QUIET MOUNDS - STEF HEART

[abardacttofollow]

You find yourself in a stone room that looks like some sort of medieval dungeon. There are (thankfully), no torture instruments, but there is a man strung up here. One large manacle is around his neck, chaining him stiffly to the door. His hands are free, but each foot is manacled to the matching bottom corner of the doorframe. There is a visible lock on each of the three manacles.

It's Stefen, and there's a knife in his chest. Despite that, he's alive, apparently alert, and doesn't look to be in pain, perhaps due to the lulling, sense-dulling music that seems to be coming from nowhere at all—in fact, if you were in pain before you entered, it's gone here. His wound is bleeding, but only a little, and he smiles his usual bright smile at you.

Behind him, but in front of the closed door he's bound to, you can see three double sets of strings running vertically. Where they meet the floor, they are fastened, and then each runs across the floor to the three doors on the opposite wall, then under them.

There is nothing else in this room.

((OOC: Here's how this will work! Since we're doing individual runs, rather than me putting up individual top levels for areas, just jump the post itself, and I'll run everything for you within your one thread. If you're wanting to do a run with someone else, just stay in the same thread together.))

Comments

[splashofbourbon]

[well this is different, taking a look at the statue?]

[abardacttofollow]

It's life-sized.

[splashofbourbon]

[any kind of inscriptions or anything? he tries clearing some of the moss]

[abardacttofollow]

Some moss crumbles off. You don't find any inscriptions.

[splashofbourbon]

[well at least it's a little cleaner? he sighs, going through the door]

The Truth 2

[abardacttofollow]

You enter into a fancy bedroom in a manor house, with two bunks, both sticking out into the room. As well as the door you came in through, there is a door to the left and right, and an open doorframe ahead. You wouldn't be able to exit through the left or right closed doors if you wanted to, though. There's a statue in front of each of them. One is a tall, stern-looking woman. The other is a strapping, broad-shouldered young man with curly hair and a confident grin.

Re: The Truth 2

[splashofbourbon]

This ain't familiar...

[Taking a closer look at the statue of the lady like who are you??]

Re: The Truth 2

[abardacttofollow]

On closer inspection, you can see she has a hooked nose and a reluctant smile.

You can also hear shouting, somewhere behind the door she's blocking: "He seduced me! He's not fit for this, he's a pervert!"

[splashofbourbon]

[shouts back???]

Whoa now, who you talking about there?

[abardacttofollow]

All you hear back is nonsense (unless the syllables "tylendelfrelennye" make any sense to you), but the voice is rapidly dwindling, as if the speaker is being rushed away.

[splashofbourbon]

[yeah no, he sighs, heading to the other statue]

[abardacttofollow]

The young man is equally unfamiliar, an older teen (or a younger one with a big growth spurt.) You also hear yelling from behind his door: "He's a demon, he's a monster, he can't stay here, I'm going to throw him out!"

[splashofbourbon]

Now that ain't no way to talk about a person.

[abardacttofollow]

You hear a scream and a thump and then silence.

[splashofbourbon]

[uh]

Hey! What's going on there?

[Can I push this statue??]

[abardacttofollow]

No, it's firmly blocking the way.

[splashofbourbon]

[goddamn. No choice but the door...]

[abardacttofollow]

Whatever this room was can't be made out. It has been totally destroyed, torn to shreds. There was white cloth on the walls, but it's splashed with blood. Whatever was once in here is long gone, shards of wood and stone everywhere. In terms of statues, all you make out in the center is a pair of smallish feet. The rest has been utterly destroyed, apparently exploded from the inside out.

There is a door at the end, shut and locked, with a keyhole. You can hear, somewhat muffled by the length of the room and the shut door, someone singing on the other side.

[splashofbourbon]

So much for happy things.

[He tries knocking on the door]

You gonna run away too, partner?

[abardacttofollow]

He stops singing—it's a song you've probably heard Stef playing around as he makes up, but it's not Stef's voice. It's a soft tenor that's unfamiliar to you.

"Oh, hello. Ah, you ended up lost in here too, right, McCree?"

[splashofbourbon]

Depends on who's asking. The guard sent me down here.

[abardacttofollow]

"Oh, right... well, I guess that's a logical step for him. I can make you wake up from this heart. Would you like to do that now?"

[splashofbourbon]

You gonna tell me who you are and how you know my name first?

[abardacttofollow]

"I'm part of Stefen's heart, of course. The seed at the core of him. Stefen knows you, so I do too."

[splashofbourbon]

You sure don't sound like him.