CALHOUN HOUR - HUNTERS

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Yet another day, yet another Calhoun Hour where characters find themselves waking up in a new and unfamiliar area. The first thing characters will notice that it's dusty and dark. With almost no lighting whatsoever, characters will be unable to see anything in front of them. Are they with someone else or did they wake up alone? That's something they will have to figure out after Calhoun's announcement. "Ahem, ahem. Testing, one two three, testing. Well, gooooood evening, test subjects! Yes, you have really been knocked out for that long, but it only fits the mood of today's game." He snickers then continues. "How many of you like the horror genre? I bet half of you do, but I hate it! Cheap and cheesy effects with lame jump scares, and what is this, The Human Centipede? "100% medically accurate"? Just ugh, that's not even horror. That's just an insult to science and medicine." "Anyway, I thought I'd put my own twist to trying out this horror business, so welcome to my little haunted school! Now, all of you should find yourselves a nice little camera and pocket flashlight. I want you all to do me a little favour and take a nice photo of at least five different of my best friends down there. I'm not asking for breathtaking photos, but at least put some effort into it, test subjects. Do that and, you know what, I'm feeling generous, I'll give you whatever you want in the shop and I guess a memory or something, whatever, we'll talk later, test subjects!" And with that, it goes silent... BASIC INFO ✖ BEGIN THE HUNT ✖ POST-EVENT MINGLE ✖ TURN-IN

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cafeteria, hallways, wheeeerever

[fairsfair]

[ what's up everyone it's jake. he's playing calhoun's stupid game for coins. let's do this shit. ]

[ jake wakes up in the mess that is the cafeteria. it's not great and he's certainly not pleased about this whole thing. displeased, yes, but scared? psh, please. he's from resident evil, even if it's now action horror instead of survivor horror, it's still spooky stuff. plus, au'ed or not, this kind of stuff doesn't scare him. now, if it was filled with weskers instead of ghosts, that'd be suuuuuper terrifying. why didn't you just put in weskers instead, calhoun, huh?? ]

[ anyway, jake will be everywhere and anywhere. at times, he'll wander around without his flashlight turned on, mostly in the halls. he'll do things like turn on his flashlight, take a good look, then turn it off before walking. might as well save the batteries on this thing and avoid catching the attention of whatever calhoun's "best friends" are. ]

[ gladly mistake him for a giant monster? he practically is a beast anyway ]

What about Class 1-C?

[blind_badass]

*Snake wandered the hallways, trying to avoid getting chased and attacked by wandering monsters. Although he didn't need the flashlight to move around, trying to find a suitable monster to take a picture of proved pretty damn dangerous. He felt bruises on his arms from being grabbed but fortunately had avoided serious injury. So far.*

*He recognized the heavy tread of boots coming toward him.* So how many things have leaped out at you so far, Jake?

sounds good!

[fairsfair]

[ jake turns and, well, he doesn't get spooked so that's good for everyone right now ]

Nothing so far. Guess it's my lucky day.

[ no it's not ]

[blind_badass]

Excellent. Do you want to explore this classroom together? *If there is a monster inside, Snake could track it by the sound of Jake punching it into oblivion.*

[fairsfair]

[ he gives some half shrug, not that snake would appreciate the gesture ]

It's not like I have anything better to do. Searching a middle school lab beats waiting around.

[ just barely though ]

[blind_badass]

Also, if we do nothing, I'm sure Calhoun will give us something to worry about. I'd rather be proactive then leave my fate in his hands.

*Snake opened up the classroom door and listened. Other than the usual moaning and occasionally restless furniture, there weren't any other sounds. He did start walking around the room, touching classroom desks to determine where they were.*

washroom

[detectiveofthewest]

"Hey Jake, you still in one piece?" Heiji was more or less rolling with it, sure this place was creepy but at least there weren't any exploding TVs or knives or anything. Yet.

He jerked a thumb in the direction of the washroom. "I was gonna check in here."

[fairsfair]

[ it's good that heiji is at least... okay with it? better than having him go around screaming ]

Yeah, who knows what kind of ghost with unfinished business you'd find in there,

[ hahaha that's not very funny ]

[detectiveofthewest]

"You mean like Hanako-san?" Heiji laughed. Silly Jake, everyone knew ghosts didn't exist.

"I dunno, me and Sasuke found a bunch of robots in the washroom back during the blackout. You never know..." He pushed the door open, creeeeeeak how spooky.

[fairsfair]

Hanako-san?

[ the fuck is that, he's not japanese but he walks through the door cautiously. it's empty and the only sound is dripping water from a toilet or sink or something. hmm. ]

Doesn't seem to be anything in here.

[detectiveofthewest]

"It's an urban legend. Kinda like Bloody Mary. You go into a girls' washroom and knock on the third stall door three times, and ask, 'Are you there, Hanako-san?'. Then this girl answers. Oh yeah, and one story is if you go inside after that, you'll get eaten by a giant lizard that spoke in a girl's voice to lure you in."

