Shady

Jerica waved her hand dismissively. “It… whatever. Don’t worry about it. All’s I’m saying is that we’ve got this covered.”

“ We will.” She shrugged and looked away again. “Shouldn’t take too long. Just gotta deal with the trolls and lack of sun and all that fun stuff. But it’ll ...

Jerica glanced over at him. “The gods n shit, you know?”

Jerica nodded. “It will. Just give us a few months to get it all sorted. Then you can all come back. Yknow.”

Jerica glanced at him, then away, furrowing her brow and burying her hands even deeper into her pockets. “It’ll calm down once they’re awake n shi-stuff.”

“You can say that again,” Jerica grumbled, still not looking at him as she fidgeted with some of the trinkets in her pocket.

Jerica nodded, not quite looking over at him. “… she’ll need it,” she agreed softly.

Jerica glanced at him in surprise but then away quickly, recovering. No one ever said she was good at saying things. “…I know Ky is very fond of this place.” ...

Jerica buried her hands in her pockets, still looking around. She was still having to make an active effort to be nice to this man. But she was getting better ...

Jerica nodded to him in thanks and strode through, looking all around and taking everything in. The energy of this place was different. Warmer. Or maybe she was just cold. ...

Jerica hesitated, then nodded curtly. She didn’t want to go with him per se. But she did want to find Ky. And she’d probably get yelled at thrice over if ...

Ky nodded and buried her face even deeper in Anneke’s shoulder. Jerica dismounted and looked around, then strode up to Tomhas. “Where’s Ky?” And what was wrong with him? Why ...

(The adhd tax of having literally no idea where I was going with this xD) “I…” she shook her head helplessly, clinging to her mother even tighter. ~ Jerica was ...

Ky nodded, breathing unevenly as she tried -- and failed-- to calm herself. She wasn't alright. She was a broken piece of trash that needed to be discarded. Everything was ...

(aha, thanks! This morning I texted my friend and was like "yo did you get into that graduate program you applied for?" and she said she'd been getting radio silence ...