sky turned black like a perfect storm

Sohalia

Koa grasped the offering conversation topic, and Soh relaxed slightly, pleased to have found something that could draw him out and get him talking to her again. For a brief moment, she realized what things might have been like if everything had gone differently, if she and Koa were friends instead of ex-almost-lovers, and it was... nice.

Or at least it was, right up until Koa said something about Jude.

Soh's face fell - she couldn't help it, having never been good at hiding her emotions - as she thought about the last time she'd seen her one-time best friend. It had... not gone well. And Noe had been there, and had stood up for Jude as Soh had dug her grave even deeper, and, well, if Jude still had Noe, then Soh was both horrifically jealous and greatly relieved that he had someone, even if it wasn't her -

Wait, did he say -?

Soh wasn't even aware that she'd stopped moving. She stared at Koa, absolute devastation on her face. She couldn't hear past the blood rushing in her ears, the suddenly frantic pounding of her heart as it squeezed tighter and tighter and tighter. She couldn't breathe -

"What?" she choked. "Harper's - dead?"

No, no, no, no, no -

Minor powerplay allowed without permission.
Feel free to use force/magic on Sohalia.