Shroud of the Lost he didn't ask a single question

For @Magg and @'Aven" only, this thread takes place about 6 hours after this thread.
Rain is worsening, cold

Blood Runs Thicker Than Water

The nomadic child was actually fairly pleased with how the plan seemed to be shaking up so far. Her and her twin had met up on time without problems, she had deposited the bones and small corpses, and though it had been kind of tricky she had even gotten the stone in place. Covering enough of the opening to make it obvious Aven could not get out, but leaving some space so that there was air getting in, and it was obviously where the mice and rats could have crawled into as well.

Plus, she was extra happy that she was not the twin who had had to spend this much time in a dark creepy little cave hole.

It had been the acting of a lifetime, and she thought she sold it - it wasn’t that hard to act scared after she had seen her sister sealed in there. Plus, she had run the last few miles home so she would be believably out of breath. When she had found her mother between gasps she had tried to hastily explain, ”Aven - trapped - cave -” then, after a few more rather dramatic gasps she looked up in horror and hissed, ”She said Nori did it.”

Their trap was laid, but now they needed to get back to her.

But Both Feel The Same When Your Eyes Are Closed

(This post was last modified: Nov 14, 2024, 03:32 PM by Viorel.)

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pp approved by ghost c:

Magg was starting to get a sickly sinking feeling in her gut. She'd been looking for Neva for some time now, and was coming up empty. Had she gone out to look for her sister on her own? What if something happened to her too?

When the girl did finally appear, that feeling didn't go away. The mother rushed to reach her panicked child, trying to make sense of what she was being told. She'd found Aven?! Trapped? By... @Nori? The pieces weren't really fitting together. Clearly, there was plenty missing. What mattered in this moment was that Neva knew where her twin was, and that Aven needed help.

"Show me!"

Clearly the child was out of breath, but what if her sibling didn't have much time left? How long had she been stuck, had she been able to drink? When had she last eaten? What if she was hurt? Her mind raced along with her paws as she was led.

cw for general terror/being trapped/feelings of impending death

It wasn't a game and she wasn't in control anymore. The water had risen but she wasn't going to fit past the stones that had been rolled to seal her in. She floated amongst her own waste and the grimy remains Neva had thrown down, lungs heaving air in and out as panic gripped her whole body. Her sister was getting their mother, but with how much the rain had filled the hole since she'd left... no, there wasn't time.

She was going to run out of air. She was going to run out of air and then she'd be surrounded by water. It would force itself into her lungs until they burst and she'd sink to the bottom screaming in misery and then it would all go black and she would be dead she was dying she had to get out-

"HELP!" she screamed again, true terror clear in every word, "LET ME OUT! LET ME OUT HELP!!"

(This post was last modified: Nov 05, 2024, 12:31 AM by Aven.)

Blood Runs Thicker Than Water

The twin was truly spent by the time that they got close to where Aven had been stashed away. They had run - and truly it was more of a sprint, the whole way here and it had taken her a few hours last time so it wasn’t exactly close. By the time that they got close there was a painful stitch in her side and Neva was breathing raggedly , almost lightheaded from the exertion. Her first thought upon hearing her sister was that she was even more convincing than Neva had been when she performed for her mother.

Then the reality set in that she wasn’t pretending, she really was that scared.

Neva hadn’t been gone that long, how is this possible? What could have happened, a bear? Her mother had told them about the bears on the mountain, were they also located down here? ”AVEN” She screamed so loud it hurt her throat and tried to push herself harder, but could see that she was falling behind Magg, and there was nothing she could do about it.

She wasn’t going to get there in time, but their mother would. She had to, or else what they thought was a relatively harmless (to everyone but Nori) prank would have dire consequences.

But Both Feel The Same When Your Eyes Are Closed

(This post was last modified: Nov 05, 2024, 01:20 AM by Neva.)

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