*Mig wanders up outside the spoopy house/tree/thing.* Well.... been a little while. Wonder if things settled down here. OOC: I have... a ring! I got it from a bedroom IIRC?

I proceed to R E S U R R E C T the old gods

*Migrant walks up to the tree, she can't help but notice a few of the more recent bodies seem... Familiar, but there's more important things to worry about. The door is cracked open, as though someone had intended to close it, but was moving too quickly to make sure* *HahaRIP's god resurrecting doesn't seem to be working. It feels as though the mist is oppressing the supernatural*

Ok wow this mist is kind of rude I murder the mist

Hmm..... weird.... *she goes to examine the door, which is more like open it and look inside...*

*The mist, being not only super rude, but also intangible, refuses to talk to HahaRIP, the nerve of it. However, it is successfully not alive. Neat.* *Migrant looks inside the door and sees a large, spiraling staircase that ascends to the upper floors of this strange home. Beneath the staircase is another door, similar to that of an elevator. There is an arrow button on one side of the metal doors, one simply pointing upwards*

*Ascends the staircase, of course. She's seen this routine before. Still.... weird that the door was left ajar. Was someone else in here first?*

*Himeno waits for Migrant to walk in and ascend the stairs before actually stepping into the room herself. As described earlier there's a large, spiraling staircase heading up, Migrant seems to be nearing the top of it as Himeno looks around, seeing the familiar lift doors* *As for Migrant, after what feels like a long time she catches sight of a hatch at the top of the staircase. As she might remember, the hatch seems to lead to the rest of the house. She hears a faint scratching sound coming from within* OOC: Now that you're inside, remember to keep track of Sanity, start at 17 and it normally goes down at a rate of one a round. With that out of the way, good luck friends.

Remembering the "doors" in a hall upstairs, Himeno walks over to the metal doors and pushes the button. At least the power being on carries over too... Maybe there's something in here. SAN: 17

*Upon hearing the scratching, Mig seems certain that indeed something is going on in there, and so opens the hatch and enters. Quickly looking around to make sure there wasn't some crazy person ready to stab her immediately.* SAN: 17

*Kotori, late to the party, makes her way inside, heading to the playroom first and foremost* S:17 Inv: Map, Ring, Sheet Music, Curtain Cape, Handsaw..... (I think that's it?)

*Himeno pushes the button, and with a ding the doors open. Inside is an old lift, though there's a slight step down in order to get into it. In fact, she can see a little over the top of the lift if she really wanted to.* *As for Migrant, she enters the hatch and finds several old and empty toolboxes in the area. Some of the nearby woodwork seems to have been scratched. There are four doors, one in each cardinal direction, and near the western one is a switch. It likely goes to the currently on lighting. Finally, in the southeastern corner of the room is a ladder, leading up to the next floor* *Finally, Cape billowing behind her, Kotori makes her dramatic entry, bounding up the staircase and nearly running into Migrant. She dashes towards the southernmost door and runs through the connecting hallway to reach the little girl's piano room. Kotori feels a chill in her spine, but nothing seems to be there*

Might as well check it out. Himeno gets on the tips of her toes to see the top of the lift, grabbing onto the side if she can. SAN: 16

(Oooo is this free to join?)

Huh? Did I take a wrong turn? Or are the Ghosts conspiring against me already? Hmm..... Kotori plays the piano, using both the sheets of music to open the door S:16

OOC: yes it's free to join

OOC: Why yes, yes it is Aincrad, though it has been a continuation, if you don't mind being a little behind, you'll start outside the tree as up top after having been asked to rid the area of the mist by a nearby village. How nice of you.

*Seeing the Switch now on, Mig decides to hit it and see what happens. The scratching is new, so likely that switch being on is what caused it to start....* SAN: 16

(Sweet) Aincrad walks up to the tree, yet along with the tree something seems a little off about him, whether it was his posture or eyes one can not tell. Staring down at the bloody path a sickening smirk forms on his mouth. Looking up once more he closes his eyes and steps back, and soon his eyes open up again and hands go immediately to his head. "Ugh... where are we now... Must be the tree... huh my blackout was actually nice to me for once." Looking in front of him he sighs and shakes his head, walking up to the tree and analysing it, looking for a way in. "Well this'll be interesting at least." San 17

I vacuum the h*ckin mist

*There's a crack at the top of the lift, its large enough for Himeno to fit her fingers in, though far from enough to allow her to climb on top of the lift. She looks into the space and sees somewhat of an elevator shaft. The cables lie atop the roof of the lift, rather than stretching up as they are supposed to.* *Kotori plays the piano, going along with the music sheets she found earlier. As she finishes playing, Kotori hears the voice of a young girl* "You're good at this. Would you mind teaching me how to play?" *Migrant flicks off the lights, turning the whole house a touch darker. its not enough to impede anyone's sight, but takes a moment to adjust. The scratching seems to have stopped a while ago, and the lighting doesn't change this fact.* *Aincrad walks into the tree, and finds HImeno, standing in the open lift doorway. Soon the lights turn off, leaving them with the faint sunlight streaming from the windows. It is more than enough to see by, but takes a moment for him to adjust* *Haha brings out a vacuum and begins sucking up the mist that is covering the forest...... The progress is very, VERY slow. If it even works, it looks like it might take a while*

