Madness Reborn

[That_One_Guy]

Garian looked at Duo, sighed, and stood up, walking towards the man and quickly open palmed him in the forehead to attempt to knock him out and worry about him later when they can secure him.

[daxtinator396]

Dax gasped for breath as he pushed her away," S-sorry! I couldn`t breathe Annabella but that was certianly some kiss." He said with a blush then asked," U-uh what now?"

[Rooiehaan #2]

"No, no!" The man snapped. "Ye don't get it! I can't take it longer! I done called me family, but they don't want to talk to me 'more! My friends, they abandoned me like some rotting sea barnacle. I'm not crazy- they're real! Real i tels ye!"
The old man saw Garian coming and quickly pointed his pistol at him, to force him to back up again. Once he had stepped back enough, the man muttered "Ya punks probably don't understand... but you'll do so quick enough... And If you do, take my advice lads. don't fight it. Just end it as quick as possible. I gots me three more bullets. shoot the girl first, save her the misery. then fight over the last to, i don't know..."
He gave you guys a last look, one filled with all the heart-ache and loneliness the man had felt the past dozen years, before putting the pistol back to his temple and, with a muttered goodbye he pulled the trigger.
As you stare at the man, one part decorating the walls and the other part slowly slumping to the ground, you guys take a second to take in what he said. He was obviously crazy, but... did the ghosts do that to him? Then what about the madman? You try to wrap your head around it, but the longer you think about it the more you realize you dónt want to think about it. Garian is the first one to break free of the rather depressing train of thought, and grabs the pistol out of the man's slowly stiffening hand. Sadly, he noticed, the pistol was empty.

(pistol get!
mental status get!
insane levels- normalish!)

Dax

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The girl gave him a wicked grin, before reaching to the shelf on her left and grabbing a small pair of gardening sheers. She handed it to Dax and, when he examined it, noticed that the blades were well-maintained and reflected his face. His face, which... Oh my god! What happened to your face!
The girl gave a soft chuckle when she noticed your horrified face, and brushed her hair back as she slowly turned transparent. "I'm a snow witch, love, and i just suck a little bit of your soul. I get a delicious meal, and you lose ten years of your life." She winked and gave him a blow kiss before she slowly lifted up from the ground, completing the ghastly look. "Say, if you ever get stuck in this little maze and you won't mind bringing them here, how about you drag your own cute face or one of your friends down here, and i'll give them a big kiss in exchange for a pointer, hmm? I'll be more then happy to make a deal~"
and with that, she slowly started to float up, and vanish into the wall. Wow, anti-climax!

[That_One_Guy]

Garian looks over the pistol, not smiling at all, "Poor git, taking his own life over all this." He said and put the pistol away, then he proceeded to examine the corpse, maybe he had more ammo around somewhere on him. If he didn't find any (Or if he did) He then starts to look over his stuff for anything useful, "He isn't going to use any of this stuff now, might as well do him a favor and use it to rid us of these so called ghosts and demons, or at least get the hell out." He said.

[dndman997]

"share da loot there" duo said after being silent for a bit after the old man killed himself

[daxtinator396]

Dax looked at her horrified as she floated away," The fuck just happened..." He walked shakily back to the others and sees the body," Um the fuck happened to him!? And um you all saw that girl right? She just floated back into the wall and sucked away ten years of my soul..."

[That_One_Guy]

Garian looked over at Dax and said "HAH! Good thing I didn't hook up with her then." He said, going back to looting, looking for things that may be important, "Can't afford to lose my good looks."

[dndman997]

"told you not to trust her dax" duo said with a smirk "oh and the old man well he was shot by the guy looting his corpse" he knew that was an obvious lie he just wanted to lighten the moment

[TheDaughterOfHades14]

Claire jumps out of the way in time to avoid the remains of the man. She sighs with relief then looks up at Dax. "I told you guys not to trust her..."

