1,650 words. My new record!
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Entering the weird cat room again, the five young adults now entered the room on the right. It was a large storage room of statues and art tools. Mary sighed. "Now, where is that fish tail?" she grumbled, grabbing a box from the floor and searching around. "Shouldn't you know where it is?" Ethan asked.
Garry shook his head. "Sometimes the items move to different spots, but are always in the same room."
Chris gaze turned to a small blue item on the floor. Hesitantly, she picked it up. "Is this it?"
Garry turned to the teen and nodded. "Kay, we got it! Now let's get out of here." he grinned.
However, Mary's face began to pale. "C-chris…..LOOK BEHIND YOU!" she shrieked, causing everyone to turn as a large statue had crept up to her and was beginning to tip over. "CHRIS!" Ethan shrieked, pushing her out of the way. The statue fell right next to them, and fragments flew everywhere. Mary screamed as stone rained down on them.
When the fragments finally all touched the ground, Garry called, "Is everyone OK?"
Ib groaned, clutching her head. "I….I'm getting this splitting headache." She complained, gazing down at her rose.
Originally it had 7 petals. Now there were 6.
Oh crap.
Her whole body glowed bright red as she let out a moan in pain, taking the damage that the missing petal caused her.
"Eve!" Chris called out as the tour guide collapsed. Garry and Mary quickly assisted her to her feet, quietly asking if she was okay.
"I'll be fine." Ib sighed, clutching her head. "Let's just get out of here."
Mary nodded. "The pain should wear off in a second."
No sooner than said, Ib no longer felt the pain she just had.
Pulling out the fish head from earlier, Chris combined it with the tail, forming the wooden fish. "What now?" Ethan asked.
Garry chuckled and led them back into the cat room.
"Put the fish in that whole." He told Chris, who did as instructed. The cat eyes on the wall glowed red and a walkway formed. "Shall we?" Ib asked.
Garry nodded.
With that they pressed on.
The passage opened up to a large room. The room had a few doors here and there, a pair of huge red lips (?), a strange group of hanged dolls (?), as well as some paintings, one with a tongue swinging back and forth, and a giant vase.
Ib slowly walked to the vase, only to have a huge blue ball spit at her. She ducked just in time, but that didn't stop Garry from screaming a bit. "Really?" Ib asked as she placed her rose in the vase.
Garry scowled and crossed his arms. "I don't like those things." He insisted. Ib smiled before pulling her restored rose out of the vase. She then walked over to the blank painting nearby.
"It's blank." Ethan observed. "Look closer." Mary giggled, pointing to the small red dot in the corner.
"9" Ib read softly. "We should remember that…" she muttered. Ethan sighed. "Whatever. I'm moving on." He began to march down the hallway…
…Only to have a black hand reach out.
"HYEEEEEEEEEEEEK!" Ethan screamed, dodging quickly. Chris burst out laughing while Ib and Mary snickered and giggled a bit.
"U-uh….Th-that just startled me! That's all!" Ethan cried, embarrassment written all over his face.
After zooming down the hallway, they turned left to find a room titled The Liar's Room.
Inside were several paintings of people in different colored outfits; red, yellow, green, brown, blue, and white. In the middle was a door.
Ib stared intensely at the inscriptions on the bottom. "None agree with the one in brown." She noted. The inscription below the one in brown read,
Stand in front of the statue. Go 4 east and 2 north. That is the answer!
Upon going through the door there was a grid floor and a statue in the middle. "So go east 4 tiles…" Chris muttered, going four tiles east of the statue. "And then 2 north." She walked up two tiles and noticed the loose one in front of her. "Hey there's a loose one!"
Mary picked it up and read,
"Blue 4".
Ethan groaned. "Will math be involved or something? I flunked math last year…" Garry facepalmed.
Suddenly, a large amount of screaming and slicing was heard from the previous room. On instinct, Ib clung onto Garry, quickly letting go and muttering a "sorry" as she blushed. Ib used to do that when something scary happened… he thought. When the sounds faded, Mary peeked her head into the room.
"Guys…." She called quietly, entering the room.
The other four entered and saw the brown painting was completely scratched up with blood dripping down. The other paintings had blood on them but were not destroyed like the brown one.
Hanging by the door though, was a new painting. It was simple, with only a white mask. The mask had skinny slits for the eyes and a skinny mouth forced into a smile. The title was Do You Really Know Me? Ethan frowned. Something about that painting made him really angry and upset…
"Let's get out of here." he muttered, silently dragging Chris along. The others slowly followed.
