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 […]
Halloween 2016 IF – Day 19
[New and want to jump in? Please read the Instructions, but go ahead!] Septimus found that he wasn’t meeting Sweet’s eyes any more—at least, not the ones on his face. The ones on his stomach and chest seemed a bit swollen, blood trickling, and their pupils were too wide, which he had to assume still […]
Halloween 2016 IF – Day 18
[New and want to jump in? Please read the Instructions, but go ahead!] You hold up a free hand defensively, while the other remains between you two—protecting the heart. You have to protect the heart. You feel that more strongly than ever now, even though you couldn’t say why. Of course you should be sacrificing […]