«We Could Be Legends»

[Amer]

Bleddyn really didn't want to move. Further, she probably couldn't.
This time, she knew what was coming.
In fact, she anticipated becoming the next casualty of herself.
Surely that would be appropriate vengeance for taking her the lives of her father and all the others jarringly absent.
The accumulative pressure from before nearly achieving its full dictatorial control once again, she faced Wolfram silently as the racing cracks met up and merged with the fresh scars. "You'd better run," she said simply just before the telltale rumbling rose to herald the ground's repeated cleaving.

Brisa nodded excitedly, staring down into the earth. “I can see them through the ground!” She exclaimed, giving a hop of joy that broke her concentration, and she looked back up at the non-skeletal version of the group. “We need to get them air.” She knelt down and shouted down the crack. “Can anyone hear me?”

Sherri was undecided, choosing between the more appealing option, screaming her head off, and of course conserving her oxygen. She glanced at the pale, unconscious pixie. If she hadn't tried to help Sherri, then she would be fine, with plentiful oxygen, all being released by that golden orb.
She did this for her. Sherri had to return the favor.
And so Sherri opened her jaws, prepared to unleash an earsplitting yowl.
That's when the earth began to crumble. Air seeped in through the cracks, and the low ceiling sunk farther.
And after a second's delay, Sherri delivered. 'HELP!'

 

[FrankieDoodle]

Indigo squinted against the glare before sharing in Toby's enthusiasm. "They're in there! But how do we..." She looked around, at each and every inhuman standing around them. "Is there anyone here who can save them?"

Brisa nodded excitedly, staring down into the earth. “I can see them through the ground!” She exclaimed, giving a hop of joy that broke her concentration, and she looked back up at the non-skeletal version of the group. “We need to get them air.” She knelt down and shouted down the crack. “Can anyone hear me?”

Bleddyn really didn't want to move. Further, she probably couldn't.
This time, she knew what was coming.
In fact, she anticipated becoming the next casualty of herself.
Surely that would be appropriate vengeance for taking her the lives of her father and all the others jarringly absent.
The accumulative pressure from before nearly achieving its full dictatorial control once again, she faced Wolfram silently as the racing cracks met up and merged with the fresh scars. "You'd better run," she said simply just before the telltale rumbling rose to herald the ground's repeated cleaving.

Toby moved backwards, one hand pulling Alpha back by his collar, and the other hand pulling the closest person away from the hole, which just so happened to be Indigo. He quickly let go of her sleeve and stared at the giant hole where they once stood. His arm burned from pulling her back and he winced. "So... does anyone have a rope or ladder?" Toby asked.

 

[Cluckcluck1215]

Bleddyn really didn't want to move. Further, she probably couldn't.
This time, she knew what was coming.
In fact, she anticipated becoming the next casualty of herself.
Surely that would be appropriate vengeance for taking her the lives of her father and all the others jarringly absent.
The accumulative pressure from before nearly achieving its full dictatorial control once again, she faced Wolfram silently as the racing cracks met up and merged with the fresh scars. "You'd better run," she said simply just before the telltale rumbling rose to herald the ground's repeated cleaving.

Wolfram stared in horror at the ground beneath his feet. He heard Bleddyn's words, but somehow he couldn't move. His feet were rooted to the ground.
He stared at her, and shook his head. "Bleddyn, please," the ground rumbled, and he knew any moment it might open up, that he might fall to his own death. But he wouldn't, no, couldn't move without knowing her safety as well. "No, no, I won't. I won't run." The ground snarled, the amount of noise it made at the earth split made his ears ache. He outstretched his trembling hand to her. "Not without you. Come on, Bleddyn, please!"

 

[RiverStorm]

Bleddyn really didn't want to move. Further, she probably couldn't.
This time, she knew what was coming.
In fact, she anticipated becoming the next casualty of herself.
Surely that would be appropriate vengeance for taking her the lives of her father and all the others jarringly absent.
The accumulative pressure from before nearly achieving its full dictatorial control once again, she faced Wolfram silently as the racing cracks met up and merged with the fresh scars. "You'd better run," she said simply just before the telltale rumbling rose to herald the ground's repeated cleaving.

