Looked like there was some sort of meeting being formed over at Yukiko's tower. Jack couldn't help but feel a little more relieved. A meeting meant a plan, and a plan meant no more wandering around aimlessly. And that was good. Trying to ignore his slight headache (Had his mom packed him any ibuprof...

((Jack McDonald continued from Allow Me To Begin )) The journey from the hotel was conducted mostly in - pardon the pun - dead silence. Jack was personally happy to comply with that - there was nothing he really had to say, nor was there anything he really wanted to say. At the same time, it felt......

Jack bit his lip. He bit his lip so hard that if he had chewed all the way through and exposed his jaw, he wouldn't have been the least bit surprised. The eternal silence was back. The not knowing what to say. The feeling of helplessness. The feeling that whatever was said next wouldn't do nearly a ...

Things were happening so quickly, and yet they seemed to last a lifetime. Before he could even do anything about Yukiko, Jenna was screaming at Edgar again. Before he could even think of a response, she had picked up the weed whacker and was now pointing it threateningly at him. Jack was having trou...

Life wasn't fair. The realization probably hit Jack around the same time Yukiko's head hit the truck. It was a sickening sound that incited an instant recoil from him, turning around and shutting his eyes, just trying to get the sound out of his head. It was akin to the sound of a garage door hittin...

Despite the harrowing circumstances, Jack couldn't help but let a small smile slip out when Jenna backed off a little. It was a miniscule victory, not to mention one only over another member of the group he was already in, but it was a start. It honestly wasn't that often that Jack won a serious arg...

Jack was standing now - no, pacing. He was looking straight at the ground, not even able to look at his conversation partner for the time being. It was just...so much. He had thought they were past this point by now. He thought they were making progress. Now to feel like they were back at square one...

Honestly, at this point Jack wasn't sure whether he liked it better when everyone was silent or when people were talking. When there was talking, he felt restless; when someone was speaking, it was always something bad. It exhausted him way too quickly. And, of course, it was about Yukiko. He carefu...

((Jack McDonald continued from Crowds )) Beep. After three full days and three full nights on the island, Jack finally learned what the sound of the collars being primed to explode was. In fact, their kidnappers had been 'generous' enough to give him multiple experiences with it - first a singular o...

Throughout most of his life, Jack had wondered what dying felt like, and it was especially prominent throughout the past couple of days. One of those morbid thoughts that shuffles into your brain and is discarded just as quickly. Still, it was an interesting question. A "you have to experience ...

((Jack McDonald continued from Sunrise )) Time was a weird concept. At least, that was one of the thoughts Jack had been dwelling on the past couple days. He had always considered himself sort of scatter-brained, but the island only did more to highlight that. All the time spent wandering gave him t...

((Skipping post order just because it's so close to crunch time.)) Jack nodded in agreement at Jenna's plan. A big part of him really didn't want to leave such a comfy, stable shelter... but another part of him was getting paranoid about sitting around in one place for too long. Some movement would ...

Jack smiled. "No problem. Oh yeah, Jenna kinda went to go try and find supplies and stuff. She should be back soon. Until then, I guess we just... hang here." Still not feeling confdent enough to actually spend time with Yukiko yet, Jack opted to head back down the hall to the front of the...

Jack bit down on his lip. Nothing but immediate regret, despite the lack of any negative consequences so far. It just felt... wrong . He felt nosy. He felt pushy. He felt... wrong. He knew, rationally, that all these fears were unfound, but that tiny glimmer of confidence in his brain was being shov...

Jack paused, thought over the rather innocuous question, and sighed, resting his head on the door in front of him. This was already harder than he had hoped it would be. "Look... I... I was just hoping we could talk about... you know, what happened." Nope. This wasn't going to work. This w...