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[SpazCat]

The lift stopped with a loud metal clang. Spaz shifted with the sudden stop. She kept still to make sure the lift didn't move again. The doors slid open revealing dust and darkness.

She peered out and strained her eyes. She could barely see anything. She took a step out and the lift moved slightly, "Ack!" Spaz stumbled the rest of the way out of the lift. It then swiftly shut and descended back to the basement, "Hey wait!" She moved to try to stop it, but fell again, "My ankle is going to be a problem..."

It was then she thought she heard a nearby door open. Spaz wasn't alone, but she couldn't let that discourage her. Due to her ankle she decided to crawl towards the sound.

[Kamau]

"No flashlight, sorry," Kamau responded, already beginning to climb up the stairs after Puffin, though the indication of pitch blackness made him pause. "Maybe between the two of us we can find a switch. C'mon, get up there!" 

 

Of course, he wouldn't be saying these things if he was the one going first, but hey. Puffin didn't need to know that. (Though they probably already did. After all, they'd been friends for a long time.)

 

He accompanied his words with a nudge at Puffin's backside, urging his friend up the remainder of the stairs as he attempted to ignore all the webs - cobwebs, he kept telling himself - coating everything. 

 

Once they were both finally up there, he began blindly waving his arms to find anything that might resemble a lightswitch. Shortly after he began, his hand smacked into a hanging cord, and he yanked on it (hoping it was, in fact, going to be a light and not a trap). "You really couldn't find-" he began jokingly, but paused in surprise as the light revealed Spaz crawling towards them from further into the attic. "...Spaz??"

[SpazCat]

Scuffling along the floor she kept brushing the dust from her face. She started to hear voices and scuffled faster. Then a dim light came into view.

Once closer she saw the silhouette of another. She froze to avoid being seen. A soft click lit up the room.

She coughed at the disturbed cob webs and looked up to see Kamau, "Hiya! I was exploring the basement when I found an elevator. I think it had a mind of it's own. Can you help me up? I sprang my right ankle."

[Kamau]

Once he got over the fact that Spaz had appeared out of nowhere, Kamau saw the elevator she was talking about. How crazy; an elevator that went from the basement to the attic! First he wondered why it would do that. Then he wondered if it stopped anywhere else.

 

Then he stopped wondering and remembered that Spaz needed help getting off the ground. Quickly, he walked over and helped her carefully off the ground. "You find anything in the basement?" he asked curiously.

[Puffin]

"Kamau, why don't you help Spaz downstairs again? You can probably ask for a bag of ice from the kitchen for her ankle," Puffin suggested. "If I find anything interesting, I'll tell you. I'll meet you down in the kitchen in a few." After all, now that there was light, the concern of spiders had lessened in his mind. Now he could see them and steer far, far away. She was curious about that elevator Spaz mentioned, but hearing that it had 'a mind of its own' made him uncertain about actually using it. She'd probably just avoid it and take the stairs later if he was really curious.

[SpazCat]

Spaz was lifted from the floor with the help of Kamau, "Thanks." She dusted herself off a bit before leaning a little on him. She feared his would set her back in her investing.

Spaz and Kamau spoke briefly before Puffin chimed in, "Is there even a kitchen here since all the food seems to rain from the ceiling?"

Spaz took a second to glace around the attic. No machinery could be seen in their immediate area, but the dust in her eyes and dull ankle pain made her less interested.

[Kamau]

"Yeah, but it only rains from the ceiling in the kitchen," Kamau pointed out. "But Puffin's right. You shouldn't be walking around on that ankle..." He paused. "Man, getting you down the stairs is gonna suck." He said it with a laugh, but it was also kind of true....having sprained ankles in the past, he knew how much it hurt when you accidentally jarred it, and hopping down the stairs wasn't going to be fun.

 

"I'll be expecting a status report, Puff!" he teased. "C'mon, Spaz. Better the stairs than that creepy elevator." 

[SpazCat]

"Right." Spaz was so busy analizing she didn't realize the kitchen was the kitchen.
"I had a long night." Spaz half chuckled. "Stairs is okay. That elevator is likely the possessed." She then gulped at the idea of hopping down stairs. With Kamau's help she'd be fine. She started to worry about how long this condition would last. She had plans for that evening.

"Thanks for the help."

