You lead the rabbit to the tarped car, opening the door letting her peek in through.
“Ah..”
“Mm…”
“Grotesque. Who was this?”
“Former classmate from back in the day, we were never really close. Followed me into the woods and got jumped by a watchman.”
“Like a guy…?”
“No, more like… an angry forest spirit? You’re from out of town so I guess I need to explain a lot..”
“Just a little fill in would be nice. Despite the common belief, folks like me aren’t all seekers of knowledge. Don’t know shit.”
“So gist is the surrounding woods are a bit parasitic. Makes traveling out kind of a hazard even with roads entering in and out. Supply trucks have to be armored to hell and tooled with flames and noise makers to keep creatures off of them.”
“They’re very territorial and covered with this nasty moss.”
“Explains your friend here…”
“Yeah…. It’s gross. Going to have to confront the family….”
“So what’s this moss do? You said it was parasitic.”
“I’m… not sure? It crawls all over bodies of people who get dropped in the woods and then overnight a cocoon appears nearby.”
“But they’re hella dangerous.’
“I see…”
“I should make quick work then.”
“What’s that mean? What are you-” You’re cut off as she opens the door and evaporates into a thick smoke.
“Frida? Frida don’t-”
THe smoke seeps through the cracks and seams of the car inside and quickly engulfs any view of the inside.
After moments of hissing and crunching from within, the smoke clears up.
A rabbity woman sits inside, baring only light resemblance to the corpse from before.
“Oh my fucking… what did you do?!”
“Recycled her material, figured it’d be better than letting her turn and become a problem later.”
“I’m gonna be sick man.…”
“Plus… leaves no body for you to hide. Perfect, right?”
“You turned this into a missing person’s case dude…”
“Oh!”
“.... I didn’t think this through.”
“You really didn’t!”
“Well.. nobody saw you at the scene, I figure.”
“People probably heard the screaming. Plus she died in my car technically .... there’s still a mess.”
“She wasn’t dead when you found her?”
“Not yet… wounds did her in fast though. Wanted to take her to get help but… you know.”
“I’m scared. If anyone spotted me on the way here, my life’s turbo done…”
“No proof that you did anything.”
“They’d only just want a reason to put me on trial at this point. Place sucks and folks hate my ass.”
“Really?”
“Really. Never were big on my family for being from overseas, kept talking about how we were all secretly demonics. Folks are on my ass constantly over um….”
“Over…?”
“You know…”
She shakes her head at you in confusion.
“People here are conservative, let’s put it at that.”
“...OOOOH. Oh my god.”
“Yeah..”
“This is one of THOSE type of places?”
“Yeah.”
“With churches on every block and all that?”
“Mm…”
“Christ…”
“Yeah no.They give you shit here just for saying you don’t want kids like. I’m honestly good. I got a few friends and I love them to death but… ugh. Honestly I wish I could take them with me.”
“Mm…”
“I don’t… really want to be here? There’s a few forest hermits who’re nice but… that’s not viable for me. All of them are fiends who don’t have to worry about getting mauled… even if I don’t get arrested, folks will blame me.”
“Fiends? The monster folk?”
“Mmhmm. You familiar?”
“Little bit. There a lot of them?”
“Yeah, why?”
“That’s… huh.”
“They’re not bad you know…”
“It’s nothing like that just… thinking. Seems like a hell of a place…”
“Yeah no kidding.”
“Let’s…..”
You hear a motorbike driving up the street.
Fuck.
You grab the rabbit’s arm and start pulling.
“Hey! Not so rough!”
“Get inside, that’s them.”
“What? Why-”
“Feds, now-”
“Feds..” The gears turn in her head for a moment.
“Ah! Gotcha. Just…. Hold up I can fix this…” She pulls you into the car with her suddenly.
“Frida! Frida, stop fucking around! We need to go-!”
The door closes behind, the dark mist fills the room again.
“Ah..”
“Mm…”
“Grotesque. Who was this?”
“Former classmate from back in the day, we were never really close. Followed me into the woods and got jumped by a watchman.”
“Like a guy…?”
