- Pronoun
- they/them
The nexus had dissolved into shimmering light, all of the gathered souls vanishing into the ether. Jade would have screwed her eyes shut, except she didn't have a body. She hadn't had one in the nexus either, but there'd at least been the feel of it, what her mind imagined to be her body. But now there was the bizarre sensation of all her senses going dead, then suddenly reconnecting, and everything being different; ears in the wrong spot, not enough digits, a tail...
Then, without warning, Jade felt what could only be described as something yanking her soul off-course. She was being pulled toward something, away from wherever she was supposed to be going, and she had no idea what to do. She tried calling out but the voice, the nexus, it all felt impossibly far away.
And then suddenly the world snapped back into being solid.
That was then.
A lone Meowth stood on the train platform, tapping her hind paws against the wooden boards as she bounced in place, hoping that she was giving off enough "don't ask" vibes that no one else waiting for the train would ask what was wrong. Every so often she glanced over her shoulder, ears pinned. Come on come on come onnnn...
A train whistle sounded in the distance and Jade spun around, ears pricked. It was almost here! But then, where was...
Then, without warning, Jade felt what could only be described as something yanking her soul off-course. She was being pulled toward something, away from wherever she was supposed to be going, and she had no idea what to do. She tried calling out but the voice, the nexus, it all felt impossibly far away.
And then suddenly the world snapped back into being solid.
That was then.
A lone Meowth stood on the train platform, tapping her hind paws against the wooden boards as she bounced in place, hoping that she was giving off enough "don't ask" vibes that no one else waiting for the train would ask what was wrong. Every so often she glanced over her shoulder, ears pinned. Come on come on come onnnn...
A train whistle sounded in the distance and Jade spun around, ears pricked. It was almost here! But then, where was...