Re: [Portal: Holly & Noah]
Noah knew more than Bea had. His trusty little ability or whatever meant he knew the stuff they didn't want him to know. Now, they could just take him and fuck him up too. But, ...look, if Noah could blow out windows, maybe he could do more? He was kind of thinking about that. He knew he'd affected a larger area than just himself, bc he'd felt the rise in alarm around him. But, that was all stuff he was kind of back-burner-ing and that could be thought about later, if need be. And if need not be? Then he could ignore it. For now, he was with Holly, moving through a world that was like something even the other dude's scary videos couldn't come up with. It was... wrong. Noah had gotten flashes of it. From Aleksi. Which reminded him of the tree, right? The tree or whatever the dude had come out of.
The things shambling in the dark were there. Noah could feel their presence, even if he got nothing from them by way of, like, thoughts or anything like that. It was like, sometimes he just knew where things were, even if they weren't... people. So. Yeah, no, he felt them. But, he was distracted as he was chided mentally. It washed over him, familiar, like a match held up to an iceberg. But, a little warmth was a little warmth and he took it. I'm not leaving you down there. Noah turned right onto Central, taking the corner fast, his eyes never even having seen him fly past the trailer park.
He almost warned Holly of whatever was approaching, but he couldn't. He didn't. Can you hide? Just for a minute, right? Just until whatever it was maybe decided what it was chasing wasn't real or worth the effort. Just for a second. He knew it was loud, man. It felt like someone was sawing the inside of his skull too. There's a big tree coming up—I think there's a hole in it. Sit in it for a second. It was going to be gross, but Noah knew it was there, and he hoped it was safe. I'm driving to the woods. I can find where Aleksi came out or something. As for cold, Noah, who caught himself weaving over the center line in the road, tried for a second to tip some of his own warmth into Holly, to like, push it to him. But, he couldn't do that and drive, so he stopped. I don't miss you, because you're about to see me. Noah sounded like he believed it. Okay?