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Post by Tweek on Jan 31, 2005 20:29:22 GMT -6
TWEEK has not slept. He spent the entire night listening to the sounds of the forest, listening to the wind through the trees. He still has the doll clutched tightly in one hand, his rifle in the other. He watches uninterested as the camp gathers its belongings and makes ready to move again.
"Never given... he whispers to himself. "Never given..."
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Post by Jerry on Jan 31, 2005 22:21:27 GMT -6
"Man, whatever . . . I can't believe you are actually buying this sh*t!"
He shakes his head at Nightfall.
"You've got this one clutching on to a ragdoll like its his jewels or his lifeline." He stares long at Tweek with a frown. He looks over at Jakayle with absolute loathing. "Then you've got this one having suicide attacks to win sympathy and attention . . . yet somehow I'm a spoiled kid?"
He looks at Nightfall. "You know Scardy never returned last night after running after this freak? Have you forgotten about her? Man, look at her! She looks like a reject from the tribal asylum."
He moves over to his tent.
"I'm gonna' pack my gear and get ready, because I'm the leader of this and you all would still be chasing twig snaps in the woods if it weren't for me."
He begins to pull down his tent and roll it up. He looks over at Nightfall and remembers last nights confrontation. OH YEAH, I'M GONNA GET THAT SON OF A B*TCH THE FIRST CHANCE I GET, he thinks. WE'LL GET THE KID, BUT COME BACK ONE LESS.
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Post by Erik de Maricourt on Feb 1, 2005 0:01:45 GMT -6
"Obviously, Jerry, you've never been to Dunwich. And yes, you ARE a spoiled kid because you think everyone should worship the ground you walk on, because in your feeble mind, you think you are God."
He slings his satchel over his shoulder.
"I'm putting this up for a group vote: I think we should head for Coffin Rock and start our search from there. Anyone else with an idea involving finding the child, and not some personal grudge?"
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vampyr_Jakayle
rock pile disturber
I'm not scared of dying I just don't want to.
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Post by vampyr_Jakayle on Feb 1, 2005 2:45:34 GMT -6
*Walks up to JERRY* Change, change your whole look on life... ACT! YOU THINK THIS IS AN ACT! YOU THINK YOU ARE THE ROCK of this whole camp! your not the rock, your not even the dirt it settles on! *Watches Jerry not paying any attention.* *she opens her mouth, letting out a ear piercing scream. Jerry is pushed back by the noise as the rest of the group seems unharmed. Her scream goes on for five minutes... When it is over the wood is silent, as a child laughing is heard.* Oh no! DOn't move... it's elly... stay silent, I will protect you... *she gathers them together as a black fog appears around the group, a shaddow runs past as the footsteps run into the distance, the fog clears* *Glares at Jerry* I have the power to kill you and to make you stronger, to push you back, or forward. Make your choice or you shall rot.
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Post by Jerry on Feb 1, 2005 15:04:51 GMT -6
"First of all, I don't need anybody to make me stronger. Secondly . . ."
"This is a bunch of sh*t!"
"Whatever, lets just go to Coffin Rock and look for the kid."
He starts walking in the direction of Coffin Rock. He turns around to face them still walking in that direction.
"I don't need a bunch of magic crap to validate myself. I don't believe in magic. There is just a missing kid out here. Little punk needs to have her a*s spanked by her momma and daddy when she gets back home for pulling this."
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Post by Erik de Maricourt on Feb 1, 2005 19:47:18 GMT -6
Nightfall's eyebrow arches.
"Inferiority complex much?" He mumbles under his breath. Before he starts off towards Coffin Rock, he turns to Jakayle.
"You coming?"
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Post by Tweek on Feb 1, 2005 22:18:02 GMT -6
"Time to go. The tracks near the doll lead south, towards Coffin Rock. Hopefully she stayed there. We'll lose her trail if she crossed into the water..."
TWEEK looks down near his feet. Something moves on the ground.
"SNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKE!!!"
