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Day 1
Evening/Night

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[Continuation of Previous RP]
Start:The Hollowed Fountain
Continuation #1: The Office/Main Desk

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Christopher cried out in surprise when Erik's legs gave out on him. He now was practically dragging the teenage boy on his feet. However, that would only wear both Chris and Minna out so he decided to hoist Erik into his arms and carry the boy that way. They soon reached the cabin and Chris motioned for Minna to open the door. "Please, hurry!"

Rushing inside, Christopher quickly set Erik on the bed and let out a cry of pain when that ache pulsated in his tailbone once more. It felt as if the bone had shifted or something. Chris doubled over himself and kneeled over by the bed, breathing heavily. When he was able to surpress the pain some, Christopher asked the drowsy Erik, "Do you need anything to drink at all? A glass of water perhaps?"

"Hey, you sit down." Minna told Christopher as she walked over to him and placed both hands on either shoulder. She leaned to where she could look him in the eye.

"I think he'll be ok now that he's asleep," she motioned to Erik, "But you don't seem so hot. Just sit here and tell me if you need anything."

She shot him a quizzical look.

"Hmmm....ok. But if you need anything, please tell me. And your right, I need to get back to the front desk." she turned and began walking back, passing a look over her shoulder.

New RP

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Day 2
Morning

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The alarm clock going off, Erik groggily awoke. Turning the alarm off, he stood up and took a good look at his surroundings. Most of last night a blur, he thought to himself that he must've checked himself into a cabin. With that, simply closed the curtains and went back to sleep.

--2 hours later--

Now ready to get up, Erik made his bed, took a shower, put on some fresh, clean clothes, and turned on the TV, only find a news channel that talking about how they're searching for him. Fumbling with the remote, he quickly changed the channel.

Pouring himself a glass of water, he sat down in the living room of his cabin, trying to remember what exactly happened last night.

Now that he was rested and wide awake, Erik was in his usual shy, nervous self, so when Chris knocked on the door, Erik nearly jumped out of his chair. After recalling the incident last night and remembering exactly who Chris was, Erik made his way over and opened the door for Chris, saying "I'm fine, come on in."

Sitting back down, Erik noticed that Chris was in a bit of pain and asked "Are you okay? You look like you got hit in the back or something."

Chris' question immediately caused Erik to fall apart. He started to sweat a little, his eyes were looking all over the place, trying to find a way out, and his breathing started to get heavy. Eventually, he answered in a tiny voice "Y-yes...". Erik was panicking inside, worried about whether Chris would really keep his promise and not tell. At that moment, Erik just wanted to jump out of his chair and run out like a madman.

Standing up out of his seat, Erik glanced at Chris, then at the door, then at Chris again, and then at the door again. Thoughts racing, he had to make a decision now. His leg gave a slight twitch, as if it wanted to run out the door on it's own.

Erik walked over to the couch and sat next to Chris and sighed, unsure how to answer his question. The real answer was way too complex, so Erik simply summed it up into one word "Well, I guess you could say it's stress...".

Stress couldn't begin to describe the reason why Erik ran away. Since he was 10, Erik's life was a cry for attention. Having two brothers, he was ignored a lot, by his parents, by his cousins, by aunts & uncles, nearly everyone. As he got older, more problems started to develop, he started to become terrified of looking people in the eyes and nearly blacked out when he had to get up in front of the class. Also, while Erik was more of a quiet, geeky kid, his brother Christopher was outgoing, in wrestling and football, and was basically a social butterfly. Erik's father never took too much interest in Erik, so the boy never really had a male role model to look up too, and therefore had many self-confidence issues. As he entered high school, Erik and his father would have arguments, which usually resulted in Erik getting hit with a belt. The final straw for Erik came on May 1st, one week ago, when his grandmother, who was in a coma since September, passed away. Erik was very close to his grandmother, as she was one of the few people who understood and cared about him. Something inside of Erik snapped that night, he simply got up in the middle of the night, packed his things, stole his mom and dad's credit cards and $400, and left, just like that.