Eclipse - Act 1 - The Healing

Chapter 3 - Jaymes Ickford

Jaymes

He taps his fingers on the metal desk in a rhythmic tune constantly, almost anticipating for something to happen. His violet eyes stare downwards at the table as he glares at his own reflection, waiting for Glynda to return with the files and her mug of coffee. The erratic rhythm he plays is somewhat like this:

Ra-ta-ta-ta – ta-ta – ta-ta-ta

And it just repeats over and over again with his finger on the metallic table, anxiety through the roof as he sits there. His eye twitching and skin crawling every single second with his thoughts jumbled as he keeps thinking and thinking about everything that comes to his mind. He continues that little tune with his hand, staring at his reflection.

That's when he sees Glynda walk up behind him, and she grits her teeth with fury, slashing towards him with her Crop to kill him. He gasps with shock and spins round.

Nothing...

All in his head.

Anxiety eating away at his mind like a swarm of carrion flies that find dead flesh. Jaymes shakes it off, looking away from what he thought he saw, shaking his head and scratching the back of his neck. Always feeling these deranged itches across his body – feels like it has been hours since Glynda had gone.

She's not coming back...she doesn't care about me

Afraid of me

Wants to hurt me

The door opens, and this time it is real, he lifts his head sharply when Glynda looks at him with a file tucked under her arm and in her right hand is a warm mug of coffee. Her green eyes meet his violet coloured ones as she approaches the table and carefully sets both her coffee mug and file down onto the table. She pushes her glasses up her nose slightly before taking her seat in front of him.

She exhales as she sit down, staring at Jaymes who looks like he is really struggling at the moment. She then turns to her file and she licks her finger to turn the pages with ease, landing onto his file.

Name: Jaymes Ickford

Age: 17

Birthplace: Vacuo

Taught at: Sanctum Academy before moving to Shade Academy

Other Notes: (Glynda Goodwitch) I witnessed this young man berating Pyrrha Nikos, who has been suffering with the after-effects of the Battle of Beacon since she woke up mere hours ago. His behaviour is unacceptable.

However, despite how Glynda views the way he yelled at Pyrrha and berated her on what happened with Penny Polendina, she is not unreasonable. So she wants to evaluate him herself to understand him better – no bully acts without reason from their own past. "Jaymes Ickford..." She begins as she takes a sip from her coffee, looking right at him now, leaving the tapping boy anxiously waiting for what she wants to speak to him about. "I was hoping we could talk about what happened earlier in the Cafeteria."

He twitches when she says that. "Why would you care? You seem to only take the side of that murderer." He snarls viciously, like an animal on defence after attempting to lick its fresh wounds.

"No, I want to hear your side of the story. We all have our own personal struggles after an event like the Battle of Beacon – so I want to understand you more, Mr Ickford." Glynda explains as she sets her hands onto the table, looking at him.

He slouches down, his eyes looking away from her and his hand begins tapping that little rhythm of his again. Every beat made echoes through the room as he sits there, feeling his mind slipping away whenever he doesn't do it. Glynda quickly notices the little rhythm however she just bats it away for now as just a little thing he has stuck in his head. "Now then, to start Mr Ickford – you came from Shade Academy, correct?" She asks him, and he continues to tap away before he answers. "Jaymes?"