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"Peyton," she offered to Calintha, friendly smile as always. So five of them. That was a nice, round number. She watched as everyone picked their weapons, chuckling at what was now revealed to be a foam finger. She felt somewhat glad she'd taken the bat - at least it could do some damage if they had to fight something. Although she was assuming it would only be playfighting, right? Liliana was just being silly - of course they wouldn't have to fight each other! "A little strange," she agreed with Calintha, before shrugging, "But its just a game, right? Guess its some new kind of game that we're beta testing or...something?"

The bat was nice and light, which was a little strange, since whenever she'd held a bat before she was used to it having some sort of weight to it, so it could hit the baseball a decent distance. She assumed she'd soon get used to it, though. "I did go to Meadowview," Peyton smiled brightly as Alessa introduced herself, "I'm at Sovereign Heights at the moment, though."

A wall slid to reveal an open door, and Peyton couldn't help but grin. This was so exciting! "C'mon guys!" she eagerly said, taking a step forwards, "This is like a video game, except...we're actually playing it." Stating the obvious perhaps, but the girl was clearly quite excited as she took a few steps forwards, following the others and holding her baseball bat in such a position that she could swing it if needed. She hadn't quite expected something to swing towards her from the ceiling, however, and yelped rather loudly as some strange white object did, attempting to dodge.

The girl with the glasses couldn’t help but giggle. “We’re all Meadowviewers! Man, I’m terrible. I haven’t met any of you before. We should maybe hang out later, when that contest’s finished!”

It didn’t occur to her that some people just may have been doing fine without having to befriend strangers. Then again, she was the social girl who befriended as many people as she could in the hopes at least one of them would like her. Her standards were as low for things as they were for people. Sharing the same school was way enough of a condition for her.

Whoa, that was a sliding door! Surprised, Alessa took a defensive pose and stepped back, but it turned out nothing more happened. She went in that direction with the others. She was distracted by the realization someone had a foam finger. In the back of her mind, she couldn’t help but wonder what would have been wrong with bringing something a little more intimidating than that, like a fan. But then, she realized it only made the whole experience cheesier and more ridiculous, and that made it all better again.
Then in the corner of her eye, she noticed at the last moment a white object hurled towards her, and her reflexes spoke for her.

Calintha got up from the ground where she had dove. It seemed like everyone had dodged the strange Halloween decoration except the sole boy in their group. She giggled a little at the thought of it before turning to help him. She offered a hand to help him up from the ground. "Hey, are you alright?"

The blonde noticed something else. "Ladon... your sword is glowing?" It was strange, but it was fairly bright in the dim hallway. She checked her own sword and found nothing. This place was very, very strange.

She turned to the other girl who had spoken. "Hanging out might be nice. I don't know many people from Meadowview yet." After making sure she had a strong grip on her sword, Calintha forged forward. It was the same weird music with the same weird wallpaper. "What are all these strange haiku's about?"

Beyond the haiku, there was more hallway, and more hallway. Finally she turned another hallway only to come face to face with a weird cardboard decoration that took a swipe at her with its 'scary' cardboard claws. Thinking on instinct, she shoved her sword forward, trying to combat the beast. "I think we're supposed to fight it?"

Tanglewood was just becoming more strange. Why had she even signed up for this dumb thing? It certainly wasn't the all star attraction that the ads had made it out to be.

Of all the people to get hit! As all the girl dodged the white object, Ladon wasn’t quite fast enough, which seemed to be something he should be use to. Whether it was short legs or poor reflexes, he was hit smack in the forehead by the object, and smacked down hard on his behind. Whatever it was, there had been a metal box inside that did nothing to soften the impact, and stunned, he looked up to see that it was a Halloween Decoration of what looked to be a ghost, which said “Boo!” before being whisked back up into the ceiling. While he COULD have swore, he instead bit his lower lip and kept it in, rubbing his forehead. He was more hurt that he was the only one that got hit, the only guy in a room full of girls, than anything else (even though it did sting).

Quick to offer their sympathy, the girls helped him up, and he shook his head. “It’s nothing. I’m okay. It didn’t hurt at all.” It did, but he wasn’t about to admit it. After Calintha pointed it out, he saw that one of his lights on his axe was glowing, and he frowned, pouting more than he would have at being hit with a decoration. He was loosing! Just starting out and he already had Strike One.

Wanting to whimper, he instead shook it off. If anything, he was starting to feel angry. If he had been Wolframite, he would have been able to dodge that easily, but he couldn’t with 4 civilians in the room. He was stuck being Ladon. Slow, bump-on-the-noggin, Ladon.

Deciding he’d follow near the back this time around, he continued on, rubbing his head and wondering if he’d have a bruise there. Having thought they would at least wait a moment, he didn’t expect the cardboard creature that was next. His first thought had been that it was a youma or something else, and he found himself literally arming himself with his axe. Then he remembered that this was part of the game, and relaxed. This was suppose to be fun, and adopting the attitude of the rest of the girls, he moved in and gave a swing at the creature. While everyone else might be worried about the man in the suit, Ladon hit with a bit more force. After being hit, things were more personal, and he was more determined to come out of the game a winner. That or at least not the first loser to be sent home.

Liliana pulled herself up from the ground dusting of her dress and frowning about her bad choose of clothing. Thought it wasn't as if she was wearing anything out of the ordinary for her.

She turned to see the other helping Ladon and a few exclamation that his sword seemed to be glowing. She gave the boy a small encouraging smile before looking around to see that no one else's weapons were glowing which meant Ladon had gotten the first strike. Poor guy.

She was about to head forward but noticed the new sign on the wall. She frowned at the signs poor usage of grammar, but mauled it over none the less. 'Innocent place,' she though wondering how a long dark hallway could have innocent place. Lily shook her head noticing the other moving forward and hurrying to catch up.

Hallway, hallway and more hallway, until the finally reached a corner. Turning it the wear seemingly attack and Lily nearly fell back before adopting the stance of Maia. She was tempted to sing it into submission. On second glance, however, it seems to be rather harmless and definitely not a youma.

Lily laughed lightly and swung her silly foam finger at it, in an attempt to hit it. She was beginning to enjoy their silly little adventure. She thought on Alessa's words hoping that hang time with the group might be possible.

*forgot to roll the first time*

Lily grinned at being able to avoid the monsters attack as the monster quickly vanished into ... Well she wasn't entirely sure where the monster had gone, but she had notice an odd haiku before it field, though she hardly been able to read it.

She turned looking to see how the others fared and frowned when she noticed Alessa and Calintha's weapons a lite. "Are you two okay," she asked worried that perhaps the pair had been hurt by the monster. She waited patiently for a respond once again offering a reassuring smile.

Out of the corner of her eye she noticed what appeared to be a chamber, bigger and roomier than the last, with was that another table. "Hey guys, look," she said enthusiastically pointing to the room up ahead.

Not particularly caring where the monster had gone and beginning to really enjoy herself, with no lights on her finger being an added bonus she decided to lead the way onward to the next room.

"Lets go," she said, "the game will probably get even more interesting and maybe a little less cheap."