The Leaves of Fall Act 2: Fear the Nobodies (Part 10)
\>”A-Anon?” \>You roll over in bed \>”I-I can’t s-sleep.” \>You groan, your eyes still glued shut \>Sam is just a dream, you say to yourself. A voice in the dark \>”I-I-It smells so strong in h-here,” he takes a sharp breath “So what...
The Leaves of Fall Act 2: Fear the Nobodies (Part 9)
\>Sam could not take it \>He spends the whole movie clinging to your arm so tightly you can physically feel blood returning to it once Batman dashes off into the night for his final scene \>Alex, being the beautiful, wonderful, intelligent, radiant...
The Leaves of Fall Act 2: Fear the Nobodies (Part 13)
\>Stella whips her head behind her \>The badger freezes, and then jams a finger in Sam’s direction and snarls \>”Sam, you stay far away from that crystal, you hear me? You’re not a level six Lazer Lotus. You touch it and I’ll have your ears hanging...
The Leaves of Fall Act 2: Fear the Nobodies (Part 24)
\>What do you say? \>I mean, really, WHAT DO YOU SAY to this guy? \>You don’t say anything for a few moments, your mind spinning at a thousand miles-per-hour, mulling over every possible dialog choice \>A few hours earlier this guy was kicking...
The Leaves of Fall Act 3: Something That Matters (Part 19)
\>"You're right." \>A voice — too familiar to you — booms over the loudspeakers \>Vanessa \>The music abruptly cuts \>The rat behind the table looks up at you four, her eyes glowing red with fire \>Fuck \>How did you not see it before? ...
The Leaves of Fall Act 2: Fear the Nobodies (Part 12)
\>You know, this is kinda peaceful \>The sun is just starting to rise and come up over the bluffs \>There’s a type of dawn-stasis that’s got the whole world in a still, like a photograph, or a frame out of a movie \>That’s what this feels like ...
The Leaves of Fall Act 2: Fear the Nobodies (Part 16)
\>You sit up to the sound of a car horn blaring \>Jenna Orthorn is pulled up, her van blocking the bike lane \>You hear hear her car door slam shut, the sound concerned footsteps approaching \>”What the hell are you guys doing on the side of the...
The Leaves of Fall Act 2: Fear the Nobodies (Part 5)
\>You are Sam \>And from the single window of your room, you watch the leaves of fall drop into the breeze, one by one, like little parachutes of autumn \>Your hips, butt, back and arms sting and are peppered with welts \>You tug your hoodie up...
The Leaves of Fall Act 3: Something That Matters (Part 12)
\>When at last you pull back from each other (you still shaking; hot air and steam dumping from your mouth), there's silence \>Sam quickly pivots her body to face away from you, but you can see the unbridled joy played out across her face \>Her ears...
The Leaves of Fall Act 2: Fear the Nobodies (Part 25)
\>You roll into the small parking lot of the church \>Ah yes, you've been here before, mainly with Mike and Alex to 'hunt ghosts' when you were younger \>You never found any ghosts but you did burn a couple thousand calories on the bike ride up the...
The Leaves of Fall Act 3: Something That Matters (Part 17)
\>"At least the garlic makes sense." \>Mike folds his arms across his chest \>It was a little after 4 in the afternoon \>You're all back at the church now, except for Mike, who is watching from the front doors, which you've propped open with a...
The Leaves of Fall Act 3: Something That Matters (Part 4)
\>"Unwanted." \>The words fall from your father's lips like they were 20 tons apiece \>His face is stern and hard; carved out of granite and limestone, weathered by whiskey \>"And that's all she'll ever be. A burden. Hold her arm out," he...