THE LOST DAYS... Round 1.

[mind_blown]

It's all darkness.

The feeling of nothingness, of being nothing. Of not existing. You have no thoughts, you will never have any thoughts again. While that fact is not comforting, because you cannot be comforted anymore, it is true.

There's a certain rest to being... nothing. And to both knowing and not knowing, that your time is done.

So it's all the more unfortunate when you feel, because you shouldn't feel. And the feeling is burning in your lungs, which you shouldn't have. Because you are- or were- nothing.

And then, you inhale a desperate gasp of air and open your eyes...

Comments

Re: death

[iamverybadass]

A ranged attack will be wiser. We don't want to risk coming into direct contact with it.

Re: death

[idolpro]

The flowers, weirdly, seem to gravitate towards Nero now, versus Talon.

Re: death

[gigadevilbreaker]

[:( Hey]

Looks like you're not their favourite target anymore...

Re: death

[iamverybadass]

[ Tugging him toward the pit ]

They probably just sense an easy target.

Re: death

[gigadevilbreaker]

Wow.

[Guess that's where we're goin', then]

Re: death

[idolpro]

As they get to the pit, the see a very familiar, or not so, figure rise up as though he appeared out of the shadows.

And he laughs, and laughs, and laughs.

"More company?!"

As he says that, Nero suddenly feels his airwaves constricting? How? He can't breathe, and he feels like he might die.

Take two harm now.

Re: death

[gigadevilbreaker]

[Choking, fighting against the force in his lungs, he only manages to cough out,]

Talon, get out of here!

[Before pushing him towards the pit first]

Re: death

[iamverybadass]

Hey—you idiot!

[ He's in the middle of drawing his crossbow when Griffin shoves him at the pit, and it's all he can do to keep his attention fixed on the Joker to try to get a shot off before he can react.

Weird: 4, Tough: 8]

Re: death

[idolpro]

Which is unfortunate, because he suddenly seems... to see him shooting at himself?

And that successful roll, somehow rebounds onto him.

Take one harm.

But there are steps, and a newer, younger voice calls out, "Seriously?! You dumb boobs, I get this under control and this is the thanks I get."

He throws a batarang at the joker, dispelling him for a moment. And as he draws closer, you can see: this is a child that has been viciously beaten with a crowbar. On death's door.

And yet, refusing to give up.

"Get out of here! I've got this!"

Re: death

[gigadevilbreaker]

Jason...?!

[Nero's face wrenches in pain, conflicted. He can't stand it, knowing-- what happens. He can't just abandon Jason like this.]

No, I can't just leave you!

Re: death

[iamverybadass]

[ He curses sharply and moves to reload another bolt on instinct, freezing when the battered Robin appears ]

We may have to. If the source is below, he's counting on us to stop it.

Re: death

[idolpro]

"Seriously?! Just go! Least lemme save you in my own heart, idiot."

The Joker is laughing.

And Robin looks insistent. If you don't go-- he's pushing you both.

Do you jump?

Re: death

[gigadevilbreaker]

...FINE.

[He hates this he hates this he hates this

But he has to protect Talon

So he jumps.]

Re: death

[iamverybadass]

[ Talon spares one last grim look at Jason

and leaps down after Griffin ]

Re: death

[idolpro]

For Nero, it's a simple jump.

For Talon, it's like becoming someone else. Seeing the hotel laundry room stained red-- and knowing that the red is from him. Because this is him, bleeding out with Nero standing over him.

This is the ice cold fear gripping his heart as the strength slips from his fingertips, and his teeth chatter from how cold he is. And the oblivion calls to him, enraged. It does not like when things it's claimed have escaped. That nothingness... has never felt so terrifying as it does, when surrounded by everything.

Say hi to your mom for me!