[ Jim has seen this frantic energy more times than he could ever hope to count. It's the kind that takes over when panic starts to edge in. Gordon knows that something strange is going on— but unlike almost everyone else, he hasn't really felt the effects of it. Nothing like what he's witnessed in others— physical manifestations, literal voices whispering in ears.
Sometimes, he thinks he sees movement from the corner of his eye. Sometimes, he thinks he hears a cough, or the cocking of a gun— but it's nothing like this: this woman surging through the town, chasing nothing, shouting for someone only she can see.
She's not the first person to take off— but she is the first one that Jim doesn't recognize, and that's heading in a direction that only spells danger. ]
Hey—!
[ She doesn't hear him call out, but that doesn't stop his momentum as he jogs away from the bonfire and toward her— reaching out to catch her by the bicep as she shouts again to arrest her momentum and still her. Bring her attention around to him. He looks intently into her face when she does, checking her focus and how far into the hallucination she's fallen. ]
someone playing from x-files is SENDING ME (also mamma mia)
Sometimes, he thinks he sees movement from the corner of his eye. Sometimes, he thinks he hears a cough, or the cocking of a gun— but it's nothing like this: this woman surging through the town, chasing nothing, shouting for someone only she can see.
She's not the first person to take off— but she is the first one that Jim doesn't recognize, and that's heading in a direction that only spells danger. ]
Hey—!
[ She doesn't hear him call out, but that doesn't stop his momentum as he jogs away from the bonfire and toward her— reaching out to catch her by the bicep as she shouts again to arrest her momentum and still her. Bring her attention around to him. He looks intently into her face when she does, checking her focus and how far into the hallucination she's fallen. ]
Hey. You alright?