“No, more like… an angry forest spirit? You’re from out of town so I guess I need to explain a lot..”
“Just a little fill in would be nice. Despite the common belief, folks like me aren’t all seekers of knowledge. Don’t know shit.”
“So gist is the surrounding woods are a bit parasitic. Makes traveling out kind of a hazard even with roads entering in and out. Supply trucks have to be armored to hell and tooled with flames and noise makers to keep creatures off of them.”
“They’re very territorial and covered with this nasty moss.”
“Explains your friend here…”
“Yeah…. It’s gross. Going to have to confront the family….”
“So what’s this moss do? You said it was parasitic.”
“I’m… not sure? It crawls all over bodies of people who get dropped in the woods and then overnight a cocoon appears nearby.”
“But they’re hella dangerous.’
“I see…”
“I should make quick work then.”
“What’s that mean? What are you-” You’re cut off as she opens the door and evaporates into a thick smoke.
“Frida? Frida don’t-”
THe smoke seeps through the cracks and seams of the car inside and quickly engulfs any view of the inside.
After moments of hissing and crunching from within, the smoke clears up.
A rabbity woman sits inside, baring only light resemblance to the corpse from before.
“Oh my fucking… what did you do?!”
“Recycled her material, figured it’d be better than letting her turn and become a problem later.”
“I’m gonna be sick man.…”
“Plus… leaves no body for you to hide. Perfect, right?”
“You turned this into a missing person’s case dude…”
“Oh!”
“.... I didn’t think this through.”
“You really didn’t!”
“Well.. nobody saw you at the scene, I figure.”
“People probably heard the screaming. Plus she died in my car technically .... there’s still a mess.”
“She wasn’t dead when you found her?”
“Not yet… wounds did her in fast though. Wanted to take her to get help but… you know.”
“I’m scared. If anyone spotted me on the way here, my life’s turbo done…”
“No proof that you did anything.”
“They’d only just want a reason to put me on trial at this point. Place sucks and folks hate my ass.”
“Really?”
“Really. Never were big on my family for being from overseas, kept talking about how we were all secretly demonics. Folks are on my ass constantly over um….”
“Over…?”
“You know…”
She shakes her head at you in confusion.
“People here are conservative, let’s put it at that.”
“...OOOOH. Oh my god.”
“Yeah..”
“This is one of THOSE type of places?”
“Yeah.”
“With churches on every block and all that?”
“Mm…”
“Christ…”
“Yeah no.They give you shit here just for saying you don’t want kids like. I’m honestly good. I got a few friends and I love them to death but… ugh. Honestly I wish I could take them with me.”
“Mm…”
“I don’t… really want to be here? There’s a few forest hermits who’re nice but… that’s not viable for me. All of them are fiends who don’t have to worry about getting mauled… even if I don’t get arrested, folks will blame me.”
“Fiends? The monster folk?”
“Mmhmm. You familiar?”
“Little bit. There a lot of them?”
“Yeah, why?”
“That’s… huh.”
“They’re not bad you know…”
“It’s nothing like that just… thinking. Seems like a hell of a place…”
“Yeah no kidding.”
“Let’s…..”
You hear a motorbike driving up the street.
Fuck.
You grab the rabbit’s arm and start pulling.
“Hey! Not so rough!”
“Get inside, that’s them.”
“What? Why-”
“Feds, now-”
“Feds..” The gears turn in her head for a moment.
“Ah! Gotcha. Just…. Hold up I can fix this…” She pulls you into the car with her suddenly.
“Frida! Frida, stop fucking around! We need to go-!”
The door closes behind, the dark mist fills the room again.
The world is drowned out, sounds fading.
You awaken in a dimly lit room with the rabbit next to you, car sitting in the corner. Her zipper faced form smiles at you.
“Sorry to have to do that.. Your plan wasn’t going to work out so I made an emergency call.”
“Welcome to my home. Get comfy.”
You awaken in a dimly lit room with the rabbit next to you, car sitting in the corner. Her zipper faced form smiles at you.
“Sorry to have to do that.. Your plan wasn’t going to work out so I made an emergency call.”
“Welcome to my home. Get comfy.”