Jacob stared forward blankly as Colm's words hung in the air. Despite how horrible the knowledge was, Jacob couldn't help but feel a small sense of relief to know that his initial paranoia had not been misplaced. Like, not that it made it any less pants-shittingly terrifying, but there was something...

It was hard to tell if Colm had misinterpreted the joke, or if he was actually making one of his own and Jacob was in fact the one who wasn't getting it. You never could tell for sure with these sorts of things, though Jacob was beginning to suspect that it may have been a little bit too much to exp...

Billie was taken aback by David's question, realizing that despite travelling together for a day, she still hadn't told David what weapon she had been assigned. Like, he didn't seem like too bad of a guy, but the memory of her encounter with Dani still stuck in her head, and there was no guarantee t...

As stupid as it was, Jacob couldn't deny that he felt a sense of childish glee at the reaction he got. It wasn't enough to fully make up for the last couple of days, but little moments like this definitely did ease the sting a little bit. It was like they always said: beggars couldn't be choosers. O...

Jacob gazed at Colm with a curious expression, momentarily unsure of how to proceed, given that the initial reaction he had received was not seemingly like one that he could evolve into something more useful any time soon. His initial goal of coming off as dangerously insane was by now seeming fairl...

Jacob cocked his head far to the side in an exaggerated motion as he watched Colm take his seat. This guy really wasn't taking this too seriously, considering the subject matter of their conversation, but that was fine. Of all the possible responses to hearing about an actual honest-to-god murder (w...

Billie ignored David's question as leaned back in her chair, biting down hard on her lip as she looked around, desperately scanning the area for any sign of movement. Coping or crazy, it didn't really matter to her - the fact that this person was out of sight was a big enough problem regardless. No ...

Jacob felt his heart stop for a moment as his task was interrupted by the unwelcome appearance of one of his classmates. He pulled the not yet clean enough knife from under the water, painfully aware of the splotches of dried blood which still stubbornly clung to its blade. He should have known that...

((Billie Sommerfield continued from Butter First, Then Honey )) Billie continued to push forward over the uneven ground, doing her best to keep up with David despite her aching arms. She had no idea where they were going, but at the same time, she didn't feel like asking. She doubted that David had ...

((Jacob Lang continued from Cold Blows the Wind )) Jacob stared bleary-eyed into the morning sky as he trudged down the beach, slowly making his way back down to the site of yesterday's confrontation. His whole body felt like it was made of lead - not only was he operating on zero sleep, but all the...

Billie continued to stare over the frozen wasteland below. They still had a while before sunset, but with how long it took her to get up here, they had better start moving now if they wanted to make it down before the lights went out. She disengaged the brakes in her chair as she began to turn herse...

((Jacob Lang continued from Ocean Man )) The sun had completed its descent beyond the horizon by the time Jacob came to a stop by particularly ominous looking dead tree. Maybe it had been struck by lightning or something - it definitely looked like something had messed it up a while back. Maybe ther...

Billie couldn't argue with that. Honestly, it was probably not so different from what she would have said herself if the positions were reversed. Relaxing a little, she wheeled a bit closer to David, her eyes glancing over his empty hands before returning to his face. Satisfied, she turned to look o...

Billie eyed David suspiciously. She had no reason to doubt his explanation; their kidnappers didn't seem to be picky about where they dumped everyone's unconscious bodies, and the fact that she had woken up quite a bit earlier than he seemed to have done could be explained by dozens of potential irr...

Jacob nearly jumped out of his skin at Donovan's sudden appearance. His whole body contorted with a start, a purely harmless gesture aside from the slight movement of his thumb, reflexively pressing down on the small button located on the handle of his knife. There was the faint noise of a spring un...