With Inv standing over the now dead overseer I can hear him still growling at the dead eyeball. His skin a slight gray which makes me a bit worried. The last time I saw Inv's skin turn grey was when he attacked me…
Trying to push down my nervousness I speak out.
"I-inv?"
Inv's head snaps at me with a glare. But quickly his face turns into one of concern. His skin quickly turning back to blue.
Seeing this I feel a bit relieved. Thankfully he doesn't go all murder crazy when he gets like that.
"J-joey! I- i sowy! I didn mea tu-
"It's ok Inv! I know you didn't mean it" I cut off Inv assuring him I'm fine.
"But Inv, why did you act like that just now?" I ask Inv in concern.
Inv looks back at the eyeball core and kicks it with a lot of strength. The eyeball hits the wall at the end of the corridor and shatters into pieces showing how powerful the kick was.
"Dat ting alwa watc me fro distan!! Et alwa apear whe somting ba hapen!" I see Inv curl his paws up into a fist. I can also see him physically shaking from pure anger.
I want to ask Inv what he means by 'when something bad happens' but… I feel like I already have an idea.
"Well, nothing bad is happening right now Inv! Nothing can attack us here right now…" after saying this I want to smack myself.
'Did I seriously just say that?! That's like asking for something bad to happen!'
Thinking this, I have my guard completely up now just in case something actually does attack us.
While doing this I see Inv slowly unclench his fists.
"U wight… le… les ge tu da sheler" Inv says in a calmer tone.
"Alright" I say back in seriousness and start heading to the shelter being much more cautious.
Crawling through a couple tight spaces and corridors I peek my head out of the hole me and Inv entered earlier. Looking around I see nothing in sight.
Affirming this I fully climb out with Inv right behind me.
"OK Inv the shelters just ahead" I say feeling nervous. If what Inv said about the overseer was right, then something could be waiting for us up ahead…
Inv gives me a silent nod and steps in front of me.
"I-Inv?" I say quietly in surprise.
"Sta behin me Joey… cud b dagerus…" Inv says back with a deep voice.
"A-alright…" saying this back to Inv I follow him from behind.
With silent tension me and Inv slowly move forward toward where the shelter is. Seeing the pole that leads right up into the shelter in sight I grow even more nervous.
'Come on, we're almost there!'
After what feels like an eternity we finally arrive in front of the pole. Looking around, all I see is proto rot covering some of the walls and ceiling but nothing else.
Inv looks at me with a questioning gaze. Suspecting what he's thinking about, I point up above us at the shelter symbol.
His gaze follows my finger above us. When he sees the shelter symbol, he looks back down at me and gives me a nod.
Wrapping his paws on the pole he starts climbing up towards the shelter which I do right after when he's up high enough.
I'm a bit distracted seeing Inv's tail moving in front of my face, but I stay focused and keep climbing.
With bated breath I watch Inv enter the hole into the shelter, and I quickly follow behind.
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Climbing out of the hole inside the shelter I scramble onto my feet and look down at the exit of the shelter.
Listening to the whirring machines and seeing the exit close I finally feel the tension leave my body.
'We did it… now if either of us or both of us die, we'll spawn back in this shelter…'
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I can only hope it won't come to that but… that's highly unrealistic.
'I know it will happen but… there's no point in thinking about that now…'
Trying my best to not think about that cruel reality I look towards Inv who's looking around the shelter.
"Woaw Joey!! Es dis yur hom???" Inv asks in excitement while looking at one of the walls that I wrote on. Seeing him in a less serious mood is relieving.
"Not really? I've been staying here for a while but it's more like a temporary home" I say while walking up beside Inv who's currently looking at the stuff I've scratched on one of the walls since I've come here.
I will admit out of all the shelters I've stayed in, this one is the best so far. There's decent room, the area around it is somewhat safe and it's one of the few rare ones that doesn't have shelter failures! A pretty good shelter to stay in with Inv, all things considered.
I watch as Inv closely looks at my manic writings on the wall. A part of me is regretting writing whatever came to mind on the wall…
It's a bit embarrassing but it should be fine since he can't read it. Most of it is basically numbers of how many times I've died anyways… also cussing. A lot of cussing. I think I even wrote some fanfiction on a certain part. I must've been pretty bored to do that.
My eyes quickly dart around the wall, and I find that certain part.
'Fuck, its fanfiction about Inv! How did I even have the space to write that?!'
"Hay Joey wha dus dis meen?" Pulling my eyes away from my fanfic I look at what Inv is pointing at.
Seeing the number Inv's finger is currently on I wonder why out of all things he picked it was this?
'12456… the first number I wrote in here to remind me how many times I died'
Should I even tell him the truth? I don't want to ruin the mood…
"Joey?" Inv says my name with slight concern.
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Letting out a sigh I decide to just tell him.
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A/N: There finally in the shelter! actual progress!! now they are bound for life.