[log] Event: Howl [open]

[snowblindmods]

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]

[It had to be her. Ugh.

But Alfie heads in her direction anyway, calling out gruffly as he gets closer:]

What happened to you?

[spoileralert]

[ It had to be him. Ugh. At least she can see he's not another Prophet. ]

Are you asking how I broke my leg or how I wound up on the floor? Short answer to both: I fell.

[devoutish]

Well, come on. You need to get up.

[He extends a hand down to her, hoping that if he's close enough, she'll be able to see it.]

[spoileralert]

Thanks, that's ever so helpful.

[ She cannot, in fact, see his hand. Just a very large, very blue dot. But it occurs to her after her sarcastic outburst that he might be offering one, so she waves a hand through the air hoping she'll get lucky. ]

[devoutish]

[He catches it, but doesn't pull her up yet.]

Is it a new break, or has it been splinted? Can you walk on it?

[spoileralert]

[ Ah, yes. How are they... going to do this. ]

It's a couple of days old. I can't put any weight on it, no.

[devoutish]

Then lean on my shoulder. You're light enough.

[spoileralert]

Okay.

[ ... ]

Any thoughts on getting me vertical without excruciating pain?

[devoutish]

I'll lift you from under the arms. Help with your good leg; it'll save my back.

[spoileralert]

Okay... okay.

[ This is probably going to hurt anyway, but everything seems to. ]

Ready when you are.

[devoutish]

[He takes her under the arms and pulls her up as fluidly as he can, propping her against his shoulder.]

[spoileralert]

[ She levers herself off the floor with her good left leg as much as she can, but it's instinctive to flex her right leg at the same time. She grunts with pain, and clings to him hard when she's upright, breathing heavily. ]

Ow.

[devoutish]

Right. Just stand for a moment.

[He gets an arm around her, propping her up.]

[spoileralert]

[ She nods. She has no qualms about leaning on even Alfie for a minute, waiting for her breathing to return to normal. ]

You can see, right? It's just me that's blind?

[devoutish]

I can't see the things; the monsters. You'll need to point them out to me.

[spoileralert]

I can see them.

Alfie, where are we? What does it look like?

[devoutish]

I can't describe it. It's fucking impossible-looking.

[There's a twisty staircase not too far in front of him that he wants to avoid - he's not sure where they'd end up if they climbed it. He nudges her a little, steering them to the side.]

Tell me where they are. Are any close?

[spoileralert]

[ She looks around, trying to decide which is closest. There are some at impossible angles - Alfie's description of the place explains that.

Finally she points. ]

That one isn't far. Maybe 30 yards.

[devoutish]

Is that the closest one? This room we're in here is smaller than that.

[Which means they might be well-hidden, for now. That would give them time to come up with a game plan.]

[spoileralert]

Well, I mean, there's one a couple feet ahead of us, straight up, and upside down, but it doesn't seem to have noticed us? So I'm not sure what that means.

[devoutish]

That's the next story up.

[Which makes getting away from the staircase extra important.]

I walked up a wall earlier. Upside-down monsters aren't so surprising. Come on.

[He tugs her forward, in the direction of the first monster that she'd pointed out.]

You know what we need to do?

[spoileralert]

[ Yeah, she was afraid he'd say that. This is all so utterly insane. ]

There's a thing in their mouths I need to grab. I just need you to get me there in one piece.

[ She hops along, using him as a crutch. ]

[devoutish]

We need to work out a way to distract them. This one that we're walking towards, what does it look like?

[spoileralert]

Um....

[ How to describe this. ]

Like if an Anglerfish mated with several person-sized tarantulas and then was eaten by a... I dunno, a sea pig? Something gooey. And for some reason it also grew, like, sloth talons at the end of its way too many arms.

[devoutish]

I don't know what an anglerfish is. How large is it? Has it got eyes?