[ Jesse smiles fondly at him. She thinks it helps--that he helps. There was nothing to point her in the way of what to do in Ordinary. Not until they were able to reach Polaris again. Even then, it didn't bring the people back that were missing. It didn't fix their town. It just stopped everything.
She imagines he has more than her and Polaris. There are plenty of people who would help famous Alan Wake. There's that loud mouth agent that is walking around town threatening authorities about Alan. Rose is his biggest fan. Supposedly. She drugged him, didn't she?
Jesse and Alan make their way in the direction of Mirror Peak. She holds his hand, except when they're assaulted by Taken that they can't run away from. They cross through the leftovers of an old mining town, and Jesse has to wonder if all of this is present during the day. Or, did it just happen for the story? There are ghost towns of the old mining aspects of Bright Falls and Watery, but, something about it just feels off.
They eventually find their way to Mirror Peak. Jesse falls in line behind Alan, hands on his back to make sure she doesn't lose him. A scream suddenly fills the air and she can feel a shift. Her head snaps the way of the scream, and Alan seems to shift into another mindset. He tells her to stay where she is in the light, and dashes off on the path ahead. ]
Alan!
"I'm sorry! Please, lady! The boss didn't know who he was messing with! I swear, I didn't know! We don't have his wife! We don't know where she is! She probably drowned! We just said we had her to make him play ball, you see, you see? To get him to write for us!"
[ « That's the voice of the guy on the phone. »
Polaris pulses in the direction Alan went. She can see the shimmer of her friend. Jesse wastes no time and takes off into the night, knowing Alan is ahead of her somewhere. ]
Alan, stop!
[ Jesse darts up the wooden stairs that leads to the peak outlook. Right as she comes to the top, her eyes land on the two men just ahead of her. Polaris shimmers again and she starts running as fast as she can to them. ]
Alan! Get away from him!
[ She suddenly is hit by a force she can't even see. A high pitched scream echoes in the air as a torendo forms. Jesse hits the ground on her side, looking up at the force of air and... just pure darkness. It almost seems to reach out and first grab the man, pulling it into the Dark whisps of wind. Jesse's eyes widen as she suddenly feels dread fill her.
Polaris tugs at her mind.
« That's it? The thing thats hunting him? The Dark Presence? It's... »
It isn't the same as the Not-Mother, but Jesse knows that feel of reality changing to something it shouldn't be. Something that doesn't belong invading in.
She pushes herself up and once again starts running towards Alan and yelling his name.
Too late.
The Dark Presence seems to launch the Writer off the look out.
Jesse's feet hit the wood of the lookout and she hits the railing full force. Her eyes scan the darkness below in hopes of seeing him. It's so dark that she doesn't think even a flashlight would be able to shine through. She moves to the other railing, climbing up one of the wood planks to lift herself higher in hopes of seeing more. ]
Alan? Alan!
[ The shift of waves roar up from Cauldron Lake below. The distant sound of engines from boats can be heard. Jesse, however, slumps against the railing with her whole body shaking. Polaris shimmers around her, but she can't even focus on what her friend is trying to tell her.
All she can feel is that same numbness that hit her when she realized every adult in Ordinary was gone. When all her friends were stuck with the Not-Mother. When they took Dylan.
Except this feels almost like a part of her has been torn off.
« Why--why does it feel this way? We... he can't be gone. Not like everyone else. Not him too. I just... »
I just found him. ]
[ However, for Alan, the dark waters recede. A familiar sense of home envelopes him. Open eyes would show the apartment he shares with Alice. Everything is as he left it before their split, before he went to Bright Falls.
The morning sun is even entering the windows.
Footsteps and movement can be heard from further in the apartment. Though, it's not Alice he finds. Instead a woman with bright red hair is making her way through the living room. Pulled back in a ponytail, a brown leather jacket, jeans, boots. She hasn't noticed he's awake. ]
—cauldron lake lodge.
She imagines he has more than her and Polaris. There are plenty of people who would help famous Alan Wake. There's that loud mouth agent that is walking around town threatening authorities about Alan. Rose is his biggest fan. Supposedly. She drugged him, didn't she?
Jesse and Alan make their way in the direction of Mirror Peak. She holds his hand, except when they're assaulted by Taken that they can't run away from. They cross through the leftovers of an old mining town, and Jesse has to wonder if all of this is present during the day. Or, did it just happen for the story? There are ghost towns of the old mining aspects of Bright Falls and Watery, but, something about it just feels off.
They eventually find their way to Mirror Peak. Jesse falls in line behind Alan, hands on his back to make sure she doesn't lose him. A scream suddenly fills the air and she can feel a shift. Her head snaps the way of the scream, and Alan seems to shift into another mindset. He tells her to stay where she is in the light, and dashes off on the path ahead. ]
Alan!
"I'm sorry! Please, lady! The boss didn't know who he was messing with! I swear, I didn't know! We don't have his wife! We don't know where she is! She probably drowned! We just said we had her to make him play ball, you see, you see? To get him to write for us!"
[ « That's the voice of the guy on the phone. »
Polaris pulses in the direction Alan went. She can see the shimmer of her friend. Jesse wastes no time and takes off into the night, knowing Alan is ahead of her somewhere. ]
Alan, stop!
[ Jesse darts up the wooden stairs that leads to the peak outlook. Right as she comes to the top, her eyes land on the two men just ahead of her. Polaris shimmers again and she starts running as fast as she can to them. ]
Alan! Get away from him!
[ She suddenly is hit by a force she can't even see. A high pitched scream echoes in the air as a torendo forms. Jesse hits the ground on her side, looking up at the force of air and... just pure darkness. It almost seems to reach out and first grab the man, pulling it into the Dark whisps of wind. Jesse's eyes widen as she suddenly feels dread fill her.
Polaris tugs at her mind.
« That's it? The thing thats hunting him? The Dark Presence? It's... »
It isn't the same as the Not-Mother, but Jesse knows that feel of reality changing to something it shouldn't be. Something that doesn't belong invading in.
She pushes herself up and once again starts running towards Alan and yelling his name.
Too late.
The Dark Presence seems to launch the Writer off the look out.
Jesse's feet hit the wood of the lookout and she hits the railing full force. Her eyes scan the darkness below in hopes of seeing him. It's so dark that she doesn't think even a flashlight would be able to shine through. She moves to the other railing, climbing up one of the wood planks to lift herself higher in hopes of seeing more. ]
Alan? Alan!
[ The shift of waves roar up from Cauldron Lake below. The distant sound of engines from boats can be heard. Jesse, however, slumps against the railing with her whole body shaking. Polaris shimmers around her, but she can't even focus on what her friend is trying to tell her.
All she can feel is that same numbness that hit her when she realized every adult in Ordinary was gone. When all her friends were stuck with the Not-Mother. When they took Dylan.
Except this feels almost like a part of her has been torn off.
« Why--why does it feel this way? We... he can't be gone. Not like everyone else. Not him too. I just... »
I just found him. ]
[ However, for Alan, the dark waters recede. A familiar sense of home envelopes him. Open eyes would show the apartment he shares with Alice. Everything is as he left it before their split, before he went to Bright Falls.
The morning sun is even entering the windows.
Footsteps and movement can be heard from further in the apartment. Though, it's not Alice he finds. Instead a woman with bright red hair is making her way through the living room. Pulled back in a ponytail, a brown leather jacket, jeans, boots. She hasn't noticed he's awake. ]