[Stars]

Stars finally woke up to a silent, empty room. His time spent in a college dormitory has desensitized him to loud, obnoxious music early in the morning. Feeling no rush since he had the room to himself for the moment, he took his time getting dressed and cleaned up before making his way to the dining area.

 

"Coffee. With chocolate in it." He spotted Hyperlisk eating waffles and noted the discarded pancakes with amusement. "And waffles."

 

He looked around the room and saw signs that others had already come and gone. "So did anyone die?" he asked the room at large. "Did Lazlo finally get Kamau for real like we all knew he would someday?"

[SpazCat]

Spaz limped into the kitchen where Stars had posed his question, "He's still kickin', thankfully." A half smile crept across her face.

Kamau carefully seated her at the nearest chair.

"This place is setup all kinds of backwards. There's an elevator in the basement, that seemed possessed. It took me to the attic. Which strikes me as odd considering I have yet to see an entrance on any other floor."

Spaz leaned on the table, "This place is exhausting."

[lazlo falconi]

The large grandfather clock rang, beating out the hours on its large bell. Everyone was surprised to see that the day had gone by so quickly. They felt like they hadn't gotten anything done at all, but still, with the suspense, the action, the mystery, nobody could say they didn't feel excited. It was certainly a great escape from every day life.

After the questing and other assorted nonsense from the morning, everyone assumed a more laid-back attitude. The vacation became just that, a regular day of relaxing and playfulness. Old friends talked about their favorite memories of the site, and a couple even started planning a game! The time passed quickly, and everyone drifted off, one by one, to their beds. It was a good day, and tomorrow would only be better.


...Or would it?

EVENING OF THE SECOND NIGHT
- five days remain -

[lazlo falconi]

"WAKE UP!" Everyone on the first floor heard the call go out, and even the heavy sleepers couldn't help but wake up to the banging on their doors. It was still dark out, but the running through the halls, the yelling and shuffling woke everyone up. Those on the first floor exited their rooms to find Stars laying sprawled out in the hallway, his nose bloodied, but otherwise alive. It was a shocking scene, but nothing compared to the grisly horror that lay in wait in the stairway.
 
It was hard to tell where one began and the other ended, but there was no denying what it was. Spaz Cat was twisted in a horrifying tangle, her neck at a grotesque angle, with bits of bone sticking up from her limbs. There was no question that she was dead, and next to her was almost worse. Kamau's remains were bloodied all over, a few of his teeth scattered across the floor. His nose and jaw were clearly broken, and you could see where his ribs had been caved in. A hole in the side of his head was still oozing blood as a scream was heard upstairs. The group ran up to find Lazlo's door open, and his window broken. Outside was almost as terrifying. The bloody snow where he had landed was upturned and dragged toward the front of the house. He didn't make it far though, his body already blackened from frostbite, and partially covered in snow. Three had died that night, and nobody could believe the lie they'd been telling themselves. This was no prank, and it was not a hoax. They were being hunted. Killed by a force they couldn't hope to understand.
 
 

DAWN OF THE THIRD DAY
- five days remain -

[ Silver_Vixen_Kiki------101------------------EMPTY ]
[ EMPTY------------------102-------------Monkey Dog ]
[ Hyperlisk--------------103------------------Stars ]
[ Puffin-----------------104----------------*Kamau* ]
[ EMPTY------------------105------------------EMPTY ]
 
[ *Spaz*-----------------201------------------EMPTY ]
[ kspr-------------------202------------------EMPTY ]
[ EMPTY------------------203------------------EMPTY ]
[ Tyrian-----------------204-----------------Xteven ]
[ *Lazlo*----------------205------------------EMPTY ]

[kspr]

"everyone get in here"

 

footsteps echo the halls as everyone piles into the entry way. kspr is sitting in a big velour high-backed chair. stars is sitting on his lap, with lines leading from the corners of his mouth to his chin. a red bowtie has obviously been hastily fastened around his neck, and his hair is awash with spray, making it look fake. 

 

"stars wants everyone to know that even though three people are dead, and he's knocked out, that we had nothing to do with it"

 

^{"yeah, nothing to do with it"}

 

"thanks stars. by the way, how did obi wan kenobi know what darth vader's getting for christmas?"

 

^{"i don't know, how DOES he know what he's getting for christmas?"}

 

"he feels his presents"

 

the group stares at them with disbelief, like someone might stare at someone buying flaming hot cheetohs for a toddler at a gas station with a handful of change.

