Bread and water...like a fairytale witch, Celeste couldn't help think, wondering why she was thinking of fairytales of all things right now. She'd never liked those--Mom had read them to her and her sister at night, when they were little. Celeste had hated them, found them boring for some reason--t...

Someone was coming. Celeste straightened up further, looking like there was a yardstick down her shirt and she was nailed to it, the way she stood. Allowing a tense, though somewhat-friendly smile to appear on her lips, she jogged forward. "Ah, thank God... Was afraid I lost ya for--wait."...

She didn't hear a response--didn't see anyone either. Damn it! she thought, curling her hands into fists again. She'd gone and lost her only companion in this game, the only person who could watch her back--the only person who had a weapon at the moment, considering... It's a lose-lose scenario, loo...

[[Celeste Beaumont continued from Living In The Aftermath ]] Fuck...fuck...fuck... Celeste leaned against the wall of the tunnel, mentally swearing in time to her tired pants. She'd been running since the Sawmill, not very fast, and she had to stop and rest so many damned times... What I get for ski...

He was...leaving? Gloria lifted her head, swallowing her fresher sobs as Alex spoke. He wasn't going to do anything to them? Relief flooded Gloria's body, and she nearly collapsed. Leaning against her duffel, the hand holding the gun dropped onto it, and she just stared in shock at the man who had j...

It felt like an explosion...not a real one, but there was just so much noise all of a sudden--someone shouting, screaming for something to get off of them, and then... ...the gunshot. Which really did sound like an explosion, funnily enough. Celeste screamed, unable to help herself, and fell to the ...

Celeste shrugged, looking at the ground with a little smile. It lacked any sort of joy. "Hey...'s'cool. ...Kinda okay being poetic about it, makes me almost look forward to dying," she laughed dryly. "It's like...like the poems we used to read in Lit, right? We'll be killed and someon...

Realizing what she had done, Gloria held the gun even closer to her now, though she didn't lower it out of sight again. Letting out a panicked squeak and holding the weapon to her chest, she looked between the two men with fearful eyes. This was bad. Very bad. Michael sounded nervous, rambling his v...

"No?" Celeste shrugged, staring at her feet. They were probably getting blisters. Or if they weren't know, they'd get soem eventually. If she didn't get shanked this very night, anyway. "Eh...s'fine, I know a couple of girls who don't." Namely, me--not til recently. A wry grin ap...

Still wiping her face, Gloria tried to smile again at the first boy's talking of games and HP and the like. It was a funny thing to be thinking about, treating this like a game, but--wait. It really was a game, wasn't it? A scary, dangerous game, but a game. (For a second, Gloria thought of that sto...

((Celeste Beaumont continued from When the Bite Just Isn't Sharp Enough )) "Owwww..." Celeste collapsed against the door of the building, sliding down it to sit, the sledgehammer dropping with a heavy thump to the ground. She winced, a hand going to her sore right shoulder, trying to massa...

Gloria looked up sharply, gasping a bit--she hadn't heard anyone approaching. A very bad thing to do in this game, in this place--that'd get her killed faster than anything, wouldn't it? Nervously, she tightened her grip on her gun, hand trembling a bit, but she didn't lift it or aim at the other pe...

((Gloria Benson continued from Bat & Rats & and Blind Cave Salamanders )) Gloria sat on her duffel bag, well away from the water, tensed up a bit as she heard the new announcements, heard the names of the dead. Swallowing in panic, she held her gun closer to her chest, making sure to aim it ...

[[OOC: Whoop--gotta keep going...]] Celeste shook her head, picking up her sledgehammer again. Her shoulder protested, but Celeste tried to ignore it. "Even if it sounds more angry than hurt, it prob'ly means someone's gunna die soon. And I'm getting far, far away from that..." she grumble...

((Celeste Beaumont continued from Words Can't Bring Me Down )) Celeste was lost. God damn it, how deep are these woods?! she wanted to scream, but she grit her teeth and endured it. No sense yelling and screaming, scaring off the only person so far who had bothered to come with her. But damn, Celest...