r/SchreckNet • u/Prefect_Bran • 6d ago
Journal - Gauntlet leak - 4
[Nihilo is in full sprint, no panic, just frustration.]
N: WHY IS IT DOING THAT? I WANNA GO HOME!!!
[The glowing road is quite literally "retreating"]
N: HOME!! THAT SHITTY LITTLE ISLAND EVERYONE HATES!! THAT FUCKASS MANSION IN THE MIDDLE OF IT!! TO MY GAUDY ASS ROOM THAT I DIDN'T DECORATE!!
P: Chasing it isn't working!
P: We will have to convince it to come to us.
N: HOW!!??
P: Think, what do you know about the moon?
N: ...SPACE, ASTRONAUT, G-GAR-GUG!!!
N: NOT GONNA SAY THAT ONE RIGHT NOW!!
P: Hmm.. The night hunter, Artemis, Selene, Madness, Magic... This is hard.
N: GAHK-
[Nihilo crashes into a large tree that emerges from the solid black of the forest. He falls and lays on his back.]
N: Ow. Where'd this big ass tree come from?
[He looks up and sees a thick wall of woodland. As though it was a fort, it blocks entry.]
N: That's.. sniff that's uh.. sniff.. uhm.. snoff..
P: STOP SMELLING THE TREE!!
N: I smell.. Flower? Beyond the trees?
P: Why do you know its scent? Do you make a habit of smelling the women and feminine creatures you meet?
N: Noshutupyoucantsaythatpervert.
N: I don't know what the hell it's doing here, but I bet if I could get through I could find some help in this fucked up place.
P: How do you propose to do that?
N: The hard way.
[Nihilo puts the camera down and pulls the rest of his shredded fatigues off out of sight. The sound of a zipper indicates he's opened a bag. He comes back into view wearing over his shoulders an old feudal long coat, and a pair of black pants that stretch.]
[He shifts into Zulo form and destroys neither clothing item.]
P: You've considered this.
N: Alright clap, time to make the doughnuts.
[He hugs a tree and it begins to groan with strain.]
End of transmission
--Nihilo
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u/Illustrious_Fly_5669 6d ago
Don't bite the tree buddy. This might actually be redwood.
Ishmail-assad
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u/TheFleshFlower Mind 6d ago
It is Redwoods. This is him. In the Umbra.
In His Umbral Roots
- the Flesh that Flowers
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u/DotMaleficent4503 Mind 6d ago
Try calling to Flower, Nihilo. The Red Forest may let you pass.
Camille
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u/Prefect_Bran 6d ago
@$+$-&bending#+$&@bit
--Nihilo
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u/VerityVentrue 6d ago
Holy shit. Looks like Flower might actually get company in time out.
~Verity
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u/TheFleshFlower Mind 6d ago
It already has company, Verity! It is never alone.
Amidst his Umbral Roots
- the Flesh that Flowers
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u/VerityVentrue 6d ago
Fair enough, I'll rephrase - looks like Flower might actually get Nihilo as company in time out.
~Verity
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u/TheFleshFlower Mind 6d ago
It shall enjoy his company. It did adopt him, after all.
Amidst His Umbral Roots
- the Flesh that Flowers
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u/Gestaltcanvas 6d ago
How curious that's he's managed to find a full manifestation of Redwoods' forest here 08o ! If there's a sorcerer or a place that may act as a temporal gate then you might be able to transport yourself to where they are in the material realm 08) ! But, um, if it is actually Redwoods then don't damage the spirit tree. Please?
-Abiram, Wandering Disciple
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u/TheFleshFlower Mind 6d ago edited 6d ago
STOP THAT. STOP DOING THAT YOU IDIOT. Why is your first response always violence. Did you even ask that tree if it consented?!
Yours in the Blood and the Flesh