess it’s what I get for forcing myself to subdue my emotions to deal with life better. Sometimes I still feel them, it’s just rare.”
“…I mostly feel empty but at least once a day I will suddenly feel everything at once and then I will scream and scratch. I used to feel +
“…I mostly feel empty but at least once a day I will suddenly feel everything at once and then I will scream and scratch. I used to feel +
When the nearby Thistle spoke, Tomio only glanced over.
“… Yes, I understand in a way how that feels. Though, I seem to alternate between never feeling anything or feeling too+
“…I mostly feel empty but at least once a day I will suddenly feel everything at once and then I will scream and scratch. I used to feel +
[he seems a bit out of it]
* Times have changed.
”…Who? What? The North Pole? Wouldn’t that take months to get to…?”
”…Who? What? The North Pole? Wouldn’t that take months to get to…?”
* North Pole.
* We are going to meet Santa Claus.
”…Who? What? The North Pole? Wouldn’t that take months to get to…?”