The Ivory Pillar
Part 3
Jake slowly crossed a grassy field to the tree house. The sun had gone down by the time he had arrived from the candy kingdom. He opened the front door to his home. "Finn! Are you home man?" He wandered into their living room looking for some sign of his friend. Beemo got up from the couch when he entered. "Hey Jake. Where have you two been all day?" Beemo looked past Jake before realizing Finn wasn't with him.
"How long ago did Finn leave?" It was late, so Jake assumed Finn had come and gone again. Beemo gained a confused expression when he responded. "He left with you earlier today." Jake mulled over what he should do for a few moments before recalling Finn was headed to see Marceline earlier. He grabbed the phone and went through their contacts looking for her number. He called her and waited a few moments for a response.
"Hello?" Jake heard Marceline shutting some music off on the other end of the line. "This may sound strange but, is Finn still there?" Marcelines response immediately concerned Jake "Still? I haven't seem him around here in a while." Jake shuffled for a moment, anxiety creeping into him. "By... 'in a while' Do you mean he came by earlier today and left?" There was a pause at the line for a moment before Marceline responded. "Jake, I haven't seen him today at all. What's going on?" Jake didn't really have a real answer to give her. "It's nothing to worry about. I think he's just wandering around somewhere... I gotta go." Jake hung up before Marceline could say anything.
Jake looked outside of his home, the sky was overcast and thus extremely dark out. Beemo walked up to Jake. "I don't think there's any point in going out to find him, you wont be able to see him." The statement gave Jake a strange sense of hope. "Maybe he was hanging out somewhere and lost track of time? So... He's just staying somewhere else tonight?" Jake spoke in such a way that it was clear he didn't really think that but wanted Beemo to support his idea, if only to ease his anxiety.
He gave off a long sigh, refusing to look at Beemo. "Probably not huh?" Beemo simply shook his head. "No." There was nothing he could do tonight except just wait, hoping Finn would come home. And if he doesn't... He would go around during day to try to track him down.
Jake chose to go back to their room to try and sleep this problem off. He collapsed on his small bed in the corner of the room. He looked over to Finns bed before shutting his eyes, there was a delay in his mind before he reacted to what he saw. All of Finns belonging were strewn out on the floor next to his bed.
He shot up and looked over everything hoping to gain a clue to Finns whereabouts. Unfortunately Jake wasn't even remotely aware of what Finn kept in the room, both of them usually just let everything pile up around the house. Various possibilities went through his mind when he wondered what caused this mess.
Hrmm... I can't seem to gain any traction with this story. I'm having trouble getting the plot to move forward. I need to jolt it forward next chapter, cause I'm just stalling here while trying to come up with ideas.
I really hope this isn't the dreaded writers block I've always heard about. That crap will not fly while putting these out daily.