It's not an illusion / I'm as live as I can be

[Keep moving. Keep moving. That was Toni's mantra. Don't sit down no matter how exhausted you are. If you close your eyes you might not open them again. It was harder and harder as the day progressed. She had a throbbing headache and a festering wound where she caught her leg on a splintered fence post, but she tried her hardest to ignore the pain and the lightheadedness. She was going to stay alive, and she was going to help others stay alive, too.]

[A: Toni's offering you a thermos full of relatively clean water. Actually, she's more like thrusting it at you insistently, with a weak smile.] Hey! Drink this. You don't want to get dehydrated, do you?

[Her hair is frazzled and seems thinner than usual. Her face is ashen and her eyes are sunken. Honestly, she looks like she needs the water more.]

[B: Someone's grabbing you by the shoulder! CANNIBAL! No wait, it's just Toni again.]

Can you help me out for a second? I think I may have found some canned food but I can't move all the rubble on top of it by myself. It's right over... here...

[She starts to sway on her feet as she trails off, then suddenly she pitches forward on top of you. Don't worry! She's not dead. Yet.]

((OOC: Let me know if, for some reason, you really want Toni to die in your arms. Otherwise she is just gonna faint and maybe barf on your shoes. :| ))

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[A: All over town, you will find Toni just after she's had another 'episode'. She's either leaning against something trying to compose herself or holding her hands over her ears. She's fine. Not.]

[B: Are you a friend of Toni's? A coworker? Casual acquaintance? She's coming to your house. No, not for anything bad! She just wants to check on you, even if she just did a couple days ago. Maybe if she sees you alive it might relieve the crushing anxiety and hallucinations for a bit.]

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[And that is the story all about how Toni's life got flipped turned upside down got sent home from work early! Which leads to a phone call once she gets home and sees A) the date on the calendar and B) that her hair was back to its natural color.]

...Did anybody else lose a month or is it just me?

[Over the course of the day. Toni will be making frantic calls to damn near everyone she knows here. Yes, that includes Cas and Finas. She's panicked, and sounds like she's on the verge of tears. She's trying to remember something very important, but she can't and it's driving her crazy.]

Guys! Are you okay? Answer me, please!

L-look, I'm an idiot, I'm sorry, but what was it that we talked about before?

Please tell me you're okay. Oh my god.

Okay, I'll admit, that one was actually pretty funny. You know, town, if you really want us to just settle and be happy here, you should do more stuff like that and less grisly murdering and torture. Just some food for thought, you know? Not that I have any plans on staying, since you guys must've left me off the gift list. Thanks for that, town, really.

[That last bit doesn't sound quite as joking as the rest.]

[There's the sound of somebody picking the phone up. They don't say anything for a few seconds.]

Jeez, who decorates their house like this? It's like Leave it to Beaver threw up in here.

[She dials three numbers. It's very likely 911. Too bad 911 didn't exist in the 1950s and nothing happens.]

...Okay, girl, don't panic. I'll get a hold of the police somehow. [There's another dial. It's probably 0 this time.]

Hello? Operator? I need the police. I think I've been kidnapped. I don't know where I am or how I got here, and...

[She trails off, because she just spotted something really creepy on the wall.]

I didn't know I had a stalker. Oh, gross, where did he get these pictures? Yeah, uh, if you could send a couple dozen cops over here right now, that'd be pretty swell. I dunno if he's hiding out in the closet with a knife or anything, but I'd really rather not find out.