MISSION 2.A

[adsum]

Participants: Shin, Sidney, Hajun, Atsushi
Location: Fourth Floor
Date: 08/08 - 08/14

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[adsum]

[ Shin writing Hajun off for dead...

The mirror is unbroken when Shin reaches that window, angled in such a way that it doesn't show his reflection at all, but rather, the woods surrounding the house, the break in the trees where a pond can be seen, water so still it's like seeing a snapshot of the sky and the trees turned on their heads. ]

[wolfetracks]

( great googly moogly i was at the beach for a day and everything is even more on fire what the fuck-


when the sound of breaking and entering happens, sidney swears under his breath. it's hard to keep track of everything going on, even in a small house like this- he doesn't know where hajun is, beyond 'searching for a mirror', and when shin bursts through the door to flee, he's torn-

does he follow shin? or does he try to find hajun?

this sort of dilemma- he thought he was done with it, after so long in the manor. fuck. it never gets easier, does it? so how can he do this and get everyone out alive?

fuck it! the gun is also his now. and he's going to make a rather loud declaration: )

Both of you, find a mirror. I'll try to get to you, but focus on escaping.

( time to also play deadly musical chairs- but is he making a point to try and draw attention past the hallway? yes. yes he is. it is also distraction time. )

[adsum]

[ The scratching stops at the sound of Sidney's voice, heads turning towards the end of the hall but still others look back towards the bedroom where they can see their intended prey lingering by that window, black wisps of fur caught on the jagged edges of broken glass it had smashed through but there is no trace of blood. The mirror in that room continues to reflect the pond, the reflection darkening as if in response to their predicament. But instead of storm clouds gathering overhead, the sky itself remains clear— it's the water that muddies, strips of brown like planks of wood underneath the surface. ]

[rhymed]

[ Hajun holds his breath for a mere moment, concentrating purely on the sound of nails scratching against wood to know where not to go -- and so he goes into the parent's bedroom and swiftly closes the door behind him. A mirror, he's looking for a mirror...

And if not a window, then, to at least find a means of escaping. ]

[notsosou]

[Everyone dying one by one seems to be a bit of a concerning trend! That's overtuned pattern recognition for ya.

He spots the wolf spotting him, ducking down behind the window, and while the pond didn't register as something viable before, it does now, in it's odd reflection and closing of the mirror itself as an option with that thing watching.

He's going to make a run for it!]

[adsum]

[ Hajun enters the bedroom, door clicking shut and while there is no mirror in the room itself that he can see, there's the connected bathroom with the mirror above the sink. He looks at his reflection and his reflection stares back, just as haggard as he'd expect himself to be, but when he reaches out to touch the mirror, he is met with nothing more than cold glass, and the sound of snarls and snapping jaws that is the wolf finding Sidney.

Outside, Shin breaks for the pond, and the moment he touches the water's surface he is gone without a trace, nary a ripple to be seen on the water's surface. ]

me struggling not to type wolfe instead of wolf like a dingus-

[wolfetracks]

( sidney's not even mad honestly, the others' escape is what he wants- but while he's luring the wolf away, he spots shin's mad dash for the pond and then, when he expects a splash and almost curses at the idea of that drawing the wolf's attention again, there's... nothing.

okay.

okay! here's hoping he can keep the beast distracted long enough, but that shouldn't be a problem because he's about to yell as loud as he can, again. )

HAJUN! OUTSIDE, THE POND! I'LL KEEP IT BUSY!

( it's fine. he's got an axe and will use either as needed while trying to keep both the wolf's focus and some good distance- if it gets too close, it gets the axe. if it's farther away, he's aiming the gun instead, axe tucked under his arm. it's fine. he's fine. he just needs the younger men out first- )

[rhymed]

[ This is some shit and he hates everybody here --

He slams a fist to the mirror when he realizes that it does no good, and then he catches Sidney's voice calling for him. Making a break for it he runs out of the room, knife still in hand and carefully running past rooms; cautious, because the second he sees a shadow a bit too large and snarling, the sound of snapping jaws, he's ready to at least defend himself.

To Sidney and the wolf, he's getting to the front door and running to that pond as quickly as his legs will take him. ]

Come on!

[ If Sidney dies like this he'll be even more pissed... goddamn. ]

[wolfetracks]

( sidney is keeping himself between hajun and the wolf, because of course he is- he's an identity v oc and specifically designed to be a rescuer, body blocking is a legit strat and he's a bit more armed anyways. but he is following, in his own way, just- keeping his eyes on the wolf instead. )

cw disarming

[adsum]

[ He's armed... too armed. He could stand to spare one of them—-

Backed into the living room with nothing in between them, the wolf is a blur that rushes at Sidney in a straight shot, a crunch and a snap and the sound of tearing flesh and splintering bone, the sight of the wolf playing tug-a-war with itself, one head with its fangs sunk into the hand that once held the weapon, another with jaws clamped down on the elbow once attached to Sidney's arm, a third turning back to the man and eyeing his other. ]

IM FUCKING CRYING O R I but yeah cw disarming, violence, uhhhh is this dissociation? it might be

[wolfetracks]

( this isn't the first time sidney's been hurt so badly- that the manor returned him whole and alive is a miracle of sorts. but the sound that escapes him this time is almost inhuman in the pain and rage- what thinks it's worthy of hurting him like this, after all he's endured?

but here's the thing: dying and breaking and dying more again and again and again does something to you. it rewires the mind on some level- if you die, you crawl back to life regardless of how it happened. if you lose a limb, you either put it back or you make whatever took it choke on it. if it hurts you, go down swinging.

so as the arm tears, he grits his teeth and with a rush of strength fueled by spite and the will to live, he's going to swing the axe directly into one of the heads with the arm still attached. keep going, keep fighting, keep running don't stop moving don't stop breathing, don't stop-

he knows he's moving but where? the- the pond. right- the pond. the trees and grass and sky all blur together on some level and he's not sure what's happening anymore aside from the urge to live. )

[adsum]

[ And live they do, leaving the wolf behind them and throwing themselves into the unknown. ]