An All Hallows' Haunting

[ x] Neku.

 

>> ◉ Neku. ||

Commands​

Neku immediately thrusts himself forward.

|| Neku ||

「GUYS. I like, TOTALLY got this. Okay, you know I was like the TOP NINJA back in MIDDLE SCHOOL, you KNOW? Like, I could CLIMB TREES FASTER LIKE THE SPEED OF SOUND, OKAY. One time I was gonna even climb a tree too to get my PET CAT down from it. But bro, pet cat was like, SO CHILL, dawg. So chill he was a dog. HOW DO DOGS CLIMB TREES EVEN. Okay but I am so excited THANK you FOR even choosing me to GET THE MATCHBOX to the top-」

Misty grabs the box of matches from your hand and forcibly shoves them into Neku's. She tells him to start climbing upward. Neku agrees and begins his climb.

|| Neku ||

「Uh, guys, I think we, like HAVE GOT a COOL PROBLEM! Okay so like, I can't climb UP to the STATUE'S neck BECAUSE the thing is too high up. SO HIGH THAT it like, has SO much DELTA-9-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL in its system that it has affected its NEURAL REWARD PATHWAYS to the point where the DOPAMINE is SO UP IN THE DOPE Y'ALL. Like seriously I even NEED a boost okay!」

Which party member will step up to give Neku a boost?

The chandelier beings swaying a bit more violently, as if it were alive. Startlingly, you swear you hear a whispered word coming from one of the closest holes, as if something is right behind you, watching ...

You turn around towards the black hole. You swear you caught a glimpse of something ... but- the mist seems to make you slowly and systematically forget the image you saw, whatever it was, and you turn your attention back to Neku.

[ ] You.
[ ] Krowley.
[ ] Vivi.
[ ] Misty.
[ ] Saxima.

 

[x] Krowley

Guessing he's the strongest.

 

......well. Still going with Vivi. Maybe he's strong enough to lift Neku up while we keep a close watch on....whatever the fudge is about to go down.....or he might get possessed again and just drop Neku......Vivi, this is your time to redeem yourself.

 

[x ] Krowley.

I don't want be anywhere near that hole and all, but I don't want be be near that chandelier either.
Plus, Krowley seems pretty strong...

 

>> ◉ Krowley.​

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Commands​

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Krowley takes a deep breath and steps in to help. Quiet, yet dependable, he steps up onto the first platforms and hoists Neku up by his legs. Neku wastes no time opening up the matchbox. He brings one match to the side of the box and swiftly drags the top along the rough surface. With a quiet hiss, the tip bursts into a vivid flame. ​

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|| Neku ||​

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「YES!!! I THINK I have got a good FLAME going here! I was a little WORRIED at first because of all of this MIST, but I THINK I can light this thing now! Oh, guys, this reminds me of my LAST BIRTHDAY PARTY. They bought me some of those FAKE CANDLES that would NOT BLOW OUT--no joke! No matter how hard I tried, I just COULD NOT blow them out. My FAMILY thought it was funny but I WAS A LITTLE ANNOYED--」​

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Neku suddenly yelps as the flame goes out against his finger tips. He flicks the wasted match away into one of the holes and lights another. You're eyes widen in disbelief as he, despite various members of your group shouting at him to focus, continues to ramble on. He wastes 8/10 of your matchsticks. You want to cry. ​

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Krowley quietly lowers Neku before he can light another match, taking the matchbox away from him calmly and stepping onto the final and highest statue himself. With his height, he manages to bring the 9th match up to the first candle. The chandelier lights. The flame is rapid, forming a full circle all around and lighting the room dimly. ​

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You turn off your flashlight now that it's unneeded. Krowley steps down from the statues and brushes some dust off of his shoulder.​

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|| Misty||​

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「It doesn't seem like anything has changed?」​

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You begin to think you shouldn't have trusted Vivi. The room remains the same for a few moments longer. ...And then you hear it. A loud, high pitched, deafening SCREEEEEEEEEECH, followed by an insane laughter. Saxima begins to whimper and tremble. You yourself feel your breath catch in your throat. What in the world? Even Krowley seems more alert than usual. You all move close to one another as the room begins to rattle violently. Dust tumbles down from the ceiling and you cover your head instinctively.​

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A heavy, grating sound turns your attention back to the statues. It seems their heads have reappeared somehow. The display is frightening; hazy stone faces with dead black eyes set right on you. You stumble back in horror and their faces twist and contort, the stone dragging against the flooring and inching close and close to you.​

