vatheon | Life's no fun without a good scare

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Life's no fun without a good scare

It starts some time around 3am, Tuesday morning. Thin whispers of fog start appearing all throughout Vatheon, creeping through the narrow, winding streets, up the steps, and over the park. It starts in the lower district, but as the night progresses and daylight approaches, it spreads to the other districts as well, growing thicker and thicker as it does. By the morning rolls around, the mist is thick enough that visibility has been compromised greatly, and the temperature seems to have dropped a few degrees, an odd chill filling the air.

And on the walls, there are stains.

They are infrequent at first, just a odd ruddy brown smear and a oddly bright red drop here and there, but the closer to the Plaza, the more numerous they become. There is a large smear across the steps leading up to the Plaza, as if something big was dragged up them. In one place the blood -- for it is blood, there is no deny it at this point -- pools thickly as if whoever was responsible took a casual break there, leaving the poor victim to bleed out on the steps.

On the plaza, the mist is thinner, but that is no relief. Rather, it just functions to make the gruesome scene all the more clearer.

A woman is draped upside down on the coral. Or, well, woman. It was once a woman, certainly, but now it is nothing more than something straight out of a nightmare. The flesh seems to have been torn carelessly from her limbs here and there, showing the white gleam of her bones, her nurse outfit torn as if raked apart by giant claws and her head...

well, it isn't there anymore.

The ground in front of her is smeared with blood as well. But where the previous smears had been accidental, these are deliberate, long lines curving and meeting to spell out

hel pm e

But no help had been forthcoming, clearly. No, it seems that this murder, this brutal murder, was nothing more than a game to whoever did it. The walls of the buildings surrounding the plaza are coated in bloody, spelling out a long string of mocking 'HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA's and directly in the center, behind the coral.

Who is next?

The notice board seems to have been hit too. The killer did not tear down any of the notices on the board already, but they did cover the entire board with blood-stained sheets of paper, each adorned with the same text over and over and over again.

Chop chop, sweet Charlotte Chop chop till she's dead Chop chop, sweet Charlotte Chop off her hand and head.

For those brave enough to check, no, the poor girl still has both her hands. Was the killer just sloppy, or does this mean this is not Charlotte? So many unanswered questions, more born every passing moment.

Who had done this? Why? Where they going to strike again? And why had nobody heard anything?

[ooc note: Consider this your mingle log. Have fun, go forth, threadjack.

And as a further note, the fog does not seem to be clearing up as the week goes on.

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[Bianca came from a rather safe environment back in her world. While there were others who did harmful things, it was never like this. How could someone kill someone like this? Who would do such a thing? Bianca wasn't sure what to do. Normally she would ask for Hilbert or Cheren for help but...

Hilbert was in a sleep coma and Cheren wasn't here. ...What could she do?]

[Link's wandering around the Plaza when he notices the young, shivering girl. He can't just leave her alone when there could be monsters about, could he? He sheathes his sword and approaches her with a concerned look on his face.]

...Are you alright? You aren't hurt, are you?

[She jumped at his response but quickly smiled at him]

N-No, I'm not! I was a little [pause] scared....

Has something like this ever happened before?

[He's only been here a week, but he had heard about some sort of 'curses' occurring rather frequently... But this is more than just simple prank or experiment. Someone had been murdered and their body desecrated for all to see.]

[She shakes her head]

No, not really. Usually it's a cold or some weird spell but...not like this! I still don't understand who would do something like this!

[The Netherlands remembers her from their previous encounter though he never would have imagined a perky girl like her would be here by herself. He approaches from behind, placing one steady hand on her shoulder. It's the most he'll do for comfort.]

[The moment he touches her shoulder, Bianca quickly jumped up in the air and let out a scream! Afterwards, she managed to calm down once she saw who it was.]

Netherlands? You really scared me there!

[He doesn't seem all that fazed. He might glare a little bit but that's just because she's so loud.]

You should be careful.

[asdfghjh that glare. Have a Bianca looking rather scared at him]

I-I know! I'm...going to go to safety!

Good idea.

[Here, he'll follow you just to make sure you don't end up in more trouble.]

[As she was about to walk, she looked at him]

By the way, which way is to the Plaza again?

[He stares at her for a long while before turning on his heel and walking. He doesn't point it out to her but he seems to be moving in the direction...]

This way.

Okay then! Let's go!

[Anything to get out of here!]

[Tucking his face into his scarf. He didn't mean together but okay Bianca. Together it is. He's a fast walker but every now and then he looks over his shoulder to make sure he's not leaving her behind. Other than that, he doesn't talk.]

[Meanwhile as Bianca follows him, the silence between them was bothering her. She might as well be the one to say something]

So...how have you been?

[Suddenly, Bianca, you might feel a slight tug on your leg and when you look down, there's a little boy looking back up at you.]

Are you okay, Onee-chan? You seem sad... [Which is apparently strange to him even though there's a mutilated corpse a few feet away... 8|]

[As Bianca felt the tug, she spotted the little boy next to her. As she quickly wipes away the tears from her eyes, she quickly flashed a smile. She couldn't be sad, especially when there was a little boy here! She didn't want to scare him either!]

Yes, I'm fine, there was something in my eye! [A pause] What about you? Aren't you scared?

No, not really... [Even though he probably should be. But somehow, with the kind of things that happened in his world, he's almost desensitized to it. However you don't seem to be, so he puts on a slight smile.] But don't worry Onee-chan, everything will be fine, so you don't have to cry or be scared, okay?

Nope! I'm fine as I can be! [But she was rather surprised at how well he was taking it. Wasn't he worried about the dead body? Weren't kids usually freaked out by this?]

You don't need to worry about me! Let's go find your home first or something!

Oh, but I don't wanna go back yet... [It's too interesting around here, seeing such a gruesome sight like this and all the people showing up to it...sitting back in the apartment would just be boring by comparison.]

Then what do you want to do? It's a little dangerous right now, I think you would be safer in a building!

Maybe, but dangerous things shouldn't have to stop me from trying to go out and have fun, right? [Though looking at dead bodies isn't usually considered "fun" by normal standards, so...] If we go anywhere, it should be somewhere we can play and enjoy ourselves, and not think about all the bad things!

You're really brave that you're willing to go outside for what happened!

[A lot braver than Bianca anyway. Or maybe he didn't really know?]

Maybe there is a playground we can find here! Would you like that?

Really? [But we're above childish things! ...But playgrounds are fun sometimes...well, knowing at least whether or not there was one here or not could be beneficial.] Yeah, okay, I guess that could be fun to do...

All right then, let's go! [...Not counting that she has no idea where the playground is though] Let's go on an adventure to find the playground!

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Blonde girl in danger, Link must protect~! /hero pose

Link, he come to town! Come to save, the pretty blond girls!

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