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000129 ([personal profile] 000129) wrote in [community profile] paradisa2014-04-01 03:11 pm
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[There's a deep inhale, the shaking sounds of a surprised breath following soon after. It's sudden, a hint of panic reaching the voice that is quick to speak. The voice is quiet at first, nearly unhinged.]

Ellie?

Wh-- [A few more heavy breaths are heard as well as the sound of a bed rustling beneath her. This clearly wasn't what she was expecting to wake up to.]

...shit.

(ooc. UGH IGNORE MY ICON RENAMING FAIL)
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[personal profile] nohalfway 2014-04-01 10:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Of course, the initial call of her name takes her attention, but the voice that calls? The familiarity is both distant, yet right in front of her. It's been over a year, has she lost her mind? ]

[ The immediate thought of who that voice belongs to makes her want to deny it completely, old memories coming back to haunt her and causing her throat to burn. ]

[ Another thought passes-- Tess is here too... ]

Wh--
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[personal profile] nohalfway 2014-04-01 10:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She takes a shaken breath, eyes staring at her journal and wondering if she really is going insane or just dreaming. Ellie looks to her arm, still scarred and speaking the words of a traumatic memory. ]

...

[ But she swallows whatever feelings she has, eyebrows furrowing as she opens her mouth to speak. She could be wrong. Maybe there are other Ellies in other worlds or... Something. ]

R...

Riley?
fearbringer: (ooh‚ I'm sorry)

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[personal profile] fearbringer 2014-04-01 10:26 pm (UTC)(link)
Somebody sounds new.

[Totally keeping this spoken because mmmm, that delicious fear.]
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i am so prepared for this

[personal profile] nohalfway 2014-04-01 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Ellie's eyes go wide enough to practically fall out of their sockets, she puts her hand over her mouth, a painful lump forming in the back of her throat. It's... It's her. ]

Holy shit.

[ The last time she saw her... The last she even spoke to her... It involved a gun. It involved a gun and a goodbye, and yet here she is. Ellie has to take a good few minutes to gather herself just to keep herself from panicking, and she can barely focus with her heart pounding as fast as it is. ]

We're...

Oh my god--

Where are you? I'll explain it when... I just...

I have to see you.
fearbringer: (it's standard)

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[personal profile] fearbringer 2014-04-01 10:47 pm (UTC)(link)
If you are new, I don't think I should bother telling you yet. You might not believe me, and you'll be much easier to convince once you've learned a little more about how this place works.

Until then, you may call me Pitch Black.
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[personal profile] dog_eat_dog 2014-04-01 10:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[Tess will just be eavesdropping on Riley and Ellie's conversation for now. Furtively washing dishes and all, not listening at allllll, nope.
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[personal profile] nohalfway 2014-04-01 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Ellie, meanwhile, is quickly getting herself out the door and on her way through the castle. Without even a word to Joel and Tess. ]

Yeah... Yeah, we're safe here. I know it seems like total bullshit, but I need you to open the door to whatever room you're in and give me the number.

Nothing's out there. No infected, no hunters or soldiers, I promise.

[ She's panting, it's obvious that she's running and rushing to get to her. All she can do is keep going, regardless of the disbelief and utter fear that resides in her. It's not fear of Riley, but fear of the general arrival. How is she supposed to handle this? How did Joel handle Tess suddenly being alive again? All Ellie can think about is the way Riley had looked when she'd finally turned... When her eyes glazed over with that yellow film, the fungus slowly seeping through her pores and building a hardened shell over her features-- That wet roar that came from her when she screamed... ]

[ And the smoke that shrouded her face as it billowed from her gun, the gun that Ellie had to take in her own hands. She still remembers the burning in her gut, the bile that fought its way out of her at the sight of Riley's blown-in forehead. It was quick, painless, just as Riley said it would be... But... ]

[ She shakes her head when she feels her eyes start to pool with tears, and she forces herself to keep talking. ]

I'm probably gonna feel like shit for asking but, what's the last thing you remember?
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[personal profile] nohalfway 2014-04-02 12:02 am (UTC)(link)
[ Ellie sighs, weakly chuckling at the dark nature of her response. ]

Yeah, that... Sounds about right.

[ Almost there, and Ellie feels like she isn't running fast enough. Her feet feel like cinder blocks, her blood feels like tar, but she keeps moving. ]

[ And once she gets to that room? She stops, hand hovering over the doorknob as she hesitates to pull it. What if this is a trick? What if the castle is banking in on all the wishes she'd made upon arrival? What if this is just the start of a nightmare...?]

[ No. She has to see her. Ellie takes a deep breath, quickly forcing the door open in hopes of seeing her best friend alive behind it. ]

Riley?!

[ And she sees her, right in front of her, seemingly alive and well and... ]

Oh fuck.

[ Her eyes grow wide once again, bottom lip trembling as her stomach sinks. ]

You're....

You're really alive.
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[personal profile] nohalfway 2014-04-02 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
[ The door closes behind her, and she just... Stares. Everything that happened looms over her head like a heavy storm cloud. There was so much blood... She'd never shot someone a day in her life, and the first time was her best friend. Her heart beats out her ears, her hands are shaking, and she's trying so hard to not break down like some big baby. But Riley was dead. She's been dead for a while now. Yet here she is... ]

[ Ellie lets out a shaken breath, her gaze casting down to her feet as she tries to muster a smile but it falls flat. Looking at her is like looking back on a bad dream, all she can picture is how she looked when she turned. That single song they had shared playing on a loop, the blast of the shotgun echoing in the background. ]

[ Babe, I got you, babe... ]

[ It's like she's in disbelief and terror all at once because she had to shoot her. But here she is, fine and in perfect health and she fights not to lose herself when relief fights to let those tears out. Even trough the shock is relief, happiness... She missed her so fucking much. ]

Oh my god--

[ She finally lets it go, running to Riley with arms wide as she collapses into her. She holds her close, tight, face burying into her shoulder when the tears when the battle like the dicks they are. ]

I'm so sorry! I'm so fucking sorry!
fearbringer: (here's a job I could do:)

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[personal profile] fearbringer 2014-04-02 01:08 am (UTC)(link)
Very creepy, yes.

Am I right in assuming you're new, by the way?
fearbringer: (yeah‚ I saw four aliens in a car)

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[personal profile] fearbringer 2014-04-02 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
... No, new to the castle.

You thought this was some sort of afterlife?
fearbringer: (it's standard)

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[personal profile] fearbringer 2014-04-02 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
Ha.

But no, you're wrong there. The truth is far... stranger.
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[personal profile] nohalfway 2014-04-02 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
[ God, it's been so long and she can barely touch where they went wrong. But all Ellie can focus on is having to pull that trigger. Having to let go of someone she cared for so much. It was the reason she couldn't let go of Joel, and it's the reason she's been so scared to get close to others. ]

[ Ellie pulls away, still holding tightly to Riley. The tears are free falling, pouring down her face as she looks to Riley with so much tired anguish. ]


No, no you had dreams, Riley. We lived in a shithole.

[ She softly sobs, head hanging low as her fingers dig into her jacket. ]

Fuck, it's been so hard.

It's been so fucking hard since you died. I never....

[ Ellie shutters, her body giving in to the tremors that her flood of emotions cause. ]

I never turned! I waited for days and nothing happened!
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[personal profile] dog_eat_dog 2014-04-02 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
[Yeeeep.

Tess is following on the journal now that Ellie's left. Oh ho ho, what's all this about?]

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