All Across The Island

[gamemakers]

It begins at sunset, and the first one sounds like the warning alarm of the fences make just before they turn on.

You might even think that is what it is at first, until you remember that the fences are already on. And then the alarm sounds again, and this is now clearly the start of something new.

Again the alarm sounds, but doesn't it seem just a little bit louder?

The sound comes again, and again, and again, the warning sound set off into a full blown alarm, and each metallic raking BEEP noise that comes grows a little bit louder each time. Before long, the sound becomes so loud you can hear nothing else, and the jungle starts to go wild. Animals of every possible sort have been awakened; irritated animals with nowhere far to run with the fences on. They're just as trapped as you are.

Still, the alarm grows louder. Louder. Louder to the point where the sound starts to become painful. So loud you want to fall to your knees and bury your ears with your hands. In the sand. Beneath a dozen pillows. Then, it grows louder still. So loud that your teeth hurt and the ringing in your head is so bad that you can feel your own bones vibrate.

And just like that... everything stops. The forest goes still. For one perfect moment there is complete and total silence.

Everything goes back to normal. All the fences turn off, on schedule.

And if you get deep enough or think to look, you will notice the force field around the compound has turned off as well.

Who knows for how long....

Comments

Will you push the button?

[gamemakers]

Re: Will you push the button?

[revvinguptheharley]

Well it worked out so well last time! Gonna push it again!

Re: Will you push the button?

[gamemakers]

There is a slight shock when you press down on the button - CLICK- a warm, wet tingling sensation that runs all the way up to some indeterminable point just past your elbow.

"Thank you" a computer generated voice from nowhere says.

In the distance, you may think you see something, a shadow of movement. But it is only your the refection in one of the the windows of a house.

Probably.

After pushing the button.

[revvinguptheharley]

"Well...that was ominous."

Rubbing her arm curiously Harley cast a glance at the button again.

"Don't you betray me button." She threatened shaking her finger at it like a naughty child. "I'm your biggest fan after all."

Turning to face the rest of the compound Harley considered paying some of her neighbors a visit. Things were awfully quiet for having so many tributes in the same area.

[acroodawakening]

During it, all Guy could do was hold his hands over his ears and cry out in pain.

Afterward, all he could do was kneel there, frozen with fear.

The end was coming. Just like a far off rumble of the ground had once made him realize something terrible had started, that horrible noise made it abundantly clear that something bad was coming, possibly for everyone trapped in this place.

Most new things were good or at least interesting but once upon a time he'd realized he needed a word or phrase for the things that weren't.

What he'd come up with was "bad news." Deep in his bones he knew that was what that sound was.

Not in the compound

[knifewithnoname]

When the alarms started Pruna looked around, wondering what was happening. Because she had been keeping an eye on those fences and she knew they were already on. So they didn't need the alarms. When they got louder she moved towards Sandy, ready to run with her if anything happened.

But they got louder, so loud it hurt. Her face already hurt all the time and now it felt like it was going to explode, she gritted her teeth and tried to cover her ears, then there was another sound.

Animals. Angry animals and no one could run far because of the fences, she took one hand off her ear in order to draw her dagger.

[justoutrunyou]

Sandy jumped like she's been electrified and looked around wild eyed and on her toes.

"What the hell?!"

Then she became aware of what Pruna had already figured out and drew her bow and an arrow, knowing she wasn't likely to hit anything unless it was holding still.

" crap."

[knifewithnoname]

"We better be moving." She had no idea where though, since they were effectively trapped. She took an arrow, they were probably more useful as lightweight spears since neither of them could use a bow.

[justoutrunyou]

Sandy nodded and took Pruna's free hand, leading her through the forest. With her two good eyes she was better at avoiding patches of bush that were too thick, or small whippy branches that might cut at their face.

They were fast given their small size. But would they be fast enough?

[knifewithnoname]

Pruna didn't like being led, but she knew Sandy could see better, so she followed, letting herself being pulled.

Just because she couldn't see though didn't mean she couldn't hear, and when she heard the roar she pushed Sandy into the side, not sure what kind of monster was coming but wanting to get into shelter as best as they could. She gripped her knife tightly, once Sandy was hidden she would try and fight this monster whatever it was.

[justoutrunyou]

Sandy grunted as she hit a tree when Pruna drug her out of the way. She wasn't about to complain though as a pack of raptors started thundering past them in a mad panic to escape the noise.

