forum We're All a Little Mad // OxO // Closed

Started November 01, 2019 by @ElderGod-Icefire

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He smiled back. "You're welcome."

Aliana smiled at him as she watched him start the fire before she pulled out her notebook to sketch in the firelight,

Hatta smiled a little.

Aliana moved so she was closer to Hatta not wanting to leave his side at the moment. She flipped to a new page and began to draw.

Hatta began to work on building a fire.

Aliana sat silent trying to think of what to draw that would cause more nightmares for herself.

He kept building the fire.

Aliana took a deep breath and went to watch Hatta giving up on her sketching, "Do you need help?"

Hatta smiled a little. "No, I'm good."

Aliana smiled back and nodded, "Okay."

Hatta kept working.

Aliana hummed as she watched Hatta. Smiling as she saw the fire start to life.

Hatta sat back, blowing on the fire a little.

Aliana looked back down to her sketchbook now being able to begin sketching. Her mind was cluttered with thoughts so she decided to just go for it.

He was quiet, working on the fire still.

Aliana started by drawing a raven, the words the mad hatter said were still ringing in her ears. She needed to get them out, even if on paper.

Hatta was quiet, closing his eyes for a moment.

Aliana was silent minus the scratching of pen on paper from her drawing. She paused for a moment to see the nightmarish picture taking place on her page.

Hatta opened his eyes, watching the fire.

Aliana looked over at Hatta letting out a deep breath before looking back down at her drawing. She saw ravens, heads, blood, darkness, clocks, but more importantly, she could make out the faint outline of the monster of her dreams. She took another breath before ripping the page out crumpling it up not caring as her hands got covered in fresh ink before throwing it into the fire. She felt some sort of sick satisfaction as she watched the paper smolder and burn.

Hatta watched the paper burn, frowning a little bit.

Aliana let out a shaky breath and curled in on herself. She was careful not to get any ink on her clothes but closed up her notebook.

Hatta watched her for a moment, then sighed softly.

Aliana looked up to Hatta and asked him softly, "Can, can you tell me a riddle? Or a story? Something to distract me. Please."

Hatta blinked. "Oh. Yeah. Give me a minute."