It's always a clear night, and it's clear enough for him to-- to find the jagged edges of logic, even as he follows the direction where the dragging noise went on until he hits the lake and finds nothing. The moon and the wind are up. His thoughts move slowly: check the cabin.
... Cabin 3, unless you're all out there, I guess you get him slicing up your window too as he lands inside with a thump, already heading for a bunk he knows will be empty. There's nothing. No glint of a blade, no tall shadows inside or outside, like someone important -- teammate, friend, he promised, he promised, he promised -- was never there.
And then there's a different shadow: someone living, moving fast and feral and carrying a very large blade, headed straight for the forest. He's not quiet, though, his roar echoing down to the waterfront.]
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It's always a clear night, and it's clear enough for him to-- to find the jagged edges of logic, even as he follows the direction where the dragging noise went on until he hits the lake and finds nothing. The moon and the wind are up. His thoughts move slowly: check the cabin.
... Cabin 3, unless you're all out there, I guess you get him slicing up your window too as he lands inside with a thump, already heading for a bunk he knows will be empty. There's nothing. No glint of a blade, no tall shadows inside or outside, like someone important -- teammate, friend, he promised, he promised, he promised -- was never there.
And then there's a different shadow: someone living, moving fast and feral and carrying a very large blade, headed straight for the forest. He's not quiet, though, his roar echoing down to the waterfront.]
Soma... Soma! Answer me! Soma!
[Someone should maybe intercept.]