Alex, Alison, Ben, Sam, Sarah

Jun 17, 2008 01:15


You wake up on the floor with a pounding headache and the sensation of knowing time has passed, like having slept through a long car or plane ride. For some of the population of the school this may be what normally happens on a Saturday evening, but there are several factors to consider here.

1. This is definitely not the Pavilion.

2. Getting up ( Read more... )

alison, alex, sarah, ben, dark park, sam

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PETTING ZOO andsocanyou June 18 2008, 23:14:43 UTC
"I'm with Sam. You were pretty brilliant there." Allison shakes her head, sort of glad to have been holding onto Ben and thus slightly less covered in gunk. Mostly she mourns the loss of her shoe. That's going to bite her in the ass later, isn't it? Yes. Yes it is ( ... )

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Re: PETTING ZOO ugliest_shirts June 18 2008, 23:45:58 UTC
Ben entirely fails to care that Sarah is now shirtless, which under calmer circumstances would probably be a Sign of something. As it is he leaves his own shirt behind, though he still has his hideous orange t-shirt underneath, and scrambles to his feet as the lights go out, offering Sam a hand up.

". . . I feel like I'm inside a pinball machine." There isn't much choice, though, and he definitely doesn't feel like sticking around here. "But I guess that's the only place to go."

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Re: PETTING ZOO gabrielovrkings June 18 2008, 23:50:47 UTC
He will take that hand-up, thanks. "A pinball machine would be more fun." Though, you'd probably end up smashed by a giant metal ball. That could still happenn here, though. You don't know! "Let's go, then. The faster the better, right?" Right!

He'd offer Sarah his jacket if it too weren't covered in gucky-muck. Somehow, he doesn't think that would help much.

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Re: PETTING ZOO redpaths June 18 2008, 23:58:15 UTC
Sarah would appreciate that, in that alternate non-mucky universe! The fact that she is officially disgustingly covered in dead body bits at this moment eliminates any concern about anyone looking at her for right now, though, she feels. She ties her hair back in a ponytail, aware that even the ponytail holder is kind of gross now, but giving up on caring for the time being. She glances back at the group one more time, and sets off toward those lights.

So we're back to the not talking, then, Sar.

Awesome.

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Re: PETTING ZOO andsocanyou June 19 2008, 00:10:25 UTC
"Dunno. You ever see that Are You Afraid Of The Dark episode with the pinball machine?" Allison, now is really not the time. She shrugs off her own tangent and quiets down because, when she's not handily supplied with useless trivia in her brain, she's worrying about Alex and...how she's going to kick anything's ass less one shoe.

Heading into towards the light puts them in what Allison suspects is a petting zoo of some kind, but there are no animals and a lot of empty cages; she's not sure if that's a blessing or not, considering the track record here. There's nothing outright RAARRGGG EAT YOUR FACE OFF though so that's. Something. The noises coming from the trees, however, don't help with that. At all ( ... )

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Re: PETTING ZOO ugliest_shirts June 19 2008, 00:50:18 UTC
"I don't even know what that is," Ben says tiredly, looking around at the empty cages and fidgeting with his bracelet. "Sorry."

He's pretty sure he spotted a petting zoo in his wandering around the park earlier; he's also pretty sure there were actual animals there and none of them were, probably, carnivorous. For whatever that's worth, once he looks down and sees what Allison's pointing out. ". . . I don't think I wanna know what that blood's from." Or who. Please, not who.

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Re: PETTING ZOO gabrielovrkings June 19 2008, 00:54:34 UTC
"I think I can guess." Petting zoo, no animals, blood? He can add. And with just a bit more walking, well. Isn't it lovely to see goat guts spread along the ground like that? No?

He fights the urge to be sick, because...well, really. That won't help anyone, will it? "Why don't we uh.." he makes a vague wave somewhere towards the left of there. "Why don't we go that way. Okay?"

Please?

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Re: PETTING ZOO redpaths June 19 2008, 15:16:13 UTC
Sarah crouches over one of the pawprints, frowning, and then glances up. "This isn't anything that ordinarily lives in Minnesota. It's too big; even pumas don't have paws this size."

And it's definitely nothing you want to 'pet' in a petting zoo, she's fairly fucking certain. Then she hears the painful sound of metallic joints rending, and a snarl from behind them. When she straightens up, she glances over her shoulder. "That way sounds good. And fast."

Because two great cats with button eyes and sticky blood on their shiny-bright jaws came loping out of the woods in front of them. Maybe they're guarding their goat-kill from earlier. Maybe they're hoping to add to it. Either way, Sarah's not looking to find out. She grabs at Sam's wrist. "Come on!"

Running? Yes? That sounds fantastic, doesn't it?

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Re: PETTING ZOO andsocanyou June 19 2008, 18:18:22 UTC
"Sonuva--" Allison doesn't get much further than that. The realness of the dead goat isn't even up for debate and there's a sudden reappearance of things that want to eat their faces off. Just fantastic.

Since Sarah's got Sam, Allison makes a desperate grab for Ben. Running time sounds like an excellent plan.

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Re: PETTING ZOO ugliest_shirts June 19 2008, 20:58:18 UTC
Running is pretty much the best plan ever right now. As is grabbing for Ben to get him to do so, since he seems . . . weirdly mesmerized, for a moment, by the eviscerated goat in the middle of the road.

When Allison grabs for him he snaps out of it and snatches her hand, dashing off with her in whatever direction Sarah and Sam are headed. Hopefully nowhere where there will suddenly turn out to be more lions.

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Re: PETTING ZOO gabrielovrkings June 19 2008, 21:05:53 UTC
"Where? Where do we go?" The woods seem like a bad idea since...well. Animals tend to live in the woods, but it's not like there's another free path is there? "That way?" RUN, Forest guys, RUN!

Metallicy animals. That's just GREAT.

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Re: PETTING ZOO redpaths June 19 2008, 22:35:02 UTC
Sarah is used to running; she's glad she wore sneakers instead of flip-flops, and doubly glad she didn't wear heels, not that she's prone to doing that anyway. She judges a certain path in the woods--nothing real, just a split in the trees that looks better--their best bet.

"Yeah, c'mon, this way--shit, don't look back, okay?" She calls that, hoping they hear her. Looking back is an excellent way to trip, Sarah is pretty sure, and moreover she doesn't want to know how close those things are.

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