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Rikki Chadwick ([personal profile] justaddh2o) wrote in [community profile] hellhouse2019-06-10 09:08 am

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WHO: Rikki Chadwick & Ben Hargreeves
WHAT: Waking up in Hell House
WHEN: Day 1, late morning
WARNINGS: tbd

Groaning a little with dissatisfaction is Rikki's soft protest to her body clock pulling her out of sleep. It's time to start another day and while things have been on the financial upswing, that's largely because the cafe has been doing really well with traffic. That's good for the books; exhausting in execution, because it means that they're always busy and Rikki has to jump in to help the waitresses. Summer is always good for that, she supposes, although last summer had been difficult. She still blames that on Zane, but Rikki reckons that he'd actually agree, if she were still talking to him. They've drifted and that's just as well. He leaves her to it, takes his cut, and they largely leave one another alone. Serves him right after everything.

It takes her a few moments to wake up enough to realize that she's sans-tail, but instead she's dressed to the nines. It isn't that Rikki doesn't like to look nice when it's warranted, but she doesn't wear dresses like this. She probably still couldn't afford a dress like this. "What...?" she mutters once she's sat up and taken a look at herself. It's hard to miss the glowing block in her arm as it evidently powers up and Rikki tells herself that she's just having a lucid dream. A right weird one, but a dream. There's no way there's literally a new mobile in her arm and she's not in the moon pool, but instead in some dimly lit dining room in a ball gown.

It isn't until she notices the other person in the room and hears a scratch of vinyl that she starts to wonder if maybe she's mistaken. Rikki doesn't have dreams often, but when she does, they've never been this vivid. "Oi," she calls out to rouse the man. "What are you playing at? I've got more important things going on, yeah?" Her Aussie accent is somehow thicker as she's waking still, or maybe it's just because she's getting angry.

Rikki gets to her feet, hand twitching at her side like she's itching to use her power, but on the off chance that the guy hasn't anything to do with what she's doing here, she holds off for the mo. "Hey!" she snaps at him in an attempt to wake him without actually having to go over and touch him. This is all a bit much. Her first thought is that she'd fallen asleep with her chin propped on her arms at the moon pool and she'd been picked up by someone and she was finally going to be dissected like a frog and studied, but what would the point of the stupid dress be?

"Forget it," she mutters more to herself than to him, moving toward the door, meaning to leave him and this room behind and just leave, but she stops when the voice fills the room, welcoming her — them? — to "Hell House" before quoting a song lyric. "Ohhhh, no. No, not today. Not now, not ever," she says with a sneer, moving the rest of the way to the door to try the knob which, as it turns out, is sticking.
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[personal profile] the_horror 2019-06-10 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
His first thought is 'Klaus must be really high' as he was waking up. Someone had said something but he didn't quite catch it, feeling foggy as he woke up. When Klaus was too high, he tended to 'sleep'. It felt like he was stuck in a fog, alone, trapped. He always felt extra sleepy when Klaus was sobering up.

This was almost like that, but the fog wasn't going away slowly. Instead it was starting to clear a bit faster. The only problem was he FELT different. There was a fork in his hand and a half piece of eaten something or other. he didn't focus on that as he tossed it down to the plate, looking startled.

Again, someone said something but he wasn't awake enough yet. Too focused on the fact that he could FEEL things. And then he looked down to see his suit and frowned. This wasn't his hoodie and leather coat. This was new. He'd never been able to CHANGE before.

There was a moment of panic that hit his chest for not knowing what was going on. He felt over his chest a moment, patting down his body, only to feel his arms and pause. His sleeve was pulled back, finding a thing in his arm. "What the fuck?" He said, more awake now than before.

He backed up the chair, moving to stand, hand pulling at his arm. "What the hell is going on here?" And then he saw the girl as she said 'forget it' and started to leave? "Wait, you can see me?!" He called after her, only to pause as someone... greeted them. He stood there, looking as confused as he felt. The person (male? Female? he couldn't tell) quoted lyrics and... and what the fuck?

