primrosella: (Scared)
Princess Rosella of Daventry ([personal profile] primrosella) wrote2009-08-25 05:33 pm

Quest 115

[Accidental Voice Post]

[The device switches on amidst a shuffle of cloth, presumably by accident--as though, perhaps, it is being kept in a pocket, out of sight, and its owner has jostled it by mistake.]

Don't look don't look don't look don't look--

[The whispered words keep time with the faint clicking of footsteps.]

There's nothing there, it's fine, it's fine, don't look, don't look, there's nothing there, just keep going one step at a time, don't look, don't look, oh, drat these boots! Don't look, there's nothing there, don't look--

[Somewhere nearby, gears grind and electricity crackles. A strangled sort of cry escapes before she can restrain it, and when she begins to speak again, it's with renewed, frantic vigor.]

No, no, no, there's nothing, it's fine, it's fine, there's nothing there, don't look, one step at a time, one and one and one and one, it's fine, it's all right, just get home, it's fine, it's fine--!

[The sound of machinery returns, louder now, clanking and rattling and grinding. Too close--this time, her fear wins out, and her scream is filled with revulsion.]

Get away!

[And now there is scuffling, shuffling, and the distinctive gasping of someone running, stumbling, and running again, as though her life depends on it.]


[OOC: It's mentioned a couple times in the King's Quest Companion that people from Daventry have a deep, universal loathing for technology. Of course, seeing as how the Daventry definition of "technology" means gears and cogs and clockwork stuff...yeah, Rosella's not having a good day. She's been fighting to keep her freaking out under control all day, but between the steampunk atmosphere and her wardrobe modification, it finally got the better of her.

All responses are assumed to be voice, and action for [livejournal.com profile] not_so_smooth and [livejournal.com profile] bombylious.]

Re: [Action]

[identity profile] not-so-smooth.livejournal.com 2009-08-29 06:47 pm (UTC)(link)
"That almost sounded sinister there," Sam said with a bit of a smirk.

[Action]

[identity profile] primrosella.livejournal.com 2009-08-29 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"Did it really? Don't worry, I'm sure it was just a coincidence and I'll be back to my usual inability to be nefarious shortly," Rosella retorted, giving him the most deliberately wide-eyed and innocent look she could muster.

Re: [Action]

[identity profile] not-so-smooth.livejournal.com 2009-08-30 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
Okay, Sam had to admit that was a pretty good wide-eyed, innocent look. He knew Rosella could be devious, just not very nefarious.

"Well I'm just glad you're on my side. Or I'm on your side. Or we're on the same side."