Halloween 2016 IF – Day 24
[New and want to jump in? Please read the Instructions, but go ahead!] Sweet was staring at him, frantically afraid and deeply unsure. Those uncountable eyes were focused on Septimus with a single-minded intensity, and Septimus held up both hands to try to ward that fear off. “Okay, let’s get back to the basics,” Septimus […]
Halloween 2016 IF – Day 23
[New and want to jump in? Please read the Instructions, but go ahead!] Septimus swallowed back the scream he could feel bubbling up in his throat. It was Sweet, and he knew it was Sweet, but even so, he could hardly bear to look. It was an image that would haunt his nightmares for years, […]
Halloween 2016 IF – Day 22
[New and want to jump in? Please read the Instructions, but go ahead!] It was almost impossible to think. The eyes were watching Septimus closely, too closely, impossibly closely. It felt like they could see his thoughts, his soul, everything he’d ever done that he didn’t want brought to light, every sin and grief and […]
Halloween 2016 IF – Day 21
[New and want to jump in? Please read the Instructions, but go ahead!] The most bizarre thing was how unsurprising that news was. There was some part of Septimus that was in shock, sure—a part that had been holding out hope that Sweet himself was normal, and things like the eyes, his eyes, were just the […]
Halloween 2016 IF – Day 20
[New and want to jump in? Please read the Instructions, but go ahead!] The darkness radiated out from the basement like something with both weight and gravity, trying to pull Septimus forward. He drew a sharp breath and shut the door, a little more firmly than he meant to. He was going to go down […]