nagpurpolice Chapter 15: Rest
Chapter 15: Rest
Chapter 15: RestWe continue to walk and hold hands as we
[Tiss] "Remind me not to trust your hunches anymore."
A cube lights up. Another cube. Then another, followed by more and more. Eventually, I can see a small speck appear in one of the lit up cubes. Gold feathers, blue tips on the wings, a plump body, but twiggy little legs.
[???] "Bawk bawk bawk bawk!"
A sound can be heard. Those twiggy little legs seem to be carrying the thing quickly across the ground as the ’Bawk’ sounds come with every single step. Maybe two of them every second.
[Wade?] "No... It can’t be."
[Tiss] "What is it?"
Tiss squeezes my hand, worried. I look into her eyes and I can see it.
[Wade?] "If I’m right, this is a friend. Come on, let’s go meet them."
[Tiss] "Wait, what?"
All worry leaves Tiss’ face and is replaced with confusion. I run forward and almost drag Tiss along at first before she starts running alongside me. With every cube we pass, we get closer to the thing in the distance. I can see it more clearly with every few feet.
[Wade?] "Chicken!"
[Tiss] "Are you insane!?"
[Wade?] "Don’t worry, Tiss! Chicken is awesome! They saved me when first ended up in that forest!"
[Tiss] "You never mentioned a chicken before. And how did a chicken a save you? How is it here?"
[Wade?] "I’ll ask it!"
[Tiss] "You can speak chicken?"
We get closer with every step. But then we can see something crawl out of the darkness far behind the chicken. STRING THEORY. Not just one, but maybe ten or more of the things are scrambling in our directions. They trample over each other, moving like rabid animals. A garbles mess of words starts to ring through the hall. At first, it’s just gibberish to me, but it becomes something more clear after a few second.
[STRING THEORIES] "~tHe ///!1$~^~ CATalySt~"
Their voices are even more distorted when they echo off of each other. It becomes a disgusting, discordant sound.
[Wade?] "We have to save Chicken!"
[Tiss] "Are you mad!?"