The two of us snapped our heads around to catch a familiar old mouse in the vicinity. He had faded blonde hair and grey fur along with baggy maroon eyes, a couple of black freckles on his cheeks, and a dark pink jacket draped around him with a striped shirt and black pants… That explains it all.
We both simply stared at him awkwardly in silence. This shouldn't be happening. I thought this place was created by the Japanese.
"…Hello?" The mouse questioned, wondering why we were so quiet. He seemed a bit agitated with our lack of an answer.
"No, no." I reply, almost giving him a slight glare. "We were just…hiding…from something. There's no need for us to be here."
"Oh, is that so...?" He took notice of our condition, seeing that we had to run quite a long way to escape the Dead Body out in the cemetery. Our breaths were still coarse from fear and desperation. "You both look exhausted. Are you sure you don't want to stay for the night...?" He then muttered, "...or even longer...?"
In honest truth, we both were pretty tired, seeing that we were running for our lives back there. We both glanced at each other, knowing that there was no turning back anyways. We had to stay for now. There'd probably be a way to get out later.
"…Fine." I huff, really hating the idea of staying here. Having fair knowledge of the show and the game, it was clear that it wouldn't be easy for us to get out of this hotel. Even so, we'd try, I'm sure.
"Now then, I'll need your names so I can fill in your reservations."
"Erica."
"Bright."
I looked at her. Was she really going to use her internet name?
"Bright…Hm, that's an... interesting name… I'll just write you two in, then." With a pen in hand, the hotel manager, Gregory, wrote our names into the reservation book.
Curiously, I tilted my head. How many names were even written into that thing? It was definitely something I had to find out, when the time came.
"Now then, allow me to show you two to your room..." Gregory stepped out from behind the desk, motioning us to follow him. They're giving one room for two people? That certainly was odd. How were we going to sleep in a room with only one bed? That question would probably be answered soon enough...
Quietly, we followed him through the halls. The only source of light would be the candle in his hand. Its flame flickered softly, following the movements of the holder.
The entire hotel, for all I knew, was eerily quiet. None of the guests were really in sight at the time. Maybe they were all sleeping? Hopefully they wouldn't learn of our arrival too quickly...then again, knowing Gregory...
I shoved that thought out of my head. It wouldn't be good to picture all of the things that could possibly happen to the two of us here. Turning my head, I checked to see if Sydney was doing any good. Her expression was rather stern, she must have been thinking about what may await us as well.
Finally, we arrived at the door to our room. The door was marked with the golden number of two hundred five. This was the usual room that human guests were given... I'm really hoping that we won't get stuck here for eternity.
Gregory took a hold of the doorknob, being sure to slowly open the door just to add suspense, as he usually would to new guests, just to freak them out. Internally, I rolled my eyes.
"Why don't you take a look inside...?" He grinned, the door now fully open. The two of us made our way in, taking a gander at the room. It looked renovated, almost as if he knew we were coming. The same cat portrait hung on the right wall. A small desk sat underneath it, a candle alit to provide lighting. A few books rested there, probably for reading if we were ever to be bored enough to read them. I highly doubted we would, but it may help us for the road ahead...
The floorboards and walls remained the same, along with the shutters in the back of the room, which were normally forbidden to be opened since there were...'consequences' to opening them. The usual closet sat on the left side, and to my surprise... There was a bunk bed with a ladder to get up to the top bunk. Where did they get it? I don't know why I'd be so surprised about it, but then again, it was pretty different.
"I'm Gregory," Gregory spoke behind us, unaware that we already knew his name, "Be sure to get plenty of rest... you'll need it." With a usual eerie chuckle, he slowly shut the door behind us before making his rounds. I wondered if he even slept at all. I looked over at Sydney, who looked fairly pale.
"...How the hell are we going to get out of here?" She questioned. "Nobody ever does, right?"
"Calm down, Sy- I mean, Bright..." I replied, although unsure with what I was saying, "I-I'm sure... I'm sure we can get out of here if we put our minds to it. Okay...?"
She nodded, no longer saying anything more.
"Are you taking the top or the-" I was cut off and no longer needed to ask the question, since Bright climbed up the ladder herself and curled up on the top bunk, pulling the covers over herself. She probably was really angry about this... I simply was afraid. Restless, I sat at the desk for a bit.
The silence lingered for a while, but was broken by a distant voice outside. I instantly recognized it. Silently, I pushed the seat to the desk back and got up, pressing my ear against the door.
"Do you know who I am?"
I smirked. Judgment Boy was out there. He was probably one of the more... tolerable characters around here. He always seemed to be happy, but then again, he was able to break hearts with ease, but not as well as his master, Judgment Boy Gold, would.
"They call me Judgment Boy..."
In my head, I sang along. The tune was always amusing to me. I didn't bother to open the door, however. It may freak Bright out, or even bring unwanted attention. Deciding it was best to get some sleep too, I sighed, removing my glasses from my face and sitting them on the desk, hopping up onto the bottom bunk and closing my eyes. Chains silently rattled in the room next door. Hopefully the guest in there wouldn't be shrieking tonight...
A few voices echoed in my mind at once and dispersed after a period of time, leaving me to fall into slumber and begin to dream...
