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Vivid Recollections: Into the World Unknown (Season 1 COMPLETE)

Alright, I didn't write a pov for the garage group because... I honestly was at a loss as to what to write other than "Lynette reassures Nate she won't set him on fire." And if things go well, a post like that would probably be rendered redundant.

Vivid Recollections: Into the World Unknown (Season 1 COMPLETE)

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The Reid Farmhouse – Basement

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"Perfect." Claire said, rolling her eyes at their predicament. They were going to either get eaten alive by bugs, or killed by smoke. "Penny, could you be a deer and tell them that smoke kills people too? And that they'd also be cuttin' off their only fuckin' escape route." Claire dryly noted with her arms crossed.

"Claire." Britney started off, and quickly and effectively shut Claire down. "I trust Lynette knows this, and has figured something out."

"God I hope so," Claire didn't protest too much further. The only thing that she did was wait for the coast to be clear. Meanwhile, the swarm of insects gets closer and closer to devouring them all. Penny asked everyone what their abstractions was. Under any other circumstance, Claire would of told Penny to screw herself, but if it meant getting the hell out of here, she'd do anything. She clenched her fist, and then activated her aura that wrapped around her from head to toe. "Dunno exactly what I got, but I got this shield thing. From the fight with Reese, and that monster, it basically turns me into supergirl... but without the flight." She dryly noted.

She also looked down at Justin, and saw his aura, which was something she was keeping to herself, "... and I guess he can do something with fire - aka. the most useful ability for getting us out of this shit."

"Plants." Britney said as she raised a hand and demonstrated - creating a rose out of her hand. "And I can sense people who are touching plants. Such as people who are standing in grass." She tried to sense Sharon just to see if she was okay, but... she was gone. She looked confused for a moment.

However, at the corner of Claire's eye, she noticed something closing above them. She raised an eyebrow as she was seemingly staring at the ceiling, but she was seeing the aura of somebody. Somebody who should be outside. Sharon Reid. She caught the attention of the rest of the group, "... Sharon's in the house."

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Dragging her feet to the house, Sharon didn't know what to do next. She tried opening her door, but it was barricaded. These bastards... she tried banging, but the hellish sound of the swarm made it impossible to hear beyond maybe a few inches. Sharon saw the insects guiding her to the window that was right next, and saw that it wasn't that well barricaded - she grabbed a rock that was on the porch, busted her window, and pushed the piece of furniture away enough so she could get in. Without a thought she climbed through - and loudly winced when a stray glass shard cut her. She fell, and caught herself with her good arm.

Helping herself up, she dragged her feet through her house, which was full of insects now due to the entrance she just made. She seemingly followed the beacons the insects were laying out for her. She wanted help.... were they guiding her to it? Eventually, she made it to her basement door and noticed the roots blocking the crack. She tried pulling the door open, but it was stuck, then she tried ramming the door with her shoulder in an attempt to break it free. With the door getting looser and looser with each ram.

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"She's trying to get in! Stop her!" Claire said as she ran over to the stairs, but was stopped by Britney's hand on her shoulder.

"This is gonna seem crazy, but trust me," Britney started off, softly as possible, "You all have to let her in."

"And let the bugs kill us?!" Claire protested.

Before speaking, Britney created a lengthy wooden stick with a fat end using her abstraction, and presented it to the group. "If we knock her out, we can bring an end to this... probably" Britney explained, "It's not the best idea, but we have few other viable options at this poi-"

At this point Sharon broke the door open, and slowly climbed down clutching her broken arm and leaning up against the railing as she tried to climb down. "Help me..." She pleaded, as it seemed the insects wouldn't go past the door. As if she was keeping them at bay.

Britney held the weapon behind her back, but she made it clear that she wanted someone else to do it. Still, she looked up the stairs and quietly told somebody in the group, "... Somebody close the door."

Vivid Recollections: Into the World Unknown (Season 1 COMPLETE)

I added a pov to my last post. I want to steer the plot towards a place where I can cleanly end it.

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Reid Farmhouse - Outside

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The pain was so intense...

Sharon didn't realize what was going on, but she felt nauseous from all the buzzing that was filling up her ears. She looked up, and couldn't see a thing, there were too many insects-

Suddenly, the swarm cleared up around her, and left a bubble where she could see in front of her. At least a good six feet in a dome before the insect swarm made it impossible to see past it. She stood up, still clutching that pained arm of hers. What in the hell was going on? She tried dragging her feet back towards her house, but she couldn't-

The insects cleared up a path straight to her house.

"Am I..." Sharon trailed off for a moment as she released her arm, and let it loosely flop to her size. She raised a palm up into the air, and saw a dragonfly land on her hand. It flew away, but she looked off to the side. She realized she was one of them. An Awakened. It was finally time, but it came at the worst time... she looked up, and closed her eyes as she tried to will them away.

... and they didn't go away.

