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Sepheran watched as the fog began to thicken even more then usual, it engulfed them both. Sepheran and Arachne whom he had held hands with, whom he promised to stick by no matter what. Looking down to his hand he blinked. Wait...something was wrong. His fingers wiggled and he quickly pulled it back. Arachne's hand...her hand wasn't there!

Quickly stopping he turned. "ARACHNE?!" Sepheran called out in hopes the ghoul had only just let go and was only nearby.

"She's not here~" A voice replied in turn, though one he didn't recognize. "You let her go a while ago~ Silly Basilisk, silly silly Basilisk~" it continued.

Sepheran instantly went rigid eyes springing open despite the uselessness of it. "Who's there! What did you do to Arachne!" he hissed. He had promised her...he promised her and now he had broken that promise...

"That's right! You broke your promise~ But's it's okay, you can't be expected to keep your promises, you're just a silly useless Basilisk who couldn't scare a tiny little girl if you tried~" The voice continued.

Sepheran hissed again, "Don't call me useless!" he shouted.

"But you are, after all what use is a Basilisk without the ability to see? Hardly capable of the prized ability to bring death with your eyes. You can't do anything without Liannan~" It continued.

Sepheran's fists clenched in rage though he had no comeback. It was true wasn't it? Without another's help he was useless...

"That's right, that's right~ But that's okay...I'll give you your sight back little snaky, I'll give it back right now~" it cooed.

Sepheran blinked stepping backwards. Sight...he...he could see?! Had the voice really given him his sight back?! Looking around he could see the fog now, his fingers waved through the steam like substance.

"There, better now yes? Now you don't need Liannan on your shoulder now, say thanks to her for everything...and your friends you should thank them too, you've always wanted to see them didn't you?" It stated.

Sepheran was overjoyed. Liannan! That's right he could see her now looking over his shoulder to the white snake he smiled...the watched in horror as Liannan looked up at him and flopped lifelessly. "Liannan...no...no...NO NO!!" Sepheran screamed closing his eyes once more. This isn't what he wanted...sight...sight was nothing without Liannan...or his friends...if he looked at his friends...that's right...if he looked at them they would die too!

"HEhehehehe What's wrong? I gave you your sight back, that's what you wanted yes? You can see now, see everyone you love, everyone you meet die before your strong gaze. You're the perfect monster now~" the voice cackled

"No..not this...I don't want this..." Sepheran replied dropping to his knees as a shadow invaded his closed vision as if coming into the back of his eyelid.

"Don't want it? How heartless...I gave you a gift and you don't want it anymore? Too bad...too bad~ Watch your friends die, watch them get turned into lifeless sacks by your eyes~" it creened.

No...no...Sepheran wasn't going to let this happen. His flashlight...his flashlight maybe it could caste the shadow away! Quickly moving his hand to his shoulder he realized something horrible...it was gone...his pack was gone. No...not now...where was it?! Sepheran quickly patted the ground beside him desperate to find something...anything to help him get his flashlight back.

((KazeTaco))

"Hello? Hello! Why aren't you looking over here? What are you doing?"

A tiny chorus of childish voices greeted Alwine as she watched Mandy run into the fog.

"I wonder why she left you? Why did she leave you? Doesn't she trust you? Maybe she's afraid?

You should be afraid, too. You shouldn't trust her, either."

It was all an illusion, Alwine kept on reminding herself.

"Hee-hee-hee, got your knapsack!"

The haunt whirled around, but there was nothing to be seen. The pack that had been sitting behind her was gone, including her flashlight and map pieces.

"I have to go... Mandy, wait for me!" Alwine picked up the hem of her dress and took off in a trot, trying to keep her eyes on the ground in case she came across her bag, or a cliff.

After a couple of steps, she started to run across pieces. Wait, were these even hers?

"Can you pick the right ones? Well, can you? Can you?!"

Alwine continued to run, looking down until she saw her bag and flashlight. A couple of pieces were near them, and she figured that it would be best to pick up the three closest to it.

"It's over. You picked those. You picked those?!?! How silly! You fool, you moron!"

((Forgot to roll, hurr))

CRACK!

-and it was gone, in an instant, like a window shattering and falling to the ground. Malodore stared at the now-empty air with its beak hanging open, then gave Riley a very sad look. "W-wha... I... erano così belli, mia cara," it said, piteously.

Gone. All gone. Its mind felt so hollow and empty. "I was sharing," it added. It couldn't really pout, but...

...

... "You never shared."

Glare.

Riley's eye twitched at Malodore's response, before she sucked in a deep breath. She couldn't exactly tell if it was even out of it's illusion yet.. and that glare it was giving her wasn't helping.

Jericho, however.. she felt a little relief that his cries had stopped. His question, however.. I don't know. Maybe I should, just so you can't go crazy on me again. It felt good to crack a joke in a moment of clear distress. She returned her gaze to Malodore, and her amusement melted away. Was it back yet? Had it worked for Malodore as well?

I would share with you. Riley whispered privately to it. Her hand dropped to rest on top of its own. I would share everything I have with you, if you wanted it. But right now, you were suffering from another illusion. I'm sorry if it was a good one, but it wasn't real.

Rubbing his head where he had taken the hit, Jericho shifted a little uncomfortably at Riley's answer. He got that she was joking, but he didn't really want to have to go through anything like that again. If that was just an illusion, he'd hate to find out how the real process felt.

Looking back and forth between the other two, he soon raised a brow at Mal's decision.

"You sure that's where the lighthouse is?"

They were going the wrong way! And Riley didn't seem to care!

... Fine. Malodore let itself be dragged along. Literally - the plague doctor did absolutely nothing to help with Riley's forward motion. No walking, no nothing. Its hooves and tail left trails in the dust.

Sulk.

Riley stopped in her tracks when she felt Malodore stall and refuse to move of it's own accord. She turned, and her heart sunk like a stone at his sulk. Her hand tightened around it's arm when Jericho mentioned the idea of splitting them up - she wouldn't allow it. Neither would she allow Malodore to let it's illusions control it. She took a step forward, standing face to beak with the plague doctor.

Tesorino. Per favore. Fiducia in me e mi segua. Whatever it's hallucinations had convinced it, it was losing track of it's own common sense. What was real, and what was the lie, were blending together for all of them - but it seemed Malodore was the one having the most trouble distinguishing between them this time around. As much as she knew it was there for her when she couldn't see reality, she would be there to help it.

At whatever cost.

She started to try and lead it down the path, walking backwards as she held it's hands and pulled it along.