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So, I know I said 2, but I only have inspiration for 1, so sorry

Player name: Dreamcaster
Position in RP: Witch
Age: 20
Occupation before coming to the Island: college and waitress job
Reason to Come to the Island: Dom was tired of her life and wanted something better for herself, maybe even make some friends.

[User] Dresden thought about the answers given now and the questionnaire they were given back on the boat. He then wrote one his personal diary asking 'Was that first questionnaire part of the first class?'

[Assistant] The set of questions that you answer when you were given the your Personal Diary was the beginning of your classes. When you are ready and done with your asking of questions, you will be given your next set of questions. You will doing a new class today as well as your first class. As you progress through the various classes you will be gaining Enlightenment.That is why the classes are called Steps to Enlightenment. The First Step of Enlightenment is Discovery of yourself through a questionnaire. The Second Step of Enlightenment is Exploring your answers.

[User] Dresden thought for a few moments then looked at Molly. He asked her "Do you have anymore questions? I have asked all the questions that I have now. So if your all done we should get started with the second class.

[Assistant]
"I can't think of any more at the moment so I am ready to move on." Molly spoke as she typed.

You may study and do most classes where you feel the most comfortable. Do you mind if a second person join your group? You may answer after you answer the set of questions. Here is your next set of questions.
18) Will you be able to leave behind all of the worldly things that you know:
19) What things would be impossible to leave behind:
20) What would happen if you were to lose everything that you own in the world:
21) What if you could have access to both worlds- one without worldly possessions and one with them, would you be happy?:
22) Who in the world do you need contact with and why:
23) What does money mean to you:

[User]
Dresden looked over the questions that just showed up on his screen. He then answered each carefully and thoughtfully so he didnt forget anything.

18)Will you be able to leave behind all of the worldly things that you know: yes
19) What things would be impossible to leave behind: helping people who are in great need.
20) What would happen if you were to lose everything that you own in the world: I would rebuild from the ground up.
21) What if you could have access to both worlds- one without worldly possessions and one with them, would you be happy?: I am unsure about how I would feel
22) Who in the world do you need contact with and why: No one, I wasnt close to anyone
23) What does money mean to you: Money is an item use too much in the world to show power. It should be used to help those in need. Not show who is better then who.

[Assistant]
Molly began to type her answers
18) Will you be able to leave behind all of the worldly things that you know: Maybe not all but perhaps with a substitute item, I could.
19) What things would be impossible to leave behind: Just my gameboy and books......
20) What would happen if you were to lose everything that you own in the world: The only thing that is logical- start over,
21) What if you could have access to both worlds- one without worldly possessions and one with them, would you be happy?: I would be as long as I don't have to talk to anyone from the outside.
22) Who in the world do you need contact with and why: I have no family left who cares about me so I have no need to contact anyone.
23) What does money mean to you: Just a means to buy what I want and need.

It is time for you to start Enlightenment Step Three. Please meet with the two servants and follow their instructions.

Two servants were standing close be.

"Shall we go and see what the next step is all about?" Molly asked nervously.

[User] Dresden looked at Molly then at the two servents after reading the meassage about the next step. After a brief moment he turned too Molly and said "Isn't it strange how the servents arent tbere one moment then are tere the next. They must have some way to travel quickly and quietly through the halls." After contemplating this thought for a minute or two. He stood up saying "Oh well I think I've wasted enough time thinking now. Lets see whats next shall we." He then offered his had to help Molly get up.

[Assistant] After a few minutes, Dominique got up from the bed and went to her closet. Inside, there was a cart, and when she opened it she found all of her items. She wondered how the cart had gotten there. It was probably just another mysterious part of the island that she may discover the workings of later. She took out her items and started setting up her room.

[User]
In Dominique's Personal Diary, a new message was sent to her.
You may eat in the dining room and eat the snacks in the lounge area. They are located on the first floor. You may speak to any of your fellow Initiates there as well. It is considered a meeting area.

 Molly took his hand with a smile. "Yes, let's go see what the next class is all about."

 Not very far away were two servants who were escort them to their next class.

"Please follow us."

The two servants lead them to a room that had individual stalls.
"This is where you will take off all of your clothes. Your clothes will be cleaned and placed in your room. Once you have disrobed, please come out for the next step." One servant spoke from inside of the cloak. One could not tell whether the servant was male or female.

[Assistant] Dresden looked at Molly quequestionally. He found it odd that they would have him and her just step back out completely naked even though they were different genders. From the look of the servents though he doubted they cared about gender much. He stepped into one of the stalls and started taking off his clothes. He felt kinda odd doing that when he was about to step back out again. Only this time naked and in front of people he didnt know and was only starting to know. While he took of his clothes he said to Molly "This place keeps getting weirder and weirder by the minute. It kinda makes me wonder whats gonna happen next."

[User]
"I do understand... it will be embarrassing but let's try to do it anyways." Molly spoke softly as she entered the stall. She took off her clothes and placed them in a pile on the bench. She came out and stood by Dresden to wait for further instructions.

 Once they were out, one of the servants spoke. One servant spoke from inside of the cloak. One could not tell whether the servant was male or female. They stood together with their hands in their robes waiting.
 "Through that door is a pond. The pond has various temperatures of water. It does not matter who goes first, but leave two minutes between you. This is a serious class where you relax and meditate for answers to your questions. Lay back in the water and float. Then allow the water to take you on your own personal journey.
The first question to ask is what is your inner name that no one knows of. Do not tell anyone what this name is. Only record it in the proper space in your Personal Diary. You will know when your journey is done because you will bump your head against the wall. Take the path back to where it ends. There will be a gown waiting for you. The color does not matter. You may proceed."

 Molly simply looked at Dresden's face and spoke softly "You or me?"

[Assistant] Dresden looked back at Molly and said "I was raised on the statement of "Ladies first". So after you I guess I'll see you at the end." He then stepped back to let her get to the door to the pond more easily. He started to think of the questions that they were gonna have to meditate about in the pond.

[User]
"OK.... I'll go first and hope for the best." Molly spoke. She walked to the door that the servant held open. Once she was outside she followed a path until it went around a bend. She saw the most pure blue pond that she ever saw in her entire life. She saw that there was multiple entrances to the pond. She counted them and found that there were ten entrances. She chose number 7 to go down.

The water was warm and swirling around her legs as she kept walking out to where she could lay back into the water. After she laid in the water she began to float easily. She felt something keeping her afloat. As she floated along the pond's edge, Molly felt various degrees of warmth, none of the temperature were too uncomfortable. As she floated along her mind began to wander to the various nicknames that she had acquired over her lifetime. As she slid past the willows that had branches fell over the water, her mind cleared and she felt drawn towards a cool spot.
The water felt very good to her skin. She smiled as she closed her eyes. Names flowed over her mind and suddenly a name stuck there not allowing any other names to flow by. She floated for a few minutes until she bumped against a wall where she placed her feet down on the ground and looked ahead of her. An exit was ahead of her and she slowly walked to where she found a ramp that lead out of the water. As she walked up the ramp, she saw the line of robes in all colors of the rainbow and beyond. She chose the light grey robe and put it on. She walked to a door and went through it into a room. There were chairs around a table in the room as well as their personal diaries. She sat down and placed her name in the proper line. Laidain or the grey lady.

[Assistant] About 2 minutes after Molly left Dresden walked through the door. After the bend he walked to where the pond was. It was a beautiful pure blue pond. He looked at the 10 enterances and walked to the tenth one and walked into the water. The water was cool not to warm or too cold. He laid back in the water and started floating. As he floated he closed his eyes and thought of all the names he was called throughout his life. He didn't have one stick until he passed through a warm section of water. Then the name came to him just as he hit his head against the wall. He stepped out of the pond and walked over to the robes he looked at them and grabbed the black robe. Once it was fully on he walked through the door. He nodded to Molly and grabbed his personal diary. Then typed in the name Albus Militis or white knight in English.

[User]
The servants were there off to one side.

"Please follow us to your next class. It is a short lecture then a decision will be needed to be made."

  Molly followed the two servants to a small room with a table and four chairs. She sat down at one of the chairs since the two servants stayed outside of the door. She opened her Personal Diary and there was a new folder.

 There are levels in the community. These levels are constantly changing as more members are added.
Levels of community are as follows:
Higher Power or Enlighten Ones- The Highest Known Rank
Those who have gone on before us. They have no name here on this plane of living.

Next is the Elders Triangle which consist of Null Servant 1 and Servant 2
These are the ones who are searching for the Enlightenment of Life and are leading all who live here.

Most members will be the Members who are rank according to their own personal triangle
Males have one triangle while Females have the other triangle.

The last Level is the Initiate- Ones that are deciding on Community Aspects
1) Questioning your goals and commitment, to the Community
2) Accepting your Personal Goals.
3) Your Searching
a) Personal Deity- the one who will guide you in Life. This Deity is usually closely related to your own Commitment to the Community.
b) Personal Familiar- the one who will assist you in your Duties.
c) Personal Companion- the one who will share in all that you do. It can comfort you, give you joy and encouragement. It will keep Your Secrets so that You May Have Someone that You Can Trust.your

Outsiders are the groups of people who are:
1) Workers- Those who decide that they wanted to be part of the Outside Community.
2) Guests – Ones who are invited here but have not Committed themselves to the Community yet.
Your next three tasks you will take are Your Searching for and in this order: Personal Deity, Personal Familiar, Personal Companion.
Are you ready to Search for Personal Deity?

[Assistant]
Dominique's Personal Diary began to beep and the longer it beeped the louder the beeps became until she answers it.

