Post by Vaellin the Bard on Feb 26, 2021 11:44:34 GMT -6
With a bit of back and forth and more than a couple of rather loud breakdowns, the group finally all point at Lance. Lance stands shocked before everyone.
"It's not me! It's not me! I swear!" he shouts.
The ghosts laugh around him and the one in the center floats up, brushing Lance's tears off briefly before going to Simon's corpse. "Letttt'sss find out... if that'ssss true..."
The lead ghost leans in front of Simon's face, breathing in. As he does so, a spectral form of Simon appears, as transparent as the other spirits around. It floats for a few moments before a horrifying scream erupts from the new spirit's mouth. The walls darken and the sound of the railway fades, leaving only the haunting waling of wind that shouldn't be there and Simon's scream.
{Simons Final Moments and the Verdict}Simon's last moments appear. He enters a room calmly and greets Laura in a friendly manner. Lance snaps something and Simon turns briefly back to Lance where he feels a knife slam into his chest and his body falls back. His last moment is feeling him hit something behind him--Laura he thinks--then the vision is cut off.
Lance is guilty
Lance is guilty
"Punishment! Conviction! Death! Sacrifice!" The ghosts start shouting around everyone excitedly and the whole train starts to shake. Suddenly everyone can feel as though the they've been taken off the rails. The shouting of the ghosts get louder until suddenly they stop and everyone is dropped roughly back onto rails. The door to the left of Room Hall A opens...
An empty platform is presented to them, rotted fencing and a few scattered objects the only thing present. Beyond it is another train, but no one has time to contemplate this as they're ushered by the excited spirits onto the platform.
The lead ghost takes Lance up holding him aloft and keeping up with the two trains as he presents his victim.
"Saaaacrificessss mussstt be made.... blood debt... is owed..." The rope on the platform starts to wiggle and move on its own before slipping past the rest of the group and into the ghost's hands.
"N-no! Don't! Please! I beg you!" Lance says as he realizes his situation.
(Warning, death includes torture, choking, and disfigurement)
{The Hanged Man}The rope slides easily around his neck, pulling tight as the ghosts cheer on in the background. Once more Lance pleads for his life.
"A death made requires a death in return," the ghost states as it floats up, letting the rope go taut. Lance stays in one spot for a few moments until the ghost says finally "Your death... will ssaaatisfy."
Lance's body drops. He lets out a gasp of air for a brief moment as the ropes dig into his neck. The ghost cackles but isn't done yet. Slowly he starts to drift down, Lance going down too. The heir looks down horrified even as his breath feels caught. The speed they're going... the rail beneath them...!
Then another jerk and he drops the last distance. He cries out as his body strikes the railing and is pulled underneath. Everyone on the platform can hear cracks of bone and the crunching of flesh before the ghost tugs again and Lance is pulled back, his lower half mangled.
"Again? Forrrr alll you've done.....?" The ghost doesn't wait for an answer, though Lance pleads for it to stop before the ghost drops the rope entirely and Lance falls, rolling under the platform and then under the Room Hall. His cries cut off halfway under the room and his bloodied corpse can be briefly glimpsed before the train continues ahead.
"A death made requires a death in return," the ghost states as it floats up, letting the rope go taut. Lance stays in one spot for a few moments until the ghost says finally "Your death... will ssaaatisfy."
Lance's body drops. He lets out a gasp of air for a brief moment as the ropes dig into his neck. The ghost cackles but isn't done yet. Slowly he starts to drift down, Lance going down too. The heir looks down horrified even as his breath feels caught. The speed they're going... the rail beneath them...!
Then another jerk and he drops the last distance. He cries out as his body strikes the railing and is pulled underneath. Everyone on the platform can hear cracks of bone and the crunching of flesh before the ghost tugs again and Lance is pulled back, his lower half mangled.
"Again? Forrrr alll you've done.....?" The ghost doesn't wait for an answer, though Lance pleads for it to stop before the ghost drops the rope entirely and Lance falls, rolling under the platform and then under the Room Hall. His cries cut off halfway under the room and his bloodied corpse can be briefly glimpsed before the train continues ahead.
"More! More!" the choir of ghosts shout and the lead ghost raises a hand, finally silencing the cheers. It turns to the platform of people.
"Weeee are not saatisfied... more.... sacrificessss must be made... or we willllll... do it.... ourselvesss.... and it won't be preeeetttyyy..." It grins beneath the draped sheets it calls clothing. "But don't... be caught..."
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