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 Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 4:46 am
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Oh.
Well, damn.
"Where am I?" Asked Mahlan, looking at her surrounding confusedly. She was supposed to be back to the Halloweentown Academy-
Well, for starters this is already Halloweentown. But where in the damn Halloweentown was she? For starters, she left the Academy at night; now it's nearly noon, judging from the position of the pumpkinsun. Was there any time difference between the human world and here?
Also, all this corn plants makes no sense. It's even taller than she was-
"KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" "!? A shriek?" "UWAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" "-from there too!?"
And silence again. Only the sound of wind blowing against the ripe ears of corn can be heard- she can't sense any surge of FEAR, so those who screamed probably safe. Probably. Anyway...
Putting her tail to the ground, Mahlan concentrated and 'sensed' the whole field. "The size...about two kilometers? What the heck?" A field of corn alone for two kilometers-that's crazy however you put it. Not only because corns took so many nutrients from the earth the land will be barren for some time afterwards, it's the distribution of the minerals of the soil-she checked around but the concentration of those things are somehow uniform all over.
This is quite suspicious. Sadly, unlike a certain someone she can't sense lifeforms other than plants...so Mahlan needs to take another approach to this. It seems there's a strange gap on the corn's growth, like a path or something; also there's a large, gaping hole right in the middle of the formation.
It's...like a maze? Come to think of it, she did heard that there's a certain something the gnomes are working on as a yearly event of Prime October. Was it...
"But first, I needa' get back to the Dorms." Said Mahlan, changed back from the costume to her usual wear. After mapping the corn fields, she decided to take the shortest route to the center...or so she wanted to, but somehow the row of corns rejected her entry-wards?
Old-fashioned way it is then. Start while grabbing the left side of the walls.
START! OOC Name: Mahlan Ulmace Affliction: Amityville/Y1 Ghost Student Link to Dorm: Here!
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Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 4:47 am
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Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 4:48 am
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Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 4:49 am
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Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 4:50 am
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After a while of waiting (fortunately not THAT long), the train's whistle started blowing, and it departed. To where? Nobody knows, since there's nobody else riding on the train save from one grouchy Plant Spirit who complains that the cold messes up her internal sap circulation. Having nothing to do, Mahlan walked around the train, looking for clues-but nope, there's practically nothing there. Just some empty cabins, empty cabins, more empty cabins...
There's no other person here. And the only view she can see from the windows are endless loop of corn...
---wait.
She can't see the outside view from the windows. What's more, it clattered and some sort of blinking red lights can be seen; SOMETHING was trying to get into the cabin.
"Meh. If ya can't enter, why should I help ya?" Sneered Mah, returning to her own seat and dozing off. Phew, what a long day. Plus all this cold makes me quite sleepy.
[Ignore]
OOC Name: Mahlan Ulmace Affliction: Amityville/Y1 Ghost Student Link to Dorm: Here!
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Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 4:51 am
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"...*brr* Aaaatcho! Heck, who turned on the air conditioner!?"
Mahlan awoken after being assaulted by...unusual degree of coldness. It's even colder than before, and the train has stopped. Looking out from the window reveals it was the end of the railroad track, and the corn plants around was already cut down.
There's someone sunbathing on a small reclining seat on the middle of the open space. Is it...yes. It was a gnome.
She darted in a dash to the creature, ready to kick it ON THE ARSE for making this maze, but the gnome quickly warned Mahlan that they (the gnomes) are the key for escaping the maze.
While still grinding her teeth, Mahlan backed up, making the small, annoying creature started to act high-and-mighty. Oh just wait until you blabbered the clue you little-
After a few dramatized coughing, the gnome pointed haughtily to the strange, non-tree-feeling tree in the middle of the space, and asked her to hug it.
"...huh?"
Yes, the clue is to hug the tree. Mahlan don't see anything wrong with that, so she went and hugged it.
[Yes]
OOC Name: Mahlan Ulmace Affliction: Amityville/Y1 Ghost Student Link to Dorm: Here!
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Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 4:52 am
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*crunch*
Hmm? The tree...wasn't a real tree, but a prop made of rolled-up cardboard and enchanted to look like a normal tree. Huh, figures. That's why she can't feel any 'life' from the object.
The gnome begrudgingly cracks something with his feet, apparently another vision-obscuring charm to reveal doors lining up the corn-wall...there's precisely seven doors, starting from black, blue, green, yellow, red, pink and white from one end to the other end. Pick one, said the gnome again.
What should she choose?
The brightly colored doors sure strikes her fancy, but the two black-and-white pair somehow intrigues Mahlan.
"Both black and white are born from the mix of every primary colors", she recalled Rei's speech about the visible speck-trum or something like that. "But black color was born from physical fusion of pigments, while white are born from the mixing of colored light."
In a certain sense, black symbolizes the 'death' of an idea, while the color 'white' symbolizes the passing to the higher realm-'ascendance', if so to speak.
Then the door she should choose is...white!
[White]
OOC Name: Mahlan Ulmace Affliction: Amityville/Y1 Ghost Student Link to Dorm: Here!
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Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 4:52 am
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[Final Ending]
Clack, Mahlan opened the door without hesitation and followed the small, cramped route. The already-ripe ears of corn brushes on her shoulders due to the route is alike to a mini's path-
Suddenly, everything brightened; the seemingly endless cornwall parted into a large opening. It seems...
"-this is the center of the maze, right?" the plant spirit looked around, hoping that there's a portal that will send her back to the Academy-
*plop* with a soft sound, a red hat with little poms tied at the end landed on her head, making her jump a little, exerting full concentration with tail raised to parry back attack-
POP.
With a strange sound like a balloon popping, the whole scenery changes in an instant- she can see the Academy's walls not too far away; was it another ward?
A band of gnomes, stacking on each other congratulates her with half-assed speech and gave her the Golden Ear...not a corn, but a candy shaped like a literal ear. Supposedly if she were to eat it, the enchantment put into it will enable Mahlan to hear whispers clearly; is it some kind of hearing-improvement spell or something? Because if it is, she should be careful not to eat this at places where everyone yelled to each others, like, in a carnival.
[END!]
Got item: Golden Ear candy!
OOC Name: Mahlan Ulmace Affliction: Amityville/Y1 Ghost Student Link to Dorm: Here!
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