Randy, still pointing his gun into the darkened study, shouts out.
“You in the room! This is your last chance to come out of this without injury! Get down --"
The thin man glares at Randy through thick lidded eyes and tries to slide past him into the room. Randy reaches forward with his free hand and grabs a hold of the man's trench coat.
"Let me go, f@#$%r!" He struggles for a moment, and then slips out of the trench coat, leaving it in Randy's hands.
"I'm comin', Bobby!" The Thin Man shouts, and begins to head towards the corner of the office, where the pulsating blackness seems to have swallowed up his friend.
Alex once more slams into the man's back, and they both hit the armoire hard, which rocks back and forth and threatens to fall. Both tumble to the ground. Alex recovers faster and manages to put the man into a head lock. The man begins to scream and thrash about, which only makes Alex hold on tighter. OOC: Nice 20 on the grapple, Alex! Alex, as you look down at your hand, you see something quite odd. Your fingers, where they curve, suddenly seem to lose their curves, and become more squared. "Polygons," you think to yourself. "I'm made up of polygons!" It doesn't seem to affect you, but you see that the rest of the room continually shifts back and forth between simple and complex geometric shapes. The effect is disconcerting and nauseating - you can feel your stomach begin to rebel. Who knows what permanent damage is happening to you...? To your hands?!?
Ray heads upstairs to attempt to get Kristof and Julia to safety. At the top of the stairs, Kristof stands, wielding a fireplace poker with a grim face. He holds it up as if to swing, and then he blinks.
"Errr... Dr. Silver?" Kristof lowers the poker and pushes his glasses back with a finger. "I thought you might be... someone else. Is everyone alright?"
"No, Kristof. We have you get out of here, where's Julia?" Ray, for a moment there, you thought Kristof was going to swing even though he saw who you were! Perhaps it was just your overactive imagination.
Kristof points back down the hallway, where Ray sees multiple doors.
"That way. She has some kind of... safe room, I guess. Like the movie."
Back in the study, the darkness that envelops the corner suddenly... vanishes. The room is now just dimly lit, and everything can be seen - albeit not very clearly. But it is obvious that 'Bobby' is gone - and where he stood, burned into the wood floor of the study - a blackened symbol of some kind. Nothing else of him remains...
Alex, lying partly on top of the Thin Man and struggling to maintain his grip, sees this happen. The blackness that has crept out the corners of his vision suddenly grab him, and Alex loses all strength in his arms. His head hits the floor with a THUNK.
The Thin Man, still screaming, lifts himself out from under Alex.
Randy, as you peer in the room, you see that Alex has passed out, or else hit his head hard enough to go unconscious. The Thin Man, whimpering in pain, glares at you, obviously wishing for your quick demise. You see his face is dripping blood - apparently, during the struggle with Alex, most of his facial jewelry was ripped out of his skin.
"You f@#$%ers! Look what you did...!"