They said check their pockets. "What's going on here? Who are you?" He asked but if it was to the girl or the speaker, it wasn't clear. His hands pat down his pockets, looking to see if he found anything on him.
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[personal profile] the_horror 2019-06-11 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
This was all weird. He and Klaus were, well, dealing with the end of the world with their siblings, and now he was here, in a dining hall, with a beautiful chandelier of candles as the only source of light, and a god damn Victrola telling them they were trapped here.

Yeah, this all made a hell of a lot of sense.

AND on top of it he had this girl telling him she can SEE him? He was stunned still. Was this some new form of afterlife? Had the moon crushed them all and this is where he ended up with out a Klaus to manifest him? It didn't make sense.

Was he coming? She had opened the door and was ready to run it seemed. "Y-yeah. Yeah. I'm coming, but..." He moved to go to the door, to follow as he spoke. "...don't you think this is a bit weird? Do YOU remember how we got here? Or where here is? Hell House isn't exactly a destination I was looking to go to."
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[personal profile] the_horror 2019-06-11 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
"Uh, yeah? It'd be good to know how we got here so we know how to get out? If we're in the middle of actual Hell, can we even get out?" He said as he moved with her, frowning. "I'm already dead. This doesn't make sense at all." Was he just talking metaphorically or for real? Hmm.

He stepped out with her and paused, looking around. Left, right, forward. There's dripping water and the sound of nothing but, well, nothingness.

"Creepy is an understatement." He stated, frowning as he looked around for more doors or not. He pointed to one at the far end of the hall way, starting that way. "And my name's Ben, not America." He noticed her own accent was different than his, so he assumed that's why she just called him that. Still, he had a name.

The drip sounded louder as he headed for the door, and there was water seeping down along a wall near them. The creature under his skin wriggled in discomfort as he frowned, making his way towards the door.
the_horror: (Fuck this is dumb)

[personal profile] the_horror 2019-06-11 08:57 pm (UTC)(link)
"It could be." He said with a snort, reaching a hand up to scratch at his neck. The video thing in his harm glowing under the sleeve. That was still creeping him out.

"I'd say it's nice to meet you Rikki, but being kidnapped and stuck in a strange house is weird." Maybe under better circumstances he'd be more pleased to meet anyone at all, seeing as he could only see Klaus and other dead people.

Ben didn't like the look of the water either, but it didn't scare him. He had no reason to be scared of water. It seemed more just a creepy aesthetic to the place that made it seem just a touch worse. Damp and annoying. He stepped through a puddle and frowned down at it.

"Looks like just water. Not oil or anything like that. I wonder where it's coming from. Like someone left a sink on up stairs or something." He shook his head, moving for the door at the end of the hall. "Come on. let's just get out of here." If it were only so easy.
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[personal profile] the_horror 2019-06-13 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
What? He doesn't believe in heaven or hell, but when something is called Hell House and you're dead you start to wonder a bit! He was at least wondering, a bit. Was she dead too? She could see him, after all.

Had he known water was a BAD thing here he would have been more careful stepping through it, but to him it was just water and this was just the fastest way to get out of here. To that door, right. They weren't that far either, but he paused as he heard her and just caught sight of her hand darting back away from the wet wall. He was about to ask if she was okay. It was just water, wasn't it? She was acting like it burned her. But then...

His eyes went wide as she changed. It didn't take anymore than a moments and she went from human to water to human again. Only, she had grabbed him and was falling now. "Whoa, whoa!" He said, trying to lean in to catch her fall, but realized a moment after she was a bit heavier than he expected.

They both went down, though he slowed her fall so she wasn't face first into the hard ground. He hit to his knees and shins, splashed into the water with a oof. He held onto her as he drew back after a moment, checking to make sure she was alright.

"You okay? You're not hurt are yo--oh..." He took in a breath, seeing the fin now. Where there had been dress and legs now was a fin and... and he was very confused. "Uh..."
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[personal profile] the_horror 2019-06-13 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
He tried. It was the best he could do in a blink. And there was just stunned silence for the moment as she thanked him and said surprise. Well yeah, this was a surprise. He blinked, then nodded. "That you are. Um... I suppose I've seen stranger surprises." He said softly.

