Context: The Devil's Waiting Room is an innocent enough cenote. Or was, until fifty-plus bodies were discovered within its bowels. Local police believe that a crime family is using it as a dumping ground for their victims. The truth...? A bit odder.

Setting: The forest/the Devil's Waiting Room (cenote)

Tags:[MAA4A][Werewolf Convict Speaker][Cop Speakers][Shapeshifter Listener][Escape/Chase][Mystery][Supernatural][Horror Elements][Mafia Elements][Flirting?][Lore Drop][Xryl Listener][Disturbing][CW: Murder/Horror Elements]

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[W] = Connor, a werewolf escaped convict

[C1] = Cop One, one day from retirement

[C2] = Cop Two, second day on the job :(

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Xryl - A Xennian entity whose shapeshifting ability is almost involuntary/difficult to control. Due to the uncertainty of their anatomy, Xryl often take the Xennian empathy innate to them and use it to prey on others / to defend their own deteriorating mental health. Some become so convinced that they are losing their own mass / will be reduced to nothing, they develop a psychosis similar to 'Wendigo' psychosis' - a desire to consume flesh, even if unnecessary.

"They hide in plain sight, smile with fake enthusiasm. Listen for the ones that sound wrong. The ones that sound like snakes in a rabbit warren. The ones that smile like wolves" - Commander Soren, P.W 308.

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[Scene opens on a desperate chase through the forest]

[SFX: A chase between two cops and an escaping werewolf]

[W] “Hff, hff, c’mon! C’mon, just gotta make it to that stupid cave!”

[Pause]

[Two human cops sprint close behind, guns drawn. The first calls out, determined:]

[C1] “Give it up, Connor!]

[C2] “You’re not escaping back to your miserable little doggy crime family this time!”

[Pause]

[W] “C’mon, c’mon, where… Mom said, ‘Go to The Devil’s Waiting Room. Don’t be afraid. Bring a gift’, which, nngh, a bit vague there, Mom! Rrgh, however vague that woman is, it doesn’t matter! She always, huff, knows what to do!”

[SFX: Extended chasing/gradually building river noises]

[Rec. improv for the chase to VA’s desired length]

[W] “C’mon… River should fall right into the damned cave, and after that many humans were found dead in it, there should be warning signs all over!”

[Pause]

[C2] “He’s heading for the cenote!”

[C1] “Trying to jump to your death is foolish, Connor! Just give it up and serve your damned sentence!”

[W] “I’ll fucking die first!”

[Pause]

[Moonlight hits the top of the cenote and Connor cries out in relief]

[W] “There’s the fucking cenote! C’mon, c’mon!”

[SFX: Further sprinting]

[C2] “Don’t jump!”

[C1] “Seriously, we don’t want to come down after your dumb ass corpse!”

[W] “I HOPE YOU GET THE BENDS HAVING TO DO IT!”

[The werewolf, with a grunt of determination, takes a running leap through the opening to the cenote]

[C1] “Oh godamnit-!”

[C2] “Motherf-!”

[SFX: Rushing air for a moment before a heavy splash]

[Connor dives into the cerulean waters, stunned by the cold for a moment before he surfaces with a gasp]

[W] “Gahhh! Pfah, plegh! W-Why is the water so cold, we live in the South, f-fuck! Buhhhh, land… where’s some land…”

[SFX: The water shifting as he looks about]

[Pause]

[W] “There!”

[SFX: Hurried swimming]

[Connor swims toward a small patch of land, struggling to control his breathing]

[SFX: Footsteps hurrying down a wooden staircase]

[The moment Connor crawls on to the land, the cops are waiting for him]

[W] “Wh-?! How did you two get down here without jumping?!”

[C1] “...We… We took the stairs down.”

[C2] “Yeah, they… haven’t taken the stairs down, yet. Which is kind of shitty.”

[C1] “Yeah, they found like… fifty plus bodies here. This place is named The Devil’s Waiting Room for a reason…”

[SFX: Hissing/cicada-like chirping sort of blending into water dripping from the ceiling]

[W] “Fifty bodies…? Christ, how many idiots have come down here to dive or explore and just been left to rot?!”

[C1] “What do you know! The bodies didn’t even show signs of drowning they were all-!”

[C2] “Um… Do you guys hear that?”

[SFX: Hissing/cicada-like chirping]

[You look down at your quarry as they shift and move about nervously. Each time they turn their backs on you, it gets that little bit harder not to *lunge*]

[W] “...I am desperately trying to remember if we get water moccasins in this part of the world… And if they actively hiss while swimming…”

[Pause]

[C2, shaky] “I’m seeing movement in the water…”

[C1] “Jesus Christ, what is that thing?!”

