IN THE FOREST OF THE LOST

[beathollow]

it's all too perfect.

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[moodwrecker]

[Mood, little light.

Aubrey will go check the desk!]

[beathollow]

Mafuyu sits at the desk. It's late at night, late enough that if you glance at the clock you may be appalled. But she has to study. She has to-

A creak echoes throughout the house and Mafuyu freezes with tears bubbling in her eyes immediately.









Silence. After a moment she looks around.

She's alone.

She's alone.

She's alone.

Nobody's there, this time.


...

The desk is perfectly organized. But it seems like something is missing.

[moodwrecker]

[Hate that!

She looks through everything on the desk, taking a quick inventory. Is there some kind of usual desk supply that seems to be missing?]

[beathollow]

No, but- oh!

This is space for a laptop.

[moodwrecker]

[Oh huh.

Looking around the room to see if a laptop got hidden in a drawer or under a cushion or something.]

[beathollow]

There isn't.

...

There's a stain of juice that wasn't wiped away well enough though...

[moodwrecker]

[...?

Are there tissues she can use to wipe it away?]

[beathollow]

There are, but as Aubrey does so she feels a heavy sadness in her heart-

You really...?

Really?

... I'm sorry.

[moodwrecker]

[...? She snaps her head up, looking around to try to see who said that.]

Really what...?

[beathollow]

...

Just you guys!