what in the longdark spitting-pit is that

[inourhead]

This was a bad idea this was a bad idea this was a bad idea.

Holly runs as fast as she can but the demon's faster. She has no idea where Lightning's gotten to; maybe he found a tree to climb. She on the other hand has been diverted into a treeless hill and she's careening down a slope, trying very hard not to trip.

And the demon's gaining on her.

She's never seen anything like it and neither has Crystal; maybe Book knows what it is but Book's asleep. It's mostly mouth - it looks like a cross between a floorlength mirror of a mouth and a snake to propel the mouth along.

And Holly's not fast enough.

The mouth catches her.





But it doesn't hurt.

Where are we?

----


with Minus (kappa)

with Mark (kappa)

with Max (Benedict)

in Terraria (kappa)

with Emma (Marri)

with Erin (Rockeye)

Comments

[aestrix]

"If you see one, be sure to grab it because they disappear after sunrise," reminds Jeff.

[inourhead]

"Does that mean we have to get five in one night?"

[aestrix]

...... Very robotic head-shake. That would be a no, then.

[inourhead]

"So they'll only disappear if we don't grab them. Okay."

[aestrix]

Nod. "I am here to help."

[inourhead]

"Of course you are."

[aestrix]

Silence from Jeff! Apparently his feeble mind doesn't see anything else helpful to say at the moment.

[inourhead]

Holly pats him on the head and goes out to see if she can find yet further improved metal.

[aestrix]

Jeff makes no comment.

More metal can be found! None of it's better than what they've already got, though. Just repeats of what has already been found.

[inourhead]

Well, that's annoying. Eventually they call it a day and try building a set of stairs out of the wood blocks to climb up and have a look at what's in the neighborhood. They keep an eye on that lazy slacker sun lest it disappear on them; they want to be near enough the house to duck into it if "night" happens.

[aestrix]

The lazy slacker sun moves at a very predictable speed. So it's got that going for it.

The neighborhood has snow! Snow that starts very abruptly. There's a neat little line, actually. On one side, there's snow. On the other, there is forest.

[inourhead]

Okaaaay.

That's weird.

...Holly reaches out, puts her hand on the snow, touches the forest floor, and tries to swap forestness and snowness between small areas. A block in size, say.

[aestrix]

One becomes a grass block, the other becomes a snow block. That seems to work pretty well.

[inourhead]

Okay. She puts them back. Good to know.

Fuck, this place is weird. Back up the stairs to peer around some more.

[aestrix]

The bizarre snow area is still present.

And over thataway, is an area that looks... distinctly red.

[inourhead]

...Weird.

Holly goes and peers at it.

[aestrix]

It is really quite disgusting! The grass is red and bloody and dripping. It would go squish, under their feet, if Holly cared to walk on it. There's a tree, over there - the trunk looks grey and diseased and the leaves look like gobs of flesh. There is what looks like an eyeball, sticking out of the ground, over there. It woggles and turns to look at Holly.

[inourhead]

Gugchk. Nasty.

What a pity troportation requires touching things.

Holly decides to leave this grossness alone for now.

[aestrix]

This is pretty wise.

(The monsters would have come to get her if she lingered any longer.)

[inourhead]

Holly checks on the sun. Time to loiter near her house yet?

[aestrix]

Yep! Time to loiter, the sky's starting to turn purple.

[inourhead]

She goes and parks with her armor and sword by the door to her house.

[aestrix]

Dead things show up soon enough! And the flying eyeball things. They are here to try and kill Holly and Crystal.

[inourhead]

Holly is here to try to kill them right back. Sword with one hand, emergency troportation ability to suck heat out of the monsters and into a woodblock in her other hand.

[aestrix]

She can take on the dead things pretty well.

There's a light, in the sky, small and bright and fast and hurtling towards the ground.

It nails a dead thing. The dead thing dies and explodes hilariously. The tiny bright thing sparkles and glows brightly, right there on the ground.