"Kid," River growled, the sudden intensity of her voice startling. "get up. Your mother just lost her husband, she's not gonna lose her daughter, too." She clambered to her feet, dragging herself over to Bleddyn, and offering her hand to help her up. "We all need you, so come on."

Lachlan, Finlay, and Camilla had all came up close at some point, remaining quiet, but now Lachlan was dragging his brother and cousin back away from the rumbling ground. C'mon Mom, get her away from that.

 

[Amer]

Toby moved backwards, one hand pulling Alpha back by his collar, and the other hand pulling the closest person away from the hole, which just so happened to be Indigo. He quickly let go of her sleeve and stared at the giant hole where they once stood. His arm burned from pulling her back and he winced. "So... does anyone have a rope or ladder?" Toby asked.

They're alive! Now who's going to get them out?
Indigo was looking for answers in all the wrong places when a huge, cavernous mouth opened in the earth, answering with its prime objective to consume as much as possible. Oh. I forgot to ask who caused this whole earth-upheaval thing in the first place.
That would have been her thought, anyway, if she wasn't caught up in the immediate threat of freefall to sudden death. Or pain. It wasn't as far down as her spur-of-the-moment brain made it to be.
The moment Indigo felt the ground drop away beneath her, panic blinded her. Indigo was too scared to scream. All she could do was reach for some kind of purchase. I'm falling.
But before her descent ever even passed the crumbling layer of topsoil, a hand clutched her collar and pulled her away from the gaping chasm.
Naturally, instincts took over. Indigo grabbed her saviour around the waist and squeezed. "Thank you," she breathed.
When she looked at her rather short hero, she realized it was Toby.
"Oh," her suffocating grip on him relaxed a bit, and she blushed.
She dropped her arms as she realized everyone else was upset.
"Who's down there?" she asked, pursing her lips and frowning into the hole. Bleddyn.
~
There was a hole. Beside her. With Bleddyn at the bottom. All Sherri had to do was get there. But she couldn't leave the other girl behind. The other girl. Sherri didn't even know her name. She didn't deserve to be known as "the pixie." She was the hero.
Sherri decided to first clear her head with the sweet air, and meow a little. 'Bleddyn,' she said.
As she slithered out of the cramped pancake cave, Sherri shifted into human form. She found herself a crumpled, bleeding, battered mess, but that didn't matter right now. "There's another girl down there. We have to save her. I owe it to her."

 

[FrankieDoodle]

They're alive! Now who's going to get them out?
Indigo was looking for answers in all the wrong places when a huge, cavernous mouth opened in the earth, answering with its prime objective to consume as much as possible. Oh. I forgot to ask who caused this whole earth-upheaval thing in the first place.
That would have been her thought, anyway, if she wasn't caught up in the immediate threat of freefall to sudden death. Or pain. It wasn't as far down as her spur-of-the-moment brain made it to be.
The moment Indigo felt the ground drop away beneath her, panic blinded her. Indigo was too scared to scream. All she could do was reach for some kind of purchase. I'm falling.
But before her descent ever even passed the crumbling layer of topsoil, a hand clutched her collar and pulled her away from the gaping chasm.
Naturally, instincts took over. Indigo grabbed her saviour around the waist and squeezed. "Thank you," she breathed.
When she looked at her rather short hero, she realized it was Toby.
"Oh," her suffocating grip on him relaxed a bit, and she blushed.
She dropped her arms as she realized everyone else was upset.
"Who's down there?" she asked, pursing her lips and frowning into the hole. Bleddyn.
~
There was a hole. Beside her. With Bleddyn at the bottom. All Sherri had to do was get there. But she couldn't leave the other girl behind. The other girl. Sherri didn't even know her name. She didn't deserve to be known as "the pixie." She was the hero.
Sherri decided to first clear her head with the sweet air, and meow a little. 'Bleddyn,' she said.
As she slithered out of the cramped pancake cave, Sherri shifted into human form. She found herself a crumpled, bleeding, battered mess, but that didn't matter right now. "There's another girl down there. We have to save her. I owe it to her."

