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Eleven hours after Glen had strangled him to unconsciousness, Jack wakes up, eight feet under soil. At first, he is disoriented; the total darkness, the lack of air, and the crushing weight confuse him - but then something slimy wriggles past his hand, and he instinctively gasps.
The action fills his mouth with dirt. Jack tries to scream, and the effort of the whole thing makes him pass out.
Fifteen minutes later, he wakes up once again. He tries to claw at the dirt; the soil is densely packed. He manages to dig around for seven minutes before passing out once again.
He's woken up by a beetle crossing the bridge of his nose. Jack thinks of death for the first time, closes his eyes, and waits. He passes out in three minutes, and asphyxiates in five.
Nineteen hours and twenty-one minutes after Glen strangled him, Jack awakens seven and two-thirds of a foot underground. There is the initial rush of sheer disappointment, and the chilling realisation that if the Mansion will not allow him to die permanently, he will remain here, choking, struggling for breath, for eternity.
Panic settles in, and he breathes in dirt and soil, hands frantically scrabbling at anything. His left ring finger's nail catches on a buried branch and is ripped violently from the bed.
Jack screams again, but the sound is muffled by soil rushing in. He passes out within thirty seconds. He suffocates within four minutes. Twenty-one hours and one minute after Glen strangled him, he resurrects. He realises his wounds are recovered, but he's still underground, and he still cannot breathe.
Glen's face flashes before his eyes. Jack knows that he is crying; the tears are lost in the damp earth.
One full day after Glen had strangled him, Jack has died at least four times, by the painful compression of suffocation, and the lightheadedness of oxygen loss. He's clawed and pushed his way through six inches.
A day and a half after Glen had strangled him, he has lost count. He's ripped off all of his nails at least once, and while his mind tries to wave the pain off, since it's happened so many times, every time he resurrects, the pain starts anew, and his body convulses.
A day and a half and one minute after Glen had strangled him, Jack remembers the Looking Glass' face. He remembers the words that the Chain had told him, even after he knew what he was. He remembers that he said okay even if Jack had hurt him.
He remembers what it's like to have a friend.
Seven minutes later, the tears are still wet on his face, and Jack is dead once again.
The action fills his mouth with dirt. Jack tries to scream, and the effort of the whole thing makes him pass out.
Fifteen minutes later, he wakes up once again. He tries to claw at the dirt; the soil is densely packed. He manages to dig around for seven minutes before passing out once again.
He's woken up by a beetle crossing the bridge of his nose. Jack thinks of death for the first time, closes his eyes, and waits. He passes out in three minutes, and asphyxiates in five.
Nineteen hours and twenty-one minutes after Glen strangled him, Jack awakens seven and two-thirds of a foot underground. There is the initial rush of sheer disappointment, and the chilling realisation that if the Mansion will not allow him to die permanently, he will remain here, choking, struggling for breath, for eternity.
Panic settles in, and he breathes in dirt and soil, hands frantically scrabbling at anything. His left ring finger's nail catches on a buried branch and is ripped violently from the bed.
Jack screams again, but the sound is muffled by soil rushing in. He passes out within thirty seconds. He suffocates within four minutes. Twenty-one hours and one minute after Glen strangled him, he resurrects. He realises his wounds are recovered, but he's still underground, and he still cannot breathe.
Glen's face flashes before his eyes. Jack knows that he is crying; the tears are lost in the damp earth.
One full day after Glen had strangled him, Jack has died at least four times, by the painful compression of suffocation, and the lightheadedness of oxygen loss. He's clawed and pushed his way through six inches.
A day and a half after Glen had strangled him, he has lost count. He's ripped off all of his nails at least once, and while his mind tries to wave the pain off, since it's happened so many times, every time he resurrects, the pain starts anew, and his body convulses.
A day and a half and one minute after Glen had strangled him, Jack remembers the Looking Glass' face. He remembers the words that the Chain had told him, even after he knew what he was. He remembers that he said okay even if Jack had hurt him.
He remembers what it's like to have a friend.
Seven minutes later, the tears are still wet on his face, and Jack is dead once again.