What's Under The Well

You hesitate.

And then you tell the creature why you are here.

After you have done the air seems to shiver around you. You think for a moment that the Shadow seems sad. You don’t know why you think this but you do.

N-o.   Y-o-u   m-u-s-t   l-e-a-v-e

Now it is your turn to ask why.

The shadow doesn’t respond, but instead he shifts back into the darkness. Almost disappearing again entirely before hesitating, and emerging back into the pool of light.

T-h-e-n   I   w-i-l-l    h-e-l-p

You tell them and wait for a response. The air around you seems to shiver.

Y-o-u   c-a-m-e   d-o-w-n    t-h-e    w-e-l-l-?

You nod

Y-o-u   s-h-o-u-l-d   g-o   b-a-c-k  

You shake your head. Not until you get what you came here for.

T-h-e-r-e   a-r-e    m-o-n-s-t-e-r-s    d-o-w-n    h-e-r-e

You stare straight at it.

P-l-e-a-s-e,   y-o-u-   w-i-l-l   d-i-e

You stare again.

W-h-y?

You hesitate.

And then you tell the creature why you are here.

After you have done the air seems to shiver around you. You think for a moment that the Shadow seems sad. You don’t know why you think this but you do.

N-o.   Y-o-u   m-u-s-t   l-e-a-v-e

Now it is your turn to ask why.

The shadow doesn’t respond, but instead he shifts back into the darkness. Almost disappearing again entirely before hesitating, and emerging back into the pool of light.

T-h-e-n   I   w-i-l-l    h-e-l-p

You hesitate.

And then you tell the creature why you are here.

After you have done the air seems to shiver around you. You think for a moment that the Shadow seems sad. You don’t know why you think this but you do.

N-o.   Y-o-u   m-u-s-t   l-e-a-v-e

Now it is your turn to ask why.

The shadow doesn’t respond, but instead he shifts back into the darkness. Almost disappearing again entirely before hesitating, and emerging back into the pool of light.

T-h-e-n   I   w-i-l-l    h-e-l-p

You hesitate.

And then you tell the creature why you are here.

After you have done the air seems to shiver around you. You think for a moment that the Shadow seems sad. You don’t know why you think this but you do.

N-o.   Y-o-u   m-u-s-t   l-e-a-v-e

Now it is your turn to ask why.

The shadow doesn’t respond, but instead it shifts back into the darkness. You think it has disappearing again entirely before it hesitates at the edge, and after a beat, emerges back into the pool of light.

T-h-e-n   I   w-i-l-l    h-e-l-p

You hesitate. 

And then you tell the creature why you are here. 

After you have done the air seems to shiver around you. You think for a moment that the Shadow seems sad. You don’t know why you think this but you do. 

N-o.   Y-o-u   m-u-s-t   l-e-a-v-e

Now it is your turn to ask why.

Shadow doesn’t respond, but instead it shifts back into the darkness. You think it has disappearing again entirely before it hesitates at the edge, and after a beat, emerges back into the pool of light.

T-h-e-n   I   w-i-l-l    h-e-l-p

CONSEQUENCE: Shadow trusts you

A soon as the light flickers on you feel some confidence flood back into your veins.

You stand still for a while. Trying to regain your composure. Your palms sweat and you feel cold. You gulp, the hairs on your skin still upright. Still feeling the breathe of the impossible creature.

You cannot turn back, you know the creature is there. 

You know there is no alternative but to press on.

Into the dark.

Into the direction the creature came.

Further under the well.

You remember to breath and take a step forwards.

You let the creature dissolve into the dark.

“It’s okay kid

You’re doing alright”

You stand still for a while. Trying to regain your composure. Your palms sweat and you feel cold, but you know there is no alternative but to press on.

Into the dark.

Into the direction the creature came and fled.

Further under the well.

You remember to breath and take a step forward.

Consequence: Shadow fears you

You let the creature dissolve into the dark.

