Who wants to ̶p̶u̶t̶ ̶o̶u̶r̶ ̶O̶C̶s̶ ̶t̶h̶r̶o̶u̶g̶h̶ ̶h̶e̶l̶l̶ go on ✨fun adventures✨ between our story worlds? (new Tapas RP thread)

[KilljoyConstruct]

Melvin stepped back to join the others, watching the sigil burn with wide eyes.

[alliascompany]

Waffle stepped back and watched Owl work.

[Legendofgenii]

Jack sniffed at the air, his mask making it sound louder.

[Pi-Eta]

Once the outer sigil was completely gone, Owl shifted his hands into a mess of twitching digits, tapping on a piece of wire that glowed between them. The movement was erratic, flashing to either side, and occasionally, one of the vaguely Sumerian runes would glow before vanishing entirely, each one causing the air in the room to feel...stagnant; like nothing was circulating anymore, coming progressively closer to a total standstill.

[KilljoyConstruct]

Melvin kept his eyes fixed on Florence’s body, waiting to see what would happen.

Jericho coughed, the sound muffled by his mask.

[alliascompany]

Flor watched with interest to see what would happen next.

[Legendofgenii]

Shepherd went to retrieve the four-leafed clover from his pocket, but the crispy old thing disintegrated as he took it out.

[Pi-Eta]

Owl struck a flamboyant pose, and as his fintertips started glowing, he windmilled around in a flurry of successive stances, each shift leaving trails amd afterimages in the surrounding atmosphere. At points it looked like he moved two contradoctory ways simultaenously, the speed of his repositioning getting faster and faster, and despite the silence, there was an preternatural noise of some unseen jet engine, roaring through reality itself.

Owl reached out one last time with his augmented hand, the skin on it beginning to char rapidly as he held the open palm facing downwards, above Florence's head. The skin and flesh began to violently boil off, layer by layer, but the bullet lodged inside the robot's head slowly rose out of the wound, reverse-deforming into an recognisable shape, before he closed his now-skeletal hand around it.

The roaring stopped. Even if none of them had been holding their breath, the room itself seemed to sighh, exhaling in some anthropomorphic relief in their place.

The first real sound returned when an invisible recoil sent Owl flipping backwards through the air, crashing through a workstation and dislodging the uncovered elemental crystal in his arm, which went skittering off somewhere.

[alliascompany]

Flor covered her eyes in horror. Williams ran after Owl to check on him.

"Did... it work?" Asked Waffle.

[Legendofgenii]

Shepherd couldn’t watch for long, he’d turned away from the horrific show once Owl’s skin began melting off.

Barrett grimaced but appeared to be engrossed by the whole thing. Callan kept his eyes trained on Florence.

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The Crystal caught Jacks attention, who went after the shiny thing.

[Pi-Eta]

Owl was lying unconscious in the rubble of the destroyed work station: his destroyed arm barely had any flesh clinging to it. Cracks had appeared across his face, and little bits of him were beginning to detach and float off of him.

@Legendofgenii

The crystal was lying under another workstation, glowing only faintly, a hairline crack running along its length.

[alliascompany]

"Sh#t. Owl, can you hear me?" Asked Williams. "We need to get you to a hospital right away. "

[KilljoyConstruct]

(( @Legendofgenii @Pi-Eta Sorry for disappearing I was eating dinner

Florence’s body remained still. Even so, Melvin still watched her hopefully, not daring to say a word as he waited.

As the seconds went by, slowly, Florence started to move. Her fingers twitched, then flexed, followed by her head rolling to the side. She pressed her palms against the ground, rising to her knees, and then her feet: all without making a sound.

Melvin beeped as she stood up, taking a step towards her. "Florence...?"

Florence didn't turn around, not at first.

Melvin placed a hand on her shoulder, beeping softly again. "Florence? How do you feel?"

Her movements were a blur. One moment she was stock still. The next, she was gripping Melvin's wrist like a vice and flinging him to the ground with strength that seemed unusual even for a machine. She finally turned around...

Her eyes weren't glowing blue, like they should have been. They weren't red, either. The lights were extinguished, leaving her eyes as dark chasms bored into her face.

Whatever Owl had brought back, it wasn't Florence.

[Pi-Eta]

Owl was muttering in his sleep, something about a red dress.

[Legendofgenii]

Jack got down onto his tum so he could claw at the crystal. Eventually he grabbed a hold of it.

---

Callan was still watching Melvin and Florence. He looked relieved when the nurse stirred and got up. “It worked.”

“Sounds like he’s ‘avin’ nice dreams at least.” Barrett said as he joined Williams.

“Sh*t!” Cal nearly shed his feathers as Florence suddenly flipped Melvin. Something wasn’t right.

“… Florence?” He said, gripping his crowbar tightly in his right hand.

[Pi-Eta]

The crystal didn't react to Jack touching it.

[alliascompany]

@Pi-Eta @Legendofgenii

"Melvin!" Flor gasped.
"Florence! It's us!" Said Waffle, holding up his hands.

Williams got out his shield.
"Florence of you're there, we could really use your help," he said.

[Legendofgenii]

Hearing the commotion, Jack bonked his head on the underside of the workstation. He wriggled out from under it to see what was going on.

[KilljoyConstruct]

@Legendofgenii @alliascompany @Pi-Eta

“Florence” didn’t respond to anyone. Her face showed no sign of emotion, and her eyes remained dark as she started for the group.

Melvin, still somewhat dazed, got to his feet. "Florence!" his chest read. "Are you okay? What's happened to you?"

Tabitha, not willing to take any chances with the reanimated robot, immediately ran over to Jack.

[alliascompany]

Waffle shakily took out his pistol.
"Please snap out of it," he said.

Williams withdrew his sword.
"And this is what happens when you deal with witchcraft, " he said.

Flor hid behind Callan.
"What went wrong? "