forum Laboratory Escape RP (Open again)

Started April 20, 2018 by @TheGoldenLegend

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"Co-" William gave him a confused look. "Cooperation? Did the scientists tell you that?"

Thatcher blinked. "It's what they told me." He said. He looked around for a moment. "Where do you plan to go from here?"

Charlie shook her head. “We don’t… we don’t know.”

“You don’t know?” Thatcher said curiously. “They told me you would have formed a plan by now.”

"I made a plan!" Dwyane put in quickly, crawling over to slop and looking down at Thatcher, "But they said dying wasn't the best option."

Thatcher's gaze seemed, for lack of better word, empty. "No," He said simply, "it isn't. Shouldn't you be trying to escape?"

"We are. I was thinking we should go further into the cave," William said.

Something sparked in Thatcher's eye. "Yes, that sounds like a good idea. A very good one, in fact."

“Is he… why does he look… happy?” Charlie said quietly.

William shuffled a bit closer to Charlie. "Why does it seem like a good one, exactly?"

Thatcher's eyes didn't dull. "Well," he said, as if mulling over his words, "if we go back the way you came we'll just be back in the labs. Further is our only option."

"And the further to death." Dwayne smirked, gazing at the black void.

(Ayyyy! What's up!)

William shuddered. "I wish you wouldn't say things like that. We don't know that we're going to die."

//i would say ‘taxes’ but they are actually lower rn so I shall say ‘school tuition’ instead. Credit goes to Camie for that one :P

“Yeah,” Charlie nodded.

"And does that matter?" Dwayne said, walking down to them, "We're here, right now, in this time line, we can say what we want about the future, but like you said, it might not happen."

William gave him a stubborn look. "Fine, yes, but it creeps me out, so can you stop?" He crossed his arms over his chest.

“Very much,” Charlie said, gripping William’s arm. “I want to go home. Does going that way-“ she gestured behind them “-get us home?”

"I-" William glanced at the path. "I don't know Charlie, but we're going to get home. I promise."

Charlie nodded. “Okay,” she said softly.

"Home or get ourselves killed." Dwayne said, walking past the little group and into the cave.

"Dwayne!" William hissed, grabbing Charlie's hand. He followed Dwayne into the cave, dragging Charlie with him. Thatcher followed behind, an amused expression on his face. "Why are you so open to death all of a sudden?"

Charlie let William drag her along, her feet kicking up rocks and dust as she went. She was very much confused, but she trusted William, so she followed him.

"I've always been open to it, its always ahead of us anyway, why do you fear it so much? I thought you were older?"

"I am older, I'd just prefer to actually make it to my thirties." William muttered.

"I'm going to make it to my hundreds." He laughed, speeding up his pace.

William winced but said nothing. He gave him a wary look before glancing down at Charlie. "How're you holding up?"

Charlie nodded, as if to reassure herself. “Good.”

Walking further, Dwayne stopped on top of a rock that jutted of out the ground. The place was so dark, everything looked the same, black. Glancing back to the lanterns that hung high on the walls, he wished he could have brought one, or at least got one down from up there. Sighing, he turned back and began to walking again.