WHAT HAPPENED TO THE GIRL YOU ONCE WERE? the reminder of the night amy, mermaid fanatic with permanent flushed cheeks & childlike heart, turned into survivor, dark circles beneath her eyes & the light inside her knocked out & dirt stained nails, flood into her memory like a punctuating knife. causes shoulders to tense & lift sheepishly, yellow teeth digging into the flesh of cracked lips. " the world ended. " amy says, indistinctively & vaguely teasing as her brow lifts. then she sighs, gives in. " i was with survivors at first. my sister, too. we had a camp. but uh ━ it got overrun. i ran without thinking. i didn’t ( don’t. ) know how to defend myself very well, so i figured i’d run. and i did. i ran, ran, and ran. before i knew it, i was lost. like.. who knew how many trees looked so similar, right? " humorless laugh leaves her canvas, shaking her head. “ i found my way back and they were gone. i found other people awhile later but... " she leaves it empty because really: it’s what always happens nowadays. lips part, blues lifting at the figure before her. “ i guess shit just happens, right? “
"can i ask... what happened?" @bulletdrop