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DREAM OF THE SERPENT'S ROOM▼
DREAM OF THE SERPENT'S ROOM
[1999 OST | Reveries in the Rain]
Cea Jasper
"Lunch" break was upon the staff again. Three AM. The hour where vampwelfs fly to their castles, and those who disturb them are doomed to be eaten.
Cea Jasper
Head butler Cea Jasper looked out the window to the castle of the Drakkens. Vampwelfs still pouring in. "What do you think they're doing in there?" He ponders, attempting to make idle conversation.
S. Shortcake
"Probably nothing good."
Comet
"Murdering. Planning to kill us all!"
Comet
"The fey told my pal, we shouldn't think about what vampwelfs do at this hour. That we shouldn't think of them at all, and look where it got him!"
Skeleton King
"I think it is best to not think of what goes on in the castle. House Drakken is best thought of as a dream. Quickly forgotten."
Matilda Carmine
"Well, alternatively, they could be gathering for more diplomatic reasons..."
S. Shortcake
2025-10-02 15:04:16
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"These fucking bats suck. I doubt anything 'diplomatic' is happening in there."
Comet
"I agree with the aftik, the bats ain't diplomatic! The only good bat is a dead one, I say."
S. Shortcake
2025-10-02 15:06:46
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"Exactly! I'm glad we can agree on that."
Wren S.
2025-10-02 15:06:00
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...Perhaps she had once again found the wrong place. But where people go, Wren is soon to follow.

"Their motives are certainly. Ah..." She taps her claws together. "It doesn't draw good concepts for what is done. Though I wouldn't jinx their plans of what they do to...er...others."
Fuzzy
"I mean, I don't think they'd need to plan to kill us all. They can just sort of do that whenever they want."
Matilda Carmine
"You don't think that could overlap into vampwelfs that don't associate with those violent means?"
Matilda Carmine
"I'm sure we all know a nicer vampwelf somewhere in our life, I just don't think those statements are healthy."
S. Shortcake
2025-10-02 15:09:25
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Last edit: 2025-11-16 21:03:48
"Who gives a shit about being "healthy" right now?? We're trapped on this hellhole of a planet by these bloodthirsty murderbats, it'll take a fucking miracle to leave alive."
7eventhousand
2025-10-02 15:07:26
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"I do not understand in the slightest the whims of Mother Nature, she does strange things at times if she decides to fancy an aspect of life that day."
7eventhousand
2025-10-02 15:09:32
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"I find that on numerous occasions, wind passes by me, and with it, the voice of something greater is heard, perhaps a spirit or something else. I follow along as I must, however, and I am excellent at assisting those who may need it. That is to say, these vampwelfs could be amicable to the nth degree, passing by riches and wonders for the sake of blood, as I have so heard."
7eventhousand
2025-10-02 15:10:47
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"Maybe they would be so righteous as to lend a hand to those in need, I am certain it is not unheard of in this climate, of helping others. Many times spirits aid and assist others, they do so with good, wrong, or righteous intentions, but they aid, who are we to question them after all? I know in the face of great beings I must simply wave as it is my duty to do so, to greet the wonderers."
Skeleton King
"............................................"
Skeleton King
"Comet, do you not have a friend of vampwelf blood in the town?"
Comet
"Oh, I have a "friend" alright. He thinks so too."
Comet
"But the moment he stops being useful to me, I'mma wring him by the neck, up a tree."
Wren S.
She paces around the group, unable to sit still, but unable to draw any closer.

Any comment from Comet causes her to pace a bit faster.
"...I do not fully understand the culture of vampwelf, and as much as I hate to agree, being trapped here isn't exactly...ah. Fun. It isn't fun."
Matilda Carmine
"Trapped or not we should look at this differently, there's plenty of other routes we could be exploring."
Fuzzy
"Usually I'm all for being understanding of cultural differences but I don't think that really applies to trapping all you guys here. Slavery is kind of wrong in general, I think."
Wren S.
"I know one of you mentioned considering it like a dream. Best left forgotten. Yet..."

