Warning: Self Harm
It was a cold night in the forest, a few months after Mic had quit season 2 of Inanimate Insanity. This night was a winter night, most winters were easy, and barely any snow would fall. Tonight, however, would be a different story. Taco would sit in a bush in the freezing cold. That was all Taco would ever do. She didn't have anywhere to go on the coldest or hottest of days and nights.
Taco would commonly think about how she got to where she was. She would frequently dream about what could be different if she didn't do what she did... twice. Taco usually has nightmares, but when her dreams are friendly, Mic's the star. Taco doesn't have any friends right now, nor will she ever have any friends.
She regrets everything she's done and can admit she's a horrible person. As she sits there in the bush Taco begins thinking negatively. Not in the way of doing things people would hate again though. She'd... never... do things like that again. She was sure of it. Would anyone even notice? She'd ask herself over and over again to the point where it was sure to drive her crazy. She knew no one would care. Tonight was the night she'd try to contact Mic for the 15th time this month. If it didn't happen... well... Taco wasn't sure how much more winter she could handle by herself.
Instead of waiting around and finding out... wouldn't it be much quicker to end her own life? People may even enjoy it. People might find themselves smiling when they found her corpse in the forest the following morning. "Mic, can you hear me?" Taco asked, hoping for someone other than forest critters. Taco needed someone to talk to, and the forest critters just couldn't achieve object speech. There was no response from anyone.
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Mic was sleeping in Hotel OJ. She still had nightmares of Taco doing horrendous things such as mind control to get into the hotel, or manipulating Suitcase or Lightbulb into killing people. Knife had told Mic not to worry about those things. He said he had it all under control, but for some reason, Mic would continue to worry. Tonight was different though. On this night, Mic had nightmares in which Taco was dying. She wasn't sure how she'd gotten hurt, just that she had, as OJ and Paper had found there on their morning walk.
Mic sat up and rapidly looked around. Ah, just another nightmare. Thank goodness for that, Mic wasn't sure what she'd do if that had been real. It was 3 in the morning and Mic couldn't even consider going back to sleep. She was too scared that she'd have another nightmare. Everyone in the hotel knew Mic was having these nightmares, but they didn't know what the nightmares were about. Mic wouldn't tell anyone as she knew it'd make things worse for Taco if she did.... and even though she hates Taco, it's not like she wants Taco to die.
Since Mic was going to be awake for the rest of the morning now, she decides to go eat an early morning snack. Mic and Test Tube shared a room due to their close elimination. When Mic opened the door to the room it made a bit of a creaky noise, which caused Test Tube to wake up. "Mic, what are you doing up at this hour?". Test Tube could tell Mic was heading to the bedroom door like she was gonna leave. "Had a nightmare, can't go back to sleep,". Test Tube looks at Mic concerned this was the fifth time this week. "Mic is something bothering you, your nightmares seem to be a nightly thing,". Mic looks at Test Tube in annoyance. She shakes her head and heads downstairs.
When Mic got downstairs she took some cereal and some milk and poured a bowl of cereal. She had been eating her cereal, alone in the middle of the night until she heard footsteps coming from upstairs. OJ came down the stairs and stared at Mic with a look of confusion. "Mic, what are you doing up? It's 3:30,". OJ was concerned, he had caught her awake 3 other times this week. "Heh, just another nightmare, it's nothing,". Mic had an awkward smile on her face. OJ had tried to get her to talk to him about the nightmares at least twice in the last few weeks.