Hm... that's strange... I was sure this worked... She only gives the new arrival a quick glance before stepping inside the lift, pushing a button if there is one. Perhaps it went up through another mechanism...? SAN: 15

Aincrad looks at Himeno and the elevator and then up the stair, then back at the elevator and starts running towards it ready to dive into it. "Hold the doors! I'm too lazy to take the stairs!" SAN 16

Hmm..... I don't really have the time.... I'm looking for Bittles, but I can promise you that when I'm done I'll do it. Ok? Kotori makes her way inside the hidden room and grabs the "Grape Juice" S:15

*Not hearing any scratching, Mig smiles to herself and heads for the northern door....* Must be some machine making that noise... to scare us. Now, who left the door ajar...? SAN: 15

I set up an “El Grande” array of vacuums...

*Himeno steps inside the lift, inside are 3 buttons, one reading Lobby, 1st floor, and lastly, 2nd floor. She hits the 2nd floor button, and can hear the sound of machines moving. However, the elevator doesn't seem to be going anywhere. Soon Aincrad bursts into the elevator as the doors shut behind him* *Aincrad rushes into the elevator just in time for the doors to shut. He almost runs into Himeno, but manages to avoid any contact. Now its just the two of them, alone, in a broken elevator* *The little girl pouts and remains sitting by the piano. She mutters something like "never has time to play" and lets Kotori go through the now open laboratory door. After going down a short passageway, she arrives at the hidden room, Having seen it before, she takes it much better overall. the nauseating stench of decaying corpses, rotting blood and old chemical concoctions permeates the air, making it hard to breathe. All around her are cages filled with corpses of animals. Most are mutilated, with missing limbs or simply ripped apart. Buckets filled with gore and blood are eaten by flies and maggots and in the center of the room is a large operation table, covered in dried purple blood. A piece notebook rests next to a bucket containing a deep purple liquid on the side of the table. Various dissection, embalming and torture tools are lined up on the wall. There's even an iron maiden in one corner with special pipes to recover the blood from the victim in a bucket standing behind it. Doing her best to ignore the overall scene Kotori grabs the bucket of purple liquid, its fumes sting her eyes as she remains in the area. May not be best for you* *Migrant walks through the northern doorway and enters a hallway that wraps around the central room. The wood here seems to be fairly scratched up as well. Some parts of the floor seem worse for wear than others, though it is hard to tell exactly how. Soon, she hears a creaking and clanking sound, like that of a machine being turned on somewhere. Ahead of her is another door, this one has been scratched up a little, but it remains closed* *Finally, HahaRIP brings in more and more vacuums. The mist in his immediate area seems to clear a little as he brings them in, though its also starting to get a little hard to breath*

*Is actually startled by the machine turning on and acks, before catching herself and breathing...* Calm down, it's just a machine... *She continues down the hallway, looking for a door, probably near where the scratching is the worst.....* SAN: 14

Should have expected that. She looks at the doors, but instead of trying to pry them open, she presses the "Lobby" button. That would (hopefully) solve this. If not, it would be a bit awkward. SAN: 14

Ugh.... Off to the playroom..... Exits and heads down to the Playroom Item Get! Acid! S:14

Aincrad looks at Himeno and smiles. "Ello." With that he looks around specifically looking at the roof of the elevator to see if there was a latch leading to the top of the elevator. "I already get the feeling we are in a horror movie, and so look as it doesn't involve M. Night Shamalan, I'll be happy." He chuckles and keeps looking around. "So you seem to know this place better than me, want to fill me in on anything here I should know?" SAN: 15

OOC: my sincerest apologies, one of my aunts locked her keys in her car 45 minute drive away from home. So now I need to help them. We’ll have to put this off for another time. What is best for each of you anyways?

ooc: No problem. I'll be around the same time as today.

OOC: Tomorrow I'll be around all day. Today.... well I get done with work 11PM Eastern.

(I don't think I'm working tomorrow so the same time should be fine.)

(Same time is good for me, if I don't sleep in again -_-)

*There is little of note inside the scratched-up, plain wooden hallway. Migrant sees a door a little bit ahead of them, and the scratching seems to be worst going towards the east* *Himeno queues up the lobby, now two of the lift's lights are on. The sound of machinery cranking continues on for some time, though the lift still goes nowhere. Similarly, the door remains closed.* *Kotori returns to the playroom in which Various toys are strewn around as she enters there is a table covered in drawings on the north-west corner. above that side of the room are shelves with dolls. their beady eyes fixed on you for some reason. You can't help but feel as though they peer straight into your soul. there's window on the southern wall where Kotori's cape used to be* *Aincrad searches the top of the roof and finds a latch for a small, metal square. Likely used for elevator maintenance*

Kotori walks up to the dolls Hey, You, Dolls. Tell me where I can find Bittles. S:13

The young effeminate man walks up to the tree. "Ahh... What sort of beauty will I be able to witness here?" He opens the door.

