❄ fifteenth reminder

[echidna]

[ phone ]

Um... [ This is not the usual bright, cheerful Jade speaking on the phone. She sounds exhausted and empty, and definitely like she just got done crying. ] I, sorry, I'm bothering you right now- I, um, just need-

[ She wails, somewhat dramatically, and the tears come again. ]

I can't do anything right...

[ mayfield high ]

[ The weather outside is cold and wintery, but inside the school the temperature is about as normal as it gets. Jade however, is completely bundled up from head to toe, trying to hide the new glowing green state of her body. A soft glow still emanates through her clothing, but she's doing her best to avoid notice. Occasionally a whimper escapes the moving pile of clothes, but she doesn't have much of anything to say. ]

[ around mayfield ]

[ She's less bundled up than before, having determined that trying to hide the horrible glowing is as unequivocally hopeless as everything else. It doesn't matter where she is, in a store, on the street, something manages to set off the water works and she finds herself reaching for the nearest dry think to wipe her tears and blow her nose - your shirt. ]

Comments

[echidna]

[ Jade doesn't know Winry very well at all, but this actually works in her favor at the moment. She sniffles beneath her layers, shaking her head slightly. ]

Not really...

[handsforhealing]

I'm sorry to hear that...

[ Winry doesn't know why she needs so many blankets and decides not to press it too much. She won't question anyone's methods during all of this chaos. ]

Anything I can do?

[echidna]

[ Even with all the layers, it's easy to tell she's trembling beneath them. ]

You should probably just leave me alone forever boo hoo.

[handsforhealing]

Hey, don't say things like that. Leaving you alone won't help it.

[ She notices the trembling... not cold, so maybe... ] Is something scaring you?