Toby yelped, his eyes widening in shock as he was suddenly squeezed. He quickly realized it was only Indigo, and she was... hugging him? He didn't know whether he should hug her back or not, and he raised his hands. Before he could hug her, he froze. Don't hug her, she doesn't know what she's doing. When she finally pulled away, he was relieved, yet disappointed. "Uhhh... I think you forgot this." Toby mumbled, pulling a long, black strand of hair off of his shirt and placing it on her shoulder. He refused to look at her, and had a brief, passing thought of moving to a different country, if it would save him from the awkwardness that was soon to follow. "Sorry about your shirt." He said quietly, referring to the blood he got on it.

 

[Amer]

Toby yelped, his eyes widening in shock as he was suddenly squeezed. He quickly realized it was only Indigo, and she was... hugging him? He didn't know whether he should hug her back or not, and he raised his hands. Before he could hug her, he froze. Don't hug her, she doesn't know what she's doing. When she finally pulled away, he was relieved, yet disappointed. "Uhhh... I think you forgot this." Toby mumbled, pulling a long, black strand of hair off of his shirt and placing it on her shoulder. He refused to look at her, and had a brief, passing thought of moving to a different country, if it would save him from the awkwardness that was soon to follow. "Sorry about your shirt." He said quietly, referring to the blood he got on it.

"Oh, that's... weird," Indigo said, flicking the curl of hair down into the hole. She wished it was some magical component that could put everything back to normal.
But Bleddyn remained crumpled into a ball at the bottom of the hole, helpless.

 

[HeavensHens88]

Sherri was undecided, choosing between the more appealing option, screaming her head off, and of course conserving her oxygen. She glanced at the pale, unconscious pixie. If she hadn't tried to help Sherri, then she would be fine, with plentiful oxygen, all being released by that golden orb.
She did this for her. Sherri had to return the favor.
And so Sherri opened her jaws, prepared to unleash an earsplitting yowl.
That's when the earth began to crumble. Air seeped in through the cracks, and the low ceiling sunk farther.
And after a second's delay, Sherri delivered. 'HELP!'

Toby moved backwards, one hand pulling Alpha back by his collar, and the other hand pulling the closest person away from the hole, which just so happened to be Indigo. He quickly let go of her sleeve and stared at the giant hole where they once stood. His arm burned from pulling her back and he winced. "So... does anyone have a rope or ladder?" Toby asked.

Wolfram stared in horror at the ground beneath his feet. He heard Bleddyn's words, but somehow he couldn't move. His feet were rooted to the ground.
He stared at her, and shook his head. "Bleddyn, please," the ground rumbled, and he knew any moment it might open up, that he might fall to his own death. But he wouldn't, no, couldn't move without knowing her safety as well. "No, no, I won't. I won't run." The ground snarled, the amount of noise it made at the earth split made his ears ache. He outstretched his trembling hand to her. "Not without you. Come on, Bleddyn, please!"

"Kid," River growled, the sudden intensity of her voice startling. "get up. Your mother just lost her husband, she's not gonna lose her daughter, too." She clambered to her feet, dragging herself over to Bleddyn, and offering her hand to help her up. "We all need you, so come on."

Lachlan, Finlay, and Camilla had all came up close at some point, remaining quiet, but now Lachlan was dragging her brother and cousin back away from the rumbling ground. C'mon Mom, get her away from that.

They're alive! Now who's going to get them out?
Indigo was looking for answers in all the wrong places when a huge, cavernous mouth opened in the earth, answering with its prime objective to consume as much as possible. Oh. I forgot to ask who caused this whole earth-upheaval thing in the first place.
That would have been her thought, anyway, if she wasn't caught up in the immediate threat of freefall to sudden death. Or pain. It wasn't as far down as her spur-of-the-moment brain made it to be.
The moment Indigo felt the ground drop away beneath her, panic blinded her. Indigo was too scared to scream. All she could do was reach for some kind of purchase. I'm falling.
But before her descent ever even passed the crumbling layer of topsoil, a hand clutched her collar and pulled her away from the gaping chasm.
Naturally, instincts took over. Indigo grabbed her saviour around the waist and squeezed. "Thank you," she breathed.
When she looked at her rather short hero, she realized it was Toby.
"Oh," her suffocating grip on him relaxed a bit, and she blushed.
She dropped her arms as she realized everyone else was upset.
"Who's down there?" she asked, pursing her lips and frowning into the hole. Bleddyn.
~
There was a hole. Beside her. With Bleddyn at the bottom. All Sherri had to do was get there. But she couldn't leave the other girl behind. The other girl. Sherri didn't even know her name. She didn't deserve to be known as "the pixie." She was the hero.
Sherri decided to first clear her head with the sweet air, and meow a little. 'Bleddyn,' she said.
As she slithered out of the cramped pancake cave, Sherri shifted into human form. She found herself a crumpled, bleeding, battered mess, but that didn't matter right now. "There's another girl down there. We have to save her. I owe it to her."

