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)

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[aestrix]

And now it is a large cube of grass!

[inourhead]

And she places it in with the rabbits so that they may nibble it.

[aestrix]

The rabbits are very grateful! Nibble nibble. Nibble.

[inourhead]

Good, that's them taken care of.

Okay, besides her backpacking food, which is already very tiresome, and rabbits, which will soon get tiresome: anything to eat around here?

[aestrix]

There's a blueberry bush, right over there.

[inourhead]

She picks some blueberries.

Then she finds Jeff. "Is there a faster way to pick blueberries?"

[aestrix]

"Blueberries can be turned into blue dye at a dye vat," he says conversationally.

[inourhead]

"Great."

She goes back to picking blueberries, eating as she goes. Crystal goes forward to do this after a while, ready to slide back if there's another slime that needs stabbing.

[aestrix]

There's a slime over there, but it doesn't actually seem hostile. It's sort of just ignoring them.

[inourhead]

It's not eyeing their bunnies, is it?

[aestrix]

It's not! It's just sort of hopping along blissfully.

[inourhead]

Okay. She will allow it. She doesn't need more gel right now.

...Actually.

She finishes all the blueberries she cares to eat right now and finds Jeff. "What are coins for?"

[aestrix]

"If you want a merchant to move in, you will need to gather plenty of money. 50 silver coins should do the trick!"

[inourhead]

Right, this is the inside of a demon, of course things don't make sense.

Holly comes out again to stab slimes.

[aestrix]

The slimes are stabbed!

And the sky's starting to get darker... That is probably bad.

[inourhead]

Damn. She can't see in the dark. Who knows how long it'll be before there's another sun or two?

She makes more torches hastily and then goes inside.

[aestrix]

That's actually a very smart move.

Because not long after that there is a banging, on the door. Also a groaning. Something's trying to get inside...

[inourhead]

Holly gets out their little spyglass and 'ports transparency to a wall, just long enough to see what it is.

[aestrix]

It is a walking corpse, in some state of decay. It sees through the transparency, growls, and bangs at the wall. But the wall holds pretty neatly.

[inourhead]

Holly puts the transparency back where it belongs. Nobody wants to see that. Eugh.

[aestrix]

Well, seeing it's avoidable. The sounds from outside, less so. They're going to last the whole night.

[inourhead]

Well, that would be highly inconvenient if they had any intention of sleeping. They exercise instead, in their little house, practicing footwork and swinging the wooden sword around for future slime hunts.

[aestrix]

The walls and door hold just fine. The dead things do not break in, and they're free to exercise in peace. Well. Relative peace.

[inourhead]

They pause to eat wood-turned-into-trail-food a couple times, waiting for a new sun.

[aestrix]

They can tell there is a new sun when the banging stops.