Pretty much as soon as his back's turned, Arthur starts unbuckling his belt, stripping with indecent haste to get free of the bloodied clothes.
"Oh, well, that's-- i-it's a long story." About five seasons worth. "I'm- the office I work from, w-we were renting it from another investigator whose livelihood revolved around dealing with supernatural cases like that. Not that we were aware of it, at the time we were renting. I didn't even realise the bizarre like that truly existed until someone sent a book addressed to him to our office, and it- there was an entity trapped inside the book. Half of the King in Yellow. It- he compelled me to open the book, and trapped himself inside me, i-in my eyes. To try and control me to do his bidding."
He snorts, as he finishes buckling his pants. They're a few sizes too big, but so were most clothes thanks to the pit. A belt would fix it, and he fishes his own out of his ruined pants again. "Unfortunately for us all, I'm not that easily pushed around."
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"Oh, well, that's-- i-it's a long story."
About five seasons worth."I'm- the office I work from, w-we were renting it from another investigator whose livelihood revolved around dealing with supernatural cases like that. Not that we were aware of it, at the time we were renting. I didn't even realise the bizarre like that truly existed until someone sent a book addressed to him to our office, and it- there was an entity trapped inside the book. Half of the King in Yellow. It- he compelled me to open the book, and trapped himself inside me, i-in my eyes. To try and control me to do his bidding."He snorts, as he finishes buckling his pants. They're a few sizes too big, but so were most clothes thanks to the pit. A belt would fix it, and he fishes his own out of his ruined pants again. "Unfortunately for us all, I'm not that easily pushed around."