twenty-fourth pact - {instinct}

[perfectpartner]

[Adding to the cacophony of people who woke up with unpleasant presents is 206. His sleep is disturbed by a rather distinct Johnny Yong Scream. He jets out of the room and slams the door behind him in a fit of pure terror. What is he even running from?

It doesn't make one lick of sense.

But there's no denying how fast his heart is beating right now. No denying the fight-or-flight response from his toes to his fingertips. He's torn between running and defending himself.]

W-what... was that?

[He keeps a trembling hand on the doorknob in case the thing tries to follow him.]

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[enduringwinter]

[ignore the mess in the hallway, neighbor, that is just me pitching a hissy fit-]

...

[actually, I think your Johnny Young Scream outdoes any angry spell slinging. ignoring the problem is the best coping strategy]

What's wrong?

[perfectpartner]

[He looks up at Richter, still wide-eyed and faintly shaking.]

T... there was a scarecrow following me. I turned around and it was just-- there.

Where did it come from? Where did I see it before?

[enduringwinter]

A scarecrow...?

[he shakes his head. No use dwelling on questions they don't have answers for. It was a deeply unsettling feeling (and he didn't appreciate it at all)]

Sounds like we both need to leave our rooms for a bit. Feel up to walking around?

[formervanguard]

[Yo, it's 608. She was on her way down to the first floor to get out of this place for a bit, but the screaming makes her pick up the pace and rush right toward it. If someone's in trouble, she needs to help, after all!]

Hey! Hey, are you okay?

[perfectpartner]

[He doesn't recognize her in the slightest, but something in his heart lurches when he sees her hair-- her blue eyes. He totally forgets what he was about to say. And what he was thinking.]

... what?

[formervanguard]

[She slows when she gets to him, and though she doesn't recognize him either, she feels those butterflies in her stomach almost the second her eyes meet his... ... but she pushes through it, because something else important might be going on here! R-Right! E-Exactly!]

I said, are you okay? You were screaming.