Shaun's mindscape

[sharpasafawkes]

Continuation threads and new threads for mindscape hijinks

info

Map: Here

Directory:
Desmond
Cesare
Malik
Tony

Walkthrough: In progress.

Comments

[bluefalconed]

Yes, but I still can not help but wonder sometimes.

[sharpasafawkes]

"Do not, all it will do is cut through your resolve."

[bluefalconed]

I... will try to.

[sharpasafawkes]

[by now it goes quiet, all save the faint sounds of gasping, choking on one's own blood, fading away the further one walks down the pipes.]

[bluefalconed]

[ yep. walking ]

[sharpasafawkes]

[Abruptly some time after it fades away, there's a terrible scream, all Kadar and agonized, before being cut off. That, by the way, might sound familiar]

[bluefalconed]

[ FUCK YOU AND YOUR MIND SHAUN HASTINGS going to that scream as best he can even though body is being a bitch ]

[sharpasafawkes]

[But it seems to be so far away, and the ground is now wet and slippery with the backwash from the pit...]

[bluefalconed]

[ you know how hard it is to concentrate on ignoring pain, walk towards a scream, AND keep your balance on a slippery surface? HARD

down he goes ]

[sharpasafawkes]

[Kadar's voice barely comes through, it's okay, go on forward, it's dangerous. Malik's losing focus again...]

[bluefalconed]

. . .

[ fine. going on forward ]

[sharpasafawkes]

[It all really does go quiet, the sky darkening outside the grates, and the feeling of Kadar's presence snuffs out. Only after a moment does the sound of the fluid in the pit gently lapping at the base of the pipe start again, this time even the rats have gone silent. Off far away and above, a bit of machinery makes a low whine, almost mournful.

There's only ahead now, the way back's now swallowed up in a dark void.]

[bluefalconed]

[ welp, my choice is made ]

[sharpasafawkes]

[It sure is.

the path up ahead is clear, but only lit by the starlight from the grates. Looking through them there's a sea of stars, though not as many as the sky would normally have. The pipe appears to be on a slight incline, so perhaps it does lead to an exit after all]

[bluefalconed]

[ Thank heaven. OUT I GO HOPEFULLY ]

[sharpasafawkes]

[... well
no
not really.

It inclines up and then levels out, seeming to go on forever]

[bluefalconed]

[ goddamn you shaun and your magic pony of a brain ]

[sharpasafawkes]

[hurry fast, because that void seems to be on malik's heels]

[bluefalconed]

[ going as fast as a one armed man can go with the injuries he has ]

[sharpasafawkes]

[The void seems to trail a comfortable twenty feet or so behind him now, but on the other hand that fever is rising, the grates providing the only cool air against the heat. That arm, were it even real, would be nothing more than raw deadweight, a searing pain that just doesn't go away]

[bluefalconed]

[ Gosh, and I so happen to have experience dragging an arm of deadweight around and moving at a quick pace. ]

[sharpasafawkes]

[Aren't you lucky!]

As the tunnel goes on, the scene outside the side grates changes, becoming more modern, the stars above changing, going out, sometimes one by one, other times in small clusters.]

[bluefalconed]

[ This can't be good ]

[sharpasafawkes]

[With another wave of heat, more voices can be heard below]

"Leave him, leave him! He'd understand!"
"... Where is Vitelli?!"
"That... we must..."
"..."
"Take this and go, I will find him"

[bluefalconed]

[ looks out at those voices ]