{"id":5354,"date":"2013-10-23T23:17:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-23T23:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/2013\/10\/23\/the-shadow-craftily-steers-you-toward-a-dead-ended\/"},"modified":"2013-10-23T23:17:00","modified_gmt":"2013-10-23T23:17:00","slug":"the-shadow-craftily-steers-you-toward-a-dead-ended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/2013\/10\/23\/the-shadow-craftily-steers-you-toward-a-dead-ended\/","title":{"rendered":"The shadow craftily steers you toward a dead ended neighborhood. The well to do houses loomed ominously in the night with nothing but the light of the moon cast on them. The street you were now on was an eventual dead end and the shadow quickly advances upon you, the boiling, hissing puddle drawing ever closer."},"content":{"rendered":"

camiechan<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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themoonlightthief<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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He\u2019s not going to last, he knows that, the darkness smoothly, swiftly, spreading across his vision making that all the more obvious. But he can\u2019t stop. Stopping means getting\u00a0killed<\/em> and he rather likes living, thank you, but\u2014<\/p>\n

The world is tilting. Or perhaps it\u2019s just him. He\u2019s not entirely sure at this point.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Safe, safe, safe, have to get someplace\u00a0safe<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Kaito turns, suddenly, mustering up the last of his strength to sprint into one of the yards belonging to\u2014 to\u00a0someone<\/em>, up the driveway and towards the front door – the house looks so familiar, why does it look so familiar, is it another mind trick, why – as fast as his legs can carry him. But then they\u2019re buckling beneath him and he lets out a hoarse yelp, fingers just barely having enough time to curl around the door\u2019s handle in an attempt to catch himself – but it\u2019s no use, he can\u2019t see, can\u2019t hear, can\u2019t feel, oh, but at least that\u2019s a relief and\u2014<\/p>\n

And then his mind and body shuts down and he collapses below the front door.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It\u2019s prey has stopped moving, his slowing heart beat is like music to the shadow. It rears up again, following up the driveway slowly, enjoying every second. It\u2019s target is so close within it\u2019s reach so close- <\/em>Wait, no, there is another smell approaching. The shadow backs off again retreating to a nearby patch of darkness to observe and reconsider it\u2019s strategy.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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“Yes, I heard it Baaya\u2026 \u00a0no, no; I\u2019ll see what it is, first\u2026 not to fret. It\u2019s probably just like the last one\u2026” The young detective shifted the cell phone to his other ear and shoulder, freeing his hands so that he could set the baseball bat in the indent of floor-to-ceiling glass near the door. He pushed the white curtain aside and peeked out into the dark, frown fixed on his face. A body, yes, crumpled against the door. Drunk, most likely. Or attacked\u2026?<\/p>\n

Keeping close to that side of the door, he unlocked the chain, the normal lock, and the deadbolt, before pulling the door inward slowly, letting the unconscious form slip onto the polished marble gently.<\/p>\n

“Hello, sir\u2026?” Hakuba asked, staring downward. Then he paused.\u00a0Was that\u2026? \u00a0No, it couldn\u2019t be. But it was. Kuroba-kun!<\/em>\u00a0\u201dBaaya, I\u2019m going to have to call you back.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Brows furrowed, he glanced back out to the yard, narrowed eyes scanning the terrain. He couldn\u2019t\u00a0see<\/em> anyone, but that didn\u2019t necessarily mean\u2026\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He crouched down and slipped one hand under each arm, jaw set tight as he pulled Kaito into the formal reception area. There he left him, just long enough to return to the door, pushing it closed. Then came the locks: regular, deadbolt, chain. \u00a0Once the house was secured, he go back down to the floor, kneeling as he rolled Kaito onto his back and went about checking vitals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Fingers on his throat to feel for a pulse, he watched his face, professional training keeping him calm and productive for the time being. \u201cKuroba-kun? Are you all right? Can you hear me?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

camiechan: themoonlightthief: He\u2019s not going to last, he knows that, the darkness smoothly, swiftly, spreading across his vision making that all the more obvious. But he can\u2019t stop. Stopping means getting\u00a0killed and he rather likes living, thank you, but\u2014 The world is tilting. Or perhaps it\u2019s just him. He\u2019s not entirely sure at this point.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4301,2947,76,75,90],"class_list":["post-5354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-i-hope-this-works-for-you-guys","tag-camiechan","tag-ic","tag-rp","tag-themoonlightthief"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5354\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}