nightlogs | SLEIGH BELLS RING ❄ MINGLE

SLEIGH BELLS RING

Those that escape from the theater all seem to come out through the same doors. When they get there, they can see that the theater isn't actually a building. There's only a free-standing set of theater doors on the playground. At the rear side of them is a brick wall.

Those that exit will find they can't re-enter.

None of the humans have seemed to notice the door or them, even those driving by.

Not everyone escapes at the same time. It comes in fits and starts, them filtering of the theater. Some can walk out mostly unharmed, some limp out, some come out supporting each other.

What they find outside is... uncanny. There in the playground is a massive sleigh, but one that looks not-exactly-traditional, with equipment and boosters that look almost like a mix of technology and something magical.

It's been expanded into many carriages, almost like a roller coaster. Harnessed to it are eight massive reindeer, champing slightly at their bits. It appears the people that attacked and created the theater are at least long gone. That means that as people slowly filter out they can check up on each other, provide first aid, and reassure each other.

OOC DETAILS
❅ Status effects: Any injuries or damage that happens to a character will stick when they leave the Multiplex. That means that someone that gets facehugged by a facehugger will have an alien larva problem that may be causing some serious indigestion soon. Anyone that gets Borg-nanited through the neck will start having the nanites take over them. However the myth healing will slow these processes down until they can get to the Pole, and there are magical means at the Pole to help the characters survive this.

❅ First Aid/Other Supplies: The sleigh will have magically anticipated their needs. While it won't have the antivenom for Kaa because only a magical plant that grows at the Pole can cure the bites, it will have plenty of well-stocked general first aid kits. Applying first aid can help the myth healing heal someone more quickly and is important for injured characters that opted out of the myth healing.

❅ Timing: People can bendytime the timing of when their characters have escaped to play in this and "Let's All Go To The Movies" at the same time. People can also intro here late if they need to wrap some things up in the other post first.

❅ Intro: Players can use this post to intro instead if that's their preference. You can just assume your characters had to run from scary things in the theater and either handwave their circumstances, or assume your character found a way out more quickly than others.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[Man, you will never hear Eddie saying that Steve hasn't metamorphosed into an incredibly generous person. No comment on the destruction, and Eddie gets some bonus encouraging shoulder pats? Unfathomable.

He looks up to see Steve pacing back and forth, and it weirdly settles Eddie a little, because it's obvious he's not freaking out alone. He takes a few deep breaths, and presses a hand up against his racing heart.]

Not gonna be sick. Eighty percent sure, anyway. You good? Didn't get chewed on by anything in there?

[ He gives that 'eighty percent sure' a bitchy little scoff just to be a little bitchy. Nerd stats. Can't relate. But it's better than like... seventy percent sure? So.

Sure. He'll take his chances. ]

Nothing to write home about, man. [ He got chewed on by a gremlin earlier but then some weird girl helped him patch it up. His pockets are full of tampons and sanitary pads now because that's what his life is doing, apparently.

Nothing to write home about comparatively. Basically. ]

What about you? No bullshit. We're making a no-bullshit contract right now because if either of us dies I'm gonna be pissed. [ POINTS AT. ] And you don't want that, alright?

[ "If either of us dies here, I'm kicking our asses." - Steve Harrington. ]

[The bitchy little scoff barely registers, but only because Eddie is still recovering brain power right now. Completely rude, being bitchy about Eddie instead of something Eddie can also be bitchy about.

He tosses Steve a thumbs up in response, and sprawls out more comfortably on the ground, no longer feeling like the earth is rapidly shifting under his feet. We're good, we're stable.]

Jesus, I'm not going to bullshit you. Cool the lasers. [Eddie puts his hands up in mock surrender, but the whole 'I'm too chill for this attitude' vibe he's attempting to put down is totally at odds with the amused grin on his face.

Also, his hands are pretty solidly covered in blood. He's definitely forgotten about that part.]

I'm fine, dude. Not a scratch.

[ By all rights, Steve should figure out how to point twice as pointedly just for that.

Oh what a chill time we're having! On the ground covered in blood and resurrected from the dead! Normal goddamn Friday night! Like Max could come skating through those doors any second now all hale and whole and it wouldn't be just as much of a total mind bender.

Insane. This is actually insane. ]

I swear to god, I always think we hit the cap on how weird shit can get, and then it always gets weirder. Every time. There's reindeer out here. [ Dead dudes walking, no sign of his dumbass kids, Santa's reindeer standing in a parking lot... ] I gotta stop calling my shots.

[Honestly, Steve needs to cool it and enjoy the relative safety they're sitting in for like, two minutes. Eddie doesn't know how the guy's head hasn't already exploded from stress at several points in his life.]

Alright, alright, take it easy man. Obviously this is several layers of messed up and weird, but we can debrief about it later, yeah? Maybe just- I don't know, sit down for a second. You kind of look like a vein is gonna pop out of your forehead Alien-style.

[ Take it easy... sounds fake. They're out in the open. He only knows one person here. He doesn't know if anyone else he knows is here. Steve needs to be ready to physically beat something to death at any moment, and then he'll find a room to be alone in after this all somehow settles and have a panic attack or some shit, and then he'll.

He doesn't know what, exactly. They're in a whole Situation.

He's not gonna sit down. But he'll stop the rant because he guesses maybe that would get Eddie freaked out too, and scoff about the forehead vein thing instead. Joke's on Steve, that's already making him less tense. ]

We went through the trenches in there just so you could insult my good looks?

[Eddie definitely has his own personal freak out waiting in the wings, but it's like too much has happened at once and he's way too tired and overloaded for his brain to load it up and hit go. He's kinda peaceful, but specifically in a weird, very dramatic way, like a sea captain all resigned to his fate as he sits in the eye of a storm. Sooooo Eddie.

Whether or not it helps with his own stress levels (it does) Eddie is glad when Steve stops pacing, because he honestly doesn't have many other methods for calming someone down.]

Hey, don't go putting words in my mouth. It's a very charming vein.

[We enjoy a little flirt in these troubled times.]

[ He gestures to Eddie again. In like a "see!" kind of way. Like he'd gesture at him if this were part of some group argument about Steve's stress vein and someone finally took Steve's side in the argument. ]

Thank you. We all bring stuff to the table, man.

[ See, guys, who are not here! Charm!

He hasn't picked up that that was a little flirt yet. He'll re-run the tape later and probably figure it out then. ]

[It is, ironically, a very charming response on Steve's part, and that kind of makes Eddie want to kick something. ]

Sure, yeah. I bring copious amounts of fear and mid tier running skills, you bring a makeshift weapon and some nice veins. All areas covered.

[Eddie looks back down at his still bloody hands, grimacing at how sticky they're beginning to feel. Gross. He tugs his bandanna free from his hair, and does his best to start wiping them clean. It's only mildly successful.]

God, this is nasty.

They're only mid tier if you die, man. You did as good as anyone without crazy mind powers could do.

[ Good hustle, wish El was here to throw a car or something, etc. Real-ass Jaws was in there! By his accounting they did great. They got a C+ in whatever the fuck this situation is.

If a solid F in getting out of it clean. Ew. ]

Wanna check out the sleigh? I'm seeing first aid, so there's probably some Wet Naps or something in there.

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