She pauses. "Can you even forget a dream? I don't think this place will ever leave my mind. Also, kind of hard to forget slavery. I don't think you can forget that-"
Matilda Carmine
2025-10-02 15:14:26
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"I forget dreams plenty, slavery is a constant in the universe, and while it's awful, it's just as forgettable depending on circumstance."
Cea Jasper
2025-10-02 15:18:33
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"No no....Let us let dear Matilda speak. What do YOU think you we should do, oh wise fluffy one?" Cea says, baring his teeth.
Matilda Carmine
She nodded, holding up a clipboard and clicking her pen as she started jotting down small notes. By no means did she look up, completely missing Cea's grimace while the gears in her head started turning.

"Well, for starters we can get an estimate on just how many vampwelfs are participating- I'm not exactly educated on the differences between the houses, but if we take them into consideration we can probably figure out why they're actually gathering together beyond the time."

S. Shortcake
2025-10-02 15:23:21
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"How does that help us?"
Matilda Carmine
"Understanding them better can help us understand how we should navigate them."
Cea Jasper
"We know how many vampwelfs are in the Drakken family. What it doesn't fix is the situation we are in."
Cea Jasper
"Not only do I have to live in a waking nightmare, but even my dreams are plagued by horrors beyond my belief."
Comet
"You should eat some honey with some of the cough medicine."
Comet
"That always put the little brat I had to sleep."
Wren S.
"...I'm sorry to hear that, dear. Going through this both in and out of consciousness must be horrid."

A long breath is drawn between sharpened teeth. "I wish I could help you manage it better beyond the usual advice. How have you been managing?"
S. Shortcake
2025-10-02 16:02:43
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"Completely understandable why you'd have horrifying nightmares, being trapped on murderbat hellplanet. I know I have my own fair share."
Cea Jasper
"That's the strangest thing you see. Because none of my nightmares involve vampwelfs at all. Do any of you believe dreams might mean something deeper?"
S. Shortcake
2025-10-02 16:06:22
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"Not really, but I'm, a bit curious what you'd be having nightmares about, if not the bats."
Cea Jasper
"Well, in my dreams, I see two serpents. One made of fire, another made of wind."
"I see the universe dying, and some cruel god looking down at me without a care.
Puppeting me and everyone I know with strings."
Cea Jasper
"I used to believe it was allegorical to vampwelfs, darlings, but I don't think this is the case anymore."
Cea Jasper
"Do any of you believe in past lives?"
Matilda Carmine
"We all have to come back eventually, don't we? The circle of life goes beyond food, according to some magazines I've read."
S. Shortcake
"That sounds ominous.."
Wren S.
"...I'll admit, I don't know. I have never been given the chance to question it myself."

Wren admits, straightening herself up. It takes her a moment to fully approach the group.
"I wish it were not true. That all those injured could rest forever. But...if it were true, past lives, it makes me feel a deep sense of dread. Sorrow, I guess? I don't know. I'm not supposed to feel that."
Fuzzy
2025-10-02 16:12:50
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Fuzzy looks bothered by something, her face scrunching up in an odd expression. She isn't sure what she's feeling.

"Past lives...I don't know. Sometimes I get weird feelings- deja vu, or whatever the tourists call it. But..." She trails off.
Cea Jasper
"I also feel a deep sense of dread. As if I don't belong in this world, but in a past one put to rest by a beast." Cea Jasper pauses. "And now, I feel that the horrible things within that past world have pulled themselves back in by force, that it's all just going to happen all over again."
Cea Jasper
2025-10-02 16:15:14
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"And that I have been pulled along with them......I feel a need to escape, but how am I supposed to escape from the universe itself, dears?"
S. Shortcake
"I hate that I don't disagree with you. Everything has felt.. wrong for a while now.."
Matilda Carmine
"Depends on your beliefs. I think it starts from within, personally. Find yourself happy in your present and you will find yourself happy in the future."
Matilda Carmine
"It's never easy, especially not here, but it's always worth it in the end."
Comet
"Yer all going nuts. You just want off this damn planet."
S. Shortcake
"OF COURSE WE WANT OFF!"
Comet
2025-10-02 16:17:01
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"Yeah! That's what I'm saying! I think the only man here who don't want off is me and the crazy knight over there."
Wren S.
"..."

