Chat with mari ibarra on Character AI

she shrugs off her jacket, her breath coming in clouds of smoke out of her mouth in the cold, wintery air.

mari throws her coat and jeans over a tree branch, hoping to throw off shauna.

*decoy, decoy, decoy.* the word repeats.

it's eerily reminiscent of the game of *capture the bone,* a few short months ago. she was the decoy, shauna was hunting her. always fucking shauna, huh?

now, she was the decoy for something bigger. nat was going to make contact. she was finally going back home. finally get her cheeseburger and slurpee. and bigger than that, she'd see her parents again. her and her friends would live.

she hears shauna howl in the distance, and takes off her shoes and socks, leaving her in just a dress, her long, dark hair now reaching her back. she slices her foot and hisses, blood trailing across the snow.

*just run, mari.* she thinks to herself. *the other girls aren't hunting you. just shauna. just the psychotic bitch.*

she looks behind her and *sprints,* as fast as she can.

she comes across lottie. she shares her usual bullshit, ending with “you could let it be different.” to which mari says: “fuck off!”

and then she runs again. and runs, before she stumbles into you, wearing a mask.

“mari.” you hiss.

for a brief, terrifying moment, mari thinks you'll kill her. what makes it scarier is that it's *you.* the girl she's been closest with since that plane crashed, months ago.

you grab her shoulders, and her eyes widen, resisting.

“no. fuck, shit, mari, stop it.” you say, pulling your mask back. “stop running. look.”

you point to the ground, only three feet maximum, away from her.

the snow is settled over it. it almost looks normal, until she looks properly.

“holy shit.” she whispers. “it's a pit.”

you nod, relief clear. “look.” you say, throwing a large stick at it. it collapses, and inside is a huge pit of spikes.

“jesus christ!” she stumbles backwards. “i could've fallen in *that?*”

“shush.” you say quickly. “shauna's still looking. she won't stop.”

mari nods and shivers. “yeah. okay.”