((continued from at Dawn)) The rain drove Emma and John into the nearby Chapel. Closing the door behind her, Emma noticed John sitting at the altar. She walked slowly towards him, her eyes continually finding their way to the spot where the crucifix ought to have been. She wondered if Danya took it ...

The announcements had rubbed Denise the wrong way. They'd made her angry, angrier than she'd felt in a while. She'd had a feeling that Lenny Priestly was a killer, but she didn't think he would kill so helpless a creature as Anna Vaan. Anna Vaan, who'd never hurt a soul, even though she was teased b...

((Continued from The Continuing Story of Bungalow Reg )) It seemed like the rain was letting up. The bear trap in Denise's daypack was heavy and made her shoulders hurt. As Denise approached the side of the chapel, she let the bag slide off her shoulder into her hand. She put it down gently against ...

"There's a big tower at one edge of the island, right?" Indeed there was. Jake wanted to get away from the lagoon pretty badly after seeing the corpses. He was just about done tying his bootlaces, then he would take off. While he was prepared to travel alone again he did hope that someone...

Jake twisted the cap on the last of his once-empty bottles. He turned to face the new arrival, Marnie Yaguchi, someone he had talked to on occasion back home. She was concerned about Ivan. Jake hadn't known what to say when she asked if the kid was okay, so he said nothing, keeping his back to her. ...

"I'm looking for my friend, you know...Trish from that class, uh," Jake paused. He'd forgotten what class they'd had together. Shit... He continued anyways. 'Grade Ten? Right?" He made an impatient gesture with his hands. "I'm trying to find her." After a moment he said, &qu...

((Jake continued from Finsternis )) ((OOC: Jake is left-handed. I forgot to mention this in his bio. I'm saying this now instead of waiting until it is relevant and it seems like I'm just pulling it out my ass.)) Words could not describe how happy Jake was that he was wearing hiking boots. The terra...

Emma found herself looking into John's eyes again. They were bright with excitement and...something else. She felt a little disturbed by it. Then Emma realized that he had stopped talking. Where did he say we were going? "Um, yeah. Let's get on that." She noticed his hand, palm up and expe...

Emma was about to answer before someone flew across the graveyard screaming for them to stay away. Happy to oblige, she turned to face John again. "I'm just tired of this place. You slept through the announcements," she thought for a moment about what was most relevant. "The new dange...

Emma clutched the tire iron tightly in her hands. The announcement should have cemented the fact that what was happening was real...but it still didn't feel like reality. She was dreaming. She was back home in a coma or something. If that was the case, she wanted to wake up now . Looking towards the...

"You go ahead...I can't have been awake for more than an hour anyways," Emma offered. His smile had convinced her to stay. She had known J.R. for countless years. They were both neighbourhood kids, and had more or less grown up together despite rarely playing or hanging out together. He sm...

"...having faith in someone here is worth nothing." Emma winced at John's words. She was a betrayer. Looking into his eyes, she had a feeling that he was aware of the irony in what he was saying, that he was glorying in it. He continued to speak. "Let's help you make the second step ...

The further Maxie ran from her, the more regret Emma felt building up in her. That was the wrong thing to do. She turned slowly to look John Rizzolo fully in the face. She didn't expect him to keep his word; she was fully prepared for him to plant his morningstar in her neck. Emmanuelle Babineaux wa...

Emma was dumbstruck. She had missed. She was fucked now. John would think she was useless, and now Maxie would have no reason to trust her at all! Ideas were flying through Emma's head at breakneck speed. Would she lunge again? Maybe she would run. Run where, though? Just try again. He'll have to se...

The buzzing in Emma's head became louder and louder. She couldn't even hear what the others were saying anymore. She needed to do something, anything to break the paralysis she felt. Without taking the time to aim or even look at her intended target, Emma swung her sword at Maxie with a loud grunt.