Maybe... her heart was still racing, and she could barely focus right now. Everything was happening at god damn once and she couldn't... she couldn't think. Not a word. She needed help. She didn't know what was going on, but something was drawing her to the house. She could feel something coming from the house (and slightly from the garage).

She dragged her feet towards the house, towards where she could feel that signil.

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The Reid Farmhouse – Main House

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"... I have an idea where such a thing is." Britney said.

She harkened back to when she was searching the basement and found scrape marks on the ground. If there was a tunnel to the barn to the garage, perhaps there's a tunnel that goes from the house. If the tunnels are clear. "Let's go!" Britney shouted as she ran to the basement door, and noticed a few bees, beetles, and wasps floating around in the suspended time. Britney's hand was coated in a wheat colored light and thin wooden spikes came outwards and impaled all the insects floating in mid air just in time for the time to resume. Once everyone was in, Britney closed the door, and placed her hand on the stairs, and created a massive root that filled the crack under the door.

Afterwards, Britney ran down the stairs and pointed at the wooden shelf that she noticed was peculiar. "Guys, move this. I think the hatch would be here."

Claire stepped down the stairs holding Justin, and then gently placed him down on the floor. "Hey Penny," Claire said as she rubbed her hands together. "Ask your bro what his group is up to - what any plans they're cookin' up so we don't run in there and fuck it all up."

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The Reid Farmhouse – Garage
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"We're pretty screwed if we stay here anyway, genius." Hagan scoffed at Billy's comment. Seemingly to go along with Lynette's idea, because any idea is an idea.

It was probably up to Lynette to come up with some kind of plan at this rate. Causing smoke to fill up the tunnel would work perfectly... if there was something to burn. Even if Lynette could cause a fire with a mere drawing, how would they cause it to burn enough smoke to fill up the tunnel, and how would they get it through without causing this biblical plague to come through and kill them anyway. Paige and Caelea don't have abstractions (that they probably know of anyway).

But, there was Rien and Nathan that came to mind. And a beautiful idea was hatched in her head.

"Rien, that won't be necessary," Lynette said as she raised a marker in the air. "I got all the fire we need... but, what you could draw was something to burn. Something like cloth or wood. Then that brings me to you..."

She turned to Nathan, and then grinned, "You can phase it through the floor, and then I ignite it. That'll produce enough smoke to clear the tunnels. Or burn enough of them alive."

Then Lynette had to bring up something else, "When we were in the tunnel, I heard the insects coming down a separate path - so that must mean there's a way out of here."

Jordan looked up at Paige and Rien, she would had cracked a smile because they were so concerned about her. However, while it hurt like hell right now, she knew it'd be a lot better if she was far away from here as possible. "Yeah, I'm good," Jordan said, "It's going to hurt like hell for a little while, but nothing some pain meds can't fix." She put her hand up at Rien, "I don't need all that, she might need you more than me."

"I wish I could help, but I have no abstraction..." Kimberly seldomly said, before thinking about the weird symbol on her forehead. A "sigil" they called it. But, she was wondering what kind of abstraction could be mean. A symbol of a camera's eye, as she liked to call it. She always felt a strange pull towards photos since the incident...

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Reid Farmhouse - Outside

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The pain was so intense...

Sharon didn't realize what was going on, but she felt nauseous from all the buzzing that was filling up her ears. She looked up, and couldn't see a thing, there were too many insects-

Suddenly, the swarm cleared up around her, and left a bubble where she could see in front of her. At least a good six feet in a dome before the insect swarm made it impossible to see past it. She stood up, still clutching that pained arm of hers. What in the hell was going on? She tried dragging her feet back towards her house, but she couldn't-

The insects cleared up a path straight to her house.

"Am I..." Sharon trailed off for a moment as she released her arm, and let it loosely flop to her size. She raised a palm up into the air, and saw a dragonfly land on her hand. It flew away, but she looked off to the side. She realized she was one of them. An Awakened. It was finally time, but it came at the worst time... she looked up, and closed her eyes as she tried to will them away.

... and they didn't go away.

Maybe... her heart was still racing, and she could barely focus right now. Everything was happening at god damn once and she couldn't... she couldn't think. Not a word. She needed help. She didn't know what was going on, but something was drawing her to the house. She could feel something coming from the house (and slightly from the garage).

She dragged her feet towards the house, towards where she could feel that signil.

Vivid Recollections: Into the World Unknown (Season 1 COMPLETE)

My own post won't be done until like tomorrow at the earliest. Work is a pain in the ass.

I LIED BITCHES

Vivid Recollections: Into the World Unknown (Season 1 COMPLETE)

@Atrophy Just to let you know, Sharon is still outside (unless somebody brought her in and I missed a deet).

Vivid Recollections: Into the World Unknown (Season 1 COMPLETE)

I wanna post today-ish, but I wanna wait for @Atrophy.

Vivid Recollections: Into the World Unknown (Season 1 COMPLETE)

I made a post, and added a little Claire part I forgot.

Let's get things in motion peeoples.

