<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=115087.msg5035572#msg5035572">Quote from: EvilEye on 08-08-2011, 00:04:20</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">(http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/111/6/f/Chains_by_EreshkigalBlackArt.jpg)<br/><br/>There was a reason why the Carving manor had been sealed shut. The people knew there was <em>something</em> evil in that house, but none of them knew what. The mansion was reopened for the only living Carving, a girl named Harper, who inherited the place, and found her luck turn for the worse, leaving her with no where else to go. When she first opened the door, she found the place to be dirty, musty and gross, but decided that, given no choice, she would simply stay and try to cleanse the years of dust, decay, and disrepair.<br/><br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Then, the lights went out. The now-invisible presence made sure the girl could hear it's footsteps, slowly closing in on her. Sure enough, the terrified mortal bolted for the nearest door -- the one leading to the basement -- and ran down the stairs as if her life was at stake. The creature in the shadows grinned as the girl did<em>exactly</em>what it wanted, and passed through the door after her, drifting through the wood as though it were liquid.