[hr][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/MzIHaGw.png[/img] [img]https://i.imgur.com/8XlJDkh.png[/img] [/center] [b][code]Town Hall.[/code][/b] [hr] "Seriously, Penny," Britney immediately slid in front of Penny to voice her disapproval of her idea to stick together - while pretty good - was doomed to fail. "If the Watchers attack, we'll be bottlenecked in here-" "But, knowing the Watchers," Sharon said finally piping up, "They'll take out the two of you out before you even could scream and everyone down here would be screwed because they'd be expecting a notice." Sharon crossed her arms and stared at Britney as the girl didn't have a single valid argument against it. "Besides," Sharon said as a few insects crawled from underneath her parka. They were flies, cockroaches, and other insects - they immediately went towards the exits. "They'll watch the door and if Lynette does her thing we can have a great indicator someone's coming...." Sharon rolled her eyes at Britney as she took the initiative as being the first one down. Britney didn't appreciate her attitude but she decided not to comment on it. "It's safe down here, are you coming?" Sharon shouted as the rest of the group went down. "I'll help," Lynette said as she tried to hoist Paige down, with Britney helping... and the larger and stronger girl was doing more of the heavy lifting for the two. Once they all got to the basement they were met with the sight of row after row of shelves full of folders that were bound together with a mere note. Unfortunately, while the town had gone through many changes over the years, the town archives were the one place that had the least changes. And why should it? Most of the time the stuff down here was never looked at and why should it have been? This was a town of secrets and anything incriminating was never put down here. So there was a mess. "Well this is going to take a while," Sharon groaned. "What if we look at the computer?" Lynette suggested as she quickly drifted to the computer and realized she needed a password. "Any guesses?" "Try starting with A-A-A then work your way down." Sharon sarcastically suggested. "Maybe we can find the archiver?" Lynette suggested. "Probably dead," Sharon answered, "Or is screaming about redemption." "... Orrrrr died while screaming about redemption." Lynette said with a sigh. "We don't have the time," Britney said, "This place isn't that big, if we tear through it we can probably get through it all within the hour." She suggested, before immediately tearing open a file. While she would [i]love[/i] a short cut right now; they really didn't have the time. Time is of the essence. That managed to convince everyone to go ahead and do as she asked. They immediately went destroying the place looking for the information that they needed. Everyone was doing the best they could and as Britney said, they had already taken apart a quarter in about ten minutes. Except for Lynette who was eager to go seal the exits... she drew massive ice glyphs at each of the entrances and when she was complete she took a few steps back and it erupted into a massive ice block which sealed the entrance. Fortunately, Lynette could easily bring it down. While they were tearing through the archives they were oblivious to the sounds of quiet footsteps approaching one of them. Until the unlucky victim was feeling the metal pressing against his skull. "Don't fuckin' move," Billy heard a husky voice say to him. "I don't know if you're one of those maniacs possessed by that [i]thing[/i] or what. Don't move." Other people took notice and turned towards the man, but they would if they knew a lick about the town's politics... ... They would recognize the mayor of the town. "None of you move!" The Mayor said, a short, portly man, wearing a suit. One hand pointing a gun at Billy's hand, the other one holding his stomach as his suit was torn to bits. The bandages underneath it obviously peaking from underneath and bloody, and he groaned in pain - as he kept the gun pointed at Billy's head. The scene was tense as Billy was probably hoping for [i]somebody[/i] to come to save him. [hr][center][img]https://i.imgur.com/C4njhfP.png[/img] [img]https://i.imgur.com/pzvcW5L.png[/img] [img]https://i.imgur.com/f4XE2MO.png[/img][/center] [b][code]Library.[/code][/b] [hr] There was a part of Justin that understood Rita's hesitation, and if he was in her place the [i]last[/i] place he'd want to be is right here. He felt bad for the person. "I know how you feel," Justin looked away in disgust. "But, we gotta do this - trust me; I bet we're gonna see worst sights if we don't." He shook his head as he remembered way back when the Child showed them the vision of what the Glutton would do to the town. And after their first encounter... he had a feeling that the Glutton would make good on its promise. It was something that Justin was going to avoid for Katie, his mother, and everyone else here. He grabbed onto Rita's hand as he said, "I'll hold your hand if you need it." Justin said, "We need to hurry up and we need to ignore the fallen." He walked in as fast as he could pass the body and once he was past it, he forgot about it. "Everyone, search the place!" Justin said as he looked around. His fire illuminated the entrance as everyone else used whatever they could to keep the place alit as they searched. Eventually, Kimberly shouted, "Guys! I found something, come quick!" They all gathered at the opposite wall, and they had something useful. In fact, exactly what they were looking for. In a glass, the case was conveniently the map on a stand that said something like last remaining map of the mines. It was a complex piece of fabric that had all the mining routes on it and god damn it was messy... and that was probably why it was a great idea to grab the map in the first place. "Alright, so, somebody needs to break this open." Justin said, "I'd do it, but I'm afraid of setting it on fire." [hider=The Beginning is the End is the Beginning (Piano Cover)][youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naYqePsQIzk[/youtube][/hider] "... Are you sure you want to proceed down this route?" They heard a familiar voice behind them. It was, yet again, the Speaker. The androgynous being that approached them last night. "You again?" Justin said as he pointed his hand at the Speaker. "I'll kill you if we stop the Glutton." "I just came to give you all a warning..." The Speaker said with their hands behind their back. "... Those who have been redeemed are not the only threat here... neither are the warlocks from Glint...." The Speaker shook their head. "Then who is it? You?" "Aaaaaaaaahh," The Speaker trailed off as they lifted their hand up, fingers relaxed and with their palm facing them. "I'll give you a hint." Suddenly everything faded away in a mass of orange sparks and embers, and the Speaker just stood there in the darkness with them. Soon enough a scene faded in, similar to their recollections. A group of people ran out of the library doors as all they heard was a hellish cacking. They were covered in blood, as one girl immediately turned around. Jordan and Kimberly recognized the girl as the one that was dead, she pointed both hands at the door and the sigils all up her back began to glow through her clothes. From her palms came a stream of chill that froze the door shut. However, her companions were so terrified that they all abandoned her except for one. One wielding an ax that snuck up behind her while she was freezing the doors and brought the knife down directly onto her head. Killing her instantly and leaving it embedded into her skull. She was lying on her face completely dead as the person in the hooded parka reached down to her waist and grabbed something before touching her back. The glowing sigil on her back disappeared and appeared on the person through the parka... before they turned and fled. Soon enough the scene faded away into ambers, and the Speaker brought them back into reality. They placed their hands behind their back.