Dara sat outside, in the park, trying to study. Her biochemistry textbook lie open in her lap. A creature –snakelike, eel like, altogether too human-like– wrapped around her forearm. She rolled her eyes, her shoulders drooping.
"Leave me alone!" Dara jumped at the sudden exclamation. A boy was walking towards her, his face grim. she looked at him as he passed. "You okay?"
//can I jump in?
"Yes.."
(Sure thing!)
Robin was startled by the sudden voice, and the dragon coiled its tail around his throat, making him anxious. "Er, y-yes. I-I'm fine." He knew the dragon could control his thoughts sometimes, so he just concentrated on telling it to go away via thought.
Harlow looked up from glaring at a small dog yapping around her ankles. “Are you sure?”
The snake-eel wrapped tighter around her arm and started to ease its way up her chest. "Oh good for you." She winced. "I –I mean, sorry. I heard you yell and I thought you might be in danger." She smiled awkwardly. The snake-eel squeezed.
Griffin winced as he saw the scorpion scuttle towards him. "Great. See you then."
"Y-yeah, I'm fine." The dragon tightened its tail around Robin's neck, making him nervous and causing his voice to crack and stutter.
(So can people see other people's demons?)
(I'm assuming no)
"Great." She was still smiling, awkwardly. By now she couldn't stop smiling. She blurted without thinking, "What are you doing here? I mean…God, I'm blunt. What brings you to the park?"
"It… helps me relax. Sometimes…" He cast a subtle glance at the dragon, who just grinned at him and tightened its grip even more.
"I was trying to study," she admitted, motioning down to her biochemistry book. "Guanine, adenine, thymine…and I always forget the c one. You'd think by now I'd remember all that. Elementary bio stuff. I'm so scatterbrained but also somehow a genius and I…" she noticed the look on his face and immediately the snake-eel coiled around her neck. She shut up.
"Yeah… I-I was trying to read when I… I mean… got distracted, by.. something.." He had almost talked about the demon, and it wasn't happy about it. He was having some difficulty breathing now, and his heart was pounding.
Harlow watched the two, preferring not to talk. Since her own demons were mostly under control, she liked to look for people who might need help controlling theirs.
(Brb in an hour)
"Oh. Sorry, I guess." Dara shrugged, her eyes downcast. "Hope you get un-distracted. Or whatever." The snake-eel's hold tightened. Why was it being so insistent today? She tugged at the collar of her blouse.
"Alright." He responded, then hung up. He exhaled a breath. He was probably going to regret this.
Griffin hung up, skaking is head at himself.
Robin nodded awkwardly, not entirely sure how to continue the conversation. The dragon kept calling him incompetent, making it harder and harder for him to breathe. Robin was just glad it wasn't burning him at the moment. He usually tried his best to avoid possible triggers.
“Sorry for bothering you, but you don’t look so good right now. Do you need something?” Harlow asked, standing up.
"Hmm? I'm… I'm fine." Robin had forgotten that these experiences made him pale and clammy, and lightheaded since the dragon made breathing so difficult. It tightened its grip again at the appearance of a second person, and Robin felt like he was about to pass out.
(So like if my character has demons that she has already conquered she would just have a talisman bracelet with a charm that took the form of the animal her demon looked like?)
Jonathan peeled open one of the curtains hiding the sunlight from his room, and shifted to peer outdoors.
I suppose thats okay)
(I don't know what to do guys! I like the plot but have no idea how to put myself in.)
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(Could I join too?)