WHO: Turing & you WHAT: Gum, puzzles and accidentally unsettling wandering. WHEN: Early May WHERE: Oot and aboot WARNINGS: ...Hopefully none!! But I will update if they come up
Prompts are below! Might add more later in the month, idk
[Clamor is usually a lot better about going to sleep on time... but unfortunately, he got distracted while putting his library books back, and before he knew it he was halfway through another novel and an hour past midnight. Now the silence is all over the school and he knows he'll have a hell of a time trying to sleep. Ugh.
But if it's past midnight, then at least he can take his book with him. Reading is hard when all the lights are off, but he can read by moonlight if he stands by a window, and maybe this will make him tired enough to have a nice, dreamless sleep? One can only hope. In the meantime, it was just getting to the good part—the last of the candles flickered out, and they could see an ominous blue light at the end of the darkened hallway...
... as he moves to turn the page, an ominous blue light catches his eye, from the end of the darkened hallway.
not that he thinks the book is suddenly real, he has more sense than that, but it's late and he's tired and he has no idea what the hell that is and oh god what if it is a vengeful ghost—]
[ That ominous blue light drifted left and right down the hallway, as if it was searching for something. Was it here? Or perhaps there? Then, that light came to a sudden stop. Had Clamor been noticed? The light gently swayed in the air, as if in thought. It was calm for just long enough to make someone think it had lost interest in whatever it had seen, but then in that chilling silence, it began coming closer.
And closer.
And closer still!
...In reality, Turing was just bored and had decided to check out the nearby rooms and lockers in a more haphazard way than usual. Clamor was the first person they had seen in a little while now, so of course they had to go over and say hello! Or rather, give a non-verbal greeting given the circumstances. It would be rude to just ignore him and continue on their way, after all. Unfortunately, their motives were not the most obvious ones. ]
[The mysterious orb drifts out of view, and... did he just imagine it? He must be really tired. Yeah... yeah, that'd be way too crazy, for something like that to appear at just the perfect moment—
but then the orb is back and okay now he has to accept that he definitely saw something, he has no idea what it is, and it might in fact be a ghost. Should he try to run?? He shouldn't stick around and fight something like that, right? He can't even use magic right now... but his sleep-deprived brain considers that running might just make it chase him, so instead he consults his best resource: flipping ahead to the next chapter.
Turns out this is one of those ghost stories where a group of friends get picked off one by one until the main protagonist solves the mystery and lifts the curse... and, tragically, this first character does not survive to the next chapter. Fuck.
He tries to flip through faster to get to the part where they solve the mystery and the survivors escape, but that light is getting closer, and closer, and... he just holds up the book like that might protect him. Maybe this ghost runs on "I can't see you if you can't see me" logic??? He might be crying please have mercy on him spooky ghost orb what did he do to earn your wrath, he's innocent!!]
[ Hm? Was this person offering a book to them? What was it about? Was it that interesting?
Yes, that really was their first reaction. The idea of someone being afraid was totally alien to them. After all, ROMs were designed to be cute, not scary! To compound the problem, they didn't think twice about stretching themselves to their full height (which still wasn't much, mind you) to get a better look at that book. Please enjoy the incredibly close ghost orb glowing at you from behind the book, Clamor.
They would have voiced all of those previous questions and more, but there was a problem with that. Their voice was not coming out. Not only that, but their diagnostics weren't showing any problems either. That, among other things, was worrying. Turing could do something about one of those things however, and so the ghost orb drifted off once again to retrieve a handkerchief. If Clamor was still there, he would be getting poked; unfortunately, they were left with few options for getting his attention. ]
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pictured: clamor, maybe crying a little as he stares in horror at turing for no obvious reason
But if it's past midnight, then at least he can take his book with him. Reading is hard when all the lights are off, but he can read by moonlight if he stands by a window, and maybe this will make him tired enough to have a nice, dreamless sleep? One can only hope. In the meantime, it was just getting to the good part—the last of the candles flickered out, and they could see an ominous blue light at the end of the darkened hallway...
... as he moves to turn the page, an ominous blue light catches his eye, from the end of the darkened hallway.
not that he thinks the book is suddenly real, he has more sense than that, but it's late and he's tired and he has no idea what the hell that is and oh god what if it is a vengeful ghost—]
definitely not making that worse, no sir
And closer.
And closer still!
...In reality, Turing was just bored and had decided to check out the nearby rooms and lockers in a more haphazard way than usual. Clamor was the first person they had seen in a little while now, so of course they had to go over and say hello! Or rather, give a non-verbal greeting given the circumstances. It would be rude to just ignore him and continue on their way, after all. Unfortunately, their motives were not the most obvious ones. ]
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but then the orb is back and okay now he has to accept that he definitely saw something, he has no idea what it is, and it might in fact be a ghost. Should he try to run?? He shouldn't stick around and fight something like that, right? He can't even use magic right now... but his sleep-deprived brain considers that running might just make it chase him, so instead he consults his best resource: flipping ahead to the next chapter.
Turns out this is one of those ghost stories where a group of friends get picked off one by one until the main protagonist solves the mystery and lifts the curse... and, tragically, this first character does not survive to the next chapter. Fuck.
He tries to flip through faster to get to the part where they solve the mystery and the survivors escape, but that light is getting closer, and closer, and... he just holds up the book like that might protect him. Maybe this ghost runs on "I can't see you if you can't see me" logic??? He might be crying please have mercy on him spooky ghost orb what did he do to earn your wrath, he's innocent!!]
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Yes, that really was their first reaction. The idea of someone being afraid was totally alien to them. After all, ROMs were designed to be cute, not scary! To compound the problem, they didn't think twice about stretching themselves to their full height (which still wasn't much, mind you) to get a better look at that book. Please enjoy the incredibly close ghost orb glowing at you from behind the book, Clamor.
They would have voiced all of those previous questions and more, but there was a problem with that. Their voice was not coming out. Not only that, but their diagnostics weren't showing any problems either. That, among other things, was worrying. Turing could do something about one of those things however, and so the ghost orb drifted off once again to retrieve a handkerchief. If Clamor was still there, he would be getting poked; unfortunately, they were left with few options for getting his attention. ]