 

"better go with my A material. House, bring me a glass of water-"

[Weiss]

Tyri thought this would be a great day for revenge... and shreds some chords on xteven's guitar.... "Hmm a bit of Meteralice should do"

After that Tyri just goes down stairs and orders a bowl of cheerios.. because why the hell not... Oblivious to the people she had passed on the way down.. As she makes her way back she sees other's looking distraught.. and stars with a lovely black eye... 

"Stars did you try to puffin's art supplies again?" Smiling to herself about her ever so witty one liners..

"No 3 people died you idiot" Stars retorted

"Oh that's nice.. WAIT WHAT" Tyri looked around for once and was horrified... 

"House i'd like a whiskey on the rocks please.. and a bottle of vodka to wash it down"

Tyri wasn't sure who to trust anymore... but at least she trusted her sarcasm and her alcohol

[Stars]

As Stars comes to, he gradually realizes that he is dressed up and being used as a dummy.

 

"The hell is this?"

 

He hops up, ripping off the cheap clip-on tie and crushing his hair down as best he can to make it feel less plastic, though he remains unaware of the chin lines.

[kspr]

"Row row row your boat"

"Row row row your boat"

 

This wasn't nearly as fun alone. If memory served me well, as it sometimes wasn't known to do, evil usually lurks in the basement. My guess is that kamau got scared because he remembered that scene from Home Alone and went down to reassure himself that the furnace was just a furnace. Then, from behind, Spaz got the drop on him. They fought, but both bled to death after sharing their grandmother's secret apple pie recipes with their final breaths. This of course is just my conjecturous deduction. I'll start in the basement, and look for clues. I sure hope there aren't any smartallecky three year olds there yelling out where stuff is before i have a chance to find it.... 

[Monkeydog]

"Poor sweet Kamau, always the first to die."  Monkeydog finally uttering his first words to the group. "I guess someone will have to send word to Vicious that his wife has met a quite unfortunate fate at MP Con, and she seemed so excited about it too."

 

Monkeydog sighs a heavy breath. "So Stars, I trust you, you're a true gentleman three years running. Tell us, if you didn't do it, who did? Why are you as bloodied as poor worm food Lazlo?"

[Puffin]

Puffin was speechless, not only at the state of his best friend, but at the surreal events that happened afterward. From Tyri nonchalantly getting breakfast while skipping past all the blood and gore, to Kasper using the unconscious Stars for his ventriloquism act.

Hearing Monkey, Puffin chimed in with an edge on her voice. "Yeah, let's hear what happened last night, Stars."

[Stars]

"Don't forget that I'm also lawful. And pink," Stars added, trying to add some measure of levity to the situation. He still didn't feel much like laughing though.

 

He took a quick moment to gather his thoughts and recall what had happened during the night. "I heard something outside my door that woke me up. I tried to get Hyperlisk to wake up but couldn't manage it, so I decided to investigate on my own. Admittedly I don't always make the best decisions when I'm half-asleep. Out in the hallway, I saw Kasper standing over a bloody body, and when he spotted me he insisted that it wasn't what it looked like. In hindsight, I...think I might believe him? I don't know. Anyway, naturally I panicked and ran. I tried to bang on doors to wake everyone else up, but...the next thing I remember is being a ventriloquist dummy." He realized there was a sore spot on the back of his head and started to massage it. "I think I was knocked out. And I'm a little surprised that I'm still alive after all that."

 

EDIT: Having said as much as he could recall, Stars stumbled blearily into the dinning area. "Four shots of espresso with lots of sugar."

Edited by Stars, 06 June 2015 - 08:33 PM.

[Xteven Xavier]

Xteven walked out of his room and took in all the damage. "Where is Lazlo?" he said after seeing the two bodies at the end of the stairs. After he was informed that it looked like Lazlo was thrown out of his window and died of frostbite Xteven went numb. His best friend in the world was dead and there was nothing he could do about it. It was already too late.

 

He Walked out to the kitchen "Absinthe, Now!!" He comanded of the kitchen as soon as a bottle lowered from the ceiling he grabbed it off of the Drop plate. After Taking a couple glugs strait from the bottle he found himself curious as to what was in the attic and the fact he heard noises up there the night before.

 

"Kitchen. take me to the Attic," he said loudly and a man sized plate that was empty came down then he climbed on top of it clutching his liquor tightly.