[log] The Pit [open]

[snowblindmods]

Characters: Anyone participating in the Pit event.
Location: A room.
Date: Day 330
Summary: You wake up in a room.
Warnings: general warnings; potential for morbid/suicidal thoughts; note specific warnings in subject line, please!

Comments

[zunesareawesome]

Sorry, Blue-- [He did feel bad about that, but he was so used to her hanging out on his shoulders sometimes he forgot she was here, and the impulse of the pit was far too strong. He tries to struggle and push against Stephen, meaning to wiggle free to get up.]

You don't understand. Someone's gotta go in there. I know how to fight, and I can take a hit better than most people here, so if anyone's got the best chance of making it out okay, it's me--so get OFF!

[thewarningafter]

Uh, no.

[Stephen plants his hands on Peter's upper arms and shoves him back down, putting his weight into it. Too bad his grip is shit.]

It -- is -- a -- pit! It's putting thoughts in your head; can't you recognize intrusive telepathy when you feel it?

[zunesareawesome]

No! I can't!

[Peter tries to shove his weight sideways, in an attempt to break free of Stephen's grip. He throws his legs up at the same time, trying to get him to fall off of himself.]

[thewarningafter]

Well, I can!

[Or he can surmise from the evidence presented. Stephen does indeed lose his grip on Peter's arms, and the flailing throws him off balance. As he goes down sideways, though, he kicks out to entangle his legs with Peter's and delay Peter from being able to stand up.]

Blue you're welcome to jump on him before he falls! 8D

[zunesareawesome]

Good-for you! Oof!

[Peter's legs get caught on Stephen's at the same time he's trying to stand up, and he almost goes falling flat on his face again, but he catches his balance just in time. He's so close. So close to the Pit, just a couple more feet.

He's at the edge. He can't resist it any longer.

He turns around to give Stephen a casual salute.]

Don't worry. I'll be back, bro. I promise.

[dousedflame]

[Bluestar keeps her distance, glancing uncomfortably between the two of them as they tussle. They're so large, it would be suicide to try and get between them as much as she needs to help Stephen. But then Peter gets free, and he's headed for the edge again, and he's going to get himself killed...

No no no no no! StarClan, please, don't let me lose him! Not this time!

The sound she makes almost seems like someone's stepped on her; it's a desperate little squeak as she springs onto his back and tries to scramble up onto his shoulder, claws fully out. But unfortunately, eight pounds slamming into his back out of nowhere is likely enough force to send him over.]

[thewarningafter]

No no no no!

[Stephen scrambles to his feet -- too far away, too slow. Bluestar is a streak of lightning compared to his lumbering efforts; he isn't anywhere close enough to make a grab for either of them before she slams into Peter.]

cw suicidal ideation

[zunesareawesome]

[Peter's at the edge. He's not gonna lie, there's a moment of slight hesitation. It's a big pit, and yeah, he could die. But it was worth it to find answers, if he could help get people out of here, even it it cost him everything.

A deep breath.

He lets his feet slip off the edge, a half-second before Bluestar slams into his back. Getting about an inch of airtime, Blue's momentum sends him (and her, now, with the pain of the claws on his back) hurtling end-over-end through the Pit. Peter yelps--No!--He was not expecting Blue at all, and there's a moment of horror and regret that lasts not very long as the falling turns into darkness and then--nothing at all.]

cw suicidal ideation

[thewarningafter]

[Stephen's momentum carries him up to the edge but no further, the Cloak tugging him back even as his steps slow and stop. He stares down into the abyss into which Peter and Bluestar disappeared, shuddering with the impulse to follow -- so little left to lose, the promise of answers --

He stumbles back; collapses to the floor as his ragged breathing dissolves into bitter sobs.]