The reason we've been so quiet is because we were attacked. We stopped at a gas station in between cities to refuel, which is par for the course travelling around as much as we have. Grandpa went to pump the gas, I went inside to pick out snacks, and Ryan went around back to the bathroom. Everything seemed normal, until it wasn't. The cashier grabbed me, the manager attacked Grandpa, and Ryan... well, he got the worst of it. Grandpa took down the manager, I managed to pull my gun and get into a standoff with the cashier, and Ryan got locked into the bathroom. It was a pretty good trap, I'll admit, especially since it's clear that the aim wasn't to kill us, just to get us out of the way so that the Slender Man could go after Ryan without us interfering.
Now, Ryan up until that point didn't know anything about the Slender Man. He'd been investigating the disappearances, the deaths, the mysterious fires, but he hadn't yet figured out what was behind all of it, which is why he found Grandpa-he'd figured out Grandpa was involved. But we hadn't told him about what was really causing all that yet, so his first exposure to him was getting beat down by him in a filthy gas station bathroom. Needless to say, he's in bad shape-or at least he was.
Interestingly. Ryan went panicked and nonverbal immediately afterward, and we grabbed him and started fleeing to somewhere safe where he could heal up and deal with things. But partway through the trip, he snapped out of it and has completely forgotten about the whole thing! He still has no idea about Slender Man or about what happened-he remembered getting locked in, then being in the car with us!
We're still taking refuge somewhere safe to let him heal up and try to figure out what the heck happened back there.
Oh shit, sorry about what happened to Ryan. I can't think of a worse way to be introduced to the Slender Man. So it's probably best that he doesn't remember it.
ReplyDeleteI love the name Elizabeth! IMO, it is prettier than Susan and prettier than my name. You can shorten to it lots of cute stuff, too - Ellie, Beth, Ella, Bess, Liz, Lizzy, Liza, Elsa, Betty, Zibby, Lilibeth, Lili, Libby, Lizbeth, Billie. I had a sister called Eliza, too! And the queen of my country is called Elizabeth, but when she was a kid they called her Lilibet.
(Yes, I really like the name Elizabeth and I will convince you to like it too :P)
I don't dislike it, I just think Susan is a more fitting reference for me. Elizabeth is a lovely name and I certainly don't mind using it.
DeleteMaybe he's in denial? Or his mind repressed it do to how horrifying it was. I remember the last gas station bathroom I used, I still have nightmares about it. Anyways, congrats on staying alive! -- Jack
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