He gave a nod, trying to shake himself out of his bewilderment enough to move. To help her to the floor better, so she was seated if possible. "Yeah, yeah. Sorry. Here." he said as he helped her down. "Glad you're okay though. Give me a second and I'll find something to help you dry." He said, then started to take his dress coat off, as if she needed the help.

Okay, so she was a mermaid.

That was okay, right?

He wasn't going to freak out about it. After all, he knew a chimpanzee scientist for most his given life. His brother talks to the dead. These things happen, right?

Oh man, she's a mermaid!
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[personal profile] the_horror 2019-06-14 10:15 pm (UTC)(link)
"Maybe not." He said to her wanting to know or not. Honestly, he was the weird one here, not the mermaid, but damn was she cool. That was a new one for him, really.

And she could dry herself too? Just a balled up fist and she started to heat up and dry? Now that was a neat power. He pulled his jacket back on when she didn't need it, shrugging it back on and stood back. "You have powers to dry off? Like, heating powers?"

And as she said this to be a secret, he gave a nod, kneeling there near by, out of a spot of water. "Yeah, that makes sense. I mean, I promise, not to tell. I don't really know anyone to tell anyhow."
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[personal profile] the_horror 2019-06-14 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
He might actually have showed her, if she had asked. Fair is fair after all, but he'd really rather not scare someone with a tentacle monster coming out of his skin so early in the disaster that is waking up in a hell house. What ever that means.

As the fin started to fade away and she grew back into legs and that uncomfortable looking dress, he had offered her a hand to stand up with, but moved to stand himself as she got up on her own. Dusting his knees off, damp from the water he sighed.

"Seriously, if things go back to the way they were when we leave this place, I'll be a ghost again and will have just my brother to talk to again so, there's no worry about me telling. Besides, I get how dangerous that could be. Powers and all." He glanced down the hall at the water. There were places it crossed the hall way. He wondered what was leaking to make it happen.

"I could give you a piggy back ride to the door, if that'll help." It was a honest offer at least.
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[personal profile] the_horror 2019-06-14 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"Trust me, it doesn't make any sense to me either, but here we are. I'm alive and you can see me and that's not normal. Unless you're dead back where you're from and this is really Hell? But I never put much stock in Hell considering I stayed behind as a ghost." he gave a shrug.

"Ah, I get it mostly because my father used to do experiments on me and my siblings. We were each born.... oddly. And with powers, so... I can only imagine what it would be like if someone else got hold of us. Or, in your case, a Mermaid." He said the word Mermaid on a whisper, in case anyone was around.

Glancing back down the hall then to her, he turned, and crouched low for her. "Come on. It'll be faster and I promise not to drop you." If she moved to climb on, he would help with his arms hooking over her legs, dress out of the way hopefully, and heft her up. It shouldn't be too hard to do.
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[personal profile] the_horror 2019-06-14 11:54 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well, then I don't know what's going on. If you're alive and I'm alive. I'm just as lost as I was when we started." He said and raised a brow as she started to ask what he assumed was the general question. How did you die? "Die? Not sure honestly. In a fight, I think. I don't really remember the details, which is really annoying."

"Ah, yeah, my father. He was adoptive, really." He said, helping her get a hold on him and standing once he was sure she was secure. He moved to the center of the hall, so not to be too close to the walls. "You own a cafe?" She looked young to him, to own a cafe, but he really couldn't judge.

He started walking carefully, feet going through shallow puddles lightly, so not to splash. His head turned only a bit as if to peek at her as he spoke. "Not sure. I'm not even sure how I'm alive now let alone what will happen once we get out of here. I'm just looking forward to get out."
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[personal profile] the_horror 2019-06-15 06:16 am (UTC)(link)
He actually doesn't mind that she asked. "Yeah. My brother knows how, but we tend not to talk about it and honestly, you're right. It's most likely for the best." He agreed. Honestly, he wouldn't blame her for not believing him. It's a weird thing to say 'I'm dead' and mean it. The fact she was rolling with it was nice of her.

