[network; video] @MarbleHornets; ERROR [day 006]

[snowblindmods]

There's a horrific metallic screech, with a video displaying only the floor of the elementary school for a few moments. Then, it rises, showing a much more intact school than the current travelers would be used to.. Two unknown people are speaking, both women.

"Are you seeing that?"

"No I--wait, yes. What are those?"

"Get it on video, quick."

The display jerks down another hallway. None of the lights are on; the only point of light is the distant illumination of the other end of the hallway, where the lights still work. Shadows seem to shift and twitch--no, shadows are shifting and twitching. Darker than the gloomy surroundings, humanoid shadows can be seen. They're twitching and wandering aimlessly in the middle of the hallway.

Once the camera really focuses on them, though, their heads all turn at once to face it. And, with torn apart voices, they begin to scream.

The video ends.

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text; ID: MarbleHornets

[genreblindness]

I didn't post this.

I found an SD card at the school. When I inserted it into my tablet, it downloaded something and then made this post with my username.

action;

[maskintape]

[ Back in the equipment shed with Jay, Tim is being very quiet indeed. He replays the video a couple of times - Jesus, those screams - and then puts the tablet aside. ]

This was a bad idea.

[ They're still far too close to the school for his liking. What if their meddling has woken those shadow things somehow? Is a flimsy wooden shed door really going to keep them away? ]

Really bad.

action;

[genreblindness]

[Jay's inspecting the drawing he found, comparing the shadowy figures in it to the ones in the video.]

At least now we know not to go back in there.

[As terrified as he is, a part of him feels weirdly excited. This is, to some degree, familiar territory. He knows how to react to it.]

text; ID: tiro

[fataliteas]

[Goddammit you guys.]

Were you able to remove whatever it was?

[genreblindness]

Yeah, the card came out without any problems.

video, still @lancer;

[croi]

[Well, for fuck's sake. That gets a reply.]

Thanks.

[Is clearly inside of the school. One of the classrooms, in fact. Looks vaguely like that hallway's outside, but not quite (maybe.)]

voice;

[genreblindness]

You, uh... might wanna get out of there.

[Though there's the problem that the only shelter close to the school is the one Jay and Tim are already in. He doesn't really relish the thought of having the weird hitman guy staying with them.]

text, @Enoch, ICly late - night

[warriorscribe]

[He's glad this is in text, that broken screech made him actually drop his tablet in shock and he's not sure he could stay composed over voice just yet.]

More of those strange cards I've been hearing of. What could have happened here? What are those things? No demon I know of has ever made a sound like that.

[genreblindness]

I don't know. I don't know about demons or anything like that, but I'm sure this is nothing good.

@bancroft | voice;

[lifewithoutrest]

[Helen still isn't terribly fond of text, and even if she were, she's still out wandering the perimeter of the school. She'll settle for the convenience of a voice response.]

Where, exactly, did you find it? I'd like to have a closer look.

[Of course, it's going to have to wait. She can feel her time slipping away. Soon, she'll have to find shelter for the night.]

voice;

[genreblindness]

I got it from a machine in the teacher's lounge. I, uh, wouldn't recommend going in there, though.

text, id: cgriffin

[coleader]

Tell me this wasn't the school you found all the food at.

[genreblindness]

Sorry, but it is. You're probably better off finding food somewhere else.

text; ID: Summoner

[ninjainviolet]

If I didn't know better, I'd think they were the parts of Shadow we gathered.

[ Unless they had been taken at some point...but wait... ]

[genreblindness]

What do you mean?

[What's this about capital-letter-Shadow, now?]

video @LELRIC

[armoured]

[In his panic, for once, Al forgets not to engage the video function of the tablet. This means that there is a suit of armour to go with the high and frightened voice.]

You--

[Geez.]

I thought you were really hurt.

[He's relieved that this isn't the case, even if they don't know each other that well.]

text;

[genreblindness]

[There's a long pause before Jay replies as he just stares at the armour on the screen. What is that even.]

No I'm fine. Not sure if that's the case for the people in the video, though.

text; ID: Nobody

[promises_to_keep]

Well that was horribly unsettling. Is this the same school that's here in this town?

[genreblindness]

It is. It's probably best to stay away from there.

@Spoiler; text

[spoileralert]

pretty sure i just had a fucking heart attack, thanks for that

[genreblindness]

Sorry, this wasn't exactly intentional.

video; ID: Zelda

[sageprincess]

Were those... redeads?

[A little too freaked out to bother with typing, here. She's also talking a bit more to herself than anyone on the network.]

No, that can not be possible-- they would have screeched earlier. But... Goddesses...

[Now she has the idea in her head that she and Link weren't the only ones from Hyrule dragged into this world. Such a happy thought.]

voice;

[genreblindness]

[Wait, what? She knows what they are?]

What's a redead?

text - ID: claytonator

[dr_unconscious]

[It's not until later that Clayton comes across this, and he's happy that others have come through to discuss it first before he decides to reply. If they hadn't, he might have reacted more strongly. Blown his cover, even. Because those look an awful lot like Shades, wandering those halls, and if he had panicked and told them to leave, he might have had to explain how he knows what they are.]

[Clayton likes these people, and he gets the distinct impression that they like him just as much, if not more, based on the interactions he's seen himself have with them--but even if he could remember them, he thinks he's not quite ready to take that step just yet.]

I'll have to give whoever made this credit, if we ever find them. That was the best damn screamer I've ever seen.

[Because it...definitely must have been staged...nothing to do with Shades, whatsoever. Everyone should trust Clayton on this, he knows what he's talking about.]

Are you still in the school? Have you found anything else?

[genreblindness]

Something makes me think it wasn't originally intended as a screamer. Even if that's how it kind of turned out.

[If Jay had made the video, he would have included some kind of warning before the screamy part. He has consideration for his viewers.]

We're not in there anymore. Didn't find much else that's worth noting.