❄ 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]

[ She's alarmed to see him like this, hugging herself protectively and eyeing him suspiciously. ]

Hiccup?

[worstvikingever]

[He's eyeing her suspiciously right back. He doesn't say anything. Random spurts of fire spewing out of his mouth have discouraged him from talking at all, especially since they've burned the inside of his mouth and throat pretty badly.

So he just stares suspiciously.]

[echidna]

[ She sniffles, trying to keep back the tears for now. ]

What's wrong with you?

[worstvikingever]

[What's wrong with you? You're glowing green.]