 We would to move you up a day, Dominique so that you may catch up with the group before you. Please answer the following questions.

18) Will you be able to leave behind all of the worldly things that you know:
19) What things would be impossible to leave behind:
20) What would happen if you were to lose everything that you own in the world:
21) What if you could have access to both worlds- one without worldly possessions and one with them, would you be happy?:
22) Who in the world do you need contact with and why:
23) What does money mean to you:

[User] Dom looked at her Personal Diary and read it. Come to think of it, she was kinda hungry. She decided to head down to the lounge. She walked quietly, musing on her life here now and memories of days gone by now lost and remembered only by her. But she suppose that was the way memories were, only kept alive by those that recalled them. She entered the lounge and got some food, noticing the room was empty. No fellow Initiates here. She sat down at a table and took a moment to enjoy her food before choosing to take out her Personal Diary.

[Assistant]
The Personal Diary was beeping when Dominique pulled it out and so she quickly answered it. Nice, speeding up to catch up with the others? Should be fun. There were more questions to answer. Dominique almost felt like she was at school, with all these questions that she had to think about. Still, she didn't complain and took the time to answer them.

18) Well, maybe not everything, but I could leave behind a fair few things.
19) art, music, books, the momentos of my family and childhood
20) I would feel rather alone, because I have no friends and my family all died.
21) That would be perfect. I would be happy with that.
22) Well I guguess by coming here I dropped out of college, so I guess no one.
23) Money can get people the things they need. It is also a symbol of status and power.


[System]
BASIC
Goes By (Nicknames): None currently available.
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Race: Human

APPEARANCE

Face Claim (Actor/Actress They're Played By): TBA / I've yet to find an actor for this character.
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Blue
Skin Tone: Slightly pale.
Height: 6'2
Weight: 170lbs
Build: Lithe, somewhat muscular.
Weapons: Twin swords, multiple daggers and knives hidden on him.

Overall Appearance:

Dark features, Visible, jagged scar that runs down his right eye. Various scars are hidden underneath his clothing.

Ghent is often clad in black or dark grays.
Most of his clothes are made from black leather; his cloak has a hood and a mask to cover the lower half of his face if needed. He has various weaponry concealed; he often wears fingerless gloves, laced up bracers, and boots.

PERSONALITY

Likes: Gold.
Dislikes: Talking, poverty, people in general.
Strengths: Picking locks, leadership, agility.
Weaknesses: Stubbornness, Greed.
Fears: Loss, failure.

Overall Personality:

Stubborn | Calculating | Complicated | Quiet | Incredulous | Shrewd

Ghent's family was very often poor and lived in a lower part of a small, poverty-stricken town. His mother passed away shortly after giving birth to her second son, Garth. Ghent was ten years in age when she passed.

Ghent's father turned to drinking heavily and he came to blame his children for the loss of his wife. Fearing for Garth, Ghent took matters into his own hands; at the age of thirteen, he took his younger brother and left home, never once looking back.

Life on the road was not an easy one, but Ghent was determined to tough it out so that they would not have to return to their father. At first, Ghent began with petty theft; he stole what was needed in order to keep them alive, they took shelter where they could and lied whenever questioned. As the years went on, they moved up in the world. After years of practice, Ghent became a highly skilled thief. This was the start of a life he would live well past his teenage years.

* * *

Ghent has an eerie calmness about him and his emotions are seldom ever shown. Because of this, he is very difficult to read -- almost impossibly so. Ghent handles matters in a diplomatic way and doesn't often resort to violence unless necessary. For the most part, he is quiet and reserved, therefore much of his past is unknown.

Deep down, Ghent does have a heart, though he does his best not to show it. He'd be the last to admit it, but he has a soft spot for those in need.

BACKGROUND

Date of Birth: ? Have to calculate that. ,_,
Place of Birth: Outskirts of Laketown. Not quite within the town, though close.

Family Relations:

- Garth (younger brother)
- Lydia (Mother; deceased)
- Vincent (Father)
- Kaiden (cousin)

[User]
The day began like many before it, though Thorin could not help but feel unsettled. The prince of Erebor could not quite place his finger on what was amiss, nor why he felt so uneasy, but he put those thoughts aside and went about his daily duties as his grandfather's adviser. Something would happen today, he was certain of this...though he was unprepared for the horrors that would soon take place.

What happened that day remained a haunting recollection for many. Lives were lost, Erebor was attacked and engulfed in a dangerous wave of flames. The dwarves had once believed their kingdom impenetrable, but that was far from the truth. Smaug saw to that. The mighty dragon had claimed victory, and the Arkenstone was forever lost...or so many believed.

Thorin, on the other hand, refused to believe this. He had saved his grandfather from being brutally killed, and he remembered the sight of the Arkenstone slipping down the stairway, only to be buried with gold, and covered by Smaug's impressively large form.

The Arkenstone was still there, and he would one day reclaim it.

Many years after they had settled in the Blue Mountains, Thorin's younger sister, Dis had married and had two sons of her own. Fili was the eldest, then Kili, the youngest. Both brothers were close as could be, and both had shown promise. As they grew, they proved themselves, and finally Thorin relented. They were to accompany them on their journey to Erebor, to reclaim what had been stolen.

After the attack on their homeland, Thorin had changed, and not for the better. Haunted by his past, he vowed to put things right. For his kin, and for his people. It was only a matter of time before they set out, a company of thirteen.

[Assistant]
As all of the Dwarven people of the Lonely Mountain were driven from the homeland by the deadly Firedrake of the North, a winged feminine figure was elegantly crouched atop the mountain, watching the disaster before her.

The ember of the fire reflected from her luminous yellow-green eyes, giving off a reflective, glowing effect on them, while her sharp, metal finger-cuffs dug into the rock below her. The Raven-black catsuit she wore, with a few feathers being embedded into the material, matched with the horned headdress, made her represent pure evil. She wasn't phased when she watched the destruction before her with a cold-eyed gaze.

Robbed of their homeland, the dwarves of Erebor wandered the wilderness; a once mighty people brought low.

Spreading her huge feathered wings, the feminine being took flight, away from the mountain.

The young dwarf prince took work where he could find it, laboring in the villages of men. But always, he remembered the mountain smoke beneath the moon, the trees like torches blazing bright, where he had seen dragon fire in the sky, and a city turn to ash. And he never forgave, and he never forgot.

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Sixty years later, during the Third Age of the Shire, a Hobbit named Bilbo Baggins, was at peace, living comfortably within the spring-like realm of his surroundings. No threats. No restrictions. Just...living freely. What he didn't expect was an adventure that was, what you could say, unexpected.

[User]
Bilbo Baggins had started his day similar to many others. The hobbit preferred to keep to himself, and aside from a rather strange run-in with a wizard, his day had been rather mundane. This was perfect, of course. The more isolated he remained, the better. After he'd purchased a fish from the marketplace for dinner, Bilbo had returned home to prepare his meal when he heard a knock at the door. Odd. Visitors were far and few in-between, especially at this hour.

With a sigh, Bilbo rose to his feet, left the table, and got the door. At the very least, the hobbit had expected to face someone of equal height. This was far from the case, however. Dwalin seemed to tower over him, rendering Bilbo very nervous. "Yes?" Flustered, he readjusted his robe and did his best to stand tall (not an easy feat) while keeping eye contact. "May I help you?"

[Assistant]
Finding a dwarf standing there, he was certainly towering, in Bilbo's point of view, at least. "Dwalin", he introduced himself with a hint of a Scottish accent before bowing to his new host. "At your service", he added before standing back to his full height and stepping inside.

"Which way, laddie? Is it down here?", Dwalin asked, as if he was expected to be there. "He said there'd be food, and lots of it", he was entering the kitchen now, just before the doorbell rings again.

[User]
Bilbo was quick to move aside as the burly dwarf made his entrance inside of the home. "Just a moment," he tried his best to protest against his new guest, though it was all in vain. The hobbit shut his circular door, and then he followed after Dwalin, his eyes taking in his numerous tattoos and burly build. This was not a dwarf to cross.

"Food?" Again, he was aghast. "Who told you this?" There was another knock at the door, and Bilbo nearly threw his hands up in frustration. What was going on? Grumbling to himself, the hobbit answered again, and this time he was met with someone more equal to his height.

There stood a dwarf, white hair and beard, with a friendly expression upon his face. "Balin, at your service!" The older dwarf spread his arms out (Bilbo feared he was going for a hug) and then he gave a polite bow before entering the cozy home.

Bilbo shut the door for the second time, and he watched in disbelief as the dwarf entered the kitchen area. "Greetings, brother," the shorter of the two smiled fondly, while Bilbo watched from the back, arms folded with displeasure. "Excuse me," before he might protest, someone knocked for the third time.

Bilbo practically stomped down the hall. Brows furrowed, he jerked open the door, and there before him stood two more dwarves. A blond and brunette, each young, each seemingly relieved to have arrived to the correct home. Once Fili had introduced himself, Kili gave a bow, "and Kili, at your service!"

Once the formalities were over with, Kili resumed his normal posture and offered a large, boyish smile. "You must be Mister Boggins!" And so Bilbo's stressful evening began.

[Assistant]
"Fili", one of them says. He was the blonde, with sections of his hair braided in some places, along with a matching facial beard and mustache. By the looks of their physicality, the blonde was possibly the older one of the two. "At your service", Fili kept himself reserved and composed in his posture, right after he bowed in unison with his younger sibling. He kept himself tall and quiet, while his brother (excitedly) did the talking.

