Heroic horrors

[herodrawing]

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[Late at night, Sakihama Base's residential area is peaceful and quiet. Suddenly - bumping noises. Something thumps in the dark, followed by shuffles, as if a heavy object was being dragged on the floor. The source of the noise can't be far away... sounds of cutting, movement, and when you get close - fluids squirting, guide you towards a room.

A room where, as soon as the door is opened, the corridor's light illuminates horrible, orange organic mess on a table.]


Hey there!

[And here's a killer with a knife!]

[2]
[Izuru tumbles another (badly) carved pumpkin on its place, but he doesn't seem entirely happy with it. An idea is already brewing inside his head...]


Man, so much crazy stuff happened that it actually takes the edge off this holiday... I wonder, are there any haunted houses around? I mean real ones. We should totally visit one.

Comments

[dolorous_sensei]

Do you believe in ghosts, kid?

[herodrawing]

Wouldn't it be cool, to talk to someone from beyond the grave?

[dolorous_sensei]

Are you sure you want to believe in ghost, kid?

[herodrawing]

Eh, I don't get it... why wouldn't I want to?

[rekindletheflame]

D-don't be silly, there are no such thing as real haunted houses. That'd be a big waste of time.

[For some reason Astara seems very bothered by this idea.]

[herodrawing]

How can you be so sure? If Kijin are real, ghosts must be too...

[rekindletheflame]

Eeeeeeeeeeeeee

[Her hair ears seem to perk up in fear and she visibly quivers as Izuru says that. It seems like that's a thought she shared with the rabbit.]

J-just because we exist doesn't mean ghosts do. I-I mean whoever thinks that way would be silly.

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[spearpunch]

A-aaah!

Izuru-san you should be doing that in the kitchen!

[herodrawing]

Sorry. I wanted this to be a surprise to everyone...

But I think it went pretty well, don't you think?

[The carved pumpkin Izuru just finished looks like it was tragically born with a severe face deformity.]

[spearpunch]

E-eh?

[Hibiki turns to the... "pumpkin", looking and looking and looking and...]

... I'm sorry what is this?

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[mistaken_for_monster]

Hi Izuru.

[And here's a sheet with eyeholes. Next to it was... Short Not-Ren in a shade of green?]



"Izuru! Hello!"

[herodrawing]

Woah, ghosts! And they know my name!

[mistaken_for_monster]

[This face Izuru. Just this face. You can't see it but you can feel the disapproval.]

Yes. And we're here to haunt you. Boo.

[Sheet ghost waves a hand lazily.]

"Izuru. Doing what?"

...You got pretty close. Try again.

[This got sheet ghost a tongue stuck out at him by Not-Ren before she puffs her cheeks up and makes another attempt.]

"What are you doing Izuru?"

[Not Ren peeks over his shoulder and sees the mess of pumpkin that was meant to be a jack-o lantern.]

"Uweh?"

[She sounds worried and confused now.]

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[cloningblues]

There aren't any.

[Instant answer.]

[herodrawing]

How can you be so sure, Asagi? We didn't even scout the place out!

[cloningblues]

So now you don't want to waste time just going to a haunted house, but looking for one too.

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[majestic_keiki]

And then do what? Have a friendly chat with a grumpy and probably insane spirit.

[herodrawing]

It'd be an adventure of a lifetime!

[majestic_keiki]

Because there's been no adventure in our life so far.

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[fourth_rider]

You are interested in the spirits of the deceased.

[Fyra is not sure how to take this 'Halloween' thing. Most of the time, people either don't believe or don't want anything to do with spooky stuff.]

[herodrawing]

You could put it like that, yeah! Aren't you?

[fourth_rider]

I... see them often.

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[brought_it_back]

...The last time we went someplace haunted I got radiation poisoning.

Radiation poisoning isn't fun, Izuru.

Derp how Cubey into grammar

[herodrawing]

Are all haunted places irradiated? There must be at least one that isn't, right?

[brought_it_back]

Izuru, the last ghost we dealt with was not a fun time. If someone is angry enough to defy death...Leaving them alone is safer.

...If you have to do this, bring Fyra. She has some...ability, that would be useful.