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Started March 30, 2020 by @CasiCasino group

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"Sometimes. I prefer horror, though," Taran said, looking over at the guy. "I like having my blood run. Fantasy is okay, but romance is just dumb, I feel like. Too soppy and gross."

Jesse stared at the bones, wondering whether he could use one of them to pick the lock or something. Was there even a lock on the door? He figured he should actually test that out before he overthought everything. He walked over to the door and tugged. It didn't open at first, but then it managed to open with a loud creaking noise. He jumped, hoping nothing had heard that noise. For a moment he just stood in the doorway, clutching the note.

[ 2:45 PM ]

There was nothing really behind the painting. It was just the wallpaper. As the painting came off, the date did too; 6th August 1945. The date was, in fashion, on a white piece of plastic below where the painting was before it got removed.

”A horror fan…?” the Librarian asked, a bit surprised but smiled politely. He looked down at the pile of books he had in his hand, picking out one which looked significantly newer than the others.
”This might be of your taste…” he mentioned, handing the book to her. The book’s cover was already covered in what appeared to be… blood, with the title, ”Essence of Immortality”, being the only thing uncovered.
”You’re here to look for something… I know that much… might be wiser to start looking for it than talk to me…” the Librarian mentioned, continuing to arrange the books. He seemed calm enough to be the only friendly person here… so far at least.

(I’m sorry Elle, I’ll PM you the contents of the paper real quick)

Nothing was in the doorway, thankfully. Yet there was this uncomfortable chill that would go down Jesse’s spine. It was as if someone was watching from somewhere unknown. Maybe they were even less than five feet away from him… who knows. The room did have windows and other things, might be interesting to look at that… or not.

(it’s okay hahah)

Jesse gulped nervously, deciding to check the windows quickly before making a break for the room “517” and hopefully not dying in the process. He put his hand in his pocket as he went to the window, clutching his pocketknife almost involuntarily, though it wouldn’t do much good against the Hunter.

"Nothing?" Tori flipped the painting to look at the back of it. "Hey, Amyr. Have you found anything?"

Sliding the curtains open, there was indeed someone… watching Jesse all this time. It was a woman, around the age of twenty or something along those lines with a sword that looked like the one from the Meeting Room in hand. She smiled when Jesse opened the curtains, mouthing the words: ”You’re next”. Her sword was stained with blood, clearly not her own.

(Does anyone actually know what the passcode to the safe is? If not, I could give you some hints)

Taran took the book, although, with the blood on it, she wasn't sure how to react to the action. Shrugging, she stuck it under her arm. "I don't even know what I'm looking for," she said blankly. "So, wish me luck in finding it, I guess."

Then again, on second thought… she cracked open the book she had been handed.

Amyr pointed to the safe he had revealed in the wall as an answer. "What if," Amyr mused, "the date was the code in the wall?" He thought the hypothesis to be logical, but he just didn't know what order it'd put the dates. Though that would most likely be easy to guess.

Jesse backed away slowly, closing the curtains and running into the room marked “517.” This nightmare never seemed to end. He listened closely, hoping that he hadn’t been followed as he looked for the gun that was supposedly there.

"Maybe, but the date has six numbers. Doesn't the safe have eight?" Tori walked over to the safe in the wall.
(We might need a hint lol)

"Well, I've you include the zeros in front of August, 08, and the six, 06, wouldn't that make eight numbers?" he replied.

"Oh, you're right!" Tori smacked her forehead. "I'm stupid. Try entering that."

Amyr leaned over and looked at the lock. He first tried entering it DD/MM/YYYY, making the code 06081945. "If I'm wrong you enter the next one," he said. "I have to open the chest now." He walked over to the table and place the chest down, opening it.

"Alright." Tori walked over to the safe. "Lemme see if this works."

The book was… almost unreadable. A lot of the words were cryptic and some were hard to understand directly. Some pages didn’t really have words, they were just random scrambles of words. The book did have two hundred and seventy-nine pages so at least one of them might make sense.
”I did see one of my colleague come in the night before… he went down that aisle…” the Librarian walked past Taran, his hook dangling as he did. He pointed down an aisle were the lights were flickering. Well, one of the aisles where the lights were flickering, that is.
”Might be there…”

517 did not have much to be talked about except for the pistol that was inside the room. Of course, as the note would’ve said, this needed to be used with much care otherwise it won’t be as useful as it should be.

The chest Amyr opened contains three things; a deck of playing card, a chess piece (the Knight), and a note.
”Take the contents of the chest and go to the third floor where you will find the bar and the casino. Enter the room and your mission will begin at 3:00 PM”

(Thank you……)
When 06081945 was keyed into the safe, it opened. Inside was a silver key with the tag backdoor tied to it. There wasn’t anything else, just the key.

(You're welcome?)
Amyr looked at the contents of the chest, his face unamused. "I don't want to leave this room again," he whined. "I ain't tryna die out there." Though as much as he whined, he knew he did not have a choice in the matter, for if he didn't, he'd most likely die anyway.