"Yeah, I suppose not." He said about it not excusing things. His father was a tough spot for him, and for his siblings, really. He liked the new topic better. About her and her cafe. He walked along with her on his back, watching his footing as they went. "Co-owner though. You seem a bit young to co-own a cafe. That's really amazing." Then added... "Not that being young is a bad thing."

He walked, frowning at her comment. "Then I suppose I go back to haunting my brother and following him around." But as she pointed out the situation with the hall way he paused there, frown deepening. He glanced back and it appeared that the door they came out of was a ways behind them, but looking forward, the door out seemed so far away. He hoped that was a door out at least. But why was it so ... far?

"What the hell?" He let out a breath, glancing towards her. "You're right. We should have been to the door by now. It's not like I'm walking slow or anything." He started moving again, towards it. "Keep an eye on the door." He said, moving a bit faster, but still careful not to drop her.
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[personal profile] the_horror 2019-06-15 11:19 pm (UTC)(link)
He laughed at her question, a honest laugh. "Oh no. You never guess a woman's age. Though I would say late teens, if I had to guess." But even late teens seemed young to own a cafe. Early 20's seemed young to him though. Not 'young' as in too young but more just 'young' to be successful in a business. "It's admirable though, that you have a place of your own like that."

It was a bit of a s ad existence, but he was glad to have Klaus at least and not stuck as a wandering ghost all alone. Some things were hard enough on their own, he was sure being a ghost would be one of those things.

She wasn't the only one that heard it though. He was moving fast down the hall when she might have felt him jerk in a stumbled step for a moment. Head turning as if to hear where the sound was coming from. "Uh..." He said, but then looked forward again to the door.

It wasn't getting any closer, and the carpet was no longer just puddles, but soaked clear through. His steps were giving a squish in ever movement. "This is... getting weird. I mean it was already weird, but this is getting ridiculous now." He couldn't sit her down either. There was no where dry at all that he could see. "The door doesn't seem to be getting any closer at all..."
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[personal profile] the_horror 2019-06-16 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
"So, I was close." He said with a faint smile at that. Twenty in two weeks was basically the middle of his guess range anyhow. "Still, that's impressive. If we get out of here, and if I'm still alive, I'll come for a drink." He promised, though he had a feeling that was a lot of 'ifs'.

"Nope. Right. I didn't hear anything either." He was willing to admit it but not. Because that was weird. Houses of evil and giggling children were never a good sign. Ever.

He did stop though, turning them both back to look where they had left. He didn't see the dining room door but maybe they HAD gone a ways. He can't be sure. "Right. Let's turn back. If anything we can search the dining room again." He said it while holding down his own mild panic. He didn't care for the idea of being trapped. Turning he started back the way they came, though he noticed the water didn't get shallow again. Awesome.

Thank the maker she wasn't too heavy. Though who knows how long he could hold out like this. He trudged back the way they came.
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[personal profile] the_horror 2019-06-16 03:09 am (UTC)(link)
"Never really learned to swim." He admitted, but he didn't mind the idea of hypotheticals. It made it a bit easier to push away the creepiness factor of this entire place. "I've been to Sydney once though. For a mission. A long time ago. Um, and we didn't really stay for anything fun. In and out." Like Paris, and generally anywhere that wasn't home. Get in, do the job, talk to press, get out.

He was going to pass on the sounds for now too. He couldn't hear the giggling again anyhow, and so he was going to hope that was a one time thing and they were imagining things.

"Yeah, will do. Though I'm not seeing anywhere to sit you safely away from water, and, I hate to say it, but I don't see the dining room door. I actually don't see a door at all." He pointed out, moving swiftly but carefully down the hall, realizing the water was covering the toes of his shoes now, coming near ankle. He didn't want to splash her, because he sure as hell couldn't carry her with the fin.

"Maybe it's a leak though pipes in the wall. But, that would be stupid, huh? Considering it's... all of the walls. What the hell." He said, more talking out loud. He shifted to heft her a moment on his back, reaching a hand out to touch then push on a wall, to see if it was soft or firm or what. Wet, for sure. "There has to be a way out of here." He dried his hand on his pants and held onto her again, turning to look back and see if the door was still there or not.
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[personal profile] the_horror 2019-06-16 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
"Suppose it is!" He said, amused by the fact that she's a mermaid. He might never have believed it with out seeing it. Maybe. He had seen weird things in his life after all.