Himeno presses the rest of the buttons in frustration, then sighs and turns back towards the doors. She takes out one of her knives and tries to pry them open. Hopefully the doors weren't too strong. SAN: 13

*Mig considers going east after the scratching... but the door is probably something more important. Progress.... gotta make progresss. So she goes through the door.* SAN: 13

*The dolls remain silent when Kotori addresses them. Though one of them almost seems to be... Shaking? The room grows much colder. She hears the daughters voice coming over from the direction of piano room.* "What did you do with Bittles? Where is he?" *Inside the doorway Korekiyo finds a large, winding staircase leading upwards into the tree. Beneath the staircase is a set of closed metal doors, it sounds like someone is struggling inside of them. In a few seconds, the doors open* *After a short while, HImeno manages to get her knife wedged into the doorway. After opening the door just a little, the elevator senses something in the doorway and opens up. She sees a strange, feminine figure just inside the doorway of the tree.* *Migrant goes through the door across for her and winds up in what was probably once a kitchen. Cooking utensils are strewn about the area alongside rotting, maggot-filled foods. Its plainly not sanitary, and not something Migrant would want to eat, but the smell is not unbearable.*

Finally. That was a waste of ti- She tenses up, knife at ready, but forces herself to calm down and put the blade away. Just another unlucky visitor... Better get moving. She dashes up the stairs to make up for lost time. Next floor, here she comes... SAN: 12

I'm looking for him, like you asked me to in your room. Not looking at the ghost that's most definitely behind her, She tries to grab the watch from 24 Hours I know you can hear me you little twerps, don't think I don't remember that little knock on my intelligence, there's a difference between dumb and insane. S:12

Hmm, it looks like a lift. Might as well use it. *he enters the lift and salutes whom ever might be inside*

Maybe there’s clusters of drama around here dudes

Hmm.... a kitchen... *Mig immediately goes to grab a knife... for protection...* SAN: 12

*Himeno rushes by the other person, dashing up the stairs and soon coming upon the hatch that leads to the first floor.* *The room begins to warm back up as the little girl vanishes, it seems like she's satisfied. Kotori runs over to 24 hours and immediately tries to take their watch much to 24's dismay. The bucket of acid she's carrying sloshes about. Might be a good idea to set it down.* 24: "Hey, get your hands off. I need this." *The other dolls begin stirring again, Wednesday, who was laying a short ways away, runs over to help 24 hours* Wed: "Leave us alone already" *Korekyio sees Himeno dash by and walks into the lift. It seems no one is inside, though all the lights on the door are on, the lift doesn't seem to be going anywhere. behind him, the door begins to close* *Migrant walks over to the knives. There are several different kinds in the area, most of whom are extremely dirty or rusty. However, Migrant is able to find a small knife, one mostly used for peeling, that is in good condition. She grabs the knife. The knife feels cold all of the sudden. When she next looks around the room, she sees a woman standing in the doorway. She doesn't seem to have noticed Migrant yet, instead, she picks up one of the old, rusted knives and begins to chop at the mangled remains of what was once probably meat*

(Sorry work called me in today! I'm so sorry!)

OOC: Its fine m8, no inconvenience for me. If you're able to continue you're still in the elevator, Himeno left, and Korekyio (Sanity 16 after this update) is in there instead.

Hmm. It's more interesting to witness human beauty. I'll follow her. * I climb the stairs after her.* oh and sanity: 16 ?

Plops the bucket down I asked you a question, Answer me. Tell me what you know about Bittles. Maybe I wouldn't have to be aggressive if you didn't ignore me. Geeze... why do the supernatural have to be so difficult to work with. S:11

Himeno opens the hatch and climbs up into the room. She doesn't even glance at the other doors, and instead climbs up the ladder to the second floor. Maybe she could find a key to open the lock up there this time? SAN 11

*Mig gulps at the sudden figure.... not making a noise and trying to sidle her way toward the door... Mouthing "don't see me" as she does.* SAN: 11

What is the status on the vacuums?

