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[Magus00]

[Watson]

((OOG: Terrence is here, too! xD We'll all catch up nicely and hopefully no one will have to ave their head blown off.))

The awkwardness of the question didn't seem to bother Terrence, but the courtesy of the food exchange made Terrence feel good about having been noticed. He accepted the candy bar and sunflower seeds graciously, and took a large bite out of the chocolate.

"N-no...it isn't natural...wh-when I was little I was sc-scared stiff by...well, by the very same thing th-that I believe is hunting a-all of you..." He coughed, and some of the chocolate was spit to the ground. Nevertheless, he tried to continue talking.

"I a-am sure t sounds rid-ridiculous...but there is something st-strange going on here...a being I call 'The Tall One' is w-within these woods." The white haired man folded his arms across his chest, pondering what to say next. Faye seemed to be giving him an odd look he couldn't quite decipher, and the others shivered as if in fear...of him, or of the Tall One's prescence?

Terrence couldn't be quite sure.

He sighed, knowing this would be a long day.

[Renren]

Mia snorted, still trying to get the lock open with shaking hands. "Because this guy I'm in here with basically passed out and we've been hearing shit, okay?"

She opened the door and brushed her bangs out of her eyes, walking slowly through the door with her hands raised. "This pipe is the only weapon I have, she said, waving it slightly and slowly. "For christ's sake don't shoot me. Can you put that gun down or something?"

[Magus00]

"Sorry, sister, can't do that. I've been shot at today and it seems everyone is going crazy. I will, however, not blow ya up. Back away from the door, I'll open it for ya. No explosions, I promise." Mike eases his hand off the pump action and instead, gears up for a shootout, just in case.

[raelyn]

(( You must be faster at F5-ing than I am. I obsessively F5 in classes at school....even more so today because we had a snow day 8D. So I'm glad it's so lively on here today, or I'd be bored as all heck.))

Faye pulled her hand in slowly as Terrence talked, shaking still.

"It's hunting us? Why?" Realizing that probably wasn't important, Faye asked, "So...this thing...d...does it kill p-people?" Faye asked, stammering over the last words, talking past a lump forming in her throat. If this Tall One he's talking about is deadly....my brother's probably dead by now... She blinked back tears, swallowing a few times to regain her composure. Can't think that way, stay positive, Faye. Getting upset will only get you killed, if these guys are right about things in the woods.

Terrence crossed his arms and sighed, and Faye nervously rolled her shoulders, glancing around warily. This fog was starting to seriously freak her out. Faye yelped, startled, as yelling broke out yet again from the upper floors of the house, and nearly jumped out of her skin. "Sorry," she apologized to the group, "I scare kinda easy...But maybe we should head in soon. Preferably before Mike starts blowing stuff up."

[Renren]

((Wait, Mike doesn't need to open the door, Mia already did and she walked through it))

[Magus00]

(Whoops, didn't see that part, mah bad.)

"Oh...the door is open." Mike blinks back confusion, then shakes his head. "Another Civilian, eh? Party just keeps gettin' bigger. So...Mia...sorry about almost causing you to explode. This here is Gavin," he gestures to the younger guy's direction, "My name is Mike. We have a group outside that is trying to get out of here so we can complete our mission. Now...what is this about hearing things?"

[Watson]

Sensing Faye's desire to rejoin her group and enter the building, Terrence began trudging toward the house alongside her, his arms still crossed, his voice and mannerisms softening to be less harsh.

'Finally,' He thought. 'My voice box seems to be getting a hang of itself.'

"T-The Tall One is a strange creature...inhuman, otherworldly...s-so far as I know, that is." He gave Faye a sincerely apologetic glance, shrugging sadly. "I've seen it k-kill more people than I've even talked t-to my whole life...including my own family."

Terrence was frustrated at his own lack of information to give Faye, but relieved that someone was willing to listen to him speak of it. Most times he would have been regarded as crazy, people would point and laugh, or worse, want him locked up.

This was different. This was his mission. Spread the word. Get people informed.

Perhaps, terrence mused, they could even figh The Tall One off if they were lucky. He just hoped he wasn't taken down in the crossfire...he had a mission now, and did not want to fail it.

He did not want to fail these people.

[Renren]

"Hi," Mia said, glancing quickly at Gavin and then back at Mike. "Well we kept hearing some kid laughing. And I'm pretty sure I saw something move in the house across the street over there." She gestured toward it vaguely, then pointed inside the room. "His name is Stephen, I think," she continued. "I don't know when he passed out or why. I know next to nothing about him. He showed up in front of the house and I yelled out to him."

[raelyn]

Faye walked alongside Terrence, hanging onto his every word. Knowledge was very valuable to her, and Terrence had it.

When he mentioned his family, Faye shot him an understanding glance, noticing his apologetic look. Guess he must realize I'm concerned about my family. At least I'll only be losing one person, if Jake's dead. Everyone else was already gone...

Still mulling over what Terrence had told her, she glanced back at Alison and David, checking to make sure they realized she was going into the house. Hoping one of them saw her, she gave them a slight wave, and pointed up towards the second floor of the house.

Reaching the door first, Faye tugged the handle. Hope it's unlocked... she thought. Thankfully, it was. Holding the door open, she stepped to the side to let Terrence go past first, eyes fixated on the forest just past the back of the house.

[Magus00]

Mike grimaced. Evidently he was gonna be a form of transport again. That, and the burden hardest to bear, leadership. Things were not going his way. He thought for a moment about the next step. They were hearing things, according to Mia and it was becoming more and more apparent that, at least in Mike's world, he was about the only sane one left.

"Ok Mia. What we need to get you and Stephen out of here. Before we boogie outta here, do you know if there is any alcohol or other excellertants here that could be used to cause a fire?"

[Renren]

"I don't know," Mia said. "I have a lighter. That's it. I only glanced through the house briefly to see if there was anyone else here. Why do we need a fire?"

[Magus00]

"...Never mind."

Saying nothing, he walked over to Stephen and pick him up, hauling him over his shoulders. "Ok. Lets get out of this house."

[Watson]

The white-haired man stretched his shoulders and shook his head, pointing to the door.

"Um...ladies first." He didnt remember where he heard it, but he knew it was some sort of customary saying one said to allow a woman to pass before them. It was...'polite.' He shrugged a little bit as Faye went in before him, and entered the house after her.

Hearing a murmur of chatter from the upper floor, Terrence fixed his blue-eyed gaze on the ceiling and tried to tune in what was being said. Expertise with his senses had come from long nights of staying awake, listening to the horrific sound of the Tall One pull his victims apart.

The htought mad ehim shudder with horror. An odd word for him to use.

He'd never felt that way about it before, only in difference.

Still, he turned to Faye andpicked at his lower lip anxiously with sharp fingernails.

"The Tall One has two servents...humans...b-but I don't consider them real humans...no one sane w-would serve that monster." He realized, quite suddenly that the creature he had been close to all these years as also his most hated enemy.

Enemy...

[Renren]

Mia bit her lip. He was keeping secrets, which bothered her. She decided to let it go until she knew more about him. From what she could tell, he was just some trigger-happy military guy.
"Fine," she said. She gripped her crowbar tighter. "Why is the military here, anyway?"