[ it is complicated, and steve's not entirely sure he's the best person to try to explain it, either. but this is somewhere he knows, something he knows how to traverse, even if he was dealing with a concussion the entire time he was last down here.
and it's odd thing, to see it in this light. with what they know of the upside down, with what this place really was. geralt steps aside for steve to go on ahead, and that is what steve does; taking off in one of the two directions not quite at a sprint, but a more direct walk. he wishes he had a flashlight, kind of wishes he had his bandana, even when he knows it doesn't really matter that much. ]
Kaer Morhen? Oh- you mean that's not a castle? Huh. [ no, steve had no idea there was a difference. oh well. he guesses he told eddie wrong then, too. whatever - steve moves on ahead without much worry about where he's going, but what geralt can probably hear is the sounds of all of that getting louder. possibly some distant yelling, too, something about hurry, hurry, faster.
steve doesn't notice it until it's much closer, a distant roaring, movement, something that almost sounds like... ] Dustin? [ it's whispered, confused, and steve comes to a stop around the next bend of the tunnel. this part he does recognize completely, the exact length of the tunnel. this is it he thinks, but then stops, because something is wrong. off.
the tunnel is flipped.
there are more voices now, yelling and cheering, moving them all as they run faster off in the distance. meanwhile, steve is a bit frozen to the spot, confused. because as he looks around, the opening that is supposed to be on the top of the cave isn't where it's supposed to be. he looks around for a few moments, trying to place it, before he notices it on...the ground? he frowns. ]
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and it's odd thing, to see it in this light. with what they know of the upside down, with what this place really was. geralt steps aside for steve to go on ahead, and that is what steve does; taking off in one of the two directions not quite at a sprint, but a more direct walk. he wishes he had a flashlight, kind of wishes he had his bandana, even when he knows it doesn't really matter that much. ]
Kaer Morhen? Oh- you mean that's not a castle? Huh. [ no, steve had no idea there was a difference. oh well. he guesses he told eddie wrong then, too. whatever - steve moves on ahead without much worry about where he's going, but what geralt can probably hear is the sounds of all of that getting louder. possibly some distant yelling, too, something about hurry, hurry, faster.
steve doesn't notice it until it's much closer, a distant roaring, movement, something that almost sounds like... ] Dustin? [ it's whispered, confused, and steve comes to a stop around the next bend of the tunnel. this part he does recognize completely, the exact length of the tunnel. this is it he thinks, but then stops, because something is wrong. off.
the tunnel is flipped.
there are more voices now, yelling and cheering, moving them all as they run faster off in the distance. meanwhile, steve is a bit frozen to the spot, confused. because as he looks around, the opening that is supposed to be on the top of the cave isn't where it's supposed to be. he looks around for a few moments, trying to place it, before he notices it on...the ground? he frowns. ]
The hell?