HOME | DD

Description
(character intro: www.deviantart.com/burbank2000… )

In the wake of another average online class session, Mira decides to check on the delivery status of a couple parts she needed for her retro gaming rig build, only to find out they reportedly have yet to leave the warehouse.

"I don't know why I expected anything more. Dammit guys, step it up!", she huffed at her laptop's screen when her seldom-used phone starts ringing next to her...

"A rare phone call appears!", she laughs to herself as she grabs the still-ringing device. "Huh, that doesn't look like the delivery guy's number...And I don't like how familiar the last three digits look either...Oh what the fuck, I'll pick up still!"

And pick up she did.

"Hello, who's this?"

An unusually hesitant voice greets her.

"Hello, uh...Mira?"

"Yes, that's me. Again, who is this?"

"Well, it's Janis...*sigh* Yes, that Janis."

"Urrrgh great, just what I fucking needed...Where the hell did you get my number from anyways?"

"I know my voice is the last thing you wanna hear right now but please give me a minute to make my case, this is like, really important for both you and I and-"

"Important, huh? It better fucking be, I have some forgetting you even exist to do!"

"Look, I'm not trying to worm my way into your personal space or even beg for forgiveness or anything. I get that there is like, a lot of bad blood between us-"

Mira's annoyed sarcasm immediately gives way to seething, teary-eyed rage the likes of which she hasn't experienced since she swore off attending classes in person.

"DAMN FUCKING RIGHT THERE IS!!! THE MONIKERS, THE PUNCTURED TIRES, THE ERASER DUST IN MY LUNCH, PUTTING MY STUFF OUT OF MY REACH WHEN I WASN'T LOOKING, THE PARCEL WITH DIRTY OLD SNEAKERS IN IT, IT'S ALL JUST A FUCKING GAME FOR YOU AND YOUR FUCKED UP LITTLE CLIQUE, ISN'T IT? AND NOW YOU GOT THE AUDACITY TO GET MY NUMBER FROM FUCK KNOWS WHERE AND GIVE ME A RING LIKE IT'S NOTHING?? HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!"

Taken aback by Mira's righteous outburst, Janis was left speechless for about ten seconds while Mira was loudly sobbing. She then replies:

"Uh, if it makes you feel any better about the situation, let's just say that I don't think I'll be able to hang out with the other girls again anytime soon, and uh-"

"OH IS THAT SO???"

"Mm-hmm, well-"

"Well I guess now you REALLY better have one hell of a reason to barge back into my life like that 'cause I'm warning you bitch, if it turns out to be another one of your schemes you're sooooooo not gonna hear the end of it DO YOU FUCKING UNDERSTAND???"

"Yes yes, I do I do. You see, there is a serious reason you didn't hear of us for almost a year now...You're still here?"

"Argh yes whatever, go on!"

"Some time after you last left the classroom, the girls and I were on the way back from a party...A deer jumped in the road, I steered out of its way and into a rocky ditch...Ursuline and Nora died on the spot, and Erin just...disappeared?"

Though Mira seems to have calmed down somewhat, she remains extremely skeptical of Janis's claims.

"That totes happened!"

"I don't wanna be that girl but...Tell me Mira, what exactly makes you think I'd lie to your face about people whose initials I have tattooed on my arm? Especially when I'm now in worse shape than I could ever conceive, both physically and mentally?"

"You know what they say about burned bridges, right? So forgive me if I struggle with what you're telling me here."

"Thing is, I don't disagree with you. But how about this: Since there is so much to go over, this weekend I'll come by to your place with a bunch of stuff regarding my current struggles, and more."

"Are you sure this is a good idea? 'Cause I'm not getting good vibes from any of this!"

"If at any point you feel I overstayed my welcome, just ask me to leave and I'll oblige, no hard feelings."

"Fine. Saturday morning, in my room as always. You make me wait any longer, I'll start taking guesses on what really is going on, and I don't wanna do that. Oh, and no trick-ass shit 'cause I just have no patience left anymore."

"Don't worry about a thing. And thank you so much for hearing me out, I'll see you then.", Janis concludes before unceremoniously ending the call and reaching out to her ashtray for another drag off of a half-spent cigarette.

As the repressed memories flood back in one fell swoop, Mira tightly embraces her teddy bear, abruptly lies down on her stomach in a motion that nearly caused her incapacitated legs to inadvertently knock her laptop off the bed and to the floor, and violently cries for long enough to pass out from sheer emotional exhaustion afterwards. She wakes up an hour later to a concerned text from her mother:

"Sweetie, what's wrong? You broke down in hysterics for 20 mins and left me worried as all heck!"

