hey guys! As you can probably tell from the title of this post, I really don't think I can continue writing in V7, at least as it is, because I genuinely am not good at balancing things and there's a lot more on my plate this year in regards to academic workload and extracurriculars, so I'll be adop...

A trial? Okay.

A lawyer? Fine.

She sniffled a little, looked down and then back up.

Back up at Darlene, eyes still wet, nails still digging in.

"Could you help?"

"You need a hand with that?"

Mike turned back now, head still hanging.

"Ready if you are."

Always someone else there, of course.

That was the nicest bit.

((Mike Brown, continued elsewhere))

It was really hard to resist the urge to just shrug, 'cause really what the fuck-else was there to do,because Angie didn't seem right and Mike didn't know how to make that right, so he was just gonna talk and hope for the- "Well, uh, we could like get some wood or something? Try to set up a lit...

'Rako had the gun, had given it to her. Adele had it back now, still no sign of Cheri. She was gonna let that be, just for now. She turned her back to Charelle, face stony, eyes unmoving. No crack, no nothing. No feeling. Couldn't think about what could happen. Just about was, right now, and what ha...

It...it seemed alright now. Aight, really, just a little bit of good trickling it's way into this place. Ramsey was moving, Ramsey was alive , and Angie seemed really like that too for the first time he'd seen her here. And yeah, they were happy. 'S good, great, he should've felt happy too. Lightene...

She was pulled suddenly, graceful as the ugly duckling herself. Nothing but a whimper came out, metal tight around her neck as she sputtered. Maybe she could have tried to get out, crawl away, plead, but just as Darlene's shouting began, Kelly found herself unable to speak. This was-this couldn't be...

((Tonya Collins, continued from Rakshasa Country)) Even now, more than fucking ever, Tonya still wasn't gonna face the cameras. Still wasn't gonna let them see her. She wasn't a weak bitch. Wasn't a pussy who'd just roll over and die. She was strong, wasn't she? God, she'd never felt more like a wea...

"Wh-" And just like that, the bis-no, no, no, the bitch was out, taking the gun and their hopes, their dreams out with her. Her feet stayed stuck, glued, but her mouth didn't. "GET THE FUCKING GUN." It slipped out, again, but this time she was right. This time, there would be jus...

"Okay, okay," Adele said, model of power, poise, patience. Big sister, watching over with rolled eyes but a caring mind. "If you know so much, have at it."

With a grimace forced into a grin, she held the gun out.

The gun was in her hand now. She was now holding the gun. And honestly, it kind of scared Adele how good that felt, cold chunk of metal strong and steadfast. Something like home, really, even if it wasn't the same kinda type of pistol. Still had the same feel, same pull, and of course, the same trig...

Angie was screaming again, which wasn't great, and saying that it wasn't great changed nothing still left them here in the rain as the guy he was pretty sure he liked was like dead or something with his sister screaming and it was a lot so- It was a lot, so who could blame Mike for just taking a ste...

Soon enough, Jonah left, fear in his eyes. If she was still her, well, that her, she would've been saddened by that, taken it as some kind of rejection, but for now, she could take it in stride, let it all fall as it did. They didn't like her, no, but if that dislike was enough to make sure they wou...

It was a new dawn, a new day, and Adele was feeling...not good, but certainly a heck of a lot better than she'd usually felt throughout the rest of the time she was stuck here. In fact, she felt good enough to change into a new outfit, bright yellow romper, leggings, and white tennis shoes, a little...

So, yeah, fucked up shit, right? Like really fucked up, which was why Mike couldn't just be quiet like a mouse or something when he saw Ramsey. Just natural, just all instinct, but like, probably not super smart. Well, definitely not, considering Angie was now screaming at Ramsey about how he needed...