oh look another weird post
this may sound ABSOLUTELY AWFUL, sob, but I am actually really enjoying writing more than slightly cracked in the head Nightbeat. His speech patterns take some figuring out (lol ballistic approach to punctuation /JUST STICKS A MILLION FULL STOPS AND DASHES IN THERE) but the way he thinks I'm kind of enjoying. HE GETS TO THE POINT EVENTUALLY it just takes him far longer than normal because he is kind of a terrible scatterbrain now.
Also being forced to shoot the person who pretty much counts as your best/only friend (nightbeat + social skills = HILARITY ENSUES) and then getting shot yourself does ODD THINGS to your head. :/ apart from the aforementioned shot, that is.
(i am also sort of proud of his initial FLIPPING OUT at Nemesis. 8/ HE IS NOT ALL THAT SANE ANY MORE BUT HE KNOWS WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT, he did almost get killed for it )
AAAND ON A RELATED SUBJECT, I have heard good things about Alan Wake! I should get it at some point because I obviously need to scare myself shitless.
AND ACCORDING TO poisontea THE SETTING IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT FITS SOMEONE LIKE NIGHTBEAT MORE OR LESS PERFECTLY, SO.
(This cut also includes the tf_speedwriting drabble i did for the community of the same name. SHOULD JOIN IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, GUYS, IT'S PRETTY RELAXING even though you get a time limit of 120 minutes, STILL. :D )
It's been twelve hours, and I'm starting to get a headache.
This conversation, like so many others before it, is going nowhere. And yet, I've got the oddest feeling that I'm missing something important here...
"Well, thank you for your help." Or, at least, driving this conversation around in circles like some nutcase obsessed with circles taking a Ferrari for a joyride.
That didn't go anywhere, but I wasn't ready to give up just yet.
I headed down to the lake next - it was possible that the natural landmark would offer more clues as to the victim's disappearance, and I'm not giving up on this case so easily.
The lake's waters were still and quiet.
Too quiet.
I remember something -
-there's a hole in the world...-
- but all that remains is a strange feeling of foreboding.
Ah, well. Not much to see here.
I glances down briefly - my torch is hanging by my side, as always, but I can see better in the dark - there's no point ruining my night vision, after all - and I have the unsettling feeling that the water has risen to meet me; I wasn't walking near the water line before.
Which is odd. Water shouldn't be behaving like that, but there's still that nagging feeling that I'm missing something...
Moonlight glinted, and I saw the remains of a car up ahead - still fairly new, so the crash was recent.
Someone was moving inside.
Now, that looked promising.
I reached the car (it wasn't that badly damaged, really, and fortunately neither was the man inside it) and helped the sole occupant out - I took the opportunity to quickly take in any distinguishing features about his appearance.
Well, it looked like him, anyway. Time to make an educated guess.
"Alan Wake?"
"Yes?"
"I'm Nightbeat. I was one of the team sent to Bright Falls to see where you'd gone."
"...What? But I...how long was I unconscious for?"
"Well, I'm no judge of that, but you've been missing for a week."
AAAAND THE TF_SPEEDWRITING PROMPT IS here. The only theme song Nightbeat ever needs is YAKETY SAX, GODDAMN. Most of his job consists of RUN AWAYYYYY (about 50%. )
yeah can you tell i love this guy far too much yet
Also being forced to shoot the person who pretty much counts as your best/only friend (nightbeat + social skills = HILARITY ENSUES) and then getting shot yourself does ODD THINGS to your head. :/ apart from the aforementioned shot, that is.
(i am also sort of proud of his initial FLIPPING OUT at Nemesis. 8/ HE IS NOT ALL THAT SANE ANY MORE BUT HE KNOWS WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT, he did almost get killed for it )
AAAND ON A RELATED SUBJECT, I have heard good things about Alan Wake! I should get it at some point because I obviously need to scare myself shitless.
AND ACCORDING TO poisontea THE SETTING IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT FITS SOMEONE LIKE NIGHTBEAT MORE OR LESS PERFECTLY, SO.
(This cut also includes the tf_speedwriting drabble i did for the community of the same name. SHOULD JOIN IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY, GUYS, IT'S PRETTY RELAXING even though you get a time limit of 120 minutes, STILL. :D )
It's been twelve hours, and I'm starting to get a headache.
This conversation, like so many others before it, is going nowhere. And yet, I've got the oddest feeling that I'm missing something important here...
"Well, thank you for your help." Or, at least, driving this conversation around in circles like some nutcase obsessed with circles taking a Ferrari for a joyride.
That didn't go anywhere, but I wasn't ready to give up just yet.
I headed down to the lake next - it was possible that the natural landmark would offer more clues as to the victim's disappearance, and I'm not giving up on this case so easily.
The lake's waters were still and quiet.
Too quiet.
I remember something -
-there's a hole in the world...-
- but all that remains is a strange feeling of foreboding.
Ah, well. Not much to see here.
I glances down briefly - my torch is hanging by my side, as always, but I can see better in the dark - there's no point ruining my night vision, after all - and I have the unsettling feeling that the water has risen to meet me; I wasn't walking near the water line before.
Which is odd. Water shouldn't be behaving like that, but there's still that nagging feeling that I'm missing something...
Moonlight glinted, and I saw the remains of a car up ahead - still fairly new, so the crash was recent.
Someone was moving inside.
Now, that looked promising.
I reached the car (it wasn't that badly damaged, really, and fortunately neither was the man inside it) and helped the sole occupant out - I took the opportunity to quickly take in any distinguishing features about his appearance.
Well, it looked like him, anyway. Time to make an educated guess.
"Alan Wake?"
"Yes?"
"I'm Nightbeat. I was one of the team sent to Bright Falls to see where you'd gone."
"...What? But I...how long was I unconscious for?"
"Well, I'm no judge of that, but you've been missing for a week."
AAAAND THE TF_SPEEDWRITING PROMPT IS here. The only theme song Nightbeat ever needs is YAKETY SAX, GODDAMN. Most of his job consists of RUN AWAYYYYY (about 50%. )
yeah can you tell i love this guy far too much yet