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[crittersheep]

WHO: all
WHERE: all
WHEN: Day 9, evening into night

[the sun goes down; the two moons rise.

it all looks...quite different. the laundromat lengthens and transforms the silhouette of Woolietown in the distance. the lighthouse beacon comes to life for the first time, throwing strong, brilliant light and stark shadows across the meadow and into the barns. the lazy river encircles the pasture in a glittering band, the bobbing shapes of the pool toys a little bit eerie until they drift into full view.

perhaps some of you are winding down. perhaps some of you are just gearing up for a wild adventure in the shadows. perhaps some of you, regardless of if you sleep or stay up, find your dreams and nightmares crawling out beyond the bounds of your own head tonight, drawing others in...

the night is full of possibilities.]

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[featherduster]

[ Action is the ideal way to deal with stomach-churning panic, so he's thumping Wolfwood's back. HARD. ]

Don't you dare die all over again from eating dirt!

[ Does he need to do the Heimlich? He isn't afraid to crack a few ribs. It's fine. ]

[ohlord]

[please never find out how many times he's died eating dirt in these nightmares, kthx

but hope you like the sight of all that mud spilling from his mouth. kinda looks a lot like that time when he started coughing up blood, only. y'know. more black than red.

but GOOD NEWS, HE'S BREATHING AFTERWARDS.]

[featherduster]

[ Christ . . .

Vash slaps his back a few more times to ensure most of the debris is out of his lungs, then lays him flat on his back -- away from the open hole in the ground, thank you very much. ]

Styx.

[ohlord]

[yeah, except he's gonna fight against being laid down at that name, fingers hooking onto whatever cloth or belt they can find so he can stay upright, breathing hard, eyes squeezed tightly shut almost like he's terrified if he opens them, he'll end up right back in there--]

Don't.

[voice raw, torn, like he's definitely come close to tearing apart his vocal cords even though everything had been so quiet, earlier.]

[featherduster]

[ Well, that's okay. Holding him up is fine too.

Shuffling a little further from the grave, dragging Wolfwood with him. ]

Breathe. You're out.

[ohlord]

[cool. cool cool one hand's dropping to dig fingers into the hard earth like he's finding proof of that and that... honestly, that seems to cause something to crumble. starting as something like a whimper, a whine until the first cry escapes. it's not as devastating as the only other time he's cried in front of Vash, mostly because his voice breaks and shatters after a point too worn out, but it's definitely the kind of crying he refuses himself when awake, so...

anyway, it's not quiet by any means, which of course means that there's the sound of the church door opening, small figured daring to poke their heads out to see what in God's name is going on.

"What happened to the grave--?!"

a gasp!

"Mr. V̸̢̮̬̜̤͖͖͔͓͙͓̳̼̲̬͑͗͜ȧ̶̪͓̮̙̍s̵̹̟̻̣̼̹͈̪̾̏̋̑̿͂̊͛̃̚͘͝h̷̝̲̲͚̮̓́̒̓̒̉̿̍̌̏̆̉͑͐͌̿͝! What're you--"

cries of confusion.

"Is that--?"

"N̸̯̳̜̺̭̼͕̳̹̥͈͕͖̳̣̓̑̊̋́͑̐́̆̅̔̍͘ͅͅ-N̸̯̳̜̺̭̼͕̳̹̥͈͕͖̳̣̓̑̊̋́͑̐́̆̅̔̍͘ͅͅỉ̵̧̖͔̳̩͉̪͖͈̻͆͋̌͌͗͗͘͠͠c̶̢̨̫̣͚͓̣̗̬̬̳̟͗ò̶̪̟̈́̔̍̓͌̉̿̔̂͊̕̕͝'s body--?!"

and fear.

the nightmare sure don't stop with just an escape.]

[featherduster]

[ Oh god. He lifts a placating hand, still holding onto Wolfwood with the other ]

I-It's okay!! He's okay, see? He's breathing!