She looks to Comet, but shakes her head, feathers ruffling slightly.
"I think the best way to escape is through action. Even as small as they are. That is just my two cents. I know we are all trapped here and that many of us wish to escape, besides, er, that one...but there are small things we can do. Adjustments here and there."

"There HAS to be something we can do."
S. Shortcake
"Why the fuck would you want to stay here???"
Comet
"Why do I wanna stay? Cause the legal system out there wants me dead, emotionally and financially."
S. Shortcake
2025-10-02 16:18:57
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"Better than physically dead, like the bats want."
Comet
"I rather be torn apart by these dumb ass bats, than work myself to death over shit I don't care about!"
Comet
"A man like me just wants to party."
Comet
"But society out in the universe don't take kindly to my species. They act like they're all fancy pants, but they're animals like vampwelfs, just ain't as bad!"
Comet
"In my homeplanet, we used to live free. None of this rent. None of these laws. If a man did something wrong, we'd give them a kick to their head. That'd teach em. If anyone did something wrong, you just helped out if you had the materials."
Comet
"But aliens came down recently. Called our way of living "no good." They controlled they way we do things. Made us "better people." Vampwelfs and the Federation, wants the same thing. Power, and they also want me to pay off my loans."
S. Shortcake
2025-10-02 16:20:49
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'I think you're fucking stupid.' Is what he WANTS to say, but he holds his tongue.
Comet
"You know....." Comet shoots them all a sly grin. "I might know a way off this dump."
Comet
"So, I ain't leaving, but I'll tell you folks a way out."
Wren S.
...She is still greatly concerned, but she's listening to some degree. Not a word is spoken as her eyes look at the others around her.
S. Shortcake
He claps his hands together. "Care to share with us?"
Fuzzy
"I've always been pretty hesitant to leave things, personally. Weird feeling that wherever I escape to might just be worse."
Comet
"Your fears might be true, weird flat thing. Ain't telling if you get out of here, and fall right into something worse."
S. Shortcake
"Not much worse than the constant threat of being bled dry by some rich inbred piece of shit."
Comet
"Especially considering that you're an obvious way out. Hehehe!" Comet points accusingly to Fuzzy.
S. Shortcake
2025-10-02 16:30:09
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"What?" He turns to Fuzzy.
Comet
"Yer one of them leapers. Flat ones that don't got citizenship, and move like spaceships. Your claws can rip air open like fabric."
Comet
"I only know about your kind, cause I had to do a stint out there in the Federation land, harvesting leaper blood!"
Comet
"Federation thinks they're a whole lot better than vampwelfs, and yet I was doing the same shit out there that I do in here. Legally."
S. Shortcake
"..................."
S. Shortcake
"So you're saying this asshole could have taken us off this planet any time they wanted?"
S. Shortcake
"And they."
S. Shortcake
"DIDN'T EVEN FUCKING OFFER."
S. Shortcake
"IS THIS LIKE. A FUCKING JOKE? OR SOMETHING? ARE YOU BEING FUNNY WITH US? BECAUSE I DON'T SEE ANYONE HERE LAUGHING."
Matilda Carmine
"I don't think throwing insults is how we should proceed. It's possible they could have forgotten or had another reason to not share..." She not so discretely shrugged towards Comet and his previous statements, keeping her voice low.
Wren S.
...Just like that?

The answer's just there?

"You can...?" Blank eyes stare at Fuzzy.
"C-can you? Can you really?"
Cea Jasper
2025-10-02 16:34:10
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"You........take us away from this place!" Cea Jasper goes to grab Fuzzy, but Comet cuts in between them to prevent the mobbing.
Comet
"Hold up, hold up! I've seen these leapers! It ain't as simple as it seems!"
Fuzzy
"I mean. Yknow." Fuzzy chuckles awkwardly, making a noncommital wave. She feels like there's been a bit of a vibe shift.

