[ Joel has a knack for getting himself wrapped up in affairs he hardly wants anything to do with — but he's already seen and heard signs of a horned monster stalking about and he's wound up here now, looking after a young blonde woman while they make their way through her home in the Shadowlands.
Stay with me at all times. You don't go into any other rooms, and you don't go into the courtyard, she says. ]
Yes, ma'am.
[ Joel nods. He sure as hell doesn't need to be told twice. It's uncomfortable enough being in the Shadowlands away from his own home, but to be in someone else's ... he knows what it means. Knows how easy it is for soulmates to form accidental bonds by touching any object in this place that shouldn't be touched. ]
Nice place you got here.
[ It's like nothing he's ever seen before except in pictures and movies. He ... hesitates at the thought of taking off his shoes though. Fighting a monster in bulky, too-loose slippers feels a little like it gives his opponent an extra edge it hardly needs. ]
1a-ish —;
Stay with me at all times. You don't go into any other rooms, and you don't go into the courtyard, she says. ]
Yes, ma'am.
[ Joel nods. He sure as hell doesn't need to be told twice. It's uncomfortable enough being in the Shadowlands away from his own home, but to be in someone else's ... he knows what it means. Knows how easy it is for soulmates to form accidental bonds by touching any object in this place that shouldn't be touched. ]
Nice place you got here.
[ It's like nothing he's ever seen before except in pictures and movies. He ... hesitates at the thought of taking off his shoes though. Fighting a monster in bulky, too-loose slippers feels a little like it gives his opponent an extra edge it hardly needs. ]