01 Let The Tour Begin

[kingroadie]

[ WHO ]: Eddie Riggs and you!
[ WHERE ]: Wandering the streets.
[ WHEN ]: Daylight hours, Sept 12th.
[ OPEN/CLOSED? ]: Open!
[ RATING ]: (G, PG, etc.) PG-13?
[ WARNINGS ]: Eddie's foul language and poor life choices.
[ NOTES ]: Eddie decides its time to really poke around this haunted town, this could end poorly.


Even if the urge tugged at the back of his mind, Eddie stayed earth bound. He wanted to fly up and peer at everything, but Mika's warning rattled around his head enough to keep him here. Old worn out sneakers beating a path across the less decrepit ground.

He has his axe already in hand, listening to the quietness as he walked through the fog. It was hard not to be on the defensive with what he had seen and what he heard from people already. Nothing was a comforting sound or sight about now.

"Another normal day, wanderin' round in hell town, enjoyin' the sights, the people- you know, havin' a grand ole time," He mumbled lowly to himself as he walked, feeling strange at the stillness that came with the town's atmosphere.

He missed the life he had grown used to. Even in the Doom territory it wasn't this dead. There was always something going on. Usually he would have been called a poser by now and attacked with a shovel. Those were the days. When he didn't have to worry about going it alone in a strange place. He had Ironheade to back him, even then, zombies weren't generally- scary, as much as they were a pain in the neck.

Eddie wasn't sure if he could get used to it, not that he had a choice in the matter really. He was here and he was gonna poke around to see if he could maybe scrounge up supplies or just figure out this place.

Comments

[kingroadie]

Eddie has to marvel at how such a meaty creature can move so fluidly and well in this place. What he saw of the ghosts so far hadn't led him to really thinking they could be this odd mix of graceful and disgusting.

The fit is tight, almost tight enough to make Eddie reconsider following whatever this was, but he drops the thought as soon as it hits him. He's come this far, leaving now would just be a waste of time.

Eddie keeps a solid distance, though he has to squint to see what the monster is doing. He for sure knows he doesn't want to get caught within reach of the damn thing. So he ducks behind a downed rusty gurney outside in the hallway leading to the morgue. Not the perfect place, but he can see well enough there.

[backinthehabit]

The monster doesn't notice him. It gets closer to the corpse still on the slab until it is leaning down over it. The huge mouth on its middle opens wide and a tongue slithers out. The end of the tongue is shaped like a grotesque, slimy hand. This grabs the cadaver and begins to drag it back into the monster's mouth.

A midnight snack, then.

[kingroadie]

Eddie isn't even sure what he was expecting to be honest. The slimy meat monster eating the body was vaguely on the list, but the sudden huge mouth and hand tongue makes the roadie's stomach do an uncomfortable sort of flip. He very firmly pressing him back against the wall behind the downed gurney.

'Holy fuckin' shit,' Runs through his mind as he stays still. In his freaked out state, he's likely to have made some faint noise. He is a big guy after all.

[backinthehabit]

There at least isn't a sound of chewing, or any crunching of bones. It's like the monster just swallows the corpse deep inside of it and... well, absorbs it. Its form ripples for a moment, and then it looks in Eddie's direction.

Assuming it may be a resident coming down the hall, Double makes a mistake. She transforms back into her nun form.

The monster seems to be swallowed up by a larger mouth until it reveals a skirt, hips, torso, head, and then the sweet face of the nun. Double smiles and looks suitably chagrined.

"Is someone there?"

[kingroadie]

The change is enough to make Eddie's mouth go dry. Pressing more tightly against the wall behind the gurney as he realizes he has run into another monster nun. 'The fuck is my life with all these fuckin' monster nuns?'

He sure isn't moving anywhere now. He's hoping the sound is played off as a rat or just ghosts moving around the hallway outside of the morgue itself. Eddie doesn't want to see what would happen if he showed off the fact he knew what Double actually is.

[backinthehabit]

She waits for some time, and then her eyes open to reveal that they are very red, and very shiny. They glow in the dim light.

"Is someone there?" She repeats. Her voice retains a slight echoing quality.

[kingroadie]

Eddie isn't sure what the red eyes mean, but he isn't about to attract their attention. He plucks up a piece of debris, brushing his calloused fingers over it before flicking it in the opposite direction of where he is now.

Whether or not it works, depends on whether Double actually goes to investigate the sound herself. The roadie isn't sure if revealing he knows is a wise idea or not. He would rather not risk it.

[backinthehabit]

[At once she flows into her monstrous shape and speeds in the direction of the thrown debris. Congratulations Eddie! Your plan succeeded.]