An Eel is rapidly approaching your location. A bright set of lights stands out in the dark woods. A shack. They head up to them, stuffin their hands in their pockets as they do, taking a good look around. Glowing eyes lurk in the woods behind them! Its certainly! A home, or something close resembling one. There seems to be insulation visible in between planks of wood that let the light from inside spill out. They glance over the home, before sighing and brushing their hair back a little.
She tries to head up and knock on the door. A slight yelp is heard from the other side of the door before its opened. There stands Ascelli, with freshly redyed hair, fairly greasy and dirty. Shes wearing an iconic match of boxer shorts and a parka, with old and slightly runny makeup.
“Hey.”
Malo, or, Moray now dons a red colored jacket with a heart stitched onto it, a black shirt and white shorts with space-styled stockings. She has a black backpack on. Their hair is a mess and they look.. tired, to say the least. "Hi there. Nice fit!"
Ascelli looks down at herself and up at Moray, “Yeah yeah, dont bullshit me.”
"Nah, I'm bein' honest. Looks good."
“Im wearing underwear and a coat, this is hardly lookin good. Youve got an outfit, ive got clothes.”
"Least you're comfier than I am, y'know?"
She shrugs, “Fair enough. Whatd you wanna see me for?”
"So. Uh." Moray rubs the back of her head a little, awkwardly. "I'm here to try and provide you with a little more information..? For everything."
“Please. You guys have gotten so into this LARPing shit, and I'm a day away from leaving this shit.”
"Okay.. You know me right? At least a little. You can tell I'm not a liar and I don't fuck with people's emotions at least, yeah?"
“A bit, you seem cool in the chat and you looked kinda nice at the first meeting, didnt pay much attention to that, though. Clear youre gay for that occult person though.”
"Okay, for one, that's a fair answer. For two, shut up." Moray chuckles, "Now, what I'm about to tell you is going to sound like some fucked up dream shit, okay? But I need you to bear with me, humor me, even. Like try to take me seriously no matter how fuckin' weird this sounds."
Ascelli steps into the doorway, “Wait, wait. I wanna be sitting down.”
"Oh, okay...Do you want me to step in, or..?"
“Come in, come in, yes.” She flops back onto her pile of bean bags and blankets
They shuffle their way in slowly. Its small, but cozy. The edges are lined with beanbags, in varying conditions. The roof is covered in string lights, and the floor in lanterns. Theres tarp, then carpet over it. It seems fairly nice, all things considered. Moray takes a good look around, nodding to herself as she looks over at her. "Pretty nice in here."
Ascelli grins, “Really? Its a good 3 years in the making.”
"Damn, that's honestly genuinely impressive??"
She puts her hands behind her head, laying back. "Thank you! Sit down, if you want."
Moray nods and takes a seat.
"Well, go on."
"Okay. So I'm going to take it from the top, the whole night." Moray explains, "We entered the park with Cole right behind us. You know the whole brick ordeal right?"
She snickers, "Yeah, yeah. Was he buying it?"
"Oh yeah he was absolutely buying it. He showed that off like it was a prize. As soon as Cupid was in sight he ran up to him like a child with his new toy and tried to put it in his pocket, fucking comedy gold."
She snickers, and that snicker becomes a snort quickly. "Amazing."
"Cole fuckery aside, I think I remember there being.. something at the front. I didn't check it out, anyways, we head down to the clearing as usual and found that it was lit up by candles this time around." Moray continues, "Rrroxy, I believe? Was dressed in a mask and a cloak and asked us for a password. I was completely oblivious to the existence of one, but Avery.. guessed? Or got it right, I guess. And after that everyone started coming in."
Ascelli nods along, "Sounds like normal Larp shit to be honest."
Moray gives a slight chuckle, holding her hands together, "Yep, that's exactly what I thought too. So, when everything settled in, Lucy told us we'd roll a dice and engage in the larp stuff I guess. So everyone started doing it. Afterwards, it told us that everyone who rolled under 10 would eat a tic tac from this bowl they had. I rolled over 10, but, Avery was.. anxious about the whole thing, for a while. Even before the meeting, so she asked if I could take one with her, and since that didn't seem to be against the rules, me and everyone else who rolled under 10 just took one. It was supposed to be our 'initiation into the cult, the beginning of our infiltration'. Larp things. But.. It wasn't. Not really. I don't think getting the worst headache i've ever experienced in my life was a normal larp thing, hhaha.." Malo seemed nervous with that, giving a clearly fake laugh.
"So... they gave you shitty drug tic tacs?"
"Pretty much...Albeit, they must be, extremely, extremely strong drugs for Cole, Ayden, and even Myla now to still have not come back, and almost completely forget who they were."
