~~~~~~~~~ Come Flee The Madhouse ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~With Me In Your Arms ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
There's nothing I can do to stop him...
Juno thought helplessly, as Jester, so enraptured by the Call, so far gone, plunged into the well. Juno clenched her fists, and got back up.
...but at least I can follow him in.
She sprinted forward and dove into the gold water after him. She could feel herself being pulled instead of just sinking, faster and faster in a rising current. At least this water was leading somewhere instead of pulling them to a dead end to drown. She caught up to Jester in seconds, but her poor friend was too focused, too hypnotized to notice her reaching out to him. Juno propelled herself forward and crashed into him, grabbing onto him for dear life as they tumbled and somersaulted in the water, until at last they faced each other as they fell downward and downward. His eyes radiated their yellow glow more brightly than ever before, and the familiar gold sparkles in his eyes during these stupors started to shift and turn into violet clouds.
Please, you have to wake up!
She grasped his shoulders tightly and looked into him. His eyes focused back on hers. He bore his teeth, his brows furrowed, agitated at being interrupted in his quest again. But then his widened in recognition. His mouth gaped open, and he blinked heavily several times. The glow started to disappear, and Jester was taken aback at the sight of Juno, at the feeling of falling, at the idea that he'd led them to their doom in another magical stupor....at the feeling of falling with her.
You're back. That's all that matters.
Juno's heart raced. Whatever the Call that waited for them at the bottom of the well, at least now they'd face it together. Juno pulled Jester into a tight embrace as they rushed through the golden waters.
