FPE Impetus AU: Grading

Riley wakes up. It's cold. She feels - how she feels is indescribable. As she leaves the room, she checks on Keith/O. They look towards the corner. Bloody scars cover their arms and even the pencil attached to them. Riley: Are you okay? Keith/O: I'm fine. I'm just seeing what Oliver/K is doing. Riley: Why did you cut yourself? Keith/O: I can't tell you why. Riley: I won't make you tell me. Please don't. Keith/O: ... *Riley exits the building but returns with flower petals. * Riley: Here! *Keith/O lies on the ground and Riley puts flowers into their hair, they're calm. When Riley move the boxcutter away and starts working on her drawings and homework. She thinks. * Riley (Internally): "They're happy. They like me. Oliver/K didn't. I can use this. I can show how I'm worthy of them. They'll see how much I care. " Riley: How does that whole thing with Oliver/K work? Keith/O: It's like Two different visions are overlayed. Memories overlap. Emotions compound. Imagine having two eyes be in the same place. Riley: ummm. Maybe you could go to school with me. If you can't tell me what's wrong, then maybe someone else can, Okay? Keith/O: Sure! *Keith/O and Riley walk towards the school. Riley pulls out her phone and dials a number. * RUBY (Over the Phone): Hi, Riley. Are you feeling better? Riley (Over the Phone): Yeah. I made a friend yesterday. RUBY (Over the Phone): That's great! Riley (Over the Phone): I have a problem. They cut themselves with one of my knives. I don't know how to stop them. Could you help them? RUBY (Over the Phone): I'll try. I'll arrive early. Bye- Riley (Over the Phone): Wait! I need to tell you something later. It's important. RUBY (Over the Phone): Okay. Goodbye Riley. Riley (Over the Phone): Bye, RUBY. *Riley hangs up. * *Keith/O and Riley arrive at the school. RUBY walks closer, noticing what looks like - " RUBY: Oliver- *She walks closer and stops. * Who is that? Riley: It's Keith. They're not Oliver/K. RUBY: Okay, *RUBY notices the scars on their arms. * so, we should try to *She then notices that the pencil has blood on it. * wait - can I see that? *Keith/O puts out their pencil arm. RUBY checks it, inspecting the wounds. * apply a bandage and make sure these don't get infected first- *Miss Grace opens the school doors. She stands still when she sees Keith/O. * Miss Grace: May we please speak Oli- RUBY: Keith. Miss Grace: What? RUBY: That's their name. Right? *She looks at Keith/O. * Keith/O: ... Correct. Miss Grace: Just come to my office. RUBY: I'll try to talk with you during break. And Miss Grace, please try to help them with those cuts *Keith/O nods their head and walks to Miss Grace's office. Miss Grace ignores what RUBY said. * Miss Grace: Stay here until school ends. *They see everything that Oliver/K does. "Because they're me." "The fact that you feel bad about this proves that you're not." They're not them.  "I'm not them. I'm n- I'm them. Aren't I? I'll always be them? I'll always be Oliver. I'll always be Katie " They're face contorts. Their teeth even out and the black substance recedes. * Keith?/O?: I'm ... I don't care. "I never did. "