[For the past few days, Ion had been doing everything he could to avoid thinking about that thing in the sky. The masks were a simple enough distraction... but they only made everyone blind to the truth. This was really going to happen. The moon's effects on the barrier alone was proof of that.]
[The room shakes and something across the room is knocked off the shelf. They were becoming more frequent now... it felt as though they never stopped. Would it be soon? He didn't even have the nerve to look out the window...]
[Sitting beside her on the edge of the bed, he gives Anise's hand a gentle squeeze. He doesn't even know when he grabbed onto it, but it brought him more comfort than any mask ever could.]
[And yet even so, he wished she didn't have to be here to face this with him. The earth rumbles in the distance as the room shakes again.]
Final Hour | House One
[For the past few days, Ion had been doing everything he could to avoid thinking about that thing in the sky. The masks were a simple enough distraction... but they only made everyone blind to the truth. This was really going to happen. The moon's effects on the barrier alone was proof of that.]
[The room shakes and something across the room is knocked off the shelf. They were becoming more frequent now... it felt as though they never stopped. Would it be soon? He didn't even have the nerve to look out the window...]
[Sitting beside her on the edge of the bed, he gives Anise's hand a gentle squeeze. He doesn't even know when he grabbed onto it, but it brought him more comfort than any mask ever could.]
[And yet even so, he wished she didn't have to be here to face this with him. The earth rumbles in the distance as the room shakes again.]
...they're getting stronger, aren't they...