"I'm not really much one for that space eating stuff, yknow? I'm a mattertarian, actually.
Matilda Carmine
As Comet continues to speak, Matilda tries to discreetly gesture for Fuzzy to come over to her corner instead.
Comet
"Sometimes, I wonder why the leapers don't just escape all willy nilly from their cage, and it's cause when they open up one of them holes, they don't always get to choose where they go. One time, I saw this one, tried to get away cause I as prepping the knives for him."
Comet
"Fell down into this......pit.....pit filled with.....with....."
"Rabbits that ripped him to shreds." Comet whispers.
S. Shortcake
".....Wonderful."
Comet
"I.....well. It's hard, cause I ain't think they were rabbits for real! But, I don't know how to explain it. They were all messed up. And when I looked at them, I felt this pit in my heart. Fear spread through me! The thing ended up closing, but one of them rabbits got out. Made me...." Comet pauses, worried he'd sound stupid.
Comet
"Feel like I was going to go to school in only my underwear? I don't know folks! It was a REALLY intense feeling!"
Wren S.
"...Are you alright?"

It's the best she can manage. As much as she didn't like Comet, that still didn't sound pleasant.
S. Shortcake
"..Why would you feel like that at that moment??"
Fuzzy
Fuzzy stays in her own corner, a step back from anyone else.

"...There's a lot worse places to be than somewhere with solid ground beneath your feet and breathable air. And that's just normal space. There's some...really freaky places out there."
Comet
"That's the weird thing! I ain't know why! But it was so intense, I gotta be honest, I don't think I've ever feared something more than that moment." Comet shakes his head.
Comet
"So all I'm trying to say, is there's two ways I know out of here. Instant travel via that leaper, or something a lot harder. Going through to a Federation outpost recently set up. If you get to them, they won't give you back."
Comet
Comet chuckles. "Unless the vampwelfs are willing to give a pretty point to get you back, but none of us are worth shit!"
S. Shortcake
"Federation does sound a lot safer than risking anything with the leaper..."
S. Shortcake
2025-10-02 16:45:29
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"And I doubt I'm worth anything more than a bag of warm blood to the bats."
Wren S.
"I..."

She produces an odd mix between a sigh and what can only be described as a half-attempt at cawing. "I do not care which option is taken. I have little ones to get back home to. And...I cannot dream another day here. I just can't."
Wren S.
"As much as they have no vets around here, I do not believe I am that needed. Maybe...? Maybe that will work? B-beyond rabbits."
Comet
"It ain't the Federation that's the hard part! The hard part is GETTING there."
S. Shortcake
"Figured as much.."
Fuzzy
"If you guys want to roll the dice, I can tear open a way for you. But make sure it's a risk you're willing to take. And a risk you're willing to put me in, also. You never know."
Matilda Carmine
"I for one would rather not take that risk. Especially not with that story in mind..."
S. Shortcake
"....Yeah. Death by carnivorous rabbit pit doesn't sound fun."
Comet
"You folks think you're the first people to think of escaping at 3 AM? You'll need a few hours of hoofing it to make it. By then, vampwelfs will be back, and mighty hungry."
Cea Jasper
Cea who has been quiet this whole time ponders both options. "I'm not ready to die. I feel my chances with the leaping are better than that with trying to escape."
Cea Jasper
"I've seen what they do to those who try to escape. It is not pretty...."
S. Shortcake
2025-10-02 16:48:26
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"Would it be safer to attempt spaceripping to the Federation camp? Or does the distance between desired locations not matter.."
7eventhousand
2025-10-02 16:50:39
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"Who is to say the true Vampwelfs are not a large carnivorous rabbit pit? I believe that would explain death by large numbers on a small planet, the spirits were merely unhappy one day. Simply whisked away, but a carnivorous pit would make much more sense."
Wren S.
"...I will be honest, I don't know how to feel about comparing vampwelfs to rabbits. I think both options are horrid."
Wren S.
"But, ah, the, the options, yes! We have two options present. One of them HAS to work. If not, it was...a good run, wasn't it?"
S. Shortcake
2025-10-02 16:51:11
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"Hey robot. Shut the fuck up. Vampwelves are real."
7eventhousand
2025-10-02 16:52:14
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"Hm, yes I suppose they are in the sense that matters to you, I would not dare speak a word otherwise, yes... Real."
S. Shortcake
"Why are you even working right now?? Electricity doesn't fucking work on this planet."
7eventhousand
2025-10-02 16:52:58
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"I would not ever doubt the terms of reality, to do so would be a hypocrite, which is simply not the flavor I would wish to speak with, sweet words are much, much better."
Cea Jasper
2025-10-02 16:53:36
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Cea Jasper sighs. He grabs a chair and slinks into it. "If those of you here try to escape. Do what you will. I cannot attempt it. Both options carry a high chance of death." He covers his face. "Dears, I just feel like a trapped animal that has given up."
Cea Jasper
"The rest of you have only been here for a month. You haven't been "broken in" and haven't see bodies come back from "the hunts" for those trying to escape."
Cea Jasper
"For that......this may be the only period of time you have to reach for freedom, before your spirit is broken."
Matilda Carmine
"I can share that sentiment, besides having given up. Both options sound far from ideal, but I'd much rather take my chances in the trip than a risky portal."
Wren S.
"I am willing to die if it means there's a chance to see my young ones. Besides! I've got enough time to heal anything major off...did I ever share the story of the time I got stabbed by- Bad time. Apologies."

