[Charles had been about to grab his hand and tell him to stop, but Erik doesn't open the door and he releases a breath he hadn't realized he was holding. There was a sudden wave of gratitude and relief, and he followed Erik immediately, still sticking close.]
No. [And he wasn't scared.] It doesn't work like that, I don't know why- [He was cut off mid sentence by a sudden sharp throb of pain, and he felt for a moment like his head was splitting open. Something was coming - something had already come? - like a heartbeat, pounding, one word repeating over and over again in time with it, and that word was REDRUM.
Something very bad had happened here, and whatever it was had a fresh round of victims.
That thought faded out almost as soon as it occurred, and it would be a while before he remembered thinking it in the first place. His knees had given out his nose was bleeding, and his head still felt like it was going to split in two, but the throbbing had gotten quieter and he unconsciously shook himself, blinking heavily and trying to clear his blurry vision.]
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No. [And he wasn't scared.] It doesn't work like that, I don't know why- [He was cut off mid sentence by a sudden sharp throb of pain, and he felt for a moment like his head was splitting open. Something was coming - something had already come? - like a heartbeat, pounding, one word repeating over and over again in time with it, and that word was REDRUM.
Something very bad had happened here, and whatever it was had a fresh round of victims.
That thought faded out almost as soon as it occurred, and it would be a while before he remembered thinking it in the first place. His knees had given out his nose was bleeding, and his head still felt like it was going to split in two, but the throbbing had gotten quieter and he unconsciously shook himself, blinking heavily and trying to clear his blurry vision.]