*Korekyio follows Himeno up the stairs, letting the doors close behind him. Soon he comes upon an open hatch that leads to a square, wooden room. He sees one of HImeno's shoes as they climb a ladder in the southeastern corner* *24 Hours and Wednesday manage to get the watch away from Kotori and sit back down, Wednesday checking 24 hours to see if they're alright. The other dollls are fully stirred now.* 24: Bittles was the girl's favorite. Wed: I've never seen it. Sycamore: Didn't she take it somewhere else? *Himeno climbs up to the second floor without incident. She finds the wooden gate locked as usual, and a hallway stretching out to the west and another to the east. Each hallway has two doors, one at the end, and one roughly halfway down* *The figure turns around, allowing Migrant a much better view of its disgusting, rotting face. She moves her "mouth" but only a horrifying, garbled noise comes out. She takes the knife off of the rotting meal and holds it up in the light. She is still somewhat between Migrant and the door, and as such steps to intervene. San -1* *Haha's vacuums are making the area around him hard to breath, but there is significantly less mist in his area*

R E S U R R E C T?

Oh? Where did you see it Wednesday? She looks at the doll expectantly S:10

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Okay, still locked. Great. Now where was that room again...? She looks at her map and heads to the western door at the end of the hall. SAN: 10

*Well, seeing that face and that knife, Mig screams!* AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! *And backs up, holding her own little knife out.* SAN: 9

I once again follow after her. "Hmmm... This place... What an oppressive feeling.."

*Inside his little "safe zone" of sorts, Haha manages to summon.... Something. I truly cannot describe the being he is trying to bring forth, as its true nature is incomprehensible, and probably very bad for his health. However, it seems as though the mist stings the thing, as though it harms its very essence* *Wednesday crosses their arms and looks away from Kotori* Wed: Never seen it little boy. Hasn't been in this room. *The other dolls look between Wednesday and Kotori, and, although they seem nervous, back into their own parts of the room* *Himeno runs over to the father's workroom, inside are a few workbenches with random tools scattered about. It seems like the tools are in rather poor shape, in various states of rust and decay. On the northern wall is a board with many sawblades set upon it. These have fared a little better, and one of the spots on the board is empty. Finally, across the room is a worktable with various papers above it. From here they look like blueprints* *The figure looms closer to Migrant, it reaches out, brandishing the knife, and stops mere inches away from her. She seems to have caught sight of something.... The figure glances at Migrant once more, before backing further away, dropping the knife, and heading to a corner of the room. The figure begins making some wailing noises, as though remembering something it lost long ago.* *Korekyio hurries up the ladder after HImeno, he sees her run down the west hallway, and stand within the doorway there. San:15*

Himeno looks at the empty spot and shivers a little. She had a very good guess as to which saw is missing... She takes one of the less-degraded saws and turns around, only to nearly bump into Korekyio. Whoa- er, mind moving a little? She lowers the saw, which had almost hit the stranger, and attempts to step around them to head back down the hallway. SAN: 9

Why, milady, if you don't mind, I wished to ask you to pair up with me. You have quite the peculiar aura after all. https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/danganronpa/images/a/a9/Danganronpa_V3_Korekiyo_Shinguji_Halfbody_Sprite_%2810%29.png Please, I'm sure my knowledge may be of use to you, so let me follow you.

Peculiar aura...? Whatever. I guess you can tag along if you don't get in my way. This strange person creeps her out, but she feels much safer with her new saw. He can stay. For now.

*Mig.... didn't get killed? No stab, no missing eye? She reaches down for the knife the thing dropped, before looking at the monster with a mix of desiring to know more... and total fear.* SAN: 8

Smiles Boy? So you are the backwards talker. So it's been here.... Is it still here, or where did it go? The backwards talking confuses her slightly, but she works to keep her head S:9

My name is Korekyio Shinguji, and you are? WHhile we're at it, where did you want to go?

Himeno Akatsuki. To put it bluntly, I'm trying to "open" that gate over there. As she walks down the hall, she points her saw at the locked gate in the distance.

Hmmm... If you have a metalic rope, I could probably pry the lock open. However, I see you brought a saw with you. That should prove quite handy as well. Do you know what lies beyond the barricade?

Some abomination... although I don't know if it's there still. I may or may not have released it. That's partly why I'm checking.

Im just going to make a line of vacuums to the others to torment them

An abomination? https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/danganronpa/images/2/20/Danganronpa_V3_Korekiyo_Shinguji_Halfbody_Sprite_%2816%29.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/267?cb=20171004105134 How fascinating... Very well, let us set off then. If you have a metal wire, I will start by unlocking the lock. You start sawing away at the gate itself.

