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What's that?

Let's find out.

[Pulling down enough of the boards to see what the animal is.]

The hoof that comes stomping down a foot away is a strong hint. That's a horse. There's a horse behind this wall?!

[Wednesday claps her hands over her mouth.

[Not screaming

[Not screaming

[Not. Screaming.

[She doesn't want to frighten the horse.]

What the fuck?

[He frrrowns at the hole. He doesn't especially like horses, but. It's fucking cold out there.]

[Time to pull down some more of this wall, hopefully enough to make space for it.]

Edited 2020-02-17 05:43 (UTC)

The wall does not give way enough to let the horse in, but there is enough room for you to dip through? Success???

[WHY DOES SHE ALWAYS FIND THE ANIMALS

[at least it's not a bear this time??

[She thinks she gets what's going on here... well, at least insofar as the horse is probably cold out there. She sets to helping with the boards, and keeping the air around them as warm as she can.]

Edited 2020-02-17 05:47 (UTC)

[Well, when the wall won't give way any more, he's going to step into the gap.]

[How's that horse look?]

Be careful...!

The horse looks normal. From this angle, it's hard to tell, but there's hay and everything you would expect from a stable. It certainly smells like one.

[He doesn't know a lot about horses, but it seems pretty fucking cold.]

[And also dark.]

Who the fuck left you out here?

There's just another stomp on the ground. It is very hard to see a small human through a crack in the boards, okay.

Thorn-san? Are you okay?

I'm okay.

[Are powers on?]

Powers are on . . .

[COOL, turns on Achilles Radar to try and find the weak points in this wall, to make the hole big enough to let the horse through without collapsing the wall.]

WELL, OKAY . . . The wall does break, and Abigail just huffs with a slight roll of her eyes. As more of the wall breaks away, it's easy to see there are, at least, five other horses in other stalls beyond this one.

Still, after a moment or two, someone starts yelling at the destruction.

"Whoa, whoa! Hey! Aw, man, this is a crime scene, what's this?!"

Aah--!

[And that's your cue to put your hands back over your mouth, Wednesday.]

Thorn-san, who's there?

[What are we going to do?]

[Too bad, someone is leaning over to poke his head into the wall.]

Yeah, hey, intrepid explorers or what not, active crime scene. Do you mind?

What's the crime?

Just the usual. Guy going around strangling, oh, what's the count now— About twelve women over a few months then ditching the bodies nearby. Stuff of dreams, you know? The nightmare dreams.

You want to be careful with her around.

[nodding at Wednesday]

Now, get out of there already.

[Wednesday grabs at Thorn's arm.

[She's seen worse. Or she's seen it before--

[She's frightened, all the same.]

I - Thorn-san, maybe we should go back...

[About to ask more questions, but hesitates when Wednesday grabs at his arm.]

...do you want to go back?

... please?

[She steps back, into the body of the room.]

I'm sure you could look after me. But - I'd much rather you didn't have to risk it.

Honestly? I'd listen to the lady. Not really a place to be wandering around in.