“So this is... not going how you expected then, eh?”<br/><br/>“Not in the slightest,” she answered with a laugh. When he remarked on the necklace looking good on her, she just smiled and thanked him, a small blush coming back to her cheeks for a brief moment, before answering his question regarding the jewelry’s lack of permanence outside the anger rooms with a simple nod. “Yeah, these exist only in here.”<br/><br/>When he suggested heading back to take another route, she nodded her head in agreement. “Sounds like a good next move.” So, back through the short empty hallway, they wind up back on the main room with the extinguished torches and two doors whose rooms that remain unexplored. Nalia led the two of them to the center of the room and looked back and forth between their two choices, doing a bit of a mental eeney meeney miney moe.<br/><br/>But, before she could open her mouth and make a decision, one of the ghosts appeared behind Tormin. The woman. Her eyes widened in fright and tried to yell out to him to watch out, but then a ghostly hand suddenly appeared from behind her and covered her mouth before she could even scream. And then, she was pulled back and away into another room away from her adventuring partner.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, the female ghost floating silently behind Tormin grabbed him as well, and just as had happened to Nalia, she pulled him into the opposite room.<br/><br/>It seems the two could get separated after all...<br/><br/>The room that Tormin would find himself in was large, resembling a ballroom that had been left to the elements for centuries. The tall glass windows that overlooked the hedge maze were cracked or broken through entirely, letting the moonlight shine onto the floor without obstruction. There was a stage for an orchestra, filled with instruments, but no players. Tables that had gathered dust, a few which were overturned and broken or rotted through, were empty save for a few white linens which hung limply over the surface. Just like the rest of the temple, vines had made their way inside and overgrown along edges of the room, and a few sconces adorned the walls but in here were not lit. However, two lanterns were lit. A green flame and a pink flame blazed brightly at the opposite end of the room, but they seemed to be trapped within an almost ethereal encasement. A transparent purple shield surrounded them in a way that would tell Tormin that he would not be able to simply reach a hand through and grab his prize.<br/><br/>The<a class="link link--external" data-proxy-href="/proxy.php?link=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.app.goo.gl%2FobHNX4vbuNtPU21o9&amp;hash=28a07c3eec4ef110cae566305a25d9a3" href="https://images.app.goo.gl/obHNX4vbuNtPU21o9" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank">woman</a>finally let go of Tormin, moving back a bit to give him space. She smiled at him as she peered at the ring upon his finger. “My love, I have waited so long for you.” Her voice was soft and wispy as it seemed to echo around him with a warmth, and yet still was chilling at the same time. She reached her hands to him, “I have missed you so. Do you remember , how we used to love to dance together? I do so wish to dance with you one last time, my  love, glide along in each other’s arms and be as one again. Please my love.” She said as she moved closer to him.<br/><br/>Nalia, on the other hand, found herself in a long room, completely enclosed with no windows in sight. Chandeliers hung overhead glowing brightly with an orange hue over the checkered floor, which had large, flat, circular pieces in a few of its squares. It looked similar to a checker board. At the opposite end of the room, much like was the case with Tormin, were two lanterns, these flames glowing red and blue, and the<a class="link link--external" data-proxy-href="/proxy.php?link=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.app.goo.gl%2FyTWjuYfj7e1rbRQL7&amp;hash=c16e9178958233ce911810a60eda7770" href="https://images.app.goo.gl/yTWjuYfj7e1rbRQL7" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank">ghostly man</a>giving her the same smile and emotions behind his eyes as the other ghost gave Tormin...