Let's see, I- Himeno pulls out... a pitifully small bit of wire. Right. This broke last time. It's pretty much useless, so you'd have to find some more.

hmm. Alright. I'll look around that workshop then. It seems like it could hold something useful. If you find anything, do warn me. * he then walks off to the workshop and looks around for some wire*

*Himeno and Korekiyo have met and are having a wonderful conversation about evil things that probably shouldn't exist. Good for them. Oh yeah, and I think we all know what their next action is* *Migrant looks closer at the figure that was once a woman, but it doesn't seem to react to her presence. Its a lot less intimidating when its crying in a corner. The room still smells as horrible as ever. The figure happens to be standing near a door on the western side of the hall, though it doesn't seem to be looking at it.* *Wednesday sneers back at Kotori while the other dolls mostly attempt to remain out of the way* Wed: I'm not saying anything. It has never been here, and never will be. Now don't go, we're all sooo excited to see you. *Haha admires his vacuums, being careful not to look at the things he summoned* *Korekyio breaks off the conversation and looks around the workbenches. Soon he is able to find a small amount of copper wire, though it looks like most of the area has been picked clean, there is enough left over to attempt to use*

(So only have two hours left. Fuck work.) Aincrad smirks to himself and reaches up to unlatch the maintenance latch. "Ladies and Gents I do believe that we have a way up." He then looks down and realizes Himeno is gone and he shakes his head. "Welp never mind. Just talking to myself now." Sighing he attempts to pulls himself to the top if he manages to open the latch. SAN: 14

Himeno goes right to sawing that stupid gate. This'll probably take a while... But it'll be worth it (spoiler: probably won't be worth it). SAN: 8

*The door seems intriguing to Mig.... so Mig carefully walks over to the door and opens it. Trying not to do anything that might anger the... thing.* "There there..." she mouths as she goes through the door. SAN: 7

I aint leaving till i find it! If you want me gone, then tell me how to find it! It's obviously still here! So tell me where! Kotori begins raising her voice S:8

* not daring to interrupt his newfound partner's work, he silently begins picking the lock of the gate.*

Wait a minute I think I will attempt to equip my newfound friend with vacuums now to everyone else

*Aincrad opens up the latch and crawls on top of the elevator. The shaft is largely empty and he can see cables all around him, they were probably attached to the top at some point.* *The door opens without any disturbance from the creature, though its wails hurt Mig's ears as she comes so close, Migrant seems to be getting a headache now from the sensory overload that is the kitchen. Fortunately she goes through the door to find a typical abandoned living room. Migrant enters near the dining table filled with more of what was probably once a delicious meal. Now its a pile of maggots and mush, probably not good for you. Beyond the table are two old, well-worn couches and a large, broken TV. The TV bends inwards with shards of jagged glass around the edges, while the couches are arranged to allow easy viewing around it. On the western edge is a window through which light filters through the curtains. Finally, Migrant catches sight of an old pine tree with a broken star on top. Seems like it was nearly Christmas when the family died, now the presents are dusty and old.* *Wednesday tries backing away from Kotori, only to realize they're already against a wall. Sycamore seems to consider speaking, but backs away at Kotori's outburst* Wednesday: O... Oh yeah. I know exactly where it is. B... Bittles is totally in this room. Its over there on the little table.* *Himeno and Korekyio work on the gate in their own seperate ways. The saw is old and brittle, however, it has yet to break as she does her work on the gate. Meanwhile, Korekyio attempts to pick the lock. After a few moments, the fragile copper wire snaps. Looking closer, Korekyio can see all sorts of fragments of copper inside the lock, probably from previous picking attempts* *HahaRIP, with one of the most insane plans ever conceived, begins fitting vacuums into his horrifying monstrosity's flesh. It doesn't seem to like that and lashes a tendril out at him*

Just don't break... She continues sawing away, hoping the saw won't break now. That would force her to get another saw or use her Igniter... then again, burning the door down wasn't a bad idea... SAN: 7

I release you out into the wilds, and create another only to continue in this endless cycle until the end of me... See ya space cowboy...

.......... Now you speak straight? Or are you still talking backwards....... I already know about the picture on the desk. Still glaring at Wednesday, she glances at Sycamore If you got something to say, say it. Just for safety, she glances under the desk S:7

Aincrad looks around and sighs. "So someone cut the cables. That makes my life harder." He streches and looks up, trying to see the next stop on the elevator, then walks towards the side of the shaft. "Welp, time to see if I can do what most movie protagonists can do." With that he starts trying to climb the elevator shaft and get to the next area. SAN: 13

OOC: Sorry m8, we'll be delaying this to..... ermmmm. Honestly not sure when. What's a good time for everyone here? We lost Korekyio a little while ago

(Figures when I'm done it dies. Yeah tomorrow works. Hopefully no bullshit happens.)

OOC: I mean every day I'm good for the time we've started these two.

Himeno manages to saw through the first bar, and begins work on the second when she hears a loud SNAP. In her haste to move upwards, it seems that she bent the saw enough to break it about halfway through. Now there's half a sawblade stuck in the gate, leaving HImeno with little more than a stump. Korekiyo's wires have yet to break, but little progress has been made in the picking Haha's newest friend vanishes back into the abyss from which it came. Leaving him with naught but vacuums and loneliness Sycamore sits back down, satisfied to keep her distance from Kotori, meanwhile Kotori goes over to the child's small desk and checks beneath it. Its very dusty, and the wood near the base seems to have started to decay. However, there is nothing else of note beneath it, and the table is clearly going to remain standing for some time. Aincrad walks over to the wall of the shaft, its old and thus rougher than one would normally expect. The next door is quite a ways above him, but he attempts his climb anyways. Its slow going, but after roughly ten minutes he manages to make it halfway up. Then, Aincrad feels something around his left foot.

