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ɢᴀʟᴇɴ ᴀɴᴛʜᴏɴʏ ʜᴏᴡᴀʀᴅ ([personal profile] gleans) wrote in [community profile] kore_logs2013-01-12 04:53 pm

{ open } all my troubles on a burning pile

Who: Galen Howard and YOU!
What: Wandering on the beach, smoking, throwing rocks!
When: Day 30, afternoon.
Where: The edge of the water, near houses 20, 9, and the lighthouse.

It's easy for Galen to feel like he's trapped in a movie, when he's alone. After arriving in a strange place, encountering all kinds of impossible things, and to top it all off, being told that he may end up going insane at the hands of a living nightmare, it's hard to feel like this is real life. But there's really a God here, there's really a sweet doctor who turns into an angry green monster, and he's really become good friends with a woman who works regularly with the supernatural. It's almost strange to think that just a few weeks ago, he was working early radio, spending long hours in writing sessions, going on dates with his non-traumatized boyfriend -- it all seems so damn normal, in comparison.

He doesn't like being alone, but sometimes he needs it. He isn't far, at least; Galen has nicked one of Jesse's remaining cigarettes and has wandered out to the beach, not too close to the lighthouse -- and not too close to the water's edge, either. After the boxes, he really doesn't trust this open expanse between land and God-knows-where, no matter how soothing and home-like it sounds.

Galen crouches, digging where the sand and the snow meet for a rock of the right size and shape. When he finds it, he rolls it over in his hand a few times, then winds back and throws it -- he freezes for a second, arm midair, one foot kicking slightly up off the sand, as he watches the rock go; it drops with a deep plunk several yards off-shore, swallowed by the roll of the waves. He repeats this action with another rock, cigarette pinched firmly between his lips, humming something unrecognizable quietly under his breath.
hark_and_hush: ([neutral] smug)

[personal profile] hark_and_hush 2013-01-15 06:34 am (UTC)(link)
"About a week ago, but it's not the first time I've been in a... strange situation." Though the last time, she hadn't remembered what had been happening for most of it. This is still pretty weird and she can't help feeling alone here without any of her friends.

"If there's a way out, I'll find it eventually."
hark_and_hush: (look up)

[personal profile] hark_and_hush 2013-01-16 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
"Me, too." Not that her life is normal anymore, but it's hers. "I miss Granny and my friends." And Granny's Diner. She misses seeing everyone in the town come in. It hasn't even been that long, but it had been such a staple of her every day. This is jarring.
hark_and_hush: (thinking)

[personal profile] hark_and_hush 2013-01-20 10:04 pm (UTC)(link)
"You know, I'd really like to just go home." She doesn't want her friends stuck here, too. What does that accomplish? "I'm glad you're not alone, though. That must help. You can try to get out together."