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?

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with Minus (kappa)

with Mark (kappa)

with Max (Benedict)

in Terraria (kappa)

with Emma (Marri)

with Erin (Rockeye)

Comments

[aestrix]

"If you want to survive, you will need to create weapons and shelter. Start by chopping down trees and gathering wood," he says. He produces a bag, and offers it to Holly. "You should stay indoors at night."

[inourhead]

Holly takes the bag. "What's this for? And if it's so dangerous how did you get here?"

[aestrix]

"My name is Jeff. I'm your guide," he says, like it's the most obvious thing in the world.

[inourhead]

"Right. When your cohabitor wakes up we will find out why he pitied you enough to move in together," snorts Holly. She looks in the bag.

[aestrix]

Jeff doesn't have a reply to that.

There's a pickaxe, an axe, and a tiny shortsword in there. How nice?

[inourhead]

"What are you hoping I'll do with these?"

[aestrix]

"If you want to survive, you will need to create weapons and shelter. Start by chopping down trees and gathering wood."

[inourhead]

"Why? Then what?"

[aestrix]

"When you have enough wood, create a Workbench. This will allow you to create more complicated things, as long as you are standing close to it."

[inourhead]

"Look, where are we? Could you show me on a map, we have a map?"

[aestrix]

"You are in a forest."

[inourhead]

"The trees were a clue. Where did you come from? Where do you live?"

[aestrix]

"I'm your guide. In order for a room to be considered a home, it needs to have a door, chair, table, and a light source. Make sure the house has walls as well."

[inourhead]

"...Do you want me to build you a house. Is this your extremely stupid way of asking me to build you a house."

[aestrix]

"Two people will not live in the same home. Also, if their home is destroyed, they will look for a new place to live."

[inourhead]

"Housedweller. Idiot housedweller. Why are you wandering around in the forest if you're such a housedweller?"

[aestrix]

"I'm your guide."

[inourhead]

"You're a loony. Who's supposed to be looking after you? Look, will you fall asleep soon so we can talk to your cohabitor?"

[aestrix]

Pause. "Two people will not live in the same home."

[inourhead]

"Good luck with that. Ugh, something's going to eat you if we just wander off, won't it. I don't think I can build you an entire shelter before you're going to sleep, though."

[aestrix]

"Start by chopping down trees and gathering wood," he advises, trying to be helpful.

[inourhead]

"You should be kept on, like, a leash. I'm telling your cohabitor to put a leash on before he falls asleep in the future," says Holly, and she picks up the axe and takes a swing at a tree.

[aestrix]

Chop, chop, chop -

That is not what a tree does when it is cut down. It does not disintegrate into cubes that rain down around her. Except this one is. There is a shower of tiny wooden cubes, some of them bumping into each other and disappearing before they hit the ground.

There isn't even a stump. Just tiny scattered cubes, and grass that looks like a tree wasn't even there in the first place.

[inourhead]

What.

Do I think like I know???

But - but WHAT?

We're still in the demon this is a demon belly oh sunswallowing pit -

We are both still in our head and we can breathe and there's rabbits, okay, the - the guy had his soul partly eaten but we're still fine -

For now!

Holly stares at the cubes.

"What," she says aloud, in the unlikely event that the partially-eaten soul can help her.

[aestrix]

"You can build a shelter by placing wood or other blocks in the world," says the assumed partially-eaten soul.