The Final Round (Epilogue I guess) - Just A Dream
After an incredibly long wait everyone suddenly felt their vision fade... And then, there was darkness, an endless, expanse of darkness, but unlike before, it didn't seem to go away, even everyone almost seemed to come to their senses again. Despite this, however, there was this pungent odor in the air, one that reeked of stale food, and a variety of drinks, long since out of date.
Ontop of it all, there was this strange... Dusty aroma hovering about.
Eventually, with the sudden presense of a rather dim light, from who knows where, little details in the room came into focus... Namely a single, shadowy figure, lingering around in the back. Come to think of it, the layout wasn't unlike the ballroom where everyone had arrived at, except... If months had passed since then, and well, no-one ever bothered to keep the place up and running.
Soon enough, the (somewhat glowing) figure of everyone's favorite ghost... Girl... Person popped into view, except, she looked pretty gloomy, in contrast to her usual, more cheerfull state.
"So... That took a while..." She muttered.
Then, in surprise, she noticed that she was no longer alone in the room (well, other than that shadowy figure in the back anyways, and suddenly... A red robe, complete with a hood and everything, materialized around her, complete with a little scythe in her hand.
"Ahem... I mean! It's time! It's time! For the grand reveal of the real killer!" She exclaimed, her voice once again flowing with enthusiasm, looks like she was still trying her best to keep things consistent for the most part (even if it was a futile effort at this point).
"According to my uh... Tallies, there have been at least 3 votes for Ayato Hinohara, and... ... No-one else got a vote? Anyways..." Well, she looked kinda bummed yet again, but all the same, she didn't let herself be discouraged for long, but... Well, her costume did disappear, granted it was hard to tell if she intended for that to happen at all.
"It's time to reveal the one... The only... Killer in the party!" She shouted, pointing to the lone figure in the room.
Looks like the other people that had once been in the bedrooms were nowhere in sight, and even the shadowy folks that had once been milling about in this previously lively place had mysteriously vanished. However, a sudden, somewhat unsteady ceiling light illuminated the lone figure that stood in the room with everyone.
And... To little to no-one's surprise, it was none other than
Ayato Hinohara... Who actually seemed a bit uncomfortable being here.
An awkward silence settled over the room as even Spooky appeared to be looking at him, as if waiting for something.
"W-Well... H-Heh... I guess I was a little sloppy after all..." He stammered meekly, trying to smile in a somewhat friendly fashion.
Unfortunately that smile wavered pretty visible... And well, it was quite evident he was far from happy about his current little dilemma, but nevertheless, rather than running away, or losing his temper... He stayed calm, and collected, continuing on.
"I... Played my part... Just like the others. My part was to kill someone... Anyone at the party... And then... Make it look like someone else..." He started, his expression turning more serious now.
"I wanted whoever I had to kill to... Go quietly, with little pain... And... Poniko was just the girl; I was chatting with Mishiro when I happened upon her... Near that refreshment table..." He trailed off a little, before he continued what he was saying.
"When I finally decided that she would be the... One... Spooky secretly told me she liked pink lemonade... So... I... Figured I'd work with that, and... Spike her drink... Heh..."
It was apparent he still felt rather uncomfortable talking about this... But well, there was an erie look in Spooky's eyes, one that seemed to compell him to continue despite his own personal feelings.
"So... When Miss Mishiro looked a little... Sickly from the crowds, I found the opportunity to excuse ourselves, and head to the bedrooms for a little peace... And... From there, well, I took a little detour when I told her I'm going for a bathroom break... I was looking for something to do the job quickly... And... I figured the janitor's closet was my best bet... ... Plenty of chemicals and... Stuff like that..." A little droplet of sweat slipped from his brow, which he ignored as he continued, clearly determined to finish whatever exposition he had left before Spooky's stare got any creepier.
"I figured I'd take that little vial of poison from the Janitor's closet, and... A spare outfit they had laying around, to keep me covered, and pop by the ballroom... By that point, Yuzu, and Utsuro had helped themselves to the pink lemonade at the refreshments, leaving a single cup of it behind... And that's when I uh... Poured some of that poison I found in that last drink, and left... I figured since Poniko didn't have a cup in her hand yet, she'd grab it sooner or later... And well... The rest is history..." He said...
