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 Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 2:57 pm
"Rosemary," Nam asked as calmly as possible, "are you hurt? We're gonna get you out of there, okay?"
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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 3:23 pm
The Duke calmly finished his food, before standing. He had Oliver check outside of a window for the sun.
The Duke of Varles smiled. "Well, it's almost dusk, and already some of you have failed to show up. I wonder if that means some have already fallen victim to the horrors that reside in this house?"
The Duke's toothy, satisfied smile seemed somehow wrong - he didn't even appear to be concerned that his daughter was one of the missing guests.
"Well, I think I shall retire for the night. My head... is still bruised up, thanks to that little girl. Ciao, my guests."
Oliver left, escorting the Duke to the Grand Hall and up the stairs. He, however, was wilted with worry, ever concerned about the young girls who had not shown up.
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Rosemary's voice was dry and tart. "Of course I'm okay - I just said that. Jeez."
The girl looked up - she could see the flashlight's beam. It was... pretty far above her....
"I think I'm going to try to explore down here, if I can get through the hole." She called up, unsure of how many people had come to her rescue.
"If I do, Alya, you can come down if you like. But wait - do any of you new folks up there know what time it is...?"
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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 3:51 pm
Nam didn't like her voice much, but took it as a good sign. "No, don't go down there; we're gonna help you out." He was thinking of the howl and where the shaft might lead.
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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 4:03 pm
"EXCUSE ME? Who do you think you are? I'll go if I want." Rosemary's voice replied, though she was silently having second thoughts herself. If it was almost dark, now....
((You'll have to excuse her (lol) for her attitude. But she's just a 10-year-old, don't take it too seriously. XD))
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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 6:12 pm
Stephanie watched as the Duke and Oliver exited and then looked over at Luna.
"Aren't you worried that they haven't shown up?" she asked.
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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 7:35 pm
A frustrated look appeared on Nam's face. The word "brat" flashed across his mind briefly, but she WAS only ten years old and he'd had no prior expierence with anyone other then his own age, really. But she was being stupid; she might die if she went down there alone. Obviously no one could follow her, so why...? Nam switched tactics, hoping for the best, "I'm not forcing you to go; I just want to make sure you don't get eaten by whatever made that sound or killed by something else. If you go down there it could be a million foot dropoff onto spikey rocks. Kryxel and I were safely tucked away," he fudged on that one for sake of arguement, "and came out, probably risking our lives to help you. Do you want it or not?" Nam thought those last words probably came off a little harsher then he'd liked, but they were all true.
((I know, I know XD If she acted differently it wouldn't be very realistic.))
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Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 11:13 pm
"it is almost dark...we have enough time to rescue you and get back to the cell to baracade us back in." kryxel saidlooking around for rope.
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Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 9:48 pm
Although no one could see her, Rosemary pouted. "I didn't come in here to turn around. We've spent all day exploring. I won't go back without finding something...."
The doubt and insecurity of children was painstakingly apparent in the girl's voice, but her pride prevented her from admitting it. The girl began kicking at the wall that had sounded hollow to her. A few pebbles clattered down - and a few from up above even Kryxel, Nam and Alya - but nothing else gave way. This was good, and bad. Besides, there would be no rope anywhere any of the four had been down there.
The sun began dipping below the horizon. It was mere minutes until the sun went completely down. Everyone above ground would be safe for about the twenty-minute time period that it took for the last specks of light to reach Earth, but there were no guarantees for those below.... Also, it remained yet to be known exactly what they were trying to remain safe from... if anything.
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Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:25 am
kryxel took off his jacket and long sleeved shirt
"if anyone has some clothes to sparein helping make a rope for rose...give them up now...it may be our only hope."
kryxel said tieing them together so the wont fall apaet
"rose that means you too...if whatever it is that is down here gets hungry it will come after you. your the easyist target."
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Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 11:12 am
Nam handed over his jacket and shirt, also offering the braided sheet in his pocket (you know, the one from the super long post...). "I don't know how strong this is," he said.
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Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 1:13 pm
Alya giggled covering her mouth at what Kryxel called Rosemary. She probably didn't want to know Rosemary's reactions. She looked down at her torn clothes and shook her head, they weren't really strong and all she had was a dress and a torn jumper
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Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 4:27 pm
Rosemary obtained the strangest idea of throwing all her clothes up there - if they knew she wasn't wearing anything, they wouldn't want to pull her up... or would they? Either way, even if Rosemary was prone to stubborn, stupid ideas she wasn't a moron. Even her ten-year-old brain knew that this would be an extreme act of rebellion which would accomplish nothing, and might even do more harm than good, depending on the nature of these men....
Rosemary had another idea. She looked around, and her face became wrought with panic, as though doing so would help her act. No one could see her, but all the same...
"Oh no... something's down here! No... no... get away. GET AWAY!" Rosemary screamed, then silence followed.
The predator stopped slinking now; the sun was down. It began a slight trot, and sped up its pace even further when the second scream directed it straight towards its prey. It was only so far away, now. It got... closer....
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Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:15 pm
"Rosemary!!" Nam almost lunged into the pit, but realized that would only make things a whole lot worse. He waited there for her reply.
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Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 10:19 pm
kryxel closed his eyes and dived into his police training.
he opened his eyes with a smile and continued to make the rope
"she is a horible liar... but a good actress. if she really had been attacked we would eather hear the thing that attacked her...or her whines." he tied the rope to his hand and layed near the edge of the pit "rose i know you are still alive...grab the rope and tomorrow we can come back here and explore."
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Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 1:28 pm
Alya gave a small scream when Rosemary's voice stopped after the panic
"ROSEMARY!" She screamed loudly down the child's size hole
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