Wren clears her throat.

"If I am caught, I will not speak of this conversation. You all do not deserve to be dragged down for it."
Comet
"You folks better not let my name slip your lips either!" Comet holds up a list of instructions. "Follow these, and get lucky, and you might come back in one piece, but let me give you a heads up."
Matilda Carmine
She held her hand out for the instructions, already opening the clasp on her notebook to pin it if she were to be the lucky one.
Comet
2025-10-02 16:59:47
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"If you think you're about to get caught and die? Come on back. Better to have your spirit broken than life taken." Comet states, passing the instructions to Matilda.
Matilda Carmine
2025-10-02 17:00:33
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"Fair enough!" She put the instructions with her notes, nodding to the others.
S. Shortcake
Shortcake lets out a big huff, rubbing the palms of his hands into his face. "Gods fucking damn it."
Cea Jasper
"If any of you wish to stay, please feel free. We will not judge you, dears."
S. Shortcake
"How long has it been? Is their feeding time almost over?"
Wren S.
"...Thank you."

At the end of the day, she did not agree with the morals of many here. But the chance of freedom is great, if not tempting.

"Both of you! I'd offer a drink as thanks, but I'm fresh out."
Fuzzy
"I'll be staying here for a while, I think. I'm not really afraid- I always have a way out. But I feel an... obligation? I want to make sure the people here are remembered. That if the worst happens, I can offer a way out, or- carry their memory on, elsewhere."
Matilda Carmine
"Will you be okay? You sound uncertain."
Fuzzy
Fuzzy fidgets with her bag, the camera within and the photos she's taken- of the people who aren't here anymore.

"I'll be fine. Honestly, all the death doesn't bother me as much as I thought it would. And like I said, I have a way out."
S. Shortcake
"You could always come with us, and if we get caught, spacerip us somewhere else."
S. Shortcake
"And if we get there fine, you can just. Return, I guess?"
Wren S.
"Maybe my own dream won't come true after all."

A smile has returned to the Emoza as she clasps her hands together.

"...I wish you the best in remembering, dear. Best not force someone to join if they don't wish to."
Matilda Carmine
"That is a good point. If you'd be willing- you could be a last resort and get back safely too... I know I wouldn't mind hearing more from you, personally."
Comet
2025-10-02 17:08:45
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"Don't force the gal. Remember. She might leap into something nasty by mistake. If she don't wanna go, she don't wanna. Plus, you shouldn't be wasting time. Every second is another one that you ain't running."
Fuzzy
Fuzzy takes out her camera and snaps some quick pictures of the others planning their escape.