Mira then promptly responds with two texts back-to-back:

"nothing mum just old pain i had to vent out" ; "it will be over soon i promise <3"

Description
(character intro: www.deviantart.com/burbank2000… )

In the wake of another average online class session, Mira decides to check on the delivery status of a couple parts she needed for her retro gaming rig build, only to find out they reportedly have yet to leave the warehouse.

"I don't know why I expected anything more. Dammit guys, step it up!", she huffed at her laptop's screen when her seldom-used phone starts ringing next to her...

"A rare phone call appears!", she laughs to herself as she grabs the still-ringing device. "Huh, that doesn't look like the delivery guy's number...And I don't like how familiar the last three digits look either...Oh what the fuck, I'll pick up still!"

And pick up she did.

"Hello, who's this?"

An unusually hesitant voice greets her.

"Hello, uh...Mira?"

"Yes, that's me. Again, who is this?"

"Well, it's Janis...*sigh* Yes, that Janis."

"Urrrgh great, just what I fucking needed...Where the hell did you get my number from anyways?"

"I know my voice is the last thing you wanna hear right now but please give me a minute to make my case, this is like, really important for both you and I and-"

"Important, huh? It better fucking be, I have some forgetting you even exist to do!"

"Look, I'm not trying to worm my way into your personal space or even beg for forgiveness or anything. I get that there is like, a lot of bad blood between us-"

Mira's annoyed sarcasm immediately gives way to seething, teary-eyed rage the likes of which she hasn't experienced since she swore off attending classes in person.

"DAMN FUCKING RIGHT THERE IS!!! THE MONIKERS, THE PUNCTURED TIRES, THE ERASER DUST IN MY LUNCH, PUTTING MY STUFF OUT OF MY REACH WHEN I WASN'T LOOKING, THE PARCEL WITH DIRTY OLD SNEAKERS IN IT, IT'S ALL JUST A FUCKING GAME FOR YOU AND YOUR FUCKED UP LITTLE CLIQUE, ISN'T IT? AND NOW YOU GOT THE AUDACITY TO GET MY NUMBER FROM FUCK KNOWS WHERE AND GIVE ME A RING LIKE IT'S NOTHING?? HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!"

Taken aback by Mira's righteous outburst, Janis was left speechless for about ten seconds while Mira was loudly sobbing. She then replies:

"Uh, if it makes you feel any better about the situation, let's just say that I don't think I'll be able to hang out with the other girls again anytime soon, and uh-"

"OH IS THAT SO???"

"Mm-hmm, well-"

"Well I guess now you REALLY better have one hell of a reason to barge back into my life like that 'cause I'm warning you bitch, if it turns out to be another one of your schemes you're sooooooo not gonna hear the end of it DO YOU FUCKING UNDERSTAND???"

"Yes yes, I do I do. You see, there is a serious reason you didn't hear of us for almost a year now...You're still here?"

"Argh yes whatever, go on!"

"Some time after you last left the classroom, the girls and I were on the way back from a party...A deer jumped in the road, I steered out of its way and into a rocky ditch...Ursuline and Nora died on the spot, and Erin just...disappeared?"

Though Mira seems to have calmed down somewhat, she remains extremely skeptical of Janis's claims.

"That totes happened!"

"I don't wanna be that girl but...Tell me Mira, what exactly makes you think I'd lie to your face about people whose initials I have tattooed on my arm? Especially when I'm now in worse shape than I could ever conceive, both physically and mentally?"

"You know what they say about burned bridges, right? So forgive me if I struggle with what you're telling me here."

"Thing is, I don't disagree with you. But how about this: Since there is so much to go over, this weekend I'll come by to your place with a bunch of stuff regarding my current struggles, and more."

"Are you sure this is a good idea? 'Cause I'm not getting good vibes from any of this!"

"If at any point you feel I overstayed my welcome, just ask me to leave and I'll oblige, no hard feelings."

"Fine. Saturday morning, in my room as always. You make me wait any longer, I'll start taking guesses on what really is going on, and I don't wanna do that. Oh, and no trick-ass shit 'cause I just have no patience left anymore."

"Don't worry about a thing. And thank you so much for hearing me out, I'll see you then.", Janis concludes before unceremoniously ending the call and reaching out to her ashtray for another drag off of a half-spent cigarette.

As the repressed memories flood back in one fell swoop, Mira tightly embraces her teddy bear, abruptly lies down on her stomach in a motion that nearly caused her incapacitated legs to inadvertently knock her laptop off the bed and to the floor, and violently cries for long enough to pass out from sheer emotional exhaustion afterwards. She wakes up an hour later to a concerned text from her mother:

"Sweetie, what's wrong? You broke down in hysterics for 20 mins and left me worried as all heck!"

Mira then promptly responds with two texts back-to-back:

"nothing mum just old pain i had to vent out" ; "it will be over soon i promise <3"