Hmm.... well that's a sad sight.... hmm, I wonder if there's a clue in the presents at all. *She goes over and gives a few a tap with her foot* SAN: 6

Kotori begins getting angry again Hey! I said! If you have something to say, Say it! Anything's more helpful than this confusing waste of time! Gestures to Wednesday S:6

Himeno looks at the broken saw, the gate, then the saw again. She could go back for another, but that would take too long... But she DID have the Igniter she had bought at that weapon shop quite a while ago. She takes out the knife and slashes at the wooden gate. It has a low chance of success, but it's something. And she had no qualms about burning the place down by "accident." SAN: 6

Hmmm... This isn't going to be easy. Maybe we should simply look elsewhere? If there's a lock, there's bound to be a key for it after all.

( san 12)

The first present Migrant taps almost seems to crumble beneath the force, it seems it was hardly able to withstand the test of time. The next present seems sturdier, and Migrant hears a jostling sound when she hits it. Sycamore initially shrinks back again, but when Kotori gestures over to Wednesday she speaks up S: S... She took Mr. Bittles out a while ago, I haven't seen him since... J... Just, please leave us alone? HImeno, in her frustration, lashes out at the gate. She makes a few scratches in it, before accidentally catching the end of her cape. Much to Himeno's frustration, this catches fire readily, as her outfit's cape is only loosely attached, it doesn't hurt too much, still, she can feel the heat and smell the burning sensation. Korekyio gets to watch this.... Interesting experience. He backs slightly away from Himeno before she slashes, leaving him in a relatively safe spot before Himeno catches aflame

Haaah. This is what you get from acting rashly. Shall we execute my idea?

........................ You guys are a useless waste of my time....... Kotori picks up the bucket You didn't help in the slightest..... Worthless...... Kotori smirks, then splashes some of the venom on the dolls S:5

Gah- Bad idea, bad idea... She tosses aside the Igniter to grab her other knife, trying to cut off the flaming part of the cape. She steps back, both to give her ally some room and to have a bit more space to deal with the small flames. A little busy here- but- go ahead! SAN: 5

With a sigh, korekyio takes the knife out of her hands, and swiftly cuts the cape off. "I've seen worse then a small fire like this. Now come with me. Let us investigate that room over there." He points to the daughter's room. san 11

*Mig does... well exactly what you'd expect someone at this point to do, unwrap the present with great speed and force.* Let's see what's inside, shall we!? SAN: 5

Kotori can see the look of horror on Sycamore's face mere instants before the doll dissolves. It seems like that probably hurt, a lot. The venom splashes around in the bucket, none of the dolls manage to get a word out before being struck themselves. Kotori feels a sharp pain from her hand holding the bucket. Looking down on it, she sees that it has begun melting as well, with only a little of the venom splashed over it. Her hand feels as though its on fire, and a little bone is visible. San -1 The igniter lands on the floor, hilt-up, and causes no more troubles. Himeno's attempt to cut off her cape only results in her arm catches some of the flame, it stings and burns, but fails to catch her on fire. Swiftly, Korekyio manages to take the knife from Himeno and, with his better vantage point cut off the cape, leaving it to collapse to the floor. Strangely, almost as soon as it touches the ground, the fire begins to burn out, seeming to find nothing more to catch on This present is a bit larger than the others. The paper is old and crinkly, tearing easily as Migrant opens the thing. Once she gets past the outer paper she smells mildew, as though it had been there forever, and finally, she opens the cardboard box itself. Inside, she finds another doll, a purple rabbit. It smells terribly, and looking more closely Migrant can see where the age and damp have gotten to it, starting to rot away at the doll.

Are you not too hurt?

Himeno looks herself over, making sure all the flames are gone, then takes back her usual knife and the Igniter that was tossed onto the floor. She sheathes them both and nods, heading towards the daughter's room at a rapid pace. I'm fine. Let's hurry. And hurry they shall. Her head's starting to hurt even more now... Right, she nearly forgot about the sanity issue... She grits her teeth and keeps moving. SAN: 4

Tch! Stupid! Kotori walks to the center of the building, listening for people S:3

*Mig looks over the doll a bit before throwing it away.* Psh, useless. What is it with this place and useless things that lead nowhere? *Mig then goes and examines the TV.... hmming and throwing the doll into the TV. Hey, never know. Odd key and lock maybe? Or just waning sanity.* SAN: 4

Are you sure? You look quite pale. * he also heads to the daughter's room.* san: 10

(Yay I've woken up!) Aincrad freezes up and starts muttering to himself as he tries his hardest to look up. "Don't look down... don't look down... don't look down!" Taking a deep breath he shakes his leg a little and speaks loudly. "Whoever is touching me, can you please stop I would greatly appreciate it!" At the end of the sentence he finally looks down to see what has grabbed him. SAN:12

I'm okay. I just... have a headache. Not exactly a lie, but she couldn't outright say that she may go on a murderous rampage soon...