“It’s okay kid

You’re doing alright”

You stand still for a while. Trying to regain your composure. Your palms sweat and you feel cold, but you know there is no alternative but to press on.

Into the dark.

Into the direction the creature came and fled.

Further under the well.

You remember to breath and take a step forward.

Consequence: Shadow fears you

You tell them and wait for a response. The air around you seems to shiver.

Y-o-u   c-a-m-e   d-o-w-n    t-h-e    w-e-l-l-?

You nod

Y-o-u   s-h-o-u-l-d   g-o   b-a-c-k  

You shake your head. Not until you get what you came here for.

T-h-e-r-e   a-r-e    m-o-n-s-t-e-r-s    d-o-w-n    h-e-r-e

You stare straight at it.

P-l-e-a-s-e,   y-o-u-   w-i-l-l   d-i-e

You stare again.

W-h-y?

M-e?   W-h-a-t   a-r-e   y-o-u?

It still seems frightened. You feel frightened. Cold.  Before you think of a response it echoes an answer into the black.

S-h-a-d-o-w

Shadow? You ask. 

A pause and then it seems to quiver. 

You stare quizzically as it quivers again. Oh! It’s trying to nod. 

You ask it if they’re trying to nod. Shadow quivers again. 

They pauses and looks expectingly at you. You don’t know how they look expectingly (as they have no features) but you can tell. There is an aura of expectancy. 

You choose silence. You are too frazzled to lie and too cautious to tell the truth. So you just stare at it.

It shifts uncomfortably. At least that is how you interpret its slight and sharp movements.

The air around you feels electric.

It stares…you stare.

You open your mouth to say something when it jolts and suddenly flings itself back into the darkness

The shadow freezes at your greeting, in even more fear. Both of you stand very still for a moment and stare at each other. At least you assume it’s staring at you, as it doesn’t have a face or eyes or anything else to indicate the direction of it’s gaze.

Finally, very slowly it responds

H-e-l-l-o

The sound doesn’t so much come from it as it does radiate off it. It bounces off the narrow walls and echoes around you. You are not so afraid anymore. It doesn’t seem to be dangerous, in fact it mostly seems to be scared.

W-h-o -       W-h-o    a-r-e    y-o-u?

The shadow echoes. It shifts a little in its spot and you can see it is a large, shapeless mass. A spot of dark in the light.

You choose silence. You are too frazzled to lie and too cautious to tell the truth. So you just stare at it. 

It shifts uncomfortably. At least that is how you interpret its slight and sharp movements. 

The air around you feels electric.

It stares...you stare.

You open your mouth to say something when it jolts and suddenly flings itself back into the darkness

You decide to tell them.You wait for a response. The air around you seems to shiver.

Y-o-u   c-a-m-e   d-o-w-n    t-h-e    w-e-l-l-?

You nod

Y-o-u   s-h-o-u-l-d   g-o   b-a-c-k  

You shake your head. Not until you get what you came here for.

T-h-e-r-e   a-r-e    m-o-n-s-t-e-r-s    d-o-w-n    h-e-r-e

You stare straight at it.

P-l-e-a-s-e,   y-o-u-   w-i-l-l   d-i-e

You stare again.

W-h-y?

Okay, you say. 

There is a pause. You don’t know what to do. Then, from the darkness around you it asks a question.

W-h-o -       W-h-o    a-r-e    y-o-u?

You decide to tell him.You wait for a response. The air around you seems to shiver.

Y-o-u   c-a-m-e   d-o-w-n    t-h-e    w-e-l-l-?

You nod

Y-o-u   s-h-o-u-l-d   g-o   b-a-c-k  

You shake your head. Not until you get what you came here for.

T-h-e-r-e   a-r-e    m-o-n-s-t-e-r-s    d-o-w-n    h-e-r-e

You stare straight at it.

P-l-e-a-s-e,   y-o-u-   w-i-l-l   d-i-e

You stare again.

W-h-y?