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Chapter Twentyfive (POV : E) ~ Runes

My whole body hurts.... how long has it been sense I haven't hurt. I can't even remember.... I've been back on those meds for a long time and it's back to 'normal'. If feeling blank all the time is normal then I'm surprised if normal people are actually ever happy.

I couldn't stand them anymore.

I don't remember what it's like off my meds but it has to be better then nothing... Ark seems set on keeping me on them. So I've pretended to take them the last few days. My mind races and I'm always on edge but it's better then gray.

It's been so long that I've had a day where I can actually register what's happening in the world. The sun actually feels warm. The sky beautiful and the night even more so. I told Ark I wasn't working today. It's the first official day of Summer. It's only normal to want to take the day off. As far as I know A lot of people in the afterlife building are roaming around today. It's Friday and the gang is actually hanging out for the first time in a month. We're all meeting at Devins Cafe around 3 and it's still early morning so I have the hole day to myself.

I kind of want to just take in information, maybe try and remember some things. Curse my damn memory loss.

I found myself walking down the sidewalk towards Creepy's shop. My feet guided themselves like I'd walked this path a thousand times. I didn't know why. I stopped in front of the store. The sigh had changed from last I remember. As I stood in the center of traffic I jerked as someone ran into me. I reflexively tensed up and yelped.

"Oh! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to startle you." I didn't recognize the person but I was glad they apologized.
"Don't... don't worry about it. Thank you tho." The person nodded and continued walking. I turned back to the store to see a woman with long curly purple hair pulled into a pony tail. Her bangs hanging out. She took her headphones off and hung them around her neck. A smile covered her face and she looked happy to see me. The stitches on the side of her face pulled.

That's Creepy right?

She walked through the door and spoke to me. "Well don't just stand there like a dead flower kid. Come on it, your blocking traffic." She gently grabbed my wrist and led me inside. The place looked familiar. "Indigo is already here. I have the last box for you all ready set up." She pulled me through a set of back doors and into a small fenced in yard type area. There was a large cart full of boxes. Inside the boxes were differing sizes of sheet metal along with nuts and bolts.

"Excuse me Miss but I'm not sure what this is all for?" I looked up at the Woman who might be Creepy.

"Oh dear.... you had another episode didn't you... wait here." She left me standing in the yard. I didn't know what to do. I readjusted the mask on my face and kicked the grass until she came back. She had a small book. "This is yours. You write it so you don't forget things." She handed the book to me and I flipped it open. Memories I have no recollection of filled the pages as well as Polaroid pictures. People I knew and some had no memory filled the book. Many contained a really cute boy with indigo hair and darker skin. We seemed close in the pictures. He couldn't have been any older then me.

"I don't remember any of this... you are Creepy right?" She nodded.

"You don't even remember a single one of these? You forgot a lot this time..." she looked kinda sad.

"Who is the guy with blue hair?" The question was an innocent one but her reaction was startling.

"E! You don't remember ether of us?! This isn't a normal episode! Normaly you forget a few days. Not months...." I felt bad but I didn't know what I was missing.