Jasper slumped back against the wall of the cell. For some reason, today, he felt more like giving up than ever. “I miss Phoebe,” he signed feebly (ha, Phoeb-ly), face downcast. He didn’t talk about Phoebe a lot, just that she was his older sister.
Colin sat down next to him, patting Jasper's shoulder. "Don't worry, we'll get out of here soon and then we can all have family reunions." He didn't believe a word of what he just said, but he wasn't about to bring down the mood with the truth.
Jasper gave him a look before sighing and putting his head on Colin’s shoulder, resigning himself to waiting for Peter.
Lovino shifts and looks at them “guys is he is he here?” He asks stuttering his words not wanting to speak Peters name yet.
Colin heard a small thump outside of the cell. "He is now." The door swung open, and in came Peter Pan himself. His expression grew more and more irritated with each passing day, and Colin was unsure if that was a good thing. Colin stood up and instinctively stepped forward so he was in front of the other kids. He didn't usually hurt them, but Colin never knew when it came to Peter Pan.
Lovino shot up as straight as a rod and stepped next to Colin his hair tied back with a red ribbon.
Jasper reached up for Colin’s hand, wanting to pull him back. He settled for giving it a quick squeeze before curling back in on himself and looking away.
Peter squinted his eyes as he counted all of the children in the cell. Colin made sure to give the other boy a dirty look when they made eye contact. "I see you're all here." Colin almost flinched at the sound of Peter Pan's voice. He rarely spoke to the children, but when he did Colin was reminded of his shrill voice that sucked the life out of the room. "I'll be back tonight. Escape, and face the consequences." With that, Peter left.
Lovino sat next to Jasper and taped his shoulder “can I may I umm can I lay with you?” He asks feeling scared and like he was going to scratch his arms.
Colin let out a breath he didn't know he'd been holding. Peter was gone…for now. They were safe, until tonight at least. Colin knew that it was best to act like Peter was around all the time, because sometimes he made surprise visits during random times of the day. One of those visits got a kid fed to the mermaids only last week.
Jasper, being Jasper, didn’t respond and just tried to go back to sleep.
Lovino layed back on the wall and sighed drawing his nails up and down his arms up and down ‘shit!’ He thinks standing up and walking to the other side of the room his nails still digging into his skin like a knife through tinfoil.
Gtg to bed night!)
Colin made his way over to the front of the cell, where the thick metal bars kept them imprisoned. There was a small chest there that held their meals, which consisted of concrete rolls. It was the middle of the week and the chest was nearly empty. That's not good. We don't get more food for another four days. Still, Colin acted as if nothing was wrong. He took out a roll for everyone in the room and began passing them out like he did every morning.
//goodnight Alexandria!
Jasper eyed the roll he was given before ripping it in half and offering the other half to Colin. He wasn’t very hungry, and someone else could probably use it more. Especially Colin, with everything he did for the kids.
Colin shook his head. "You need to eat all of it. It'll keep you energized and healthy." He told Jasper. "Thank you for offering, though."
Elle stepped out of the corner of the cage. "He is gone right?"
Lovino looks up at them his arm bleeding a bit “I’m not hungry.” He states looking at his arm “oh god I did it…..”
Pike sat up, gasping. Another nightmare… she thought, running a hand through her hair. Pike rubbed her eyes, and saw the self-declared leader of the group, Corbin, passing out concrete rolls. Her stomach grumbled and she willed it to stop. Pike didn't want any extra attention.
Jasper noticed Pike’s stomach grumbling and offered her half of his roll.
"Can we get out of here, just leave for a little while." Elle asked.
Lovino looks at her "I don't think we can without someone staying here to watch." he says
Pike took the roll, and muttered a quick "thank you" before devouring it. She hadn't eaten in days, choosing to give up her roll so others could eat. Pike was loyal to these children, and she would rather starve then them go hungry.
"We can't leave yet Elle. Peter could be standing right outside the door and we would never know." Colin said glumly, peering towards the entrance.
"fine. But I am so bored in here." She sighed.
Lovino nods his wounds healing over “maby just maby I could convince the mermaids to take us…..” He trails off.
"the mermaids will kill us…"
”Maybe the ones you know but…” Lovinos Hans trails up to some bright red scales on his neck “not the ones who gave me these.” He says giving a little smile.
“Siren,” Jasper signed distractedly, looking off to the edge of the cage.
Lovino nods “yep and last time I checked the scales are now on my arms!” He says rolling up his sleeves showing a pack of scales every once and a while on his arms “there going everywhere I’m kinda scared….” he trails off.