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Post by Jerry on Feb 1, 2005 22:31:18 GMT -6
Jerry sees Tweek and the others move back as he pulls a machette out of his pack and walks over to the Copperhead. The blade comes down in a quick slash, making a clean slice through the snake. Its head lay severed from the body. He picks up the body as the blood spurts out of the neck.
"Tasty!!! Damn Tweek you jumped like a girl from that thing. You better put your dolly away for awhile."
He smirks looking at the others.
"We've got dinner tonight!"
He looks at the others who are standing there dumb founded.
"Its just a snake. Come on, we've got our own tracks to make."
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Post by Tweek on Feb 2, 2005 12:35:18 GMT -6
The hike to Coffin Rock was taking much longer than it should have. Maybe they were off course. Maybe all the bickering TWEEK had to listen to during the hike made it seem like a longer trip. They came across several dead animals today. Creatures that had been mutilated. A sick hand was at work here, that's for sure.
TWEEK also noted that they passed no living animals as they walked. Only dead ones. In fact, the forest had no sounds of life at all. Except for the footsteps of the party.
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Post by Erik de Maricourt on Feb 2, 2005 13:50:40 GMT -6
Up in the distance, Nightfall could make out the dim outline of Coffin Rock. He had been there only once before, stumbling across the strange formation while looking for a spot to fish.
Suddenly, he stops. There is a heavy scent in the air.
It is the smell of rotting flesh.
"The child...!" He breaks into a mad dash towards the rock, only to skid to a stop when he reaches it, a look of horror smeared across his face.
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Post by Jerry on Feb 2, 2005 14:40:26 GMT -6
Jerry moves forward to the rock and sees what Nightfall is looking at. The child lays on the ground cut up. Her eyes had been pecked out by crows or buzzards. The stench was awful.
"F*ck!!! What a waste of damn time. I wonder what did this. The body is too mutilated to tell. Are we even sure its her?"
Jerry looks back as the otehrs approach behind them.
"I guess we can toss some lil' girl on the ole bar-b along with the snake . . . You like rotten meat don't you jakayle? This outta' be right up your alley. Witchcraft freak."
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Post by Erik de Maricourt on Feb 2, 2005 19:28:40 GMT -6
Nightfall notices something about the body. It's hands and feet are bound together, and also bound to something else that lays on the other side of the rock.
He cautiously steps forward and looks up over the slight incline at the other side of the rock. His eyes widen.
"It's not her..." He turns back to the others. He is visibly shaking. "It's the other search party..."
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Post by Heather, taking a piss. on Feb 2, 2005 21:11:19 GMT -6
The erie smell of death starts spreading in that creepy site. Fog starts raising from the near river.
Kid's voices can be heard far away, all around the search party, while trees start moving their dark branches, due to the cold wind, which seemed to tell them of an event going to occur. The search party now was trying to figure out what's goingon around them.
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Post by Erik de Maricourt on Feb 2, 2005 21:51:04 GMT -6
Nightfall stumbles back, fighting the urge to vomit.
"My God... th-they've... they've been... Oh God..." He covers his face with his hands, trying in vain to erase the sickening image of the mutilated bodies from his mind.
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Post by Jerry on Feb 2, 2005 21:58:10 GMT -6
"What?! My God man, pull yourself together. It looks like a storm is coming in . . . We've gotta' start back for town. We won't make it today, so lets get as far as we can then build camp."
He looks over at Nightfall, then to Jakayle, then to Tweek. The three stare at the bodies with fear and disgust. He laughs. "Buncha' P*ssies!"
"I'm glad I'm not so damn easily upset. They died because they were stupid. Lets go."
He looks up at the trees that are shaking worse than his comrades.
"Lets get out of here."
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Post by Tweek on Feb 2, 2005 22:23:26 GMT -6
TWEEK's legs give way and he collapses into the creek, getting a face full of muddy water. He knew some of these dead men. They were good people. They did not deserve... this. He gets to his feet in the knee-deep water and motions to the grim remains on the rock.
