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Post by Copper on May 2, 2015 3:33:28 GMT
Ricardo nodded shakily as they approached the dungeon wall, which led to the Slytherin commons. "How do you reckon we open it?"
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Post by Silaluk on May 4, 2015 2:00:48 GMT
"I'm not entirely sure... Maybe there's no password in this little world. We could always try just finding a sort of special stone in the wall, or even pushing the whole thing open," he suggested, scanning the space in front of them carefully.
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Post by Copper on May 4, 2015 2:07:08 GMT
Tentative, Ricardo reached out a long-fingered hand and felt the wall shift under his touch. The entrance to the Slytherin commons swung open, but there was something... Off. Where they should have seen the inside, only shadows were visible, completely cloaking anything beyond the doorway.
Behind them, a voice rang out in sing-song. "Going somewhere?"
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Post by Silaluk on May 4, 2015 2:14:44 GMT
Vincent's head whipped around to locate the source of the voice. His immediate thought was that they were both going to die. Whoever had spoken had the clear advantage over him and Ricardo. He began to mentally prepare himself for the inevitable attack, going through his whole life in a matter of moments. Vincent held Ricardo a bit tighter then, still unable to find where the voice came from.
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Post by Copper on May 4, 2015 2:23:42 GMT
Ricardo's breath caught in his throat as he turned back to the Slytherin doorway. Standing before it was Bianca-- but it wasn't. She looked normal from he front, smiling sweetly and playing with her wand between two fingers, but seemingly from her back arched long and shadowy tendrils. Exactly like those that had wrapped around Ricardo's arms and ribs. He flinched at the sight of them.
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Post by Silaluk on May 4, 2015 2:57:34 GMT
"What do you want?" Vincent called, surrounding Ricardo protectively. He eyed Bianca's back warily. Knowing what she could do, their best bet was to not anger her. Maybe then, just maybe, they'd be able to escape this Bianca's wrath.
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Post by Copper on May 4, 2015 10:05:52 GMT
"I want you to stay here," she hissed quietly, the shadowy tendrils moving closer around them. "Forever."
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Post by Silaluk on May 4, 2015 12:55:15 GMT
Vincent ducked and raced for the wall, pulling Ricardo alongside him. The stone may end up being solid, but he had to hope they'd get through it and into the common room somehow. Vincent braced himself for an impact, but to his surprise, the wall seemed to melt around them. The next thing he knew, they were inside the Slytherin common room.
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Post by Copper on May 4, 2015 15:32:06 GMT
Ricardo turned around, eyes wide with pain and shock as he watched the world beyond the doorway close in on itself. It looked almost as if it was sucked into a void, the monstrous Bianca's screams echoing before it was replaced by the back of the wall again.
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Post by Silaluk on May 4, 2015 18:55:10 GMT
Vincent was hugging the Gryffindor tighter now than before, more for his own comfort than Ricardo's. He gazed around the common room with interest and caution. Who knew if Bianca could come through the wall after them. The dark, green-lit space seemed to pulse with a sort of energy, and not necessarily a good one. Shadows shifted and a low hum, nearly infrasonic, filled the air. "A-are we safe?"
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Post by Copper on May 4, 2015 19:04:10 GMT
"I... think so," he managed, staring around. "It feels... different here. I think we're in a different pocket now. Someone else's."
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Post by Silaluk on May 4, 2015 19:10:58 GMT
"But whose pocket could this be? Bianca's?" The room made Vincent uncomfortable. The whole atmosphere was unsettling. There wasn't really a better word to describe it. If this was a different universe pocket, it had to be one that was already corrupt. At least, that's what it felt like.
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Post by Copper on May 4, 2015 19:19:10 GMT
"Probably. She's the only Slytherin we know." Carefully, Ricardo wriggled out from under Vincent's hold, inspecting the room. Vincent was right-- the silence was deafening, the atmosphere charged with something that he couldn't identify-- and yet, it made the hairs on the back of his neck stand upright. "It's awfully quiet for something that Bianca made."
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Post by Silaluk on May 4, 2015 19:26:51 GMT
"You're right... And it's too dark too. There's no way Bianca would miss a chance to be flashy." Part of him wanted to explore. There had to be a way out of this pocket too. At the same time however, Vincent found that he was starting to lose hope. How many more of these universes would they have to go through before they got back to their original world?
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Post by Copper on May 4, 2015 19:46:53 GMT
Ricardo turned around, opening the doorway. Instead of the darkness of the previous universe, it was simply a normal hallway. Silent, just like the rest of the school. "Where do you think she is?"
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Post by Silaluk on May 4, 2015 23:24:20 GMT
"I don't know," Vincent breathed. "But I don't exactly want to find out either." He checked to make sure the coast was clear before warily stepping out into the hallway. "Right then. Obviously the Slytherin common room wasn't a way out. Let's try Hufflepuff next. I know there's the whole thing with your brother, but there's a chance he might not be there."
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Post by Copper on May 4, 2015 23:40:27 GMT
"Vincent..." He said quietly. "The world we had together was destroyed. Which means that our Hufflepuff gate and Bianca's Hufflepuff gate may lead to different places. We need to be really careful with all of this..."
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Post by Silaluk on May 4, 2015 23:50:33 GMT
The Gryffindor huffed. "Why does this have to be so confusing?" he muttered. "It's like a giant maze that we're only bound to get more and more lost in." Vincent paused, casting his eyes to the floor. "I just... What if we never find a way out? What if we're stuck here forever? We can't live in these universes safely."
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Post by Copper on May 4, 2015 23:56:38 GMT
"We can think about that. We'll only go mad." Ricardo started down the hall, careful to keep his footsteps quiet. "We need to focus on getting all of our friends-- the real ones, that is-- together. As a group we'll be able to find out what to do. We need to get Bianca and get out of here."
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Post by Silaluk on May 5, 2015 0:11:21 GMT
"The real Bianca?" Vincent murmured. He tried to remember what things used to be like, with them and all of their friends sitting together, chatting and laughing. It proved to be more difficult than Vincent thought, but he could just catch a wisp of those memories.
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