"It seems we're not late, little brother", Fili recalled as he observed Dwalin and Balin in the distance, behind the Hobbit before them. And with that, they brushed themselves passed Bilbo, as if they owned the place. "Careful with these, I just had them sharpened", he told the Hobbit before placing their weapons in his hands, including the blades he kept hidden in his person. As the first-born, and an idol, Fili always had a reputation to be weapon-ready, even if it means to protect his little brother at all costs.

[User]
"It's nice, this place." Kili observed the home, the smile never leaving his features. "Did you do it yourself?" A hobbit home was very different from the homes he was used to. The ceiling was lower, for one thing, and it was really quite comfortable and warm. A welcomed change from the chill of outdoors.

"Uhm, no." Bilbo staggered under the weight of Fili's weaponry, and he was startled by the sight of it. Bilbo was not partial to swords, or anything of that nature. Too dangerous. "It's been in the family for years," he referred to his home, and to his great shock and annoyance, Kili wiped his boots off on the chest in the hallway.

"That's my mother's glory box! Could you please not do that?!" Had his hands been free, and had he been a few inches taller, Bilbo may have liked to strangle him for such carelessness. With an irritable huff, he set Fili's blades to the nearest chair, then stormed past them into the kitchen once again. Who knew what kind of chaos was taking place?

Kili removed his boot from the box, then watched as their host stomped off. Hobbits were really rather strange. "I'd say we made perfect time. Do you think Thorin has arrived yet?" The youngest wondered, as they'd taken separate roads. Thorin had other matters to settle first.

[Assistant]
Fili didn't have to make an objection to their weapons being dropped onto the nearest surface, which the Hobbit had randomly thrown from his hands, and huffed away. Hearing his brother's question, he gave a sigh before patting his shoulder lovingly, clearly amused by his curious, boyish nature.

"I wouldn't get our hopes up yet, little brother. Uncle has his reasons; he will come", he reassured him, mainly to sustain his excitement for their journey. Fili let his hand go from his brother's being, before he spotted Dwalin approaching them.

"Fili, Kili, come on, give us a hand", the muscular dwarf told them before putting a hand on the younger lad's shoulder, leading him to the dining room. "Let's shove this in the hole, or otherwise we'll never get everyone in", Fili willingly followed.

[User]
Kili longed to prove himself useful on the journey, and so at the mention of helping, he practically jumped at the chance. Dwalin was a dwarf he respected and often admired from afar; he was strong, scarred from previous battles, and very well respected. Everything that a dwarf should be, in the youngest's opinion.

"Mister Dwalin!" Kili smiled up to him, and the burlier of the two clasped a hand to his shoulder. With the other, he clasped Fili's. "Good to see you lads," he told both brothers, and from there he showed them an impressive collection of various brew. The drinks were stored in heavy kegs, ones that Kili was certain he and Fili could move.

In the distance, the prince could overhear Bibo's flustered speech and footsteps as he went from one place to the next. The poor hobbit seemed positively beside himself, for reasons Kili could not understand. "Excuse me, you haven't yet answered my questions!" For what felt the tenth time, Bilbo made an attempt to speak with Balin. The white haired dwarf was busy admiring his pantry of various vegetables and cheeses.

"And what questions might those be?" There was no sarcasm in his tone, Balin truly did wish to know, but right then there was another series of knocks at the doors. Bilbo's eyes narrowed dangerously, and if he hadn't control of himself, he may have said something rather unkind.

Again the hobbit went from the kitchen (he shot Fili and Kili a glower upon his passing) and into the front entry. "What is it now?!" Bilbo pulled open the door, and from there several dwarves fell into a heap at his bare feet.


[System]
---20ish Years old---
---Current Information---
Rena is the only daughter to the Falkren family, the currently leading monarchy in Eskar. Started traveling with Ichitatsu Noboyuki as the acting guide on the quest to defeat the Demon King.

So yeah, bare bones was right for sure, but my plan is to update her information as we continue on, think I mentioned this before. Eventually I plan for a little saga to be recorded here, neat thing to recount what's happened from her perspective in some kind of a journal format, guess think of the end result as a storybook more than anything.

[User]
When she started coughing and suffocating on whatever she was eating, Noboyuki couldn't help but feel a bit worried. He'd had stood up to check on her, but given how his foot was, it wasn't something he wanted to do right now. Yes, the pain may be gone, but one never knew. The thing was a bit too exposed for it to be safe to be moving aorund without a worry in the world. He thought it'd be better for him not to stand up, Rena wouldn't kick the bucket just because of that. "H-Hey, don't go choking on me right now. We are still only halfway to wherever that guy is, ya know?" After she finally stopped coughing, Noboyuki let out a relieved sigh. "Oi, oi, the one that was about to be a goner is me, not you. Don't start choking over nothing, will you? You surprised even me." He said.

Well, after that, Noboyuki felt relieved that he didn't wake up Rena at all, but when she let the bomb drop on him, Noboyuki almost felt like spitting out the juice he was drinking. He held off that urge and gulped it down with a lot of effort and even if a bit of exaggeration. "WHAT. THE. HELL! You don't try and fix up some guy when you know next to nothing about medicine!" While he was a bit mad, he was still grateful. As far as he knew, his foot was better, but that might as well be an effect of the girl's holy shield.

"Ya know, let's just... let's just leave that aside for now. My foot is fine enough for me to walk, at the very least. See, let's go away from that. What would you like to do today?I've got an idea, if you don't mind hearing it. Do you know what a date is?" Nobyuki said, with a happy expression on his face.

[Assistant]
Well wasn't that a least bit rude to say, going about as if she was some clueless girl without a sliver an idea how to wrap simple cloth around someone's foot... did she say that? Rena was obviously somewhat concerned for how Noboyuki healed over the night, and it was very possible that she could've tripped up somewhere when managing his wounds, as she was inexperienced in medical practices, not a complete idiot in any way. Rena glared at Noboyuki as she silently fumed over her thoughts, probably wouldn've have been best to say anything, despite how she wanted to verbally tear into the loose lipped hero, and that time those were her true feelings, none of that aloof act she had been maintaining.

Then at the mention of a "date" her scowl turned into a look of confusion, not that she didn't know what a date was, Eskar was a civilized kingdom after all so the concept of courting someone wasn't usual and even expected, at least among the nobility. Now the question was why did Noboyuki want to date her? Was he joking? Rena thought she knew the man well enough to at least get a feeling about his true intentions, and well he looked earnest, strange as it might be. For a brief moment Rena almost panicked at the idea of him being romantically interested in her, which was the absolute opposite of what she desired, still before her shock could really show she decided it might be best to query a bit further, Noboyuki's definition of a date could be vastly different from her own, with his being from another world of course.

"I... know what a date is yes. Its quite common for a man to court a woman as such in Eskar, I'll say that much, also I'm assuming a 'date' is the same from both our worlds... so." Rena stared into Noboyuki's eyes with conviction, "What is your reasoning behind asking for a date, hmm?"

[User]
Noboyuki should have expected this. It seems Rena took it as him wanting to get closer to her, in a romantic way. Well, it was funny in its own way. Noboyuki let out a snicker at the sight of her, being a little flustered, even if it was over her usual demeanor. Noboyuki supported his head on his hand with a confident smile on. He seemed to be mocking her, in one way, but he was actually just interested in her vision of a date. "Coutship, huh? Back where I come from, it isn't uncommon for a man and a woman to go on one with those intentions. Though, you can also have one just as friends." Noboyuki explained, while moving his finger with his other hand. "In other words, miss princess, I just want to relax for a bit. It'd be nice to get acquainted with the town too."

Noboyuki suddenly lost all of his spunk and looked a bit sadder. "After all, we are stuck in here for a while." Noboyuki felt ashamed of himself. He was supposedly the hero of legends and he was done in by a forgotten God. How pathetic was that? Jonghua or not, Noboyuki made it one of his goals to finish the thing once he was able. It was more of a grudge rather than actual worry for the village, though.

He shook his head, before looking at Rena once again with his spunk restored and his confident smile again in his face. "Besides, wouldn't it be good for you too to get acquainted with people over here? Ya know, representing your father and whatnot? Loyal subordinates come from a friendly relationship with them, I hear."

[Assistant]
What he said did take sense, at least his last statement having a good personal relationship with common folk was never a bad proposition. Problem was it was hardly pragmatic, no human ruler could ever effectively do such a thing, the feudal system was in a place for a reason, a commoner reports to the mayor or elder, who reports the to local lord, who reports to the local duke, and so forth. Really a king was only expected to deal with twenty some odd direct vassals. Noboyuki probably didn't understand this system, again remembering he's not of her world, Rena decided that saying anything wasn't worth the effort. Plus after some consideration it was decided that she was overthinking the topic.

Rena sat in silence only staring down Noboyuki, in all consideration she couldn't figure out why he wanted to go on this date. Now she had to admit there wasn't really a problem if it was only out of friendship, and certainly Noboyuki was considered to be a friend. In the end Rena conjectured that maybe something like his version of a date wouldn't be all that bad.

"I suppose I see what you mean... maybe spending some time exploring this hamlet would not be a waste." In one movement Rena stood from her spot, determined to take part in this foreigner's brand of dating. "I hope your foot wouldn't be a problem if we walk about, right?" Now she couldn't help but not to look concerned, after all Noboyuki had only a night to heal, still the man should know his own limits.

[User]
Noboyuki smiled, a bit arrogantly, if anything else, when Rena agreed to go on a date with her. If he ever went back to his world, he would be able to brag about this to his friends, if he ever went back, that is. After all, it isn't everyday that you get a date with a princess of a great kingdom like that. Well, should they get on with it? He had just finished his breakfast too.

