[She gave another negative mumble, shaking her head a little this time. When she looked back, she focused on the shell instead of Chloe, kneeling to pick it up.
Lucy frowned at the thing in her hand; like a pinkish scallop shell, sort of? She hadn't seen something like that—
—before...?
A blink, and Lucy was cold—and could barely see, it was so dark. Rain soaked her clothes and hair, the not-so-distant waves louder. Water pattered against something over her head, and when she looked up, she didn't see Chloe. There was a young man crouching near her, holding an umbrella over her head. Her eyes were too bleary with rain and cold to make out his face more than...was he worried?
Looking at him made her feel calm, but...there was some growing panic too. A creeping dread, like something bad was about to happen. She had to warn him.]
K—
[The word stopped at the consonant sound; it could have been Chloe's name, it could have been something else. Aside from making that sound, Lucy was frozen in place, kneeling in the sand with her hands clamped white-knuckle tight over the shell. She shivered, despite the pleasantly warm day.]
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Lucy frowned at the thing in her hand; like a pinkish scallop shell, sort of? She hadn't seen something like that—
—before...?
A blink, and Lucy was cold—and could barely see, it was so dark. Rain soaked her clothes and hair, the not-so-distant waves louder. Water pattered against something over her head, and when she looked up, she didn't see Chloe. There was a young man crouching near her, holding an umbrella over her head. Her eyes were too bleary with rain and cold to make out his face more than...was he worried?
Looking at him made her feel calm, but...there was some growing panic too. A creeping dread, like something bad was about to happen. She had to warn him.]
K—
[The word stopped at the consonant sound; it could have been Chloe's name, it could have been something else. Aside from making that sound, Lucy was frozen in place, kneeling in the sand with her hands clamped white-knuckle tight over the shell. She shivered, despite the pleasantly warm day.]