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MarinaNova NPCs (marinanova_npc) wrote in marinanova,
@ 2013-12-17 00:48:00

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250 - Fear Itself Mingle
[ Today is a day where most would be at risk of oversleeping.The dome lies dark like in the dead of night. The sun hasn’t risen today, streetlights casting a dull yellow glow and occasionally flickering out into nothing, only to spark back to life a moment later. There is no electric flicker from the kiosk. The Wardens are still. The wardens are silent.

The dome isn’t silent. There is a rustling of leaves, a snapping of twigs. Claws, scraping against concrete. The inhuman screech of an animal in peril, an animal hunting, an animal hunted. A screech that promises sharp claws and sharper teeth and blood.

The dome isn’t still either. There is something moving, thick as a shadow, tangible as a chill down your spine. Something that doesn’t belong here, something that snuck in when no one was looking. A boogeyman under the bed. A ghost in the closet. A will o’ the wisp, blinking in and out of existence under the flickering streetlights. Whatever it is it’s moving, leaving a trail of cold, dead fear wherever it passes. Something dark. A shadow so pitch black that it blots out the very lights in your heart, dragging your fears out screaming and kicking, reducing even the strongest, toughest man to a blubbering baby.

Perhaps best to stay in bed today, Marina. ]

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	pushedback 2014-01-05 09:31 pm UTC (link)
	"There's a store up ahead... I think. Not far!" And it isn't very far, luckily. She drags the girl inside, shutting the door closed behind them before sinking back to lean against it. "Phew..." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	labyrinthrunner 2014-01-07 05:20 am UTC (link)
	Sarah sinks to the floor as she catches her breath. "OK..." pant pant... "Not a good... first impression." She looks around here. "So if we don't get dinosaurs every day... what usually happens?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pushedback 2014-01-07 08:25 pm UTC (link)
	"Depends on the day... some days, not much at all. Others..." She draws another breath, trying to work out how to explain this. "Others, anything can happen. This time it's dinosaurs, last time it was poisoned tea parties." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	labyrinthrunner 2014-01-09 04:35 am UTC (link)
	"Poisoned tea parties?" Sarah looks aghast. "I thought people were... protected in prisons. I mean, there were prison fights... but apart from the other inmates. Usually the prison wasn't trying to kill you too." Or maybe she'd read too many books. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pushedback 2014-01-09 08:53 pm UTC (link)
	"I thought so too... before I came here." A little sigh. "This isn't like any other prison I know of. I don't think they're trying to hurt us, but sometimes it just... happens anyway." And since poisoned tea parties wasn't entirely correct, she takes a moment to fix that. "It wasn't dangerous. The tea party, I mean. It just made people act really weird." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	labyrinthrunner 2014-01-10 03:02 am UTC (link)
	"Oh... Still. They shouldn't be letting us get hurt or... drugged or anything." She frowned. "They probably shouldn't be taking us at all. I'm not even allowed to vote yet. Or drive. Or drink. I'm not an adult." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pushedback 2014-01-11 03:52 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm sorry... I know it isn't fair but sometimes you just have to roll with the punches and make the best out of the situation." Not unlike what she's had to do with Ned. That wasn't fair either, but what can you do? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	labyrinthrunner 2014-01-13 05:13 am UTC (link)
	"But that's what I was doing. In the labyrinth to get my brother. Well, not really I guess. I did argue a lot. But Jareth was cheating. Much like they seem to do here." Ah teenage stubbornness. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pushedback 2014-01-13 10:33 am UTC (link)
	"Jareth? Who's Jareth?" Maybe not the time for it or perhaps it's the perfect time for it. At least it gives them something else to think about that isn't angry dinosaurs. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	labyrinthrunner 2014-01-14 08:40 pm UTC (link)
	"He's the Goblin King. And he told me I could get my brother back if I got to the center of the labyrinth." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pushedback 2014-01-14 11:41 pm UTC (link)
	"Whoa, whoa... that sounds like quite the story." She moves further into the store to find someplace to sit. "Maybe you should start from the beginning? We have plenty of time, as long as those things are out there." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	labyrinthrunner 2014-01-15 05:16 am UTC (link)
	Sarah watches her for a moment, and then follows, sitting on the ground against a pillar. "Well, I was babysitting my baby brother like always. Toby. And he was crying, which he always does, so I wished the goblins would take him away. I didn't think they actually would though! It's just a fairy tale." She frowns. "But the goblins did take him away." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pushedback 2014-01-15 10:35 am UTC (link)
	"Through the labyrinth to bring him to the Goblin King?" Mindbaffling. "I feel like I've read a book like this once. I don't think I have, but... it's one of those things I guess." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

labyrinthrunner
2014-01-16 05:20 am UTC (link)

"Well yes. And there is a book. I don't have it with me unfortunately. But I wanted Toby back right away. So I looked for him and the Goblin King came to me. He promised me I could have my brother back if I made my way to the Goblin City in the center of the Labyrinth before 13 hours were up."

She frowned. "I only had a half hour left. If I don't get him back, Jareth gets to keep him forever."

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	pushedback 2014-01-16 11:23 am UTC (link)
	It sounds terrible and fantastical and it's really hard to remember that this isn't some story. This is someone's life. "I'm sure your brother will be okay. Have you talked to the wardens about this? Maybe they know something." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	labyrinthrunner 2014-01-17 12:41 am UTC (link)
	"But I think it's one of the reasons I'm here. Breach of contract for trying to get him back. And um... neglect or something for wishing him away in the first place." Sarah frowned. "Perhaps they think it's good he's taken away so I have consequences for my actions. But it's not as though I really meant to send him to the goblins." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pushedback 2014-01-19 08:10 am UTC (link)
	"You really think they'd take that out on a kid? I mean, okay... I see your point with the sending a message and take responsibility for your actions, but if he's hurt in the process..." Yeah, she doesn't like that part one bit. "He's innocent, isn't he?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	labyrinthrunner 2014-01-20 08:13 pm UTC (link)
	"No. I don't know. I know Jareth really wanted him. I didn't have much of a choice in the matter." She looked confused. "Toby? Of course he's innocent. All he did was cry and take Lancelot." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pushedback 2014-01-20 11:17 pm UTC (link)
	"Then I'm sure he'll be okay. Why would anyone want to leave a baby in even more peril than they were before?" She hopes. She really really hopes. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	labyrinthrunner 2014-01-21 02:07 am UTC (link)
	"Right. He should be fine. And everyone keeps telling me time's stopped there anyway. So if that's true... he's really really safe. I just have to get back to him." Sarah's not sure she believes any of it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pushedback 2014-01-22 11:33 pm UTC (link)
	"That's more like it. There are people here working on a way back home, I've heard. I'm sure someone will think of something before long." She smiles. "Just have to keep our spirits up until then." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	labyrinthrunner 2014-01-23 11:52 pm UTC (link)
	"Which would be easier if we weren't holing up in some building waiting for the dinosaurs to go away." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pushedback 2014-01-24 10:47 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah, that doesn't exactly help..." She sighs. If it was just her she'd brave the flickering lights again, but with Sarah here that doesn't feel like an option. "Do you want to do something to pass the time? Play a game, maybe?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	labyrinthrunner 2014-01-25 04:15 am UTC (link)
	Sarah looks around but then turns back to the other woman. "Do you have stories? About your life? I mean, not everyone here was chasing their brothers through goblin infested mazes right?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	pushedback 2014-01-25 10:11 am UTC (link)
	"Boy, do I have stories..." Some of them she's not too sure she should share, but what the hell. There's no harm here, is there? "What would you like to hear about? " (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)