*Falls from the sky into the place?* Oof!

Kotori passes through the living room on her journey to the center, inside, she's just in time to watch Migrant throw another old doll into the TV. The doll fits into the broken device surprisingly well, touching a few exposed wires and promptly catching on fire. The doll drops to the floor and, unlike Himeno's cape, continues burning rather well. Migrant and Kotori can smell the smoke coming from it, a combination of rotting cloth and insect parts, disgusting, but not unbearable. What is hard to bear, is the pain in Kotori's hand. As she passes through, the venom continues eating away, burning through most of her hand. On the plus side, the pain begins to subside somewhat as her hand's nerves are being melted. -1 San Korekyio and Himeno head into the south hallway and then go east. The door they find has a few crayon drawing on it, most featuring the little girl and her mother. Himeno opens the door slightly, and hears a faint crying sound. She finishes opening the door, to see a child's room, once painted blue, the peeling paint more closely resembles a gray by now. The daughter's bed is in the nearby corner and smells of mildew. The bed itself doesn't look to be in terrible shape, being a bright pink with pictures of dolls all over the design. In the distant corner, the pair can see the source of the crying. It appears to be a small child, curled up into a ball, and looking at something Aincrad looks back down to see one of the cables wrapped around his leg. Though there is nothing else on the roof of the elevator, the cable makes a jerking motion, and causes Aincrad to lose his faint grip on the wall's few handholds. Aincrad begins to fall back towards the roof OOC: Sorry Pika, we're getting pretty close to the end on this one. won't be accepting new people until next round.

OOC: Oh ok. Ill wait for next post. IC: *Actually falls through a portal going back into the nexus*

"Nope! Not happening!" With that he tries using his powers to set his leg on fire and tries to grab hold of something, anything, before he falls all the way down again. "You weird cable thingy are freaking awful! Just burn already!" SAN: 11

A kid- right. That. Whatever you do, don't look at her face... She whispers this to Korekyio, then glances at the hall behind them. No, she couldn't stay here. Stranger or not a stranger, this person wasn't going to get stabbed... You check this place out. I... just remembered something I had to look for. With that shaky excuse, she dashes back towards the main room, intending to go back down the ladder to the lower floor. SAN: 3

Oh no.... I guess that wasn't the key. Oh well! *she spins around and sees Kotori and waves* Hey there! Do you know anything about what we're supposed to do here!? SAN: 3

Kekekekekekekeke! Seeing someone, she walks to Migrant, keeping her melting hand down, away from herself as to not let the acid spread Hi! HoW aRe yoU toDAy? S:1

Kotori's hand continues to burn. She briefly wonders what the acid would look like on someone. Nothing in the living room seems to change, though Migrant can't help but notice Kotori's mostly-melted hand. The fire in the room has begun to spread. Migrant can feel the heat at her back as she faces Kotori Aincrad attempts to focus his energy and set his leg aflame.... However, it seems as though something about the thick, almost stifling mist, is preventing him from doing so. He reaches for one of the few handholds, but they're so small he's unable to get any serious grip. He hits the top of the elevator, hard, but manages to avoid any serious injury. He feels the grip on his leg loosen, as though some spirit was satisfied. Himeno makes it to the first floor, she notices the room to be much the same, though there are a few more claw marks in the main room. There are four doors, one to the north, south, east, and west

DoeSnT MaTteR! YOurE dEaD Now! Kotori dumps the buckets contents on Migrants head KAHAAKAHAA! S:Gone Fishing

It was east... No, west... No... Her sense of direction is absolutely destroyed at this point. She stares at the claw marks, and after a moment, tries to follow them to... wherever they lead. Something, more specifically the monster, must have passed through here. SAN: 2

"Owwwwwwww... what the hell house?! I just want to explore you! Fine then let's do this!" With that he grabs the now dead cable. "Any complaints? No! Now stay!" With that he tries to tie it firmly down to stop it from coming down. SAN: 10

K-Kotori....? *suddenly gets bucketed!* KOTORI!? *she screams out in a sudden panic as the fire at her back seems to grow hotter... she lunges out to try and grab at Kotori, the fire! The fire could stop her! So Mig tries to wrestle Kotori around and back into the fire!* SAN: 2, and dropping fast.

