communication to Elaine;
[ooc: spoken and mental, essentially, so like a prayer, only not, since Elaine doesn't like being prayed to and Sarah knows that since she's done this many times before. If other characters (God/angels) could/would/should feasibly hear it, I'm all right with that!]
Elaine.
I know you're here now for other things, important things you have to do, and you don't want to interfere in the battle in this city. I know that. I've kept myself from asking for any help because I do know that.
But it's been two days. Please. I'll do anything to get him back. I don't care. The things I could do if I tried to figure out how, the things I want to do - I don't want to become that, I don't want to be worse than Jareth. But if it means getting him home, I don't know that I can keep caring about what's good and moral. What's the point of it if he's not here? Another piece of my humanity for his life, it's not even a contest, Elaine. I don't even know that I can keep thinking about what he would want me to do, because it hurts too much. I don't want to do the right thing anymore, I just want to have him back because that is where things are the most right, when we're together.
I need him. This city needs him. He needs us. And all of that, needing each other, it's a need for him to be free and not being tortured too. What kind of plan is this, what purpose or destiny does it serve for him to be hurting again? Hasn't he suffered enough? He might not be mortal, but he's human, dammit, why does he have to suffer lifetimes worth of pain in the span of one lifetimes just because he can live more than one lifetime? It's not fair, what kind of justice is that!
Or is this a test for the rest of us? If so, why him? Why would this be necessary? Isn't there another way? There has to be another way. I'll switch places with him, I'll do it and not look back, it doesn't matter what it would mean for me. Whatever purpose this was supposed to serve, if there was a purpose besides breaking all of us, it could still be accomplished with someone else. It could.
Please. Just tell me where he is. I'll tear the place apart myself, I don't care, I'm not asking for it all, but I need to know where. Please. If we knew where, we could rescue him, we're all capable of it, but we can't make plans for a place we can't find.
Please, Elaine. You can see right into our very souls, you have to know we can't take any more of this before we break. Not all of us are as strong as he is.