Captivated by the rising tide, alone she stood
On a solemn piece of rock. The darkness
Lingered over; correcting her daylight.
Death in its inevitability took the form of ocean.
Amidst the fleeting light, an absence and
Neglect writhed behind her eyes,
Draining her malevolence, turning it to fear.
A tapestry of thought weaved onto her shoulder,
Lethargy strained through her. Never fighting the
Overpowering desire to sleep. One foot first,
Never look back, for the
End, is here.~ Conor Jordan~
Empty rooms.
Empty courtyard.
Empty….
I walk around hoping to see Jet and Therion, her head on his shoulder, what can be considered a smile on his face. But Therion is dead and Jet has become a shadow of who she was when I met her.
Sy being her sneaky ninja self, standing in the background always watching.
Brianna, coming and going. Always with a new scratch or scrape from doing what she does best.
Slade, even as cold as I saw him, I miss him watching over The Eights.
Dill, what can I say he gave me bodies to burn.
Nikki, I have seen her a few times over the last several weeks… she has a place out in the woods now.
Yama… I just miss him.
And Amy, my little sister my heart breaks a bit more at every thought of her.
There are so many others that have come and gone as well. The courtyard is empty, the rooms are empty… Aside from the random appearance of Lynch and the guy he brought in Marko I have been totally alone. What happened? Why and where did they all go? Why am I still here? I thought about leaving so many times because of the evil that had moved into my home but that evil is gone as well… I feel like I am stuck in another dimension. Where maybe I am the ghost and just can’t see the people I love living their lives around me. Wishful thinking I guess.
In my loneliness I have taken on the responsibility of going around with food for those in need. I trade and barter then give back to others, sometimes for free. I know that may be putting myself in danger but someone needs to be there for the people. Someone with nothing to gain, someone with only love and devotion for the people of Arklay.
I have heard rumors of some guy calling himself the Sheriff… I did not vote for this man, I have not even seen this man. If he is a good person than I can live with that but if he plans on becoming some sort of dictator or to hurt the people in anyway… I have heard that Nikki is joining him. The thought makes my heart hurt. She could be so much more than a possible henchman… ok so maybe I have already decided the man is bad news.
I met a woman named Kaelyn, I have not seen her in the last few days and I even went and checked the hospital. I am sad to see her go. Even when she couldn’t talk she was the best person to be around, once she got her voice back she had this… light about her. It was refreshing… but now she is gone too.
Good and bad, here then gone.
Don’t look back to when the Outbreak happened as the end… the end is now… the end is here.
