forum god's garden of eden // oxo // closed

Started October 13, 2019 by @saor_illust school

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“How can I not be? The garden is so tranquil and the creatures who live here are so beautiful. How can I not be calm?” Sammy questions, watching as Jaclyn gets more and more stressed. “Go outside and calm down. You will feel better.”

"She's beautiful, yes, but I don't want to take risks," Jaclyn explained, but stepped outside of the cave and watched some small birds flutter up around the treetops, blissfully happy.

Sammy finishes tending to the bear and then walks out to find Jaclyn. She spots her watching the birds flutter above the trees as the sun rises. "I'll race you to the top of the tree!" She says, racing past her and up the tree.

"Wait what?" Jaclyn asked, startled, and blinking. A couple seconds later, her brain finally comprehended what Sammy had said and starting running towards the tree, a smile growing on her face.

Sammy and Jaclyn start racing up the trees.

jaclyn ignored the rough bark scraping against her skin, all she had in her mind was climbing the tree.

Sammy reached the top, the sun was just starting to rise, she waited for jaclyn to catch up.

when jaclyn reached the top as well, she finally noticed the dull stinging in her palms, a reminder that she still was only human, and her skin was easily susceptible to tiny things like splinters. resting her back against a nearby branch, she looked at her hands and noticed several spinters but ignored them, not really caring about them at the moment. instead, she looked out at the view, and she could see so much, it amazed her.

Sammy stares out, "it's beautiful, isn't it?"

"Yeah, it really is," Jaclyn agreed, nodding.

"What did we do to deserve such beauty?" Sammy questions, turning to Jaclyn, hoping she has the answer.

"Who knows? What if we don't deserve this beauty; what if this is all just a dream?" Jaclyn answered, but with more questions then they started with. After a short pause she added, "If it is just a dream, I hope I never wake up."

As soon as Jaclyn said that, Sammy looked scared, "It's almost, too good to be true…" She suddenly starting checking everything, as if looking for a glitch in the system.

Jaclyn noticed Sammy's action. "Relax, it's just a theory. Who knows, this could be real life after all."

"But now I'm not so sure…" Sammy trails off.

Jaclyn looked at Sammy, worried. "Ah, I probably shouldn't've said anything in the first place… all I've done is scare you."

"I don't remember what real life ever was Jac." Sammy starts.

Sammy's use of a nickname for her startled Jaclyn, she hadn't expected that she would give her a nickname. But it didn't startle her that much, and it didn't bother her either. "What do you mean?" she asked, not understanding what Sammy was saying.

"I don't remember what was reality and what was fake anymore!" Sammy says, almost completely snapping. "Sorry." she whispers.

The sudden change in tone surprised her, and Jaclyn didn't bother to hide it. What was the point? She stayed quiet for a while after Sammy's quick apology, finally saying, "…it's fine."

"I'm going to try and sleep…" Sammy says, climbing down from the tree.

Jaclyn looked at Sammy, nodding, "…okay then," and started following her down the tree. To be fair, the sky was darkening. Time flies by quickly, she thought to herself, noticing a couple of stars that had come out early.

Sammy suddenly felt cold and started violently shivering. No longer being able to hold onto the branches and falls down the tree, landing on the ground and instantly blacks out.

"Um… Sammy? Are you okay?" Jaclyn asked, looking down at her. She started feeling scared, afraid of falling when she looked down though and instead of continuing down she just clung to the branch, afraid to keep going.

Sammy doesn't move, she can't. The ringing in her ears gets louder and louder until it is deafening.