Noboyuki stood up as well, not before cleaning his mouth carefully with the handkerchief he kept inside his breast pocket. It was only bits and crumbs of bread, so it wouldn't get so dirty, otherwise, he wouldn't use it so lightly. It was one of his favorite things, after all. Made him seem classy. "Then, shall we get going?" Noboyuki simply said, while looking at the girl with a big smile.

And then, she seemed to get worried about his foot. Well, it had hurt at first, but it was nothing right now. "Now, don't look so down like that. It makes me feel bad for my foot again. Anyhow, don't worry. Your shield is keeping anything bad at bay, I'm sure of it." Noboyuki said, before making his way towards the exit of the restaurant, before turning his head around at the girl with a smile. "You aren't going to just stand there and wait, right? Let's go. We'll worry about things once they happen, so let's just enjoy ourselves for now."

[Assistant]
His words were actually comforting, as it really did put here more at ease about Noboyuki's injury. The hero could be putting on brave front for all she knew, at least his strength was admirable. Rena didn't hold back a sigh, "You are a grown man of course, but... if you fall in the streets due to your wound, you will have to drag yourself home." She then turned on her heel to start leaving the hall and off to the outside world. All the same though, despite her words Rena was somewhat more soften spoken, and in other subtle ways more gentle, not even in ways she realized herself.

The pair were walking just out of the taven, that is assuming Noboyuki decided to follow her lead, not that Rena would've expected him to run off to who knows where. That day was fair, clear skies without a wisp of a cloud. There was only a slight breeze hanging in the air, just enough to ruffle Rena's hair as it fluttered in time with each minute gust. Now that she wasn't rushing around, like before, Rena this time around took in the surroundings. Nearby fields were bountiful with heavy, golden grain, fortunately for the people the harvest was promised to be grand this year, in fact laborers were already beginning inital preparations for the scheduled week of harvest itself.

It was now that Rena thought about how they really had been traveling for an entire month, when they started these very fields must've been only half its current height. Late autumn had arrived. The girl walk alongside her companion quietly, it was far from an awkward one, at least the way Rena perceived it, but just a simple calm, she didn't dare to ruin it. Now after say five minutes of continued silence, the princess looked up Noboyuki, "Its peaceful isn't it? Hard to believe this is almost the same place we encountered that momster... but I like it, this current calmness that is."

[User]
As expected the princess took the lead and guided him through the town. It was a beautiful sight, and it made Noboyuki feel.... odd, to be honest. It wasn't nostalgy, because in the city he used to live before there wasn't anything quite like that. In fact, it was a rare sight. It was, yes, refreshing, it was refreshing. For a change of pace, nature was good. Noboyuki went on with the silence Rena didn't dare temper with. Noboyuki smiled with a lazy smile that was already an habit of his while he was in his own world. Speaking of changes of pace, this was a change of pace in his current lifestyle. A relaxing stroll through town, different to their everyday battles.

When Rena finally spoke off, Noboyuki turned to see her with the same lazy smile still in his face. "Yeah, hardly seems like there was a monster that horrible before. God or not, I still find it hard to believe people actually worshipped that thing." Noboyuki said. Well, this was just about the right time for a smoke. He hadn't been smoking lately because he didn't have that many cigarettes in the first place. He had to make them last, otherwise he'd be stranded in that world without any way to entertain himself. Of course, also because it wasn't that healthy to be smoking like a damn chimney.

He also had his very own, specially made lighter. A metal, shiny lighter of silver color with the kanjis for his name engraved on it. He searched through his breast pocket until he produced a single white cigarette and put it in his mouth, before lighting it and take a good smoke out of it. After that, he let the smoke come out of his mind with a relaxed sigh. It wasn't his favorite kind of thing to do, but damn, did it relax him like no other thing. "Do you smoke, Rena? Wait, do you even have cigarettes here?" He asked, curious of whether or not he'd be able to get more of them in that world. Still, he planned to guard those he was carrying with him with his life. It was his favorite brand, after all.

[Assistant]
Rena coughed of the stench of the buring tobacco, not that she knew what it was seeing as the plant was not native to Eskar, or maybe even to that world. Whatever a... cigarette was it smelt like disease to her, really begging the question why Noboyuki would ever think of placing it in his month in the first place. The girl just marked this as another outlandish element from the hero's true home. "*cough* *cough* ...I don't know what a cigarette is but that smell alone makes me question you and your people. Ugh."

Rena fell silent again, however after not too long she continued, the time just seemed right to ask something she had being dying to know for long while. "So, Noboyuki you... don't talk about your home that often, well really at all. Also..." Rena stopped mid sentence unsure if it was within her rights to ask, "...What about yourself? I'll admit even though we're a month along I don't know you. What I mean is every man has a history, even then you are still a blank book to myself."

Rena looked thoughtful as she spoke her thoughts, staring at Noboyuki with curious eyes, obviously not exactly in line with her established character. "We have a long road ahead of us, and is there anything wrong with wanting us to finally start learning about each other?"


[System]
Age: 14
Hometown: Blackthorn City
Appearance (pic preferred):
Starter:
Bio: Liam dreamed of being a pokemon trainer like his father was once upon a time. He has a fondness for dragons. He dreamed of what the Dragon's Den would look like and hopes to one day be able to visit it. Liam traveled tough Kanto with Shiaranui. The two faced off in the final round of the tournament. When Liam was a baby, he had a babysitter, a Chansey named Florence. (She has evolved since Liam left on his journey.) A slip on a wet floor in the Pewter City Museum revealed that his hair is only dyed black. It was revealed in Blackthorn City, that he is the son of a Nurse Joy. He was as a random trainer called him when he was 5, "The shiny Pokémon of humans." Liam also explained that he uses a special dye, that has Bluk Berries as a key ingredient.
 Liam participated in and won the first and second ever Dragon Cup in Blackthorn City, having teleported home for it with his shiny Alakazam, Sherlock. He has also mastered the Battle Chateau in Kalos. Liam was the runner up in Hoenn's Grand Festival, and won The Evergrande Conference. Liam went on to fight and defeat Hoenn's Elite and Champion

Requested Legend(s): n/a
and his rival:

Name: Trevor Walton
Age: 14
Hometown: Vermilion City
Appearance (pic preferred):
Starter: -
Bio: Trevor disliked Liam, he disliked Liam solely due to the fact that he felt inadequate, believing Liam is coincided by his looks and talent in training. During the trip though Kanto, Trevor more or less followed the path of Blue in the original games. Recently, Trevor has warmed up some to Liam and Shiranui. He still may not particularly like them, but he respects them as strong Pokemon Trainers.

[User]
"That was very good." Liam complamented. "Zoroarks can be very difficult to deal with when they oppose you in battle.
 ***
After all 250 coordinators preformed the top 164 were named. At the end of the thrid day, those 164 had been dwindled down to eight. Those eight were placed as follows for the begining of day four.

1 Shiranui Tsukiko/?
2 Soladad/?
3 May/?
4 Harley/?
5 Drew/?
6 Liam Coleman/?
7 RP/?
8 Sashia Fetar/?

Harley sneered to himself at the prospect of being put against May next. He knew that with how May sleeps, he could easily sneak into her room and sabotage her, but he'd have to be careful since her little brother was with her to watch to the festival. During the night, Harley got up and picked the lock on May's room. He set her clock back a few hours and quietly exited her room, locking it back behind him. He snuck back into his room snickering at his clever trick to disqualify May.
The next day, Harley's dirty trick was undermined by a random fluke. May and Max was woken by her Munchlax, who realized by how bright it was that they needed to get up. May had freaked and hurried to get dressed. (of note: May arrives to the green room during Shiranui and Soladad's battle)

[Assistant] Chuck was amazed by all the appeals and battles of the first day, and had spent time with his parents after it was all done, catching them up on his adventure thus-far. The next day, he woke up and did more training with his Pokémon, this time against his parent's and their Pokémon, before the Festival resumed, then got a seat in the stands with his parents.

[User]
It was time for Shiranui's battle against Soledad. The battles in the Grand Festival were of the double battle format with the same winning conditions as the regular Pokémon Contests. Soledad sent out Lapras and Slowbro and Shiranui sent out his Blaziken and his shiny Aegislash. "Lapras, use Hydro Pump on Blaziken; Slowbro, Fire Blast on Aegislash!"
"Niwatori, make like a swordsman and use Aerial Ace on Lapras; Yoto, Sacred Sword! Mega Ring activate!" Niwatori the Blaziken let off a glow as he Mega Evolved into a Mega Blaziken before wielding Yoto like the two-handed sword he is, one talon-like hand gripping the handle and the other holding onto the sharp pommel. He then showed off his speed while Yoto changed to his Blade Forme and let off a cyan glow before Niwatori used the Aegislash he wielded to slash Lapras into a one-hit knockout. Slowbro breathed out an intense flame that formed into a daimonji shape, but Niwatori was too fast for the attack to have any effect. Shiranui still lost points, but Soledad lost more points and was down one Pokémon.
"Slowbro, Trick Room!"
"Niwatori, use Acrobatics on Slowbro; Yoto, fire a Shadow Ball at Slowbro!" Niwatori jumped high into the air and let go of Yoto before nimbly striking Slowbro for a lot of damage. Before Slowbro could recover from the Mega Blaziken's attack, it copped a Shadow Ball from above compliments of Yoto. The two-pronged attack did enough damage to knock Slowbro out and Shiranui advanced to the semi-final.

