Cliffhanger Challenge

[Vulpes]

Naaah, go for it!  And it should be blueberry season-ish in Finland at the time of the current adventure, no?

I've lost track of comic time... and reality time, come to think of it. I thought it was more mid-summery in-comic, but here (similar enough climate, I think) blueberries are only really getting ripe in abundance now.

Off to post about campfire-friendly blueberry dishes!

[Vulpes]

I think I counted 16? Do you agree?

Okay I have nothing to even approach this! How did you come up with so many? I love the sketch, who cares about finesse, it's well layed out.

[Jitter]

Ok Vulpes, I listed them for you. I came up to 18 now that I did.

Spoiler: show

1 is Emil badly hurt, even dying?
2 how will Lalli react to him suddenly falling in his arms? (In my mind it's "will Lalli kiss him" but a shipless version would be "will Lalli get angry with sudden closeness and push Emil away despite him being hurt)
3 What is it Emil wants to say "before dying"?
4 What is making "shuffle" noises in the bush? Hukka?
5 What is in the bottom of the well and does it have a way up from there?
6 Why are there tunnels leading into the well? Will the loud noise draw something from those tunnels to investigate?
7 Will Sigrun make it, she clearly is badly hurt?
8 Was it the last one?
9 What does Mikkel see that makes him utter something like that aloud?
10 What is attacking the unconscious Sigrun from the tree? Will Mikkel notice it in time, he's looking the other way?
11 What is the rag Reynir is holding and why does it appear to be... moving?
12 What is Kitty going MRIII about?
13 Why are Reynir and Onni suddenly out cold?
14 Will Onni drown in the dream sea?
15 Will the monsters in the dream sea get Onni and/or Reynir?
16 What is causing the red lighting of the dreamworld?
17 Why did they arrive in a place with no land?
18 What is happening to Tuuribird?

BTW I was tempted for Mikkel to say "I'm more worried about you and the baby" but that would have been a bit more un-canonical than I was hoping for so I left it out

[Vulpes]

Ok Vulpes, I listed them for you. I came up to 18 now that I did.
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BTW I was tempted for Mikkel to say "I'm more worried about you and the baby" but that would have been a bit more un-canonical than I was hoping for so I left it out

Okay I'm even more in awe, I had just taken you at your word that there were 16 (or so). I get as far as thinking, "What would be a good cliffhanger?" and my brain goes blank. This is why I am not a writer!

Your alternative Mikkel comment above is pretty funny, but yes, I see why you omitted it.

[Jitter]

Well, yes, my word is based on things

[Grade E cat]

I may have something of decent quality, if not quantity.

Earlier in the story, there was a battle involving trolls in an Old World lab that was working on various strains of the Rash found in Finland. Cut to the story's present time, the group is on the way back to civilization and one of the immune characters decides to have a bath in a nearby lake because their shirt has been feeling itchy. They take their shirt off, and they have a familiar-looking rash on their shoulder.
[Coming up with horror stories that are much scarier than I realize isn't a bug, it's a feature  ]

[Jitter]

Whoo that would be terrible!

Everyone do post yours, they don’t need to always have even more cliffhangers! Originality, fun, terror and other features are important too!

[wavewright62]

Siv files her most recent test results. She picks up the old snow globe, a souvenir from the Old World, left on the file cabinet in the lab, and gives it a shake. 
"Let it gooooo"
What an odd idea to pop into her head, she thinks.  She looks around, but there's nobody else in the lab.  Only
the tanks. 
She watches the glitter settle to the bottom of the globe for a moment.  She hears an odd humming behind her. 
One of the tanks has developed a crack, with ice crystals pushing out from it. 
Siv runs to pull the containment alert alarm, but slips and falls on ice that has formed on the floor.

Spoiler: show

Oh goody, Trick or Treat exchange is coming up; I may develop this into a treat for someone!

[thegreyarea]

Siv files her most recent test results. She picks up the old snow globe, a souvenir from the Old World, left on the file cabinet in the lab, and gives it a shake. 
"Let it gooooo"
What an odd idea to pop into her head, she thinks.  She looks around, but there's nobody else in the lab.  Only
the tanks. 
She watches the glitter settle to the bottom of the globe for a moment.  She hears an odd humming behind her. 
One of the tanks has developed a crack, with ice crystals pushing out from it. 
Siv runs to pull the containment alert alarm, but slips and falls on ice that has formed on the floor.

Poor Elsa! It seems that the Rash can get fairy tales characters too! Things on Storybrooke https://onceuponatime.fandom.com/wiki/Storybrooke must have been a mess...

[Jitter]

Combining on my discarded idea and Grade E Cat's:

The troll hangs on Sigrun's shoulder by its many teeth. Additionally it has a sinuous tail with some kind of stinger in the end. Just as Emil cuts through the thing's ribcage forcing it to let go of Sigrun, the creature takes one final thrust and stings Sigrun's abdomen with the tail. Luckily the wound is small.

Next, Sigrun is sitting on a bed and Mikkel is patching up her shoulder. She says "that's just a flesh wound! And the sting in the stomach was really feeble, it's not really even bleeding! Just put some bandages on the shoulder and I'll be good as new!"

Mikkel sighs and looks at her with visible worry in his normally cool eyes: "We don't know whether the baby is immune".

[Mirasol]

Oh, these are getting more and more intriguing! I very much enjoy reading this thread!