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Characters: John Harley and YOU
Setting: Dormitory hallways
Format: Starting with prose, but happy with either!
Summary: John has just woken up on the second dorm level and wanders around confused.
Warnings: None yet!

John was confused. He was pretty sure this wasn't the medium - it didn't look anything like what he'd seen following Jade on his computer, nor like anything in the clouds.

After the dreams he'd been having, waking up in a dark, cold room was making it hard for him to maintain his usual cheerfulness. He wandered around, investigating the other rooms, but they all looked the same; dark and empty. It was creepy and kind of reminded him of that book Dave was always going on about. That, in turn, reminded him of the scary as hell post-dreamself-death dreams. Maybe he was still asleep?

Eventually, he found the stairs and made his way down.

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[quarkylass]

A small laugh escapes her, though it's strange and a little stilted, like she hasn't laughed in awhile.

"No, I don't think so..." She shakes her head, watching him warily. Does he not like her? She knows that they're meeting in person for the first time, but she hopes that he thinks she's nice, even though she doesn't look presentable.

"I remember, um. The meteor. And the earth being gone."

[dreamsofderp.livejournal.com]

There's something strange about Jade, but John can't quite put his finger on it. What he can tell, though, is that something is wrong, which is why he pulls her in for another hug, this one more careful.

"Are you okay?"

[quarkylass]

She smiles despite herself, carefully returning the favor. John isn't exactly the same, either. But she wonders if that's what heaven does to people, is change them. Thinking about the question for a moment, she sighs.

"I dunno."

[dreamsofderp.livejournal.com]

He's getting a little worried now. Jade is never this subdued. She's always cool and ironic and totally badass!

Not that this amnesiac Jade isn't cool, too. Just... not the normal kind of cool.

"Well, you remember me, right? So your memory can't be completely gone!"

[quarkylass]

John is pretty much the same, so she's not quite as worried. Jade smiles, nodding. "John Egbert. I wouldn't forget you, you sent me stuff a long time ago."

[dreamsofderp.livejournal.com]

Oh man. Oh man oh god oh man oh god oh man oh god.

"Jade, I think you really do have amnesia!!"

[quarkylass]

She just looks confused. "But...why?"

[dreamsofderp.livejournal.com]

"Because my last name isn't Egbert, that's Rose!"

[quarkylass]

"No...Rose is Rose Lalonde. And John Egbert, and Dave Strider, and me."

[dreamsofderp.livejournal.com]

John suddenly understands fuck all.

"But... that doesn't make any sense!"

[quarkylass]

"But it's what you told me, when I was ten..." Jade is entirely confused. She steps back just a bit, suddenly wary. Did she drop into a place where no one knows her, not even her friends? That's not heaven at all, or even a dream. That's just cruel.

[dreamsofderp.livejournal.com]

"No, I..." John stares at her, confused and dismayed. Does she not like him now that things are weird?

"Okay, this is really weird, but you're still Jade, right? Maybe that's the important thing." He smiles carefully. "And since we're both Harleys, it's kind of like we're twins!"

[quarkylass]

Oh no, she's upset him. She's not even sure what she did but she probably deserves it -- her face falls slightly, and she idly chews on her nonexistent thumbnail. He's free to notice the torn state of her hands in the meantime.

"You still act like John...you're my best friend." The last part makes her pause, and she looks up from her studious study of her own shoes to smile at him. "I'd like to be twins."

[dreamsofderp.livejournal.com]

He grins, completely failing to notice her hands, and pulls her into another hug.

"Awesome!"

[quarkylass]

O-oh hugs, she can do these. Her return hug is tentative, mostly because she thinks that he might get mad at her. Or worse, that he might disappear.

"Y-yeah. This is pretty cool."