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After the battle, Shiranui was pondering on how he would face Sashia's Pokémon should the computer pit him against her in the semis.

[Assistant] Chuck watched on, examining Shiranui's fighting style, and his Pokémon, just in case he ended up facing him in the Pokémon League. He knew the likeliness of him using those two Pokémon was slim, as well as the way he battled in contests was different from how he battled in regular battles, but he felt his research would pay off, especially after seeing him in the Battle Frontier as well.

[User]
1 Shiranui Tsukiko
2 Soladad
3 May
4 Harley
5 Drew
6 Liam Coleman
7 RP
8 Sashia Fetar

Harley was furious when he saw May run into the green room panting with her little brother in tow.
May and Harley took their positons. Harley sent out Cacturne and Wigglytuff, while May sent out Blaziken and Glaceon. May had dazzling appeals mixing the powers of fire and ice, a combonaton left Cacturne's left side burning and his right side freezing. This manuver ate a huge chunk out of Harley's points, but Wigglytuff managed to use Sing and put May's Glaceon to sleep. Blaziken evaded it by burning the music not foating toward him with Flamethrower. Blaziken did a jumping Blaze Kick and KO'd Wigglytuff. Harley had only a sliver of his points left as the clock hit :59. By this time, Glaceon had woken up. Glaceon curled up into a ball and coated itself with Ice Beam. Blaziken used High Jump Kick and Blaze Kick to rocket the ball of Ice at Cacturne, KO'ing it with :01 left on the clock, allowing May to advance to the quarter finals.

1 Shiranui Tsukiko
2 Soladad
3 May
4 Harley
5 Drew
6 Liam Coleman
7 RP
8 Sashia Fetar

Drew used Flygon and Roserade while Liam used Smaug and Goodra. Drew started off with Roserade using Ingrain and Flygon using Sandstorm. Liam was having none of it and had Smaug Mega evolve to replace the sand with Bright Sunlight. Goodra fired Sludge Bomb at Roserade, but Flygon deflected it with Iron Tail, making Liam lose a few points. Liam ordered Smaug to use Solarbeam on Flygon, which was weakened after going through Roserade's that was fired to stop it. Goodra used Flamethrower while Roserade was busy, dealing good damage. Liam and Drew kept at at a fairly even pace until the clock hit :30, at which point, Smaug was KO'd. The sunlight had faded by than, and it looked as though Drew had the upper hand. In an upset, Goodra evened things out by KO'ing Roserade with Flamethrower. The point drop put Liam back in the lead. The dragons then used Dragon Pulse in unison, but both attacks met in the middle and exploded. The timer finished before the dust settled. When it cleared, Flygon was KO'd and Liam advanced.

1 Shiranui Tsukiko
2 Soladad
3 May
4 Harley
5 Drew
6 Liam Coleman
7 RP
8 Sashia Fetar

[Assistant]
Sashia watched her friends battle and win as she looked though her team to best use to her advantage against Liam and Shiranui before she nodded to herself as she knew what she would do. She heard her name get called and after putting on both her Mega ring and Z-ring she smirked and moved on.

Her opponent was a woman called Daisy who sent out Blastose and a Walrin while Sashia sent out Daenerys and Illusion which by default was a strange choice since Illusion had already been reviled during the first round, Immediately using her type advantage, Daisy got both her water type to attack Daenerys both attacks hit but Daeny looked unaffected by it before the illusion faded and Both of the pokemon had vanished before suddenly Blastose was hit by a thunder punch from behind sending it flying forward while Walran was hit by a Night daze from the side sending it flying into it partner making a satisfying crash taking points from her opponent and then Sashia pokemon began to dance together which the two boys would remember as the dragon Salsa while Illusion was setting up Calm minds. By the time, Daisy Pokémon had regained their balance, Daeny and Illusion were standing at +3 for their stats. With that, the two went on the offensive and within a few second took out both of Daisy's Pokémon, meaning they would be taking on Liam in the next round.

[User]
1 Shiranui Tsukiko
2 Soladad
3 May
4 Harley
5 Drew
6 Liam Coleman
7 RP
8 Sashia Fetar

The remaining four were shuffled for the quarter final.

1 Liam Coleman
2 May
3 Shiranui Tsukiko
4 Shashi Fetar

Liam and May took their spots.
 "Begin!"
 "Munchlax and Wartortle, Take the stage!" May's Pokémon emerged to cheers.
"Smaug and Jiriya! It's time to shine!" Liam called. The Charizard and Greninja emerged, also to cheers.
 Lillian made commentary about how Wartortle has a type advantage over Liam's Charizard, but since both of Liam's Pokémon are fully evolved, neither one can be discounted.
 "Warotrtle, withdraw into your shell! Munchlax, launch Wartortle toward the Charizard with Focus Punch!" May decided to start off strong. Wartortle ducked into its shell and began to spin in place while Munchlax prepped the attack. Munchlax than punched the spinning shell, propeling it toward the lizard.
 "Night Slash!" Liam called. Jiriya lunged infont of Smaug and blocked the combo with a blade. May lost a few points as Wartortle was hurt by the impact. May then instructed Wartortle to use Iron Tail on Jiriya, who evaded with Agility. Munchlax used Metronome, and used Aglity as well. Smaug launched a flamethrower, but missed Munchlax because of its speed buff.
 Munchlax was again ordered to use Focus Punch. Warturtle was told to use Water Gun. Wartortle propelled Munchlax forward. Munchlax hit Smaug square in the jaw, taking a good chunk of Liam's points.
 "Alright Smaug, it's time to Mega Evolve!" Liam activated his mega ring and Smaug morphed into the Mega Y form. The Sunlight grew intense as Smaug then fired Solar Beam while Greninja used Gunk Shot. the moves were fired at Wartortle and Munchlax respectively. Munchlax used Metronome, and got Solar Beam himself. The attacks met and did a beam struggle like you'd see in a Shonun anime. Wartortle was hit by the Gunk Shot and became poisoned. May lost points from that and made it about even as the timer reached 1:00. Munchlax eventually lost the beam attack and took the power grass attack.
 Munchlax used Metronme again, and Wartortle used Ice Beam. Metronome turned into Petal Dance as the blossoms were coated in ice. The combo hit Smaug. Jiriya used Water Shuriken, hitting Wartortle and triggering Torrent. Munchlax was confused from fatigue after Petal Dance finished. Smaug had been hit by a lot of attacks. Smaug next used Fire Blast, which KO'd Munchlax, and Jiriya used Power up Punchm which finished Wartortle. Liam advanced to the finals. May praised Wartortle and Munchlax on the good work.
"Now, let's all give a big round of appluase to May!" The crowd all stood and cheered for May, who is clearly a fan favorite to the Kanto Contest Circuit. May, alng with her Wartortle and Munchlax all bowed to the audience and went backstage.

1 Liam Coleman
2 May
3 Shiranui Tsukiko
4 Shashi Fetar

EDIT: The Jangmo-o on the card is what was in the Luxury Ball that Liam's dad gave him. I just forgot to mention it.

[Assistant] Shiranui took his spot and was ready for his semi-final battle.

[User] Liam watched the battle closely, as he would face whichever of them won. Jangmo-o sat In the seat next to Liam, watching with excitement.


[System]
Age: 13
Hometown: Ecruteak City
Appearance (pic preferred):

Starter: Torchic
Bio: Shiranui had developed a fascination with fox-like Pokémon from watching the Kimono Sisters performing during his childhood. His favourite Pokémon are Espeon, Umbreon, Delphox, Zoroark and Ninetales. He is generally kind, but has a low tolerance to those who speak ill of his likes. He had been inspired to go on a Pokémon journey ever since he spotted Ho-oh taking off from the Bell Tower at age 8, later catching it during his journey through Johto along with two of the three Legendary Beasts.

Having experienced the wonders of the Kalos Region, Shiranui had conquered the Kalos League and was added to the local Hall of Fame after defeating their Elite Four as well as the local champion Diantha.

[User] "I already have the very Pokémon in mind," replied Shiranui.

[Assistant] "That's good." Liam replied. He had an idea for one appeal.

[User] "I never really thought about competing in contests but I would like to enter one some time" lance replied

[Assistant] "Whichever one is up to you," stated Shiranui.

[User] "Well, you have till we arrive in Rustborro to decide." Liam said. As Oldale Town came into view, Liam advised Lance that it was always a wise idea to go to the Pokémon Center first thing when you get to town.

[Assistant] "Don't we have to sign up for the Hoenn League there as well" Lance asked

[User] "No, you only have to register for the tournament once you have eight badges." Liam replied as he walked into the Pokémon Center. Joy greeted Liam by name. Liam handed over his Pokémon for healing.

[Assistant] "Oooh alright" Lance said, Lance handed over his pokemon as well to heal.

[User] A Chancey took Lance's balls for him to heal.

[Assistant] "Im ready to get stronger so that this year I can compete against the both of you and win" Lance said with a fire in his eyes.

[User] "We'll see." Liam said with a smile. Just keep in mind that we won't be pulling any punches."

[Assistant] "And just because you guys are my idols doesn't mean I'm not going to give it my all either, Me and treecko will give you a run for your money" Lance says smiling right back. Chancey came back with both of Lances pokemon shortly. He picked them up and put the pokeballs on his belt.

[User] The tray also held Liam's Pokéballs since he had less then four on him. Liam put his on his belt as well.

[Assistant] "I wouldn't mind training with the pokemon around here as well" Lance said as he began to exit the pokemon center.

[User] "Well, we need to let Shiranui catch up." Liam said.

