Event #8 I think might just disappear (tag Dawn & Tawny)

[Christopher Kresh]

Chris and Dawn ran through the hallway together trying to get to the other two girls in time. Chris held dawns hand sometimes quickly looking over his shoulder to see how and if she was holding up. She was running on her socks after all. He didn't want her to step in something sharp. He couldn't look for a long while though as he had to keep his eyes on the ground so they wouldn't fall into any holes. 

The blush that had been on his face had faded instantly as he had gotten a little pale, cold sweat on his forehead. He couldn't be too late. Tara, Esme, they had to be okay. He couldn't fail them too. Not them. Chris barely took time to open the door as he threw in his weight to force to door open quicker. " TARA?! ESME?!" He yelled as they stumbled into the classroom where he finally let go of dawns hand.  

He looked around slightly panicked. There was no way they imagined their yelps of fear. They were alone. It was just him and dawn. How?! " N-no.. D-Dawn..! Dawn they..! You heard them too right..!?" he asked as he turned to the blonde. He bit his lip feeling the panic turning around his stomach. They HAD to be okay.  The universe couldn't be that cruel to have them reunite only to kill off half of their group. He gave dawn a scared look.

[Tawny Tempest]

Tawny woke up with a gasp. Sitting up almost instantly and feeling the pain in her muscles that had suddenly been started from their slumber. Her head felt heavy almost like whenever she had slept too long. And her stomach was growling too.

She looked around her and saw nothing but a dimly lit room. The last thing she remembered was being in a practice with her band and the earth shaking and after that she had no idea what happened. She was alone now though. Whatever happened to the rest of the band? Where was she? Had they forgotten about her? All these questions swirling in her mind but her mind struggled to find the answers. "Hello?" She whispered out loud, maybe someone was here with her but didn't know she was awake. "Hello?!" She tried louder this time but still nothing. The silence felt deafening and oppressive sending her feelings of fear and loneliness bubbling over. She brought her knees together close to her chest and wrapped her arms around them before burying her face in them and beginning to sob.

She was startled at first when she heard a huge bang as the door came crashing in. She gasped and hid behind a table not sure if it was a friend or foe who had entered.

" N-no.. D-Dawn..! Dawn they..! You heard them too right..!?" Tawny gasped, this person was talking about Dawn? Could it be her cousin? Tawny peered in from behind the desk but it was too dim to see clearly. "Dawn?" She said out loud. Standing up from behind the desk she moved closer. As she saw the familiar but roughed up face of her cousin she squealed from joy. "Oh Dawn!!" She ran forward and grabbed Dawn by the waist into a bear hug and lifted her up in the air as much as her short stature let her. "I am so glad to see you!" She finally let her cousin down so she could explain her current situation in her usual quick-fire style of speech. "Where are we? I just woke up in the darkness and I was all alone and last thing I remember is a huge earthquake and then nothing. You look like a mess!" She said finally noting Dawn's appearance and reaching out her thumb to start grooming Dawn's eyebrows into a presentable shape.

[Dawn "Dee Dee" Dreemurr]

"I did!", Dawn panted out, still a bit exhausted from all the running. Gosh, she was out of shape! Maybe they were in another room? Or maybe they FELL down the hole?! Fuck! They shouldn't have let them go away, splitting up is the WORST idea EVER!

"Chris, I-" the girl wanted to suggest to look around more when she heard movement in the room. "Oh, my gosh!" the blonde whispered in fear and clapped her hands to her mouth, clinging closer to Chris. Somebody was hiding from them! But who-

"Dawn?" the stranger said out loud and the girl immediately recognized the voice!

"TAWNY!" she yelled back, running towards her cousin, catching her in a warm embrace. "I am so glad to see you!" Tawny said as both girls hugged and cried.. okay mostly it was Dee Dee who cried.

"Where are we? I just woke up in the darkness and I was all alone and the last thing I remember is a huge earthquake and then nothing. You look like a mess!" Dawn felt the blush rise to her cheeks as Tawny tried to make her look more presentable and her gaze switched to probably perplexed and surprised Chris.