But his hope was waning a bit on their trying to keep it light conversation. He turned again in the water logged hall, giving a nod. "It is most definitely rising faster. At this rate it's going to be easier for you to swim though the hall ways." Or just this one very long hall way. It seemed to stretch on too far, and he couldn't see any doors.

And then the giggles came back. He glanced around and gave a deep growl in the back of his throat. "I really don't like the giggling." He had to admit it was there and he didn't like it one bit. Only as soon as he said it she told him to look down.

"What the hell?" He said, moving back so he wasn't standing on the door itself. There was water about three inches thick over top of the door, and if he had gone another inch he'd have tripped over the handle. "I swear that was carpet a moment ago..."

"What is this place?" He questioned, giving one more look around and not seeing anything, then back down to the drowned door. "This is... so strange." They were very clearly going to open this, huh.
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[personal profile] the_horror 2019-06-19 06:39 am (UTC)(link)
He didn't say anything at first. He hated it too. He hated all of this. Everything about this was wrong and some strange form of torture. Doors should not disappear, reappear or move in hall ways. He glanced back to where they had headed before, but that door was missing now. The fuck?

He frowned over at her, but gave a nod. "I guess we have no choice. This is going to take a bit." He said, moving to the side of the hall way and back a bit, lowering so she would have a easier time to get down. He would have said she should have put her shoes back on but the water was now up to ankles as it was.

"Be careful." He said, and would help her down if she did change, if she needed the hand. Letting her down was one thing. Opening this door was going to take some muscle. And if he couldn't do it on his own, he might have to let her in on his own secret in order to do it.

That was going to suck.
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[personal profile] the_horror 2019-06-20 04:17 am (UTC)(link)
That would have been a good idea, but if the room was filling up so fast, and the hall seemed endless, would she have been able to do it? Too late to tell now though. If anything the room might empty when the door was opened.

When she hopped off and sat down, he couldn't help but watch, seeing her blink into water then into a tail. There was a faint smile on his face, before he forced himself to look away. Back to the door and problem at hand.

Part of the problem was the water was getting deeper a bit too fast. He moved to the side of the door, reaching under for the door knob. "Just be careful. If My hand slips, I don't want you getting your fingers caught."

He did try wrapping a hand around the knob, then his other hand around that hand. He'd have to lift up and try to get his finger under the door as well, as the handle wasn't the best to hold. "Here goes..." He said, and hefted, pulling after a twist of the handle, trying to beat the force of the water to lift the door. "God, don't... make me do this... the other way." He growled, pulling.
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[personal profile] the_horror 2019-06-20 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
"Funny, I was going to make the same type of comment but figured it wouldn't be amusing. I was right, it wasn't." He said, giving her a faint half-hearted smile before he concentrated on the door.

She can't hold her breath forever, but she could share? Even that wasn't a great thought. There was so much more water coming in now. His hand was slipping on the knob and he hadn't even got it to lift enough to have her help. "Shit. Shit, shit, shit." He let out a buff, realizing the water was rushing now.

"Okay, okay. You're not the only one with aquatic abilities. Or, well, somewhat aquatic." He said with frown, moving to untuck his shirt and unbutton the front. "I'm pretty sure I can control them but they haven't been, um, out in over a decade, so... I'd stay behind me, if you can."

He moved a bit, especially if she moved, to stand with his back to her. She wouldn't see them coming out of his belly, but that was the area they came from. His hands shot out to his side, and tentacles, four of them, shot out into the room, wagging and flailing for a moment. He growled, trying to control them. It had gotten easier when he was a teenager than it had been as a kid.

"Don't. Hurt. Her." He said to them as two tried to arch back towards her. They paused there as if looking at her. One reached out to softly touch her fin tail, like a large octopus arm, then drew back. All four moved to the door. One round the knob, and the other three trying to worm their way between the crack, pulling and pushing, getting under the door.

