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behappyhere2014-11-21 12:04 am
warriorscribe) wrote in behappyhere2014-11-21 12:04 am
Backdated to Halloween
Enoch had been wondering about some of the people he hadn't caught up with yet. Now that the garden was more or less finished and only needed occasional attention from him, he was left with very little to do to distance himself from the impact of everything that had happened.
So it was a world-hopping excursion for him. He was looking for a certain little girl he'd befriended in Animus, but with the doors not always reliable, he was bound to end up in all sorts of worlds.
Unfortunately, because it was the sort of world said little girl lived on, said worlds tended to be modern Earth or similar more often than not. And it was a certain time of year known for candy, pumpkins, and Ruana's sadistic control.
The trappings were enough to make him nervous and jumpy, at best, regarding the costumed children carrying pumpkin buckets with wide-eyed suspicion and almost dread, earning odd looks from their parents and older siblings. More than one party was escorted away from the "crazy man".
At worst, children comparing candy hauls set off brief flashbacks, bits of the horrid past year, that moment of being bound to a metal table in unimaginable pain and panic, screaming until he was physically incapable. At worst, in the middle of an innocuous holiday, Enoch fell to his knees and curled in on himself protectively, fingers clutching tight at his arms to remind himself he still had his skin.
It's a wonder he didn't stop looking. But then, when has anything really stopped him? He can be found in various worlds, even if they aren't modern Earth. The ones that aren't currently celebrating Halloween are a nice breather, which is why he even sticks around there in the first place despite them not being what he's looking for. He may even want to catch up with old Tower-mates while he's at it, or maybe this time he'll find a familiar face from before Animus. (Though, he may even be unfortunate enough to land himself in Halloween Town...). Because of this, this is open to Meridian players as well.
So it was a world-hopping excursion for him. He was looking for a certain little girl he'd befriended in Animus, but with the doors not always reliable, he was bound to end up in all sorts of worlds.
Unfortunately, because it was the sort of world said little girl lived on, said worlds tended to be modern Earth or similar more often than not. And it was a certain time of year known for candy, pumpkins, and Ruana's sadistic control.
The trappings were enough to make him nervous and jumpy, at best, regarding the costumed children carrying pumpkin buckets with wide-eyed suspicion and almost dread, earning odd looks from their parents and older siblings. More than one party was escorted away from the "crazy man".
At worst, children comparing candy hauls set off brief flashbacks, bits of the horrid past year, that moment of being bound to a metal table in unimaginable pain and panic, screaming until he was physically incapable. At worst, in the middle of an innocuous holiday, Enoch fell to his knees and curled in on himself protectively, fingers clutching tight at his arms to remind himself he still had his skin.
It's a wonder he didn't stop looking. But then, when has anything really stopped him? He can be found in various worlds, even if they aren't modern Earth. The ones that aren't currently celebrating Halloween are a nice breather, which is why he even sticks around there in the first place despite them not being what he's looking for. He may even want to catch up with old Tower-mates while he's at it, or maybe this time he'll find a familiar face from before Animus. (Though, he may even be unfortunate enough to land himself in Halloween Town...). Because of this, this is open to Meridian players as well.