Day 2: June 8th

4:35 AM
Tim wakes up to the sound of coughing. He runs to Jay's side, stubbing his toe and swearing profusely in the process.

4:36 AM
Jay looks like he's convulsing. It looks bad. Tim rolls him onto his side so he doesn't choke but doesn't know what to do next.

4:37 AM
Jay is still coughing. Tim tries patting him on the back to ease it.

4:38 AM
Jay continues coughing. Tim fights down a wave of panic. He tries to shake Jay to wake him up, but Jay doesn't respond.

4:40 AM
Tim doesn't know what to do.

4:43 AM
Tim starts coughing himself. He grabs his bottle of medication and dry-swallows one of the precious white capsules.

4:44 AM
Tim has a very bad idea.

4:45 AM
Tim checks the label on his medication. Coughing, convulsions, and trouble sleeping are among the symptoms listed.

4:47 AM
Tim clenches his eyes shut, considering the risks versus the benefits.

4:48 AM
Jay's coughing begins bordering on dry heaves. That makes up Tim's mind.

4:50 AM
Tim helps Jay sit up. He looks to be semiconscious, still coughing and shaking uncontrollably. Gently, Tim gets Jay to drink some water. That calms him down long enough for Tim to feed him one of his pills.

4:51 AM
Tim holds his breath.

4:56 AM
Jay stops coughing, relaxes, and rolls over. His breathing returns to normal.

5:01 AM
Tim doesn't know whether to be relieved or scared of what he's done. It looks like it worked, but it had been a last resort. He hopes Jay will understand if he wakes up.

5:02 AM
...when. When Jay wakes up.

5:04 AM
Tim tries to sleep.

8:34 AM
Tim wakes up. For a minute he wonders what woke him until he realizes that, no, he's just become used to getting up early.

8:36 AM
Tim checks on Jay. He's still asleep. Tim doesn't know if that's a good thing.

12:54 PM
Most of the day passes without incident. Jay sleeps. Tim paces. He checks the ToTheArk channel for any news, but there's nothing. He goes over the footage for the third time. It does not make him any less worried or scared.

1:09 PM
Jay moans loudly and pushes himself sharply into a sitting position. Tim hurries to his side before Jay slips down again. His eyes are unfocused and when he sees Tim moving toward him, he flinches away.

1:10 PM
Tim freezes. He hates how terrified Jay looks. He doesn't seem to recognize Tim.

1:12 PM
Tim asks Jay if he remembers anything. He prays that Jay won't throw up this time.

1:13 PM
Jay demands to know who Tim is. His voice is mumbling and unsteady, but at least he can finally string more than two words together. Tim tells him.

1:14 PM
Jay considers this.

1:15 PM
Jay demands to know who 'Jay' is. Tim feels hollow as he tells Jay his own name. Again, he asks Jay what he can remember.

1:17 PM
Jay demands to know where they are.

1:18 PM
Tim tells him. Hotel, around the area Alex and him used to live. Alex. Alex Kralie. Jay remembers Alex, right?

1:19 PM
Jay stares blankly ahead. His face puckers into a slight frown before he turns to meet Tim's eyes ponderously.

1:20 PM
And drops back off.

1:22 PM
Tim puts his face in his hands.

4:56 PM
Jay wakes again, making loud, frantic moans. Tim asks him what's wrong.

4:57 PM
Jay points emphatically at the camera. Tim grabs it and hands it to him.

4:58 PM
Jay fumbles with the camera until he hits the 'RECORD' button. He scrambles to point the camera at Tim and, again, demands to know who he is.

4:59 PM
Again, Tim answers. Jay slowly lowers the camera. His assertiveness dies a little as he asks, in a much smaller voice, to know what his own name is.

5:00 PM
Before Tim can answer, Jay flails to get up but nearly drops the camera. Tim manages to catch it before it hits the ground. If the camera were to break, Jay would never forgive him. The real Jay, anyway.

5:01 PM
Wherever the real Jay has gone.

5:02 PM
When Tim looks back at Jay, he looks to be only semiconscious.

5:03 PM
Tim knows it's going to be another long night. Still, the pill he gave Jay earlier seemed to have helped. At least Jay was able to form words, even if he still didn't know where they were or who Tim was or even who he was.

5:04 PM
Tim pauses, evaluating the options left to him. He doesn't have much medication left for himself, much less to share with Jay. Still, if the pills are helping him get better...

5:11 PM
Tim makes up his mind. The medication is helping his friend, however slowly. He wishes he could just talk to Jay, tell him why he's doing this. But Jay's hardly in a fit state to give a coherent yes-or-no answer, much less hold an extended conversation.

5:12 PM
Tim hates that it's come to this, to him basically force-feeding his only friend – is that what they are? Friends? – his medication in a desperate attempt to rouse him from...whatever had happened to him back at the house.

5:13 PM
But Tim doesn't want to be alone.

5:14 PM
Tim checks the time. It's been over 12 hours since he gave Jay his last – and first – dose.

5:15 PM
Tim shakes out one of the few pills he has left, considers it.

5:16 PM
He gently taps Jay on the shoulder. This jerks him out of his state of half-sleep, but it also causes him to flinch and swing an arm to connect painfully with Tim's face.

5:17 PM
Tim swears and rubs at the assaulted area.

5:18 PM
When Tim looks up, he finds Jay has shrunk away, eyes wide and terrified. He looks rather like a lost child. Again, Tim thinks about how much he hates seeing Jay like this. How much Jay would probably hate it if – no, when – he wakes up properly.

5:22 PM
Somehow Tim gets Jay to take the pill along with a couple of gulps from a water bottle. By the time Tim has returned the bottle of medication to his bag, Jay is passed out again.

5:26 PM
Tim scrubs a hand across his face, eyelids sagging with weariness. He needs sleep. More specifically, he needs sleep uninterrupted by screams, moans, and/or fits of an unknown and quite frankly scary nature.

5:38 PM
Tim crashes.

8:45 PM
Tim wakes up briefly, though he has no idea why. He checks on Jay who is asleep but actually seems to be peaceful for once.

8:46 PM
Tim reaches for his battered pack of cigarettes, thinks better of it, and decides to go back to bed. The nicotine will just keep him up, and he has enough trouble sleeping as it is.

8:57 PM
Now restless, Tim goes to check on the YouTube and Twitter accounts on Jay's laptop before he realizes he's locked out of them without any of the passwords. He's too tired to bother trying to override them, so instead he hopes he can grab one or two hours of sleep before something else happens.

9:01 PM
Tim sleeps. So does Jay.

9:05 PM
Silence.