Upon going right, the small group of hanged dolls came into view. One had fallen to the ground, right besides a door.
"The tag on his clothes says 'green 18'." Mary murmured. She then turned to the door.
"Green X times red X plus blue X is…?" She couldn't help but grin as Ethan screamed "DAMN YOU MATH" right behind her.
"18x9+4 is 166." Ib concluded, inputting the digits into the door. A faint click was heard. "Alright!" Garry cheered. "Now let's get going!" he sauntered into the door, motioning for the others to follow, with Ethan still muttering about his hatred of math.
Inside was a small grove of trees. The one in the center had an apple made of wood. Ethan silently grasped it, only to notice the picture behind the tree. "Hey…check this out." He muttered.
The painting three strange lion-like creatures, with three people riding on them. The first was blue with a purple mane and was accompanied by a blue haired girl. The second was a brown and red beast that was carrying a boy with long red hair and cold silver eyes. The beast in the middle was bright yellow and was carrying a boy with really spiky black hair and sunny gold eyes. The title read Trio Through Time.
"Cool…." Garry muttered, staring in awe at the three creatures.
"Uhhh Garry? We should go." Mary called out, the others already leaving. Garry quickly followed, shutting the door behind him.
Heading back down the narrow hallway (with Ethan quietly muttering "eeeek") the quintuplet approached the strange mouth muttering "hungry…" Ib grabbed the apple from Ethan and handed it to the mouth, which munched on the wooden treat.
"Tasty…" it muttered, opening its mouth. "In we go~" Mary giggled, stepping inside the mouth and disappearing through it. "Wait WHAT!?" Chris screamed, only to be pulled in when Ib hopped through.
Inside, there were a bunch of paintings, each of a guillotine. "Oh no…one's gonna drop right?" Ib muttered. This was one of the scariest moments when I had first gone through here, she recalled.
Stepping very carefully, when Chris reached the last painting a guillotine did indeed drop down. Luckily, it missed her by a good foot. She stumbled back, trembling furiously as Ethan quickly kneeled by her.
"You ok?" he asked softly.
Chris nodded. "I think so…" she muttered. She weakly stood up and walked onwards to the stairwell right next to her. Grinning, Ethan beckoned the others to follow.
Going down the stairs, they found the rooms were no longer that weird shade of yellow but now red. Ib found herself tearing up a bit. This is the red area….where Garry and I first met…
The next room contained several pieces of art, one huddled in the corner titled The Lady in Red. In the middle was a door; locked.
Nervously, Ib walked over to The Lady in Red. She whispered softly, "I'm baaaaaaaack."
Instantly, the lady in the painting dropped the key and jumped from her post, viscously swiping at Ib, who dodged. She set her attention then on Mary and Garry, chasing them. Ib snatched up the key as Garry let out a scream, his body glowing red.
Two blue petals on the floor.
Shit!
Ib raced to the door and unlocked it, screaming "Hurry!" directing the others inside before shutting the door.
"Is…is everyone alright?" Garry asked weakly. Mary frowned at her 'brother'. "You're hurt…"
Garry gave her a tight hug, softly telling her "I'm OK, Mary, it's all fine." After a second he let go, then turned to the others. "We good?" He got three nods. He then walked over to the nearby bookshelf and lightly pressed a certain book. The soft click of a door unlocking was heard. "Then let's go."
The next room had a large vase with a lot of water. Garry silently placed his rose in as Ib felt the tears returning. No…. this is…
Garry had a similar expression on his face. "Let's check over here." he called, entering the room on his right.
It was a simple room, with a tiny key in the center. But it had a sentimental meaning.
Garry couldn't help it, a few tears poured down his face. Unbeknownst to him, Ib was silently sobbing as well. "Garry?" Mary asked uncertainly.
"This…. Is where I met Ib." Garry said softly to her, causing her eyes to widen. "Oh…"
Chris and Ethan gazed on silently, deciding it was best to ask later. Mary quickly scooped up the key on the floor and muttered a quick "Let's go" before any more mentions of the red-eyed girl could be made.
I skipped over the Lady in Blue part because it's not needed, as Garry's already in the group.
Yay for brotherly Garry~
Garry, Ib, and Mary (c) Kouri
Chris(Crys), Ethan(Gold), Yellow(Lady in Gold), Silver, Entei, Raikou, and Suicune (c) Nintendo
Gray (c) ?