"Oh, that's... weird," Indigo said, flicking the curl of hair down into the hole. She wished it was some magical component that could put everything back to normal.
But Bleddyn remained crumpled into a ball at the bottom of the hole, helpless.

Bleddyn only was able to give her aunt the same blank look that she'd had to give Wolfram before the earth swallowed her.
Her descent was greatly obstructed and she sustained quite a few blows from passing subsoil chunks. For the most part, she stayed conscious, but only just.
When Bleddyn hit the undisturbed level supported by its neighboring bedrock, the wind wasn't just knocked out of her, it was ripped away.
Even after she'd recovered from the initial impact, she was more than willing to just lay there in her broken heap and await the end.
If this is really my doing, is it going to shut on its own or do I have to trigger that or...
She was hurled out of her fatal pondering by an unmistakable shrill voice.
Bleddyn sat straight up, came face-to-face with someone that had just been compressed into the guts of the ground, and blurted the first response that came to her scrambled mind. "Trust you to be automatically promoted to angel."

 

[FrankieDoodle]

"Oh, that's... weird," Indigo said, flicking the curl of hair down into the hole. She wished it was some magical component that could put everything back to normal.
But Bleddyn remained crumpled into a ball at the bottom of the hole, helpless.

Toby backed farther away from the hole. He didn't know if it would open up more, or if it would close. Either way, he didn't want to stay too close to it. He was also swaying too much for him to be safe around any large gap. "I would... s-step awa-away a bit." He stuttered, gripping on to Alpha's collar until his knuckles were white.

 

[Cluckcluck1215]

Bleddyn only was able to give her aunt the same blank look that she'd had to give Wolfram before the earth swallowed her.
Her descent was greatly obstructed and she sustained quite a few blows from passing subsoil chunks. For the most part, she stayed conscious, but only just.
When Bleddyn hit the undisturbed level supported by its neighboring bedrock, the wind wasn't just knocked out of her, it was ripped away.
Even after she'd recovered from the initial impact, she was more than willing to just lay there in her broken heap and await the end.
If this is really my doing, is it going to shut on its own or do I have to trigger that or...
She was hurled out of her fatal pondering by an unmistakable shrill voice.
Bleddyn sat straight up, came face-to-face with someone that had just been compressed into the guts of the ground, and blurted the first response that came to her scrambled mind. "Trust you to be automatically promoted to angel."

Wolfram didn't have a moment to process what had happened to Bleddyn, before the earth fell away from his feet. With a yelp of shock, earth slipped past his hand, and he snatched it, scrambling for a hold.
But it fell away like sand, and he plummeted. Never had he thought that he would be killed by being swallowed by the earth. I don't want to die. Not this soon, not this way...

The fall was quick, to fast for him to realize his landing was positively lethal. Breath left his lungs as he hit the flat level, and he was positive he heard bones snap. He would have made some noise that indicated pain, but found that no air could reach his lungs.
Is this what suffocating feels like?
He was grateful when he was able to take a breath, but the stabbing pain in his ribs confirmed his suspicions that he had broken something when he fell. Wait. I'm underground. How am I breathing?
He heard a voice then, and slowly, he pushed himself into a upright position, giving a soft yelp of agony. Oh, just kill me already.
But that voice...Sherri. Bleddyn. Muffled, but he could pick out their voices. "Sherri?" He rasped. "Dyn?"