#intrepidity

[   *   AS REAL EDDIE IS IN THE DREAM REALM ,  EXHAUSTED ,  HE WHISPERS   :   ❛   Nothing feels real now .   ❜   ]   — — —   It watches ,  knows ,  and there has been a burning present in itself since that tragic moment .   It can not name this sick sense .   [   UNDERSTAND ,  YOU UNDERSTAND   ;   HOW THERE ARE STRANGE SHAPES WHO WILL FOREVER FOLLOW YOU ,  KILL YOU FOR BEING AN INHUMAN   —    ]   The gli- gli- glitch tries to ignore the lingeing pain and looks over to Eddie .   Sad gaze meets the endless emptiness within him ,  where was once hellfire and fun fantasies .   (   Gone ,  as the rest of his hope ,  dead as he will be too soon if the question is still left unanswered with the truth for much more longer .   )  It sits beside @intrepidity​ .

SLOWLY ,  CAREFULLY ,  IT HOLDS HIS HAND .   It tries to provide him something that it gives itself when no one else does .   (   Knows how to with a thing like it   —   )   ❝   I’m re- rea- real ,   ❞   it whispers back ,  recalling the first time it met Eddie in the distorted dreams as now ,  where nothing is real and nowhere is real and no one is real except for you and I   —   ❝   I’m here .   ❞   Offering Eddie a meek smile ,  it gives him a gentle squeeze ,  a reminder that he is not alone now .   Not ever again .

❝   With you .  ❞

          •°. *࿐ ❝Well hello there, handsome❞, the vixen smiles as her arms wrap around Eddie’s neck, fingers locked behind and beneath his hair, ❝I am Tomie. What should I call you, mm?❞

             ❛  this doesn’t quite seem like your scene, munson. what, no campaign to work on tonight?  ❜ a hip is pressed against the edge of the counter on her side, an eyebrow raised towards the long haired boy before her. she wouldn’t never expected to see eddie munson step foot into arcade palace. ❛  don’t tell me you’re looking for your boys.  ❜

body  jolts  as  a  passing  fist  connects  with  the  side  of  the  rv,  a  cheer  rising  from  the  offending  towns  person.  she  hears  that  phrase  again,  as  whoever  it  is  excitably  chatters  with  their  friends   -    hunt  the  freak.  it  seems  the  entire  town  had  descended  on  the  war  zone.      ❝   everyone’s  looking  for  -    ❞    him.  wide  eyes  turn  to  @intrepidity​.  sat  across  from  her,  hiding  from  the  large  window  that  might  give  away  their  position  if  anyone  was  to  look  too  closely.  chrissy  nudges  the  tip  of  her  shoe  against  his,  a  smile  on  her  lips  that  she  hopes  is  somewhat  reassuring.  she  can’t  imagine  what  it  must  feel  like  to  know  most  of  the  town  is  swarming  on  a  place  that  sells  weapons  and  guns   -   all  to  use  against  him.    ❝   keep  your  head  up.   ❞

        “and i have this dream where i’m screaming underwater,   while my friends are all waving from the shore.”