[daxtinator396]

"You did indeed but this place is definitely NOT normal. So Jon hows that rational explanation coming? Cuase i could sure as hell use one right now. Sounds like the old man got out while he still could. Chose his own way of leaving..." Dax looks down at the man sadly and then he realizes the girl took the damn coat,"God dammit she took the coat too and I still don`t have a shirt..." Dax grumps feeling bad about the old man thinking maybe if he had been here instead he could have stopped him.

[dndman997]

"well dax take the dead mans shirt" duo said trying to be helpful "hes not gonna need it anymore"

[daxtinator396]

Dax replies nervously,"You know I just had a cute college girl literally suck away 10 years from my life with a kiss so maybe it isn`t the best idea to go screwing with the bodies of the deceased lest he comes back a vengeful spirit?" He thinks about it dor a moment and decides,"You know what to hell with it I`m cold and I`m sure he`ll understand besides if he`s gonna be pissed at anyone its gonna be him." He points to Garian as he loots the body and then relieves the man of his shirt and pulls it over his head feeling abit sticky as the blood on the shirt clings to him but at least it was warm.

[Zender_Solarheart]

For this whole time, Jon's been sitting over on a chair, caught up in a mixture of anger, depression, and disgust. The man didn't even hesitate on that trigger-pull...just what the hell pushed him to such a brink? Seriously, what the fuck, man? After a long, painful silence (well, for him; probably not so silent for everyone else running their mouths), he stands up, and decides to pull himself and everyone else together:

"I'll be honest with you, folks: there is no rational explanation for all of this. I may be well-trained for war-time situations, but that doesn't mean I have an answer for everything. Therefore, it seems we'll need to find the answers ourselves." Grabbing the map for the ground floor, and takes out a small pen he keeps on him for note-taking, sets the map down on a flat surface (perhaps some wooden furniture or a book), and jots down notes in the blankness of the page's back side.

"All we know so far, is that this place is supposedly plagued by paranormal activity, much of which is similar to ghosts. As such, we can expect that they will use various objects around here to their advantage. For the gym, this would likely include sports equipment, and perhaps some exercising items like barbells. For the cafeteria, they will likely use the various dishes and utensils lying around, though food might also be fair game. As for the auditorium, that's a tough one; mostly depends on what props they can make use of, and whether or not the seats are bolted down. At this point, the hallways might actually be our safest areas, generally speaking, but it pays to keep your guard up even in supposedly 'safer' environments. Probably best to stick with the ground floor for the time being, regardless." While he says this, Jon has the notes he's jotting down match up with what he's talking about.

"For now, I think we should find a more suitable area to set up camp at. Between the recently-departed man over there, and Little Miss "Kiss-of-Death" in the basement, I don't think we can simply rest easy in this little shack. Thoughts?"

[daxtinator396]

"Agreed though I should mention she offered to give us some help in exchange for some lifeforce. I don`t know if we can trust her though." Dax says with a sigh. It was a damn good kiss despite the soul sucking but he was now in his mid thirties and didn`t want to age much further.

[TheDaughterOfHades14]

Claire hands Jon the map that she has (I think it's the second floor map?). "Since you're making copies, here's the other map. And for the auditorium, I'm assuming they will be using the sound system against us. Probably playing high pitches noises to throw us off." she says.

[daxtinator396]

"So if we can't stay here where do we go from here? There any dorms on that map?" Dax asked as he begin to pocket some of the smaller tools that could be of use not wanting a repeat of Duo's incident.

[That_One_Guy]

Garian looked at them and then, "How about a Cafeteria? I'm hungry and if they got canned food, then that stuff is preserved." He said, smiling, he was getting himself hungry now.

[TheDaughterOfHades14]

Claire looks over at Garian. "Exactly, canned food. How would you like a metal can flying at your head? And what about things like knives?" she says to him.

[daxtinator396]

"Yeah Garian I'm hungry too but The cafeteria sounds like a very unsafe place..." His own belly growls,"Though it would seem my stomach doesn't rightly care..." He says with a sigh.

[dndman997]

Duo looked at the corpse "well i have a sick suggestion if you dont wanna end up as cafeteria food, which imma pass on my own suggestion" he said not wanting to resort to cannibalism