To risk a serpent's venom

[warriorscribe]

Characters: Enoch and anyone
Setting: Morning of the 14th, floors 10-12
Format: I'm starting in prose, but I'll match you
Summary: Enoch got bitten by a snake monster. A venomous one.
Warnings: um. He may die?


Floor 10 - Aquarium

The puncture wounds on his hand were already swollen. Enoch should have known the monster was venomous. His chest burned, felt tight. There was nothing to lean on.

Eventually he made it back to the stairs and slumped on them for a moment, trying to catch his breath.

It hadn't taken long for him to realize there wasn't candy simply scattered about anymore. That it was what their host had meant when they said it was going to be more difficult. It hadn't taken him long to figure out monsters were the only way, either. So, he'd gone after them. The many-headed snake creature...was lucky, which meant Enoch was decidedly not.

Floor 11 - Rainbows and Waterfalls

Enoch staggered up the staircase, trying to see through his blurring vision if there are monsters on this floor. Off balance, he swayed towards the edge of the staircase...

Floor 12 - Galactic Destruction

You may catch a hint of white or orange in whatever light the projection provides. Approach it, and you'll find a man in an angel costume, either unconscious or just barely so, his breathing labored. Bring your own light, and you'll see a pair of puncture wounds on his right hand, red and inflamed.

There are a few obvious options:

-Given that this isn't a power-nulling floor, someone with the right inclinations might well be able to heal him.
-If you shake him or call his name, he will wake up, very weak and barely lucid.
-His bucket has 22 pieces 1 piece of candy in it...

Or of course, you could ignore him. What will you do?

((ooc: Enoch can be encountered and talked to on any of these floors, though if he's cured of the poison before floor 12, that prompt will, needless to say, disappear. So keep existing threads in mind if you tag in. Other than that, well. Have fun!))

Comments

[warriorscribe]

N-... *It sounds like he's trying to protest Richtofen taking his candy, in a vague sort of way that shows he isn't quite aware of his own mouth's movements. His arm jerks a bit towards the bucket, a feeble attempt to protect it, too late.*

[doctor_dismemberment]

[Richtofen shushes him.]

Hush, child, you will only make it hurt worse.

[He tosses another piece of candy into his bucket. Plunk.]

It really is unfortunate.

[Plunk. There goes another.]

I'm sure I could fix whatever ails you.

[Plunk, plunk.]

I am a doctor, after all.

[Plunk, plunk, plunk. He's enjoying this. His voice is almost sing-song.]

If only we were in the infirmary...

[warriorscribe]

*Enoch coughs on a word forced through a too-dry throat.*

N...No... *There's a hint of movement as he tries turning his upper body, a shift of his shoulders. But his body feels heavy and alien.*

[doctor_dismemberment]

[Richtofen keeps going, counting cheerily under his breath as he tosses candies from Enoch's bucket to his own. Finally, he lifts the last piece out, and looks from it to Enoch with a smile.]

Here, I'll let you keep this for being such a good boy.

[As the icing on top of the asshole cake, he places the piece of candy delicately back into Enoch's bucket. Then he stands up and stretches, holding his own bucket up over his head.

He grins down at Enoch. There's latex makeup on his cheek as a part of his costume, made to look like part of his cheek rotted away to reveal his back teeth. The makeup combined with the look in his eyes makes him look positively devilish.]

Now, about fixing you up... Er, how awkward. You see, I'm afraid I can't do that. [His voice takes on a low, cruel tone, and he snaps:] You didn't make an appointment!

[Then he turns on his heel and walks away, cackling to himself as he goes.]

[warriorscribe]

*The only sound from Enoch is a low, seething hiss. If words are failing him, after all...*