pick me up when i fall down and out / dust me off and show me all truth when & where: june 11th, 7:22PM, the roof closed to @incinerxtes
Her wrist still hurt like she’d never been let loose from that steel grip. Hours later, Lailani struggled to distract herself from replaying that few minutes in the woods over and over in her head. She so rarely saw herself in her visions. What did it mean? Who was she supposed to warn? What happened if she didn’t figure it out in time?
Her eye started to twitch, a sure sign she would get a headache if she didn’t find a way to relax. Gradually uncurling her legs and forcing herself out of her room, she drifted around The Lair for a while, avoiding company as best she could. Everything looked just as it always did, but she couldn’t shake the feeling that she would turn a corner and come face to face with herself again.
Eventually she wandered up and up and up the stairs, finding her way to the roof. The evening air was chilly enough to almost send her back inside, her thoughts flying to the apparition again, but instead she wrapped her arms around herself and ventured out under the sky. It was peaceful, quiet, a little lonely.
A tall figure moved in the corner of her vision and she jumped an entire foot in the air, only to find herself facing Kian. “Oh s-sorry, I didn’t- didn’t see you-” She fumbled with her words, her heart fluttering. It was only Kian. He only thought he was scary. There was nothing for her to be worried about - but the spike of adrenaline that had surged straight to her heart when she thought his silhouette had been something much more intimidating was stubbornly coursing through her. Her whole body shook with the urge to run away. “Sorry t-to bother you, I’ll just, I’ll go, sorry-”