It cracked open and water started to pour through it. It wouldn't take too long to muscle it open.
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[personal profile] the_horror 2019-06-21 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
He didn't mean to scare her with them, but he also knew there was no way of saying 'I have tentacles that shoot out of my skin' that was going to help either. No point of wasting time with that. What they needed was strength right now, and Luther wasn't around. If he would have been here he could have done it with his pinky and be fine.

The tentacles moved and wiggled, leaving her alone, thankfully. They seemed glad to be out of him and doing anything at all. His relief was clear on his face, if only he was facing her. Still, they worked like an octopus, squeezing in, lifting, pulling, and getting under the door, pushing it up and expanding to push it farther. Ben's hands moved in to grab it and help pull as well, getting behind the door as it opened.

"Kraken was my brothers code name. I was... um, The Horror." He said, and shrugged, looking anywhere but her. He knew how freakish his powers were.

He panted, holding the door with four tentacles and his to hands, leaning over it. Then he jerked back with a grunt as he forced them to go back inside. He let out a pant, leaning on the open door.

He looked, well, DOWN, into the door way and frowned. The water seemed to drop for a ways and he didn't hear it splash or hit ground. It was like a nothingness. A darkness inside. "I don't know. It's just dark." He moved to the other side of where Rikki was. If she was at the bottom of the door, he took the top. Leaning over it, he reached a hand in and waved, just in case. "I literally can't see anything at all."
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[personal profile] the_horror 2019-06-24 12:54 am (UTC)(link)
"A bit. No tentacles though, but Diego was special, so it worked for him too." He said with a chuckle about the code names. It did feel better trying to keep things light. This darkness that was around them and how dark it was through the hole was really upsetting.

They fortunately came from, what his father could only assume, portals under the skin, but they weren't at all sure how his powers worked other than they did. Though Ben didn't show them off often. Most people felt sick by seeing it.

The water seemed to disappear into the hole, and he noticed that it stopped flowing from the walls in the hall too. "I didn't her it hit bottom, but look. The water in here seems to have stopped as wel--Rikki!" He gasped, reaching out a bit too late to try and grab her. His hand seemed to be inchs away from her arm as he grabbed out for her, and realized he missed completely.

"RIKKI!" He yelled after her, hearing her scream and then it was cut off completely. "Rikki! Shit, fuck... " he cursed, then yelled out for her again. He was starting to call out again into the void of the door when a few things s tarted to happen. One, the giggling started to rush in on him. Soft at first that he almost missed it, but then louder, like several children were coming around to circle him. Then he felt as if something was trying to close the door on him. He put a hand up to stop it from hitting him, but it fought him.

And third, the hall way, where he thought a door HAD been when they first found the hall, burst with a flood of water rushing down the hall. He cursed again, feeling the door trying to close on him, and the water rushing his way. The children laughing.

Swiftly he slipped to the edge, feet dangling, looking up to see the water coming his way and... he slipped down into the darkness, his heart sinking as he did. He hated the dark. Not that he was scared of it, but any time Klaus was too high to see him he felt in the dark. Felt trapped. This felt worse then that.

But he was committed now, as he slipped into the dark, water hit the open door way, splashing after him, but then the door closed, cutting off the sounds. ALL sounds. The void was stifling, and even his own scream cut off as he fell, and fell, and fell...

He fell in silence, his hands coming to his eras, hurting, it was so dark it was deafening. He started to hyperventilate a bit, breath coming fast as he panicked. Too dark. TOO DARK. Too silent. Like Klaus was gone. Like HE was gone. Maybe this is what it really feels like to cross over. Nothingness.

And then he felt it. A shift in the darkness. And suddenly he was in over his head in water, again. Crashing feet and back first, into the water, feeling it swell over his head, and into his mouth and nose. He choked on it, eyes opening to see again. Not blackness anymore, but water all around.

He struggled and kicked, trying to find the surface, breaking it a moment after and coughing, arms flailing a moment as he slipped back under and choked again. He fought to reach the top once more, needing air.
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[personal profile] the_horror 2019-06-24 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
This was the worst. Water wasn't really his element. He could swim but not well. They were all sort of taught to swim, but he was nearly the worst at it. And this was proven by his floundering about in the water at the moment. It would have been fine IF he had gotten a breath before going under, but because it surprised him so swiftly that he was sputtering on water.