Wren S.
"If I do not return, I suppose I'm either dead or free, HA! What a silly thought! I'm ready when you all are."
Wren S.
...She does give a little wave to the camera, though.
Matilda Carmine
She covered her face with the camera shutter, the light causing her to flinch away.
7eventhousand
The robot is just standing there.
7eventhousand
2025-10-02 17:13:14
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"I do not understand why we must escape the demons of the mind; perhaps I know not enough. I sit in silence many days, dark silence. I suppose it would drive many mad much sooner than others."
Fuzzy
Fuzzy considers things for a second longer, looking down at her camera.

"Actually... I think I'll go with you guys. Just to see you all out, if nothing else. And if any of you die I can make sure to memoralize you later. But if things look risky no promises I'll stick around."
7eventhousand
2025-10-02 17:28:24
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"I believe I will accompany you, a walk right about now seems pleasant, perhaps it will clear the minds of the masses, apart from myself. Maybe we will reach a union of ideas, and see the room around us as one."
S. Shortcake
2025-10-02 17:11:38
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"If we manage to make it to the federation, I am telling them to come get you." He says, motioning at those staying.
Comet
"Don't fucking bother, friend."
Comet
"Federation could have tried saving us ages ago. They just don't see our capture as illegal. Take a good look at the Federation once you're out there, might see something terrible growing in its halls."
The team of aliens leave, instructions in hand. It's no use arguing.
Every breath spent was one not being used on escaping.
2025-10-02 17:34:13
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[Nightmare King - Hollow Knight]
The escapees rolls a 20 sided die. A 15 is rolled.
????
4 AM hits, then 5 AM, but news of an escape does not reach the ears of the Drakkens yet. No one has attempted to sell the team out for a pitiful amount of rewards. All was quiet, until out from behind a tree, a hungry vampwelf appears. "Hhhhh....I'm so...so sorry. I......"
????
2025-10-02 17:42:16
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"I. NEED. BLOOD. I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANYMORE! I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW MUCH. I. NEED. BLOOD!" The vampwelf looks weak. It's clear she's some sort of escapee or a lost fey women herself. Fangs ready, she's forced to block the path that the instructions dictate. In her weakened state, it's unlikely she could chase them down if they took a shortcut, but the shortcut entails going through the "Red Woods," a location the instructions say to attempt avoiding.
Wren S.
...She's blocking the path. The others can't get out like this. SHE can't get out like this. A decision is made almost instantly.

This poor thing had been wandering for who knows how long. Wren takes a deep breath before the others can react, moving to approach the vampwelf. She's shaking. Who wouldn't be scared?

"...It's alright, dear. It's going to be just fine. I have something to offer." Wren speaks. "A lot of us don't realize things. You can have some of mine."
????
The beast does not even hesitate. It grabs Wren and beings to drink her blood. Wren feels faint, unable to move. She won't be able to escape like this anymore.
???? flips a 2 sided coin. A 1 is flipped.
????
2025-10-02 18:05:57
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"Oh......Oh yes!! BLOOD IS AMAZING!" The vampwelf squeals in delight. The blood of Wren had instantly made it stronger. It stands healthier now, as if instantly healed, and yet.....it's a greedy thing. "MORE. MORE. I NEED MORE BLOOD!" It screams.
S. Shortcake
"YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE," he shouts while backing away from her, glancing at Wren to make sure she's alive.
S. Shortcake
2025-10-02 18:13:33
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Posted by ID #26
Last edit: 2025-10-02 18:13:45
He motions at Matilda and then to the woods. "We have to."
Matilda Carmine
She nods, pulling herself out of her frozen state and looking over the instructions. With haste, she pointed in the direction the notes mentioned and ran that way, expecting the others to follow.
Fuzzy
2025-10-02 18:15:28
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Posted by ID #276
Last edit: 2025-11-16 21:39:27
Fuzzy snaps a picture before running. The flash isn't working, so the lighting is going to be awful, but it'll look cool in a found footage horror movie.
S. Shortcake
He runs after, swearing under his breath about having to leave Wren.
Matilda Carmine
2025-10-02 18:19:33
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Posted by ID #276
Last edit: 2025-11-16 21:40:07
Careful not to get lost as they went further into the woods, once they were a reasonable distance and glancing over her shoulder showed nothing but her companions, she slowed down to a jog.

