he didn’t like this at all, not one bit, not in anyway. aristotle was happily hidden in the woods, in his cabin far away from people he could hurt. now he’s smack dab in the middle of an overcrowded city and on edge constantly. he can barely sleep, eat, and he flinches if anyone even gets within a foot of him. dark eyes remain on the floor, a constant repeat in his head of stay calm stay calm stay calm stay calm. he can’t monster out and hurt anyone else. he has too much blood on his hands already. though as expected a shoulder collides with his own, eyes flash black for a moment and a growl slips free. ❝ back the fuck off !!! ❞
appearing in a new world, a world where words were backwards and fictional characters were real, would’ve been confusing for anyone. but for harriet, it pulsed through her veins, her head span. in the new world - fake york, as it was being called - everything was feeling so much pain. emotional, physical, it was vivid and colourful, and it just so happened that harriet’s power was to manipulate pain. she desperately wanted to remove it, to help to the best of her ability, but it was overwhelming. she couldn’t control the pain of others without trying, but that didn’t mean she didn’t feel a buzz when someone was in desperate need. and there were so many in desperate, desperate need. caught in her own mind, she’s about to apologise for shouldering past someone, when the voice CLICKS in her head. “ari?” she whizzes around, eyes alert, disbelieving. she hasn’t seen him since-- since jon’s death. she thought he was dead, too. she wants to hug him, even takes a step forward to do so, but he looks terrifying. worse, he looks terrified. “ari, where the-” she chokes on her own words. “-where the fuck have you been? i thought you were dead- you- you arsehole!” while her words hold their fair share of anger, it’s ari. one of her closest friends for years. she’s not mad, she’s never been more relieved in her life.