cfuw_shepherd ([personal profile] cfuw_shepherd) wrote2009-10-03 10:08 pm

[October] CFUW 109: Limbo

[It's cold, it's dark.

It's cold, it's dark.

It's cold, it's dark ...


There is a spark of light. A tall skinny figure, robed in black, stands holding a latern made of bones; the flame inside is a sickly blue color. It's not enough to see very much by, but when your eyes adjust, you can see that it is a very fancy sort of room, with heavy plush furniture. There's enough room to move around, but the light doesn't reach very far ...]

[identity profile] noarmyatmyback.livejournal.com 2009-10-04 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
*will stop screaming. eventually.*

[identity profile] noarmyatmyback.livejournal.com 2009-10-04 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
*...and by eventually I mean right now.

what the hell is going on.*

[identity profile] iron-traps.livejournal.com 2009-10-04 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
[curled up in a corner]

[identity profile] iron-traps.livejournal.com 2009-10-04 06:08 am (UTC)(link)
...

[identity profile] noarmyatmyback.livejournal.com 2009-10-04 06:10 am (UTC)(link)
*clears his throat.*

Aleksandr.

[identity profile] iron-traps.livejournal.com 2009-10-04 06:35 am (UTC)(link)
What.

[identity profile] noarmyatmyback.livejournal.com 2009-10-04 06:43 am (UTC)(link)
. . .

Where are we.

[identity profile] iron-traps.livejournal.com 2009-10-04 06:46 am (UTC)(link)
... purgatory.

[identity profile] noarmyatmyback.livejournal.com 2009-10-04 06:50 am (UTC)(link)
...good enough.

*struggles to his feet, approaching the black-robed figure*

[identity profile] iron-traps.livejournal.com 2009-10-04 06:52 am (UTC)(link)
[watches]

[identity profile] cfuw-shepherd.livejournal.com 2009-10-05 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
[it does not react to your approach. it's almost like a statue ...]

[identity profile] noarmyatmyback.livejournal.com 2009-10-05 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
*peers more closely at it, just out of arms' reach*

[identity profile] cfuw-shepherd.livejournal.com 2009-10-05 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
[the lower half of its face is visible, up close. the jaw is half-rotted away]

[identity profile] noarmyatmyback.livejournal.com 2009-10-05 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
*well, ew.

what happens if he starts moving away from the light?*

[identity profile] cfuw-shepherd.livejournal.com 2009-10-05 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
[it's pitch-black, but there's nothing for him to stumble into or across for a while. it does seem like there are others in the darkness, though.]

[identity profile] noarmyatmyback.livejournal.com 2009-10-05 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
*...heading for whatever's there, then; if he's dead, he's dead.*

[identity profile] cfuw-shepherd.livejournal.com 2009-10-05 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
[you can hear the sound of something breathing in the darkness]

[identity profile] noarmyatmyback.livejournal.com 2009-10-05 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
Who is there. What are you?

[identity profile] cfuw-shepherd.livejournal.com 2009-10-05 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
[breathe. breathe. a ragged inhale.]

H--hello? Oh god--who's there?!

[identity profile] noarmyatmyback.livejournal.com 2009-10-05 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
*goes still.*

Albert. Are you trapped here as well?

[identity profile] cfuw-shepherd.livejournal.com 2009-10-05 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
I--I, oh god--the mess hall, I was there, and there was this--this thing, I ...

[the voice breaks down into tears]

[identity profile] noarmyatmyback.livejournal.com 2009-10-05 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
Are you--what were you doing there? What happened; what was it?

[identity profile] cfuw-shepherd.livejournal.com 2009-10-05 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
I-I don't know, I was just--I was at work, okay? And I was just--I was going for my break, and then there was that thing, oh god, I-- I'm dead, aren't I?!

[identity profile] noarmyatmyback.livejournal.com 2009-10-05 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
Yes.

We are dead here. I am sorry.

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