Christmas Eve
Dec. 12th, 2014 09:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
skeleton_kingJack doesn't attempt to leave the custody of Gene as he leads the search party into the forest, map in hand.
There are a great many more doors now, each with a pumpkin, and as Jack comes into the vicinity they seem to give a little click.
He turns to the search party.
"Spread out and search each area of the forest." he says. "There is likely to be monsters behind these doors, preventing the retrieval of the first Santy Claws. Your Santy Claws is, I think, in the hands of a creature called Oogie Boogie, the former king of Bug Day, who appears as a big sack full of bugs. If you find him, or you get into trouble, shout for help at once. The other monsters should not hurt you too severely, but they will attack, so your best bet is to force them back into the door."
There are a great many more doors now, each with a pumpkin, and as Jack comes into the vicinity they seem to give a little click.
He turns to the search party.
"Spread out and search each area of the forest." he says. "There is likely to be monsters behind these doors, preventing the retrieval of the first Santy Claws. Your Santy Claws is, I think, in the hands of a creature called Oogie Boogie, the former king of Bug Day, who appears as a big sack full of bugs. If you find him, or you get into trouble, shout for help at once. The other monsters should not hurt you too severely, but they will attack, so your best bet is to force them back into the door."
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Date: 2014-12-20 12:53 am (UTC)"We have to get it back through the door, we can't let it get to the bar." he says.
He's not leaving Duster on his own with it. He might be bleeding, but he's not a total noncombatant.
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Date: 2014-12-20 02:09 pm (UTC)"Think we can shut the door?"
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Date: 2014-12-21 12:26 am (UTC)Then he hears the ghostly wail.
"I think they found the bogeyman." he wipes his nose, finding that the bleeding is starting to slow down, and heads towards the noise.