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Post by lichlord on Jul 9, 2018 4:26:02 GMT
Rei looks to Holly now, hoping she'll have her ghosts test the waters of this new door. And while she waits for the test, she draws more of her map.
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Post by Raven on Jul 9, 2018 4:31:16 GMT
Holly calls out Haunter and has him check the door for obvious traps. When it returns to indicate all clear, Holly recommends opening the door slowly, just in case of traps Haunter wouldn't have been able to detect. Thankfully, this door was not trapped. While this may slow down their overall exploration progress, it is far safer, as Rei is sure to agree. Beyond this door lies a much smaller hallway with multiple rooms in it. These rooms are all labeled in the same runic lettering as before, and each door is locked with only a narrow window to allow one to see inside. This must be where captured Pokemon or other prisoners were held.
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Post by lichlord on Jul 9, 2018 4:34:55 GMT
"Well this is the terrible place."
Rei peeks in each door slit to see if anything is contained in the cells. At this point if anything was left... well they'd most likely have starved. But if that is the case then they should at least be put to rest proper. Nobody deserves to be a corpse in a cell forever...
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Post by Raven on Jul 9, 2018 5:14:02 GMT
Thankfully, there are no bodies or even bones within the cells. If there had been, the smell likely would have alerted Rei and Holly as they entered the area. Holly shivers a bit and refuses to enter that place. She says Rei shouldn't linger either, as there are many angry souls still trapped within.
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Post by lichlord on Jul 9, 2018 5:22:38 GMT
Rei sighs and backs out. She feels like there should be a way to let them pass on. For now, she speaks into the room.
"I'm sorry what happened to you all. It might bring you at least a little piece that the poachers are gone, so no more people or pokemon can be hurt by them. If I can figure out a way to let you pass, I'll try. I'm sorry."
She backs back out and continues down the hall.
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Post by Raven on Jul 9, 2018 5:31:57 GMT
Holly tells Rei that many of these spirits will likely become vengeful Ghost Pokemon with a hatred for humans. It happens fairly often, though usually not in this cruel a manner. Others may simply be trapped where they died until they find a way to give them peace or something. She's never really had to worry about exorcising true spirits from a place.
The next right takes Rei to another dead-end hall, but Haunter goes through the wall and opens a secret door that it somehow sensed. The door hid another set of stairs, going back up.
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Post by lichlord on Jul 9, 2018 5:35:07 GMT
That's a little sad that they'll just eventually grow to hate humans. Obviously not all are bad. I mean the 'hatred of humans' has given Rei this curse, and it's not great. She continues on, and is surprised that Haunter just 'found' the secret passage, but she's still interested in exploring this level so she marks it on her map and moves on.
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Post by Raven on Jul 9, 2018 6:24:04 GMT
Holly is as confused by how Haunter knew/sensed/discovered the hidden passage as well, but follows behind Rei as usual. Deciding to merely mark its location on her map, Rei heads back to the main section of this hallway to the final door in the immediate area. This one is also locked, but unlike the prison cells, has no window. Haunter phases through to get a look at what's behind it, and returns to say that there appears to be nothing. It's just a tiny, empty room; no bigger than a single person at best.
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Post by lichlord on Jul 9, 2018 6:35:34 GMT
Rei gets a weird look on her face.
"It's either something or another trap. Everyone move back."
Once everyone is out of the way, Rei (from the side in as safe as a position as she can), opens the door.
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Post by Raven on Jul 9, 2018 7:15:23 GMT
The door is opened and... nothing happens. It seems to be just as Haunter said: a tiny, empty room.
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Post by lichlord on Jul 9, 2018 7:18:10 GMT
"Ok this is weird."
Rei's too confused to worry and steps inside and takes a closer look.
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Post by Raven on Jul 9, 2018 7:24:18 GMT
Rei has barely stepped into the room when she's suddenly spun about and finds herself in an entirely new place. This room has the look of an office or command center. There is a map of the forest in here, with several locations marked by more of that weird, runic script.
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Post by lichlord on Jul 9, 2018 7:32:27 GMT
Rei steps out in surprise.
"Oh wow, Holly if you can hear me, come in here, we found something crazy!"
Rei looks to the map. Wow. She must have every location now of every outpost. If there's any poachers left, they'll know. And maybe she might need to hit these up and search for anything in the future. She folds the map up and takes it (if possible, transcribes it if not) before heavy searching this room. Like the armory, this feels like a room that should have 'something'.
Lich uses ?? option!
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Post by Raven on Jul 9, 2018 8:15:51 GMT
Suddenly, Rei finds herself back out in the hallway, with a strange weight on her wrist. Looking down, she sees a pale wrist and.. Honedge?! A voice inside of her mind whispers 'You are not Her Grace. What is going on?' The bright blue eye on Honedge narrows at her as she realizes with a start that she has somehow ended up in Holly's body! This is only confirmed when a lock of blue hair falls into her face during her brief panic and she half-phases into the floor. She also hears a shriek in a weirdly familiar voice come from just beyond the revolving door.
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Post by lichlord on Jul 9, 2018 15:54:49 GMT
It takes a minute for Rei to realize what happened. Somehow, she's in Holly's body! And she hears a voice!
...your grace? SHE IS A GHOST PRINCESS.
Realization aside, Honedge is confused, and now she's half phasing through the floor. She tries to pull herself back up.
"Hi Honedge, it's Rei. Holly sounds like she's over there. So don't worry."
Rei goes to the wall and would like to phase through, but she doesn't quite understand how and doesn't want to get stuck in the wall.
"Holly! It's Rei! Come back toward the little room and it'll take you back!"
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Post by Raven on Jul 9, 2018 16:44:41 GMT
There is the sound of someone stumbling a bit (Holly probably not used to being so tall) followed by a thump and an "ow" as she bumps into the tiny room/door. After a moment, it spins back around and there's Rei's body! "Rei" stumbles forward a bit, looking quite confused and scared, though her mouth does turn up in a tiny smile as she sees "Holly" stuck in the floor.
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Post by lichlord on Jul 9, 2018 18:13:04 GMT
'Holly' waves half-phased into the floor. Holly's fear and confusion eek into Rei's mind, but she tries to exhude confidence back so they can solve this.
"I don't think your sister told us the curse had side-effects."
She again tries to lift herself and fails.
"Can you give me a hand?"
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Post by Raven on Jul 9, 2018 18:58:12 GMT
"Rei" stifles another giggle at "Holly's" predicament and pulls her up, instructing her to concentrate for a bit on 'turning off' the phasing.
"I don't think Sister planned this part. If she'd wanted this to happen, she would probably have done it in the first place."
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Post by lichlord on Jul 9, 2018 19:01:43 GMT
"Fair."
Rei lifts herself up and dusts her body off and looks to Holly inhabiting her body. She grabs her own hand (A bit odd) and leads her to the small room, holding her close to switch over to the other side.
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Post by Raven on Jul 9, 2018 20:12:59 GMT
"Holly" is less scared now and more curious about random things. "How do you stand being this big, Rei? Wouldn't you just.. bump into everything?"
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