Sandy had to clap a hand over her own mouth to keep from crying out in fear.

Unfortunately the scent of prey caught their attention and a couple of raptors split off from the pack and circled around.

[knifewithnoname]

What were those things? Pruna pushed Sandy behind her as she held out a knife, she had no idea how to fight these things! She had never come face to face with monsters like this before, but she would.

"Can you be seeing anywhere to be running?" Because if she couldn't then they would have to fight as best they could.

[justoutrunyou]

"I...uh." Sandy looked left, right, spinning around swiftly.

"Maybe the tree?" She offered and sprang onto it, trying to clamber up it in a clumsy fashion. But it was rough and she was desperate enough it was working.

One of the raptors took an experimental snap at Pruna with it's powerful jaws.

[knifewithnoname]

Pruna swiped her knife at it, scrambling backwards to avoid jaws. She couldn't see to the side of her but from the sounds it seemed like Sandy's tree climbing was working. "Be keeping going." She shouted, jumping further away and swiping out with her dagger again, wondering if she could attack it's knees. It sounded like as much as a plan as she was going to get so she darted forwards, knife swiping towards the front leg.

[justoutrunyou]

The strike hit causing the Beast to screech and try once more to snap at Pruna with it's Powerful jaws, now sporting a significant limp in it's front leg. Whatever this tiny fleshy thing with a single large claw was? It was going to eat her.

Sandy's efforts seemed to be going well as she reached the first big branch and tried to pull up on it...only to hear a sickening "CRUNCH!" as the branch came away and she toppled from the trunk of the tree.

She let out a yelp and felt something hard underneath her as scrambling desperate hands wrapped around a muscular, scaly neck.

"Oh no..." She moaned as realization dawned upon her.

Meanwhile the branch fell from the tree and landed on the other Lizard's head with a THUD! Knocking it silly for a moment. It was shaking it's head and growling as it tried to clear it's vision from the impact.

If Purna glanced to the side she would see Sandy, looking horrified as she straddled the back of the other Raptor who was now tossing it's head wildly back and forth trying to see what was clinging to it.

[wantwhatiwant]

"What the fuck?" Ian clasped his hands over his ears, pain rattling in his head. The alarms didn't stop, not before they became unbearable and the animals began to riot. Exactly what they needed. Ian had been expecting something, things had been quiet if not easy. Perhaps the audience had gotten bored.

"You alright?" He called not even sure if Blaine could hear him over all the noise, not knowing who else was around or if they meant them harm.

omg so late sorry

[mediumdrip]

Blaine's hands had been clamped firmly over his ears, but that didn't stop them from ringing as the noise went on. He looked over at Ian and could see that his friend's lips were moving. He wasn't sure what Ian said until the sounds finally ended.

"Huh?" he asked, hoping there wasn't any real damage done to his ears.

no worries!

[wantwhatiwant]

Well that answered that, Ian had more read the confusion on Blaine's face than heard him speak but he gave up trying to answer back. Just pressed his hands further to his ears and then gestured around the place as the sounds of frightened animals broke over the noise.

[mediumdrip]

Blaine frowned a bit, as he tried to figure out what was going on without taking his hands off of his ears. He couldn't risk having his ears permanently damaged.

[wantwhatiwant]

"We need to move." He shouted, hoping that Blaine could at least read his lips and he gestured again before clamping his hands over his ears again and beginning to follow his own advice.

[mediumdrip]

Blaine nodded, agreeing to that. Luckily, all of their stuff was packed, so he only had to take his hand off of his ears to slip on the backpack.

Then he had them back on and looked over at Ian, telling him to lead the way.

[wantwhatiwant]

The noise got worse, so much that he wanted to squeeze his eyes shut, to curl up in a ball and hide until it went away. But if they stopped the vines would get them, and so he forced himself to keep putting one foot in front of the other.

[mediumdrip]

Blaine managed to do the same, but only because he knew that if he got caught up then Ian would stop to help him, and that would mean that his friend would let go of his ears and be exposed to the sound.

[wantwhatiwant]

Each step was agony and eventually Ian couldn't go any further, stumbling and closing his eyes, because he thought they were going to burst from his head if he didn't.

Then finally it stopped. He kept his hands over his ears a bit longer, as they were still ringing, but slowly opened his eyes.

"What... was that."

[mediumdrip]

Blaine's head was throbbing and his ears were ringing. He shrugged at Ian's question. "I don't know," he said. "I just... A warning maybe?"