Jay stiffens for a moment, but it's alright. It's just Tim. They're leaving. Even if the shadows follow them, they're leaving.
Slowly, he brings his hands down from his face--
--just as his shadow reaches up, wraps bony fingers around one of Jay's wrists and pulls. His eyes don't have time to adjust before there's a lens (not like the one from the Mansion, like his old one) inches from his face.
"Hey, bird-brain."
Jay shoves him away. "No. No, we're leaving."
"You can't go now!" The shadow whines, falsely petulant. "Where else am I gonna get my footage? What, am I just gonna have to sit by myself in a hotel room for the months, waiting? You're my best lead. This is too important."
It grabs onto Jay's arm with its free hand, attempting to yank him out of Tim's grip. Jay pulls back, but the shadow's persistent.
"People have to know, Jay! They have to know w̷ha̴t̕ you ar̴e!"
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Slowly, he brings his hands down from his face--
--just as his shadow reaches up, wraps bony fingers around one of Jay's wrists and pulls. His eyes don't have time to adjust before there's a lens (not like the one from the Mansion, like his old one) inches from his face.
"Hey, bird-brain."
Jay shoves him away. "No. No, we're leaving."
"You can't go now!" The shadow whines, falsely petulant. "Where else am I gonna get my footage? What, am I just gonna have to sit by myself in a hotel room for the months, waiting? You're my best lead. This is too important."
It grabs onto Jay's arm with its free hand, attempting to yank him out of Tim's grip. Jay pulls back, but the shadow's persistent.
"People have to know, Jay! They have to know w̷ha̴t̕ you ar̴e!"