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Click here"She's definitely more herself now, I think." Holly agreed. "When we were kids, she was pretty withdrawn. I really only knew her as one the 'trailer park' kids. I didn't even know about what she'd been dealing with at home until after her transformation."
"Makes me wish I could have been a real superhero and come to rescue her." Chloe said, looking off, imagining herself swooping down out of the sky to scoop up a teenaged Mittens and fly her away from all that horror.
"If you ask me, I think she's the one who is the superhero." Holly remarked with a quirky grin. "Coming through all that without getting turned into some kind of monster herself. I assume it's why she wanted to become a cat so badly. Get as far away from who she was as she could."
"Maybe." Chloe returned with a shrug. "I just know that..." She trailed off, feeling a sudden wave of emotion slam into her like a lead brick.
"Hey, are you okay?" Holly asked with a note of mild alarm, stopping and looking at Chloe.
Chloe stopped as well, not because of Holly doing so, but because she was suddenly crying so hard that she couldn't see clearly anymore. She tried to respond, but when she opened her mouth, all that came out was croaking sob. Holly pulled her into a tight hug, nearly having to hold Chloe upright as a torrent of tears flooded out of her.
She didn't even know where it was all coming from or why it was coming at all.
Her mind was too thick with emotion to even sort through all the chaos roaring through it, bits of August and Victoria and Master and Mittens. As if the floodgates had been fully opened, even fragments of her encounters with Chad and Danny Walker, questions about Sugar, her guilt with Shawn, and her dealings with PinWheelSoul spun into the slurry of wild thoughts storming in her skull. She couldn't cling to any one notion or thought for more than a moment, as though her mind was simply, finally, vomiting up a stomach full of foul contents that it had been suffering for a while to keep down.
It wasn't until most of the sudden, inexplicable, outburst had played itself out that a single remaining realization was left lingering in the empty space from everything else in her brain being expelled. Shudderingly, she fought to manage to make words. She had to say it out loud or she would never have the strength to face it.
"I need to go back."
"Back to the game shop?" Holly asked, a little confused.
Chloe gave her head a small shake, tears rolling down her sodden cheeks. "Back to Master Heron."
- COMMENTS
MemoryofSnow3 months agoAuthorHehe. Why, yes, it (unofficially to avoid getting sued) just might be that game they are playing. :)
There is actually an amusing inside joke to my having them play that particular system. Before there was the Mittens of the story, there was a comic sidekick version of Mittens in a Champions game I ran. She was a bit more silly and mischievous, but the roots were there. As a tip of the hat, I had them play this instead of the typical 'high fantasy' generic RPG most people go to for when you see people role-playing. :)
MemoryofSnow3 months agoAuthorA lot of people seemed a bit surprised by the sudden twist. Hehe. I was just really glad for a way to finally get to introduce some of Chloe's background into the story.
Fibroidkey7943 months agoWell that was unexpected, but if it can get Chloe to feel better about her choices then power to her!
MemoryofSnowover 2 years agoAuthorVery glad you are enjoying it. Hopefully, you will enjoy getting to meet a little of Chloe's past and learn a bit about where she started from. :)
