Malcolm didn't realize he'd dozed off. Or maybe he was fully awake. Either way, he saw the shadowy figure moving towards the livingroom and he crept along behind it. The others had stayed largely in the main parts of the boarding house and it was going where it could cause them harm.
As he passed the fireplace, he pulled a poker from the rack of tools, hefting it as the being moved towards the kitchen.
It must have sensed him there, because as it reached the kitchen, it turned on him, suddenly seeming twice as big, looming over him.
"Who are you? What are you doing here? Did you bring us here?"
It didn't answer him. It reached for him. Its fingers were like ice as they closed around his throat. He started swinging the poker at it, dishes smashing in its path or being swept onto the floor to shatter. It flung him against one of the cabinets, jarring it, causing dishes to cascade out of it onto the floor, any survivors hit by a swing of the poker as he fought back against the Shadow.
Anyone walking into the room would see Malcolm fighting... nothing. There was nothing there. But that didn't stop him shouting at it or swinging the poker madly.
Late night Day 24 - Closed to Negan; will probably be HEARD by everyone.
As he passed the fireplace, he pulled a poker from the rack of tools, hefting it as the being moved towards the kitchen.
It must have sensed him there, because as it reached the kitchen, it turned on him, suddenly seeming twice as big, looming over him.
"Who are you? What are you doing here? Did you bring us here?"
It didn't answer him. It reached for him. Its fingers were like ice as they closed around his throat. He started swinging the poker at it, dishes smashing in its path or being swept onto the floor to shatter. It flung him against one of the cabinets, jarring it, causing dishes to cascade out of it onto the floor, any survivors hit by a swing of the poker as he fought back against the Shadow.
Anyone walking into the room would see Malcolm fighting... nothing. There was nothing there. But that didn't stop him shouting at it or swinging the poker madly.