boys don't cry

Why did I receive a cellphone from Valdez and why does this not surprise me?

“Isn’t that dangerous?”

Okay.

I’m ready.

“Okay,” Claude flipped open his notebook, fingers tracing the words as he spoke them. “‘Agent Donnely walked into the room, his eyes hovering over the scene. There was a faint aroma, something familiar that he couldn’t quite place, but his attention had been pulled by something else. In the corner sat a cat, blinking up at him.’ I feel like that second sentence drags on too long. What do you think?”

wesbockholt:

[Wes was panting. He had killed a monster. It all had been real and he had killed a monster, just like any of his siblings back at camp… and it felt good. Bastian was still struggling, and Wes looked around until he spotted Claude and Chuck, away from the battle but safe. Bastian’s arm was bleeding, and the empousa looked angrier than ever, circling him and attacking him with everything she got. That wouldn’t end well, and Wes ran to help his companion, ignoring Chuck’s barks in the distance]

[Were empousai venomous? Sebastian couldn’t remember, but his injured arm was feeling weaker, and having to block every possible claws-fangs-talons combination from the remaining empousa wasn’t helping at all. Besides, that could damage his bow and then he’d be weaponless at least for a while, but the ugly collage of a monster who was trying to kill him left him no choice. Ugh. He caught Wes running towards him with the corner of his eye, but he had to dodge before one ugly clawed hand got him. Sadly, the empousa managed to grab his backpack and slashed it open, dropping the nectar and ambrosia and his harmonica to the ground] Hey! [The monster dived for another attack, and Sebastian did something stupid, really. He tried to hold her back with his hands. It stopped her for, like, half a second, but before she could do anything else, a bronze sword came out from her chest, Wes standing behind her with a funny look in his eyes. Sebastian atributed it to the pain in his arm, but he was really sure he saw the empousa’s bone pale skin turn an ugly shade of yellow before she vanished back to Tartarus] … Thanks.