[log] Event: Howl [open]

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Characters: everyone
Location: The sort of location M.C. Escher wishes he'd thought up.
Date: nights 211 & 212
Summary: I hunt for you with bloody feet across the hallow'd ground
Warnings: potential for violence, death, and psychological horror; please note in subject lines if any specific warnings come up!

like some child possessed, the beast howls in my veins
I want to find you tear out all your tenderness

Comments

[devoutish]

[Alfie pauses to look around.]

No - I think you're misjudging, mate. You can't see nearly that far in any direction.

[bywolves]

I can't see at all. [ Royce reminds him, annoyed. ] I see the light of a monster. It's all I can see, other than you and the rest of the people like you. Blue is safe. Red isn't. Everything else is black.

[devoutish]

You can't see the water. Can you see the walls? Any walls?

[bywolves]

Solomons, what part of I can't see anything do you not understand?

[devoutish]

But you can see them.

We need to use that, Royce.

[bywolves]

I can see them. [ Royce confirms, with a sigh. ] And that's all. I assume you're supposed to help me with - taking the lights from the monsters. That's what we're supposed to be doing.

[devoutish]

Yeah. We need to get close to one. Fuck, I hope Emily is--

[He shakes his head.]

We need to do as many as we can, to protect her.

[bywolves]

She's fine. Resourceful. [ He hopes. ]

We can get this one, then. It's not far. I can show you where it is but I don't know what to do to kill it without weapons.

[devoutish]

We need to get those lights. That'll do 'em in.

Point me in the right direction.

[bywolves]

Right. Get the lights. That'll be easy.

[ His sarcasm suggests that it will not be easy. ] Forward. That's all I can tell you. I assume it's through this room.

[devoutish]

I won't be letting you run into any walls.

[And he'll steer them carefully along the path, avoiding walking under the waterfalls. They'll still get a bit wet, though.]

[bywolves]

[ He appreciates that. Royce clings a bit, really not a fan of the waterfalls - he doesn't hate water, it's just that there's a lot of it and it's cold and the room is rocking. They manage to get across, however. ]

There a door here? [ Royce asks, glancing up. ] I assume yes, because otherwise you'd be panicking. The monster is on the other side.

[devoutish]

There's a wall. There's an archway down aways, a bit.

[They'll have to walk under a waterfall to go through it, but at least that'll be quick.]

Tell me what the monster looks like, first. We'll come up with a plan.

[bywolves]

Looks like a hand. Big hand. [ A beat. ] Just that. I can see the light where the palm is, it's - above the door. Crawling on the ceiling.

[devoutish]

Is it upside-down?

[Maybe it's a floor above them.]

[bywolves]

Yes. [ Royce is staring right at it - which happens to be through the wall, but. ] It's waiting.