"T," she whispered, catching her arm in hers and making a nod towards the boy like she tried to say "I love you but please not now! I feel a bit embarrassed". She wasn't quite sure if the girl got the message, but at least she tried!

"Chris, this is my cousin Tawny!" she gestured Chris to come closer so both of them could greet each other properly. "And Tawny, this is Chris!.." she hesitated for a second, before her lips curled up in a warm smile, "One of my best friends."

The smile faded away immediately as her mind shifted back to the events of the evening: "And we are actually looking for TWO more! A tall girl with a floof of black hair, Esmeralda and the other girl about our height, with brown hair - Tara!"

[Christopher Kresh]

“I did!” dawn said as she was panting. Chris was too worried to think about something unimportant like breathing. His eyes scanned the place, he was all tensed up due to the anxiety building up inside him. Tara. Esme. They had to be here. He felt how his legs were shaking and was immediately on the highest alert when dawn got closer to him as she heard a noise. He stood in front of dawn in a protective manner. “who's the-” he couldn't finish his sentence. “Dawn?! Oh dawn!” “TAWNY?!” the two girls ran up to each other as they hugged each other tightly.
Chris took a step back giving them space as he stumbled backwards. He looked at the two of them and bit his lip. He didn't know this “tawny” but.. dawn was happy again.. she smiled through her tears. Something she had not done for a long while. A lot of mixed feelings were swirling around inside of him. He was glad dawn was okay. He was worried sick about tara and esme. He felt extremely guilty and would never be able to forgive himself if tara and esme were hurt. He wanted to smile at dawn but he also wanted to run off and cry.
His hands were shaking slightly as he looked down at them and tried to stop them from shaking. Breathing seemed more important than ever now as he concentrated and needed to calm himself down while the girls were catching up.


"Chris, this is my cousin Tawny!" she gestured Chris to come closer to them. Chris looked up from his hands. He hesitantly walked to them. "And Tawny, this is Chris!.." she said. It was silent for a bit. He rubbed the back of his neck a little awkwardly as he wanted to say the usual ‘nice to meet you’ when dawn continued. "One of my best friends."
Chris looked up a little surprised. Looking at dawn he noticed that for some reason seeing the girl smile like that made him feel.. happy. But a different type of happy. As if he wanted to protect that smile and make sure she would stay happy as long as it was possible. A feeling he didn't really understood himself. He weakly but genuinely smiled back at her appreciating what she said about him. “Nice to meet you tawny” he said softly giving tawny a small smile.
And we are actually looking for TWO more! A tall girl with a floof of black hair, Esmeralda and the other girl about our height, with brown hair - Tara!" He nodded. “have you seen them before we got here?” he turned worried again as he gave tawny a concerned expression. “i would have sworn i heard taras voice come from here”

[Tawny Tempest]

Dawn grabbed her arm and as Tawny looked at her she noticed a look she gave her that she didn't do often, but she knew what it meant. Though she didn't at first understand what need was there to be embarrassed about until she noticed Dawn nudge her head. Only now did Tawny remember that there was another person in the room with them. She had been so overjoyed about her cousin being alive and having someone she knew here with her he had completely slipped her mind.

Dawn however, with the grace and swiftness of a natural born hostess proceeded to the introductions. "Nice meeting ya Chris." Tawny managed a smile although this was an awkward time for introductions.

Tawny pulled on Dawn's arm and brought her mouth near the girls ear so she could whisper. "Is he like your boyfriend or something?" She asked as discreetly as she could. Why was there a need to be embarrassed if he was just a friend? Surely he could understand what was a little grooming between cousins.

The others were seemingly worried about their friends and Tawny felt a little out of the loop. "I woke up here alone..." She told them, half hoping they would explain something to her about what was going on.

