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[ulixes]

[ scribbled kinda sideways across the page. he's exhausted and still a little out of it, but he knows people are worried/curious. mostly curious. sorry if he [or i, happy 5am] falls asleep. ]

'm ok. thank you leo

yeah i was in the woods

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[ulixes]

ok good

yeah, peaches. Well. a little tired. Kinda wobbly like. be fine by morning, i reckon.

[casperkim]

Yeah. No shit. [...] Fiori's right. You should get some sleep.

[ulixes]

Yeah, yeah. I know I need to crash. Sort of wired now, though, if I'm honest. Both at once, like my brain doesn't know what's what.

Sorry. Y'know, for distrupting shit. The rest of y'all are okay, right? Nothin else funny happened?

[casperkim]

As long as you're resting, I guess it's fine.

Stop apologizing. I'm the one that should be a You didn't do anything wrong. And the rest of us are fine. Nothing else happened; you were just gone. We weren't even certain anything was wrong at first. Even if finding you gone that early in the fucking morning didn't feel right. I didn't even hear you get up and you know how I am. [...] I know you've said you don't remember much. But do you know why you left the cabin to begin with?

[ulixes]

Alright, alright. Glad to hear it.

It was real early, wasn't it? Must've been, shit, right around 5? Sun wasn't up, that's for sure. And the whole world was quiet. Guess I was pretty quiet too.

Yeah. Yeah, I left because [ ... ] fuck, this is so stupid I felt [ ... ] funny.

[casperkim]

Yeah. Something like that. I woke up at 0545 and you were already long gone. [...] I guess you were. But I still should've

'Funny'?

[ulixes]

Not great.

The Quayles

[chryseis]

You don't have to answer him.

The Quayles

[ulixes]

Yeah.

But. He should know. If I'm not making all this up, he oughta be aware. Case it comes back. Embarrassing to admit, but Lots of strong feelings in that cabin, much as some of 'em hate talking about it. What if next time, someone else wakes up scared lost as last year's Easter egg?

The Quayles

[chryseis]

No one thinks you're making things up. But it don't sound like there's much you coulda done to prevent it happening. I mean, did you feel more anxious than nor noticeably different before you left? Or just Wilde levels of melancholic?

[...]

You don't have to answer me neither.

The Quayles (HE LAUGHED; also good use of euphemism)

[ulixes]

Wilde levels of melancholic. Damn, I'm gonna tell him you said that. Funniest thing I've heard in approximately 2 days.

's okay. I can always mostly always talk to you.

It was different. Not just the normal shit everyone thinks about early in the morning. It was like anything I ever worried about decided to sprout in my head. Nothing strange, just all at once. Felt like the walls were gonna close in or something. Stupid, I know.

Ulysses

[casperkim]

What does that m
Sounds like more goddamn head games.

Sorry. This isn't the time. You can tell me to fuck off.

You need anything?

Ulysses & Casper

[ulixes]

Wait. I'm good, I'm good. Don't need nothing. Plus, Wilde already offered.

Listen. That morning, I woke up like turning on a fuckin switch. There was so much noise in my head, man. Stuff I was worried about, stuff I used to worry about. Stuff I didn't even know I was gonna be worried about.

Made me really want to take a walk, if you get what I'm saying.

Ulysses & Casper

[casperkim]

Yeah. But, unlike Wilde, I'm actually allowed to leave the cabin right now.

[...]

Yeah. I do. It's like when that thing tried to get into our cabin. And [...] when I heard the crying in the woods. Some emotion just hits you out of nowhere and you can't do shit about it and you can't think straight. Same goddamn trick. It manipulated you and lured you out. I asked Ms. Lilywhite about this before. If she'd ever heard of anything like this and if there's anything we can do to protect ourselves. Keep it out. She said she needed to do some research. But too damn little, too damn late, right?

[...]

I'm sorry. That I couldn't protect you didn't stop you.

Ulysses & Casper

[ulixes]

Oh damn, he didn't tell me that part. Glad I didn't ask for shit, then.

Yeah. Yeah. I knew you'd get it. Fuckin sucked. Wish I'd known a spell or [ ... ] something. I'd try interpretive dance, if you told me I'd let me keep my own head. and then later Must've messed with me while I was out walking, too.

Hey. 's alright. No harm done in the end. Besides, I don't know if you'd've been able to even if you'd tried. Might've gotten yourself socked, for all I know.