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In the first pages, which Basil had originally skipped through, has a dedication:
To my family,
That your story will be remembered throughout eternity.
* * *
To the Golden Witch,
Without you, I would have nothing,
With you, I am nothing,
For this I am forever grateful.
That your story will be remembered throughout eternity.
* * *
To the Golden Witch,
Without you, I would have nothing,
With you, I am nothing,
For this I am forever grateful.
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"Granny would have you believe it's from our bloodline, and that it's all real." He shook his head "I mean her will indicates how deep she was into her stuff so you can see." He looked up at Twilip, "You remember the stories she used to tell us at night?"
Twilip leans onto a the arm of a nearby chair and takes of sip of her wineglass. "Bits and pieces I guess. They used to live here or something like that and then some ancestor or another... Killed them maybe? Always thought they were just made up to keep us away from areas of the island where we could go missing."
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"Grandma wrote this? What?" Violet appears extremely contused.
"Hm. Guess she did know the author."
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"Dear, I . . . that story taught me something. You're the most important thing to me, but . . . I think I've been making you the only important thing to me, and you shouldn't have to bear that burden," he explained.
"Maybe it wasn't Mama who wrote it, but one of her ancestors?" Zach posited across the room towards the people re4ading the witchcraft book like a true gentleman.
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"Without the Golden Witch, they would have nothing... Did they take out a loan from this Golden Witch or something?" he half-jokingly asked. "And with them, THEY are nothing. Hmm..."
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"Actually, you guys got me thinking about this Forsythia person with the talk of ancestors... And I think that it's possible that Forsythia fellow is one of our ancestors. I mean, why else would the name be mentioned if there's no one in our family with that name?" Vincent asked the others.
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"That sounds likely. Although, I believe it may be incredibly hard for us to confirm that... However, if she was a Moonview, then she deserves some of our respect, does she not?"
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Slezak wrote:
"Dear, I . . . that story taught me something. You're the most important thing to me, but . . . I think I've been making you the only important thing to me, and you shouldn't have to bear that burden," he explained.
"Zach, that's... Um." She gave him a tired smile. "That's great to hear. Kind of - a surprise, I guess, but still. Good."
She rubbed the back of her neck. This was a little awkward. Between the story and her -- what? Memories? Odd dreams? Some of both? -- she couldn't really think of anything else. Robin really needed to clear her head.
"I'm going to go for a walk, love," she said, and she stood and placed a hand on Zach's shoulder. "Maybe check up on Jackie if I can find her." She gave him a quick kiss goodbye before she left.
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Briggs took another puff from his cigarette. "Sounds like something a Moonview would do."
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"I'm going to go for a walk, love," she said, and she stood and placed a hand on Zach's shoulder. "Maybe check up on Jackie if I can find her." She gave him a quick kiss goodbye before she left.
"Oh! Um, okay," Zach replied, a bit surprised, but also somewhat relieved that Robin took the initiative. After she left, he decided he'd go for his own walk. There was something he had to check.
His walk wasn't listless; he headed straight for where he remembered the master bedroom was and attempted to enter and investigate.
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Kachu wrote:
Archer yanks on Briggs' earlobe.
"Why are you smoking in front of the family?"
"Why are you smoking in front of the family?"
"O-O-Ow, give me a break, Sir Archer..!"
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CaptainPancakes wrote:
Kachu wrote:
Archer yanks on Briggs' earlobe.
"Why are you smoking in front of the family?"
"Why are you smoking in front of the family?"
"O-O-Ow, give me a break, Sir Archer..!"
Archer grins from ear to ear. "Nonsense! Is it not time for both of us to get back to work? Or are you too busy slandering the Moonview family name?"
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Zachary goes through the bedroom and finds the manila envelope, which is filled with documents from a private detective agency. It looks like its been opened recently and is filled with papers from a few months ago.
The papers all concern a "William Moonview." Going back through the documents shows that the private detective agency has been paid a good sum of money to track him down with just a name and an orphanage to go off of.
