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Okay.
[ she bites her lip and hugs herself, but falls silent. ]
[ she bites her lip and hugs herself, but falls silent. ]
....
[Rider goes over and kneels down to be more level with her. Reaching out to touch her shoulders.] It'll be okay. I'm not gonna force you to do anything you don't want to.
[Rider goes over and kneels down to be more level with her. Reaching out to touch her shoulders.] It'll be okay. I'm not gonna force you to do anything you don't want to.
[ she shakes her head ]
I know, but... it's dangerous. Maybe you could just stay out here. And-- and not go in?
I know, but... it's dangerous. Maybe you could just stay out here. And-- and not go in?
....I can't promise that. It depends what else is in this room.
The way to Babylon.
[ Karen shivers, but takes a deep breath and forces a smile. ]
I'll be okay.
[ Karen shivers, but takes a deep breath and forces a smile. ]
I'll be okay.
You'll see, if you go.
...you need to take a candle. It's the only way to get there. And don't let it go, not for anything!
...you need to take a candle. It's the only way to get there. And don't let it go, not for anything!
Edited 2015-02-27 06:22 (UTC)
[Wait.]
[Waaaaait a minute, he's seen something like this, hasn't he?At least the mun remembers that, GOD DAMN GAME OF IC OR OOC STALKING.]
...I won't.
[Waaaaait a minute, he's seen something like this, hasn't he?
...I won't.
[ HE TOTALLY SAW IT IN A DREAM HE HAD. Or rather, in a dream Lucky had, that he wandered into. ]
[ Karen nods. ]
Good. If you go... if you follow the road to Babylon, I will wait for you here.
[ Karen nods. ]
Good. If you go... if you follow the road to Babylon, I will wait for you here.
[Ah, yes, that's right.]
[He nods.] Got it. I just want to take a look around first. [Like that file cabinet.]
[He nods.] Got it. I just want to take a look around first. [Like that file cabinet.]
[ The drawer comes off in your hand. It's not even really a drawer, just a panel placed in front of an open space. ]
[ They're real, but there's nothing in them. The room doesn't seem to be quite real, honestly, except for the corkboard. And even that... ]
[Corkboard it is then. Let's see if we can make anything out. Also touching.]
[ touching does nothing. The photos are all pretty blurry, impossible to really make out the features of most of the people photographed. Somehow, though, you can tell they're all teenagers and kids barely past being teenagers.
One is of Dare and a boy a couple years older who can't be anything but her brother. And there are a few of Lucky with various blurry people, but Lucky when she looked... well, younger than Rider, at this point - she looks closer to the age Rider was when she met him. ]
One is of Dare and a boy a couple years older who can't be anything but her brother. And there are a few of Lucky with various blurry people, but Lucky when she looked... well, younger than Rider, at this point - she looks closer to the age Rider was when she met him. ]
Some of them. They're Devin's kids. He liked to have pictures of them.
[ Karen shakes her head ]
To remember all of them? To make them think he cared about them?
He never told her, I don't think.
To remember all of them? To make them think he cared about them?
He never told her, I don't think.
Ah.
[not sure if these are good or bad pictures. So....I guess. I am moving to the candles.] Do I need to keep it lit, and does it have to be in my hands, or just on my person in general?
[Because important to know the details.]
[not sure if these are good or bad pictures. So....I guess. I am moving to the candles.] Do I need to keep it lit, and does it have to be in my hands, or just on my person in general?
[Because important to know the details.]
[ They're... both, in a way. Something that is, in one world, for better or worse. ]
It will burn. Don't put it down. The light is what keeps you safe. Don't let it go out.
It will burn. Don't put it down. The light is what keeps you safe. Don't let it go out.
So definitely need the fire. [Digging through his pockets.] And needs to be in the hands?
Pick it up. Pick it up and don't put it down.
Right.
[And pulling out a handheld device for flint and steel. Because fire is your friend, all right.]
Be safe yourself, okay Karen?
[And picking up a candle.]
[And pulling out a handheld device for flint and steel. Because fire is your friend, all right.]
Be safe yourself, okay Karen?
[And picking up a candle.]
Yes.
[ The flint device proves unnecessary, as your candle lights itself when you pick it up. It smells like sea water, blood, and candle wax. ]
[ The flint device proves unnecessary, as your candle lights itself when you pick it up. It smells like sea water, blood, and candle wax. ]
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