[ "sweet but embarrassing" was the second choice for jade's middle name. winter won out because it made her sound like the next katniss everdeen. ]
Okay, let me give that a shot!
[ jade lets go to clench her fists, and squeeze her eyes shut. inhale, exhale, focus, focus, focus. her knuckles are white, her nose is scrunched up in extreme concentration, and her tongue is pressed flat against her upper lip--
no subject
Okay, let me give that a shot!
[ jade lets go to clench her fists, and squeeze her eyes shut. inhale, exhale, focus, focus, focus. her knuckles are white, her nose is scrunched up in extreme concentration, and her tongue is pressed flat against her upper lip--
oh, wait. she peeks with one lime green eye. ]
...Did you want to go? I wonder if I can do that.
[ jade is, notably, still there, but. ]