@punishdsin ( starter call )
Sebastian can't say he's particularly surprised by the presence of creatures that aren't human. Just as he'd been surrounded by nightmares of all shapes and sizes in STEM, he'd surmised it was only a matter of time before Silent Hill caught up with the rest of his memories. That's all it's been, after all: old ghosts, scenarios that made his skin crawl and his survival instinct peak, monsters and gore and a confusion so familiar it'd be an old friend if he didn't hate it so much... and just like the last time he'd been in STEM, he's repressing all his fear with frustration at the situation, instead.
The only times he feels especially terrified are whenever the ghost of his daughter finds him. The last time he'd seen her, her face had been burned clean off and her right leg had rotted, and she'd wept about how you hurt me, Daddy. You let them take me away. While a part of him wonders if he owes James an explanation, the more cowardly part of him decides he won't talk about it unless asked. James hasn't mentioned it so far, so that's how it's going to stay.
They've tried for two days now to leave this godforsaken place, but the town feels huge when you're hiding from creatures along the way. After discovering the south edge of Silent Hill had simply crumbled away-- Sebastian had even tossed a pebble off the apparent cliff the border became only to find it hurtling endlessly-- he suggested they try getting to the highway on the north side of town instead. Much as Sebastian had done his best to avoid Toluca Lake and the lighthouse on the other side of it (in the fog, sometimes it reminds him of Beacon more than the town he'd moved to), it seemed like the only option.
They were lucky to find stores of water before the sirens started blaring again; Sebastian had been quick to shove what he could in his pack, deciding there was no-one to steal from with how empty the town was, anyway. Food, though, is scarce, and what supplies they'd found so far had all gone rotten amidst the blood and the rust. Though he'll never admit it, not eating for two days has started to get him a little dizzy. So Sebastian suggested they hunt something to eat, and regardless of how James reacted, it's what has him perched on the roof of a building now, aiming at a big, crow-shaped monster before it sees him.
This one, he thinks, must be more a product of his own mind rather than James'. It's no doubt a bird, but with the white, glowing eyes reminiscent of the Haunted. Brows furrowed, Sebastian's eyes are sharp as he aims his crossbow (he'd laughed when he first found it, then muttered that James wouldn't understand why it was so funny), and once his aim is true he sends the bolt flying.
James should be waiting on the ground below if in the end he decided to help Sebastian out with his seemingly insane plan. The bolt whizzes to the crow's head straight through the brain, and with a piercing, dying shriek it plummets. Sure, it looks like its head and part of its wing has melted off-- almost like someone had poured acid over it-- but Sebastian likes to think the meat inside should still be fine. It's an animal, after all, and he decides it's convenient the bizarre forces at work in Silent Hill have turned it more chicken-sized than crow-sized.
