εllïε ώïllïαṃṡ (afraidtobealone) wrote in mandalus, @ 2013-09-08 14:02:00 |
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002 ☣ Video to All
[Ellie didn't have a good reason to be out in the woods. Aside from pure boredom and wanting to see how lost she could get herself, and then find her way back home again. No infected to hide from/kill, and the kid got bored, strangely enough. No Joel to help her channel that teenage energy, and that was how Ellie ended up in the middle of the woods. Lost. Okay, only a little lost. Just a little. She could use the map on her phone to find her way out of the woods, but that was taking the easy way out. And Ellie didn't want to do that. She may have had it easier here, no infected, no hunters, but that didn't mean she could let herself go soft. Joel would need her when she got home.
Ellie made her way through the forest, noting that the trees started to thin out to her right. She started in that direction, wondering if it was a clearing, or if she'd hit farmland. When she reached the treeline, Ellie stopped short. She could see the side of a house a couple hundred yards away. Her stomach twisted and her breath c aught in her throat. It wasn't just any old house, she knew that house. She remembered riding up, emotional and hurt over what she'd overheard. Joel was going to pass her off to Tommy. The wound, which had mostly scabbed over with their trip to UC Boulder, was torn afresh. She remembered the look on Joel's face as he yelled at her. And Ellie had yelled right back.
Ellie climbed over the wooden fence, dropping to the ground. The house was still overgrown with foliage on the front, vines creeping along the edge of the porch roof. She stepped tentatively onto the porch, then tried the door. It was unlocked and Ellie stepped inside. Either this was one hell of a drug trip of a drug she didn't even take, or this place was really there.
Ellie slowly pulled out her phone, hitting the video function. The camera picks up part of her face, her focus everywhere but the phone as she moved through the farmhouse.]
I've got a question. Does random shit from home show up here for everyone? Or is this place just fucking with me? Because I am about to lose my goddamn mind over this.
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