[Assistant] Shiranui came into the Pokémon Centre after a while of training and had his Pokémon healed.

[User] "Well, are we ready to move on to the next town?" Liam asked.

[Assistant] "I'm ready," answered Shiranui after receiving his Pokémon.

[User] "Sure am" lance said after shiranui caught up

[Assistant] The party left Oldale Town due west. It would be a short trip to the next city. Liam was excited to get to the contest and try his hand at it.

[User] "I've been hearing snippets during my training of Ralts being found between here and Petalburg City," stated Shiranui.

[Assistant] "That is interesting." Liam commented. "It might be a nice Pokémon for Lance to try and add to his team."

[User] "And for me if I wanted to train a Gallade of my own," added Shiranui.

[Assistant] "Yeah, I don't have Gardevoir." Liam said thinking aloud.

[User] "Where could I find a ralts" Lance asked

[Assistant] "Supposedly on this very route." Liam stated.

[User] Lance face lit up, He knew with enough training ralts can turn into a powerful ally later on. "I am gonna keep my eye out for it" Lance said with a big grin. He started looking around

[Assistant] "Just be warned, they can be rare." Liam advised.

[User] "That is true" Lance thought about it. If he was to defeat his idols he was gonna need a team of awesome pokemon.

[Assistant] Liam took some time to train Mudkup and Poochyena.

[User] Lance threw out Treecko and Taillow and took the time to test out possible strategy's that utilized their speed as well as spar with some of the wild pokemon.

[Assistant] Liam found a Pidgey perched on a low branch. Liam had Poochyena battle it, resulting in a quick and easy capture.

[User] Lance went searching for a ralts along with treecko and taillow.

[Assistant] Liam found an injured Ralts. He cautiously approached it. "Hey there Ralts." he said. "You can read my mind and see that I mean you no harm. If you will allow me to see your wounds, I may be able to help you."

[User] Lance had no luck, he began loosing interest in capturing a ralts. "Lets go back to Liam" Lance suggested to his pokemon. He began walking back and saw Liam approaching a pokemon slowly, Lance stopped in his tracks and watched from afar avoiding startling the pokemon.

[Assistant] Liam began looking at the Ralts. It looked like a Pokémon, he hypothesized a Mightyena wad drove its fangs deep into the small Pokémon. Liam used a paste made from Orren Berries and applied it to the wounds and bandaged it back up. "I'm going to take you to a Pokémon Center, you will get much better healing there then I can give you."

[User] Lance watched as Liam applied first aid to the Ralts. It seemed as if he was gonna take the Ralts to the pokemon center.

[Assistant] Liam took the injured Pokémon to the center.

[User] Lance followed shortly and sat in the lobby waiting for Liam.

[Assistant] Liam came out and sat down in the waiting room.

[User] "How is Ralts?" Lance asked with his hands folded.

[Assistant] "Well, it was badly hurt by I'm guessing a Mightyena." My emergency first aid turned its 1% survival chance to a 30%, but now it's up to the professional healers."

[User] Shiranui saw what Liam was doing and hoped Ralts would survive.

[Assistant] After a while, the ER light shut off and Joy exited back into the lobby. 'You did good on bandaging the Ralts up Liam." Joy said. "It will make a full recovery, it just needs to stay here for the night so I can make sure." Liam thanked her. She commented that it was kind of late, and it would be night before they could pass through the forest. She insisted that they stay the night in her center.

[User] "It would be the best if we stayed, we could possibly get lost in the forest" lance said

[Assistant] "Word of advice, if one of the Nurse Joys tells you to stay in, it is a very bad idea to try and sneak out."

[User] "well noted" lance says chuckling. "Time for bed guys" lance says returning treecko and taillow to their poke balls

[Assistant] Liam went back to one of the rooms, which had three beds. He got carefully folded his clothes and got into his pajamas. He placed the balls that held his Pokémon on the desk beside his bed and went to sleep.

[User] Shiranui did similarly, placing his Poké Balls with his travelling clothes.

[Assistant] Mudkip burst out of his ball and climbed into the bed to snuggle with his trainer.

[User] Shiranui felt his mind get linked with the recovering Ralts while he slept. Ralts read a memory of Shiranui's very first capture and apparently recognised Titania—Shiranui's Gardevoir who was a Ralts at that time. The tele-empath read through memories of all of Titania's battles and had a strong feeling of joy while Shiranui saw the same memories as a sequence of dreams. "Thank you so much for taking care of my big sister, Shiranui," said Ralts before the mind link was severed, leaving Shiranui a big clue to its identity.

[Assistant] Liam was awakened the next morning by the sound of a Dodrio acting similar to a rooster. Liam sat up and yawned as he stretched.

[User] Shiranui woke up as well. "I just had the strangest dream," he stated, catching the yawning bug.

[Assistant] "What was it?" Liam asked.

[User] "I dreamed of the time I caught Titania and the battles she's done and it ended with the Ralts you rescued thanking me for taking care of its big sister," answered Shiranui, "Liam, I think that Ralts is a sibling of Titania."

[Assistant] "That is odd." Liam commented.

[User] Lance had been awoken by Shiranui sharing the experience he had in his dream. Lance yawned "Good morning guys" Lance said stretching.

[Assistant] "Morning." Liam replied. He decided to go see how the Ralts was doing.

[User] lance decided to go wash up and get breakfast,he watched some television on the pokemon centers television as well

[Assistant] Joy informed Liam that the Ralts was doing well and could go back into the wild.

[User] Lance had finished his breakfast and had went over to where Liam was, "Is ralts alright?" Lance asked.

[Assistant] 'Yup, it can go bak into the wild." Liam reported. A Chancey wheeled Ralts out on a gurney. Rats looked at the heroes and telepathically said: "Thank you."

[User] Lance heard ralt's voice but was confused, "what was that" Lance said looking around

[Assistant] "Psychic Pokémon, along with a handful of others can communicate with telepathy." Liam explained. The Ralts looked at Lance. "I have seen in your mind, that you are a good person, I need to get away from the Mightyena that attacked me. May I come with you?"

[User] Lance was puzzled, "You wanna travel with me on my journey?" lance asked pointing at himself. "well come along than" Lance said holding out a pokeball.

[Assistant] The Ralts reached out and touched the ball, immediately going in. The ball pinged shut. Liam asked if he going to nickname it

[User] Lance looked at the pokeball,"I think ill name her Zhonya" Lance said putting the pokeball on his belt.

[Assistant] "Well, once Shirnui is ready I guess we can go on." Liam said.

[User] "Alright, I plan on training my pokemon today" Lance replied

[Assistant] Shiranui came out into the common area. "Ready to train," he stated, "Lance, I have reason to believe the Ralts Liam rescued is related to my Gardevoir."

[User] "Well, lets go." Liam said.

[Assistant] "Wow, small world" Lance said scratching head.

[User] "Yeah, life can be funny sometimes." Liam said.

[Assistant] Lance thought about it,"Maybe Zhonya can be even stronger than your Gardevoir" Lance said to Shiranui. Lance had seen Shiranui's Gardevoir in action on television and it was very strong.

[User] "Potentially," replied Shiranui.

[Assistant] "thats a chance I am willing to take" Lance said smirking. He took some time to train Zhonya, Taillow, and Treecko.

[User] "Well, lets go onward to Rustborro." Liam said.

[Assistant] The Petalburg Woods loomed ahead.


[System]
Sex: Misanthrope Motorcyclist
Age: 17
House: Stardust House

Duel Disk RUNNER: Fyodor's duel runner is a sleek, black motorcycle with no rims inside the wheels. When it is running it gives off a faint orange neon glow in the wheels and inside the wheels. His duel runner has an attachable component for his duel disk which Konstantinovich can remove and use separately if he so chooses. The duel disk is black and has a dark orange blade which is shaped like a scythe.

Personality: Konstantinovich is a rather miserable man. He is a bitter curmudgeon and lone wolf. While he claims to hate humanity alongside constantly wishing death among them, he does in fact yearn for people to be near him. This is solely because he wants people to be around to hear his dark and brooding monologues that he is fond of. The only things he truly loves are reveling in the mayhem of darkness and motorcycles.

History: Fyodor Leo Konstantinovich was a 'little miracle' to his family, namely because this was the first time his father was able to properly spawn a child with his wife. The boy who would become The Ghoulish Rider, Traveler of the Highway of Hell, lived in a cold, but not terribly dreary, cozy little town. From an early age Fyodor had a troubling temperament that worried those around him. He was always off on tangents of doom and despair and claiming he was sent by the Devil to make sure the world of man would be cloaked in his vision. In order to help cure this boy's melancholy his father made him work in his garage. For a brief period of time, it seemed that Fyodor was getting better as the boy did like getting to help in the workshop.

This was not the case, as Fyodor was simply biding his time to create a Duel Runner. At the stroke of midnight he rode from his home and across the bleak and snowy landscape to find other settlements of population to torment. He caused mayhem for quite sometime until he got involved in a crash accident, in which police were finally able to apprehend him. While it seemed likely Fyodor was doomed to perish in prison for the rest of his days, a Japanese man showed up out of the blue and managed to get the boy off scot-free. Well not exactly scot-free, because in exchange for freedom from prison he was essentially told that he would go to the Saotome Duel Institute.

Wish: To dance with the devil in the pale moonlight, after ensuring the world was engulfed by darkness and sin.

[SOLAR LEGACY] Dokurorider Heisei, Absolute Sovereign of the Damned
Level 8 Dark type Zombie/Synchro/Effect monster
3000 / 2800
(1 Zombie type tuner monster + Dokurorider)
As long as this card is on the field, your opponent cannot target anything else on your side of the field and can only attack this card. If this card is sent from the field to the graveyard, you can banish 1 zombie-type monster from the graveyard: Special Summon this card.