"These bodies need to be buried properly. Fetch the sheriff and the preacher. And a wagon to carry the dead back to town. I'll stay here and guard the bodies. Whoever did this might come back, and I want a shot at him!"
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Post by Jerry on Feb 2, 2005 22:43:16 GMT -6
"You do realise that you are going to be here for a couple of days?"
He stares at Tweek and frowns.
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Post by Heather, taking a piss. on Feb 2, 2005 23:25:38 GMT -6
The night stood against that brave men, that were still looking at those dead bodies. These has been brutally disemboweled... awfull.
None of them could think about any kind of creature that could do that kind of sick murder.
With nothing more to stay for (except for Tweek's desire to shoot at the murderer), the search party started figuring out their way back home, the one that, for their misfortune, wouldn't be any easy or nice.
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vampyr_Jakayle
rock pile disturber
I'm not scared of dying I just don't want to.
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Post by vampyr_Jakayle on Feb 3, 2005 2:18:56 GMT -6
*looks at disgust at the snake* That is not a good way to the the spirits of the fauna on your side.... WAIT! Don't take those bodies anywhere *mutters some words that the party can't understand* His intentions were never pure *shakes head sadly* I shall take these ones back to town... you keep going.... I will catch up.
:: edited for clarity and to remove an attempted use of resurrection powers by a character ::
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Post by Jerry on Feb 3, 2005 10:33:11 GMT -6
"No, Jakayle we all have to go back to town and get a preacher and some equipment to either bring the bodies back to town or bury them out here."
He looks at the others.
"I told you all this b*tch is wacked out of her mind . . . How the hell does she think she is going to carry all these bodies out of here on her own. She's talking about them like they're still alive."
He walks up to Jakayle and looks down at her.
"Get the hell outta' here psycho. These people are dead, which is what is going to happen to us if we keep listening to this nonsense."
He looks over at Nightfall and points.
"You have encouraged this sh*t. For all we know she's behind what happened to the first party. You know its no coincidence. This wh*re shows up outta' no where last night . . . spouts out a bunch of mumbo jumbo; things go kinda' screwy, fireworks go off, and the first party is dead . . . What are you just gonna' keep going along with her Nightfall until we're dead too? F*ck!"
"I'm not about to get myself or my crew killed over some retard that looks like a cross between an indian's nightmare and an albino on absinthe."
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Post by Tweek on Feb 3, 2005 12:51:07 GMT -6
The butt of TWEEK's rifle meets the back of Jerry's head, cutting short his speech and knocking him to the ground.
"Had about enough of those insults..." he says, walking around the motionless body to admire his handywork. "Leave him here with me. I'll explain things to him when he wakes up. You'd better get moving. It's a long way back to town. Hurry back. I'd hate to have to shoot Jerry..."
An evil smile followed those last words. It was impossible to tell if he was joking or not.
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Post by Erik de Maricourt on Feb 3, 2005 18:13:47 GMT -6
Nightfall looks at TWEEK, a smirk on his face.
"Thank you VERY much, sir."
He turns to the rest of the party. "Alright, you heard the man. Let's go!"
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Post by Heather, taking a piss. on Feb 3, 2005 18:53:07 GMT -6
So the men started walking through that cold woods, and although they were walking by the same path where they arrived, no one was really sure about where they were going.
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Post by Jerry on Feb 3, 2005 22:30:37 GMT -6
Jerry lay on the ground motionless. His head hurt. His body ached. What had happened?
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Post by Tweek on Feb 4, 2005 22:04:40 GMT -6
TWEEK sits atop Coffin Rock next to the rotting bodies, his rifle across his knees. He looks over as Jerry stirs.
"Ah. You're awake. Good. Quite a nasty spill you took there..."
With his best poker face on, he hops down from the rock and helps Jerry to his feet. "Don't you remember? You slipped and banged your head on a big rock. We thought you were dead at first. The others went on back to town. I thought it would be dangerous to move you so I stayed here..."
TWEEK scans Jerry's face for any sign that his lie was detected. The corpses are beginning to attract flies. The buzzing is quite loud.
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