Broom closet 020 [action for EVERYWHERE EVER,][4th Wall]

[no_ufo_ending]

_{[OOC: Henry will be popping up in random bathrooms all over Johto (and other places! Visitors, feel free to post and receive a visit from a confused photographer).]}

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[heavyweaponsbot]

[Wellp. Ironhide can't really fit in a bathroom right now. But there's a delightful public restroom opening out into a park...]

[... that he's currently parked in. Enjoying some afternoon sunshine.]

[Good luck with that one, Henry.]

[no_ufo_ending]

_{[Henry comes stumbling out into the sunshine with his shirt tugged up over his nose. UGH public bathrooms...]}

[heavyweaponsbot]

[And there's Ironhide.]

[Just sitting there. As if in wait for some poor soul to come stumbling past unawares.]

[no_ufo_ending]

<sub>[That is exactly what happened...that was, until the sun glinted off ironhide's shiny hood. Henry was used to dark spaces and lifted an arm to sheild his eyes...when he caught his own reflection.]

[...in a very familiar tire rim.]

[The hairs on the back of his neck stand up. The shovel in his hands almost slips. No. No, it's just...it's just some big truck. PEOPLE HAVE TRUCKS ALL THE TIME. ESPECIALLY IN POKEMON LAND AHAHA ha ha..ha.]</sub>

[heavyweaponsbot]

[Despite the fact Ironhide has no visible eyes in his truck mode... Henry can probably feel the Autobot's attention shift.]

[Directly onto him.]

[no_ufo_ending]

<sub>[Henry bites his lip and sloooowly steps across the grass, never once taking his eyes off that grill.]

[It's just... a truck.]

[It's just a truck.]

[Pleaseletitjustbeatruck.]</sub>

[heavyweaponsbot]

[Oh, it's a truck all right.]

[It's a truck that abruptly unfolds. And stands up.]

[no_ufo_ending]

<sub>[Henry sorely wished that there was an Evil Truck Jesus he could repent to so that Ironhide would leave him alone. He didn't waste time, he threw the shovel behind himself and took off back toward the building.]

[It was his only hope.]</sub>

[heavyweaponsbot]

[Ironhide reaches forward, his fingers seizing the back of Henry's shirt.]

[He just lifts.]

Want to discuss your hair now, boy?

[no_ufo_ending]

_{[Henry makes feeble grabbyhands at the ground as it zooms away from him. He didn't want to look into those huge, grouchy headlights.]}

N-NOT REALLY?

[heavyweaponsbot]

[Don't make any sudden moves, Henry. You're twenty-some feet off the ground.]

I think you should.

[no_ufo_ending]

_{[Henry knew that covering his eyes would do no good. So he just watched the ground and wished he hadn't thrown his shovel away. He could see it from where he hung.]}

WHAT ABOUT IT?

_{[He was under the impression that he had to shout so that the monster could hear him.]}

[heavyweaponsbot]

Waiting.

[He twitches his fingers. Very slightly. Just enough to make Henry bounce a little.]

For an apology.

[no_ufo_ending]

<sub>[Henry lets out a yelp.]

[An apology? Over the hair prank? He looked up at the robot, a frazzled, broken little photographer. He thought about it. It would be the most sensible thing to do...but he was Henry Townshend! He was 21/21! He was a destined god-killer! He wasn't going to be bullied by some stupid space robot.]

[He squares his jaw and squints.]</sub>

No.

[heavyweaponsbot]

[Ironhide's good optic squints right back.]

[He casually shakes out his free hand. Allowing the glowing orange barrel of his fission cannon to emerge. No, he would never use it on a human being, but Henry doesn't need to know that.]

What was that?

[no_ufo_ending]

<sub>[That...was not something Henry had counted on.]

[He drew his knees up like a dangled kitten and held his hands out to block the light.]</sub>

I'm sorry! I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry!

[heavyweaponsbot]

[One shake of his arm and the cannon vanishes. He sets Henry down -- very gently.]

Was that so hard?

[no_ufo_ending]

_{[The photographer's legs go out from under him. He slumps there like a rag doll with his arms over the back of his head.]}

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

[heavyweaponsbot]

[He crouches down.]

[And pokes him.]

[no_ufo_ending]

_{[The Henry goes SQUAWNK.]}

[heavyweaponsbot]

Knock it off.

[no_ufo_ending]

You got your apology! Leave me alone!

[heavyweaponsbot]

Stand up and quit squeaking, then I will.

[no_ufo_ending]

_{[Slowly Henry wobbles to his feet. He doesn't look back at Ironhide as he makes his way over to the shovel he dropped.]}

[heavyweaponsbot]

[Ironhide... just stands there, looking down at him expectantly.]

[no_ufo_ending]

_{[He grabs it up and stomps passed Ironhide pointedly.]}

I have a serial killer to find.

[heavyweaponsbot]

Hopefully you are less afraid of them than of me, boy.

[no_ufo_ending]

I'm not scared of him. _{[That was a lie.] It's my job.}

[heavyweaponsbot]

No?

