It was probably one of the few times that flaring lights didn't scare her and maker her run for cover. It was pretty, but that was also probably because it wasn't properly fire.
So far, the cave wasn't so bad even as they went down the spiraling staircase. It was getting brighter, making her eyes close to slits as they descended further and further down. But, at the same time it was getting colder and colder. It was nice. Though, she could only imagine how much Andrew was hating it (haha, revenge? Wait.) Olivia found herself moving a little faster on autopilot, with the lowering temperatures would Andrew try to warm himself?
But the faster she moved, the more a hissing sound took over her auditory senses. It was growing louder. The lights were taking over and she couldn't see anymore but she kept going. Beneath her feet she could feel everything start to give way and she moved faster, only making a small noise. Vaguely, she could hear her name being called. Was that Andrew? She didn't know. She kept going, stumbling all the way until she found her way out of the cave.
And fell upon grass and sweet smells wafting in the air around her. Yup, the Bells
"Oh good, you are ok." they had somehow managed to wind up in the same place.
He looked around and hear bell, Molan? no, just some hanging off of a weird tree. he walks over and paused at them and then smelled them. aweful... he backed up nose wrinkling.
Instead he decided to investigate the tree. it looked hungry. he tried to back up.
The spots from her eyes finally began to clear enough for the little ghoul to see exactly where she ended up. It was so very green and filled with blooming flowers in an array of different colors. Oddly enough, she found it rather pretty even though she was so used to rather unforgiving environments. Everything was so... fresh.
Olivia pushed herself up, wondering where Andrew had gotten to and if he had also gotten to the glade as she did. Her feet pulled her around, taking in all the vegetation and sweet smells. And the tingling of bells all around, hanging off the vines like delicate glass. The ghoul walked towards one of the vines, her blackened fingers reaching out to touch one of the bells. They reminded her of Amarus and Molan and the small ghoul couldn't help but plucked one from the vine. A keep sake even if she didn't find a note that the Slender Man wanted. It might not have had the most pleasant of smells, to others at least, but she liked it.
Finally, Andrew chimed in, bringing another smile on her face at the sight of him. He had made it too, and how tempting it was so go up to him to show the bell she had found and that were still jingling all around them. But she hesitated and he was already on the move towards the tree. The ghoul followed only to fell, as Andrew, the tree grab at her.
Olivia tried to scream, but couldn't find a voice as it flung them both to the ground, at least to her thinking. Andrew was sailing in the air above her. But she went to the ground with an un-ladylike grunt. There was strange music, hypnotic and horrifying. Ugly in rhythm and never seemed to stop.
There were bugs, well maybe she didn't mind those so much but not in their masses and Olivia tried to move, but the vines still had her and wouldn't let go. Pulling her close, pulling her towards the gaping mouth that wanted to eat her. "Aaa," she cried out, not wanting to be food.
And then not wanting to be burned. She froze in place when the fiery creature appeared from above the tree, burning everything in its wake and freeing her from the clutches of this evil tree. "Please..." she breathed out, scared of the flames that licked against form. It kept its distance, as it knowing her terror and simply gestured as if wanting her to follow.
She wasn't sure, the flames. It.. she could feel herself slipping back into that terror but somehow she got herself up. Somehow managing to grab vail of shadows that had been unearthed from below her. Olivia followed the creature in a frozen lull.
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Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 5:37 pm
Somehow she had made it back. The creature had left her at some point, perhaps returning to help any other poor student that made their way to the tree as she had.
In a daze, Olivia found her way to the Slenderman and his outreached hand. There was no care on his features of what she had gone through, not as if she was looking. There had been so much fire, and she looked so terrified.
But the object was returned and vaguely she could hear him mention something about what she had had in her hands. Something... next week. Right.
She needed to find some place to sit down again. Could she go back to the cave? That sounded nice.
It was some time later that the Death crafter reappeared with the news that she had successfully handed the note off. She piratically pranced with pride.
DO THE TRUFFLE SHUFFLE
Mini's SN: LP Link to Note post:Here Link to Selene post:Here (goes to next page) x - Selene actually accepting the letter.
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Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 7:11 pm
Andrew woke up behind X's booth. What, how did he get there? Last thing he remembered he had been flung into space.
By a vine. well... he was ok now. He didn't see Olivia, he had lost her. He hoped she was ok... She should be. He was fine. She probably went the same route as him. He got up and wandered off.
Ragnorak was looking for these...notes. Faced with her two paths, Ragnorak chose the glades. They looked more inviting...the sweet scents wafting out to her.
Going to the bells.
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 11:10 pm
Ragnorak moving into the glade, she parted through trees. The vines hung down around her, the tiny little bells hanging from the tree. She felt mystified by everything.
It was as if they were enchanting her, drawing her in. She felt her hands reaching out to touch the vines. Touching the Vines.
Ragnorak reaches out to touch the vines, only to find they start curling around her. She can feel the tightening around her, struggling against her body and supressing her.
She fought hard against the vines, struggling to escape.
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 11:15 pm
Ragnorak was able to get her body out of the vines by struggling. Disheveled, she struggled to her feet and hurried back. Maybe this would fetch her some kind of...reward.
Finding note in a dark creepy forest? Sounds like an adventure. "Sure I will help, see you later." He bounced towards the forest without light. The foxsock was shivering as if she felt something horrible, A J stroked and let her to completely hide inside his bag, but she can still peek around and breathe. This forest was interesting, so silent and without any light.
Soon, he came to a fork. One side was a cave and the other was a lovely glade. Considered the nature of X, AJ ran towards the cave. Inside the cave was brilliant lights, followed by a series of downstairs. It was getting colder and colder, brighter and just brighter. For once, he had to peek through his eyes because of the intensity of the lightness.
Hardly see anything, AJ tripped, fell onto the ground and was knocked off. That was a new experience, AJ.
Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 1:39 pm
Andrew didn't particularly like the idea of looking for the teacher's notes. He was creepy. But, it was for the tarts. He could sale those later right? Or at least eat them. Though the teacher didn't seem interested in giving prizes out. he was wondering if this was an actually game, well... Olivia was right, he was good at this. Andrew headed for the caves again.
It was cold in the caves, and he once again had to run down the stairs, why did he think this was a good idea.
He crawled into a hole and found a note. Was this what the teacher was looking for? He decided to go take it to her, and was told, to go take it to Selene? What? Who was she? oh, he kept the face and name in his mind and pocketed the note. Right, he would give it to her. Mabye.
Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 8:02 pm
This side of the gathering was quiet, which was a bit of a relief for Rep. Even in the guise of a golem, large gatherings of people - or whatever these creatures were classed as - set him on edge. The forest was foreboding, but foreboding was almost their domain at this point. He stepped up to the booth and listened to what the tall and snappily dressed faceless man had to say.
He translated for Harrison as if he needed it. "He's lost his notes or something, we need to find them. Like. Maybe he's a teacher and s**t." his gaze flicked to the booth's minipets and back. "There's prizes in it."
And they looked delicious. Why did everything in Halloween have to look like it came from the land of delicious confectionery?
do on Halloween?>
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"Feel like trying it?"
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Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 8:10 pm
"Scavenger hunt, huh? Won't be the first time we've gone searching for something in the woods."
Harrison took Rep's claw in his thinner, grubby hand.
"So long as we don't split up. ...Wish J was here. Not that I'm uh. Scared, you know, just like. ...For all the Scarentine's stuff."
