[KQ] Raise You Like a Phoenix

the perch Silence. Seething, cold and seemingly endless, after the shriek that caused the reign of chaos. But two of those would-be heroes had fled into the night. Abandoning the perch, abandoning hope... but saving themselves, perhaps. Two others remained. The darkness boils around them, filled with endless shadows and nameless bodies. This time there is no debris launched in their direction. There is no screaming to burst eardrums. The antlers - those fucking antlers - are tied fast, or tucked away where they cannot be snatched or dropped. And so it was a low, velvety rrrrrrrrumble that rippled beneath the duo's feet, trying to shake the very foundations of that lovely perch that had been so beautiful and so damaged by the night... The perch judders. It sways, the main beam (still not secured) teetering and threatening to fall. ...But it does not. Eyes in the dark look on, hungry, watching for the couple's next move. The monsters attempt to topple the perch but it holds fast! Jigano and Rory are both protected from the madness and the monsters by the light of the antlers. Will they use this opportunity to flee to safety? Or will they try to secure the perch? POST ORDER: 1. Jigano 2. Rory