He closed the chest again and walked back over to the safe to find that his solution was correct. He celebrated with a small fist pump and then grabbed the key out of the safe. "Backdoor?" he observed, "backdoor to what, I wonder."

"That's for me." Tori grinned, before the smile faded into a small frown. "I guess I've gotta go again… wish me luck." She took the key from Amyr before walking out the door. "I'll be back."

Amyr threw her a peace sign as she was walking out the door. "Good luck, Tori," he said. He proceeded to look around the room once again, though quite unsure of what to look for.

Tori entered the maze of hallways and took off into a sprint, still trying to be as quiet as possible. "I can do this. I can do this. I can do this." Tori started muttering under her breath as she ran through the mansion.

As Tori would approach the backdoor that led to the laboratory, the sounds of metal clashing could be heard down the hall. Yet it sounded relatively faraway… at least she had some time to use to unlock the door.

The Meeting Room wasn’t so different than what it used to look like. With Tori leaving and with only Amyr inside the room, the door boy returned.
He had a metallic tray in his hands. On it were what looked like cards. He placed them face down accordingly to how each of the guests were seated. Yet he didn’t say a word to Amyr and it didn’t look like he wanted to say anything.

Tori fished the key out of her pocket, and with shaking hands, barely managed to slide it into the keyhole and turn it.
"Please work, please work, please work."

The door became unlocked.
What hid behind the doors was a garden pathway, layered with roses of a scarlet color that led to the second building. Presumably, that was where Tori’s mission was to be taken place.

"This place is actually really nice," Tori mumbled to herself. "I'd stay here if I wasn't gonna die." Tori took off into a run to the second building.

“I'd stay here if I wasn't gonna die.”

(That’s actually my thought process when planning this whole place out, believe it or not)

The entrance to the second building was a bit more climactic than the first. There were prerecorded voice messages that played when Tori pushed the doors open: ”Greetings fellow guests…”.
Inside was… is this a science museum? The whole building, or at least a majority of it, acted like an exhibition hall for science fares, divided by floors; the first floor being HoS (History of Science), second being Chemistry, third being Physics, fourth being Biology, and fifth being Astronomy. The sixth and seventh floors were both unnamed yet they were open. There were two laboratories within the building; one on the second floor, and one of the fourth floor.

The Meeting Room wasn’t so different than what it used to look like. With Tori leaving and with only Amyr inside the room, the door boy returned.
He had a metallic tray in his hands. On it were what looked like cards. He placed them face down accordingly to how each of the guests were seated. Yet he didn’t say a word to Amyr and it didn’t look like he wanted to say anything.

Amyr looked the door boy in the eye for a moment, as if he wanted to say something, though he had a feeling that the door boy was not going to answer. He looked at the cards on the table for a quick moment, then asked the door boy a question. "How did you end up in this place?" he inquired. "This place full of psychopathic murders and even crazier potential survivors?"

"Woah.." Tori gazed in awe at the museum, before snapping back to reality. "I gotta find whatever's in here. And the note said somebody else is in here." Tori looked up. "I'll start with those laboratories." Tori climbed the stairs to the second floor, and entered the laboratory.

The door boy stood silently for a moment before lowering his tray and speaking…
”My sister’s in this society and pressured me into it… as I don’t believe in their… beliefs, I went on to become the only sane person here… well, maybe as well as the Librarian during daytime. Anyways, dinner will be ready at 5 PM…” he ended as he motioned towards the door.
”One more thing—“ he said as he turned the knob on the door ”—if today was a bit tough for you. Tonight and the days onward would be even more challenging as some of them would team up on you. Please stay safe…” he opened the door ”… I don’t want to bury another four bodies in the backyard” with that, he exited and closed the door on his way out.

The laboratory on the second floor was clean, that was one thing, and very neat. The floors were white, tables were cleaned, minimum to no stains at all, and the skeleton that represented that of those in high school biology classrooms? Yeah, that was probably someone’s pile of unused bones. Footsteps can be heard, echoing from outside the lab. As the lights were on originally, all Tori needed to do was hide it seemed.

Tori looked around the room wildly, searching for a hiding place. She dove under a table, hoping that woule provide enough cover.

The person, or… persons, who entered the room looked intellectual. Precisely, there were two people who entered the room. They both wore gas masks and both wearing lab coats. They looked almost identical. Except for their height differences which was around a foot.
”Did Chemist clean this lab?” the taller one asked, glancing around.
”Apparently so. The unusable bloodstains did get nasty after a while…“ the shorter one answered.
”Good. At least it’s clean and all…”
”Hey, you think we’re gonna get a kill today? I heard the door opened a little bit ago”
The taller one chuckled a bit.
”Not sure. But if we do…” his voice merely represented that of the devil ”…I’ll make sure that their corpse would be sliced to the bone” he answered with a maniacal giggle.
”RIGHT?!” he shouted aloud, as if he wanted to scare the living hell out of someone.