7. You open the door to find what looks like a storage room, with marionettes hanging on the walls that look like yourself and the other guests of the Starlight Hotel. The strings belonging to any guests who are dead have been cut, and the expressions on their painted faces are grotesque and in pain. The marionettes of the living stare eerily at you with glassy, lifeless eyes, as if they're waiting for someone to pick them up and make them move. If you try to touch any of the marionettes of the living, you will hear a voice hiss "M̶̦͕̰̼͊̆i̴̱͒̌͜N̵̘̎̏̔e̸̛̟͆͝ͅ". You will then suddenly find yourself back in the hall, disoriented and feeling like you've just been slapped on the wrist. Only four minutes have passed.
So Molly and Joonghyuk can see... All of these puppets as a start. Joonghyuk stares at Molly for a while because.
[ Molly looks down at the wolf and gives a shrug, like he's got no idea either. He did not bring Frumpkin with him, because Frumpkin is much too smart to enter all these terrifying rooms himself.
After a second though, he gets bored of standing in one place and starts to pick his way through as well, giving a glance back at all the eyes seeming to watch him, skin starting to crawl. ]
I'm not planning on it! Not my first carnival, trust me.
[ This is his. Niah tilts his head at Molly, but then sniffs the marionettes. It rattles again, but deeper into the room. Joonghyuk slows down as he hears
[ yeah! sometimes you wear a really low cut shirt for like a reason. supposedly. it's sort of a dumb reason but it's still a reason. ]
Sorry to disappoint. Maybe next time?
[ and then he'll reach out and try and pick the doll up - which causes all of its eyes to roll around as it hisses out the MINE and Molly, does, in fact, yell. ]
[ INSTANTLY, HE COVERS MOLLY'S MOUTH, but it's too late. The touch has aggravated the evil voice. The distorted MINE echoes in this room and he looks around, trying to figure out the source, but every direction is met with glassy eyes...
They're still looking at them.
But they're out! And he still has his hand tightly over Molly's mouth. ]
[ Sorry, but a hand over his mouth isn't going to stop him from attempting to talk. Looking up at him, and then - partially mumbled because of, you know, the hand:]
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W0 : MONDAY.
He recognizes him, but. ]
Your murder prison didn't have puppets, did it?
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Can't say that it was a recurring theme. Not sure I'm particularly a fan.
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[ Joonghyuk moves forward, while Niah stays with Molly. Wolf looks up to him and gives a whine.
The eyes seem to follow, and yet they also seem to stay on Molly. Evil doll things. ]
If you notice anything off, say something. Don’t yell.
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After a second though, he gets bored of standing in one place and starts to pick his way through as well, giving a glance back at all the eyes seeming to watch him, skin starting to crawl. ]
I'm not planning on it! Not my first carnival, trust me.
[ he's still like. Talking loudly. ]
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You're still loud.
[ God Help Him. But as he says it, the marionettes seem to rattle? Like windchimes in the shape that no one wanted or asked for. ]
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Terribly picky, isn't he? I'm Mollymauk, by the way. Wonderful to meet you. Got a great coat on ya'.
[ He looks over though when the marionettes rattle, startling a bit and reaching to his waist like he expects there be something to grab there. ]
Right! Definitely not creepy at all. You know, I'm actually supposedly very good at dealing with ghosts. With my blood? It's a thing.
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[ This is his. Niah tilts his head at Molly, but then sniffs the marionettes. It rattles again, but deeper into the room. Joonghyuk slows down as he hears
MAGIC? ]
What is your blood supposed to do?
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[ Hm. Wandering over closer to the rattling, apparently trying to be very nonchalant. ]
All sorts of stuff. Ice. Glowing. Gives you headaches.
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[ Niah is also his. He follows with a hand on the hilt of his sword. ]
Then if I cut you, you'll give the hypothetical ghosts a headache.
[ is that it ]
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Pretty sure it's not working at this moment, so I wouldn't try it.
[ hm. spotting a doll with a pair of horns, and starting to reach for it ... ]
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Disappointing.
[ He would have liked to see it, but he doesn't stop Molly from reaching for that doll. Curious himself, he peers at it.
Is this
a Molly doll? WHO ELSE HAS HORNS IN HERE ]
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Sorry to disappoint. Maybe next time?
[ and then he'll reach out and try and pick the doll up - which causes all of its eyes to roll around as it hisses out the MINE and Molly, does, in fact, yell. ]
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They're still looking at them.
But they're out! And he still has his hand tightly over Molly's mouth. ]
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In my defense, it was creepy as all fuck.
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I was prepared for the marionettes to kill us because of your yelling. [ ... ] But we got a strange voice.
You heard it?