05-09-2020, 02:01 PM
HERE'S A COMPLETE LIST, OF EVERYTHING I HAVE EVER BEEN AFRAID OF
The shrieking didn't stop, but the air was deathly still. Keter felt frozen in time, their ears ringing from the harsh noise. All they could do was stare at the charred figure before them, at the leafless trees, the dark center, the crater. Horror and fear and nausea filled them, and all they could do was just stand there. As trapped in time as these poor souls were, living a life that they no longer possessed.
They had not noticed the small crowd gathering in concern. They hear a voice, somewhere beyond the wailing, someone vague and familiar. Too far off to comprehend. Another voice, unfamiliar, but they aren't sure if it was them just hearing things in the screech, or if someone was calling to them. And then there was the fluttering of wings, soft, distant. Very close then, and Aurum's voice broke through the wailing, just above them. Keter looked up at him, in confusion, hearing his words but not fully understanding. Radiation? Danger.
Keter didn't need to be asked twice (or perhaps so, with Vigenere's pleading, but those words had not yet registered.), and they began to back up and away, from the crater, from the bodies, from whatever horror happened here. It wasn't until they were out of the crater that they felt safe enough to breathe again, their whole body trembling with the weight of this discovery. It was only then, that Keter noticed the crowd that had gathered, both familiar faces and those they had not yet met. Were they in trouble? What had been down there? What was this?
Keter's ears rang, and once they'd backed far enough away from the crater, the contraption gave out, finally, blissfully silent. Their legs looked as though they were about to give out as as well. They took a moment to lie down, shaken. They drew in a deep breath, looking at all the faces around them.
"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry... I just wanted to know. It's never made that noise before, not that loud, not like that. Normally it just stutters... I don't. I don't understand."
Keter looked then to their paws, covered in the fine black earth. They smeared it over the grass at their feet, not even daring to lick it clean.
"What... happened here? What is all that... down there? Are those... bodies?"
Why would it bring them to such an evil place? What was the purpose? What was the connection? Was this their fault? They forced back tears, trembling.
"I didn't know."
They had not noticed the small crowd gathering in concern. They hear a voice, somewhere beyond the wailing, someone vague and familiar. Too far off to comprehend. Another voice, unfamiliar, but they aren't sure if it was them just hearing things in the screech, or if someone was calling to them. And then there was the fluttering of wings, soft, distant. Very close then, and Aurum's voice broke through the wailing, just above them. Keter looked up at him, in confusion, hearing his words but not fully understanding. Radiation? Danger.
Keter didn't need to be asked twice (or perhaps so, with Vigenere's pleading, but those words had not yet registered.), and they began to back up and away, from the crater, from the bodies, from whatever horror happened here. It wasn't until they were out of the crater that they felt safe enough to breathe again, their whole body trembling with the weight of this discovery. It was only then, that Keter noticed the crowd that had gathered, both familiar faces and those they had not yet met. Were they in trouble? What had been down there? What was this?
Keter's ears rang, and once they'd backed far enough away from the crater, the contraption gave out, finally, blissfully silent. Their legs looked as though they were about to give out as as well. They took a moment to lie down, shaken. They drew in a deep breath, looking at all the faces around them.
"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry... I just wanted to know. It's never made that noise before, not that loud, not like that. Normally it just stutters... I don't. I don't understand."
Keter looked then to their paws, covered in the fine black earth. They smeared it over the grass at their feet, not even daring to lick it clean.
"What... happened here? What is all that... down there? Are those... bodies?"
Why would it bring them to such an evil place? What was the purpose? What was the connection? Was this their fault? They forced back tears, trembling.
"I didn't know."
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