An All Hallows' Haunting

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Examine portraits, BTW.

 

>> ◉ Examine the portraits. || ​

>> ◉ Game saved! || ​

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Commands​

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As everyone shuffles further in, you find yourself drawn to the portraits hanging off of the walls. Carefully avoiding any holes in the floor, you navigate your way closer to the nearest one out of three. It's really nothing special...just a bit creepy. It just seems to be a painting of an older gentleman. He's wearing a long, velvety overcoat and a nice off-white suit as he sits in a chair with his arms folded into his lap. Dust cakes the surface of the portrait, but you can see that the eyes seem to be scratched out. Weiiiiird.

You move to the next portrait and you find similar. This time, it's a woman in an elegant red gown. She seem to be sitting in the same place and position, and her eyes are scratched out.

Moving on (with the group close behind you), you shine your light onto the last picture. There's nothing in this painting except for the chair you assume the other two were sitting on. This painting looks recent somehow. There's much less dust, and the colors have yet to fade. You feel your stomach twist back into knots and step away. ​

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［］Climb the twin staircases. ​

［］Enter the long hall. ​

［］Examine the marble statues. ​

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［x］Examine the marble statues.

 

Enter the long hall!

 

［x］Examine the marble statues.

 

[x] Examine statues.

 

>> ◉ Examine the statues. ||​

Commands​

The portraits put you at an intense unease. You shuffle away from them as the rest of your party widens their eyes at the suspicious scratches. Backing away, you step over a hole and come face to face with one of the odd marble statues scattered throughout the room.

The marble looks old and worn, if not a bit dusty. In front of you is perhaps the cleanest of the three statues found within the room. It is very clearly the effigy of a fairly muscular man, sitting, with his elbow on his thigh. His closed fist is held up to his head. Or at least, where his head once was. The statue was decapitated. Yet, you swear you have seen something like this statue before ...

The other two statues are the same effigy, with the second vertically bisected and the third bearing a circular hole in its chest. All three are decapitated.

As you return to the first statue, Neku runs up to you.

|| Neku ||​

「FELLOW NEWBIE! Oh my GOD this statue is SO COOL you won't BELIEVE where I HAVE SEEN THIS BEFORE though! Like I forget the name but I THINK that maybe KROWLEY knows about it. But that's not really even the most important THING because you know the- the party is like, well the others- they're like glued to those paintings for some reason! HELP ME DUDE!」​

You call out Vivi's name. It takes a few yells, but Vivi eventually snaps back to reality, and shakes the others awake. They walk drearily, zombie-like, to you and Neku for a moment. You ask them about the portraits. They seem to not recall any portraits until Neku points them out to them and warns them not to look at them.

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[ ] Enter the long hall
[ ] Climb the twin staircases
[ ] Ask Krowley about the statues

[ x ]

 

[ x ] Ask Krowley about the statues

 

[ ] Enter the long hall

 

[x] Ask Krowley about the statues

 

[ x ] Ask Krowley about the statues

 

[x] Ask Krowley about the statues

 

[x] Ask Krowley about the statues

 

Seriously, me being in this game makes this confusing. :P

[x] Enter the long hall

 

[ x ] Ask Krowley about the statues

Something seems suspicious about those portraits, though.

 

>> ◉ Ask Krowley about the statues. ||

Commands​

The first to tear away from the portraits seems to be Krowley. For the first time ever, you see a spark of emotion in his eyes as he. Maybe he knows something? You shuffle towards him awkwardly.

Spoiler: You & Krowley

http://pastebin.com/QZ48EvCm

You still don't entirely understand what's up with the statues, but you're thinking that with a few more clues you can start piecing things together. The group is oddly silent now, still a bit dazed from earlier, but staying in the lobby isn't going to help anyone. You turn your back to the statues, shining your light towards everyone else in a way that won't blind them.

Ready?

［］Climb the twin staircases.
［］Enter the long hall.

 

［x］Enter the long hall.