♊ 21 ♊ [Text] [Back dated to within 30 minutes past 'dawn' on the 23rd]

[thii2ii22tupiid]

*The handwriting is sloppy, but being written in the dark and by a shaking hand will do that.*

plea2e tell me you can read thii2.
anybody.
anybody plea2e tell me they can 2ee me, ii don't want two do thii2 agaiin, plea2e 2ay 2omethiing.

IB? where are you? 2tay where you are, ii don't know what happened, even the fake 2un wa2 gone.

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[ghostly_stutter]

U-um. S-Sollux? Are you okay?

I can read what you wrote, if that helps.

[thii2ii22tupiid]

no, ii am not okay.

[ghostly_stutter]

S-Sollux?

You're worrying me. What's wrong?

[thii2ii22tupiid]

ii got lo2t agaiin.

[ghostly_stutter]

L-lost?

[It's been a while since Chloe's last reply. Yep. She's in the dark beyond as well.]

S-Sollux... p-please don't tell me y-you were taken by the dark t-too. Derek is supposed to be l-looking for you!

[thii2ii22tupiid]

iin the black tunnel2, lo2t.

NO.
tell hiim two go back two where iit2 2afe, EVERYONE need2 two 2tay iin the liight.

*Damnit why does no one ever fucking listen to him B|*

[ghostly_stutter]

Th-the tunnels. That's where we are, then? H-how many of us are down here, I wonder.

D-don't worry! I told D-Derek to stay safe. He will try to protect the others and--and bring them light.

[He has to.]

[thii2ii22tupiid]

...you're iin them two?

*DAMNIT. How many people were they going to eat?!*

ii recogniize them, iit2 them, but the room2 they lead u2 two are odd becau2e they don't 2eem two change.

he'd better, ii don't want anybody el2e iin here.

[ghostly_stutter]

[A wry, somewhat wavering laugh.]

Yeah. I'm in them, too.

[Private to Sollux]

W-w-wait a minute. Th-the rooms don't change? A-as in... if something is after us we can't just... t-turn around and be somewhere else?

[And doom. Chloe was doing well with her panic up until this point. Thanks, Sollux.]

D-Don't tell Derek. Please.

[He'd really worry if he knew that.]

[thii2ii22tupiid]

*Sorry, Chloe, he's not together enough to seal things right now. And he's having trouble seeing the page anyway.*

the hall2 changed liike normal, but then ii ended up iin a room and iit ha2 no way out, that diidn't happen la2t tiime, maybe we go two diiferent room2 but not back two the hall2 or 2taiir2 or anythiing el2e.

[ghostly_stutter]

S-so we're really trapped...

[thii2ii22tupiid]

we were trapped before, now we ju2t can't wander around a2 much.

[ghostly_stutter]

H-have you come across any--

Has anything dangerous--

[thii2ii22tupiid]

nothiing came two hurt me la2t tiime, nothiing but darkne22 and 2iilence and nothiingne22.
iit2 probably the 2ame thii2 tiime.

[ghostly_stutter]

S-so we'll be alone. In the dark.

W-without food or water.

[thii2ii22tupiid]

ye2.