The price that I pay to survive seems so high

[silentabyss]

WHO: Noah & You!
WHAT: September Catch-all
WHERE: Around :)
WHEN: Month of September
WARNINGS: Self-harm, suicide attempts, PTSD, general angst, literally none of the threads in here are going to be happy folks I don't know what to say



Unfortunately, they've been separated.

All prompts listed are OPEN unless stated otherwise and trigger-tagged appropriately in the headers. This is literally the saddest shit I've ever written y'all. I cannot be sued for emotional damages.

Feel free to wildcard on this log too, with the caveat being that the thread must be sad, because this is the sad log for sadness.

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[silentabyss]

[He turns his head toward her as she's telling the tale, looking... maybe not happier, but at least some of the life has returned to his eyes? A tiny bit?]

Sportacus... is one of your close friends, right? I remember you talked about him before. ...he's probably waiting for you to come home, so make sure you get out of here.

[closewithnewintown]

Oh, no. He doesn't wait for anything. He can barely wait his turn. [grins, shaking her head.] No... If he knows I'm gone, he hasn't stopped looking for me. Not for even one second.

[the smile falters, just slightly.]

It's just the magic of this place, is all. It's a lot. Even for a slightly above average hero. But, I know he'll find me. He always does.

[silentabyss]

...He sounds like a nice person. Dedicated.

[Noah offers a smile which quickly fades, given the circumstances; even still, he means it. It's nice that Stephanie has someone to rely on.]

You'll get out of here. You and Sportacus can turn it into a race of which one of you finds the other first.

[closewithnewintown]

He might need rescuing just as much as I do, really. The other kids in town aren't exactly... reliable. I don't even wanna think about what a mess they've made without me.

[pauses, thinking] I think you'd like one of my friends back home. Pixel. He's closer to your age than me. And he's a little bit like Add, if Add wasn't a big jerk. All about technology. He'd go nuts about your magic, though. Just like his video games.

... I want to introduce you all to them. It's why I'm hoping that exchange program next month isn't... entirely an awful trick. I just want to check in on them so bad.

[silentabyss]

Yeah, I hope it's not a trick either.

[Because some people deserve to go home. Sometimes Noah wonders why Elrios wasn't on the list, but then again, would he really want to go back? He's in the same mental state no matter where he goes, so it doesn't really matter. No matter what, he has no home to return to.

At least here, he has a bed.]

I just... I don't want it to be like the elevator was for everyone. I... I'd like to meet your friends, too.