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Post by Miles on Dec 20, 2010 7:55:50 GMT -5
"Hey, HEY!" Erick feels something tapping on his forehead. "You alright? Come on, get up."
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Post by Sutton on Dec 20, 2010 18:47:00 GMT -5
"GAAAH!"
Eric suddenly shoots upright, looking around.
Still here. Not a dream. Damn.
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Post by Miles on Dec 20, 2010 20:11:20 GMT -5
"Finally." Stephan lets out a sigh of relief. "I heard you scream after we got separated, I worked my way back here and there you are, lying on the ground. For a minute there I thought you might be dead." A brief look around shows you're back in the waiting room, Jack is propped upright, asleep, in one of the chairs.
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Post by Sutton on Dec 20, 2010 20:37:32 GMT -5
"She was trying to KILL me! I didn't have a choice, I just had to- to..."
His voice trails off, as he notices that he ISN'T covered in blood like he was before.
"But... what the hell happened?"
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Post by Miles on Dec 26, 2010 15:58:57 GMT -5
"No idea." Stephan goes over and slaps Jack a few times. "Time to get up Sunshine."
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Post by sgtkill on Dec 28, 2010 14:26:54 GMT -5
Jack awakens with a startle and grabs Stephan's arm before he can get another slap in.
"I'm awake! I'm awake! Stop slapping me!"
Jack looks down at his clothes to notice they aren't covered in blood.
"Well thats strange..."
He then looks up and finds Eric.
"Eric? Are you alright? I heard your cries for help and tried to find you, but all that I found was this... thing."
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Post by Sutton on Jan 2, 2011 12:10:36 GMT -5
"So... you heard me, you ran into one of them..." One of them. Like it wasn't a person you might have just killed. Keep telling yourself that. "But it didn't happen. Would either of you care to explain to me how that makes ANY sense, because I'm not seeing it?"
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Post by Miles on Jan 2, 2011 16:07:11 GMT -5
Stephan blinks. "What are you talking about?"
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Post by sgtkill on Jan 2, 2011 17:17:18 GMT -5
"This place must be playing some weird tricks on us. I say that for now on, we stick together, and never separate unless we are forced to."
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Post by Sutton on Jan 3, 2011 1:25:15 GMT -5
Eric doesn't answer, instead looking around the room and at himself as he thinks.
There's got to be an explanation... Think, Eric: The little knife-arm thing, the monster women, all of it. That can't be real. So - if it's not real, and I'm seeing it, then I'm hallucinating - so, I'm either crazy or drugged off my ass... But I went to sleep and woke up, didn't I? A drug should have worn off... but I haven't seen anything since then. Maybe I'm over the worst of it?
But that doesn't make sense, because who the hell would drug ME of all people? So that leaves crazy. I don't feel crazy - shouldn't I be less coherent? But then, if I was crazy would I think I was crazy? Shit. I'm just crazy. Game over.
His voice is quiet as he slumps against the wall. "So this is it. This is what insanity feels like."
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Post by Miles on Jan 7, 2011 17:56:56 GMT -5
You all can hear wings still flapping outside. "Looks like our friend hasn't left. . ."
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Post by Sutton on Jan 8, 2011 21:33:55 GMT -5
"Not that it matters... I wonder what would happen, though. If the imaginary monster was going to kill me. Would it just stop, do you think? Or maybe I'd have a heart attack, a Matrix sorta deal. Who knows, maybe I'd hallucinate up an afterlife with no connection to reality whatsoever. Assuming there's one here, anyway."
Not really worth the risk of finding out, all things considered. Best to operate on the assumption any dangers are real until proven otherwise. Though... what about all the rest of this? Crazy is simple, but it's pretty useless.
"Dillemma: I'm either crazy, or the world is FUCKED UP. I don't really want to believe either, but those are the options. If I act based on the assumption that I'm crazy, the best option is to do nothing, because any actions I take here may be... dangerous to myself and others. But, if the world is fucked up and I'm not crazy, that's both tantamount to suicide and would be putting you two and potentially a lot of other people in danger. If I act as if I'm NOT crazy, and I am, then I may cause a lot of damage for no reason. But if I'm right then... maybe nothing. Maybe I can't do anything at this point. But maybe I help people, or find out why this is happening.
I'm not seeing a way to tell which is right. Come on, you're the action heroes, help me out here."
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Post by sgtkill on Jan 8, 2011 22:34:39 GMT -5
"Action hero? I hadn't fired a gun, besides today, in over a decade. I'm not the big guy who does the cool stuff and gets all the glory. I'm the guy who you pay to spy on your husband to make sure hes not cheating. I'm the guy who, if your friend goes missing, you call to find him. I'm no action hero, hell, the only reason I'm here is because-"Jack stops in the middle of his rant. He hasn't talked about her or that day since it happened. Sure hes thought about her, but actually talking about her? It hasn't happened, but circumstances demand the truth."I'm here because several years ago, my wife went missing. I found out she was last seen staying here. That is why I am here, and I honestly don't think I'm crazy. I saw the same things as you did, Eric, I fought for my life, and it seemed so real. I can't be crazy, I owe it to her that I am not crazy. So we are going to figure this out, stick together, and accomplish what we came here to do, and we are going to get outta here is one piece, mentally and physically." Passion
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Post by Sutton on Jan 8, 2011 22:43:19 GMT -5
"So... either my mind is filling in speech for you, coherently (which I suppose I'd have to, if you're entirely a figment); or I'm not crazy. Or we're both crazy. They say that shit happens - mass hallucinations, and all. Never really sat right with me, though. Too convenient. I don't like coincidences. So, if we're not crazy, then there's got be a reason for this. An actual reason. So, that gives us three objectives, unless you-" He nods in Stephan's direction "- have something to do as well.
In order of importance as assigned by me;
1 - Find your wife, if she's still here. Or alive. 2 - Find out what the fuck this shit is, and why it's happening. 3 - Find my dad's box, I guess. I doubt there's a connection there with the rest; though that would cut a coincidence out.
And survive. That should be on the list somewhere, though I'm not honestly sure quite where to put it. Fuck, I am so far out of my depth here. This sounds like a bad game module. Call of Cthulu or some such."
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Post by sgtkill on Jan 8, 2011 22:51:11 GMT -5
"Right, if we stick with his plan the first place to check is the inn. If she was going to be anywhere, it would have been the inn."
"So close, I'm coming Clara. Just a bit more."
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