"Vermillions, bronzes, colors of the sun|In the coal fire will not wholly console them."
Characters: VAMPNESS AHOY~ Hit performances by Gau Meguro (justice_by_coma and the Bitie Whities, plus whatever LEAGUES OF PRODIGIOUS HEROES might be running in from THIS netpost to be bitten/be insanely valiant. Guest performances from groupies hanging out post-hickies, or just getting along with their own kind. COME ONE COME ALL~♥
Setting/Location: The bat-cave ( Read more... )
Setting/Location: The bat-cave ( Read more... )
Key words being "going to". He'd headed out on his own, like an idiot, and it wasn't long before something dropped out of a frigging tree onto his back and started, well, trying to turn him into a snack.
And the next thing he knew it was dark and he was pretty sure he was in a box.
"Shit..."
Finn was pretty sure he was going to die and should probably just accept the fact for all of two seconds. Then he started screaming. "HELP. SOMEBODY HEEEELP."
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Also he needed cover.
He moved fast-
(Had he always been so fast? He felt faster than he normally was.)
-kicking over the shouting coffin with a yell, and brandishing his knife.
"NOBODY MOVE!"
He paused, gaping.
"Hudson-senpai, what are you doing in a box?!" He blurted, clearly before he'd had a chance to think about it.
Never mind. He had flash bombs, right? And smoke grenades! He'd brought them with him from the start, when he'd come into the forest, and into this whole weird world! They would definitely work in a place like this!
He'd get them both out of this!
...Dammit, where were they?! He hadn't used them for weeks, and so the order of his bag was unusual hectic!
"Hurry, senpai!" He shouted, finally finding a pellet, and hurling it with all his strength, at the nearest bemused cluster.
(Uwah Had he always been able to throw like that?)
There was a dull WHUMPH, and a cloud of smoke filled the cavern ( ... )
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Er, Quinn. Quinn too, obviously
Not that he wanted any of them to die but...God, this was not the point.
"Gau, where the hell are we?!" Finn threw his arms up and, surprised at his strength, managed to knock the top of the weird box up and-- probably inhaled a bunch of smoke.
What the hell?
"G-- Gau?"
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The speed astonished him. He was definitely faster. Why was he faster?!
He breathed in out of habit, and realized he hadn't been breathing before that. (What? Well...he was nervous, obviously! They were fighting for their lives!)
"Quick! We're probably underground! Like in caves in the mountains!" Gau answered, careening around a corner, and throwing the pellet.
He was shocked by the screams behind them, and by the flare of heat on his skin. They were around a corner, Why would...?
Finn's wrist felt really cold, he realized dimly, though mistakenly he followed up that thought with I'll make some hot lemonade for us when we get back to the caravan. That should help. Hudson-senpai shouldn't be put at risk of a cold.
He made the mistake of looking back, and caught sight of Finn's face for the first time.
He gave a yell and jumped back, brandishing the knife.
"Oh my God your face! Your face, Hudson-san ( ... )
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Wait, why was he staring at him? Why was he so pale?
"Are-- are you okay? Should we stop?" Not that he wanted to but, God, Gau looked like he was gonna drop dead.
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He was more of a sprinter, and this...
Gau's eyes bugged, and he raised a trembling finger.
"Your...your mouth. It's-"
Bleeding.
Gau's cramping insides (which he was attributing to cracked ribs, or possible internal ruptures) gave a sudden twist.
And he wasn't even catching his breath, he realized.
No, beyond that, he wasn't even breathing. Except when he thought to. Except on a sort of...reflex.
He touched his teeth on panicked impulse, and gashed his thumb with a canine.
"Ouch-!" The smell of blood filled the cavern, and Gau's eyes bugged. He went rigid, and let go of Finn's arm with a yell.
"No!" He clamped a hand over his mouth to stop his teeth from lashing out, catching his own bottom lip.
(Now was definitely a good time to stop that particular habit.)
"Run Finn-sama!" He blurted, pressing a flash grenade to ( ... )
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...Blood?
"Oh my--" Unngh, why did his stomach hurt? Why did he want to...lick his hand?
He wasn't exactly listening to Gau, though he was aware he was yelling. And now he kind of wanted to too. "What is going on? Why are you-- stop biting yourself!"
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He spat, quickly, trying to get the taste out of his mouth, and snarled at Finn--Finn who still looked human. Finn whose mouth was bleeding. Finn, who Gau could not accept for a moment might be just as doomed as him because it would be his fault, and if he could believe it a little longer, he could get him to leave.
He pushed a hand back over his mouth, to keep the teeth from lashing out, keeping his eyes from Finn's bleeding gums.
"GO!"
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