The Boogeyman's head swam as he roused from the semblance of sleep the Entity deposited him into for simpler transit through realms. He didn't mind the sensation, it was familiar. The feeling of anesthesia wearing off, his faculties returning, his muscles warming.
It wasn't comforting, by any stretch, but he recognized it. Familiar. Home.
This, however, the cold around him. Michael rolled his shoulders, his jumpsuit's fabric scratching the joints. His mind could remind him what this cold should feel like, the phantom sensation of temperature always enough to place him back in the mindset of the fall. The one night a year boys and girls can play.
Samhain.
That night had been so pleasantly cool. But by the end, the burning warmth of change sent him here.
He didn't want to know what came next, if he were burned again. If he felt that warmth.
He would stay here, in the snow, in the chill, in the cold, as long as he could. And that meant one thing. He clenched his knife in his hand, knuckles tight. He had time to be mournful for what was required of him later. For now, this realm was going to be his home.
He'd stake his claim.
( — to any prospective trick or treaters, the lights are out. )
Ormond. Somewhere she hung around more often than not, it was cold. Xe liked that, xe missed the snip of the cold air. It was something that brought them comfort.
Now was not a time for that, though, now was a time for being hunted like xey were a rabbit. Heaving a heavy sigh, xe cracked xyr neck, and carefully vaulted the window near them — no purpose for it but flair, for fun. To flex that xey could, xe supposed. It was pointless not to have a little fun, if xey were going to be killed, what did a quiet vault hurt?
Xe stalked through the open, passing by the fences, running xyr hand over the snow-soaked wood. Xe crunched their hand into it, leaving an uncanny handprint. It wasn’t like xey needed to hide, the killer, whoever it was, knew that there were four rabbits free for the slaughter.
Mmm… Should xey go inside the lodge? There was guaranteed to be a generator there, but they could see one next to the little shack. Maybe it’d be better to get high ground, whoever the killer was couldn’t get to xem faster than xey could jump out of a second story building. It always pissed ‘em off when Nea got a chance to hop down, and just book it.
In the end, xyr deliberation ended with finding a generator further away from where xey started. It was a safer option. Sure, it led xem closer to the killer, but the killer was, ideally, less likely to suspect that xey’d gotten that far.
So, xey continued to walk around the ski lodge — staying close to the building. It was too bright for xem to blend in, but xey gave it the token effort, at least.
>perk Urban Evasion I, Balanced Landing I Melonade / Infected - Black / Ripped Leggings
Post by Quentin Smith on Jul 28, 2021 13:02:16 GMT -6
Even before Quentin opened his eyes, they could feel the harsh chill of the Ormond resort wash over him. A shiver went down his spine as he opened his eyes to the snowy expanse before them, wrapping his arms around his chest tightly to try and keep some of the cold at bay. They wished they had worn their damn jacket and not the button-up--for being quilted, the thing didn’t do much to block wind chill. At least his beanie could do something to keep him warm.
Each breath materialized before him in a puff of frozen air, mingling with the snow that was eternally falling from the manufactured clouds above his head. Standing around wasn’t going to do anyone any good and sure as hell wasn’t going to make them any warmer, so with a shake of their head, Quentin took off in a light jog towards the flickering lights of a generator that had been in his view as soon as they opened their eyes. It wasn’t far, settled between a couple of rotting walls in the corner of the lodge. Having a place to run when the killer came near would come in handy for sure, especially with how stiff his limbs got from having to set himself in the snow while doing repairs.
Trials in Ormond had never been his favorite, and he was reminded of why as his fingers touched the frozen metal that the generator’s chassis was composed of. Softly blowing on his hands and rubbing them against each other, they crouched down next to the generator and got to work. It was going to take much more focus than normal to get through this trial between the numbness that was bound to set into their hands in no time and the black ice and snow that covered the landscape.