Shit. I swear I will never make fun of crazy people again if I get through this. No wonder they run around with axes and never shower.
[In addition to catching glimpses of all the people he's had run-ins with - which is a lot of people, let me tell you - one of Jackie's lesser used powers is the ability to sense when people will die soon, and to
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Don't worry about me.
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[Nill approached him cautiously from behind, gently grabbing onto part of his shirt once she was close enough and giving it a small tug to show him that it was just her.
If he tried to turn around, then she would only follow him; so he wouldn't be able to have to look at her.]
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[And he does indeed attempt to turn around! It's instinctual. But...okay, let's try agai....
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Nill? What...oh. [Not looking at anyone, right. He feels a little guilty. - But after scaring them both with a freak-out, maybe she's got the right idea.]
...doing okay?
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[She shifts around, taking one of his hands in hers and gently pushing back fingers to open it up to a flat palm.
To answer him, she traces each letter over his palm with her index finger. Slowly, so he can get a better grip on what she is trying to say.]
"I am okay."
[...]
"Are you scared?"
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[He....listens, as it were. It's actually soothing, in a weird way. To just concentrate on one thing.
"Are you scared"? Is he? ... well, he'd rather not see any more zombiefied friends. And the snippets of hallucinations are setting him on edge a bit. But he's not sure if he'd called it scared. Not in front of someone, at least.
(Would he be more or less likely to tell her? She's...the closest thing he has, really. But she looks up to him. He's her dad, and dads have to chase away monsters, right?
Is he any good at that?)]
Stressed out.
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...you uh... you alright there, Jackie?
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Yeah. I'm great.
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You know what they say, only a mad man thinks he's sane. (...) What's going on?
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[pause. and he sounds like significantly less of a dick]
What's going on?
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[pause.]
I've got enough ghosts of my own without getting Discedo's help.
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Need anything? An exorcist or a sedative, maybe?
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