She tried reading further into the notes she was given, trying to find if there was additional text to be found to elaborate on why they should attempt avoiding these woods. At worst, even if vague, she's sure she could try to talk with Shortcake to re-navigate outside of the Red Woods again to go back on course.
Red Woods rolls a 20 sided die. A 6 is rolled.
Sadly, there were no notes for the Red Woods other than to not enter it.
Red Wood Beast
2025-10-02 18:38:37
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Posted by ID #2
Last edit: 2025-10-02 19:43:47
The group ran through the Red Woods, but they soon learned where it had gotten its name. A red light shone from between trees, before heavy footsteps chased behind them. Feys leap away in fear, scrambling between legs to avoid whatever the monster was.
And when one of them dares to look back.....
The Beast of the Red Woods was too tall to behold without looking up.
Red Wood Beast
2025-10-02 18:41:33
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Posted by ID #2
Last edit: 2025-10-02 19:44:33
With a head pointed up one could only bare a single glance at it before the beasts glowing red eyes blinded them. The sight was not pretty. "Kkkkrrrr!!! Heeeeeeeehhhhhhhhh.."
Boris Drakken
2025-10-02 18:45:45
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Posted by ID #2
Last edit: 2025-10-02 19:45:01
Large wings fly overhead. A nichtendrakk belonging to Lord Boris Drakken lands in front of the group. Held in the owner's hands is a basket of food. "What in the world? What are you all DOING IN THE RED WOODS? Don't you know better, you FOOLS?"
Boris Drakken
2025-10-02 18:48:26
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Posted by ID #2
Last edit: 2025-10-02 18:50:08
"I'll offer you IDIOTS a deal! You don't talk about me being here, and I won't talk about your little adventures today. Then you can escape BACK to DRAKKEN LAND! How about that?" Boris pulls the lead on his nichtendrakk, ready to fend off the beast from the escapees.
S. Shortcake
"It... it wasn't our fault.. we got chased all the way out here by some greedy non-drakken vampwelf... She already got one of us.."
7eventhousand
Looking around again, he spoke.
"We ran, it was the only thing to do, as if the whims of fire had filled her, we were helpless."
Boris Drakken
Boris hisses. "I knew that failure of an offering was too weak to get far! She still stands around here!"
Boris Drakken
2025-10-02 18:56:51
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Posted by ID #2
Last edit: 2025-10-02 19:48:36
"How much has she seen...." He mumbles under his breath.
Boris Drakken
"I thank you for your honesty." With a swift motion, his steed jumps over the group, screeching at the rampaging beast of the Red Woods. He throws the basket of meat before it.
Red Wood Beast
"Blek Bleck! Bleck!!!!!!" The beast makes a hideous gagging noise as it devours the meat in one bite, and is chased away from the group. Scrambling like a roach caught in the light.
S. Shortcake
As soon as Boris isn't towering over the group he nearly collapses, body trembling.
Boris Drakken
Boris points to Fuzzy. "You there. You will tell me about this escaped woman and what she has done to you. The rest of you, follow in SILENCE."
Fuzzy
2025-10-02 19:08:48
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Posted by ID #276
Last edit: 2025-11-16 21:44:54
Fuzzy steps forward, head still bowed. "This vampwelf woman...She definitely wasn't a Drakken, she was dressed like a tourist. Wearing one of those floral-patterned shirts. She attacked us, chased us into the woods... She was- Well. My pet, here, can repeat what it heard her say."

She gives her Plushkeki a little squeeze, directing it to use its [Mimic] abilities.
"I. NEED. BLOOD. I CAN'T TAKE THIS ANYMORE! I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW MUCH. I. NEED. BLOOD!"
Boris Drakken
2025-10-02 19:12:01
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Posted by ID #2
Last edit: 2025-10-02 19:41:04
"She's in a blood frenzy. Must have begun to STARVE and went to harass the field workers." Suddenly, Boris starts to chuckle. "She'll be easy to pick up in her SUFFERING state."
"This time. I WON'T be handing her to the Mad Knight. She's had it too good."
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