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star maps ,
don't i look so nice?. HAVE YOU SEEN THE LOOK ON MY FACE? THE LOOK IN MY EYES? DO WHATEVER IT TAKES. I'LL DIE FOR IT. I WANNA BURN THIS HOUSE TO THE GROUND AFTER PLAYING WITH FIRE. I WANNA BURN THIS MAP OF THE STARS.
NOW I'M FIRE. it's right there. nobody else can see it. but it's right there. it all changes so quick. she's just leaning against the counter, one arm crossed over her stomach, the elbow of the other resting on it, fingers touching her chin. the bakery is slow right now. a customer just walked out and she's waiting for another to enter, watched them walk by the window. then the room flickers. black and white, the sound of static. the poster of the bakery on the wall flickers in and out of this timeline, jumps without moving. mary-sue leans forward, nose twitching. she doesn't really get to see what the other timeline's poster is when the door opens. the electronic bell echoes annoyingly in the small bakery. it's isabel.
mary-sue's hands drop. eyes squint so hard that wrinkles appear between her eyes. isabel is smiling at her (though that's quickly fading because mary-sue definitely looks like she's in another world) but isabel is black and white. a product of another timeline. maybe she's trying to figure out how that could happen. how two timelines can interact without her help. mary-sue walks around the corner. nothing of what mary-sue is doing is what she usually does. she doesn't lightly flirt with isabel, doesn't ask isabel how her day is, doesn't compliment isabel.
normally she's busy contemplating asking isabel out on another date -- if isabel is returning, wouldn't she have enjoyed the first one? black white. flicker. loud static. loud static so loud that mary-sue raises a hand to press to a ear like that could muffle it. and then it hits her, much like a mac truck. the four shots in isabel's chest, all bleeding. dropping onto the ground.
everything is getting louder! isabel is supposed to be dead. she's not. she's alive, she's looking at mary-sue and everything is getting louder. only isabel flickering black and white. EVERYTHING IS GETTING LOUDER. sounds like a piercing screech. mary-sue just moves towards isabel. presses a hand against isabel's chest like that'll stifle the bleeding. EVERYTHING IS GETTING LOUDER, still black and white. this is new. she doesn't know what to do. she needs to pull isabel back - she needs to pull isabel back -- she just hugs isabel.
wraps her arms around isabel's waist. and then the static disappears. well, she's never going to be able to explain that manic mood, but while she's getting over isabel dumping her, she'll figure out what happened. ( with special guest appearances by isabel. )
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