Interested, this reminds me of SCP a bit.

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Dried out, red eyes stared blankly at the clock. The seconds ticked over to exact midnight, and the clock gave a soft chime.

Chime. Chime. Chime.

Scratching on the walls. Scuttling along the halls. Shadows twisting and turning. Layla could feel it. Like an itch that had to be stabbed to be finished. Her curse had come back in full force. 

And she would be facing it alone.

Lip trembling, Layla bowed her head, and waited. One breath. Two breaths. Three. Then, she felt a gloved hand on her chin, coaxing her eyes up.

“Dearie, you look dreadful.”

Red eyes, devoid of humanity, stared down at her. The center figure wore a black mask, the one on the right had a glowing red smile, and the one on the left sneered, face a pasty, stitched white. 

The center figure spoke again, his voice a deep croon. “Did you miss us?”

The one with a red smile snapped sharply at the taller one. “Why do you play with it? Let's take what we came here for, now that [i]it[/i] is gone.”

Layla knew what the red smiling one, Bahlok, referred to. The late Void Heart… Instinctively, her face scrunched up, her exhaustion giving way to silent, cold tears welling up.

[color=7ABBFF][b]“Just kill me.”[/b][/color] Came the small whisper.

All three apparitions turned and stared down at her in confusion.

“Come again?” Chirped the smallest of the three with the white face, Bahlaas.

[color=7ABBFF][b]“Just kill me already!”[/b][/color] Layla snapped, her cracked voice pitched in fervor. [color=7ABBFF][b]“I have nothing to live for, and no desire to be in this world. So take what you want and let me die.”[/b][/color]

A long pause. Then the black masked figure, Kipnu, gave a dark chuckle.

“This is sweet. She wants to join her [i]companion[/i].”

Layla glared angrily. [color=7ABBFF][b]“Don't say a word about him!”[/b][/color]

That elicited another sickly jovial chortle from the apparitions. Kipnu shrugged. “Like we care. Now, we came here for a very special reaso-”

Layla stuck her arms out, revealing skin marred with bite scars. [color=7ABBFF][b]“Take, and end me. I don't want to live anymore.”[/b][/color]

Kipnu chortled. “Silly girl, you think we care if you want to live or die? We decide your fate, not you. And we want your blood.”

[color=7ABBFF][b]“Then take it! I don't care! Just…”[/b][/color]

There was a pause. Kipnu glanced at the other apparitions before narrowing an inquisitive stare at Layla.

“Just what?”

[color=7ABBFF][b]“If you won't kill me… I'll kill myself. But to disappear peacefully isn't what I want. I need… revenge.”[/b][/color]

A snicker.

“We're not helping you.”

[color=7ABBFF][b]“I'll give you what you want. As many teacup sacrifices as you can handle.”[/b][/color]

A shake of the head. “Nah, dearie. Not for you to think you can command us around. No way.”

[color=7ABBFF][b]“But I'll be giving you a steady supply of food to toy with. You like that crap, don't you?”[/b][/color]

“Eh, helping you with a murdering rampage? I dunno, I prefer sipping on you and watching you cower in fear.”

[color=7ABBFF][b]“I have another way to convince you.”[/b][/color]

Layla pulled out the knife and pressed the tip to her throat in one fell swoop. She glared up at them, daring for them to move.

“What's this, dearie?”

[color=7ABBFF][b]“A promise. I can give you the Teacup sacrifice. Or, I can end your little ‘goldmine’ right here and now.”[/b][/color]

“You wouldn't.”

[color=7ABBFF][b]“Watch me, asshole.”[/b][/color]

Layla's eyes constricted, and she jabbed the knife a little harder, drawing a line of blood. She tried to increase the pressure, before a gloved hand grasped her wrist, stopping her. Kipnu leaned down towards her, staring at her through the mask.

“That's… that's enough. We'll help you, but only if you promise to give us your blood without a fuss, and humans to eat.”

Layla trembled there, before she nodded.

“Good. Now, be a good girl, and stay still.”

Kipnu pushed his mask to the side, revealing a faceless void with teeth, and he clamped down on Layla's neck as he drew the knife away further.

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When will we be starting?