Littered across Gloria's desk are pictures of her, Peregrine, and the kids from a long time ago.
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"Perhaps you should go easy on him, Father." He said. "Just this one time."
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Vesti and Lauren's Interdimensional Investigations
This CYOA follows Vesti Gates and Lauren Tehra, two detectives who search for the truth, whether in their own dimension or otherwise.
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"Um, Mister Archer, Bertram, I think you should take a look at these," Zachary announced, holding out the manila envelope to whoever would take it, "I r-recalled something I found in the story and wanted to see if it was still there - and it was."
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Allister smiles upon seeing Archer scold Briggs. The familiar sight helped him calm down after everything that happened.
"Perhaps you should go easy on him, Father." He said. "Just this one time."
"Perhaps you should go easy on him, Father." He said. "Just this one time."
“...Very well. Just this once.” Archer grinned slightly. It seems like he doesn’t ACTUALLY hate Briggs.
“But only because you asked. You should thank him, Briggs. Otherwise you might be missing an ear.”
Archer then turned over to face Zachary. “Oh? What could that be, Sir Zachary?”
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"Apparently, Mama paid a good chunk of money to have our mystery guest - and one-third beneficiary - 'William' tracked down. I've no idea how she even got the name or the place to start, but it's all there in the file."
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"Very well then. I believe this is something best saved for tomorrow. It's very late. Have a good night, Master Zachary."
The gentle night rain envelops the house in a hug. After a tiresome and emotional day, everyone feels a little bit closer to one another. Even Briggs, I suppose, but not as much as everyone else.
* * *
[THEME MUSIC]
The entire house save for a single light is stewing in inky blackness. It's a little past midnight now.
Archer goes back to the servants quarters after all of the guests have been attended to upstairs. There, Allister and Briggs are already asleep in their bunks. He places the private investigation envelope in a drawer in his personal storage cabinet. He goes and climbs over to his little bed and lays down, wrapping himself in a warm sheet, protecting himself from the cool night air. He reaches to the lamp and turns it off.
Settling in, he closes his eyes...
Some time later, he can hear someone calling for him from outside the servant's room.
He opens his eyes, his focus hazy and unsure.
He takes the sheet off and stands up, bobbing around, not checking if Allister or Briggs are still there.
He goes over to the door, ready to help.
...
The First Twilight
[THEME MUSIC]
Twilip's eyes open. The little alarm clock next to her in the guest bedroom reads that it is still five in the morning.
Has she slept at all? No, of course not. Every part of her believes that somethings gone terribly wrong.
She stumbles to her feet, pulled by something deep in her will. Maybe it's her, or maybe it's something else.
Her eyes adjust to the darkness, using the faint light of the digital clock to make her way out of her bedroom and out into the hall.
At the top of the stairs, she glances down into the main hall.
There, in the darkness, someone watches her from the floor.
In her panic, her breath catches, and she can't even shout for help before it's too late.
* * *
[SCENE THEME]
A loud crash can be heard throughout the house. Those awake and those asleep all hear it.
Doors fly open from throughout upstairs, and a stampede of thuds can be heard from overhead.
When they get to the staircase and glance over the side, their hearts stop. Somebody helpfully flips the lights on.
A huge bloodstain sits on the floor of the hall, a bloody trail leads out from it, almost fifteen feet away from it.
At the end of that trail, her blond hair framing her haunting smiling face and red streaming from her forehead, is Twilip Moonview. She's laying on the ground, completely dead except for that smile.
Sitting in a chair, blocking the main doors, watching everyone at the top of the stairs with eerie, dead eyes. Is Archer, a wry smile on his lips.
The sixteen look to each other...
The nightmare is happening...
It's raining hard...
There's no escape.
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"Wh-What... What the hell?!" he sputtered out. "Archer and Aunt Twilip... What crazy bastard..."
