[ORP] Jumping At Shadows!

[Magician Arcana]

[Adam, with Akira at the Upstairs Landing near the Mirror Maze]

"H-huh? Oh s**t." Yeah, Spiritombs were cool and all (all ghosts were), but they embodied the ghosts most seemed to fear. After all, the spirits inside decided the temperament, and most had not been... Good.

To the pumpkin king's surprise, Meloetta stepped in front of him, the one who could speak to ghosts, and called out his pokemon. Would putting it to sleep work? No, just catching it was the best idea. "Meloetta, use a po --"

The blow caused the lantern to drop from Adam's hand and sent him falling backwards. Landing hard on his back, he groaned and rolled to his side, instinctively curling up. A headache thrummed heavily behind his eyelids. ********... ********... What happened? Groaning softly, he pressed against the ground with one elbow and carefully moved to sit up, "A-akira what the ******** happened?" No response, "Akira?"

For the first time, he opened his closed eyes. It was dark. Too dark. Sure, there was ambiance light and soft glows here and there, but it was just dark enough that fear, icy and powerful, sunk into Adam's chest. He felt his throat tighten momentarily. Where was the lantern? Where was his Meloetta? He moved to his knees, having to scurry into the darker areas to pat his hands around... There. He pulled it close and saw Flicker knocked out, his flame barely lit. "Oh, Flicker. Oh no. Oh," Fumbling in his napsack for the pokeball that was Flicker's, he finally returned the pokemon to the ball to rest.

Now.. That left Happa, Akira, A Spiritomb, Adam, and darkness. Where had Akira fallen? He could hear the soft sounds of the Spiritomb, somewhere in the dark. The urge to bolt was strong, but... Akira. Who might be hurt or terrified or a combo thereof. Despite the headache and fear, Adam was capable of getting to his hands and knees and slowly creep forward. It felt like miles, but it was probably only a few feet, when finally the faint shape of a crumpled body came to sight. "Akira!"

Pulling the now passed out man close, he held him with one arm and pressed his fingers against his neck. Still alive... Good. Sighing in relief, he took stock of where they were. He couldn't tell where Happa had gone OR the Spiritomb. Maki's pokeball was securely away, and to get it was to make too much sound. It was too dark here. Biting down on his lower lip, he fought back the panic. Keep strong. In the background, creepy music started to play, chilling the Pumpkin King even more.  

[Gwennythe]

Kitomyx

Akira is haunted by...

Very loud, shrieking laughter! A witch?! It seems to be coming from above!

Booby Prize!

Magician Arcana

Adam is haunted by... (the exact same number? seriously RNG?! ^.^;; And this is why I switch lists every roll!)



A SPOOKY SPOOKY POKÉMON! Whoa! What can it be?!

(Will you capture and keep to reveal it? Or move along?)  

[Magician Arcana]

[Adam, Holding Akira at the Upstairs Landing by the Mirror Maze]

The laughter of something made him flinch and hold his unconscious partner like a doll. God, this was embarrassing. He wished Akira would wake up, wished he could make this better. It just wasn't getting any better. Was this what this whole night had been like for Akira? Suddenly Adam's anger wasn't just mollified, but villified. He felt.. Wrong.


"AHH!" Something brushed his arm. Shuddering, he looked into the darkness, peering into the depths. Something wiggled, "W-wha.... Who- A pokemon?" Oh Arceus, please do not be the Spiritomb!

Gwennythe

Adam will Keep! <3

 

[Gwennythe]

Magician Arcana

Adam has found...



A MISDREAVUS! WOW!  

[BlackFireKitsune]

[Courtyard/garden]

"Ne--ack!" The brunette flailed a bit as she found something light obstructing her path and sticking to her, and after another moment or two of flailing she managed to pull the fake cobwebs off and throw them on the ground.

"Never," Sera said with a huff, trying once more as she glared at the offending decoration as she stepped over it," except at Halloween. Halloween is awesome." She nodded at his words, then tilted her head as she studied his costume more. While she didn't really know what it was from - comics were never her thing - she could at least appreciate all the time he spent on it. Mention of the eyepatch brought her attention to it, and she frowned a bit. "Ah, yeah. How'd you get it to stay like that?" It'd hurt to come off... "Tape?"

Which thing did she come for? "Oh, just to see the haunted house," she replied as she halted near Dith. "I wanted to see all the decorations and just how scary it actually was."  

[Gwennythe]

BlackFireKitsune

Sera is haunted by...

An RC crawling 'severed' hand! It's crawling right for them!

Booby Prize!  

[BlackFireKitsune]

[Courtyard/garden]

Abel pulled his phone from his pocket to check the time, then replaced it with a sigh. Meet me there right on time, she'd said. You'd better come in costume too! Well here he was, on time and in costume - granted it was a hastily put together costume, consisting of old jeans, a (warm) plaid shirt, and a straw hat, with bits of straw sticking out of places. She never told him what kind of costume to wear, and 'scarecrow' was very cheap and very quick to put together.