"Yeah it's wild... maybe they're just playing into it?"
"I wish.. I dunno, I don't think Myla would try to play into it so late. And Cole's pretty dumb, there's no way he can keep up an act for this long."
"Yeah... no he is pretty fuckin stupid." Ascelli snickers, "It's weird... things have been weird. And I don't want to deal with it but I'd feel bad for just leaving."
"He is, yeah." Moray gives a weak grin "Hey, no, that's understandable. Honestly..? It'd probably be best to I think. I don't know.. I'd probably leave too if I kinda wasn't like, really scared, genuinely."
"I tell everyone they were probably just like... high and stuff but. I met someone with antlers and thats getting very hard to justify that it was just a headband."
"Huh.. someone with antlers?" Their head tilts to the side, slightly. "Not that I'm doubting you, this shit is crazy, but. How did you meet them?"
"... Im not bullshitting you. They threw weed at me."
".....You know, it's the fact that I can't even doubt this is what worries me more."
"Mhm. It's the person with the Riverdale picture as their pfp in the server."
"I've been wondering about them.." Moray sighs, "They seem a lot like a stalker, I think."
"How so? Also you didn't mention Avery when talking about the people who came out of it? Did she take the pill?"
"Just vibes. Seemingly watched everything that happened with Myla..? And threw weed at you. Kinda weird they have these locations.." Moray says, "Oh, yes, Avery did."
“Yeah, that lines up. I guess i’m not too hard to find though. And hows she feeling?“
"Fair enough..Oh. She's, uh. Fine, I guess? In place of Avery, there's Acedia now, but Avery is maybe still okay..? from what I've been told." Moray sighs, "Their situation is a bit more complicated, I feel."
“Wait so she isnt the same either? What about you? How do I know if I can trust you with this bullshit if you took the pill?
"Not exactly.. not sure how to explain it. Now, me?" Malo motions to herself a little, "Well, for one I know I'm malo still, and can recall the events prior. As for why? ..Acedia kind of. Helped me? Made my pill have lessened effects or.. something. He didn't explain it to me that much, and I was honestly too panicked to ask anything. They just told me to act along with it, act like I was one of them and didn't remember anything."
Ascelli blinks. “And. How does he just make the effects of drugs not work?”
"Do you want me to be like, completely, 100% honest. Because. Like. This is kind of a tough pill to swallow, it was for me."
“Mhm, cant tell you I'll believe it but go ahead.”
"..Acedia is a demon and possessed me a little bit to prevent the effects??"
Ascelli blinks a few times. “Uuhhhhh huh… do you… have any proof?”
They give a nervous smile with that, "Oh boy. uh. I'm going to state now that I haven't lost my mind, yet, alright? I am a-okay."
Ascelli nods slowly, clearly not completely on board. “Mhm… go on.”
"So. Uh. My proof is him telling me that.. I think I heard Lucy refer to him as a 'Feline', I just. Heard it a little, I was out of it for a while after that.." She seems as if she was about to say something more, but goes quiet.
“No no I mean like- physical evidence, thats just more of your word.”
Moray hums for a moment, messing with her jacket strings a little "Uuhh.. Oh. Right! There's.." Malo leans in a little, trying to show her their right eye. It's white and looks most akin to a cat's.
Ascelli squints as if trying to see it better, “Is that… a contact?”
"No, no, it isn't! Would be kinda silly if I did only one eye."
“Is… seeing things different? I dont-“ She seems to be having trouble processing.
"Nope. It's the same. Maybe clearer?"
“Youre either on a lot of drugs, lying, or youre not bullshitting me, and I'm slowly losing ground on the first two. Fuck man im not equipped to deal with this demon shit, what am I supposed to do, get some salt, buy some holy water?”
There's crunching outside. With a soft "Awhghgfuycjk"
Ascelli snaps her head up, and her hand moves to her axe, “What the FUCK was that??”
Malo looks stunned, perking up and immediately looking towards the outside. "Whg- what??"
Ascelli stands up, “Didnt sound like an animal, lets hope its just some crackhead”.
"Nono, don't worry! It's probably just Acedia haha-"
“They followed you… and you didnt tell me?”
"...They're shy."
“Mhm. Youre not helping your case here.”
"I know, I know! I was getting around to that!" Moray sighs, "And thought they wouldn't like. Do anything."
Ascelli pokes open the door with the butt of the axe. “Great…” Well, he isn't in FRONT of the door but he's like around the corner he fell in a pile of leaves. It's Avery! But with her hair cut slightly shorter and with glowing white eyes (with cat pupils) instead of normal human eyes! Ascelli turns the corner and holds her axe towards him, “The fuck are you and what are you doing?”
