Suicidal? [open]

[Ri]

The rooftop always looked so much frightening than staring at three consecutive loops at a crazy roller coaster ride. She dicovered years ago that drops were far scarier than the gigantic loops that claimed causes of nausea.

The feeling of falling, of resisting the very pull of the god-like gravity was breath-taking, literally. When she was a child, she almost cried whenever the ride went to deep dives. The steepness was crazy as hell. The person beside her was screaming out of fear and delight, as she thought. However, she was screaming out of pure fear. She couldn't breathe well whenever the drop happened. It wasn't enough to traumatize her, but she feared fast dives more than ever.

What then, made her go up the roof top if heights reminded her of the swift dives of roller coasters?

"Risha," the womanly voice inside her spoke more frequently than before. "You either kill or be killed." Lust for murder was obvious in her tone. "It isn't much, Risha."

Ri took a step closer to the railings and then pressed her palm on them. She lifted her feet and stood on the metal perpendicular to the railings a foot off the ground.

"What do you want to do here?" The voice asked.

Ri didn't reply but her eyes searched far. Her white, smooth hair danced freely with the morning breeze because she had not a hat on. Her white, sleeeless dress that reached her knees flowed slightly. The skin that was blessed with such porcelain whiteness was beautiful in the sun.

Ri sighed as she moved to a higher rung--now, she was two feet off the ground. She looked pretty unsteady but her face was pretty passive. She bit her lip in deep thought, not minding the height of her stand.

[Jason Psychosis]

Jason walked onto the roof. It was his first time being up here. It seemed that it was a peaceful spot. He smiled when he saw his friend--or is she an enemy?--Risha. He walked toward her, feeling even more peaceful than before.

Jason's peace abruptly haulted when he saw Ri standing on the railing that was on the roof. He walks faster towards her. She's now on the second perpendicular piece of metal on the railing. Before she could do anything else, he pulled her off of the rails.

"What are you doing?" he said, trying to calm himself. "That railing isn't that safe. You could get hurt." He took in a deep breath and waited for Ri's response.

[Ri]

Risha's face did not show any hint of fear or anxiety. She looked ahead as if in search of something. Deep within her eyes, one might see her determination about something.

"...!" Ri panicked when a pair of strong arms pulled her quickly off the rails. She jerked in his hold, not knowing who the assailant was. She fought hard, maintaining her small hands grasping the rails until she was successfully ripped from the metal. No scream came from her lips but her mouth was open.

When she felt the ground, she turned in no time only to find a familiar face whose expression did not hide panic.

"What are you doing?" It was Jason. "That railing isn't that safe. You could get hurt." She saw him take a deep breath.

Risha looked at him with confusion before rubbing her elbow unconsciously. "I...I was fine there." That was the only words that came from her lips. "I'm sorry if I worried you." She looked up to the tall man indifferently--the look her eyes normally expressed. "I was..." she paused and then looked over her shoulder for a second before returning her gaze at Jason. "I was just seeing how to get over the gates."

[Jason Psychosis]

"I...I was fine there. I'm sorry if I worried you. I was I was just seeing how to get over the gates."

Jason could tell that Risha was hiding something from him. Maybe she was having problems with her Alice? "Would you like to be alone?" he asked her.

Jason was still holding on to Ri's arm. Releasing her, he took a step back. He didn't want to leave, but he was going to do whatever she told him to. "If I can stay, I'd like to try to teach you a few things about controlling your Alice."

[Ri]

"Would you like to be alone?"

"I don't own the roof top." Ri smiled shyly.

"If I can stay, I'd like to try to teach you a few things about controlling your Alice."

Ri looked up at Jason as if asking him if he didn't understand her fear. However, as soon as the tall man released her, the sadness stole her expression. "I don't need to learn to control my Alice." She spoke softly. "I want to get away from here."

[Jason Psychosis]

"I don't need to learn to control my Alice. I want to get away from here."

"The Academy?" Jason smiled. He too wanted to be free of this hellhole. Though if she meant something else, she should tell him. "To get out of here, or anywhere else, you need to learn all of your advantages. If you don't, you'll fail."

But since Ri didn't want to learn, Jason didn't try to force her to. He walked over to the rail of the roof and peered over it. "Long way down. But I've fallen farther than that." Of course he wouldn't just jump over the rail to prove this, but he thought about it. Really hard.