forum “What’s your greatest fear?” // 5/5, closed // Stalkers welcome!

Started June 19, 2023 by @the-void-phantasmic group

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Daphne crosses her arms and sighs, looking around. She looks over at Salmook, tilting her head. “You good over there?”

Salmook smiles a little at Daph-friend.
"Me look for you!"
He moves a little closer - enough to be polite, but still keeping a distance between him and Daph-friend. He doesn't know her as much as he knows Tseth-friend, and he's only just had his first casual conversation with Tseth-friend.
"You get food, too? Eat?"

Daphne furrows her brows, visibly confused. Why does he care? We just met. “Uh- yeah, I ate.” For once-

Salmook nods at that, and then he looks around the hallway.
"What we do here? Me just wake up, and bore! We just eat and sleep? No fun."
He's hoping Daph-friend has some more ideas than he does. Talking to everyone else can only go so far.

Daphne glances around and shrugs. “I don’t know, kid. It doesn’t look like it’s meant to be very fun here.” She thinks for a moment. “I guess you could explore, if you want.”

Tseth peeks out the hallway. Oh good, they’re talking. He turns back to his room, and fixes the bed so it’s neat again. He looks around the room, and sits down on the floor with his head against the wall.

That's a good idea. Exploring!
…But where?
Salmook looks out past the hallway and into the main room. There were a few other doors in there - the scary stabby room door and two others. Oh… and the danger-lady was out there, too… He looks a little hopeful at Daph-friend and raises his voice so maybe Tseth-friend hears him, too.
"Me explore. You come with me?"

Daphne blinks a few times. Oh, great- “Uh… sure. I’ll come with you.” She looks into the main room, glancing at the supply closet. Definitely won’t go in there, though… She shudders slightly, then looks back at Salmook. “Um- where do you want to go?”

Salmook's more than a little glad that Daph-friend agreed to go with him. He walks past her and into the main room, gesturing towards the two other doors there.
"Maybe we explore there?"

Daphne tilts her head, then shrugs. “Yeah, that sounds good.” She walks toward the door on the right, then cautiously opens it.

The room on the other side looks a bit like the main room, but smaller. There are a few clipboards, papers, and pens scattered on the tables, and most of the papers have writing on them. There’s also a cork board on the wall, with more papers pinned to it. Daphne narrows her eyes. “What’s all this..?”

Salmook peeks into the new room from behind Daph-friend. There's so much stuff in there!
He looks up at Daphne and then around the room, just in case anyone else was in there. It didn't seem like it, but he was mostly distracted by how much STUFF was in it.
"Oohh… We go in?"

Daphne seems really uneasy. She takes a deep breath, then slowly walks into the room. She looks around, then beckons for Salmook to come in. She wants the kid to stay close, just in case. She probably wouldn’t be great at protecting him, though… I guess it’s worth a shot.

Salmook stays close to Daphne's side, peeking at everything in the room with wide eyes. So much parchment and so many little squiggles on them! He's a bit disappointed that he can't understand this written language. Whatever is it, it's nothing like Runic.
Salmook has to admit, he is a little on edge himself. But that's what exploring is all about, isn't it?

Daphne picks up one of the papers on a table. What in the… What is all this stuff? She tilts her head as she reads the paper, then yelps and drops the paper as someone grabs her by the shoulders.

“What the hell are you doing?” It’s the man from the day before. He turns Daphne around and grabs the collar of her shirt, glaring at her. Daphne freezes on the spot, staring at him with a look of terror. “I- uh-“

Salmook flinches, and he's stuck there for a moment processing it all. It's the jabby-man! Are the other jabbies here, too?! His eyes are wide with confused shock. How did the jabby-man get here so fast?
Salmook tenses. He doesn't know a lot about Daph-friend, but he does know that the jabby-man isn't on their side.
He pounces at he man's back, latching on and climbing up.
"Let go Daph-friend!"

The man lets go of Daphne and reaches behind himself, prying Salmook off his back and shoving him to the side. He turns back to Daphne and grabs her again, shaking her this time. ”Answer me.”

Daphne squeezes her eyes shut and whimpers. “We- I- I wasn’t doing anything- We were just-“

The man grabs her wrist, then grabs Salmook’s. He drags them both out of the room, and shoves them both away. “Get out. Now.”

Daphne stumbles and catches herself with the end of a table, trembling. “_Sorry…“

Salmook tumbles to the ground. It doesn't hurt, really… okay, maybe it does, but he's more surprised if anything.
"Bad jabby! Me eat you for breakfast!"
He sits up, sticking out his tongue and pulling on his cheeks. What's so important about that room, anyways? Salmook reaches to fix his cloak on his shoulders. He balls a fist and shakes it at the jabby-man.
"No hurt friend! Or me… me'll bite off you nose!"

Tseth stands up from against the wall. Shit, I zoned out. Where is everyone? He exits the room and hallway, walking into the main room. And then he sees the staff member with Daphne and Salmook.

In the blink of an eye he’s at the mans throat with one of the knives he stole. ”Touch either of them and I will make sure you never breathe again.” He makes an involuntary growling noise as he stares the man down.

The man tenses and glares at Tseth. He glances at the knife… wait a minute. “Where did you get that?” Shit, someone forgot to lock the storage room, didn’t they? Idiot.