hotel: harrow

[shaft]

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[outsidebones]

I would be glad to lead you.

[this is such a calm fall to their death, she folds her arms across her chest, curling up slightly.]

Ahem. The Tomb I will serve till the end of my days, and then see me buried in two hundred graves. Amen.

[shaft]

[ well, he's not going to make a scene in front of a stranger.

He does crane his neck, trying to see if there's... anything. ]

Oh, that's rather short. When you said ritual, I was envisioning a whole speech.

[outsidebones]

I could go longer, but it seems the best prayer for imminent death by falling. Since we likely will shatter into two hundred pieces.

[she doesn't look, but they do seem to still be falling.]

[shaft]

Two hundred...

[ He groans, rubbing his face. ]

If I don't have a heart attack before then. The longer this goes, the more the anticipation is killing me.

[outsidebones]

Oh, don't worry. At this speed, our death will be instantaneous. You really only have to worry about short falls.

[shaft]

Ah. Well. Thank you for that.

Have you slipped straight from denial to acceptance, or are you just exceptionally good at hiding your feelings?

[outsidebones]

[she examines her fingernails.]

I don't think they did all the effort of bringing us here for entertainment just to let us die by falling down a hole. Do you?

Of course, I could be wrong, but I have little control over the situation regardless. Let's see what happens.

[shaft]

I suppose you have a point.

That said, they could still "kill" us over and over again, without letting us actually die. I imagine it'll still hurt like hell.

[outsidebones]

A little bit of pain doesn't particularly frighten me, I am not a child.

[shaft]

I wouldn't call "shattering into a hundred pieces" a "little bit" of pain.

[outsidebones]

Have you done it before?

[shaft]

Well, no.

[outsidebones]

Neither have I, but I have a strong grasp on anatomy. My verdict is, too instantaneous to be painful. Though it is highly possible they will find a way.

[shaft]

For a second I thought you were going to be reassuring.

[outsidebones]

I try never to --

[splat. they black out and wake up a few minutes later on the ground outside. ow.]

[shaft]

[ WELL THAT DID SUCK thanks harrow for your lack of reassurances

Claude comes to in the hall with a start, groaning when an ache spikes through his body. ]

... Could've been worse, I guess.