[SFX: The cops screaming/panicking/firing wildly into the cave]

[C2] “It’s on the ceiling! Like a spider!”

[C1] “No, Christ, it’s in the water! I saw tentacles!”

[You continue to play with them, body morphing and changing at will. You know their scent. Human. Food. The third you somewhat know. Werewolf. Too tough and hairy]

[W, with a groan] “You idiots need to run!”

[Pause.]

[No, no, can’t have that]

[SFX: The cops both screaming as you pounce on them]

[Note: How graphic this is is up to the VA]

[You lunge down from the ceiling, body morphing to semi-arachnid as you pounce on the humans]

[W] “JESUS CHRIST-!”

[SFX: A struggle/blood spatter followed by a pause]

[Pause…]

[SFX: Bodies being wrapped up in twine-like substance]

[You whistle a bit while you wrap up dinner in front of the startled wolf boy]

[W] “...That’s why there’s so many fucking bodies down here… You. Whatever the fuck you are…”

[Pause~]

[W] “...Xryl?”

[Pause]

[He winces as you take a bite from your supper, munching like a proud cat]

[W] “Aha… That’s why. Heard of your kind… Shapeshifters that love to consume humans, right?”

[Pause <3]

[W] “Well, uh… I greatly appreciate you taking out those blues for me, my arachnid-like friend.”

[SFX: Bones creaking/general shapeshifting]

[Pause?]

[W] “Oh! You can look more werewolf-like… You uh… Wow, damn, you wear it well.”

[<3 Pause <3]

[W, to himself] “Godamnit, Connor, this is literally the stupidest time you could start flirting… with a human-eating serial killer…”

[He rubs his face, apparently forgetting you have big wolf ears now, too]

[W] “C’mon, man, this is why Paul says we look for dates like we’re looking to fucking die… Be cool.”

[...]

[Oh, he’s *fun*]

[You creep over on all fours, watching in delight as he tenses and turns red the second you straddle him]

[W] “Oof! O-Oh, uh… you… Decided to straddle me.”

[Pause~]

[Your sharp teeth are reflected in his eyes as you peer down at him with a wide, shark-like smile]

[W] “U-Uh…”

[Pause]

[W] “Hello to you, too.”

[SFX: Some paper rustling]

[W] “Mom said to bring a gift but she didn’t really specify for who or…what… So, um… I hope flowers are OK? My terrifying friend?”

[He holds up a somewhat crushed bouquet of buttercups. For reasons you don’t understand, you coo and take them]

[Pause~]

[W] “You’re, uh, welcome.”

[Pause]

[W] “Are you, um, going to stop straddling me any time soon? I don’t mind it, honest, it’s just this cave floor isn’t great for my back. And this fucking cave centipede is kind of crawling somewhere uncomfortable.”

[<3]

[He’s funny. Your one weakness]

[SFX: The Listener moving back - Rec. a kind of hissing/cicada-like noise for momevent]

[The werewolf stands and brushes himself off]

[W] “OK. Level with me.”

[Pause?]

[W] “How exactly did my Mom figure out that you’d eat a human, if they were brought to you, but not a werewolf?”

[Medium Pause]

[He laughs]

[W] “Tried to send Dad down here one night to ‘find an earring’ and hoped you’d spook him, huh? No wonder he insists he had a giant cave monster take a literal bite out of his ass before spittin’ him out. Heh, fair. Well, I do appreciate the save, uh… Do you have a name?”

[Pause.]

[W] “No? Not even a nickname?”

[Pause.]

[W] “Well… I think I’m gonna call you ‘Nurse’.”

[Pause?]

[He winks at you as he starts towards the exit of the cave]

[W] “You’re the only thing in the Devil’s Waiting Room, so to speak, and you’re definitely the kind of ‘nurse’ who could be confused with a black widow. I think it fits. Ya bring ‘em in with that winning smile and then-”.

[He snaps his jaws shut with another wink]

[W] “Hello, Nurse! Well, ‘Hello, God!’, more like, hehe.”

[Pause?]

[W] “What’s a ‘God’? … Nothing that you’d ever find down here, sweetheart. I’ll say hi to Mom for ya. Thanks again for the save, Nurse.”

[With that, he lopes off. It takes you a moment to realize that he didn’t even have to haggle for his freedom and, when you do, you can’t help but pout…]

[SFX: The Listener shifting back into the cave]

[Oh, well. Maybe next time]

[To be continued?]

Note: I’ll leave it up to y’all if this one carries on. If it does, expect Venom-like shenanigans between these ‘besties’ and at least one, “MA! THERE’S A WEIRD FUCKIN’ GUY OUTSIDE! THEY GOT SPIDER LEGS FOR HAIR! MAAAA!!!!” joke.