Teams 1, 2, 3: From the Hook in the Egalgina

[_monsters_]

You find yourselves in a strange, impossible dome. Enormous, with red ribbed peeling walls and a harsh red light streaming down from a hole at the very top of the thing. Your voices echo, though your footsteps do not, and there is the loud and distracting sound of a heartbeat coming from what seems to be all sides of you. On the wall ahead of

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Exit Ritual

[bprds_righthand]

With Walter dead, his world can no longer support itself. The walls of the maze begin to collapse and everything starts to tumble down. There's no telling how long they have before the place they're in simply ceases to exist.

"Is everybody here?" Hellboy looks around and does the quickest headcount he can. He goes over it again, paranoid about being wrong, but they really don't have time. He looks to Kate who still carries the book from the church.
"Here's hoping that escape plan works and wasn't just a clever poem."

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Kate gives HB a worried glance, but it's the only way out that they have and she trusts him. She opens the giant book to the correct page. "But...the sacred object..." When Hellboy simply holds out his stone right fist and gives her a reassuring nod, she accepts it. In part it's because she trusts him, and in part it's because it's the only hope they have.
She keeps her focus on his raised hand and recites the ritual text:
"Bless my mouth that these words read
offer passage free from dread

Bless my eyes that they may see
the veils shall be as glass to me

Bless my ears that they may hear
the silence in the spaces clear

Bless my hands that they may reach
the walls of other planes to breach

Bless my feet that they may walk
between the worlds, safe paths unlock

Bless my mind, Lord keep me sane
protect this traveller from all pain

All these things shall come to me
if Thou seest fit, provide the key."
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Hellboy grimaces as the dark energies of the town and it's faith move around and through him, mingling with the ancient power held within his right hand. As Kate speaks, the world shudders and snaps and cracks spread across the ground. As the ritual finishes, the ground crumbles to open a huge, circular hole in floor.

Re: Exit Ritual

[lobsters_claw]

Lobster Johnson comes running out of the Labyrinth, carrying the diminutive and unconscious form of Lina Inverse. He pulls up short as he sees the gate open in the floor, then looks around.

Seeing Walter lying dead, he says, "So. There it is. Justice." He tries for his usual tone, but it's worn down some by the weariness that this place can induce in even a spirit without a real physical form, shown in the ways that his presence is darker even than what it was before the Otherworld; darker, and bloodier.

Lobster looks at Hellboy and Kate. "It's done, then. We just need everyone to get here so we can leave."

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[lina_inverse]

Lina has seen better days.

Many better.

She's just going to stay mostly unconcious, carried as she is. She does, however, whisper at least one word under her breath.

"... rry..."

Re: Exit Ritual

[eileen303]

Eileen Galvin and Henry Townshend emerge from the dark. She wobbles with every step, saved from stumbling over herself and crashing to the floor by Henry's support. For anyone who'd seen her earlier in the battle, though, she's noticeably more clear-headed, if every bit as tired.

She looks alarmed seeing that Lina's out cold. "Oh... God, is s-she all right? Hey, listen, go on through, get, get her some help."

(( Just to clarify, in case: You guys don't need to wait for all the characters to exit to exit yours. Some muns may not actually be done until tomorrow! So please do go ahead and send your character out once you're done. Your character can go to the predesignated post-mission rendezvous + medical aid on 713, here, or if you've had your fill of RPing, they can turn up back at their home. ))

Re: Exit Ritual

[htownshend]

Henry shakes his head a bit and squeezes her shoulder. He has a feeling much worse could be coming. "We should go through, too, Eileen. Come on." She's hurt pretty badly too, after all.

Re: Exit Ritual

[eileen303]

If Eileen knew that Henry Townshend with his bullet wounds was considering her the badly injured one, she'd... well, no, not laugh at all, really. She looks worse off at the moment, maybe, but she knows that there's nothing that Becky Chambers waiting on the other side can do what's put most of the shakes in her step.

No, they both need help. She nods, and holds onto him as they walk into the portal.

And holds her breath as she does it, too, though if you asked her, she wouldn't say a word about wondering if there'd be filty water awaiting her in there.

Re: Exit Ritual

[lobsters_claw]

"Mostly unconscious."

Lobster's first instincts are to stay here, hand Lina off to someone else if need be, to make sure everyone else makes it out. Eileen's point, though, is well-made, so he instead turns towards the hole, to get themselves out and find Lina some medical help.

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[not_alessa]

Cheryl hobbles up, barely able to stand without help, and looks around.

"...hi...?"

Re: Exit Ritual

[governmentninja]

Leon looks at Cheryl and raises an eyebrow. He's reasonably certain she wasn't with them at the beginning of all of this. She looks familiar, though he can't place from where. Maybe he's just seen her around.

Still he keeps an eye on her. Not that she looks like she'll cause trouble, but in Silent Hill, looks can be deceiving, and as far as Leon knows, this is the only exit.

Re: Exit Ritual

[not_alessa]

Well, she did walk up holding a shotgun, but she's also basically being carried in by Derek. So there's that.

Right now, Cheryl's looking around as if her surroundings are exciting and new.

Re: Exit Ritual

[derek_bliss]

Derek is indeed with Cheryl, looking both slightly cautious, as well as gore covered and definitely about forty pounds lighter than when he'd first arrived. 'You could count his ribs' literally applies to the vampire hunter right now, despite the covering muscle.

But he gives Leon a nod anyway.

Re: Exit Ritual

[governmentninja]

Leon nods to Derek. He's still wary of Cheryl, though that may be because he's tired, hungry, bruised, and emotionally drained.

As much as he wants to leave, though, he stands aside, letting all the injured people go first.

Re: Exit Ritual

[derek_bliss]

Derek would get that if they were both expressing out loud what they were thinking--both the leariness of Cheryl suddenly appearing, and wanting to make sure the injured and exhausted go first. Like Leon, Derek puts the team, when there is one, before him.

He's not leaving either until the others go through.

Re: Exit Ritual

[dreams_of_fish]

Abe and Roger arrived with Leon, and now stand a short distance away from him.

The merman himself looks worn out, but in no way discouraged. With his arms crossed on his chest, he quickly looks around the room. Of course, most of his attention focused on the group - he tries to make sure that everyone is here, safe and as healthy as possible.

He'll probably be the last one to leave. Someone needs to make sure that everyone is present.

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[onlyroger]

Roger is still standing, arms dyed red and his coarse body pockmarked from wear, but his head is bowed with fatigue, and he isn't paying attention to much at the moment. Someone will probably have to turn him and shout in his ear to get him to go through the exit, but at least he won't be needing hospitalization after this is over.

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[governmentninja]

Once everyone with major injures are through, Leon pats Roger on the shoulder, then points towards the hole. Given that Walter's world is literally crashing down all around them, standing around isn't the brightest idea in the world.