Monster Card
Mechanic of Dokurorider
Level 6 DARK Zombie/Tuner/Effect monster
1500 / 730
When this card is tributed for the Ritual Summon of "Dokurorider", you can special summon this card and its level becomes 2.

Spell Card
He's Going the Distance
Equip
Equip only to a "Dokurorider" monster. When an attack is declared involving the monster this card is equipped to, target up to three of your banished Zombie-type monsters: Shuffle that target(s) back into the deck. If you do, draw a card.

MONSTERS - 30
Castle of Dark Illusions x1
Pumpking the King of Ghosts x1
Pumprincess the Princess of Ghosts x2
Clown Zombie x1
Armored Zombie x1
Dragon Zombie x1
Plaguespreader Zombie x3
Spirit Reaper x1
Pyramid Turtle x3
Il Bud x3
Zombie Master x3
Mezuki x2
Ghostrick Ghoul x2
Ghostrick Mummy x1
Ghostrick Skeleton x1
Ghostrick Warwolf x1
Summoned Skull x1
Dokurorider x1
Mechanic of Dokurorider* x1

SPELLS - 16
Revival of Dokurorider x1
Zombie World x2
Pyramid of Wonders x1
Temple of the Sun x1
Call of the Mummy x1
Foolish Burial x2
Book of Life x3
Pre-Preparation of Rites x1
Everliving Underworld Cannon x2
Overpowering Eye x1
He's Going the Distance x1*

TRAPS - 11
Call of the Haunted x2
Dark Illusion x2
Escape from the Dark Dimension x2
Shiranui Style Samsara x2
Tutan Mask x2
Trap of the Imperial Tomb x1

EXTRA DECK

MONSTERS
Revived King Has Des x1
Dokurorider Heisei, Absolute Sovereign of the Damned x1 [SOLAR LEGACY]

MONSTERS - 30
Castle of Dark Illusions x1
Pumpking the King of Ghosts x1
Pumprincess the Princess of Ghosts x2
Clown Zombie x1
Armored Zombie x1
Dragon Zombie x1
Plaguespreader Zombie x3
Spirit Reaper x1
Pyramid Turtle x3
Il Bud x3
Zombie Master x3
Mezuki x2
Ghostrick Ghoul x2
Ghostrick Mummy x1
Ghostrick Skeleton x1
Ghostrick Warwolf x1
Summoned Skull x1
Dokurorider x1
Mechanic of Dokurorider* x1

SPELLS - 16
Revival of Dokurorider x1
Speed Spell - Advanced Ritual Art x1
Speed Spell - Tribute to the Doomed x3
Speed Spell - Brain Control x1
Speed Spell - The Shallow Grave x2
Speed Spell - Acceleration Limiter x3
Speed Spell - Faustian Bargain x2
Speed Spell - Final Attack x1
Speed Spell - High Speed Crash x2

TRAPS - 11
Call of the Haunted x2
Dark Illusion x2
Escape from the Dark Dimension x2
Shiranui Style Samsara x2
Tutan Mask x2
Trap of the Imperial Tomb x1

EXTRA DECK

MONSTERS
Revived King Has Des x1
Dokurorider Heisei, Absolute Sovereign of the Damned x1 [SOLAR LEGACY]

[User]
As Carnel walked through the school, he came across a crowd that had gathered around an unusual-looking environment. Upon closer inspection, Carnel noticed the Solid Vision in play, as well as the Duelists in the center of the commotion, and realized that it was a Duel in progress. After making his way through the crowd to reach the front, Carnel found himself just in time to see an Ojama King destroy a student. Spotting the one who used Ojama King, Carnel's eyes widened in surprise, followed by a confident grin. Manjoume Jun, a once-pro Duelist who had retired, and he was here presumably for the event. Carnel couldn't believe his luck to have encountered someone like him already. Now all he needed was a way to get his attention.

As it turned out however, Lady Luck decided to smile once more upon him as Manjoume picked him out from among the crowd, offering the chance to obtain a Link Monster. Carnel's grin only widened as he raised his Duel Disk, activating it. "I accept," Carnel agreed without hesitation, getting into position.

[Assistant]
Tsunozuka was clearly mad, likely due to the fact that their decks were so eerily similar, though moreso because Taiyo was explaining his every move to a person using a similar deck. The boy must have felt his intelligence being demeaned.

"My turn! Draw!" Tsunozuka replied with an angered tone. "For my first move, I normal summon Red Resonator!" he slammed a card onto his duel disk, a fiery demon carrying a tuning fork materializing on the field. "Next, I'll activate his special ability, allowing me to special summon a level four or lower monster from my hand. Arise, Edge Imp Tomahawk!" Another demon apparently composed entirely of axes appeared next to the first.

"I'll activate Tomahawk's special ability. It allows me to send one "Edge Imp" monster from my deck to my graveyard, and its name becomes that of the sent monster." A card was spat out by Tsunozuka's duel disk, Edge Imp Sabres.

"Level 2 tuner Red Resonator and Level 4 Edge Imp "Sabres"... SYNCHRO SUMMON! Everything it turned back. Come, the barbarian barber of beelzebub! Level 6 Archfiend Reverse!" Tsunozuka chanted as the demons converged into green circles. Emerging from them, a more powerful demon composed almost entirely of flame carrying the half of a scissor in each hand. It roared, creating a distinctly inhuman, distorted screech. A powerful glow was emitted from it, sending shivers into Taiyo, Archfiend Cosmocrat apparently calling back from within his extra deck, urging to be summoned itself.

A sixth zone extruded from the duel disks of both players, on Tsunozuka's side, his synchro monster appearing in it. "I'll activate the effect of Edge Imp Sabres. By putting a card from my hand on top of my deck, I can special summon it to my side of the field. Next, I'll play Archfiend's Oath! By paying 500 Life Points, I can call the name of the card on top of my deck, and if I call it right, I can add it to my hand." Tsunozuka appeared smug, having pulled off his combo.

"Hm... I choose Axe of Despair. Is that the card?" the card popped out of Tsunozuka's duel disk, revealing itself to be true. Tsunozuka smiled. "Next, the special ability of Archfiend Reverse! It destroys one of my cards, and in return, forces you to tribute one of yours!"

Archfiend Reverse put its scissor halves together, Edge Imp Sabres being grabbed in its other hand. With Summoned Skull being the only monster on his field, it was drawn toward Archfiend Reverse to be cut in two.

"Thanks to swords of revealing light, I can't attack this turn. I'll equip Axe of Despair to my Archfiend Reverse and end my turn."

"That's the spirit" Manjoume nodded, the crowd behind him cheering. The body of his duel disk was black with yellow tiger stripes. The blade of the duel disk had a yellow border.

"If you don't mind, I'm going first." he said, before Carnel could protest. "I'll set four cards face down and end my turn." The man smiled. One monster was set in defense mode, as were three traps, or perhaps some were spells as well. "Go ahead. Be careful too."

Bug

While the Ghoulish Rider was busy attempting to create a new line of machines, a note was left in his Private Investigator office.

The note was simple, reading only "Meet me at the auditorium. Signed, Player Killer of Darkness".

[User]
The Ghoulish Rider - Traveler of the Highway of Hell continued his machinery work for decent amount of time. During this process, Fyodor had lingering thoughts about whether or not his advertisements for his h detective agency had drummed up much business yet. These thoughts remained as he took a dirty rag and began wiping down the various tools he had used. Returning each one back to the tool-box and placing the box within the Pick-up, The Ghoulish Rider - Traveler of the Highway of Hell spung a keyring around his right index finger before clicking it to shut the pick-up. With that done he left the compound.

...

Back at the office Konstantinovich began to examine and look for inquiries for potential cases which clients would want to hire him for. With a conspicuous note in eyesight the Damned Detective quickly grabbed it for closer inspection. Behind the helmet there was most certainly an expression on the Damned Detective's face; but that expression was just between him and the Devil. To an outside observer it simply appeared as if the Damned Detective just stood with the note, staring at it far longer than one would stare at such a brief message for.

This silence was broken by a series of pensive muses that were barely above a whisper, "Может ли это быть? Я ... это правда? Неужели правда?" As soon as those words were uttered there was a few faint more moments of silence before The Ghoulish Rider - Traveler of the Highway of the Hell eagerly began 'thrash dancing' up and down.

"Я знал это! Я знал это! Он не потерпел поражение, как утверждали слухи. Его известность поразила много страха в сердцах жалких еретиков, тех, кто не понимал проповедей тьмы, что они должны были лгать o его поражении. И ЧТО ВЫСОКИЙ СВЯЩЕННИК ТЬМЫ! ОН ЗДЕСЬ! И ОН ХОЧЕТ ВСТРЕТИТЬ МЕНЯ! EEEEEEEEEEE!"

Fyodor clutched his left hand before breathing in a meditative manner, "Говорят, вы не должны встречаться со своими кумирами, но это должно пойти хорошо. Надеюсь, я произведу хорошее впечатление. Он должен нравиться мне, да? да. Я впечатлю его так, что он распространит мое послание в массы." He took a moment to pause again as another possibility crossed his mind.

"Но если это была ложь того, кто просто притворяется Первосвященником, я УБЬЮ ЕГО." as he said that he mimed a cutting movement over his neck. With the note still in hand Fyodor carefully folded it and placed it in a pocket as he headed off to investigate the auditorium.


