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[color=8882be]Jay was speaking again, so Sirpa sat back down. She rubbed the places on her arms and legs that had been pricked as she listened, trying to focus on their words instead of the pain. It was sharp and immensely annoying, the kind of sensation that makes you itch underneath your skin and want to jump out of your chair. But Sirpa sat and listened.

To what she was listening to, she wasn't sure. Jay had started using a whole bunch of words Sirpa didn't understand. Yet somehow, they felt familiar.[/color] [i]RP. IC. OOC.[/i] [color=8882be]It was like she knew the words somewhere in her brain, but her brain couldn't access them. But she did her best to follow along with Jay's story anyway.

And then, suddenly, nothing. Quickly, Sirpa's heart raced. Did she just die? She tried to touch her body, to feel that she was still there, but there was no arm to move. Her breath quickened, but in reality---what even was reality at this point?---it was just the idea of it, because there were no lungs to breathe with either.

As suddenly as the world went away, it all came back with Jay's voice.[/color]

[i]"...Sorry, I..."[/i]

[color=8882be]Could Jay control [i]existence?[/i] Sirpa shuddered and continued to watch and listen, inwardly begging Jay to keep talking.[/color] [i]"How many of them are actually still here?"[/i] [color=8882be]When they looked her direction, it was as if they were looking right through her to something that she couldn't comprehend. She turned around in her chair, then turned back. It did seem like one person who was here briefly was gone.[/color] 

[i]"If any of you are still here... you don’t need to stay on my account. I’ll understand."[/i]

[color=8882be]Well, Sirpa sure didn't understand. But the creature was talking, so she just sat quietly and listened. She hoped they would keep talking, lest she lose herself again.[/color]