He looked back at the corpses, cringing a bit as he saw those eerie smiles plastered on their dead faces.
"... I'm going to... to look at them. See how they died... We'll catch who did this..." he muttered, approaching the bodies. He kept a careful eye on the area around him, along with the ground -- he was scanning for any magic circles like the ones they found in the book earlier.
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"...two this time?"
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She backed into the wall, hard, and slid down to a squatting position. Her hands came up to cover her head as she hyperventilated.
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"... He's smiling, so he's happy. He's definitely happy," she continued, choking down a sob. "and I don't have to be sad, because he's happy."
What she didn't choke down were the tears streaming down her face now, which she tried to wipe away as quickly as she could. "... Stop stop stop, stop crying, stop feeling like that..."
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"Huh... That's strange." The musician commented as he turns to the others. "The number of dead people we're seeing right now... It's different from the part in the story that we read."
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Robin. Briggs. Billy. Violet. Basil. Asher. Jackie. Vincent. Lucine. Mickey. Archer. Wyn. Maurice. Allister. And now, in this real world, his big sister Twilip and the head butler, Archer . . . the one to whom he'd given the envelope. The envelope! No - that didn't matter right now. His gaze darted around for the person he cared for most, and he found her, sliding down against a wall. His breath was quickening. He would've normally fainted, but for some reason the memories of the dead bodies from before dulled his initial reaction.
"Robin!" Zach shouted as he ran over to her, knelt down beside her, and hugged her. "I'm here, dear, and - and thankfully, so are you . . . ." All he could think to do was try to hug her. Let someone else be the heroic investigator this time.
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"I-It was just supposed to be a story..." He sobbed. "S-So why is he actually dead...?"
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Lucine wobblingly approached Archer's corpse. "... He's happy..." she muttered, looking rather unconvinced.
"... He's smiling, so he's happy. He's definitely happy," she continued, choking down a sob. "and I don't have to be sad, because he's happy."
What she didn't choke down were the tears streaming down her face now, which she tried to wipe away as quickly as she could. "... Stop stop stop, stop crying, stop feeling like that..."
"... He's smiling, so he's happy. He's definitely happy," she continued, choking down a sob. "and I don't have to be sad, because he's happy."
What she didn't choke down were the tears streaming down her face now, which she tried to wipe away as quickly as she could. "... Stop stop stop, stop crying, stop feeling like that..."
Upon seeing her daughter begin to cry over the current deaths, Jacqueline found herself moving without thinking. She walked closer to the small girl, before kneeling down in front of her to reach her level. "Lucine . . . my little butterfly." She spoke softly, reaching to wipe away the girl's tears with her thumbs. "It is okay to cry. Let those emotions out . . . To mourn for those who have died is never a sin. It's okay, my darling. It's okay . . ." She'd kiss Lucine's forehead followed with a caring smile.
She'd most definitely go tend to Robin in a moment. Hopefully for now, Zachary could help her.
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JUpon seeing her daughter begin to cry over the current deaths, Jacqueline found herself moving without thinking. She walked closer to the small girl, before kneeling down in front of her to reach her level. "Lucine . . . my little butterfly." She spoke softly, reaching to wipe away the girl's tears with her thumbs. "It is okay to cry. Let those emotions out . . . To mourn for those who have died is never a sin. It's okay, my darling. It's okay . . ." She'd kiss Lucine's forehead followed with a caring smile.
She'd most definitely go tend to Robin in a moment. Hopefully for now, Zachary could help her.
She'd most definitely go tend to Robin in a moment. Hopefully for now, Zachary could help her.
"No!" Lucine yelled back. "No! I don't have to! He's supposed to be happy, he's supposed to be in the golden land, so I don't have to be sad!"
She was close to clawing the tears out of her face by now. "I'm not sad! I'm not crying! I'm not!"
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"I... I knew it..." she choked out between gasps for air. "They were... real... weren't they...!"