Vivid Recollections: Into the World Unknown (Season 1 COMPLETE)

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The Reid Farmhouse – Main House

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"... And I'll get us out of this," Britney started off, blankly looking at Penny, "I promise."

Even though Penny had reservations, she still went along with what Britney said. Perhaps she knew that they had little other options here, even if she didn't want to admit it. She managed to unlock that telepathic link with her brother, and not only is his group alive, but he reunited with the barn group. That was excellent... but Penny brought up a great point.

Now what?

"... That's a good question." Britney trailed off, because their viable options were very, very, slim as it stood. Justin wasn't going to get up for a little bit. All other options she could think of wouldn't work because they had no easy escape routes. So going outside, even for a second, was suicide put any other way. But there was another question.

"... How did the barn meet up with the garage?" Britney asked with a raised eyebrow, coming up with an idea.

Claire herself admitted that the odds weren't that high for them, but she was going to remain strong... or hope that her little barrier kept the bugs out. Just as a test, she activated her shield, and grabbed onto something - a vase. It felt like she wasn't even holding it at all. However, during her test, she heard the buzzing get a little louder. She trusted Justin with the girl - trusted as in the girl better know what would happen if she did anything to Justin - as she walked up to investigate. She saw a beetle flying around, and then she immediately crushed it barehanded.

However, she noticed that there were a lot more bugs inside....

"Guys! They're in!" Claire shouted as loud as she could over the swarm.

But, at that point, a pulse of inverted light came and time came to a complete stop afterwards. The insects that got through were suspended, and the group finally got a minute of breathing room.

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The Reid Farmhouse – Garage
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The hatch opened, and there wasn't even barely a second passing before Hagan climbed up. He turned around, and offered a hand to the next person oh so eloquently stating, "Get up here, you dumbasses!" He pulled the person up, and Lynette climbed up herself. Which she found amazing since that wasn't a feat she didn't think she was capable of, but maybe it was all adrenaline! She ditched the glyph down there because there wasn't just enough time to make such a rushed job.

Everyone got up quickly, but not quick enough to avoid the barrage of insect that were coming in behind them. Lynette immediately, on pure reflex began drying a water glyph. "Shit!" Jordan shouted as she tripped over on her bad leg. She loudly hit the ground and groaned in pain as the swarm of insects descended upon her. However, the sigil on her back began glowing brightly.

"Jord-" Kimberly tried to call out, but a massive wave of energy traveled outwards and from the wave came fourth inverted light. Suddenly, the swarm that were about to overtake her were halted in mid air. Everyone was understandably confused, but Lynette quickly finished drawing her glyph and ice came fourth from the symbol and quickly sealed the hatch shut. Dropping the air temperature enough so that it was completely unsustainable for most of the insects.

"The fuck?" Hagan said to himself... but he didn't waste a second of time grabbing a baseball bat and then he wildly swung it towards the swarm of flying bugs that was suspended in mid air. It wasn't the most efficient method of wiping out a giant swarm of bugs, but many of them were splattered against the baseball bat.

Kimberly was quick to pull Jordan away from the insects, as she tried to recover from her leg being injured. Her eyes were closed, and she was quietly sobbing in pain with her teeth tightly clenched. Everyone else did the best they could to get rid of the rest of the insects, and the hatch being sealed insured that nothing else would slip through the cracks.

Another pulse came outwards back to Jordan, and time resumed. All the dead bugs fell to the ground, and all other changes directly happened afterwards. But at this point, everyone was safe. For the most part. They had enough breathing room to operate from under the swarm.

"... Okay, what the fuck was that?" Hagan asked.

"Jordan's abstraction, I believe," Lynette immediately answered. The whole duration of Jordan's freakout, she was glowing. Her aura shined brightly, but only to Lynette. "It's not rocket science, but Jordan can stop time."

Jordan was still in a lot of pain, but with the help of Kimberly, she was able to sit on a pile of tools. Which took a ton of pain off of her leg. She didn't really understand most of the conversation, but when her name was mentioned, she couldn't help but pipe up, "I can stop what?"

"Time." Lynette said, "That was all you."

"That's my..." Jordan thought out loud to herself, "... Abstraction?" It all made a bit more sense... the symbol of an hourglass on her back, but what is the link here? Her pondering came to a stop when Hagan oh so eloquently stated.

"Okay, that's great, but what the fuck do we do?" Hagan barked out with his arms crossed. "She can stop time, but we need to get the fuck outta here, and we gotta do it fast."

Hmph. Hagan had a point. Despite his wording, they needed a plan to get the hell out of here before it was too late. Lynette had a few ideas, but all of them... well, bad. What she needed was more information on everyone's abstractions before she could come up with a plan. "Okay, we need a plan, and we need a good one." Lynette started off before she looked among the group. "What's everyone's abstractions, and does anyone have anything useful they'd like to let the group know?" Lynette asked.

Vivid Recollections: Into the World Unknown (Season 1 COMPLETE)

Update: I'm still working on the post when I have time, but I don't want to pump out a half-completed post like I did before so I'm going to finish it.