Silent Hill: The Inner Monster
Page 16
By John Priest (Noctros, Efrit, Drake, etc)
*Tai's Story*
"Well?" Questions the man, in which Tai can only glare at him.
The man sees the glare and gets frustrated when she doesn't answer his question. She would've replied already if he was a woman, but being a man, she doesn't trust him and will remain cautious around him. After several minutes, he begins to show a clear look of annoyance and says "What is your problem? The least you can do is give me an answer " In which she blurts out "I don't have to give you anything, you pig "
This response has a effect on the man, causing him to explode in fury "PIG YOU RACIST BITCH I'M NO PIG " And walk towards her angrily with his teeth grinding on top of each other. She's shocked to be called racist and yells "I'm no racist You asshole You're a man, they're all pigs " With that said, she quickly rushes past him and out through the door before he can stop her.
She quickly runs up the stairs to her right and through the double doors that lead to the case room. Inside the room, are tables with cases on top of them. Inside the cases, are various props that are most likely for the shows. She goes to a near by bench and sits down on it for a moment, before falling to her left side and just trying to relax, even for just one, precious moment of solitude. These few moments, are the most peaceful she's had since entering this hell hole. That's when she remembers the note she found inside the Cloak Room. She goes through her left pocket and finds the note, crumpled and partially damaged from her encounter with that man. Luckily, the note is still legible and as such, she can still read it.
"May 5th, 2000 Personal Log of The Janitor
Today, auditions started for the play, Swan Lake. Of my 20 years as a janitor, I've never seen more talented folk. The two I liked, were the twin sisters that auditioned for separate roles. The youngest seemed more modest and tried out for a bunch of roles, yet the older was a bit brash and auditioned only for the main role of the Swan Princess. Even so, they both were fantastic and I applauded with the director as he gave them both roles in the play. He gave the youngest the role of the Swan Princess, while the older sister was given the role of False Princess. Though, something struck me as odd when the director announced his decision: I could swear I saw a glimpse of utter anger from the oldest, but I just shook it off as a mere false glimpse. The rest of the auditions were a mix of fair to plain awful, but in the end, the play got a solid cast.
Until tomorrow
Jason Guantillie "
Swan Lake...twins....Tai's brain rushes as she tries to put these two together and at first, she thinks of Sara and Lillian, but quickly dismisses it because those two were heading to California, not some modern tourist trap. She would've pondered this a bit further, but she hears a crash coming from the room infront of her, which according to her map, is the hallway which leads to the various rooms. She hesitates a bit, wondering if she should go investigate. Her logical side says no, but her curiosity is growing into a roar, a demand that she go forth to find out what made that sound. But, she silences that lion-like urge and sticks her face into the pillow to her left. She inhales a large quantity of air and breathes hard into the pillow. Just then, she hears the laughter of children coming forth from the hallway infront of her and sticks her head out of the pillow. Children?.....she's unsure what to do. She can't leave a child to endure this hellish dimension, but then again, it could be another trick.
Eventually, even though her logical side is telling her to ignore it, her motherly side can't stand by and let a child go through this hell. She stands up slowly, stretching afterwards and grabbing her pipe in both hands. She places the note and map into her right vest pocket and goes forth to the door, opening it swiftly and looking inside the hallway with her flashlight. To her luck, it's seemingly empty besides the furniture located in separate places. She sighs, cursing her mind for seemingly creating something out of nothing, but as she turns her head, she notices the shadow of a small figure and looks back. She gulps some air before heading through the door way, with her pipe clenched tightly in her hands and the flashlight inside her pocket. She walks at a moderate pace, making sure to be aware in case another Dark Desire or any other abomination tries to ambush her.
As she paces through the hallway, nearing the exit, she looks around and only see's misplaced items, like dolls on a couch or a chair with a lamp on it. She could swear she's hearing light footsteps behind her, but she just contributes that to the growing paranoia in her head. She eventually arrives at the door and is about to go through, when she starts to hear the shouts of that man she met in the cloak room. She quickly bursts through the door and closes it, running ahead to try and avoid him. She gets to the female dressing room and quickly goes inside, hoping that if the man pursues her, that he'll go another way. Inside, the room is like any other theater dressing room. With excessive amounts of make-up and dresses, the performers were usually ready just as the show began. She walks around the room, a flashlight in her right hand and a pipe in her left.
She shines the flashlight to her right as she reaches the opposite end of the room, seeing something underneath the make-up table and deciding to see what it is. As she goes to the table and slowly gets on her knee's, she begins to hear footsteps again and turns around, but she sees nothing. She mutters "Stupid theater...." as she bends over and looks underneath the table. Underneath the table, she quickly finds what she saw: A Quarter. She thinks to herself "Great...money..." as she begins to crawl out of the tight space. But suddenly, she hears a crash behind her and jumps, hitting her head onto the underside of the table. She moans in pain as she crawls out of the space, getting back onto her feet and rubbing her head. She looks around the room and sees that a pole had fallen, with a cracked doll beside it. She walks to the doll and kneels as she looks at it, being a bit saddened by the cracks on such a beautiful doll.
She cups' the dolls head in her right hand, looking at the splendid details that ordain the doll. That's when she sees, that inside the doll's head, is a note. She gently places her hand inside the dolls fractured head and pulls out a note, softly laying the doll back down when she's done. She opens the note to see a short sentence, is written on it. It reads
"I've hidden the combination to the safe in one of the lights on the catwalk above the stage in the auditorium, hopefully it'll be safe their from some of our more shady cast members"
Safe....she wonder's where she could find one here....perhaps in the directors office? She takes out the map and looks for the directors office, finding it to be close by. She stands up and places the map back into her right pocket. She grabs the flash light and pipe respectively and heads through the door, deciding to go to the directors office. As she exits the female dressing room, she hears laughter to her right and quickly darts her head, barely managing to see a small figure close the door to the storage room.
She quickly runs to the door and opens it, saying "Hello? Is anyone here?" As she shines her flashlight inside the room. Inside, are shelves upon shelves of dolls. She smiles a bit, going inside to get a closer look at the lovely small shaped figures. As she goes inside, she turns to her left and faces a kimono wearing doll. She fawns over how darling the doll looks, touching it's white nose and giggling happily. That's when the door suddenly slams shut and she quickly turns around. She rush's to the door, trying to get it open but to no avail. That's when she starts to hear the giggling of children behind her. She slowly turns around to see that some of the dolls, have disappeared. She stutters out "H-hello...?" As she turns her flash around the room and steps forward a bit, towards the kimono wearing doll. As she looks at the doll, it's face starts to twist into a wicked smile.
She slowly walks back, her mouth quivering in fear as the doll starts to laugh insanely. She turns to find that she is surrounded by all of the dolls. She begins to grab the lead pipe in both of her hands, but the kimono wearing doll lunges onto her back and sic's its fangs into her neck. Causing her to scream and swing wildly. She destroys a few, unfortunate dolls but is swarmed by the various dolls. The dolls crawl up her legs, finding various empty places and biting Tai. She struggles hard, falling onto her back and destroying the kimono wearing doll. That's when the door busts open and the man she met before, comes in with his bat gripped firmly in his hands. He see's the scene before him, hesitating as the dolls hiss at him. But he regains his composure and rushes towards them. He bats several off her legs as he gets to her. She quickly stands up and grabs her pipe, helping to destroy the remainder of the dolls. When they are done, they both stare at each other for a few minutes before the man says
"So, what's your name?"