i'll open a wormhole from me to you | lost boys + worms
Jul 11, 2018 6:26:01 GMT -5
Post by gamemaker kelsier on Jul 11, 2018 6:26:01 GMT -5
I don't move fast eough.
Indy used to say that, when she attempted to teach me how to fight once. We used to play at it, as if I ever had a chance of defending myself. She always told me I didn't move fast enough. It was true, I still don't. Something sharp digs into my thigh and I shout, falling backwards into someone. If I've ever felt anything this bad before I don't remember. Even when my father used to beat me he never broke the skin that deep.
It hurts like fucking hell.
I limp backwards, hand on my thigh where a blot of red quickly swells up. It leaks past my hands, staining them with my own blood and just like that, the panic starts to well up again. This time it's tighter. It feels like bubbles of air are trapped in my chest. I can't get them to come up. My spear falls from my hand with a clatter and the sound echoes in my ears again and again. Everything moves slower and I hear my heart beat like a drum in my head.
Blood.
Why's it so thick?
I know I'm freaking out. I know we aren't doing as bad as I think, that two worms are dead. If we keep going, we can kill them all. I can't my breath from coming so fast though. I can't help the weakness in my arms, in my head. I feel too dizzy, made of glass but with feet of lead. How much further down can I sink.
I'm useless.
I'm a waste of space.
Everyone will die because of me.
I reach up and grab a sleeve. Akira. I pull myself up and reach down for my spear, somehow managing to grasp the handle. My leg aches but it feels numb somehow too. I wonder if that is how Akira still stands, if it's that numbness too. My whole body aches from it, stemming from the spot in my thigh.
Why am I such a goddamned weakling?
No wonder my father hated me.
I raise my spear again, stepping forward, breath still moving too fast but I try and settle it. I don't care how weak I look, I never have. I care if I keep fighting or not.
Violet will know that I chose it if I don't.
[andúril harvard attacks worm 3/pumpkin with spear]
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[Deep Gash on Right Bicep -- 8.0 damage + 1 strength][dars]