Are
Strange manners seemed to be the rule rather than the exception for people in this strange new land. Are could never seem to grasp what governed the different denizens of Hel, even though he should've by then realized there was no normal. At least nothing he'd ever call normal. To them, he was the stranger, just as this, thing, was a stranger to him. A creature he could no longer tell was actually human, an elf perhaps, taken a human shape.
Still, the curiosity burned too bright for his assumptions to douse. "What is this voice?" he asked after a long pause. Enough to gather his thoughts, but not enough to decide whether he was better of leaving this being for the moment.
Whatever answer it had for him seemed to drown in the sound of his own blood rushing through his ears. Every beat of his heart pounding in his mind and sending jabs of pressure and pain through his head. Are tried and failed to push it away, like a drunkard reminded of yesterday's poor choices he was reminded of the barriers existence. Even with closed eyes and cupped ears he could still hear the pain, still see it. Rising to red hot as he doubled over and held his breath for what seemed like an eternity. Then, as quickly as it had flowed, it ebbed yet again. Leaving behind a shaking man and a reminder of what will come shortly, lest he removed himself.
Are swallowed hard as he stood, again looking at the person(?) before him. "Sorry, the wall... Does it affect you too?"
Still, the curiosity burned too bright for his assumptions to douse. "What is this voice?" he asked after a long pause. Enough to gather his thoughts, but not enough to decide whether he was better of leaving this being for the moment.
Whatever answer it had for him seemed to drown in the sound of his own blood rushing through his ears. Every beat of his heart pounding in his mind and sending jabs of pressure and pain through his head. Are tried and failed to push it away, like a drunkard reminded of yesterday's poor choices he was reminded of the barriers existence. Even with closed eyes and cupped ears he could still hear the pain, still see it. Rising to red hot as he doubled over and held his breath for what seemed like an eternity. Then, as quickly as it had flowed, it ebbed yet again. Leaving behind a shaking man and a reminder of what will come shortly, lest he removed himself.
Are swallowed hard as he stood, again looking at the person(?) before him. "Sorry, the wall... Does it affect you too?"
