[Oswald doesn’t witness the jagged, alien form that thrashes its way into being, scattering flaps of human skin all around the walls of its cell. But he hears every wet, splintery snap. And the screaming - the kind of scream that sends a teeth-on-tin foil buzz through him.
He’s on his ass in an instant, crab-walking backward until his back thumps the wall. An icy sweat blooms between his shoulderblades. The man-thing next door goes into a sudden frenzy, pounding the wall between them like its own is on fire. It has no hands left - nothing but scything, mantis-like arms battering themselves bloody into the concrete.
If only the maddening, off-key singing had been the only thing to worry about tonight.]
Help!
[Oswald shouts, his voice cracking with hysteria. The wall shudders. Then begins to split down the middle.]
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Date: 2025-06-03 04:44 am (UTC)He’s on his ass in an instant, crab-walking backward until his back thumps the wall. An icy sweat blooms between his shoulderblades. The man-thing next door goes into a sudden frenzy, pounding the wall between them like its own is on fire. It has no hands left - nothing but scything, mantis-like arms battering themselves bloody into the concrete.
If only the maddening, off-key singing had been the only thing to worry about tonight.]
Help!
[Oswald shouts, his voice cracking with hysteria. The wall shudders. Then begins to split down the middle.]
Guards!!