❝So uh... Would now be a bad time to ask what's going on? Maybe later, when we aren't running for our lives from a megalomaniac crazy person?❞
OR
In which an invisible NPC befriends our avatars, forms friendships and maybe, just maybe, falls...
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"THAT was so amazing, Fridge!"
"I... I defanged a snake."
"I know! That was so cool! Like... Could you always do this or is that like a new thing? Because like I saw you were a bit confused with all the animal facts you were saying and it seems really weird because if you could do that all the time you wouldn't be confused by it? Like I don't know, I mean I only just met you and-"
Suddenly, Skye noticed that everyone else in the group was looking at her.
"Hi?" She awkwardly asked, to no response.
Maybe the horn theory was more true than she expected. She felt her temple and... Yep, still no horns. She blinked at the group, and they blinked back. And then... Spencer approached her. He was somewhat cautious with his movements, as if he was dealing with something more dangerous than the black mamba that had attacked them earlier.
Skye stumbled back. "Woah, woah, woah, woah-" She quickly said, grabbing a garter beneath her dress and pulling out an iridescent pocket knife, the tip of its handle decorated by a butterfly's wing. She pointed it in his general direction, breath harsh, eyes wide. This caused him to step back, hands raised in a panic.
She lowered the knife a bit, keeping the point at Spencer. While Skye was doing this, she failed to notice that she was glitching in and out of the environment.
"Y-You can see me, right?" She asked. Spencer nodded. She then pointed the knife at Martha.
"You can too, yeah?"
Another nod.
"And so can she, and so can he..." Skye muttered, using the knife as a pointer to gesture towards Fridge and Bethany. She sighed. "Look, do you wanna know how long I've spent, wandering this area with no real human interaction?"
"How long-"
"I wouldn't be able to tell you!" Skye stated, bluntly, "And like, I mean, it would be nice to have someone to talk to and if that's you guys then thats fine but like... Why did you do that?" She was specifically gesturing to Spencer now with the knife, "Is there something wrong with me?"
Spencer raised a brow. "Well... Um... It's a long story-"
"Try me!" Skye cried out, "If it's an explanation as to why people walk back and forth through the bazaar not speaking and when they do they repeat sentences multiple times, or why I'm invisible, or who the hell you people are I'm willing to listen to a long story!"
"Why are you pointing that thing?"
Skye paused, looking at the knife, "Oh? This thing? Well, if you could treat a literal poisonous snake like a staring contest, then I'm allowed to treat a knife as a pointer-"
"Guys!" Bethany winced, looking over at Skye with a weak smile on her face. "Okay, let's just see what's in the box and then we can explain to her what's going on, alright?"
