[MINGLE] Wendi-go-go to the inn

[sixthiteration]

WHERE: 6I Village and Inn
WHEN: 27-31 July
OPEN TO: ALL - Mingle
NOTES: The Wendigo threatening the village will be killed mid 28 July, with a Blue Lily, per these threads. Plot details here. Note: The final fight is close enough to be seen from the upstairs inn windows.
WARNINGS: Wendigo attack mingle, please warn in comment headers if discussing violence, gore, or related trauma. Possible mentions of character death.

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The urgent warnings come from villagers returning south from the lake: a creature twice the size of a man, antlered and voracious. Larger than any they've seen on the plains, stalking its way to the main village. Some might have their own names for this hunger in a skin of shadow; others might remember that it was the first to claim a life, in their village's short history.

Whatever context one has for it, best to secure all pets and loved ones before it arrives. With weapons and food stores at the inn, the call goes out to gather — And to bring back any tools, because there's no telling what doors and windows can do to stop such a creature.

Comments

[underpinnings]

He's gone longer in his shoes and clothes, gotten them dirtier; been hungrier, been different kinds of exhausted under the same kind of upset. But only out of necessity. Here, he lets himself a hot shower when he's home, doors locked and traps set around the windows.

The inn is one bathroom and a crowd of people outside the door, preoccupied now in the worst way. Refusing and walking home is an option, but he can't pretend it's the smart one, anymore.

Maybe it'll just make Mark feel better, doing it. "Can you find me some clothes," he asks, reaching down to tug at his bootlaces. "I can do the rest."