when Sooyoung turns the corner, Ruby overtakes her without so much as a pause to take in the next hallway—and rather than running ahead on her own, she grabs blindly for Sooyoung's hand before she breaks into a full sprint, trying to spur the other woman into action alongside her. whatever the purpose of these mirror images, it's plainly not going to be anything good when they're already doing their best to verbally torment the real thing. ]
It's okay. [ it's spoken under her shallow breaths; she's talking to herself more than Sooyoung, a desperate survival mantra: ] We just have to keep going. We can make it... It's okay, it's oka—ow!
[ a yelp of pain cuts Rudbeckia off, and she jerks to a sudden halt like she's hit the end of a leash; behind her, her doppleganger has slipped out of the mirror and seized a fistful of blonde hair. it only spares a brief, indifferent glance to Sooyoung before its cold gaze slides to Ruby struggling in its grip. ]
Come on. What's the point? You don't even want to live.
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when Sooyoung turns the corner, Ruby overtakes her without so much as a pause to take in the next hallway—and rather than running ahead on her own, she grabs blindly for Sooyoung's hand before she breaks into a full sprint, trying to spur the other woman into action alongside her. whatever the purpose of these mirror images, it's plainly not going to be anything good when they're already doing their best to verbally torment the real thing. ]
It's okay. [ it's spoken under her shallow breaths; she's talking to herself more than Sooyoung, a desperate survival mantra: ] We just have to keep going. We can make it... It's okay, it's oka—ow!
[ a yelp of pain cuts Rudbeckia off, and she jerks to a sudden halt like she's hit the end of a leash; behind her, her doppleganger has slipped out of the mirror and seized a fistful of blonde hair. it only spares a brief, indifferent glance to Sooyoung before its cold gaze slides to Ruby struggling in its grip. ]