After a few more moments of awkward silence, he looked towards Spooky, appearing to have finally finished his rather lengthy bit of exposition now.
"S-So... This is the part where you kill me... Right?" He asked, smiling wryly.
Even if he did evidently look a bit scared, he was still, somehow trying to stick the whole thing through, one way or another.
"Well actually... I can't really kill someone that ah... Doesn't exist in the first place..." She said, that creepy stare appearing to have suddenly receded, replaced with a more deflated look now.
Ayato looked confused, about to say something but... Before he could, he... Faded into the shadows.
As real as he and the other people everyone who had been brought here had encountered felt... Perhaps, they were in fact, just illusions, or... Well, who the heck knows?
All that was clear right now, was that Spooky had something to do with all of this, but... Would she be so bold as to explain herself?
"If you're looking for an explanation... Well, too bad! I'm not telling you! ... All you need to know is that I'm bored with you now, and... Well, I'm sending you home!" She exclaimed.
The distant sound of crickets chirping suddenly seemed to make itself present in the background briefly.
"Just think of this as a... Dream..." She added, her voice slowly fading off into the distance, as everyone's vision faded once more.
...
When those that had attended this rather... Drawn out event regained consciousness, they were back in their own worlds, as if they had just woken up from some long, overly stretched out dream.
It was a mystery if anything in their supposed dreams had actually happened, nor if there was supposed to be some overarching moral or something to be learned from it.
All they knew was, that it was over now...
End - Finished At Last
PS: Seriously sorry about the long delay, thanks for keeping this thing alive until I could get off my arse to finish this thing x.x huge apologies for the long wait, and well... For my dumb decision to try and GM when school was still going!
Cast
@Archmage Jeremiah as
Angela, the Witch of the Wilds from
Overwatch
@Atomyk as
Yuki Takeya from
School-Live!
@Bomb as
K-Sha from the
Hyperdimension Neptunia series
@Chewy Rabbits as
Sam from
Trick 'r Treat &
Micheal Myers from the
Halloween Series
@Crimson Spartan as
Keaton & Asugi from the
Fire Emblem series
@Crow as
Mirei Hayasaka & Layla from
the Idolmaster; Cinderella Girls
@C.T. as
Doctor Aphra from
Star Wars
@Dec as
Jacket from
Hotline Miami
@Hana as
Wadanohara from
Wadanohara and the Great Blue Sea
@Hospes as
Emerald Sustrai &
Neopolitan from
RWBY
@Jeremi as
Nikkare Aoe from
Touken Ranbu &
Seaplane Tender Princess from the
Kantai Collection
@Kaykay as
Koto from
Kyosogiga
@Klutzy Ninja Kitty as
Crona Gorgon from
Soul Eater
@Krieg as
Reynauld the Crusador from
Darkest Dungeon
@LuckycoolHawk9 as
Scooby Doo & Scrappy Doo from the
Scooby-Doo franchise
@Mari as
Alice Cullen from
Twilight
@Michale CS as
Tucker & Dale from
Tucker & Dale vs Evil
@Minerva as
Ada Wong from
Resident Evil
@Ringmaster as
Leon Scott Kennedy from
Resident Evil &
The Black Knight, and OC from the Castlevania Series
@Sen as
Kana from the
Fire Emblem Series
@Mason Moretti as
Gym Leader Valerie from the
Pokemon Franchise
@Takumi as
Morgan Lowell from the
Fire Emblem Series
@TheColourlessRainbow as
Lizzy from ??? (OC)
@The Wanderer as
"Vector" from the
Resident Evil Franchise &
Pyro from
Team Fortress 2
@Verdegris as
Herbet Pulmer from ??? (OC)
@Verite as
Richter Belmont from
Castlevania &
MIki Naoki from
School-Live!
@wakely as
Wilson from
Don't Starve
@Yun Lee as
Sakura Kasunago & Dan Hibiki from
Street Fighter