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Alana Woods @alanaorchid.bsky.social · 6h

“𝙊𝙝 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮? 𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝙄'𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙐𝙧𝙨𝙖 𝙈𝙖𝙟𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙊𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙣. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙯𝙤𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙘 𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚."

Alana Woods @alanaorchid.bsky.social · 7h

“𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙖 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙠𝙮. 𝙄 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮!"

She looked up at the sky in surprise

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Alana Woods @alanaorchid.bsky.social · 1d

She chuckled as she sighed in relief. She carefully lowered to the ground and placed Vero down.

“𝙄 𝙩𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙚! 𝙉𝙤𝙬 𝙡𝙚𝙩'𝙨 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙙 𝙖 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙨!"

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Alana Woods @alanaorchid.bsky.social · 2d

“𝘼𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨? 𝘼𝙡𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣."

She slowly opened the window at least enough and then she slowly took her step. Alana then turned to Vero and carefully picked her up.

“𝙊𝙠𝙖𝙮. 𝙊𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚.. 𝙤𝙣𝙚. 𝙩𝙬𝙤. 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚!"

She jumped out the window and there they go!

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Alana Woods @alanaorchid.bsky.social · 4d

“𝙒𝙚𝙡𝙡, 𝙒𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙬𝙤 𝙤𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨. 𝙒𝙚 𝙚𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙜𝙤 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙬 𝙤𝙧 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙨𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙖 𝙨𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙢. 𝙄 𝙢𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙪𝙥 𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙄'𝙢 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮'𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙚. 𝙄 𝙝𝙤𝙥𝙚. 𝘼𝙡𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙮, 𝙒𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙬𝙖𝙞𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚."

(That was three options not two!)

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Alana Woods @alanaorchid.bsky.social · 5d

“𝙒𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙. 𝙄𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙊𝙘𝙩𝙤𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙩 𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩. 𝙉𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙬𝙡 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙢 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙪𝙥 𝙨𝙤 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝."

She looked to see if there’s an extra blanket in this room and then she grabbed one once she saw under the pillows.

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Alana Woods @alanaorchid.bsky.social · 5d

“𝙊𝙝 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙝, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙤𝙣.."

She gently patted Vero’s back as she continued to look toward the sky. She closed her eyes and thought to herself.

(Maybe a shooting star can come tonight..)

"𝙈𝙖𝙮𝙗𝙚 𝙬𝙚'𝙡𝙡 𝙜𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙢𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙢 𝙪𝙥 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙤."

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Alana Woods @alanaorchid.bsky.social · 5d

“𝘿𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙤 𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙙? 𝙄'𝙡𝙡 𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙮 𝙪𝙥 𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙡 𝙢𝙞𝙙𝙣𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩.."

She says this as she looked towards the window with Vero

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Alana Woods @alanaorchid.bsky.social · 5d

“𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬.. 𝙄 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚."

(It’s not the time right now)

"𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢, 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙬𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧. 𝙊𝙠𝙖𝙮? 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩?"

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Alana Woods @alanaorchid.bsky.social · 5d

𝙄'𝙢 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚. 𝙄'𝙢 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚. 𝘼𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚.."

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Alana Woods @alanaorchid.bsky.social · 5d

Alana just watched as Hershel left, she then yelled as the tears started to run

“𝘾𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙'𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖 𝙣𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙡 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩?! 𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙪𝙥𝙨𝙚𝙩 𝙚𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙖𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨!"

She then looked back at Vero and lowered her voice

“𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙤𝙠𝙖𝙮.. 𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙤𝙠𝙖𝙮..

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Alana Woods @alanaorchid.bsky.social · 5d

Her voice sounded a little hissy

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Alana Woods @alanaorchid.bsky.social · 5d

She stared at Hershel for a while, If this what the stream is going to start doing then there it seems that time will be running out for the others brought here by it as well.

Alana might not have trusted Crow but she can see the pain in Vero’s eyes.

“𝙄 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙑𝙚𝙧𝙤 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨"

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Alana Woods @alanaorchid.bsky.social · 5d

Alana stood staring at the ground for who knows how long, their voices sounded muffled and then when she heard Vero starting to cry. She quickly went to hug her.

Her iris seemed to have shrunken as her eyes were wide. She isn’t happy to hear that.

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Alana Woods @alanaorchid.bsky.social · 5d

“𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢.. 𝙄𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠? 𝘿𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙩'𝙨.."

Alana placed her hand on where her mouth would be as the mention of the stream starting to send people back terrified her. Who would be next? Would her time here be cut short soon so?

She didn’t realize that she let go of Vero

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Alana Woods @alanaorchid.bsky.social · 5d

Alana tilts her head a bit in curiosity

“𝙐𝙥𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨? 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙪𝙥𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙙𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙞𝙢?"

She then turned to Vero and then went with her to sit on the bed.

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Alana Woods @alanaorchid.bsky.social · 5d

“𝙎𝙤, 𝙔𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙍𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝘼𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙩 𝙜𝙪𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝘿𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙝𝙪𝙝?"

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Alana Woods @alanaorchid.bsky.social · 5d

Alana looked at Vero for a moment as then she got up to the door. She opened it a bit and then looked at Hershel. Shes peaking through it so you could only see a few of her eyes.

“𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙗𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩.. 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙡?"

(Right.. I need to get used to that.)

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Alana Woods @alanaorchid.bsky.social · 5d

“𝙇𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙤.. 𝙄'𝙡𝙡 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙨. 𝙎𝙤, 𝙄'𝙢 𝙜𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪'𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙪𝙣𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚 𝙖𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙡𝙡?"

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Alana Woods @alanaorchid.bsky.social · 5d

(Maybe his lectures might not be as long as Dessie’s. Oh that’s probably a bad idea to have them do a lecture contest.)

Alana pulled Vero close as she heard Marshall’s name. Him? What about him?

She then muttered a bit

(“𝘾𝙧𝙤𝙬? 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩'𝙨 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙝𝙞𝙢?")

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Alana Woods @alanaorchid.bsky.social · 5d

“𝙄'𝙢 𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙪𝙣𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙬! 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙣𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝘼𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙖!"

Alana looked at the floor for a bit with a confused looked as she never heard this voice before and then she looked back up with her voice raised

“𝙒𝙝𝙤 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨? 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙙𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙑𝙚𝙧𝙤? 𝘼𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙃𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙡 𝙜𝙪𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙈𝙖𝙘 𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙙??"

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Alana Woods @alanaorchid.bsky.social · 5d

“𝙃𝙪𝙝? 𝙒𝙝𝙤'𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙤𝙤𝙧? 𝙈𝙖𝙘, 𝙄'𝙢 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙙𝙙𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚!"

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Alana Woods @alanaorchid.bsky.social · 5d

“𝙃𝙞 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚! 𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙪𝙢𝙢𝙢...."

(I didn’t ask for his name-)

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Alana Woods @alanaorchid.bsky.social · 5d

"𝘼𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙖. 𝘼𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙖 𝙒𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙨. 𝙉𝙤𝙩 𝙎𝙝𝙚𝙙𝙧𝙖 𝙒𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙨."

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Alana Woods @alanaorchid.bsky.social · 5d

“𝙄 𝙙𝙤 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙤𝙛𝙛 𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙢𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨, 𝘼𝙝 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙜𝙤. 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙮 𝙘𝙡𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤 𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙪𝙥 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚. 𝙊𝙠𝙖𝙮? 𝙉𝙤 𝙧𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙪𝙣𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙𝙚𝙙!"

There she goes trying to act like a leader as her eyes twinkle a little.

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