The Rim of the Rabbit Hole: A Horror-esque RP

[Just_a_Fan he/him]

On 12/11/2024 at 11:59 AM, Ookla the Finwëan said:

"Well, that seems promising enough," Liv muttered to herself, "Come on."

She grabbed Astrid's wrist and pulled her over. The door probably wouldn't be locked if it was a central route most of the workers flowed through, just she pushed on the door to see anyway.

Crow crashes through the ceiling, landing with a THUD before howling in pain. 

[Mags she/they]

2 minutes ago, Just_a_Fan said:

Crow crashes through the ceiling, landing with a THUD before howling in pain. 

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you might need an okay from wyrmie with at one . . .

@Ookla the Ouroboros

[Just_a_Fan he/him]

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1: asked him in person, he said it should be fine.

2: 

After he calmed down enough, Crow noted the following: 

he's in the med-bay, there's a rusty spike of metal jammed into his right hind leg, and most of the first aid kits he packed are useless due to the biomedical barrier between humans and foxes. 

"Well, at least the pain- nope, may cause dysentery in pets. Can't move because I don't want to mess up my leg any worse, can't fix it because these kits are for humans, can't call for help because that'd be a giant neon sign saying "free food here" for whatever's out there." whispered Crow. "... speaking of which..." 

He proceeds to gag himself with some bandages and a tourniquet to stay silent. 

Edited December 18, 2024 by Just_a_Fan

[Mags she/they]

Liv still wanted to go through the door on the right side, based on instinct.

@Ookla the Ouroboros

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I still need to know if it's locked, and if not then what's on the other side? Sorry to ping you again if you're busy

[The Bookwyrm he/him]

Just now, Ookla the Finwëan said:

Liv still wanted to go through the door on the right side, based on instinct.

@Ookla the Ouroboros

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Yeah...life got crazy over the past little bit. I'll see if I can get back into this.

The door opened, revealing a room not very different from the one she'd exited. However, this one lacked a reception desk, and had an elevator.

[Mags she/they]

3 minutes ago, Ookla the Ouroboros said:

The door opened, revealing a room not very different from the one she'd exited. However, this one lacked a reception desk, and had an elevator.

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It's totally fine! I assumed so.

"Well, that's something," She told Astrid as she ducked inside.

"At least their aren't any misty ghost people in here." She began sorting through the debris for any other papers that might match the one she'd found.

@Ookla the Inconclusive

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

7 minutes ago, Ookla the Finwëan said:

"Well, that's something," She told Astrid as she ducked inside.

"At least their aren't any misty ghost people in here." She began sorting through the debris for any other papers that might match the one she'd found.

@Ookla the Inconclusive

Astrid shuddered. "Yeah."

"What do you think that was anyway?"

[Mags she/they]

4 minutes ago, Ookla the Inconclusive said:

Astrid shuddered. "Yeah."

"What do you think that was anyway?"

"Uh--it never touched you, right? It didn't touch me either, that means it could still be a hallucination . . ."

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

1 minute ago, Ookla the Finwëan said:

"Uh--it never touched you, right? It didn't touch me either, that means it could still be a hallucination . . ."

"True . . . but still. She seemed pretty real- and we both saw her."

[The Bookwyrm he/him]

16 minutes ago, Ookla the Finwëan said:

"Well, that's something," She told Astrid as she ducked inside.

"At least their aren't any misty ghost people in here." She began sorting through the debris for any other papers that might match the one she'd found.

@Ookla the Inconclusive

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What paper is she reffering to?

 

[Mags she/they]

21 minutes ago, Ookla the Inconclusive said:

"True . . . but still. She seemed pretty real- and we both saw her."

"You're right, it's highly unlikely for us to see the exact same thing if it's a psychological effect." Liv continued to think.

"Maybe a hologram or a projection then, we have no proof it was physical."

20 minutes ago, Ookla the Ouroboros said:

 

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The correspondence she found before the fog hit that talked about people going missing, and their boss being lousy.

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

1 hour ago, Ookla the Finwëan said:

"You're right, it's highly unlikely for us to see the exact same thing if it's a psychological effect." Liv continued to think.

"Maybe a hologram or a projection then, we have no proof it was physical."

"Maybe. The mist felt pretty real though . . . we sure didn't hallucinate that."

[Mags she/they]

6 minutes ago, Ookla the Inconclusive said:

"Maybe. The mist felt pretty real though . . . we sure didn't hallucinate that."

"True, that has to be a natural phenomenon with the hole somehow."

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

4 minutes ago, Ookla the Finwëan said:

"True, that has to be a natural phenomenon with the hole somehow."

"Oh, yeah, totally natural."

[Mags she/they]

Just now, Ookla the Inconclusive said:

"Oh, yeah, totally natural."

Liv just rolled her eyes.

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

1 minute ago, Ookla the Finwëan said:

Liv just rolled her eyes.

Astrid rolled her eyes in return.

"Yeah, it's called sarcasm," she joked, grinning.

[Mags she/they]

1 minute ago, Ookla the Inconclusive said:

Astrid rolled her eyes in return.

"Yeah, it's called sarcasm," she joked, grinning.

"And it's called logic,"  Liv muttered back.

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

2 minutes ago, Ookla the Finwëan said:

"And it's called logic,"  Liv muttered back.

She sighed.

"So the unnatural- actually, the downright supernatural hole in the ground is causing a natural phenomenon?" She gave Liv a flat stare.

[Mags she/they]

16 minutes ago, Ookla the Inconclusive said:

She sighed.

"So the unnatural- actually, the downright supernatural hole in the ground is causing a natural phenomenon?" She gave Liv a flat stare.

"Sure, if it's actually a natural hole in the first place."

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

8 minutes ago, Ookla the Finwëan said:

"Sure, if it's actually a natural hole in the first place."

"Well, even if it's a natural hole, whatever is inside it is what caused the mist and is definitely not natural."

[Mags she/they]

5 minutes ago, Ookla the Inconclusive said:

"Well, even if it's a natural hole, whatever is inside it is what caused the mist and is definitely not natural."

"Whatever, it's not worth arguing over," She said, turning and continuing her search.

[Just_a_Fan he/him]

Crow eventually manages to pry himself from the wreckage, tries his best to bandage his (visibly) wounded leg, discovers his left hind leg hurts to use, then crawls out of the med-bay. Afterwords, he examines the place while scarfing down most of the rations he packed. Not because he was hungry, but because he knew to keep his strength up, being a wounded animal in a creepy abandoned laboratory. "I don't know what else might be here with me. Whatever it is, I'm not going to let it find me more defenseless than I already am." he thought, hiding under a desk as he finished his 7th meal.

(@Ookla the Ouroboros)

Edited December 18, 2024 by Just_a_Fan

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

1 hour ago, Ookla the Finwëan said:

"Whatever, it's not worth arguing over," She said, turning and continuing her search.

"That's what I- argh! Nevermind," she sighed, exasperated.

[Mags she/they]

18 hours ago, Ookla the Finwëan said:

"Whatever, it's not worth arguing over," She said, turning and continuing her search.

16 hours ago, Ookla the Inconclusive said:

"That's what I- argh! Nevermind," she sighed, exasperated.

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if there isn't anything of note, we could move to another room

Are there rooms branching off of this one? Or can we only go back to the lobby from here?

@The Bookwyrm

[The Bookwyrm he/him]

14 minutes ago, Ookla the Finwëan said:

@The Bookwyrm

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There's a door on the other side, following the curve of the roughly curcular building, a door that leads to the room surrounding the Rabbit Hole, the elevator, and the door back.