@dustiis
Dried leaves crunched beneath his feet as he walked, dark eyes fixed on the ground as he followed the unseen and fading trail. It was a faint shadow, a stain in the air and earth itself, and was fading even still. That lingering wrong energy dwindling with the passage of time... To him it was like a hum, a soft whisper in his mind, and he was determined to follow it to wherever it lead. There were trails such as the one he currently followed lining Hawkins, he'd found. Some were as the one he currently walked- ever softening- while others were sharp and jagged and still bristling with a thing both familiar and unknown to him...
Jack had left his motorcycle parked along the road in order to follow this path, hoping that perhaps a more faded one might lead him to the answers he sought. He paused in a small clearing, dark eyes scanning the area until they fell upon a tree. Approaching he dropped down to a knee and moved to press his palm against the trunks, fingers tracing along the bark. He inhaled sharply through his nose before letting it out in an exasperated huff upon the realization that this trail simply ended here... as though it had entered into the tree and vanished entirely.
Another dead-end.
"Son-of-a-bitch..." The biker muttered with a shake of his head, standing back up and stuffing a hand into his jacket pocket. He pulled a pack of cigarettes out and plucked one from the slightly-crumbled pack before stuffing it between his lips. He wasn't going to get anywhere at this rate... The trail was running colder by the day and he was no closer to his answers now than he was a week ago- or a week before that- or a month- or a year- or-
The hair at the back of his neck bristles and he wrinkles his nose in frustration, the air growing heavy around him. The branches creak unnaturally, twisting and slowly snapping with every thump of his heart... red ring pulsing in his eyes for a moment. He shakes his head and reaches back into his pocket to fetch his lighter next- the pressure easing as he quickly regained his composure...
He still had time to figure this out- to understand- surly he would.
He at least had to try...









