#closed starter. 𝒥𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒷𝑒𝓉𝓌𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝓊𝓈

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What had started as a routine walk out into the forests around Tempo soon turned into an exploration when Melody had stumbled upon an old decrepit building, drawn subconsciously towards its strange energy. She didn’t even stop to think about it before she wandered inside. The place was crumbling, falling apart. Broken glass and debris littered the floor at nearly every step, accentuating each one with a crunch. She hasn’t touched anything yet— hadn’t exactly found anything to touch that was worth the risk of possible tetanus. Mostly just old furniture, some of it molded from time. It gave the air a sort of mildew like scent. Maybe she’d have to start keeping masks in her backpack for impromptu discoveries like this.

But then she stops. Somewhere nearby she can hear the crunching of unfamiliar footsteps, moving steadily. Curious, the guardian steps lighter than before, practically tip-toeing to where she hears the noise coming from. To her surprise she finds another person. But something is... off. The energy coming from the stranger twists up inside her, laying heavy and cold like a stone in the pit of her stomach. What was it? Dread? Anger? Fear? But it’s not all there, either. Whatever this energy is, this feeling coming from this person, it’s residual. Whatever was causing it was no longer actually there.

A small crack sounds from the high ceilings, drawing her attention upwards. A large light fixture sat hanging by a thread, right above where the stranger was standing. What was he looking at, anyway? And then, a snap. The single thread holding the fixture suddenly fails and sends it falling, aimed right for the other. Her heart pounds and she rushes forwards, aiming to grab his arm and pull him out of its path. “Hey watch out!”

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The rain had seemed to come out of nowhere. And there was so much, it was practically a downpour! Being so far away from home, and barely able to see through the weather, she was forced to seek shelter, sending her running for the mouth of the cavern. But that feeling— that terrible, gut-wrenching energy radiating from the cave, it got stronger the closer she got, weighing her down until she was fully stopped, in the rain, staring up at the opening of the rock formation. She was soaked to the bone but it felt like she couldn’t move at all, she couldn’t even breathe. What was this place? Why did it feel so wrong? Why did it feel like she had to be here all of a sudden?

It takes a long time, but her feet start to move slowly backwards. Whatever that place is, whatever that energy is, it feels like it’s swallowing her whole, devouring her from the inside out. She can’t go in, she’d rather sit out in the rain and get sick than go in there. But as she’s backpedaling her back meets flat against something else, no, someone else. A small yelp of surprise leaves her and she spins on her heels, fear etched into her features as she faces whoever’s behind her. It fades fast, however, this stranger feels nothing like the energy coming from that place. Hand shaking, it raises to push a wet lock of hair from sticking to her face. “O-oh, gosh, I’m so sorry about that, I didn’t mean to bump into you.” Deep breath in, let it out slow. It’s fine. “Are you okay? I didn’t hurt you, did I?”