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Post by wildfiremagni on Jul 20, 2009 20:30:23 GMT 9.5
After quite a while, Whip reached the exit. The sudden change was quite a shock to his system, so he shielded his eyes when he finally burst out. "Hooray! Whip win! Whip win!" he shouted as he jumped up and down for joy. Any minute now, Hayden would pop out and hopefully, the boy would admit defeat graceously.
Yep, any minute now...
After waiting in the sun for quite a while, Whip began to wonder if Hayden was lost in there. He knew that other people sometimes got lost in his caves, so it wouldn't surprise him too much if that was what happened. "Whip wait a little longer, see what happens," he said to himself, but still Hayden didn't appear.
With no other course of action to take, Whip walked back into the caves. "Hello? You okay?" he asked as he began to walk slowly back in. Luckily, Hayden had a distinctive scent, so finding him hopefully wouldn't take too long...
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Post by Treijim on Jul 20, 2009 20:42:06 GMT 9.5
Hayden didn't hear Whip at all. He had gotten too deep, and nothing was audible but a cold silence. Again, he looked to one side and he thought he saw something shiny, about chest-height. Then, chillingly, he thought he saw it blink. That did it. He cried out and immediately burst into a run in the opposite direction. It wasn't long before he slipped on mud and fell onto his back. With a wince and a moan he clenched his teeth and scrambled to his feet, but his arm suddenly ached. He spun around to see if there was anything there but the shadows were too thick.
"Whip!" he yelled. "Help!" But he couldn't hear any reply.
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Post by wildfiremagni on Jul 20, 2009 21:02:35 GMT 9.5
"Whip, Help!" The cry was only barely audible to him, but Whip could tell that Hayden was in trouble. After picking up two stones, he rushed down, down, down into the tunnels, into parts where not even Whip was familiar with the terrain!
Suddenly, he came across Hayden and something else that he'd never seen before! "Nasty thing! Go back!" he shouted as he threw a rock at the bug-like creature. A rational-thinking person would know that this would most likely enrage the creature, but Whip didn't care. Someone needed his help and he was more than willing to provide it!
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Post by Treijim on Jul 22, 2009 9:45:37 GMT 9.5
Hayden couldn't see what Whip was yelling at when he came into view; there was only darkness. He assumed the other boy had some pretty good night vision, or at least knew what to expect down here. It was certainly nothing he'd known of, even after spending much time in caves himself. However, now that he listened, he could hear what sounded like a giant insect moving in the shadows.
The creature was unaffected by the rock; it shot forward with blinding speed and lashed at Whip's legs with blade-like appendages.
[Combat has been initiated. This enemy is far beyond both boys; it's too powerful. Their only chance of survival is if it, for some reason, chooses not to kill them and becomes disinterested or perturbed enough to leave]
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Post by wildfiremagni on Jul 22, 2009 11:08:05 GMT 9.5
Whip jumped to avoid the appendages, but it was to no avail. He was hit and tossed back like a ragdoll. By some kind of incredible luck, he managed to land on a relatively smooth patch of ground. The pain that he felt was increcible, but he still somehow found the strength to move.
As he attempted to stand back up, he could tell that this thing, whatever it was, was way too powerful to take on. He staggered behind a rock and called out one word to Hayden with what strength he could muster...
"RUN!"
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Post by Treijim on Jul 22, 2009 11:15:07 GMT 9.5
Hayden didn't need to be told. Though he had been running just earlier, and his feet were really being put to the test on the harsh, stony ground, he found it in him to push through it and just concentrate on escaping the thing. His feet were used to running on hot sand, but thousands of bumpy and sharp rocks were another issue, and after running for a while, he spun around a corner and pushed his bare back against the moist cave wall, his heart pounding in his chest. Catching his breath, he listened, and then turned his head around the corner to check. There was nothing there. Suddenly afraid Whip was trying to fight that thing alone, he had a powerful urge to head back to help the boy.
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The creature seemed satisfied on hitting its target, and it withdrew a little and watched for some moments, inspecting the damage it caused. Its target had taken refuge behind a stone, so it took to climbing the cave wall a little so it could see over the top. It spotted Whip's head and let out a strange, buzzing, rumbling sound.
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Post by wildfiremagni on Jul 22, 2009 15:58:40 GMT 9.5
Whip breathed a sigh of relief. With Hayden out of the way, he could try and plan his own escape...however, when he heard a noise that could only be described as both rumbly and buzzy, he looked behind him. It was still there! Even though he had misplaced a significant amount of blood, he still had the good sense to try and get out.
"Bye!" He said as he scampered out of there, in hopes that the creature was too big to chase them. He could only hope that Hayden was somewhere nearby and that they could get out of there together...
