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“So you’ve been under the map before?” Asked Ragatha,voice laced with curiosity and anxiety,as she followed Pomni through the dark.
Pomni wasn’t exactly thrilled to talk about it. While psychological wounds after her last accidental trip under the map were mostly healed,it still was quite the touchy subject. Besides that,the fact that so far there wasn’t anything in sight that could help them launch back to the rest of the circus crew didn’t help much either.
“Uh,well…yea” said Jester,as she fiddled with a button of her suit “we just need to-”
“...What?”
Ragatha’s confused gasp set off an alarm inside Pomni's brain immediately.
She turned around to look at her and then turned to whatever rag doll was looking at and almost instantly,Pomni felt the air around her get denser and breathing became much,much harder.
“Is that…Jax?”
Pomni’s head was starting to spin as she covered her mouth in horror.Because this couldn’t be true,right?
They were taking part in an Easter themed adventure, this could have any ordinary rabbit,similar to their crewmate, couldn't he?
That was just a coincidence,these things even happened in the digital world,didn’t they?
And yet there he was,standing still among the crowd of faceless mannequins.
“...mni,are you okay? Pomni?” Pomni slowly turned to visibly concerned Ragatha, who's hand was gently touching her shoulder in attempt to bring her back to earth “Do you know anything about this?”
Pomni sent a quick glance towards Ragatha before focusing on trying to catch her breath
What the hell was she supposed to do?
On one hand she knew if there was anyone from the circus to talk about what’s under the map, it was definitely Ragatha.
On another hand,however,Pomni had no idea how to break it to her,of all people.
"R-Ragatha… " She finally managed to choke out "I… I'll tell you everything but can you-no… you HAVE to…to promise me not to tell Caine… or a-anyone else, really."
"What,why? "
"Just do it, for both mine and Jax's sake!!" Pomni said, much louder than intended, causing the other woman to flinch in surprise.
Because, Jax or not, she didn't want anyone to get erased from the circus and put God knows where by Caine.
And, in all honesty, she didn't want anyone to go through the grief she experienced when it happened to Gummigoo.
"Ragatha, I'm begging you… " There was no more hiding or dread sipping though Pomni’s voice.
Ragatha took one more glance at Jax's before turning to Pomni with a tired smile and eye filled with worry.
"Alright, I promise."