He sits up and sighs, clearly not worried by the axe. "Sorry. I was just listening to make sure you didn't like... Ya know. Kill her?? It's a worry! Especially with people like Cole- err... Now Max around??? Was downright itching to shoot someone at that last meeting. Terrible."
Ascelli rolls her eyes, “Good to know you think so highly of me.”
"You never know!" Acedia smiles.
“Mhm. Wanna stop snooping around in the freezing ass snow?”
"...I guess!" He gets up and huffs. "Hi."
Ascelli motions to the door and enters, “Hey”. Acedia follows!
"Oh, hi." Moray says.
"Hi!" Acedia stands next to her
“So. Mind explaining your eye shit?”
"What do you mean?"
“Your eyes, and her eye. Id just love to hear the story from you.” Ascelli seems a bit fed up.
"I don't get what you mean? That's just how they are." Acedia goes to do the thing you do when taking out your contacts and nothing comes out there's nothing there. No contacts! "I mean, they definitely weren't like this when you were talking to Avery at the first meeting, soooo.. I bet that's good enough to prove a point."
“No I mean. What the fuck are you.”
"Oh, I'm a demon. It's kinda simple?" He chuckles.
“Its really not.” Ascelli's rubbing a temple. “Im not high enough for this shit…”
"Yeah? Well, get used to it. Unless you wanna run away, that is! Which would be the smart choice, respectfully." Acedia chuckles, "I mean, with Willow and Ross, they weren't there. They came in at the end, they're too wrapped up to leave now, I'd think. But you? You didn't go. You didn't see any of the really weird stuff. Sooooo. Food for thought." He grins.
“Yeah I've been chewing on it. ‘M not sure if itd be good for my conscience to let this shit just happen.”
"I don't know if you can really do anything about it. Like, not insulting you as a person at all, I'm just saying I SINCERELY doubt you can hold a candle to Lucille short of just running as far away as possible, for as long as possible. ...Which is just letting shit happen in the long run. But, hey! I'm just an otherworldy entity, what do I know?" Acedia smiles.
“Well, better to try than to not. And sorry if having some fucking trouble understanding the scale of this shit, kind of a dick move to expect me to get all this shit.” Ascelli sits down, exasperated.
"Hey, you're valid. You weren't exactly there to see her implant stuff in the Un-Rose'd folk's brains that can tell them what to do whenever she wants. I don't blame you for having doubts about this all. ...Willow, though? Kinda inexcusable. She was literally there. Just my opinion! Again, what do I know?" He also sits down, crossing his legs.
"I'm just happy to get out relatively unscathed." Moray sighs. Acedia knocks on the nearest wooden thing.
“I mean. Seems like you know more shit than anyone else that im willing to talk to.” Ascelli says.
"And who ARE you willing to talk to?" Acedia asks.
“The people who arent drugged, besides you two, and the people who arent running this shit.”
"See, the reason I know more than the people who aren't drugged is probably because half of them still don't believe this?"
“I dont blame them.”
"I do, just a teensy bit. They were literally there for it."
“I guess. But its easier to believe a bad trip rather than otherworldly shit.”
"Ignorance only goes so far."
Ascelli shrugs, “Far enough most the time”
"Most of the time?"
"I'm sure they'll come around eventually..!" Moray chimes in.
“Most situations people get by with dumb luck and ignorance.” Ascelli says.
"I guess."
“But… what do you suggest I do about this shit? Just leave the place ive spent years collecting shit so I can live comfortably?”
"Or just like... Stop interacting and hope Lucille doesn't appear on your doorstep...Or that other one. You know. Riverdale fellow." Acedia sighs.
“Whats the problem with them? They seem pretty chill.” Ascelli asks.
"I dunno! Just seem a bit suspicious."
“I suppose, they had antlers and shit.”
"Yeah."
"Definitely weird." Moray sighs.
“Not much weirder than having cat eyes.” Ascelli replies.
"Hey!"
"Yeah you are a little weird" Moray pokes at Acedia.
"I'm going to start CRYING." Acedia frowns.
Ascelli shrugs, “Im not wrong and I stand my ground.”
"Alright." Acedia says, "Well anyway, do you believe us??"
Ascelli sighs and puts her head back onto a beanbag, “I dont see any other option.”
"I'm glad. I was honestly scared I'd look insane coming here." Moray sighs.
"I mean, to be fair, you DID. but it's truthful insanity!" Acedia giggles, clearly teasing.
“Yeah, im not saying you didnt.”
"Oh." Moray says, "Well at least I'm believed then!"