You sure?

[no_ufo_ending]

Joseph thinks I can do it.

_{[He shakes the shovel at Ironhide before checking the park bathroom to see if the hole is still there.]}

[action]

[exeggutorhead]

[Bathrooms are great places to hide from ghosts, obviously.]

[Well maybe not, but the restrooms in the Lavender Town radio tower seemed like as good a place to hide from a herd of very persistent ghost Pokemon as any.]

Re: [action]

[no_ufo_ending]

<sub>[Oh, God, there were monster headaches at the end of this hole what.]

[He clambers out and instantly holds his head, almost dropping the shovel he'd found.]</sub>


Auuuusshhfbuuuhhffmf.

[action]

[exeggutorhead]

[Turning around right away because wait, where did that person come from? ...Where did that hole come from?]

[What the hell?]

...Henry?

[It took him a second to recognize his 'Gear buddy in the flesh. Especially holding his head like that. He reaches out to shake Henry's shoulder a little, because surely that will fix this.]

Re: [action]

[no_ufo_ending]

Aaahh-- aauughh-wh. Envy?

_{[He blinked up at his friend and looked behind him. The hole had already vanished. Man.]}

Where am I?

[action]

[exeggutorhead]

I don't know, some creepy small town with ghosts and a radio tower. I showed up here out of nowhere a few hours ago.

[Which he doesn't sound happy about at all.]

Did you hit your head? [Why else would you be holding it?]

[action]

[no_ufo_ending]

Ghosts...aghk. That explains it.

_{[Henry just folds his arms over his head and frownie faces.]}

You don't have an aspirin, do you?

[trapsense]

[so this is a girl, right?

you'll have to wonder though what she's doing in a male bathroom in a department store(?)

oops???]

[no_ufo_ending]

<sub>[The moment he spots her he freezes.]

[DB oh god is this the wrong bathroom?]</sub>

Uh.

[trapsense]

[well no

she was clearly taking a piss

standing up

and with the right equipment.........]

...Hi? [oh wow this is embarrassing!]

[no_ufo_ending]

...Hi. Sorry! Ahaha ha. Uh. Carry on!

<sub>[NOPE.]

[Henry catches the shovel on the end of the hole and almost falls out of it as he backs up and disappears back the way he came.]</sub>

[completingthesacraments]

[Oh hey, you're looking at yourself in the mirror oh wait....Behind you.]

Henry.

[no_ufo_ending]

<sub>[Henry stops making faces at himself and freezes up, almost dropping the shovel he'd found.]

[He wheels around and backs into the sink, shoulders hunching. He doesn't yell at Walter. He doesn't scream or even scold him with an accusing, "YOU."]

[He just swings the shovel with his noodle arms as hard as he can.]</sub>

[completingthesacraments]

[Shovel, oh no. I mean shooting him and hitting him before did nothing, but oh no, it's a shovel, shit just got rea-

-It just hits him and he looks at you Henry. Really? Did you think that was going to work?


Nope.]

[no_ufo_ending]

<sub>[..... D'B]

[He swings again.]</sub>

DIE PLEASE!

[completingthesacraments]

I've done that before.

This isn't our apartment complex Henry. Where are we?

[no_ufo_ending]

<sub>[Henry keeps swinging that shovel until he's out of breath (and destroyed some of the bathroom mirrors.]

[8C Oh. Yeah. He can't hurt Walter without the seven holy toothpicks, can he?]</sub>

No, and your mother isn't here either.

[completingthesacraments]

Then just my last question.

[Nope, he can't. Annoying aint it.]

[no_ufo_ending]

_{[Henry pants and narrows his eyes at Walter. He's interrupted too many peeing people today to deal with this.]}

Disneyworld. Get lost.

[completingthesacraments]

I don't think I will.

[no_ufo_ending]

Then what do you want to do?

_{[Fuck this day, seriously.]}

There's nothing for you here. I don't even know what city we're in right now, it's just bathroom after bathroom.

[completingthesacraments]

Follow you.

[no_ufo_ending]

<sub>[Henry puffs himself up, as if getting ready to deliver a speech that would rock the ages...and instead sits down on the edge of the sink with his arms folded.]

[If keeping Walter out of trouble meant sitting in a gross bathroom until...whenever, then that was what the Receiver was going to do.]</sub>

[bluedespitebeing]

[Nope, this time he is definitely in the wrong bathroom, if Lisa staring at him from over at the sinks was any indication--which it should have been! But it's Henry, so who knows.]

Hen...ry?

[His appearing out of seemingly no where manages to distract her from her attempts to wash away the blood that freshly drips down her face.]

[no_ufo_ending]

<sub>[...... D: ]

[Henry clambered out of the hole and rested his shovel against the wall.]</sub>

What happened?

[bluedespitebeing]

...Nothing.

[She looks away from him again, rubbing her forehead and smearing the red as if that will help.]

This is...how I was, before.

[Well, not exactly. But if Henry knew she could potentially turn into a monster at any moment, he might just pick that shovel back up.