Heiji wandered into the washroom, taking a cursory look around until he reached the very end and shrugged. Then he turned towards Jake. "Yeah, I don't s -- "

Out of the corner of his eye, he caught it -- a hint of movement in the mirror, a school uniform. Then the mirror he was standing a foot or two in front of shattered. A figure wearing a bag over its head lunged through and grabbed Heiji by the shirtfront. He had time to register that the bag was covered in dark stains that looked like blood; the area around where eyeholes had been cut into the bag was still dampened.

What. The. Shit.

[fairsfair]

[ what. japan, you're fucking weird as hell, what the shit... also, he could also say what the shit on the cheap jump scare with the equally cheap ghost. get these motherfucking ghosts out his motherfucking life. ]

[ jake grabs onto the front of heiji's shirt, pulling him backwards, and grips onto the ghost's hand as tightly as possible, in hopes that would loose its grip. he doesn't exactly want to break someone's neck until he has to. ]

[detectiveofthewest]

Come on Jake, would you have been happier if it was a zombie dog.

The sound of the ghost's breathing through its makeshift mask was strangely heavy and wet. It grabbed Jake's wrist with its free hand and began to drag both of them backwards, wow, it was going to need more rope.

Heiji's gaze slid over to the sink, where several pieces of the mirror had fallen during the ghost's entrance. He grabbed a large shard of the mirror and jammed it into the ghost in the easiest part he could reach, which was at the junction of its neck and shoulder. Blood spurted from the wound and the ghost's grip suddenly loosened for a moment; Heiji pulled away and tried tugging Jake backwards with him.

[fairsfair]

[ he would have been 100% way more happier with a zombie dog. at least he knows how to deal with those instead 2spoopy ghosts ]

[ once the reflection's grip loosens, jake jumps backwards, letting heiji tug him slightly. gross, ghost blood, how great is that to have on you, but jake makes sure to stand well away from the reflection's grasps. he will crush its head if he has to but brain matter is slippery as hell so he'd rather now ]

Get your photo in now, if you want.

[detectiveofthewest]

Oh well, fine. Heiji retrieved his camera and shot a quick picture of the ghost. Although to be quite honest, now he sort of felt bad, I mean clearly the ghost was an asshole but now it was bleeding all over and still making those raggedy-ass breathing noises.

BUT DIDN'T JAKE WANT TO SEE WHAT WAS UNDER THAT BAG, THOUGH

"You gonna take one?" Or look and see what was behind the mirror, come on Jake you knew you wanted to. It was probably spooooky.

[fairsfair]

[ he just nods and grabs his own camera out of his pocket. he doesn't bother looking through the lenses though. he just aims it at the reflection and snaps a photo. he doesn't care if it looks decent or not. he doesn't give a shit what calhoun things ]

[ jake puts away his camera afterwards and just waved a hand towards the ghost. HE'S NOT CURIOUS LIKE YOU HEIJI he just wants to get this thing over with ]

We done here, or do you want to play detective a bit more?

[not_that_sasuke]

[Sasuke's doing much the same, regarding his light, and when he sees a figure coming down the hall he quickly stops and crouches down, observing for now. One hand hovers over his currently dark flashlight while his other grips the camera tightly in hand.

Is this a friend? Or a foe...?]

[fairsfair]

[ with jake, would you really call him anything but a foe...? but really, it's up to sasuke to figure out. he probably can't see in the dark, but whatever's in front of him is huge, has really heavy footsteps (he's trying to be light on his feet but that doesn't really work when these floorboards are ready to give out any second now), and radiates evil... get a camera ready?? ]

[not_that_sasuke]

[Jake can't be a foe if he's a bro.

Those footsteps... they're way too clumsy to be one of those 'ghosts.' It sounds like someone making an active attempt at being quiet, and as far as his experience has gone so far, the 'ghosts' were way more interested in simply hunting people down. Still, it could pay to be cautious...

His voice is still fairly quiet, but it should carry over to him.]

Jake?

[fairsfair]

[ i don't know if i should be impressed at the fact that you made that rhyme or the fact that someone considers jake as a bro. it's probably the former ]

No, it's the walking dead.

[ a very serious answer, but at least it says that he's doing all right... he walks over closer, turning on his flashlight to find sasuke ]

[not_that_sasuke]

[Let this be a lesson to me not to write stupid things when I'm sleepy.

Sasuke stands up properly now that he can sorta see Jake, his posture relaxing only slightly. This whole thing has him jumpy.]

Have you run into those things, too?

[fairsfair]

[ no, you should clearly do more of it. maybe you'll rhyme again ]

Yeah, at least three different types, so I'm doing great. [ the reaper, dokebi, reflection... it's great ] How about you?

[not_that_sasuke]

Three... maybe? But I only got a picture of two of them.

[fairsfair]

Seems like you're falling behind. Want to play Ghostbusters for a bit longer?

[ jake personally doesn't really care if he gets all the photos needed. he can just chill with his coins ]

[not_that_sasuke]

It isn't too much trouble?

[Because god forbid he cause Jake of all people trouble. The poor man certainly would be the least equipped of all of them to handle it.]