And in one swift movement, Migrant and Kotori discovered two horrible ways to burn to death. Kotori's acid splashes upon the two of them as they tumble backwards into the flame. On the plus side, it doesn't take long for the acid to evaporate, which leaves burning fumes in their eyes and.... I don't think I need to describe this part. It was pretty bad. Himeno attempts to follow the new scratch marks, they end up leading her to the west. Inside the hallway, she can see smoke coming from the door across from her, why are they allowed to make fires? Regardless, the vague scratch marks seem to head north. THe now inanimate cable offers Aincrad no resistance. He successfully ties it to the elevator, to prevent it from making another attempt

Himeno looks north. She could go up, or... She takes out her knife and looks at it. After a moment of consideration, she puts it away and dashes north. She'd die either way, so it was best to find the source of the scratches for "next time." SAN: 1

"Thank you." With that he sighs and looks up. "Man do I really want to do this? I've got no powers, no strategy and no clue on what to do." He shakes his head and sighs. "Well you know what they say about persistence. Doing the same thing over and over again, hoping for a new outcome." He starts climbing again hopefully making it the door this time. SAN: 9

Aincrad makes it most of the way up to the next door without incident. However, the door seems to be shut. It takes roughly 15 minutes, but looking down, he sees the bottom of the shaft roughly two stories below him. Fortunately, little else of note is in the area, simply a closed door and the void Himeno heads north. Inside the northern hallway, she finds it difficult to follow the scratches. She hears a strange noise coming from a pair of closed, metal doors. Himeno has the sudden urge to see what's inside

No time to waste. With the little sanity she has left, she throws open the door and braces herself... SAN: 0

"... I hate this place." Sighing he knocks on the door. "Little house little house, please let me in, or I'll... wait my powers are gone... or I'll force my way in! I'm going to help you and you will take it!" With that he starts trying to pry the door open. "HELLO! Open the door!" SAN: 8

Aincrad balances himself on the edge of the door, and begins to open it. At the same time, Himeno pulls it open from the other side. Aincrad would remember the young girl he was trapped with earlier. Himeno opens the door to find a different creature. It, similar to the one creating the mist, is a horrible amalglamation of flesh. The creature seems to be standing near a large hole, and Himeno can hardly bear the sight of it. She sees the hole behind it.... Himeno knows she won't last much longer anyways

Himeno freezes up, not even able to make herself back away from what's in front of her. It's... It's right there... She's suddenly aware of the knife she didn't even know she had drawn. With a roar, she lunges forward, trying to stab "It" with all her strength. And possibly push it back into the hole it came from. SAN; -1

Aincrad sighs in relief. "Oh thank god it's you. Wait how did you get here? Weren't you just... never mind." He smiles at her and tries to walk past. "Let's go solve this mystery." SAN: 7

Aincrad is relieved to see its only Himeno there, he attempts to move past her. However, Himeno seems somewhat less thrilled to meet him, immediately lunging him, knife open, Himeno manages to stab him in the gut and knock the pair of them into the elevator shaft. And then, they begin to fall.... TRIUMPH, HImeno manages to lunge into the thing, stabbing it deep inside its body. Both Himeno and the creature begin to tumble into the abyss below.... Himeno worries that may not be enough, fortunately she has two knives.....

(Goddamnit I'm editing too much and no refreshing. Give me a sec I'm going to rewrite the one above again.) "GAH! What the-" Looking down at the knife his eyes flare and he immediately tries to knock the knife out of her hand and he knees her in the gut. "Shitshitshitshit." He looks down the shaft and tries rotating so he doesn't land full on in his back but finds it hard due to the current hole he now has in his sternum. SAN: 6

That won't work. Her knife attacks aren't very strong, unlike her fellow SEALED members' regular attacks. She pulls out her other knife and attempts to stab the thing in whatever passed as its neck. That should do it. It seems to be saying something, but she barely notices. SAN: -2

Aincrad knocks the knife out of Himeno's hand, only to be met by Himeno's other, he looks back, hoping to turn so he doesn't break his back, and notices something. One of the lift's broken supports seems to be leaning out much further than normal. Its broken end it suprisingly jagged, making it almost a spear..... In an instant, the two strike it, and the support goes straight through both of their chests. They don't last long after that.... Soon, their vision fades. Before she goes, Himeno notices the monster is nowhere to be seen. Instead, she's laying on the dapper young man from the elevator. What a way to go... The group wake up, like normal, back outside of the tree. There are two new corpses this time, with many, large, gaping wounds. In addition.... Someone left their vacuum collection? Had a yard sale? For some incomprehensible reason there are several vacuum cleaners just lying in the forest behind them. What sort of twisted mind brought them, no one may ever know. OOC: And that's all for now folks, tune in next time, completely different time, completely different GM

Aincrad looks back and thinks in his mind before fading, I really hate this fucking house. And with that his vision and mind fade away. When he wakes up outside he immediately jumps up and looks down at his body grabbing his gut and the area where the beam pierced him. "I'm alive? I'm alive! What the actual fuck was that?!" (Sounds good bud)

Himeno shakes her head and puts a hand over her chest. No blood, but she's still not used to being alive after dying. Why had she been on top of that man if the monster was...? Oh. Oh. She walks right up to the tree and gives it a swift kick, ignoring the pain. GOD DAMMIT!