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[it_was_the_best]

[The Doctor flips on his communicator. It's dim, and he's looking rather unsettled.]

Hello, from the Archives. I've been told there's monsters in the fog. The red spaces on our maps. If I say Vashda Narada, does that ring a bell for anyone?

Comments

[blonde_neophyte]

[Unhappy face] No.

Can you explain further? Maybe it's just a different word for something we already know about?

[it_was_the_best]

Vashda Narada are.....shadows. Not every shadow, but any shadow could be. They're carnivores. Can strip flesh right off the bone. Usually they're scavengers, but sometimes a concentration of them can get aggressive.

I suppose the relevant questions are whether anyone has stumbled across a bare skeleton near one of the red areas, or noticed anyone with multiple shadows.

[Because the residents of this city needed more nightmare fuel, Doctor.]

It's okay LJ I didn't want to change my icon anyway...

[blonde_neophyte]

[Stares]

Shadows that eat people?

How...how could we be sure? It would be good to know before we find any bare skeletons anywhere.

*shakes fist at LJ*

[it_was_the_best]

We couldn't be sure. The best thing to do would be stay out of dark places.

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[lolwhatfuture]

The Archives has some crazy foggy areas. I'd be careful where I go in there, if I were you.

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[it_was_the_best]

Right. I'll be.....careful.

[He says that, knowing his inclination is usually to run to the trouble, to at least see what it is.]

What exactly is supposed to be in the fog?

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[lolwhatfuture]

I don't know, for sure. I haven't exactly gone running into it to find out. Some other guy did, but there's been no word from him since.

[it_was_the_best]

[He sighs.]

I'll try to stay out of the fog, then.

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[wordsoul]

... Aah. It wouldn't be surprising.

There's been a lot of talk about monsters since I got here. [ he scratches his chin, hmm-ing under his breath. ]

... Speaking from what I've seen, though, there haven't been any dead bodies to match your description. [ it'll be nice if it stays like that, he supposes, but with the spread of the zones through the green... ]

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[it_was_the_best]

Oh well, that's good. [The Doctor nods, and amends his statement.]

The lack of bodies. There's not much that can be done tofight Vashda Narada. I have but that was special circumstances. What have you heard about the monsters here?

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[wordsoul]

[ what has he heard. kubota smiles congenially, moves to pop a cigarette in his mouth and light it, organising his thoughts.

... funny. it seems like things burn slower than they used to, these days. his pack of seven stars is still half full. ]

About that, I haven't encountered them as much as some of the old-timers. But dealing with things like that isn't a new occurrence, it seems.

The one I shot had a tough hide. [ he smiles lazily, gives a kind of pseudo-gun shape with one hand, perpendicular to the screen. ] It's not nice, but I had to shoot it through the eye, in the end. They won't let you avoid them entirely, when they come like that.

... I don't know whether it'll be the same kind next time. That may not be much help.

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[it_was_the_best]

[The Doctor makes a face. He's not fond of guns.]

What did the one you shot look like?

[Voice]

[redskyrising]

[There's a note of curiosity in his voice] So how would one deal with monsters made of shadow?

[Voice]

[it_was_the_best]

Run. And stay in the light. I bluffed them, once. In retrospect, I'm very surprised that worked.

[Voice]

[redskyrising]

The lighting here is fairly dismal, sadly. How did you manage to bluff them?

[Pause]

--I had assumed you meant sunlight. Would artificial light suffice? Or perhaps fire?

[Voice]

[it_was_the_best]

Any light. The stronger, the better.

[He clears his throat.]

We were in one of the largest libraries to ever exist in my home universe - long story. I told them to look me up. I think they decided not to risk my already shot temper.

[He sounds a bit embarrassed at that.]

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[longue_duree]

I just left there. Was worried 'bout that yellow on the map. I must've missed you going in though. You all right in there?

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[it_was_the_best]

The dark is disconcerting, but I'm ok.

[He's increasingly disoriented. He's also stubborn as hell, and reluctant to retreat.]

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[longue_duree]

[He nods.] Guessing you didn't figure this for a nice time to get some light reading in. You picked a helluva time to go exploring though.

What's a Vashda Narada?

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[it_was_the_best]

Vashda Narada are scavengers. They hide in shadows.They don't usually prey on the living, but sometimes....

Everything is off here.