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synthneon2023-12-08 03:31 pm
outlierdirector) wrote in synthneon2023-12-08 03:31 pm
oceanview || ❝ made a promise i'm coming out alive. ❞
Through the waves, I break
The nightmares finally over
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Why did I have to drag all these people into this? I thought that I could use them and their stories to help, but look at what that's brought everyone.
Jesse doesn't even have to tell him about Alice; he doesn't see her in a bad light, but it's easy for him to imagine that Alice might have seen him in one. Nearly everyone else does, so why shouldn't Alice too?
Maybe Jesse's starting to see him in a bad light now as well. ]
Then stop looping. [ The words slip out before he can stop them. ] I don't want you to go, but maybe- It's like you said: Saga and I have to solve this because that's how the story goes. Of course I want you here, but you don't have to stay, not if you want to leave. If you stay, you and your people will keep being in danger, and I don't want that.
[ I hope she can understand that I'm not sending her away or saying I don't want her here. It just might be better for her to leave, and come back when this is over. ]
You get what I'm saying, right? You've helped me, you really have, but maybe... [ He trails off again, finding he can't finish his own sentence. ]
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« Really? He's the one caught in a loop. Maybe he meant it more for himself. » ]
None of us can leave the story, Alan. Not until you two end it. [ She slides off the table simply because their time has run out. The story has come knocking and they have to play to it's tune. Until they get to the point Alan has the freedom he needs to finish this thing. ] So, we get you to where you need to go to get this over with. Put a stop to Scratch, the Dark Presence, all of it.
[ « Then, we go from there. Even though I have the feeling "there" isn't where I want this to go. Thanks for sticking with me... through out all this. »
Polaris shifts. ]
"What are we doing, Faden?"
[ Jesse looks back to Alan once Steve speaks. ] Am I putting you back in the cell?
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Damn it, I just want to go home.
He scrubs his face a little more vigorously than is necessary, but he really just hates everything about this. He hates that he's trapped, but more than that, he hates that he's trapped all of them in this mess too. Everything is his fault, and until he can fix it, he might as well be the villain in this story. ]
Can we end it? I don't even know anymore. Maybe that's it; maybe Saga gets us to wherever we're supposed to be, and then... she ends it. Somehow. I can't even see how the ending is supposed to go.
[ Maybe he's not supposed to. Maybe the ending isn't one he decides. He made Saga the hero, didn't he? He can't remember doing it, but it seems to be what the story demands, so he must have. Why didn't I make Jesse the hero? What if the ending is fixed by Saga and Jesse and I'm just there to make sure it ends? ]
Yeah, I guess so. Scratch is going to come back, and he'll probably try to screw around with all of you again, so I'm better off being in the cell.
[ Unless something else happens, something none of us expect. But I can't see what's coming, so the cell's our best bet, right? ]
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[ She doesn't let herself think what she would--she already has. Alan keeps spiraling and she can't let herself be taken down into it any longer. She has to stand on the top, hand out, pulling him up until he can pull himself out. Just a helping hand, not a hero.
Steve joins them with a small frown and a knowing look. Jesse's eyes narrow--but they can talk about it later. Reports. The old Ranger pulls out a pair of familiar handcuffs and holds them up towards Alan. ]
"Sorry, Wake."
We'll be ready for Scratch, Alan.
[ « As much as the story will let us be anyways. » ]
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He's not afraid for himself, exactly, but rather, he's afraid of what will happen to them when Scratch appears and starts turning everything into chaos. What if they get hurt or worse because of him? They might say that what Scratch does is not Alan's fault, but he still finds that hard to believe. ]
It's fine. It's what needs to happen to delay Scratch a little longer. [ Alan knows it won't do very much at all, because something like handcuffs isn't enough to stop him, but he'd rather have the handcuffs than nothing. ]
Yeah. [ He knows that Jesse and Steve will make sure they're as ready as they can be, but he still worries that it won't be enough. ] I'm sorry about all this. [ He knows his apologies don't mean very much, but he can't just walk into the cell without saying them. ]
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The next time she sees Alan? It won't be Alan. Then, she'd truly see him again at the end of the road--metaphorically. Her hands tremble at the idea of powerlessness.
« It wasn't like WE were supposed to be the heroes. We weren't supposed to bring Alan home. He just brought us here and then ... the story changed. I hate all of it. »
Night finally settles. The street lamps shine in the thickness that has covered Bright Falls. Jesse moves from each power block, making sure they are not only charged with paranatural energy, but cleansing them as well. A touch of Polaris just to help the light in anyway. She's already cleansed the control points of the sheriff's building. ]