Post by Jackie on Jul 4, 2022 19:25:06 GMT -5
Well, she should have expected that. Maybe Jackie could try and paint a clearer picture of him than vague epitaphs like this, but she almost wondered what the point was. Ward already gave a pretty general idea of what it could be, corroborating even her more cynical ideas of what this sort of mind fuckery could be. Trauma, A trigger, maybe something special that had been waiting until recently to poke its little head out. But... Honestly, it was stuff anyone could really comment about it. And closer friends would be a better judge of it than a random Shinjin.
"Mmm... No, you're fine. It could be a lot of things. But to be sure... Maybe just, give me a second to clarify-"
Jackie pulled a hand out with a palm open between the two and produced a flame above it, forming its small wild shape into something more uniform from tip to ball, wavering every so often in the wind but nonetheless holding a more refined shape over just random fire. It kinda looked like a spirit? Or maybe closer to a faceless soul in Otherworld. Neither of which Jackie was all too familiar with.
"It captures my vision, like I'm in a daydream. It usually takes someone outside of this influence to knock me with some sense. It'll usually catch me at night, when I try sleeping, or when I'm thinking in silence, by myself. Can't say I've determined much more of a pattern than that. The little flame in question looks like this."
She offers it up closer to their faces, letting the warmth bath her skin with closed eyes. Taking deep breaths to keep a sort of calm.
"But, like ya said, it could be nothing more than some past experiences. I have been goin' through a lot recently after all. I don't think I'm going to get a concrete answer from someone other than myself."
As sure as she sounded in his mind's thoughts, her face held a tiny frown. Concern, was it? She wasn't too sure of herself in solving this still.
WC: 352
TWC: 3307
"Mmm... No, you're fine. It could be a lot of things. But to be sure... Maybe just, give me a second to clarify-"
Jackie pulled a hand out with a palm open between the two and produced a flame above it, forming its small wild shape into something more uniform from tip to ball, wavering every so often in the wind but nonetheless holding a more refined shape over just random fire. It kinda looked like a spirit? Or maybe closer to a faceless soul in Otherworld. Neither of which Jackie was all too familiar with.
"It captures my vision, like I'm in a daydream. It usually takes someone outside of this influence to knock me with some sense. It'll usually catch me at night, when I try sleeping, or when I'm thinking in silence, by myself. Can't say I've determined much more of a pattern than that. The little flame in question looks like this."
She offers it up closer to their faces, letting the warmth bath her skin with closed eyes. Taking deep breaths to keep a sort of calm.
"But, like ya said, it could be nothing more than some past experiences. I have been goin' through a lot recently after all. I don't think I'm going to get a concrete answer from someone other than myself."
As sure as she sounded in his mind's thoughts, her face held a tiny frown. Concern, was it? She wasn't too sure of herself in solving this still.
WC: 352
TWC: 3307