He felt his phone buzz in his pocket so he pulled it out to read the message which, unsurprisingly, came from his 'date.' Running late, huh... He frowned at his phone as he put it away. Either she really was late, or she planned to not show up at all. Well either way, he had nothing better to do except wander around and look at stuff anyway, so with that thought in mind he did just that, his gaze drifting over the various decorations as he slowly walked around the courtyard, his thumbs hooked into his pockets.  

[BlackFireKitsune]

[Courtyard/garden > Ballroom]

Oh, this was fun! Alice took a picture of some skeleton statues, then a picture of some nearby pumpkins, then glanced towards some decorations behind her. She paused halfway though as her gaze alighted on the skeletons again. Had... Had one of them moved? Suddenly feeling not quite so light-hearted, the girl jogged over to her Sylveon. "Hey Cassie, let's go inside," she suggested, and the tone of her voice gave the fairy-type pause. While she was enjoying being outside, inside could be just as fun! She gave a happy trill and nodded eagerly, then followed her trainer inside.

It took them a moment or two to find the main room, and Alice shivered a bit when she saw all the figures littered around the ballroom. "Maybe we should've stayed outside... Or gone upstairs...?" She suggested as she clutched her camera to her chest, not even sure she wanted to take pictures in here as she looked hesitantly around the room.

Cassandra had to agree; her ears twitched back and she frowned at the human-like figures. She didn't particularly care for them, but she wasn't anxious like her trainer was.  

[Gwennythe]

BlackFireKitsune

Abel is haunted by...



A SPOOKY SPOOKY POKÉMON! Whoa! What can it be?!

(Will you capture and keep to reveal it or move along?)  

[Gwennythe]

BlackFireKitsune

Alice is haunted by...

A haunting long and loud howling cry!

Booby Prize!  

[BlackFireKitsune]

[Abel - Courtyard/garden] (keeping it!)

The blond sighed lightly as he looked around at the various decorations, wishing he either had one of his pokemon to keep him company, or that he could smoke. Preferably both. The haunted house staff would probably frown on him smoking in random spots around the attraction, but maybe he could find a corner somewhere... Maybe later. For now, though, he... He...

...felt like he was being watched. That was never, ever a pleasant feeling, and a prickling sensation traveled down his neck as he tried to spot whatever was watching him without letting on that he knew it was there.  

[Gwennythe]

THANKS EVERYONE! IT WAS GREAT FUN TO RUN THIS AND SEE EVERYONE'S RP AND ROLLING! FROM THIS POINT ON, ONLY BOOBY PRIZES WILL DROP FOR ROLLS MADE!

 

[Gwennythe]

BlackFireKitsune

Abel has found...



A ZUBAT! WOW!

(for the other roll...)

Abel is haunted by...

Silly string! Where did /that/ come from?!

Booby Prize!  

[Chibi_Kokoro143]

[Mirrors]

Fujiko exclaimed as she heard the gastly's cry when it came out of the pokeball. "Oh wow! A gastly!"

Gastly smiled as it looked around, a bit confused. Fujiko went up to him and said, "I found you in your pokeball. Where is your trainer?"

Hanzo jumped down and they started to talk. Hanzo was harsh, talking in a serious tone but the laid back gastly talked to him calmly and Hanzo then soften up, nodding to what the gastly said.

Hanzo then turned around and started talking to her, relaying what the gastly said to him.

Even though Fujiko doesn't really understand pokemon talked, she got the gist. "So you lost your owner huh? In some sort of...confusion between her pokemon and you?"

Gastly smiled in confirmation and she smiled back. "So, do you want to look for your owner?"

Gastly seemed to think about it but then cried out in joy as it circled around her and nuzzled her once.

"So...am I guessing you want to go with me?" Gastly cried in agreement. "Okay then it's settled. You are coming with us....Pluto," giving the gastly a name on the spot.

He cried in joy and danced around and then danced with Hanzo as well. She smiled but then realized that she was still...stuck in this maze of mirrors. "Hey Pluto," she waited until Pluto turned to look at her. "We are still...stuck here. Can you show us a way out?"

Gastly nodded and then began to lead all of them out. Fujiko, Hanzo, Pluto, and her new spinarak all left.

[EXIT]  

[BlackFireKitsune]

[Alice - Ballroom]

Cassie had trotted over to one of the figures and began sniffing at its feet while her trainer stood in one spot and tried to work up the courage to disregard the spooky atmosphere to take more pictures, though a loud, ghostly wail made them both jump. Alice clutched her camera while her Sylveon's head jerked up, ears straight and eyes alert behind her mask. Where did that come from? "I-it, um, was probably just o-one of the, um, sound effects," the girl suggested, holding her camera in both hands and oblivious to the strength of her grip as her fingers whitened. "That's probably all it is, right..?"

"Syyyl..." Cassie frowned, glancing around as she trotted closer to her trainer, wrapped a feeler around her wrist, and bumped her camera encouragingly. "Eon!"

"Ah, right, I should take more pictures..." She didn't really feel like taking more pictures anymore, at this point, but nonetheless she raised her camera to eye level and glanced around at anything interesting to take pictures of.