lunarLunatic
DEATH EGG
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Post by lunarLunatic on Feb 26, 2016 21:27:20 GMT -8
"C-cult? Of course we aren't from-"
She suddenly jolts from the sudden scream, and turns towards the source.
"Seth...?"
She sees him bolt away from the group and she becomes absolutely wrought with worry. "W-wait!!"
She stands up and starts to run after him, but pauses and turns to the rest of the group.
"I'll go on after him, you guys should try and tell our friend here what's going on...Peacefully, okay?"
She goes back to running after him.
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Post by flightlessicarus on Feb 26, 2016 21:42:49 GMT -8
Seth is crying on the ground, not too far from the fork in the road, easily spotted thanks to the torch nearby.
"I can't believe... I abandoned her..." he distraughtly mumbles between sobs.
It seems he still hasn't come to his senses.
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Post by lunarLunatic on Feb 26, 2016 22:51:18 GMT -8
Kat immediately speeds towards him, worried that something horrible might have happened in the short span of time.
Quickly she kneels next to him, reaching her hand to hold on to his shoulder.
"Are you okay...? Are you hurt? Please be okay...You sounded like you were being attacked by a ghost...."
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Post by mystery on Feb 26, 2016 23:45:48 GMT -8
Seth's outburst sends his cry echoing down the dark corridors. Seems like that could easily alert anyone close-by.
The robed figure flinches at the loud voice from behind, but thankfully, the owner of aforementioned voice seems to have ran off in the other direction. The remaining folks nearby seem to be harmless enough. The quite short red horned guy (who would even paint their horns red?) seems a little feisty, but at the same time, he looks like he could be kicked across the room if push came to shove.
The robed figure sits up and breathes a heavy sigh, though is clearly still somewhat stressed.
"I can't believe I'm not the only one sneaking in here today... how did you guys manage to get past all the outside security anyways? This place isn't exactly easy to get to..." the robed figure pauses before continuing. "...wait, they probably heard that yell. W-we might have to prepare for a duel, at the v-very least..."
the robed figure shivers at the thought. They do not look like they could last very long in any sort of fight, even an honorable boxing match.
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Post by flightlessicarus on Feb 27, 2016 0:05:08 GMT -8
Seth feels a soft hand on his shoulder and immediately looks up.
It's Kat?!
Her tone of voice seems concerned.
Why is she concerned about him when he left her behind, likely to die horribly and never wake up on the other side?
"...Kat?" He sniffs up his snot as tears continue running down. Absolutely pathetic. How could he let himself be seen so... vulnerable? And by Kat of all people! Somebody could easily kick him while he's down, or worse, just straight up kill him. And he would have no defense.
Why does she still care about him?
"Do you... forgive me?"
He doesn't feel like he deserves it after running out like that, but it's at least worth asking.
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Post by togetic on Feb 27, 2016 3:38:34 GMT -8
Nak shoots a breif side eye look off into the darkness that Seth disappeared off into, then turns back to the floored cultist. He gestures to himself before continuing.
"vengeful godking, come to destroy lame cult fake worship, ignore edgegod show hostage"
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Post by mystery on Feb 27, 2016 8:01:33 GMT -8
"...wait a minute, you're from that message board, aren't you?" The robed figure looks around a little more at the three still nearby. They seem to look a lot more... ordinary than expected, but they seem to match up to their online personas.
"Does anyone here remember me? Mysteryfanatic94?"
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lunarLunatic
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Post by lunarLunatic on Feb 27, 2016 10:48:04 GMT -8
"F-forgive you?...For what...? I don't remember you doing anything wrong during this whole trip..."
She takes out a few tissues and offers them to Seth.
"Sure, you might have alerted the people in this facility with the noise you made, but I'm more worried about you...What's gotten into you?"
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Post by flightlessicarus on Feb 27, 2016 13:17:11 GMT -8
"I LEFT YOU TO DIE BACK THERE." Seth continues looking up at her with desperation, grossly sobbing with pleading eyes. He accepts a tissue and sloppily tries to wipe his tears and blow his nose. He feels absolutely terrible. And yet, she's there for him. Seth begins to calm down marginally.
The danger seems far away by now, and Kat is safe. That's all that really seems to matter.
"I'm... so glad she didn't get you..."
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Post by lunarLunatic on Feb 27, 2016 15:26:23 GMT -8
"No you didn't...I'm fine, we were all fine! Please don't worry..."
Kat couldn't help but to go on over to pat his head in an attempt to calm him down...But she stops short as she picks up something peculiar.
" 'She'...? Who do you mean?"
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Post by flightlessicarus on Feb 27, 2016 15:50:38 GMT -8
"The woman in the red dress... Elsey."
He closes his eyes as a few more tears slide down.
"I... can't get that image out of my mind...the black ichor oozing out the side if her mouth... the way her hair wriggled like wet snakes... the way everything she touched, even the air, seemed to look so wrong..."
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Post by lunarLunatic on Feb 27, 2016 16:32:11 GMT -8
There was something very wrong about the image Seth had painted with his description of Elsey. It was as if you had somehow taken the more creepy aspects of Chronos' physical properties and mixed them with her into some sort of corrupted abomination.
"Elsey is nothing like that...Where are you getting this...?"
The fact that he's breaking down because of this apparent version of her best friend gives her much more worry than she could ever imagine.
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Post by flightlessicarus on Feb 28, 2016 8:57:51 GMT -8
Seth tries to think. It's difficult to try and be rational in a state like this.
Everything is just fine.
She is safe.
He is still alive.
She still cares.
There should be no issues.
There is no threat.
Seth tries to think about where they are. An underground cultist hideout on a distant planet. He came here not just for a rescue mission, but to explore. Can you believe it? A world where everyone is similar in the ways that he is physically different.
A world where he could actually belong.
Remotivated, Seth tries to think about Elsey. Not the disturbing one he thought he saw, but the kind and charming one he's known for a while. He's considered her like a cousin to him. A reminder that he's not alone. Seth wonders why the cultists kidnapped her in the first place. He remembers back to something that girl online mentioned, about her striking resemblance to "the first temporic".
The Elsey he thought he saw, was merely a twisted illusion.
The nightmare seems to fade away, further back into his mind until it cannot be seen. He now understands it was all in his head.
The tears stop running.
Seth finally speaks up again.
"The lady in the red dress. She's gone now. I, think I'm feeling better..." Seth sighs a weary breath of relief.
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Post by lunarLunatic on Feb 28, 2016 9:54:48 GMT -8
Kat smiles. Whatever vision he had witnessed to scare him was no longer an issue, she hopes.
"Let's go back to where the others are, okay?" She stands up and offers him a hand.
Somehow, deep at the back of her mind she thought...maybe that vision was real...
But she shakes it off. Elsey is much stronger than that. She could never become something so vile.
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Post by flightlessicarus on Feb 28, 2016 14:58:31 GMT -8
He accepts her hand and picks up the torch in the other. He can't let fear hold him back.
"Alright... let's go."
He shakily gets back up on his feet. A weight seems to have been lifted. Not all of it, but at least a great deal of it.
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