09-02-2022, 10:12 PM
At first, you hear nothing.
You open your eyes slowly, met with only a slightly shimmering black wall.
You reach your hand out-
Only for a familiar paw to latch onto your wing-arm, desperately clutching on.
You open your eyes slowly, met with only a slightly shimmering black wall.
You reach your hand out-
Only for a familiar paw to latch onto your wing-arm, desperately clutching on.
TIMOTHY: Don’t-
POLKA DOT: Don’t what-?
Tim shakes his head, his pupils pinpricks.
You realize you do hear something, now-
A whimsical hum, just slightly off key.
You realize you do hear something, now-
A whimsical hum, just slightly off key.
TIMOTHY: It’s hunting.
There’s a laugh from the wall in front of you, and chills go down your back.
POLKA DOT: What…is it?
TIMOTHY: I d-don’t know, but-
Tar splatters against Tim’s leg, and he reels back- but he’s not fast enough. Something swoops around him, further splattering him, causing a pool to form around his feet and whispering horrible, sweet nothings.
The monster’s whispers are too distorted to make out, but you can hear the raw, utter panic in Tim’s voice as he strains against the tar-
The tar swallows him up, and nothing you scream makes him resurface.
Devo’s on your other side, frozen in fear-
His hand soaked in tar, eyes wide as the voices swirl over to him now, speaking in a low, unintelligible hum.
You think you hear him crying before it takes him as well, dragging him into the unseen depths.
You take a step back, your legs shaking-
A scream nearly escapes you as you feel something at your back-
Only for it to be Cross, her arms wrapping you in a bear hug.
The monster’s whispers are too distorted to make out, but you can hear the raw, utter panic in Tim’s voice as he strains against the tar-
The tar swallows him up, and nothing you scream makes him resurface.
Devo’s on your other side, frozen in fear-
His hand soaked in tar, eyes wide as the voices swirl over to him now, speaking in a low, unintelligible hum.
You think you hear him crying before it takes him as well, dragging him into the unseen depths.
You take a step back, your legs shaking-
A scream nearly escapes you as you feel something at your back-
Only for it to be Cross, her arms wrapping you in a bear hug.
CROSSBONE: I got you, I got you, it can’t get you if you don’t-
POLKA DOT: I-it got Tim, and Devo, and-
CROSSBONE: It’ll be f-
Drips of tar hit your head, and then Cross’.
Your eyes travel upward.
Your gaze meets the beast’s, looming over you as black sludge drips from an unseen mouth.
You hear the sound of a key being wound.
Cross hears a steady, beeping death knell.
It has you both now.
Your eyes travel upward.
Your gaze meets the beast’s, looming over you as black sludge drips from an unseen mouth.
You hear the sound of a key being wound.
Cross hears a steady, beeping death knell.
It has you both now.
You wake up clenching the edge of your blanket, caught in a death grip.
POLKA DOT: Fuck…
Your phone says you’ve got a few hours before work.
Time to wake up and face the day.
Time to wake up and face the day.