Speaking of which.]

...What are you doing in here with a shovel?

[no_ufo_ending]

<sub>[Henry opens his mouth...then closes it.]

[What could you say to to somebody who had...bleedy...face...syndrome?]

[Was that a thing?]</sub>

I saw a hole so I went through it.

[bluedespitebeing]

[Yes, and you even guessed the scientific name correctly. Congratulations.

...Okay, that warrants some more staring, even if it shows off her new look.]

You saw a hole...so you went through it.

[Uh.]

Are you sure that's safe to do?

[no_ufo_ending]

_{[Henry was the best doctor.]}

I guess...it's what I did back in...can I get you anything?

[bluedespitebeing]

[The fact that he did this in the Otherworld doesn't convince Lisa of its safety in the least.]

No, I'm...not sure there's really anything else that can be done. Not now, anyway.

[no_ufo_ending]

Oh...okay. I'll bring you back some cereal. That always makes me feel better.

_{[He hovers there for a moment before making his way by her and heading out the actual bathroom door instead of a huge, ominous looking hole.]}

[bluedespitebeing]

[H-Henry... Even if you baffle her, she now knows that under all that weirdness, you are incredibly sweet.

Lisa sits while she waits, wondering how it would look if any non-Silent Hill survivor were to pass through here. Or if there had been anyone outside to wonder why a man was waltzing out of a women's bathroom.

Both very difficult things to explain, but the musings do distract her.]

[usedmask]

[GUESS WHO YOU JUST INTERRUPTED PEEING.]

JESUS! [He stumbles backwards, while trying to zip up his pants very awkwardly.]

What the fuck?!

[no_ufo_ending]

Oh, uh, whoops.

_{[ Henry gives the guy enough respect to look away.]}

You haven't seen a dirty man in a long blue coat that may or may not have had a spoon with him, have you?

[usedmask]

Holy shit, man. Can't even take a piss in peace anymore...

What? A bum? No, I haven't seen anyone like that around. Why?

[no_ufo_ending]

Oh. Well...I need to kill him before he ends the world.

_{[Henry climbs the rest of the way out of the hole and hunts for the bathroom door.]}

[usedmask]

....You're serious.

[no_ufo_ending]

Yup. He wants to steal my neighbor's uterus or something and summon a god.

[usedmask]

...You know, I'm not even that surprised any more.

[no_ufo_ending]

Then you can help. Come on.

_{[A HOLE HUNTING WE WILL GO.]}

[usedmask]

....What the hell. Maybe I'll find Jen. [SURVIVAL HORROR BROS.]

[malignantmute]

[Jumping into holes?

Seems legit.]

...

[Come in or go back the way you came Henry.]

[no_ufo_ending]

<sub>[Henry pauses at the edge of the hole, shovel in-hand.]

[ 8I ]</sub>

Hey.

[malignantmute]

...

[8I Hey.]

...

[He takes a moment to check for anyone else before giving a nod in greeting.]

...

[So... That's a nice hole you got there.]

[malignantmute]

[Oh hey, one sec, you may have one of these weird phone things he woke up with, he'll see if he can pick up your signal.]

...

[Booya. Let him just text you from the miniscule distance between them.]

I hope john-crashing isn't a casual thing for you.

[no_ufo_ending]

<sub>[Henry opens his mouth to ask if he's interrupting something when his 'gear goes off. He grabs it up and flips it open.]

[It takes him a moment to catch on to what's going on.]</sub>

Not really...but I'm looking for a serial killer. Have you seen a creepy guy in a blue coat around here?

[isthelittlegirl]

[There is a little girl looking at you.]

Who are you?

[no_ufo_ending]

_{[....that sure didn't look like a serial killer.]}

My name's Henry...where are your parents?

[isthelittlegirl]

Mommy's dead.

I don't know where my daddy is.

Do you know?

[no_ufo_ending]

_{[.... D: Well that was kind of horrible hearing from a little girl.]}

Who's your daddy?

_{[He offers a hand to lead her by.]}

[isthelittlegirl]

[Takes his hand.]

My daddy's name is Harry Mason. But he's lost and I can't find him.

[no_ufo_ending]

<sub>[Henry's brain suddenly coughs up the memory of the photo album that Harry had. What...what what what, oh no.]

[He had to go find Harry. Or maybe Heather. Unless this was the one who was Heather...unless she was the Heather before Heather.]

[His head hurt.]

[He leads her through the door and looks around to figure out where they are.]</sub>

Harry's my friend, we'll find him.

[isthelittlegirl]

You know daddy?

[no_ufo_ending]

Yup. He helped me out when I got here.

[isthelittlegirl]

Really?

Where is here? Is it near home?

[no_ufo_ending]

I...actually I'm not so sure now.

_{[ 8[ All these holes...HARRY QUEST COMMENCED.]}

[isthelittlegirl]

Are you lost?

[no_ufo_ending]

Of course not.

_[SOB.]

[isthelittlegirl]

Really?