[System]
Age: 15

Appearance:

Personality: She's a bit shy, though she warms up easily to others. She's friendly and a bit playful. She's very cowardly, however. She hates horror movies and many other scary or creepy things.

Short bio: She's home alone most of the time, her parents usually out working all day until the middle of the night. She ends up having trouble trusting others and prefers to keep to her own when she's at school. She jumped at the opportunity to go exploring the forest with the others, hoping to have a good time and maybe make a few friends.

[User]
The sun shone dimly from the horizon. Overhead, the sky glittered with the newly appearing stars. The group of teens found themselves on the opposite side of the forest, an area they had never thought of trying to reach. They would never have suspected that there was an entire farm on this side of the forest. The farm looked both beautiful and terrifying as it was bathed in the orange glow of the sunset. A gentle wind blew through the tall stalks of corn that covered the area.

Ahead of the group was a long dirt path. It lead directly to the front of the lonely farm building. On either side it was largely surrounded by the forest of corn stalks. The whole area had an eerie aura. The group didn't have much choice, however. They were utterly lost, and it probably wouldn't be a good idea to be wandering around in the middle of the night.

-

Anne shivered at the sight of the place. It looked so creepy! She glanced at the sunset, raising her hand to shield her eyes. "I wonder if they even have a working phone all the way out here," Anne wondered out loud. She seriously doubted it. She was hoping they'd at least get a ride back home. Hopefully, it wouldn't be one of those creepy couples who were going to ask them to stay over for dinner like the movies.

[Assistant]
"Hey Anne, you seem creeped out... just chill, this is fun!" Orion said with a grin, flicking his hair in a turn to look around. "So guys, we gonna go to these nice farmers' home and get directions to get back, or...... we could wander around a dark spooky forest in the middle of the night and get murdered, sound fun?" he chuckled a bit darker, imagining just what he said, although perhaps at his own hands depending on his mood.

Then again they're all together and he couldn't get them all, so there'd be witnesses. Hmmm.... "I for one vote to go to the place, we can probably get back in no time and I can get back to watching my movies all night, I'm sure the internet's back on by now." he said cheerily and optimistically again, waiting for a response from the others before he moved.

[User] Kira crossed her arms as she stared at the farmhouse while wearing a frown on her face. She was making no attempt to hide the fact that she was not pleased to have found herself in this precarious situation. "This is hella creepy," she said. "I don't think I want to go anywhere near that place." She shot a cold stare in Orion's direction. "Fun? Are you serious? How is this fun? If we have to go get directions then let's just get it over with. I don't' want to be here any longer than I absolutely have to be."

[Assistant]
"Y-Yeah," Anne agreed with Kira. She looked back at the ugly farmhouse. She gulped at the building. Every time she looked at it, it seemed to get worse. She noticed that none of the lights in the windows seemed to be on, even with the quickly darkening sky. What if the owners weren't home? Anne's mood quickly dropped. They were going to have to wait around for the owners to come back. Who knows how long they might take. They might even get trapped outside in the middle of the night!

Anne brushed the thoughts of her head. She was scaring herself. The farmhouse wasn't that scary! They were just going to walk up to the front door and knock. Simple. Anne took a deep breath and started forward.

[User]
The entire time, he'd been staying quiet. He'd been talked into doing this by Orion. Normally, Gideon avoided him like the plague. But with his homework done, the internet down, and his Xbox getting repaired, the only other choice had been to thumb through the manga he'd already read, or spend some time with his mother and stepfather. Most of the time, all the two had been doing lately was argue and threaten to divorce each other. So this was a welcome reprieve.

He had to agree that this place was creepy as hell. But Gideon kept his mouth shut. "This is how horror movies start," he said, just barely loud enough for the others to hear. "So who's gonna die first?"

[Assistant] Kira gave Gideon a firm punch in the shoulder when he asked who was gonna die first. The punch wasn't hard enough to hurt him, but definitely hard enough so that he would feel it. "That's not funny," she snapped at him. "You shouldn't talk like that. No one is going to die. We're just going to ask for directions and then leave."

[User] Gideon rubbed his arm. He was a complete puss when it came to pain. "Just sayin'," he muttered. He kept quiet after that. In all honesty even a hit that small made him think back to when his father was a part of his life.

[Assistant] Alexi stood there, staring at the farmhouse. "Humph," I've seen worse" she said, not freaked out by it. "I say we go with Kira's idea, this is too much of a bummer man."

[User] "Nobody brought a cellphone?" Gideon sighed. He took his phone out, and frowned. "No bars. Dammit." He put the cell away. "Now we're in a horror film."

[Assistant] "Horror's my favourite..." Orion muttered with a dark smile. Of course it was preposterous that there was anything supernatural out there, unfortunately stuff like that doesn't realistically exist. He guesses the best case scenario would be at least the owner/s of the farm being psycho murderers. Fingers crossed.

[User] "Great were stuck here," Alexi said, becoming irritated. "No cell phone, no drugs, no food, not even a place to skate. Fun" Her tome was obviously sarcastic. "So what do we do now guys?" She asked. "Sit here and become scarecrows?"

[Assistant] Anne turned towards the others. "W-Well are we going to go to the farmhouse or are we just going to s-stand around talking about it?" She tried to bravely say, her voice shivering all too noticeably. She looked back at the building and gulped at the sight. Every minute that passed, the sun got lower and lower. The darkness only made the farmhouse seem creepier. And yet, still none of the lights lit up.

[User] "We've got nothing better," Gideon sighed. He adjusted his glasses. "Even if nobody's home, there's a good chance they have a phone. Even if this looks like a place out of a Laura Ingalls Wilder book." He took a tentative step towards the house.

[Assistant] "Well I'm sure as hell not standing out here any longer." Alexi said, being the first one to begin walking towards the farmhouse. "You pussy cats coming or am I gonna have to pull out cat food?" Alexi still was not phased by the house. "The only creepy thing out here is fear of death by boredom, now come on." She called back to the others.

[User] "Race you to the door!" Orion yells with a smile, bouncing echoes into the darkness as he ran, not really expecting anyone else to run. But the scene seemed sure to install some hope and light to a situation before it gets a lot darker if he was in luck.

[Assistant] "Suit yourself." Alexi said, walking at her normal pace. " I just wanna get in here and crash."

[User]
Anne sped up to a timid jog. "W-Wait up!" She called after Orion. As the sounds echo'd through the corn, a few crows flew out of the fields. Anne jumped slightly at their sight, but soon calmed down. Just birds, she thought. As they approached the building, Anne noticed something quite strange.

The front door was open ajar. Nothing seemed to be around. the building was completely dark and quiet. The sight of the open door only aided in making the entire scene more eerie to Anne.

[Assistant] Gideon kept quiet, staying close to the others. He didn't know any of them beyond an occasional question in class, or being put on the same dodgeball team. However he knew that there was strength in numbers. His eyebrows shot up at the open door. "The hell?" he murmured.

[User]
Alexi then paused, seeing the open door. "Lets see if anything is around shall we?" she said before picking up a rock and tossing it at the door.

~CLUNK!!

The rock kit the door and fell on the ground. Alexi stood there, keeping her focus on the door. She listened closely, but nothing seamed to react. "So far so good." she said, taking another step towards the farmhouse.

[Assistant] This was too good to be true. An eerie open door, a hint of horrors to come maybe. Simply awesome. Seems like the place a psycho murderer would stay. Either that or there's noone there but still, at least Orion could see the fear on the others' faces. "Goodbye cruel world.... I'm leaving you today.... Goodbye... goodbye..... goodbye..." Orion sung darkly with thinly veiled mirth at the situation.

[User] "Oh, shut it, Rainbow Dash," Gideon growled. He'd brought up the horror film thing but that was a bit much for his tastes.

[Assistant] Orion poked his tongue out childishly and said, "Sorry vampire boy," as he waited for someone to walk in. Hell if he was going to be the first, dying before seeing anyone else do would be boring. Orion then reminded himself not to get his hopes up and that it's probably nothing unfortunately.

[User]
"Well that's it." Alexi said being the first to walk in. As she walked in, she looked around and there was nothing. " Like I said, the only thing to fear here is boredom." She called back to the others, after calling back, she-studied her surroundings. The farmhouse was certainly dark and eerie on the inside. Old farming equipment laid against the wall, by the looks of it, this farmhouse has been left untouched for a number of years.

~Boom!!

The door had slammed, catching Alexi off guard. "Okay guys, really funny." She called out assuming they were pranking her.

[Assistant]
The wind blew unexpectedly powerfully. The air filled with the sound of the rustling corn and the howling wind, but over it dominated the horrifying sound. A loud screech ringed out through the fields, a disturbing mixture of an animal and human scream.

The door slammed shut from the strong wind. The combination of the wind, the scream, and the door was too much. Anne screamed and bolted to the door. She opened the door and practically threw herself in. She clumsily bumped into Alexi on the way in. "S-Sorry!" She managed to stammer.

She gulped and looked around. It was an old fashioned building. Against one wall rested a few farming tools. There were three doorways on separate walls that lead to other parts of the house. Ahead was a stairway that lead upstairs. Above, dim light came in from a dusty old window high on the wall. On the walls were old, ugly pictures. Many of them seemed to be of a single family, possibly the owners. There was a dresser below the pictures, a dying plant resting in the middle of it.

Anne quickly faced the wall and fumbled around for a light switch. When her hand caught one, she immediately flicked it up without a thought. The light above them flickered briefly, but immediately went out. Anne frantically flicked the switch up and down multiple times before admitting defeat. "N-No lights..." She mumbled.