Halloween 2016 IF – Day 12
[New and want to jump in? Please read the Instructions, but go ahead!] It had taken about six minutes of ‘real’ time before time skipped previously, so that felt like the time limit Septimus was working with. He didn’t want to take too long here—didn’t want Sweet to come back and find himself alone. He thought […]
Halloween 2016 IF – Day 11
[New and want to jump in? Please read the Instructions, but go ahead!] The candles were providing plenty of (admittedly unnerving) illumination, flickering in the faint movement of air as Sweet shifted to the end of the bed and began to rise, casting long and deep shadows around the room. Septimus leaned forward and grabbed the […]
Halloween 2016 IF – Day 10
[New and want to jump in? Please read the Instructions, but go ahead!] It was an undeniably alarming response. Septimus let a breath out through his teeth, mind racing as he tried to decide what would be best to say. “Okay, Sweet,” he said carefully, finally. “I just have a couple more things, and then […]
Halloween 2016 IF – Day 9
[New and want to jump in? Please read the Instructions, but go ahead!] It was somewhat tempting to jump on every question he’d had since this night had started—and there were already too many of them—but Sweet’s shoulders were tight, and he seemed miserable, defensive, hunched over. Septimus rubbed his face with both hands, forcing […]
Halloween 2016 IF – Day 8
[New and want to jump in? Please read the Instructions, but go ahead!] For a moment, Septimus couldn’t bring himself to move. Shock left him behind in the hallway, barely watching as Sweet went over to the couch. “Come on,” Sweet called. “We should make use of the power while we’ve got it. We could […]