Group Toolbar Menu

Forums » Some Assembly Required » Just An Open Field

As a general rule, Vivian didn't particularly care for adults. In practice, they tended to come across as obnoxious or nosy.

This one, at the very least, had fought next to her instead of with her in some fashion or another.

She squatted down beside the woman, pocketing the butt of the cigarette she just finished.

'Are you okay' seemed like a dumb question and Vivian pursed her lips a little when it nearly snuck past them.

Vivian reached out with a hand and hovered her palm over the woman's nose and mouth to see if she could feel her breathing and resisted prodding her to see if she was responsive, instead just propping her elbows up on her knees and grunting--"How can I help?"--before looking up at Gem-lady as the other moved up nearby.

Remove this ad

"Yes!" triumphantly escapes from Adele's lips as her drawing leaps into life. But it's quickly couple followed by a "no, no no no" as the edges of the page begin to wrinkle and tear. She smoothes them out as best she can and, biting her lip in concentration, continues laying in heavy chains to wrap around the beast.