A new time rising up on us.

He slipped away while they were fighting, while the mad pirate shot at them. He was injured. Slow. Exhausted. Bringing them down. Burdening them. He was sure of it. Better to leave. Better to hide. Nobody else to slow down with his pain and his tired.

It's all going to shit.

Another cycle end and another cycle begun.

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When Soze goes to examine the hazmat suits, he notices his hands are shaking.

Low blood sugar, he figures. Too much running. It's a stressful situation, so it all makes sense. He worries that Jeff could be involved somehow (he can tell through the bond that he's somewhere up ahead), but he can't afford to let himself get distracted. He can only ( Read more... )

And so they've made it through Gluttony. Dominik's stomach is still growling when they hit the yellow mist. He coughs and hesitates. It... doesn't seem to be killing him... He waves through it as he goes, stepping carefully.

And then there's a town. A pretty sad looking town at that, all broken and looted and... deserted. Nice. He glances back at

Soze doesn't care where he's running. He just runs.

And that's what he's been doing, at least for the last five minutes. He doesn't let go of Jeff's arm. A part of him is paranoid that he still might lose him, that he'll fuck up and both of them will die out here. He's vaguely aware of an explosion behind them-- the sounds of a dying bear (was ( Read more... )

There isn't really a sun in the Nexus, so we can't say it's nearing sunset when things start to happen. But it's around the time sunset would be, when the music starts to fade, all the musicians beginning to pack up except for a swing band on the stage near the center of the party.

Then, even they fall silent after one last song, and a sign ( Read more... )