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"Father!" Allister screamed, rushing to the corpse of Archer. Tears were streaming down his face, as he looked at the familiar sight before him.
"I-It was just supposed to be a story..." He sobbed. "S-So why is he actually dead...?"
"I-It was just supposed to be a story..." He sobbed. "S-So why is he actually dead...?"
"...Come here, Allister," Briggs commanded, his voice turning serious. He brought Allister in close and shielded him from the sight of his dead father. "Don't look."
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"Father!" Allister screamed, rushing to the corpse of Archer. Tears were streaming down his face, as he looked at the familiar sight before him.
"I-It was just supposed to be a story..." He sobbed. "S-So why is he actually dead...?"
"I-It was just supposed to be a story..." He sobbed. "S-So why is he actually dead...?"
"... I wish I knew," Asher said, kneeling down a bit to be at Allister's eye level. He winced a bit, but used his cane to steady himself. "Your father didn't deserve this, and you didn't deserve to lose him. Twilip... didn't deserve it either. But I promise you that we'll find the bastard that did this."
He turned to Archer's corpse to examine it, trembling just a faint bit, though he turned back to Allister one last time.
"... Try... try to look away. You shouldn't have to see him like this."
Thankfully, Briggs came in and shielded him from the haunting sight, and Asher went back to examining Archer's corpse for any injuries and stuff around it. After that, he'd investigate Twilip's corpse.
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DootDootDoot wrote:
"No!" Lucine yelled back. "No! I don't have to! He's supposed to be happy, he's supposed to be in the golden land, so I don't have to be sad!"
She was close to clawing the tears out of her face by now. "I'm not sad! I'm not crying! I'm not!"
She was close to clawing the tears out of her face by now. "I'm not sad! I'm not crying! I'm not!"
Jacqueline stared in sadness, her face contorted with warm understanding. "Sweetheart . . ." She gently grasped the small girl's hands to keep them away from her face. "It's okay to be sad! Those who cry are not weak, darling! It's a very strong thing to show emotion! You, my sweet, are the strongest little girl I have ever been gifted to know!" She herself began to cry. Seeing the sight of her daughter trying to contain these emotions and deny them tore at her heart and ripped it into shreds.
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Robin clung to Zach and tried to breathe. What else could she do?
"I... I knew it..." she choked out between gasps for air. "They were... real... weren't they...!"
"I... I knew it..." she choked out between gasps for air. "They were... real... weren't they...!"
"Y-Yes. I knew there was no denying it, but . . . I . . . wanted it to be just a story too," Zach croaked out. His shallowed breathing, amongst his frantically-beating heart, made it difficult to get air. He gulped in a desperate attempt to catch his breath, holding Robin in a tight embrace and not daring to look at the bodies.
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"...Come here, Allister," Briggs commanded, his voice turning serious. He brought Allister in close and shielded him from the sight of his dead father. "Don't look."
Allister nodded, and clung to Briggs closely.
"O-Okay..." He mumbled, still sobbing.
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"... I wish I knew," Asher said, kneeling down a bit to be at Allister's eye level. He winced a bit, but used his cane to steady himself. "Your father didn't deserve this, and you didn't deserve to lose him. Twilip... didn't deserve it either. But I promise you that we'll find the bastard that did this."
He turned to Archer's corpse to examine it, trembling just a faint bit, though he turned back to Allister one last time.
"... Try... try to look away. You shouldn't have to see him like this."
Thankfully, Briggs came in and shielded him from the haunting sight, and Asher went back to examining Archer's corpse for any injuries and stuff around it. After that, he'd investigate Twilip's corpse.
He turned to Archer's corpse to examine it, trembling just a faint bit, though he turned back to Allister one last time.
"... Try... try to look away. You shouldn't have to see him like this."
Thankfully, Briggs came in and shielded him from the haunting sight, and Asher went back to examining Archer's corpse for any injuries and stuff around it. After that, he'd investigate Twilip's corpse.
"...Thank you."
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