[ Oh stars, maybe Siffrin should've done that huh. Because on one hand at least Yves seems okay! That's good! But another, they do realize that the higher up concentration is wavering without them there to help guide it. Oh blind everything-
Okay, can he manipulate some of the vines closer at the bottom end to be long enough and sturdy for his weight to POTENTIALLY CLIMB BACK UP? Hi, good to see you friend, but time to rescramble back up to try and help their friends before the bad y'know messes them up and fix their idiotic mistakes. He'll offer a quick whistle to Chainsaw, to hopefully help Marcoh and Jiaoqiu. Give them an extra eye for whatever they're dealing with up there.
Why is Siffrin always messing things up AARRRRGGGH. IT'S FINE. IT'S FINE. Try to keep their control, deep breaths, they can help try to slow things down at least maybe?? ]
[ WHATEVER THE BUZZING NOISE IS PROBABLY WASN'T GOOD he wasn't just gonna leave you to the bees!!! ]
This is ridiculous --
[ he's so ANNOYED by the shadows. but it doesn't matter now because what jiaoqiu is going to do is try and lead the horrible shadows away from marcoh. whatever he can do to get their attention, he will, because if they can just make it away from the shadows to like - the water? that's where he's going. theoretically he should jump in the pit or something but he's not going to do that because he likes his legs unbroken. he knows the forest wants them to go down there but he needs to not be eaten, first.
so - if the shadows are coming after them, he's going to lead the shadows off to get splashed on. it worked before! he only has so many things he can do!! ]
[ okay. siffrin is able to create some vines to stepladder their way up, but it's going to take some time to reach. it's not out of range, but it will be slightly slower than it was growing on the way down. poor yves is stuck, though the ground does rumble a bit around all four of them. fun!
the swarm starts to head straight for marcoh, but jiaoqiu distracts them just enough to begin leading them back toward the mountain pool. you know the forest. cabeswater knows your goal and the roots of the trees begin to part, a canopy clearing opening to pour in some light, but they're still gaining little by little.
marcoh, you have an option of waiting for siffrin or chasing jiaoqiu. siffrin, you have a choice of continuing to climb or wait with yves. jiaoqiu, you have a choice of trying to reach the pool, or breaking off into a separate clearing of trees to throw the shadows off the path. chainsaw soars overhead, but the shadows begin to follow her, too, some coating a wing and causing her to struggle. she's a fighter though, and she's doing her best to keep up with jiaoqiu and beat them back. ]
[ Well he did yank the rope up, so upon seeing no Siffrin at the end of it, he just curses a little under his breath. UNKNOWING THAT SIFFRIN IS COMING UP AS THEY WAIT, he has no choice but to go, right?? ]
Jiaoqiu! Don't run off on your own!
[ WE'RE GETTING SEPARATED ALREADY NOOO. He's quickly wrapping up the rope and grabbing his flashlight instead, beaming it at the shadows like maybe it'll do ANYTHING as he gets going to chase after both Jiaoqiu and Chainsaw. Wherever it is they're going, surely it's much safer to not be alone? ]
[ Oh ground rumbling is bad, so bad. But there's only so much Siffrin can focus on in this moment! Sorry Yves, who is juggling meetings mentally the ghost service is so busy right now stay strong Yves!!! But after sending Chainsaw to help the Jiaoqiu and Marcoh both, which hopefully was a sign enough for them.
But it's fine! Everything is fine! Making use of the vines, before the foot and handholds next, climbing their way back up to try and manipulate the area closer to themselves to be more calmer, more of the forest they know. They're asking a lot, they know, but try to keep their friends safe, old friend.
Otherwise yeah, Siffrin is going to keep climbing, as they should've done BEFORE. Need to make the opening, the way down safer for them together, work and manipulate what they can to make this easier. C'mon Siffrin, you need to. ]
[ as i said in chat jiaoqiu and i both will die for this bird, so it's fine.
in any case, jiaoqiu ignores marcoh entirely as he takes off, because the whole plan is to make sure his friends don't die or get hurt. he doesn't care as much about his own wellbeing. as chainsaw flies closer, he sees the shadows try to grab at her, and he whistles, sharp, to get her attention. she isn't his bird, but he offers his arms out to her anyway - come here, he'll protect you, it's okay.
he's not really made for running, but he does his best. as much as i really want to go into that separate clearing of trees, jiaoqiu is responsible, and he thinks the pool will help. water, right? water has to be handy here, like it was in the bathroom. guide him, trees. just keep the shadows away from his friends. ]
[ siffrin climbs, falling behind the shadows that are pursuing the other two but just enough that they're able to yeet over onto the topside with a little roll of the earth beneath their hands, almost as if the forest is rebelling. usually your control is better. usually the forest listens. but something is happening, and you don't know what, or why.
it gives you time to run to catch up with your friends, yves still at the bottom and jiaoqiu in the lead with marcoh on his heels.
the water, the water, get to the water. the shadows persist and they buzz loudly, angrily, in your ears and under your skin, and even as you reach the pool the water looks just as tranquil as ever, as if it isn't impacted by the shaking of the forest. the light from marcoh's flashlight casts a glow over the shadows, and it's then the three of you nearby see the furious fluttering of insect wings and the sharp pinprick of stingers jutting out. chainsaw dives over to jiaoqiu once she sees siffrin is following, and the three of you make it to the pool just in time. the shadows crowd around you, herding you into the water, but even if you try to scoop it up with your hands, even if you try to cast it over the shadows, it slips right through your fingers.
and so you, too, begin to slip. the pool is shallow, only up to your ankles at most, but you begin to sink...
and sink...
and sink...
around you, as the insects begin to land on your skin, some of them turn into vines thanks to siffrin's desire to keep friends safe. some of them break against marcoh's skin, something fortifying him from harm. some of them burst into droplets thanks to jiaoqiu's thinking, but it isn't enough.
as the water slips over your head and fills your mouths, all three of you hear the trees whisper again.
