July 3, 2016
13 hours 55 minutes
Helen and Thomas walked briskly past the playground towards Elizabeth's house. Today is their first meeting of the members of the "Gambling Club", and it is not advisable to miss it. Quentin was also following the girl cheerfully, sticking out his tongue and looking at his mistress, then at her friend, then at the road. The parents were happy for their daughter that she found friends after two days in this city. It will be very sad if she leaves...
It's better not to think about it. We must always think about the good, and then a miracle will happen.
And now they are standing in front of the door. This is a seemingly new metal door painted light brown with a gold door handle. At first, for some reason, the girl did not dare to knock, but then Thomas decided to knock.
Knock.
Knock.
Knock.
13 hours 58 minutes
William wouldn't have heard those knocks if K'hadesh hadn't heard them himself. Sighing, the man went to check who it was who had come to them, and the curious ghost trailed after him. Opening the door, William saw a boy with dark purple hair and scars on his face and a little blonde girl with a golden dog walking back and forth next to her.
- Hello! - the girl greeted. - Does Elizabeth Afton live in this house?
- Hello, yes, in this house. - William replied. - Are you her friends?
- Yes! - the girl smiled. - I'm Helen.
- Hello, and I'm Thomas!
The children held out their hands.
- William. - the man smiled and held out his hand.
Shaking hands with the guys, William let them into the house. Quentin followed them playfully.
14 hours 5 minutes
- Hello! - Helen greeted Elizabeth as she entered her room.
- Hello everyone! - said Thomas, who came to pick up a friend.
- Hello there! You're just in time! - Charlie replied.
- Now I'll give you badges! - Elizabeth said and began rummaging through the shelf of her nightstand.
Everyone was there. The guys sat in a circle and all had their badges. And there were phones in front of them. Fortunately, the guys took their own.
- Hold it! - finally pulled out and handed three badges to Elizabeth.
These were the most ordinary cardboard badges. They had a strange face painted on them. It looked very much like a cat, but it wasn't really a cat: it was black with white spots, had two pairs of cat ears, horns and yellow eyes with red pupils. It's definitely a cat, but very strange.
- Who is it depicted? - Helen asked, pinning a badge on Quentin's jacket.
- This is an evil demon! If you summon him, he can move into one of us and make the possessed person kill everyone around! - Elizabeth explained, actively gesticulating with her hands.
- The logo of that game. - Gabriel summed up.
Helen remembered where she had seen that face. She really was on the logo of the game that she was advised to download.
- And where did you buy these badges? - Thomas asked.
- I made them myself! - the redhead smiled.
- Let's start already! - Sammy said impatiently.
- Okay-okay... - Elizabeth came to her senses. - Helen, Thomas, have a seat.
The guys sat in a circle with the rest of the guys, the puppy obediently lay down next to the hostess.
- So... - Elizabeth began. - Is everyone here today? If yes, then let's start playing!
- We didn't finish the last time. - Sammy interrupted.
- Didn't finish what? - the red-haired girl asked in bewilderment.
- About that incident with your father. - Sammy replied. - There is no scar that should be on his head! How is he behaving now?
- Yes, it seems fine... - Lisa wondered.
- Sometimes I heard him talking to himself... Or with someone... Although he didn't talk before when he was alone... - Naomi said.
- Maybe he himself has not yet recovered from what happened, and these conversations, as it were, calm him down, help him not to think about bad things or something like that. - Charlie reasoned.
- Maybe you're right... - Naomi calmed down.
- The main thing is that everything is fine with him now! - Helen said. Yes, she and Thomas knew about what had happened, because Chris told them everything yesterday at the playground.
- Well, let's play! - holding up her phone with a pink case, Elizabeth said.
15 hours 10 minutes
The kids were already finishing playing "Bucks". The plot and the essence of the game was quite simple. The guys played for sectarians wearing masks and worshipping an unknown demon, similar to a cat with black and white coloring. Once during another ritual, the cultists managed to summon the spirit of an imp named Bucks. He moved into one of the sectarians and the task of the players is to exorcise the demon. It would seem that everything is so simple, but it was not there. The book that contained the exorcism spell was torn up and scattered all over the abandoned building where the challenges were being held. Obviously, Bucks did it. Therefore, players need to find all the pages and restore the book, while the possessed will kill you, but fortunately you can be reborn.
- Yay! I won! - Sammy was delighted. He was playing for the possessed.
- Damn it! How so?! This is the fifth time you've won! - Elizabeth was indignant.
- I'm just a pro. - Charlie's brother praised himself.
- Can we do something else? I'm already tired of playing this. - Charlie said.
- What are we going to do? - Naomi asked.
- Let's play hide and seek! - Helen suggested.
Everyone agreed, and everyone ran to hide who where.
What was William doing at this time? He was finishing Funtime Freddy together with K'hadesh. Before that, they had been talking to each other all the previous day. They discussed their future plan, the consequences. It turned out that K'hadesh could see what terrible crimes the children would commit through their souls. That's how he showed Charlotte's future to William. Angel gladly agreed to help William with his future projects, which he was so eager to implement. The spirit understood mechanics. William sincerely believed every word he said. After all, angels cannot harm anyone.