Return of the Hall of Horrors

[cardio_swindle]

[From the outside, when you open the door, the room looks like a warm, inviting tavern, smelling possibly of mulled cider, mom's apple pie, hearty stew... A cozy seat by a roaring fire with spirits just behind the counter for the taking, and that fresh pie cooling on a table.]

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[innocent_voodoo]

[She steps in with a smile that quickly slides away when her true surroundings are revealed. She clutches her voodoo doll tightly.] What the...? [She gasps when she recognises the remains of one of those faces.] P-Papa? NO! [She runs up to him with a sob and hits him to try and wake him up.] Wake up, wake up, damn you! You can't leave me...

[And then she hears the crunch and the scream. She spins around to face it, almost slipping in the liquid.] H-Hello? What just happened?

[[This's thornsbindroses' Road, an Exorcist.]]

[cardio_swindle]

...How fitting.

[He sighs and shakes his head, ignoring the apology. Road apologizing is weird enough, without her being an Exorcist.]

Never mind, we should get moving.

[innocent_voodoo]

Yeah. Do you know the way out?

[cardio_swindle]

No. We'll have to find it.

[There's a mist seeping up under their feet, and Tyki walks a little faster.]

[innocent_voodoo]

[She runs after him, sticking close and holding her doll closer.]

[cardio_swindle]

How exactly does your Innocence work, Road?

[Because it might be very relevant to any coming situations. The mist is cold and almost slimy as they walk further into it. Strange noises echo back at them and they soon lose sight of the walls.]

[innocent_voodoo]

[She hesitates before replying; he is a Noah, after all.] Just like voodoo~ The doll's damage also appears on my target, so long as they're close enough. Effectiveness varies with the stength of the target.

[cardio_swindle]

[He's just trying very hard to ignore the fact that she's an Exorcist. It's a bit too weird to process for him.]

What if the target isn't humanoid? [He's stepping a little closer to her as they walk, keeping on step ahead, eyes darting around in the mist. There are large, amorphous shapes that seem to loom past them, but never quite within range to see fully.]

[innocent_voodoo]

Yeah, that should work.

[cardio_swindle]

Good.

[Because at that moment Tyki raises his good arm and blasts the mist with dark matter, clearing the visibility in front of them a bit and revealing large, blob-like, white creatures in their path.]

[innocent_voodoo]

[Her gaze fixed upon the blob-creatures, she rips into the doll.]

[cardio_swindle]

[The closest one is torn apart by her ability, and the one beyond that Tyki lashes at with dark matter energy. But there are a number of the things on the way to the exit and Tyki steps forward between Road and the rest as they wiggle and ooze at surprising speed towards the two.]

[innocent_voodoo]

[She bites at her lip and continues attacking as many of the blobs as she has time to.]