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Post by Treijim on Jul 24, 2009 10:31:39 GMT 9.5
At first it seemed as though the monster was lost when Whip fled. Hayden didn't seem to be anywhere in the vicinity of the immediate tunnels. After a few corners, it would have been understandable for Whip to assume that the monster was gone, but then it defied logic and appeared ahead of him, dropping down from a hole in the ceiling, still shrouded mostly in blackness. It hissed and crept towards him, a single shining eye staring lifelessly at him.
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Post by wildfiremagni on Jul 24, 2009 18:42:16 GMT 9.5
When his opponent suddenly appeared from the darkness, Whip yelped and looked around. He still hadn't found Hayden, there didn't appear to be anywhere else to run and he still couldn't lose this thing! It was obviously not Whip's kind of day today...
He felt around on the ground. "Ow! Sharp rock!" he said as he suddenly found, of all things, a sharp rock. In his mind, a plan began to form. If he could throw the rock just right, he might be able to run far away enough for the beast to not chase him any more, then he could find Hayden and get up to where he knew it was safe!
"Take this, nasty thing!" he shouted as he tossed the rock towards the inky black part of his surroundings that was slightly less inky and black than the rest of it. With any luck, he'd have a chance to run-a chance that he was more than willing to take!
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Post by Treijim on Jul 31, 2009 16:49:34 GMT 9.5
The rock bounced off of something hard and fell to the ground with a clang. Unamused, it didn't turn its attention away and it lunged forward again to make frantic snapping motions with sharp appendages. There came a loud noise and footsteps echoed into the tunnel. Suddenly there was a dark figure between Whip and the monster, and a sharp blade pointed at the beast.
"Run!" said a man's voice, and he ran at the monster and tried to cut it down.
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Post by wildfiremagni on Aug 2, 2009 12:35:02 GMT 9.5
Whip didn't need to be told twice! In less than an instant of being told to run, Whip scampered away as well as he could. As it turned out, that nasty thing had done more damage than he thought. Of course, now that he had a chance to get away, all he could think about was finding Hayden and getting back to where he knew it was safe. The only problem with that plan was that he didn't know where Hayden was and fighting that thing had disoriented him quite a bit!
"Just find, then get out," he said to himself as he began sniffing around for Hayden. Hopefully, he wasn't too far away.
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Post by Treijim on Aug 15, 2009 10:44:13 GMT 9.5
An inhuman scream rang through the stone corridors, closely followed by a human one. Strangely, Whip found himself entering a different kind of corridor. Deep down where they were, connected to the natural tunnels, were halls of stone, carved by man and fitted with ancient support beams and jagged iron sconces coated in rust. This much was visible as the faintest of lights seem to pour out of nowhere. As he walked further, it was a natural cave again (evident by the feel and sound of the material on the ground), and then it was a stone hall again. The corners were sharp and the halls were deathly dark. From nearby there came the sound of somebody else breathing heavily, but nothing could be seen in the darkness.
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Post by wildfiremagni on Aug 15, 2009 14:41:15 GMT 9.5
Whip looked around at the sudden change in architecture. "Why Whip not see this before?" He asked himself as he limped through the dark halls. He felt like these caves had been his home forever, but here was something he'd never seen before, or even anything like it!
As he wondered through the caverns in excessive gladness that nobody was chasing him, he heard someone breathing heavily. "Who there?" he called out as loudly as he could. Unfortunately, he couldn't call out that loudly which was probably a good thing at this point. Still, he hoped that the heavy-breather was friendly...
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Post by Treijim on Sept 4, 2009 21:57:11 GMT 9.5
There was the sound of feet shuffling and then something thumped against the stone wall. There was a pause and then a small gasp.
"Whip? That you?" It was Hayden's voice, and he sounded entirely exhausted. "Where is guhon? Still follow?"
Hayden shuffled forward a little further and then his hand found Whip's arm. He grasped the boy for a moment and then let go, satisfied that it wasn't his imagination.
"Where we? I never seen before..."
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Post by wildfiremagni on Sept 6, 2009 19:33:57 GMT 9.5
Whip nodded. "Yep, it me. Whip not see this before. Who-" he said, but he was suddenly cut short when a hand grabbed his arm! After moving a few inches away and realising that it was Hayden that touched him, he regained his composure and tried to look around. It was very dark in...wherever they were.
"Guhon? You mean nasty thing? Big shadow man appear. Tell Whip to run. Whip get away, but not see nasty thing or man since," he said as he sat down in the darkness. He couldn't feel a breeze in here, but he knew that there had to be a way out...there just had to!
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