Event Nine.

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Thus, on Life’s gloomy sea, Heareth the marinere Voices sweet, from far and near, Ever singing in his ear, “Here is rest and peace for thee!”

t's a dark night, and the sounds of feet in the darkness are further dampened and hidden by even more magic, as they are lured away by the soft sounds of dreams that are too good to be true, leaving the Town much, much emptier than when it began. On one side, an island, and a ticking clock to a gruesome death. On the other, the slow realization that those bonds everyone has been forging might mean much, much more than they first thought. Welcome to Awash's ninth event log, everyone! Further information on this event can be found here at the OOC post. You are welcome to start your own posts or logs for this event as well. If there are any questions, please ask them here. Please be sure to very clearly mark where your characters are in your prompts, so people know which they can tag depending on which group they are in. Thank you!

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[whereabout]

[ He...doesn't drop his knives, because his sense of paranoia was honed as sharply as his blades and some old habits die really hard, but he's shifted his grip around so that he can hug her without sticking her, and he only allows himself a heartbeat to close his eyes and just breathe before he opens them again and keeps an eye out behind her, even as he keeps holding her close. ]

Not as fast as I wanted to. Sorry.

[brightlyshines]

Well it's not like you had a lot of options for getting here.

[And those boats they'd been making weren't exactly the biggest or most seaworthy. She hadn't expected it to be easy to get here. Her face where it's pressed against Joshua is overly warm, but she'll eventually pull herself together and move to stand more or less on her own again, looking a lot less wild and a tiny bit more put together than she had before he'd gotten there.

But it's a good thing another siren hasn't appeared yet, because she probably would still try to fight it.]

You guys got here in time, that's all that matters.

[She shoots him a smile, though it's a tired one. Even her boundless optimism is a bit dimmed by the multiple attempts to eat her.]

[whereabout]

Let's not ruin it by waiting around and getting caught on the way out, then.

[ He tilts his head in the direction he came from, back toward the boats. The sooner they get everyone assembled back at the beach, the sooner they can blow this popsicle stand and get make to (makeshift) civilization. ]

[brightlyshines]

Right! Goddess, I would kill for a bed and a warm meal right now. All that rain was awful.

[Her voice comes out a whine, but she seems quite cheered by the thought of returning to town. She'll even start off in that direction Joshua is indicating--

Aaaaand trip almost immediately. She's probably going to fall on her face like the graceless example of humanity she is.]

[whereabout]

[ But of course he's going to dive in to catch her, like a sparkly slow-motion moment from a shoujo manga.

...hey, he's pretty enough for one. ]

[brightlyshines]

[More than pretty enough to be in one, that's for sure. He could even star in one.

Estelle, meanwhile, is not feeling very pretty right now, and she flushes a bit as Joshua successfully catches her and saves her from making a fool of herself. Hopefully Joshua's ok with an armful of muddy and bloody Estelle, because she's a total mess and probably getting it all over him now.]

Eh...heheh... sorry, forgot about my leg for a second.

[....Of course this girl would get so excited she forgets her injuries.]

[whereabout]

[ Joshua is okay with any and every armful of Estelle that comes his way, and he doesn't even seem to notice the muddy mess she's making of his clothes as he kneels a bit lower to take a look at her leg. ]

Are you okay with walking, or should I give you a lift?

[ Granted, carrying someone is a bit risky when the fight's still raging, but at the very least, he figures he could take her piggyback and she could maybe smack anything that gets too close with her stick. ]

[brightlyshines]

[The leg wound is pretty nasty, even if it isn't as deep as it could be, the length was more of a problem than the depth. Looks almost like something had tried to drag her, at some point, and while Estelle had managed to kick it off, the claws had made a mess of her leg in the escape effort.

She shakes her head at Joshua's question though, steadying herself against him and working to find her footing with a tight smile. As nice as the offer is, it was pretty impractical, and she knew it.]

I can probably walk on my own! We both need to be able to fight right now.

[Said, as if she still intends to fight. Ho boy.]

I still owe these jerks a few more bashed in heads.

[whereabout]

[ She's right, he knows it, and so he isn't going to argue on it, as much as he doesn't like it. ]

Just stay close. We shouldn't stick around any longer than we have to.