Digital Hearts

Chapter 3

Pomni throws her hat to her bedside, plopping face first into her pillow. Feeling tears form in the corner of eyes , holding her pillow, thinking about what Ragtha had said earlier still hurts her. She looks up slightly at the poppy from inside her pocket which causes her to cry and soon small abstract particles form around Pomni. Pomni holds the flower to her chest letting the tears flow ignoring the particles because at least if she goes she will go knowing she loved someone. She loved the way Ragtha smiled, the way she makes Pomni's worries go away, the way her yarn hair flows side to side as she walks. Pomni smiles while crying and holds the poppy tightly, while rubbing her eye of the tears she doesn't notice the door crack open. Ragtha sneaks in, closing the door gently behind her to see a form of abstract particles forming around Pomni's; she rushes over to Pomni's bedside, pulling the small girl into a hug crying. While crying Ragtha manages to ask Pomni, "What happened here!? Where did all these particles come from?" Pomni just tightens her grip on Ragatha's dress as the particles slowly stop forming but just sit there floating around Pomni. Pomni opens her mouth to respond as she slowly passes out in Ragtha's arms. Ragtha rushes down the hall carrying the small jester in her arms, pushing the door open in a panic screaming Caine's name as tears flow down her cheek. The rest of the group still sitting at the table look at the abstract particles forming around them, the panic growing in the air. Caine appears again looking at the chaos forming in the room he glances over towards the doll holding the jester as a massive abstract monster forms behind them. He quickly rushes over and stops the abstract from spreading, releasing all the panic in the room, he looks at the doll and asks, "my my how did such a thing happen?" Ragtha replies, "I am not sure I went to check on Pomni in her room and saw them forming. I myself panicked and brought her here in search of you." Caine came to the conclusion the best thing to solve this issue was to set a camera in Pomni's room in order to keep an eye out on this sudden behavior of her's.

The past few weeks Pomni sluggishly wanders the halls up and down holding the poppy in her hands, no one really seeing her besides for meal times and even then she always seems to disappear halfway in. Ragtha grows worried of Pomni's behaviors, making an aching feeling in her chest.

One night Ragtha sneaks into Pomni's room seeing the mess of the room she had made lying there in her t-shirt and pajama pants face down holding her arm out with the now whittled poppy. Pomni doesn't pick up her head. Ragtha standing in her pink nightgown starts tearing up at the sight of her dearest friend in this state. Ragtha gets closer closing the gap between the two of them now standing above Pomni staring down at her she gives her a small nudge as to which Pomni flinches at the sudden touch the pain inside of her growing larger the tears forming realizing who is now sitting besides her on her bed. Pomni lifts her head up crying and asks, "Ragtha is that you?" Ragtha pulls Pomni close into her lap and answers, "Why don't we get dressed and head outside to that field and view the stars and talk?" Pomni agrees and the two leave the tent side by side.