#sd meme

“You can’t maintain this, can you?” he hummed pleasantly, button eyes twitching as they raked over his prisoner. Schneeplestein was nearly doubled over, quivering and swaying as he strained to hold his own weight. “How long has it been now since you sat or slept? Mm...three days? Four? Poor little pest...You look like you’re about to collapse. You know what will happen if you do.” 

“Marvin...” Jameson pleaded, tugging at the edge of his cape for his attention. “Marvin...please lie down, if only for a little while. You cannot go on like this.”

“I can’t sleep,” Jack breathed, his eyes dim and haunted as he stared helplessly up at his doctor. “I try to close my eyes and I just see...the table...and the pumpkin and the knife a-and the blood.” A shudder coursed through him and he took a hurried breath, wiping the heels of his palms over his eyes. “I’m sorry.”

“Now, now, no slipping quietly away into the night. Stay with me, hero.” Dark’s sly sneer was accented by a tendril of his aura winding around Jackieboy’s throat, giving him a violent lurch that made his head snap up and down with enough force for whiplash. “This wouldn’t be a comfortable place to doze off.”

“Chase Brody!” Schneep’s voice was frustrated and grating, like a knife dragging down the side of Chase’s throbbing head. “You were meant to have break time two hours ago! You never actually take it, did you?”

He didn’t have the strength to lie, prying his cramping fingers away from the mouse and burying his face in them with a shuddering sigh. “M’sorry. M’sorry, I lost track. My h-head really hurts,” he quavered, muffled in his palms. Schneep’s hand on his back made him flinch until it started rubbing in a soothing circle. 

“Okay, Janson, okay, take a breather if you need it. Take a rest,” Marvin cautioned, his suspicions confirmed when the Glitch spasmed and promptly collapsed to the floor, gasping for breath. Crouching beside him, Marvin offered a squeeze to his shoulder. “You’re doing really well. I’m proud of you.”

A ripple of exhausted pride passed over Janson’s face. “I ̶c̨an...d̨o͘ ̶better,” he promised breathlessly as he slumped against the wall. “Jus͜t a ͡f̨i̧ve ̶minutȩ b̵reak...th͢en͝ ͘I'lļ d͏o̷ even b̡et̡ter...I͘ ̡c͠an...” His eyes were already flickering closed as he trailed off. 

Snorting softly in amusement, Marvin shifted his hand higher, brushing back strands of his hair. “No, I think we’re done for the day.”