Kel bit the inside of his own cheek, trying desperately to stay awake. When he and Basil opened the door with the ghost, he could tell this was not as pleasant as the sun and moon door from the last time he ventured in there. He... did his best to be useful, but they had no exit to find and when that.... thing started following them? They had to keep moving. And moving. And moving.
Despite his good stamina, no one s built to walk for hour a hours without time to breathe. And if Kel struggled, Basil hd it even worse. He tried to play things off, to laugh about the situation and make things lighter, he even forced himself to carry Basil on his shoulders was too exhausted to move on, but in the end even his body started to fail him. His muscles had been under stress for hours by the time his legs started shaking, and even there he did his best to push forward and laugh with Basil about whatever came to his mind. He knew he hit his limit when he started to feel dizzy- he had a large breakfast, like any other day, but there was only so much sugar in his system and it was not enough. He was a sports guy, he knew from the cold sweat covering his skin, the sense of both hunger and nausea and how fast his heartbeat was getting that he was entering a state of hypoglycemia and dehydration.
'You trained for this', he kept repeating himself, but his body wasn't listening.
It was when his speech start getting slurred that he knew he had to stop. Kel let Basil down, they tried to continue on their way, but as soon as he stopped just for a moment to breathe... the ghost jumped him. If he wanted to be terrified, he had no time to. He and Basil found himself outside and safe-
God, so he just had to... did he literally just reach the point of exhaustion for no reason at all? He let himself fall on the grass and laughed, asking Basil to get him something to drink and allowing himself to relax.
Peace, finally.
- - -
Said peace didn't last long. Kel felt exhausted, his body was in pain since the muscles were sore and lactic acid was in his system but that was hardly the problem.
It was two in the night and he was desperately fighting exhaustion, moving back and forth in the kitchen and struggling to stay awake.
Every time he dared to close his eyes, something tried to 'eat' him and it felt so real he carried over pain even when he jumped awake. Even if he tried to fight his need to sleep, though, it was like something was trying to drag him down and the only option was..... moving.
He tried to cook, a few chopped vegetables were sitting on the table, but it all ended when he cut himself. At least the half cut onion could explain why he had tears in his eyes if Basil woke up? He had always been weak to those, he just... he just....
"Oh, God...."
A whisper as he passed a hand between his long, wavy hair. He was terrified at the idea of falling asleep again- whatever was waiting for him enjoyed taking chunks of fless off him and he couldn't even see it. He could just feel his body being riped into pieces and... how was he supposed to fight it?
He could only keep up with his march and pray to find a way to handle it, perhaps he could reach for the healers as soon as dawn came... for now, pacing in the kitchen and living room seemed the only two good options.
Exploration
Despite his good stamina, no one s built to walk for hour a hours without time to breathe. And if Kel struggled, Basil hd it even worse. He tried to play things off, to laugh about the situation and make things lighter, he even forced himself to carry Basil on his shoulders was too exhausted to move on, but in the end even his body started to fail him. His muscles had been under stress for hours by the time his legs started shaking, and even there he did his best to push forward and laugh with Basil about whatever came to his mind. He knew he hit his limit when he started to feel dizzy- he had a large breakfast, like any other day, but there was only so much sugar in his system and it was not enough. He was a sports guy, he knew from the cold sweat covering his skin, the sense of both hunger and nausea and how fast his heartbeat was getting that he was entering a state of hypoglycemia and dehydration.
'You trained for this', he kept repeating himself, but his body wasn't listening.
It was when his speech start getting slurred that he knew he had to stop. Kel let Basil down, they tried to continue on their way, but as soon as he stopped just for a moment to breathe... the ghost jumped him. If he wanted to be terrified, he had no time to. He and Basil found himself outside and safe-
God, so he just had to... did he literally just reach the point of exhaustion for no reason at all? He let himself fall on the grass and laughed, asking Basil to get him something to drink and allowing himself to relax.
Peace, finally.
- - -
Said peace didn't last long. Kel felt exhausted, his body was in pain since the muscles were sore and lactic acid was in his system but that was hardly the problem.
It was two in the night and he was desperately fighting exhaustion, moving back and forth in the kitchen and struggling to stay awake.
Every time he dared to close his eyes, something tried to 'eat' him and it felt so real he carried over pain even when he jumped awake. Even if he tried to fight his need to sleep, though, it was like something was trying to drag him down and the only option was..... moving.
He tried to cook, a few chopped vegetables were sitting on the table, but it all ended when he cut himself. At least the half cut onion could explain why he had tears in his eyes if Basil woke up? He had always been weak to those, he just... he just....
"Oh, God...."
A whisper as he passed a hand between his long, wavy hair. He was terrified at the idea of falling asleep again- whatever was waiting for him enjoyed taking chunks of fless off him and he couldn't even see it. He could just feel his body being riped into pieces and... how was he supposed to fight it?
He could only keep up with his march and pray to find a way to handle it, perhaps he could reach for the healers as soon as dawn came... for now, pacing in the kitchen and living room seemed the only two good options.
Stay awake. Stay awake no matter what.