Nightmare for Saffron

[thedemonmagnet]

There were clouds all over the island. Xander had to wonder, was this the island getting into the mood of Halloween or was this some weird trick that would turn them into a girl or a five year old if they dared walk through them? Knowing the island as well as he sadly did, it could go either way. So Xander stood there and stared at one of the clouds outside the Club for a good twenty minutes, debating whether or not to walk through, just to satisfy his curiosity over what would happen.

In the end, he decided against it. Plus, he was due at the Club to do some carpentry work before Helen locked up for the party that night. So he turned around and walked towards the Club building...unknowingly into another cloud.

“Hello?” Xander called as he walked in, always used to someone being there and it was strange when he didn’t get an answer. Usually someone was around doing something or practicing. Still, he shrugged and went to work on the downstairs bar.

But the silence started to weigh on him and just suddenly, he got an overwhelming sense of loneliness. Like he was the only one on the entire island. To the point his hands started to shake and he felt overwhelmingly claustrophobic. Figuring he was going to get any work done like this and he really needed some air, Xander left his tools where they were and practically sprinted outside. He’d hoped to see someone, anyone, outside but there was just...no one. He even started heading up to the compound, the intense loneliness he felt weighing heavily on him as to make his steps difficult...and was it his imagination or was it getting darker?

"HELLO? ANYONE?"

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[devilwoman]

The club was closed that night, on account of Shari's Halloween party, but that wasn't for another few hours, and Saffron figured now was as good a time as any to do a little practicing given how the island liked to do funny things on this particular holiday. Xander was meeting her there, for a little fixing up that needed doing. For what was probably the millionth time, Saffron was silently grateful as she walked over to the club for Xander's continued presence.

The random patches of fog, or whatever the gui they were, had been weird, but Saffron had managed to avoid them so far. One was directly blocking her way to the club though, now, and Saffron figured she might as well just walk through it. At worst, she'd end up walking out of it a man or a teenager or something, but she knew it would be temporary anyway. May as well get it over with.

So she walked in - and at first, nothing seemed to change. She was still on the island, still on the path. But everything seemed...eerie, quiet. Deserted was the first word that sprang to mind. There was no one else around. Saffron didn't understand it.

She frowned slightly, turned, and that's when she saw him. Xander, standing not far away and looking oddly lost and troubled. "Xander?" she called out.

That's when she heard it. The noise, coming from the jungle, growing steadily louder. Like the sound of many people running, yelling - attacking.

Whatever it was, they were getting closer.