“How Could You?” “No. How Could 𝘠𝘰𝘶.” | REBOOT, CLOSED.

Having the weight of his hand on her shoulder brought a stinging sensation in her eyes and Mavis blinked rapidly and looked away. Clenching her hand into a fist in her coat pocket, she nodded at Mingzhi's words and wrapped an arm around him in an almost side-hug before dropping it. A strong sense of déjà vu hit her as she recalled a similar scenario occurring 13 or so years ago. With that memory, the stinging in her eyes turned to wetness and she swallowed the lump in her throat.

"It-ah…it's nice to see you again, both of you." She said thickly, raising her eyes to look at Franklyn. "I hope you both are as well as you look."

Taking a deep breath, she felt some of her nerves melting away and relaxed the fist in her pocket. Mavis bit her lip then gestured to a bag she was now holding. "I brought dessert?" she asked rather than stated and mentally groaned at the tone of voice. She was really glad when she felt the temperature drop a few degrees all of a sudden and turned around, seeing exactly who she expected.

Mavis took a step back, standing parallel to Franklyn and Mingzhi, then set the bag on the ground. "Hey." She said softly, waving at the male joining them.

Dinner at my place? Ella found it difficult to hold back a smile, especially when she first left her apartment and when she pulled up to the house in her small, old lady of a truck. She hadn’t realized how much she truly missed her old friend, how they watched over the others and kept them together. It was hard not to reminisce, sentimental as she was. Before she set off she had found old photos she’d managed to keep all this time, a bit dark and grainy but still perfectly capturing how she remembered those years in her mind. At least, before things went wrong.
She focused her gaze ahead, and almost wondered if she was at the right place. Really? Here? It was nice to see that he was doing well. It seemed like she could expect a delicious meal waiting. She parked the little truck off to the side, took her purse, and got out. She was pretty focused on getting to the house until she spotted the group that had congregated a few yards away.
She stopped. It had been so long. Ella tried to connect the people she was seeing ahead of her with the kids she remembered from a lifetime ago. Of course, it wasn’t so hard with Jess, she had seen him rather recently. She took a breath and headed over, hesitating slightly when she felt tears fill her eyes.

(Hey y'all, just a quick notice that depending on how early tomorrow morning goes, I may be out of commission for an undetermined period of time on account of the cat 5 hurricane on its way to FL. I'm not in it's direct path, per the latest update, but it's a close thing and it's going to be one hell of a storm across the state—especially for my friends in the Tampa area. I'll update when things are stable again, but if there's a longer gap than usual in between my responses, you'll know why. I hope all of you are far away from this mess, or at the very least holed up somewhere safe! Good luck out there, and I'll talk to you when this is all over ✌️)

(That sucks so bad dude, I’ve been hearing about that. Please be safe, you will be missed!)

(Yeah, stay safe! I've seen so many articles and videos about it and I'm praying for everyone!)

(Ik it’s been a while, but I just thought I’d check and see if anyone is still interested in this? @Satoris are you still alive??? Uhhhhh)

(I'm so down for this! Let's reboot!)

(Honestly, same)

(Ik @Satoris hasn’t posted in a while)

(I hope they're ok given that the last message they sent was about a hurricane coming close to them! But we can restart this if everyone is up for it?)

(I don’t mind restarting. Though tbh, I’d feel bad if we had to leave Satoris behind)

(I like that idea. Maybe we can make it as a place holder that their character had been captured by Dusk in an attempt to turn them? Maybe Dusk's story could be altered slightly to make them want that old camaraderie, which is why Satoris' character was stolen? If/when Satoris comes back, we can have them escape Dusk and join the rest. If Satoris doesn't come back, either their character could have escaped and is in search of the rest of the group or they could have passed.)

(Oooo yeah, that could be interesting. I’m not totally sure why Dusk would want to capture Mingzhi though, but i could figure smth out to make it work)

(Of course this is just an idea and we could do something completely different!)