[log] Disappear [closed]

[thewarningafter]

Characters: Stephen, Peter, Bucky, and Steph
Location: The area that once contained building 279
Date: Morning 265
Summary: This building is pining for the fjords
Warnings: Mass confusion

[279: THIS BUILDING DOES NOT EXIST.

This looks like any place in Norfinbury that doesn't have anything there: just empty snow and rubble. When a person tries to traverse it, they will realize that they've gone around the area instead of through it after they have gone around.]

Comments

[spoileralert]

It was. I've been making this trek every day since this whole mess started.

[ She keeps walking in the direction she was pretty sure the building was in. At some point she turns without realizing it. ]

It should be right around here...

a bit later, so I can thread with Steph

[advanced]

[After Stephen has discussed the missing building with Steph, Bucky reluctantly approaches her to report the same sort of findings.]

There's nothing here any more.

[spoileralert]

[ She huffs a sigh, hands on her hips as she glares at the empty space where the building should be. ]

One of these days I'll get to set something on fire. Thanks for trying, anyway.

[advanced]

They got out.

[He shrugs, voice and expression neutral.]

If we didn't manage it, at least it wasn't too late.

[spoileralert]

[ They got out. In the end she was totally fucking useless.

She takes a deep breath. Now isn't the time for self-pity. ]

I get the feeling it's still there. Did you notice anything weird when you were looking around?

[advanced]

No, not really. I tried to dig down to find the maintenance shafts, or any clue of a way in, but I didn't get far.

[It's just like any other compacted snow now, at least as far as he can tell.]

[spoileralert]

[ She chews her lip thoughtfully, not that he can see it under her mask. ]

Maybe it's just my imagination. I feel like I've been walking a lot more than I remember doing.

[advanced]

What do you mean?

[He hasn't noticed any additional fatigue, but then he's fighting the effects of the pain MN poisoning brings, so most everything else is muted out.]

[spoileralert]

I mean, I can't have walked much more than a couple of yards, but I feel like I've walked at least a few blocks. I've just been kind of going back and forth over the area, it's not like I went very far.

[advanced]

[He tilts his head to look back out at the expanse of snow.]

I didn't notice, you sure you're not just tired?

[spoileralert]

[ She shakes her head. ]

I'm not sure. It's just a feeling.

[advanced]

Time it.

[It's just a suggestion, but it comes out sort of like an order.]

Time how long it takes you to walk a similar distance not here, and then again here.

[spoileralert]

[ Eh, how long can it take? A couple of minutes to test a theory. ]

Okay. Wait here? It'll help me keep track of where to stop.

[thewarningafter]

[Stephen watches her for a couple seconds, squinting at the path she takes. He looks down at his own footprints again, turning in place as a thought occurs to him that his directional sense can't quite parse. Stephen squeezes his eyes shut and shakes his head,
but when he opens them again it's all still there. He trudges after Steph, raising his voice.]

We're going around it.

[spoileralert]

What?

[ She turns to stare at him, confused. ]

What are you talking about?

[thewarningafter]

We're not -- none of these footprints are in a straight line. You see it? Tell me you see that.

[spoileralert]

[ She looks down at the snow and peers at their footprints. ]

What the-- Oh my god. We're going around it.

[thewarningafter]

[It's hard to convince his brain of what he's seeing even now, but Stephen's more and more confident in his conclusions.]

It's still there. It has to still be there, we just can't perceive it.

[spoileralert]

[ She considers this, hands on hips, for what seems like a really long time. ]






If we can't perceive it how the hell are we supposed to blow it up?

[thewarningafter]

I'd say the key word in that question is 'supposed to.'

[spoileralert]

Fair. But still.

[ She just wants to blow something up, is that really so much to ask? ]

[thewarningafter]

...The maintenance tunnels come up underneath it.

[spoileralert]

So? What, you think I have supplies for a big enough bomb to blow up more than half a wall?

[thewarningafter]

So if you got underneath it you could bomb the trap door.

[His hands are shaking worse as he speaks, but he doesn't seem to acknowledge it.]

[spoileralert]

Didn't Kunsel and them try that already? The trap doors are reinforced.