Event: Consolidation Theory, Part Six

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Characters: the marked, the unmarked, and their rescuers
Location: ???
Date: Morning 356
Summary: Time to get out of here.
Warnings: gore, psychological horror, warn for specifics in the subject lines

Part Six OOC Post

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[devoutish]

[Good luck finding an uninjured place - he's covered in bandages. He doesn't flinch away from the touch, though.]

A big room full of people? That's what you see?

[averytinyparticle]

[Quark nods.]

Yeah...I was really surprised, but that's it. There are some sinks and toilets but other than that, just one room with everyone inside of it just standing or sitting around.

[devoutish]

[He's not all that surprised, honestly. The more he thinks about it, the more it makes sense. At the barrier, he hesitates just the slightest second - and then he sticks his hand through.]

[averytinyparticle]

[Quark's eyes brighten--there'd been an instant where he held his breath, afraid that Alfie would recoil from some unseen barrier...but then nothing happens, as far as he can tell.]

What do you see now? Did it change?

[devoutish]

[Instead of answering, Alfie continues walking, shuffling through the nonexistent barrier and out into the hall. He's heading for Royce immediately, of course - though luckily, he's already been broken out of the delusion by Ecks.]

Quark.

[He reaches back for the boy, touching his shoulder.]

How did you get down here?

[averytinyparticle]

Well...I'm not sure, not all the way. After the Admin said that she found where you were being held and I said I wanted to help, I got really dizzy...and then all of a sudden I was here--where ever here is. I was in a bunch of confusing hallways, and I had to hide from these figures that were sort of static-like. Eventually, I found my way here.

[devoutish]

You don't know what building we're in, then?

[averytinyparticle]

[He shakes his head.]

She didn't say, and I couldn't find anything that made it obvious. I've never seen a building that looks like this one. It must be somewhere we haven't found yet.

[devoutish]

Well. No better time than now to explore.

[He tears his eyes away from Royce to look down at Quark.]

You're all right? Nothing's happened to you lot?

[averytinyparticle]

Yeah, I'm alright.

[But he frowns. There are a lot of people here--ones that he knew had asked the Admin if they could help.]

But when I woke up down here, I was by myself. I didn't see anyone else until I got into this room. I guess that means this place is pretty big...

[devoutish]

How long were you wandering before you found us?

[averytinyparticle]

[Quark shakes his head.]

I couldn't really say for sure. It felt like hours, but that might just be because I had to keep stopping to hide.

[devoutish]

Hide.

[Alfie murmurs. His head is woozy, and he's not sure whether that's internally- or externally-caused.]

Right-- no more standing here and talking. Let's get out of here.