[ throughout the week, he's only paid intermittent attention to his tablet. while he's no stranger to hallucinations and to illusions and whatever this is, that doesn't mean it's not unsettling. that doesn't mean it's easy to tell himself that the sounds, the familiar ones that always seem just that little bit out of reach aren't actually coming from anyone he knows; that the glimpses of people he's torn on both wanting to see and firmly, resolutely wanting to be the last people here, ever, still aren't here (thank god).
he'd tried keeping himself busy, but in a small, tiny town ("town" — he's been in classes with more people), it's more difficult than he'd care to admit. there are only so many places to go, so many places to avoid anyone else, just in case—
(because what if?)
and not for the first time, he's found himself wishing for an obvious bad guy, someone to blame, unequivocally, for all of this. someone to punch a couple of times, make a few terrible jokes at, and then for him to exit, sharply, stage right and go home—
but fine, sure. it's not that simple.
the distraction that does come is in the form of his tablet letting him know he has a message. one moment passes, then two, then— (ugh, where did he leave—).
—oh, that's cute. is anyone there. (hermione, it is not a phone.) ]
—Unless there's another Parker here that I'm not aware of. [ (oy, there's a thought. imagine if ben or kaine were to turn up.) ] Hey, Hermione.
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he'd tried keeping himself busy, but in a small, tiny town ("town" — he's been in classes with more people), it's more difficult than he'd care to admit. there are only so many places to go, so many places to avoid anyone else, just in case—
(because what if?)
and not for the first time, he's found himself wishing for an obvious bad guy, someone to blame, unequivocally, for all of this. someone to punch a couple of times, make a few terrible jokes at, and then for him to exit, sharply, stage right and go home—
but fine, sure. it's not that simple.
the distraction that does come is in the form of his tablet letting him know he has a message. one moment passes, then two, then— (ugh, where did he leave—).
—oh, that's cute. is anyone there. (hermione, it is not a phone.) ]
—Unless there's another Parker here that I'm not aware of. [ (oy, there's a thought. imagine if ben or kaine were to turn up.) ] Hey, Hermione.