Billy-Ray looked over to see his father smile at Grouse's blustery command, tip what could only have been the Soul Catcher in through the door, and then slam the bars closed again.
This far down the corridor, it had been hard to make out the Soul Catcher at all, let alone have any idea of what was happening inside the cell. But Billy-Ray could imagine it; imagine a dark, evil shadow flitting to all the corners of the room. It would probably try to escape before it even advanced on the Professor, and the thought made Billy-Ray smirk. Prolonging Grouse's suspense, and, therefore, Gabe's. What would happen was inevitable, and yet Professor Grouse would probably still be vaguely hoping for a miracle before the Remnant possessed him. Most people still had an inexplicable flicker of hope, even in the face of impending doom. It was unbelievably fun to squash that hope out.
Billy-Ray didn't know how Remnants possessed people. He didn't pay much attention to history; all he knew was that before the Remnants were locked up in the Midnight Hotel, they'd taken over an entire town. So he wasn't quite sure what to expect, and the gagging sound that echoed down the stone hallway came as a surprise - more of a surprise to him, Billy-Ray suspected, than to Gabe.
"You know what we want," Scarab said at the door. He hadn't opened it quite yet. "And you also have the knowledge of the man you're wearing like a bad suit. Tell me; can he do it?"
Billy-Ray couldn't hear the response, and to be perfectly honest with himself, didn't much care. He turned back to Gabe and grinned. "So. Gabriel, huh?"
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This far down the corridor, it had been hard to make out the Soul Catcher at all, let alone have any idea of what was happening inside the cell. But Billy-Ray could imagine it; imagine a dark, evil shadow flitting to all the corners of the room. It would probably try to escape before it even advanced on the Professor, and the thought made Billy-Ray smirk. Prolonging Grouse's suspense, and, therefore, Gabe's. What would happen was inevitable, and yet Professor Grouse would probably still be vaguely hoping for a miracle before the Remnant possessed him. Most people still had an inexplicable flicker of hope, even in the face of impending doom. It was unbelievably fun to squash that hope out.
Billy-Ray didn't know how Remnants possessed people. He didn't pay much attention to history; all he knew was that before the Remnants were locked up in the Midnight Hotel, they'd taken over an entire town. So he wasn't quite sure what to expect, and the gagging sound that echoed down the stone hallway came as a surprise - more of a surprise to him, Billy-Ray suspected, than to Gabe.
"You know what we want," Scarab said at the door. He hadn't opened it quite yet. "And you also have the knowledge of the man you're wearing like a bad suit. Tell me; can he do it?"
Billy-Ray couldn't hear the response, and to be perfectly honest with himself, didn't much care. He turned back to Gabe and grinned. "So. Gabriel, huh?"