Collette was pacing. She didn’t like this. She didn’t like not being able to leave. It had been exciting at first, a storm forcing them all together. It gave her the chance to talk to the people she wanted, but now what did she do? She wanted to scream or run. Running would actually help, but she couldn’t without disturbing everyone else. She kept pacing in the hallway until she saw something interesting. Roof Access. She wasn’t sure if it’d be open, but if it was, she could be outside for a bit, even if it was in the middle of the storm. She went over to the door quickly, pushing the bar experimentally to see if it would even budge under her hands. When the bar didn’t move, Lettie grunted and pushed harder. Realizing it was no use, she groaned and put her forehead to the door. “Fuck.”

for a moment, ryan was fine. she had found somewhere to collect herself among her things that were packed neatly in a bag she never used. she bought it one random afternoon thinking she’d use it one day on some grand expedition. but soon enough, it resided sadly on the top of her storage closet, collecting dust as she came and went. she looks around now and sees bustling bodies in the community center, gathering and greeting, some smile and some look serious. ryan thinks that this is what people must write about in novels, or sing about in songs. that overly stated cliche sentiment of feeling alone in a crowded room. she could disappear now, and nothing would change. it feels so absurdly real now, and suddenly ryan realizes that she’s crying. 

Complaints of the sleeping arrangements were a hot topic tonight, aside from everyone witnessing Reina rip Anthony apart. Andy hated how normal this felt for him, having spent so long in a large room of bunk beds only separated by partition walls. This was nothing new to him, but returning to the set up made his stomach churned. So, he dropped his blanket onto a small cot (one his feet would surely hang off of) in the corner of the open area, tossing his back pack down on top of it. He didn’t pack much, just a few essentials -- A pillow and a blanket, various granola bars stuffed at the bottom of his backpack, bottle of water, pack of cigarettes, and a few toiletries. Only the essentials. Truthfully, if it hadn’t been for his mother showing up at his door the night before, insisting upon his boarding up the windows and packing a bag, he wouldn’t have brought anything at all. Probably would have tried to stay home and wait the storm out in the comfort of his bed, no matter how terrible his home made him feel. 

Felicity was not going to sleep tonight. She relied on sleeping pills as is and with all the people in the town sleeping in the same area as her, she would be awake all night. She had never really been afraid of the threats she had received until this night. She felt safe in her own home but being so close to people who wanted to kill her had her on edge. She brought a notebook to take notes, hoping to overhear some secrets she could write about. She was busy making notes about Reina’s earlier outburst when she realized someone was near her. She looked up with a smirk, “And here I was hoping no one would notice me.” 

There was no night that Delphine did not sleep inside a ring of salt. Her mother used to put it around her crib when she was a baby, and when she had been in foster care, she’d draw the ring of salt around her tiny bed all on her own. She had extra cans of it in her apartment just in case. Today was no exception. She ignored the odd looks she got as she drew a white ring around her cot, ‘Here Come’s the Sun’ on full blast playing in her headphones. 

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Looking around at the crowded community center, Addison is less than thrilled that she’s being held hostage there for who knows how much longer. The sky had barely opened when Henry ushered her out of the house early on, apparently having decided for the both of them that they were better safe than sorry although she wasn’t exactly on board with that plan. Truthfully, she was glad to have gotten there hours before the crowd came in, if only because she'd gotten a prime cot location. Now, though, after being stuck in a place where tensions were clearly running high in every direction for so long, the whole thing was starting to take its toll.