[text] @five [open]

[fogey]

[ well, there's no way to say it, except to say it, so: ]

One of us died today. Big guy, blond hair. I don't know his name. I found his body.

[ that's his schtick, isn't it? finding bodies. ]

What I do know is that he fell on some rocks near the beach. Looks like an accident, no foul play. The fall shouldn't have killed him.

[ could've, if the bastard really were that unlucky, but it's unlikely. besides: ]

But it did break his lantern. Seems like Winters was telling the truth about that after all. Before anyone asks:

1) No, I didn't see it happen.
2) Yes, I checked for a pulse.
3) No, I didn't do it.

[ juST COVERING HIS BASES THERE ]

One more thing. I had to step away to get my tablet. When I came back, both he and his lantern were gone. No one else was here, I'm positive. They just vanished into thin air.

[ ooc | so as of today, rosinante (callada) is dead :C feel free to threadjack in this post and use it for discussion or whatever! ]

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[voktys]

Fair enough.

⟪ She hums, and then goes on. ⟫

He stood at taller than nine foot. Whatever took his body must have been gargantuan.

[fogey]

Invisible, maybe. But silent, too. Something that big would make a lot of noise. Not to mention leave footprints in the sand.

[voktys]

Or be able to take flight.

⟪ Almost as disconcerting a thought, really. ⟫

[fogey]

Or we could have another person -- or creature -- around here who can teleport.

[voktys]

Who can do what?

⟪ 'five' can't possibly mean what she thinks they mean, right? ⟫

[fogey]

Disappear from one place and appear in another, in layman's terms. More like bending space to create the shortest distance between two points.

[voktys]

I would rather have it be wings.

⟪ it isn't an attempt at a joke, not really. ⟫

And so little of this place is explored yet. We have no way of finding the body.

[fogey]

Apparently, we may be able to expect him in the church sooner or later.

[voktys]

Then I suppose I will be among the first to know. Perhaps this will solve the mystery of the trapdoor.

[fogey]

What does the trapdoor have to do with anything?

[voktys]

Attempts have been made to break it open. There is... something down there, and it seemed none too kindly.

⟪ to put it mildly. ⟫

The two men from the harbour mentioned revivals and ⟪ the mysterious hozier whom they have alerted with the clap of their cheeks ⟫ whatever is down there may be related.

[fogey]

[ ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ]

What do you mean, something down there?

[voktys]

We, ah... knocked.

[ thinly veiled code for 'attempted a break-in', that. ]

It slammed back. Hard.

[fogey]

Did it sound human?

[voktys]

Depends. It could have used a force beyond most human reckoning and be perfectly human all the same.

⟪ she tilts her head – he can't see that, of course, but he can hear the brief hum as she thinks. ⟫

It sounded as if it had moved very fast, and the door is clad out in thick metal. I would not point gold on its humanity.

[fogey]

[ god is she talking about fucking possessions because fuck that ]

A monster in the basement of the church. Great. Wonder what else this shithole has cooked up for us.

oh yeah she's defending the hozier in her basement

[voktys]

I left it an offering and it has yet to try and slaughter me as I rest. Displeased as I am with this place, I can't say it hasn't been more polite than some people I have encountered in my old world.

oh my god

[fogey]

You left it an offering?

[voktys]

And a note, hoping for good neighbourly relations. As it stands, it seems content be left to its own devices down in its... basement? Dungeons? Who knows? I am quite keen on keeping it this way.

[fogey]

Unbelievable.

[ FRIENDLY BASEMENT....MONSTER.....RELATIONS.... ]

Well, at least when it emerges to kill us all, we'll have some forewarning.

[voktys]

It may be less eager to murder the lot of us if we quit trying to break into its lair.

[fogey]

And leave it offerings, apparently. What's it got a taste for?

[voktys]

It's called a 'twinkie'.

[fogey]

Yep.

We're dead. Again.

[voktys]

Why? It is delicious.

Besides, there are no animals.