PART TWO

[enemyencounter.livejournal.com]

[ Okay, so you got out of the mansion. Great, right? Now you can go on home to whatever hut you live in, and...



Uh.

Wow. This is definitely not your island. And the drone of monsters just outside the fence doesn't sound like any dingo you've ever heard.

Speaking of, does that sound like someone you know? ]

[ ooc; Phase two! YOU MAY NOW TAG THIS POST WITH 4TH WALL ZOMBIES. Of course, feel free to continue threading in the mansion post! However, this post marks the beginning of the city phase. ]

Comments

[17-going-on-8.livejournal.com]

I am. Unless we run into zombie children, but better to be their size than them catching me by the ankles.

[bitchcrafts.livejournal.com]

I get it, I get it. Now let's get looking.

[17-going-on-8.livejournal.com]

[Nods and walks with her.]

[And yet, he never let's go of her hand this entire time.]

[bitchcrafts.livejournal.com]

[ pause ] You're scared.

[17-going-on-8.livejournal.com]

....yes.

I am.

[bitchcrafts.livejournal.com]

... you need to calm down.

[17-going-on-8.livejournal.com]

Are you any better?

No cackles or snide remarks aside from just the first one about Hakuba. No look of concern, which makes it odd you didn't make more. No jokes or mocks about my worry for you, but no fiery seriousness.

You're practically apathetic.

[bitchcrafts.livejournal.com]

Look, after what went down in the mansion, I just don't care about whatever nonsense the island is going to put me through next! I don't have anything to fear! Nothing!

[17-going-on-8.livejournal.com]

...

There is one thing I know that is always true, Beatrice.

No matter how complete the horror, there is something that exists that can be worse. It doesn't have to 'measure up.' It can be a completely different brand of terror and torture.

Or it can recreate what you encountered.

[bitchcrafts.livejournal.com]

I could say the red, couldn't I? So from my point of view, there can't be anything worse.

[17-going-on-8.livejournal.com]

That you know of.

I could have said in red that there was nothing worse than Angels before Hakuba and I ran into that alley.

...though it does make me wonder...what you could have possibly encountered to admit something like that.

[bitchcrafts.livejournal.com]

... and that's what killed him?

...

Something from home I have reason to fear very much. I won't go much further than that.

[17-going-on-8.livejournal.com]

We got trapped.

He threw me and was too slow to get to the ladder. [Closes his eyes, clenching his hands and teeth.]

...Trapped between monster and Angel. Even as he breathed, he was already dead and there was nothing I could do. No matter how smart or clever I was...a problem I absolutely couldn't solve except to give up and close my eyes...

[bitchcrafts.livejournal.com]

What we fear is similar.

[17-going-on-8.livejournal.com]

[There is a long, long silence.]

...

Logic error.

[bitchcrafts.livejournal.com]

...

[17-going-on-8.livejournal.com]

...

[Something terrifying for the Game Master. Getting trapped in their own logic, where any answer was not an option and it trapped one's soul there. A terrifying prospect, to never find a solution.]

...

[And he doesn't say anything, letting go of Beato's hand...and instead choosing to hug her. Even if it was just her legs.]

[bitchcrafts.livejournal.com]

I got out. That's what matters.

[17-going-on-8.livejournal.com]

At least one of us did.

[He doesn't consider what he did as a solution and he never will.]

[And after a few moments, he steps away.]

[bitchcrafts.livejournal.com]

... We shouldn't waste time.

[17-going-on-8.livejournal.com]

...we should check over the area and secure it.

[bitchcrafts.livejournal.com]

Mm, right.

[17-going-on-8.livejournal.com]

[We should get to that, yep.]

[bitchcrafts.livejournal.com]

[ Anddd after digging through some things... ]

... hnn. A map.

[17-going-on-8.livejournal.com]

[Checking the windows and doors again, making sure they're closed. Not locked. Others might need a safe place, but he did set up some noise makers attached to the knobs, so they KNOW when someone comes in.]

You found one? [Will come look at it!]