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[thechoiceisyours]

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[unfollowing]

have you seen jessica lately?

[Emily is not freaking out shut up just answer the question.]

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[thechoiceisyours]

No, but I just woke up.

[Ignore what time it is.]

She's not in the house?

[unfollowing]

i can't find her anywhere

chris how in god's name have you slept this late

[thechoiceisyours]

I'm guessing you've tried texting her already?

I'm a nineteen year old guy it's my only superpower.

[unfollowing]

no, of course not, why would i text jess if i can't find her

[Can you feel that eyeroll through text.]

that's a lame superpower

[thechoiceisyours]

Do you know anywhere she might've gone if she got bored or just wanted to get out of the house or something?

Says the person whose superpower is falling.

[unfollowing]

YES, why would i not exhaust all possibilities before reaching out to you

what are you talking about

[thechoiceisyours]

Nevermind.

I'm just trying to think of some way to help, so maybe tell me what you've done already?

[Also he's still half asleep which isn't helping his planning.]

[unfollowing]

checked the house, texted, called, went around town looking for her

the only places i haven't been are the caves and the creepy areas in ruins, but jess wouldn't go there after being in the mines

[Emily certainly wouldn't.]

[thechoiceisyours]

Geez you've been busy.

But yeah I don't think she'd go near them.

[Which leave two particular most likely options, neither of which are good; she died somehow, or she's gone entirely.]

I don't know if there's a lot more we can do, but I guess we could ask Delight? She might be able to tell us if Jess is still here.

[unfollowing]

no, you've just been a fucking hobo

do you think she's gone?

[What a shit world to go back to, where she's the only one of them who made it through the night.]

[thechoiceisyours]

I need even more layers and a hat before I achieve hobo status.

I don't know, but if I had to guess that's what I'd go with, yeah.

[As terrible as it is.]

[unfollowing]

you're slightly less of a fashion disaster than a hobo

shit

[They didn't really get to talk much, what with everything the gods put them through.]

[thechoiceisyours]

That's the nicest thing you've ever said to me, though in all fairness you haven't seen the new hoodie I found a few days ago.

[This is a totally stupid topic, but it's a lot better than the main one.]

Yeah.

[unfollowing]

oh god

[Much better than the main topic. Much better than Emily losing Jess all over again. That fucking bitch couldn't even stay long enough for them to really talk out their shit.]

fuck this place

[thechoiceisyours]

It's awesome.

Yeah. I haven't been too psyched about being here lately either.

[While still better than the mountain, the margin has narrowed a lot more than it had been to begin with.]

[unfollowing]

your judgment leaves a lot to be desired

[She doesn't want to say she misses Jess -- because she doesn't, not anymore than since Jess started going out with Mike. What she misses is that dim hope that they could be friends again.]

god fucking damnit

[thechoiceisyours]

I'm just ahead of the curve.

[Ugly is fashionable, Em.]

Hey it's only the first day. We might be overreacting and you just missed her in the search and she'll show back up.

[Hopefully, but he doubts it.]

[unfollowing]

the curve into worse dressed

right. and i'll find matt too while i'm at it

[thechoiceisyours]

Harsh. You haven't even seen my hoodie yet.

Bring back Sam too, if so.

[It's a lame attempt at making the situation less horrible, because he can't really argue with her pessimism. She's probably right.]

[unfollowing]

i'm not sure i neither want nor have to

[She thinks for a second about what she's about to type next, then just goes for if. They're already discussing the impossible. May as well go full-on bleak world.]

and hannah and beth

[thechoiceisyours]

[He doesn't respond immediately, because that last comment makes him think. People come here from all different times, even from the same world--none of the people from their world are from the same point in time--so... It might be possible. It really could happen.]

Yeah. That'd be pretty awesome.

[Seeing them again would hurt but also be incredible, though he wonders if it would be better or worse for Josh if the twins somehow showed up here.]

Flamethrower guy too while we're at it. It'd be cool to actually know his name.

[It really sucks not to. Also having him around would be pretty badass.]

[unfollowing]

i don't know, maybe he could at least hear it from them that it wasn't his fault

oh yes let's hope for him to show up, so the next time the gods decide to feed us human flesh, he can torch everyone while they're still fucking human!!!!

[Idiot.]

[thechoiceisyours]

Somehow I don't think he'd listen.

[Josh is pretty dead set on blaming someone--everyone, really--whether or not they were responsible, and it's... Understandable, but Chris doubts that will ever change. He doubts it would've ever changed even if Josh had the rest of his life to think about it, not just whatever time he's here.

With Jess disappearing, it suddenly hits him again that Josh could leave any time too. And that would be it.

Fortunately Emily's next comment distracts him from those thoughts.]

Wow, Em, geez. He helped us, remember? And he'd probably be pretty good at dealing with whatever monsters attack even if they're not wendigos.

[unfollowing]

yeah. stubborn piece of shit

oh i'm sorry, you don't know what it was like to be turning into one of those things and wondering when one of your friends would come into your cell and kill you to keep you from attacking someone

[Because that's where her mind goes first. Sure, flamethrower guy would be a great ally here, but he wouldn't have though twive about killing her.]

maybe now that there MIGHT never be human in our food again, i could deal with him being around. maybe. if he showers