At first, everything was normal. Byrne's spirits had been lifted slightly by a nice conversation with Tolten, and now thoughts of dinner and the coming night filled his head as the buses neared the Institute. What was he going to do tonight, he wondered. Should he look for answers, or find someone he knew to tag along with them? He had no clue.
Then something unusual happened. One of the other buses careened off the road and smashed into a tree, halting the trip as the staff went to assess the damage. What happened? Did something come loose, did the driver fall asleep at the wheel? Was this the work of one of the other patients? Whatever happened, hopefully this wouldn't take too long to fix. Byrne watched the sky outside go from sunset to twilight and wondered if there would even be time for dinner tonight at the rate things were going...
And then everything went to hell. Literally.
Well alright, not literally literally, but it might as well have been literally to Byrne. When his whole world suddenly changed from normal to supernatural horror movie in a matter of minutes, it was the only thing he could think of: Hell on earth. A feeling of uneasiness was in the air as the wind outside howled so loudly it was almost ear-piercing, and the nurse at the front of the bus collapsed in a heap and slowly morphed into a screaming, twitching abomination. He'd never seen anything more terrifying in his life and it was all happening right before his very eyes.
Oh, Byrne was trying his hardest to keep a clear head - trying so damn hard - but this? Shit, how could someone keep their composure during all of this?! He almost couldn't move as he watched that nurse transform, he was so stiff with shock. This is it, he thought to himself in that moment, heart pounding so hard he almost couldn't hear anything else. We're dead. We're all gonna die.
Somehow, he reminded himself that it was possible to move his limbs. Somehow, he noticed the fact that there was an exit at the back of the bus, and somehow he remembered that he could easily get to that exit and get the hell out of here and live.
And so, after a moment's hesitation, that's exactly what he did.
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Then something unusual happened. One of the other buses careened off the road and smashed into a tree, halting the trip as the staff went to assess the damage. What happened? Did something come loose, did the driver fall asleep at the wheel? Was this the work of one of the other patients? Whatever happened, hopefully this wouldn't take too long to fix. Byrne watched the sky outside go from sunset to twilight and wondered if there would even be time for dinner tonight at the rate things were going...
And then everything went to hell. Literally.
Well alright, not literally literally, but it might as well have been literally to Byrne. When his whole world suddenly changed from normal to supernatural horror movie in a matter of minutes, it was the only thing he could think of: Hell on earth. A feeling of uneasiness was in the air as the wind outside howled so loudly it was almost ear-piercing, and the nurse at the front of the bus collapsed in a heap and slowly morphed into a screaming, twitching abomination. He'd never seen anything more terrifying in his life and it was all happening right before his very eyes.
Oh, Byrne was trying his hardest to keep a clear head - trying so damn hard - but this? Shit, how could someone keep their composure during all of this?! He almost couldn't move as he watched that nurse transform, he was so stiff with shock. This is it, he thought to himself in that moment, heart pounding so hard he almost couldn't hear anything else. We're dead. We're all gonna die.
Somehow, he reminded himself that it was possible to move his limbs. Somehow, he noticed the fact that there was an exit at the back of the bus, and somehow he remembered that he could easily get to that exit and get the hell out of here and live.
And so, after a moment's hesitation, that's exactly what he did.
[To here.]