open } take the time to know yourself not a clone or a fraction of someone else

[cloned]

Who: Kon, George, Dipper, YOU!
Where: Bathhouse
When: over the course of the event
Rating: PG-13 tops, probably
Summary: Exploring a strange place is always a good idea. Definitely. Especially when there are weird bizarro shadows lurking around. But what's the worst that can happen, right?
The Story:

[Starters in the comments! If none of the scenarios work for me, let me know and I can put something personalized.]

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[choosetruth]

She rolls her eyes, choosing to ignore both of them. Her blogging has very much changed the world, thank you very much. "But it can take you between floors? That's... something, I guess. We'll probably only able to evade them for so long."

[adaptiveimmunities]

"Yeah, but 'so long' might be the duration of the event," Shaun points out. "We only need to last a few days. If we keep moving, they probably won't catch up, right?"

[wriggedywrecked]

He nods at Shaun. "And if this tower is like the last one, th-there might be a safe zone on the ground floor. Just a matter of getting there before the, the Shadows catch up, and they're f-fucking speedy when they want to be."

In fact, there's the telltale clunk, step, clunk, step sound of someone approaching with a walker from the distance.

[choosetruth]

"He has a walker. How speedy can he be?" That question is probably going to be answered pretty soon, considering the sounds. Great. She draws a little closer to Shaun.

[adaptiveimmunities]

"I hate when you say shit like that," Shaun mutters. "It's always a fucking setup."

[wriggedywrecked]

"It's magic, dummy! I-It basically operates on Murphy's Law! God damn it, let's go."

He starts speed-walking away from the approaching Shadows, expecting the Masons to either follow him or do whatever the fuck they want.

[choosetruth]

"I fucking hate magic." But she's moving, she's moving. "We have to find a better way to deal with this than running away."

[adaptiveimmunities]

"I don't know. It seems like a sound strategy to me. We only have to outrun them for a few days. That shouldn't be too hard."

[wriggedywrecked]

"I'm sure as fuck fine w-with running, because the alternative seems to be some bullshit about, about accepting who we are deep down, and fuck that."

He knows how this trope works and he wants absolutely nothing to do with it. Been there, done that, Season 3 Episode 6, it's not even Season 4 yet, you can't reuse tropes that quickly if you want to keep your audience. Any moron knows that.

Rick may or may not be more stressed than usual, because he may or may not have lied about his portal gun working for as long as he wants. He's not even sure if that's accurate, since these events tend to fuck with him and his tech. For all he knows it's got only one more good charge in it. Or a billion. No way of knowing until it finally shuts down.