He felt arms go around him and instead of fighting it he let her drag him up. That was one good thing about training, it taught him when to tell if he was being rescued or if he needed to knife someone in the throat.

Coming up for air was a heaven sent, and he coughed and spit water in a try for real air. "God!" He coughed. "What the hell was that!?" he asked, feeling them moving in the water. All he could assume is a mermaid just saved him and he was so very glad for it. He sputtered still, coughing water out of his lungs when he felt them come to the edge. His hands both reached out to grab it, clinging to the pool side for dear life and lifting himself enough to get his arms over the edge.

With one last hack he spit the last of the water from his lungs, though he could feel it burn still. "Yeah, yeah, I'm okay." He finally said, taking a clearly needed full breath and letting it out. "There was this huge flood, and those kids laughing, and the door tried to shut on me. I didn't know if you were okay or not, but I had to follow." He said, coughing softer now.
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[personal profile] the_horror 2019-06-25 09:28 pm (UTC)(link)
He coughed and pushed himself up by his arms, pulling himself out of the water and twisting around t take a seat on the edge. There was literally just a ledge to sit on in this room. A room full of a surprise pool. He sat on the edge, legs hanging over the pool and looking down at her on the edge of the pool.

Another cough before he spoke. "I don't know what's going on, but I don't like it one bit. I don't care for horror movies either, and this is just turning into one huge horror house show."

He let out a breath and tried to move to stand, pressing his back to the wall and leaning over. "Here, let me help you out." He said, moving to offer a hand. "Getting dried off and getting out of here seems like the best idea. There's not a lot of room in here though, so be careful." He said, and would help pull her out of the water if she needed a hand.
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[personal profile] the_horror 2019-06-30 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
He's more stable now than a moment ago. He's leaning into the wall and frowning at how cold it feels. He dripped there and though he didn't mind dripping, being dry sounded nice. "Someone seems to enjoy tossing water at you. It's like they want your secret to get out."

He couldn't lift her in this form, no, and he didn't want to bring the tentacles out again, if it's all the same to anyone else, please. Besides, he wasn't sure how well he could control them with out fighting them to make them go back. Last time might have been lucky. But he helped as best he could with out toppling back into the pool.

As she started to dry herself, he slide down the wall a bit, so not to drip on her. As she got legs again and stood up, he looked her over then nodded. "That's never going to not impress me." he said, softly, then nodded again. "Rather be dry than walking around a hazard to you." He held his arms out a bit as if to say 'go for it' and waited.
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[personal profile] the_horror 2019-07-13 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
"I don't think I've had an amusing moment since we got here. Like a bad theme park." He said with a snort. he was pretty sure they were all dead, inn real hell, or yeah, a science project. It could be anything. It was all confusing is all.

"Well, it's more useful than what I was born with. Mine just makes most people sick or uncomfortable." he said with a shrug, looking down at himself in the dimly lit room, standing on a ledge and tying not to fall in. He held his arms out a bit and watched as he dried.

A small wince but otherwise he was okay. "Yeah, thanks. That should be good." He said and pat himself down, dry. He then nodded to her and then back towards him. "There looks like a door over here. Let's carefully slide this way and hope the damn thing opens."
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[personal profile] the_horror 2019-07-22 11:54 pm (UTC)(link)
He frowned as he learned that his ability made her uncomfortable. He hadn't realized it before this really. "Sorry. I should have warned you more for it. I seem to still have some control over them, but I wasn't so sure, considering how long they've been locked up." It had taken a moment to get them to do what he wanted. To leave her alone and open the door.

He held back that generally they were used to rip apart people. She didn't need to know that.

When she took a hold, he started to carefully walk the ledge of the pool, sliding down the wall and towards the door. When he reached it he sighed. It would swing out over the pool and away from them. He tried it and it opened, swinging away and...

"Looks like we found a new hall way. Anything is better than this though." He said, stepping through the threshold and making sure she was behind him and didn't fall in again. When he glanced back it seemed as if the pool was gone.

This was the worst place. They were going to be lost forever, weren't they?