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Okay, can he manipulate some of the vines closer at the bottom end to be long enough and sturdy for his weight to POTENTIALLY CLIMB BACK UP? Hi, good to see you friend, but time to rescramble back up to try and help their friends before the bad y'know messes them up and fix their idiotic mistakes. He'll offer a quick whistle to Chainsaw, to hopefully help Marcoh and Jiaoqiu. Give them an extra eye for whatever they're dealing with up there.
Why is Siffrin always messing things up AARRRRGGGH. IT'S FINE. IT'S FINE. Try to keep their control, deep breaths, they can help try to slow things down at least maybe?? ]
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This is ridiculous --
[ he's so ANNOYED by the shadows. but it doesn't matter now because what jiaoqiu is going to do is try and lead the horrible shadows away from marcoh. whatever he can do to get their attention, he will, because if they can just make it away from the shadows to like - the water? that's where he's going. theoretically he should jump in the pit or something but he's not going to do that because he likes his legs unbroken. he knows the forest wants them to go down there but he needs to not be eaten, first.
so - if the shadows are coming after them, he's going to lead the shadows off to get splashed on. it worked before! he only has so many things he can do!! ]
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STAND HERE IN THE PIT I GUESS??? HE CAN'T TELEPORT BACK UP
I JSUT GOT STUCK IN SO MANY MEETINGS YEETS THIS IN BEFORE I HOLD US UP ANY LONGER ]
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the swarm starts to head straight for marcoh, but jiaoqiu distracts them just enough to begin leading them back toward the mountain pool. you know the forest. cabeswater knows your goal and the roots of the trees begin to part, a canopy clearing opening to pour in some light, but they're still gaining little by little.
marcoh, you have an option of waiting for siffrin or chasing jiaoqiu. siffrin, you have a choice of continuing to climb or wait with yves. jiaoqiu, you have a choice of trying to reach the pool, or breaking off into a separate clearing of trees to throw the shadows off the path. chainsaw soars overhead, but the shadows begin to follow her, too, some coating a wing and causing her to struggle. she's a fighter though, and she's doing her best to keep up with jiaoqiu and beat them back. ]
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Jiaoqiu! Don't run off on your own!
[ WE'RE GETTING SEPARATED ALREADY NOOO. He's quickly wrapping up the rope and grabbing his flashlight instead, beaming it at the shadows like maybe it'll do ANYTHING as he gets going to chase after both Jiaoqiu and Chainsaw. Wherever it is they're going, surely it's much safer to not be alone? ]
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But it's fine! Everything is fine! Making use of the vines, before the foot and handholds next, climbing their way back up to try and manipulate the area closer to themselves to be more calmer, more of the forest they know. They're asking a lot, they know, but try to keep their friends safe, old friend.
Otherwise yeah, Siffrin is going to keep climbing, as they should've done BEFORE. Need to make the opening, the way down safer for them together, work and manipulate what they can to make this easier. C'mon Siffrin, you need to. ]
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in any case, jiaoqiu ignores marcoh entirely as he takes off, because the whole plan is to make sure his friends don't die or get hurt. he doesn't care as much about his own wellbeing. as chainsaw flies closer, he sees the shadows try to grab at her, and he whistles, sharp, to get her attention. she isn't his bird, but he offers his arms out to her anyway - come here, he'll protect you, it's okay.
he's not really made for running, but he does his best. as much as i really want to go into that separate clearing of trees, jiaoqiu is responsible, and he thinks the pool will help. water, right? water has to be handy here, like it was in the bathroom. guide him, trees. just keep the shadows away from his friends. ]
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it gives you time to run to catch up with your friends, yves still at the bottom and jiaoqiu in the lead with marcoh on his heels.
the water, the water, get to the water. the shadows persist and they buzz loudly, angrily, in your ears and under your skin, and even as you reach the pool the water looks just as tranquil as ever, as if it isn't impacted by the shaking of the forest. the light from marcoh's flashlight casts a glow over the shadows, and it's then the three of you nearby see the furious fluttering of insect wings and the sharp pinprick of stingers jutting out. chainsaw dives over to jiaoqiu once she sees siffrin is following, and the three of you make it to the pool just in time. the shadows crowd around you, herding you into the water, but even if you try to scoop it up with your hands, even if you try to cast it over the shadows, it slips right through your fingers.
and so you, too, begin to slip. the pool is shallow, only up to your ankles at most, but you begin to sink...
and sink...
and sink...
around you, as the insects begin to land on your skin, some of them turn into vines thanks to siffrin's desire to keep friends safe. some of them break against marcoh's skin, something fortifying him from harm. some of them burst into droplets thanks to jiaoqiu's thinking, but it isn't enough.
as the water slips over your head and fills your mouths, all three of you hear the trees whisper again.
"Make way for the Raven King."
and you fall through the dark. ]
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Well thank god he's (insert ROCK HARD joke from 4 years ago) but it's not saving him from the water. ]
Siffrin -- Jiaoqiu!
[ YVES! He's there in spirit somewhere, literally. Marcoh reaches for both of them but drowns I guess. ]
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No thoughts as the water fills, sinking and sinking and
sinking onwards with their hand just barely brushing against someone and nothing. rip the gay warehouse gang :(]
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he claws at siffrin and marcoh to try and help, or get out, or something, anything --
but they all sink down here. ): ]