Paisley taps on the water pipes with her daggers, making a repeated echo. She walked towards Brian slowly, tapping the whole way. She didn't say anything, just laughed a bit. She crouched next to him, and lightly dragged the tip of her dagger across his skin. She wasn't going to hurt him, just make him think she would. He jumped when he felt the cold metal touch his arm, and he scrambled back into the nearest corner, she pulled an aerosol can out of her belt pouch and sprayed it. He began coughing and crying. Tear gas, mixed with just plain smoke. He stood weakly and as he regained his breath she chased him to the stairwell. She guided him to an empty room, where Lucy was floating in the darkness
The air was clean in this room, but it was in the basement. it was dark, and lucy's head and body had rejoined. do you think i'm pretty now? im i 'Normal' now?" Lucy whispered, approaching from behind. Brian froze, slowly turning around. he didn't move after he saw Lucy. she smiled, wiping more blood from her neck. "You look like him, you know. the man who beheaded me. maybe i should repay the favor." she said, glancing at his throat.
Rinzu walks in. "That'd be fun to see." He says, paralyzing the man. "Go right ahead, Lucy."
"Alright then." Lucy reached over and grabbed a knife (from somewhere). she walked over to the man, walking behind him and holding the knife to his throat. "It's not very fun when you can feel the blade against your throat, yet cant do anything about it, is it? at least you didn't have the additional pain of being tightly tied down, pressed tightly face down against a stone slab, unable to breath well, but still fully conscious. And of course, i was also cursed to stay here, never moving on to another plain of existence. should we do that to you as well?"
Paisley walks in and stands next to Rinzu, the eye of her mask no longer glowing. She still says nothing. Only watches
Brian's eyes widened slightly, shaking his head. Lucy motioned for Rin to let him go, after cutting a bit into his throat. "Although, if i kill you, and you do end up haunting this place, i'd have to continue to deal with you." She moved her knife to his shoulder. "I could just take a souvenir though.."
RinRin lets him go. "Nah, take his head, I'll just place wards so he isn't cursed here. I'll curse him to roam his hometown." He summons a butcher knife and hands it to Lucy. "You'll need a bigger knife tho."
{i thought we were going to release him to tell others..?} Lucy mouthed, accepting the knife. She sliced off his arm as he ran, but the door closed and locked. he couldn't run.
Paisley wondered what Rinzu was playing at, but continued watching, doing nothing.
(it'll be even better if he's a spirit restricted to his hometown to spread the word and inspire feaR)
(you're*) Lucy nodded, understanding. she threw a knife, pinning brian to the door. she took the knife, and cleanly sliced his head off of his neck. it clattered to the floor, blood spraying everywhere.
"Give it just a few seconds… There see it? A faint apparition of his ghost. It will solidify in about sixty seconds. Then I can curse him." A minute later, Rinzu chants, "Aix Ademu Sepcci Yuas Luire Piej Truyase Aix Aix Yuas Towniau Origrer. Aix Ademu Sepcci Yuas Luire Piej Truyase Aix Aix Yuas Towniao Origrer. Aix Ademu Sepcci Yuas Luire Piej Truyase Aix Aix Yuas Towniao Origrer!!" He teleports all of them into the little town Brian lived in. "Aix Ademu Towniau! Aix Ademu Towniau! Aix Aix Aix!" Brian's ghost floats up and shines brighter. The light dies. "He's cursed to roam this village. Everyone will only see him at night. He can't leave. His only purpose and capabilities are to haunt this village and tell the tale."
"Nice. they won't ever bother me again, right?" Lucy asked. she really only wanted to tend and care for the woods, but people kept bothering them, chasing the animals out, cutting down trees, etc.
"More or less. Hopefully, there'll be a few dumb motherfuckers that think they're better than us who come into the woods. Then I can torture them and add to that town's collection of haunts. Eventually, they'll either leave the forest alone, or everyone will go insane and leave or kill themselves, by their own hands or ours." Rinzu's face flickers and the face in the mansion replaces his humanoid face. Rinzu teleports the three of them into a tree overlooking the town. "Let's… begin chaos." He shifts the time to just after sunset. He makes all the little humans go outside and see the ghost. "Aix Aix Reteru. Aix Aix Reteru." The mortals gathered. An invisible barrier keeps them from running. He channels his voice through Brian. "Rokurobi. They still exist. Those tales of the most feared creatures written by your ancestors… those were not just tales. They were true and still are true. Beware!" He releases the possession and the barrier.
Paisley giggles a bit through her mask. She smiled and watched as the humans lost all composure
Lucy fell over laughing. "Its Rokurokubi!" she exclaimed between laughter. "Whats a Rokurobi? sounds like possessed sleepwear"
Rinzu turned red. "Whatever," he says, "Rokurokubi. The tales of your ancestors are not merely tales. They are things they experienced in truthful reality. BEWARE! He releases Brian, but he's still a fully visible ghost, a pale, colorless version of his original self. Then, he jumpscares all the townsfolk with his corrupted face(basically my pfp) scaled to be twice as big. The whole town screams. Then he looks at the other two. "Now what?" he asks.
"Who knows? i'll take care of the mansion, and let animals seek shelter there. and haunt any humans who dare come near." She smiled, tying back her hair.
"Okay," Rinzu says. He looks at Paisley, questioningly.
