Charonquest

[wooliefrand]

WHO: Lily
WHERE: Lily Barn
WHEN: Early Day 36, post ritual!

[alright nerds lets go get your emotional support shepherd]

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backrooms

[endsjustified]

[the door shuts behind you as soon as you step in. like the transitional space you moved through between the side hall and the great hall, it's incredibly dark here, windowless, all lamps dead. but your flowers stay lit.

there's a stale quality to the air here that wasn't present in the rest of the house, like this area doesn't get used or cleaned out much.

in the light you carry, Charon's footprints show, a continued guide to lead you in. here they are outlined in blood, not ash.]

Re: backrooms

[ohlord]

Buddy, you sure did try to hide from all the bullshit, huh.

[anyway, following the bloody prints...]

Re: backrooms

[endsjustified]

[you do better in that situation, Styx

(please don't get kidnapped by a demon and dragged into the mist for days)

it's a goddamn maze in here. you have a sense at least of consistent downward movement, like you're heading deep underground. your light crosses small office doors set at regular intervals as you turn and walk and turn again, but all of them are unlabelled. some have suspicious marks on them now and again though: dark stains, bullet holes, great splintering gouges from blades or claws.]

Re: backrooms

[ohlord]

[oh he would not do better and he knows it.

rip to him when inevitably something like that does happen, though.

he'll pause at the one with bullet holes, actually.

does the door actually open or...?]

Re: backrooms

[endsjustified]

[yeah

does he feel like walking into his own dream? of the desert, the orphanage, the grave?]

Re: backrooms

[featherduster]

[ Following them but his frown is GROWING.

Attempting to reach out with a mental tendril, just in case Charon is close enough to hear him.

Charon . . . ? ]

Re: backrooms

[endsjustified]

[there's a horrible mental greyness. a sense of dissociation so strong that Minuet might be surprised to still find himself in his body after. that taste of the despair in the fog beyond.]

Re: backrooms

[featherduster]

[ Internal screaming.

Oi. We're here to drag your ass home, so you'd better wake up and come with us!

Following the footprints with a renewed urgency. ]

Re: backrooms

[endsjustified]

[it's a goddamn maze in here. you have a sense at least of consistent downward movement, like you're heading deep underground. your light crosses small office doors set at regular intervals as you turn and walk and turn again, but all of them are unlabelled. some have suspicious marks on them now and again though: dark stains, bullet holes, great splintering gouges from blades or claws.]

Re: backrooms

[hardpity]

[ puts his flower in a little protective bubble and keeps going

he can go the distance ]

Re: backrooms

[endsjustified]

[it's a goddamn maze in here. you have a sense at least of consistent downward movement, like you're heading deep underground. your light crosses small office doors set at regular intervals as you turn and walk and turn again, but all of them are unlabelled. some have suspicious marks on them now and again though: dark stains, bullet holes, great splintering gouges from blades or claws.]

Re: backrooms

[hardpity]

[ hum hum hum ]

We're just here to get~ our shepherd back~ sorry for the intrusion~ it's safe to come out~

Re: backrooms

[endsjustified]

[eventually the footprints fade out. they haven't led you to a definitive door, just the middle of a random hallway, so you might feel stymied for a moment.

...


a black cat pads into the field of light and looks up at you, tilting its head. one of its silver eyes flashes red where your light hits it.]

Re: backrooms

[terraria]

( perci freezes.

blood. he can smell it, he can taste it. he bows his head and stops to breathe in a few times, trying his best not to breathe in the smell before he forces himself to keep going. )

Blood is better than dust, because dust would make me sneeze~ ( talking to himself!! because!!! he gotta!!!!! ) If this place is as old as it smells like, it's probably full of dust in reality~

Re: backrooms

[endsjustified]

[sorry Perci.

it's a goddamn maze in here. you have a sense at least of consistent downward movement, like you're heading deep underground. your light crosses small office doors set at regular intervals as you turn and walk and turn again, but all of them are unlabelled. some have suspicious marks on them now and again though: dark stains, bullet holes, great splintering gouges from blades or claws.]

Re: backrooms

[terraria]

( c... claws?

is that the -

he reaches up to touch the splintered wood, his breath catching in his throat briefly. he almost applies pressure, but stops himself.

no. charon. charon is the first priority.

he continues on. )

Re: backrooms

[endsjustified]

[when he touches, he gets a brief impression of the woods around the pasture, of taking some kind of raking blow--but without the pain, since he didn't open the door.

eventually the footprints fade out. they haven't led you to a definitive door, just the middle of a random hallway, so you might feel stymied for a moment.

...


a black cat pads into the field of light and looks up at you, tilting its head. one of its silver eyes flashes red where your light hits it.]

Re: backrooms

[spinebuddyandme]

[ sorry outlined in WHAT?

he's breaking into a run following these footprints now ]

Re: backrooms

[endsjustified]

[it's a goddamn maze in here. you have a sense at least of consistent downward movement, like you're heading deep underground. your light crosses small office doors set at regular intervals as you turn and walk and turn again, but all of them are unlabelled. some have suspicious marks on them now and again though: dark stains, bullet holes, great splintering gouges from blades or claws.]

Re: backrooms

[spinebuddyandme]

[ CONCERNING

Do the footsteps lead towards any of them? He's also watching for any sign of blood spatter that looks like it might have come from whoever left these footprints ]

Re: backrooms

[endsjustified]

[eventually the footprints fade out. they haven't led you to a definitive door, just the middle of a random hallway, so you might feel stymied for a moment.

...


a black cat pads into the field of light and looks up at you, tilting its head. one of its silver eyes flashes red where your light hits it.]

Re: backrooms

[mykidisthebest]

[pauses just briefly, heart caught in his throat at the smell of blood, before he follows the footsteps on]

Re: backrooms

[endsjustified]

[it's a goddamn maze in here. you have a sense at least of consistent downward movement, like you're heading deep underground. your light crosses small office doors set at regular intervals as you turn and walk and turn again, but all of them are unlabelled. some have suspicious marks on them now and again though: dark stains, bullet holes, great splintering gouges from blades or claws.]

Re: backrooms

[mykidisthebest]

[he gives each wound a dissatisfied, knowing look, but doesn't give in to the temptation to stop walking. he does at least have a strong belief that Charon is not behind any of those doors.

he will follow the bloody footprints wherever they lead him in this maze, though he does have the sense to mentally keep track of how many twists and turns he's taken]

Re: backrooms

[endsjustified]

[eventually the footprints fade out. they haven't led you to a definitive door, just the middle of a random hallway, so you might feel stymied for a moment.

...


a black cat pads into the field of light and looks up at you, tilting its head. one of its silver eyes flashes red where your light hits it.]