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|| Vivi ||​

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「What the hell!? What is this?」​

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Saxima is frozen and for once, Neku is dead silent. Misty's eyes are wide as she struggles to find some sort of logical explanation. The closer they get, the more desperate you feel. What can you do? Throw your flashlight? Maybe this is a nightmare? Should you blow out the candles? They can't possibly hurt you, can they?​

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The air becomes thicker and then a loud CRASH rips your attention back to the chandelier--or, where it used to be. You watch as it falls straight down like a bolder into water, crashing loudly into the floor beneath you. The statues continue to inch closer. The closer they get, the weaker you begin to feel--almost as if something is being drawn from you. Your essence--your soul. Their heads twitch and spin madly. The floorboards give out beneath the chandelier and a thick white mist bubbles up like smoke from the gaping hole. You feel nauseous.​

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|| Misty ||​

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「WE HAVE TO GO, NOW! THERE'S NO TIME, THIS ISN'T GOOD!」​

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For once, you all agree. Neku runs back towards the entrance, but it's locked. The only other option is the hole. You all hastily make your way towards the leaking center of the foyer. On the way there, Saxima collapses. She was closest to the statues. They laugh sharply--a demonic sound piercing through your skull. Everyone else keeps moving. The statues inch nearer...​

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[ ] Run with everyone else into the hole. Sorry, Saxima.​

[ ] Go back for Saxima and then escape through the hole. ​

 

[x] Go back for Saxima and then escape through the hole.​

WE LEAVE NO MAN BEHIND
THAT'S THE WAY TEAM DAI GURREN ROLLS

 

Save!

[ ] Go back for Saxima and then escape through the hole.

 

[x] Go back for Saxima then escape through the hole

 

>Save

[x] Go back for Saxima

 

>> ◉ Go back for Saxima and then escape through the hole. ||​

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Commands​

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You run over to Saxima, collapsed and unconscious on the ground. The statues grow closer, emitting unearthly cackles that seem to distort your very own perception of your surroundings.

The ground is wet with blood. With all ofthe mist settling, you begin to notice that the swaying chandelier had left in its wake huge splatters of blood around the gaping hole. Mist pours and rushes out of the hole, and you begin to feel a horrible, choking sensation - as if it is not your throat, but your very lungs that are shrinking. The whispers of the wind become interchangeable with the statues' animal growls and laughs.

But you march on. You pick up the matchbox that Neku dropped in the commotion and inch closer to Saxima. The statues are but a few meters away from the unconscious girl. Through the thick mist, through Vivi's yells of forcing you to return to keep safe, you rush on - you will not leave anyone behind.

You reach Saxima, and lift her up. She seems unusually light. But as you turn around, you come face to face with one of the menacing statues.

On closer inspection, its face appears to be less of the material of the statue - and a kind of thick, condensed mist imitating it, as if the mist itself is conscious. The more mist there is, the more it seems to dampen the fire of your soul.

But the mist continues to choke you. For all you know, Saxima could have been knocked out by the mist as well. The statue in front of you roars, and you are trapped. Trapped between this horrible creature and a sealed passageway. Through the mist and commotion, you seem to hear someone sobbing - it may be someone from your party, but you cannot tell. You are not even sure if it is sobbing - it is simply a noise, and you cannot comprehend it with all of the mist and the brain-splitting laughter of the statues.

You slowly edge backward as the statue draws closer to you, emitting ghostly wails and devilish guffaws that slowly and surely rot your soul like the mist. You hear a few snaps and crackles below you- like the leaves outside, but sharper, and as you look down for a moment, you find a few bloodied chandelier shards.

But the statue grows close enough and lets out a horrific laugh that leaves you temporarily deaf. It slowly levitates a few feet in the air - most likely getting ready to strike.

You are cornered.​

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[ ] Use Saxima as a shield.​

[ ] Use the matches to burn the statue.
[ ] Use the shards of glass as a mirror. ​

 

[ X] Use Saxima as a shield.

<3 you Sax.

 

[x] Use the shards of glass as a mirror

I DON'T KNOW

 

[ ☺] Use the shards of glass as a mirror.

Fuck you, Ben. • n •

 

[x] Use shards of glass as a mirror.

Mirrors is bauss.

 

[ ] Use the matches to burn the statue.
and if that fails
[ ] Use the shards of glass as a mirror.

 

[ x ] Use the shards of glass as a mirror.

believing in the power of statues looking at itself and all those cliches