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adorabrawler) wrote2023-06-10 02:57 pm
adorabrawler) wrote2023-06-10 02:57 pm
Yeah, once before. It was filled with spiders, though.
I guess that checks out. Spiders tend to move in with the absence of humans...
... So there's probably a bunch of spiders here, too.
... So there's probably a bunch of spiders here, too.
[ wow a pig goes running by!!! wow a memory happens!!!
... Oh. ]
You're stunned into silence, dropping both your umbrella and flashlight where you stand. Another voice can be heard behind you, gasping loudly before they yell out of fear and stumble back; in the next moment they're running away back where you both came, but it barely registers to you as your own shock completely paralyzes you. Rain pours, but you don't feel cold anymore.
But you do feel as if your insides are twisting around so hard you could hurl them out at any moment.
Eventually, you're able to step forth upon the cracked wooden platform of the old, broken merry-go-round, deteriorating from years of abandonment; the entire amusement park around you is like this, emptied and decaying and surrounded by a city skyline with nary a single light on within its buildings. The only source of light for miles around is the flashlight you've dropped in a puddle, but it's enough to illuminate the carousel horse you somehow force yourself to approach in a daze.
A womanâin her thirties, dressed in a black business dress, tights, and heelsâis mounted upon the horse, both hands tied behind her back, and a rope wrapped around her waist to keep her in place. Her body slumps, completely and utterly lifeless, and it's clear why when there are numerous bloodied punctures along her torso.
I...
With trembling hands, you climb up with the bar underneath the horse, leaning over the body.
I have to get it out. I have toâ
One hand brushes aside the woman's bangs while the other grips around a bloodied icepick lodged into the left eye socket. There's no eye within, but that doesn't seem to register to you; your shaky hand only pulls, and pulls, until you're able to yank it out with a sudden jerk.
You feel so hollow inside you're not able to think of what to do next. You don't even notice the blood on your hands.
... Oh. ]
Don't worry! If there's any really big ones I'll fight them off.
[where is mizuki, is she resting up? ylfa is coming to find her.]
[ She's back in Outer Park, actually, and also back in normal form. Mizuki just sits somewhere out on the grass, simply gazing out. ]
[she's coming over towards her.]
...Mizuki. Are you okay?
...Mizuki. Are you okay?
—Hm?
[ Like she's suddenly jerked away from her thoughts. Mizuki looks up. ]
Oh. Yeah. Yeah, I'm okay. Just... thinking, that's all.
[ Like she's suddenly jerked away from her thoughts. Mizuki looks up. ]
Oh. Yeah. Yeah, I'm okay. Just... thinking, that's all.
Are you sure? You seem like you're thinking a lot.
[she's going to go sit down.]
[she's going to go sit down.]
Mm. There's a lot to adjust to again, and... I dunno. Feelings to sort out, I guess?
Long story short? We ended up in No Man's Land. You've heard about it from Vash or Wolfwood, right?
I mean, I probably could too! But bugs. Yuck.
[hello happy monday she is using aero to make a big vortex of snow.]
[ SUDDENLY CAUGHT UP IN A VOTEXT OF SNOW ]
—Aaah!
—Aaah!
[oh no! dropping the aero!]
Aah! Are you okay?
Aah! Are you okay?
...Not really. But I know a little about it from them.
[finally gets back to my memshares
...she's stunned at this memory, too. she's no stranger to blood and death, but it's hard to see someone in this state, and to feel mizuki's fear.]
...Mizuki? What was that?
...she's stunned at this memory, too. she's no stranger to blood and death, but it's hard to see someone in this state, and to feel mizuki's fear.]
...Mizuki? What was that?
W- whoa.
[ she just like. stares for a moment. ]
That... caught me by surprise. Never been in a sudden snowstorm before.
[ she just like. stares for a moment. ]
That... caught me by surprise. Never been in a sudden snowstorm before.
Oh.
[ seemed like everyone else knew all about it already... oh well. ]
... Well, yeah. So you might know it's, uh. Rough.
[ seemed like everyone else knew all about it already... oh well. ]
... Well, yeah. So you might know it's, uh. Rough.
... W- wha—
[ It's like getting suddenly, unexpectedly gutpunched, really. ]
Why did it... show that...
[ It's like getting suddenly, unexpectedly gutpunched, really. ]
Why did it... show that...
Sorry! I was just practicing to figure out how to use my psych to win snowball fights.
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