[Dawn "Dee Dee" Dreemurr]

"Is he like your boyfriend or something?" WHAT?! TAWNY! I, wha-

Dawn's face was as red as a plump cherry, her lips pursed in a thin, straight line. Dammit, Tawny. You are NOT helping! "Not now, Tawny!" she replied as vaguely as possible, embarrassed by this whole situation!

"Have you seen them before we got here?” Chris intervened asking about the missing girls, “I would have sworn I heard Tara's voice come from here,” and like that, we switched back again from awkward teenage drama to some real shit.

Seemed like their friends disappeared... mid-switch? Like usually when they fell asleep they've fallen consciousness altogether, no? Who knows actually. Dawn didn't. It seemed for her that she always fell asleep first.

"I woke up here alone..." Tawny replied, crushing their theories fortune-cookies.

"Impossible," Dawn shook her head in frustration. They couldn't just dissolve in thin air, couldn't they?! "Tawny, are you sure y-" she wanted to ask the girl once again but stopped mid-way in her sentence. Based on the questions her cousin has asked before - she and Chris were the first people she has met and that means...

Shit.

"Nevermind," Dawn whispered, tears welling up in her eyes. "Tawny, you shouldn't be here! This... this place is fucking cursed! Tawny, I- I," she started sobbing again. The rope around her neck. Emery. Chris. Esme. Robbbie... and now Tawny.

This was all so fucking unfair.

[Christopher Kresh]

"Nice meeting ya Chris." Chris nodded at her as he gave her a weak smile not wanting to be rude to dawns cousin. He saw how dawn began to blush after tawny whispered something to her. He couldn't hear so he quickly looked away. Maybe the two of them needed some alone time to catch up. Maybe that would make dawn feel less tense and stressed. She could try to hide it but he knew she was.

"I woke up here alone..." tawny told them. Chris frowned a little biting his lip. that was not good. "Impossible," dawn said as she shook her head , frustrated. "Tawny, are you sure y-" she stopped as she seemed to realize something. Chris sighed looking down at his shaking hands. So.. they were gone. She refused to believe that. There had to be SOMETHING in the room. Something that could tell them what happened to their friends.
"Tawny, you shouldn't be here! This... this place is fucking cursed! Tawny, I- I," He heard how dawn started to cry. Unsure of what to do now Chris decided to let the cousins have their moment. Dawn directed her sadness to tawny so she most likely wanted another family member to help her out.

Chris backed up a little to give the girls some space. He looked over the room scanning for any signs of something off.

(Chris made a perception check)

[Administrator]

Dice result: 1D10 => 1
Absolute failure; -1 sanity point.

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Sadly Chris didn't get a chance to take even a few steps away from the group. He fell to his knees, feeling as if his bowels turned into a knot, accompanied by a pounding headache. ҉͞"̕͜͠҉Ǫ̕͘͠h̨͢͡,̸ ̵̵̨͢͝d̷̨̡́a̧҉̛m҉̨̛͠m҉̛͠i̛͘҉̷t̷͢͟͜,҉͢ ͏͝w̶͡h̸́̀̕a̶͜t̀͜͝͞'҉͏̶ś̡̧͢ ̸̛̕͝ẃ̷i͢͞͡t̵́h̢͟͜ ̷͠á͠ļ̸̧̕l̷҉̧̢͞ ̴̸̀͞t̡̕͞͝h͝҉e̛͢͟ ̶̧̡́͞o҉̸̨͡n̴̛͜͝e͞͠s̸̸̛̕?̵́͢͠ ͏́D҉̸̀͢͠o̡͠͠n̡͞͡'̷̸̧͞͝t̡͜͟͠ ̷̶ẃ̨̡͘͜e͘ ͏͏̨͝h̶҉̢́͟a͜v͘e̛̕͞͠ ̶̢͟͠d̡̧̡͞͡i͡͡͏̷҉f҉͠f͜͡͏è̴̕͞r̨̢͢͟e̶̢͏҉n̸̢͘͏t̸̵̛͜ ̨̧̡ń͞ù̧̢͡͞m҉̵͟b̴̨̛͟͝ȩ͟ŗ̴͟s̡̕?͢҉̶̸̡!̕͟͢"̵̴̨͜ he heard an unfamiliar voice talking inside his head, followed by a loud snorting laughter.

In a matter of seconds, Chris felt better!.. But a headache was still pounding at his skull.

[Tawny Tempest]

The redness on Dawn's face spoke volumes, although the girl did become defensive and told her to quit it. Oh well she could grill her cousin later about this but for now she wanted to know what was going on and to get out of here.

When she had explained her situation Dawn seemed to want to inject something. Like she didn't believe her? Tawny narrowed her eyes and knitted her eyebrows together to show she didn't appreciate Dawn asking the same question from her again. Luckily she stopped herself and Tawny could unfreeze her stern face.

"Tawny, you shouldn't be here! This... this place is fucking cursed! Tawny, I- I," She saw the tears up in her cousins eyes. Something bad had to have happened to her to cause such an extreme reaction but it did nothing to calm her and bring answers, instead it just rose more questions. Right now the pointer of the emotional display in her mind was spinning at a fast pace, where it landed she was not sure herself either. "Dawn! Enough with the riddles and tears! Tell me what is going on!" She noticed she had started to yell at her cousin instead of comforting her. She was scared, she was hungry and tired and stressed by all this.

Suddenly she heard screaming coming from Chris and turned to look at the boy on his knees and holding his stomach bent over. "What happened to you?" She said in a more calm and shocked expression. Was D's rambling about the curse true? Hesitantly she took a few steps forward and laid her hand on Chris's shoulder. "Hey? You okay?" She asked in a gentle and calm voice when it looked like the boy calmed a little.

[Dawn "Dee Dee" Dreemurr]

Dawn took a few deep shaky breaths, trying to calm herself down. In and out. In and out. No, this is not what you are, Dawn. You should be brave. You are not a failure. A toy to play with...

Fuck. She felt how her throat was tightening from the overwhelming emotions. She caressed her neck, her eyes darted at Tawny who got quite frustrated with the whole situation. "Dawn! Enough with the riddles and tears! Tell me what is going on!" she yelled and Dee was about to snap back and say something stupid and emotional like "No, you don't understand!" when Chris - who was probably completely caught off guard by this little cat-fight two blonds were about to start - fell down to his knees in pain.

"CHRIS!" Dawn hands flew in the air, she hurled herself to the ground next to him. "Chris, what's wrong? Chris!" she panicked, cupping his face in her hands, trying to catch his glance.

"Hey? You okay?" Tawny approached the boy from the back, patting him gently.
Oh, please, please, please, PLEASE be okay!

[Christopher Kresh]

Chris backed up as the girls were talking to each other. However things didn't seem to go as smoothly as he would have liked to see. Of Course tawny was confused and wanted answers. But dawn was emotional and how could she possibly tell tawny what had been happening to them.

Chris didn't get the time to look around as suddenly he felt as if someone took his insides and decided to knead them into a ball. “GAH!!” the sudden extreme pain made him fall to the ground scraping his knees to the ground. He didn't know if he had to held his head or his stomach. His stomach hurt like hell but wat scared him more was the voice he heard in his head. Who was this voice?! What did it say.
"CHRIS!" Dawn yelled before getting on the ground with him as she got to him "Chris, what's wrong? Chris!" She asked clearly panicked. He held his breath because of the pain. Dawn gently took his face in her hands and made him look up. Chris moved his head up as he looked at her. Suddenly the feeling was gone and chris could catch his breath as he was left with just a headache. But the headache was nothing compared to the pain he had been in for just a moment.

"Hey? You okay?" Tawny asked as she got to him. “ what happened..?” she asked as Chris caught his breath. “ I-I don't know..! I wanted to look around.. and suddenly it felt like someone pulled at my insides..!” he said as his voice was shaking. He looked at dawn scared. “ I heard a voice..! Something about a number..! I dont know whats going on..!” he asked clearly panicked.