The Haunted Asylum (inspired by the boys' video)

Chapter 2: Welcome to Ararat Asylum

"Hey, Dark?" The shade looks over to Blank, who is walking with him back to the courtyard from the men's ward with his hands in his pockets. The two of them had just finished setting up the spirit box for later in the night when the whole group goes over to those wards. "Hmm? What is it, Blank?"

"Are you really scared of ghosts? I mean... I know you said you didn't believe in them, but you said you were scared, right?"

"Ah... Well, to be completely honest with you... It's not that I am scared of ghosts but more that I am scared easily." The hybrid looks shocked, using the large spider legs on his back to get in front of Dark, walking backward. "Really? Never would have expected that Mr. Big Bad Darkiplier!" said big bad pulls Blank to the side as they continue to walk together, saving him from smacking into a pole. "Watch where you are going. And yes. As unbelievable as it is I get scared too. Embarrassingly easily."

"Ah... Hey, man, don't worry about it," He pats his back, "We all have our fears. PJ is scared of clowns, I'm afraid of tiny holes - don't laugh - Anti's scared of abandonment, Infelix is afraid of lizard people. We all have our fears and phobias, and you know, probably TMI but I remember last time we had a movie night and - it was so funny!- we were watching The Black Phone and there was this one bit and Anti screamed so loudly- oof!"

"I thought I told you not to tell anyone about that." The glitch is hugging Blank from behind, having pulled him down, trapping his spider legs, and covering his mouth. He let go of him and walked around him, pulling his blue hood over his eyes and wraps his arm around Dark's shoulders. He looks Dark in the eyes, poking his chest, "You tell anyone about this, and it will be your last living conversation. You hear me?"

"What are you going to do? Make me disappear? We both know you can't kill me." Anti glares as they look him dead in the eyes, making their noses touch, "You know I won't hesitate to try, asshole. How would you like to live here forever, huh? Little bitch."

"Then try me, glitch."

"Jesus Christ, get a room already," Blank separates the two rivals. "You guys can fight after we finish recording."

"I don't think we will last that long."

"Maybe you won't." Dark removes Anti's arm from his shoulders with warming cheeks and keeps walking, making his companions have to speed up to join him. Anti scoffs but doesn't answer; instead, they start conversing with Blank about whatever pops into their mind. The sun sets faster than Dark would like as they meet back up with the group, everyone clipping their microphones onto their clothes and testing if they work, except for DD and Blaze, who set up the cameras and were double-checking if everything worked. They chatted for a bit, sent final text messages and emails, and made sure they still had all of their belongings. Which was a good call since Infelix realized he had lost his tag necklace, which after spinning around for a few minutes panicked, turned out to be twisted around his wrist. "Alright, is everything ready? No more losing things?"

"I'd say everything is ready, yeah. Do you guys want to start the video out here or do you think we should start in the nursery?"

"It would have been good to think about this like 20 minutes ago. We need an intro!" Anti and Infelix bickered with each other, which just turned into them insulting each other pettily. "We could skip the intro," KPJ spoke up, "We got footage from the tour we could throw in during editing and use that instead." Dark voiced his agreement, not overly fussed with what they picked, but if he was going to create something, he was going to do his best to make it near-perfect. He wouldn't get too into leadership, though. Anti made it clear this was supposed to be for fun, something interesting to do while they get away from their ego brethren for a few weeks. Even though he wasn't supposed to worry about the state of the house, he made sure to put The Host in charge and check in where he could.

The 7 demons made their way over to the asylum's nursery building, the sunset obscured by clouds and cold winds. "It's still bright out," Blaze noted, "We could whip up something quick out here and head in once the sun finishes setting. We could still edit in the clip from the tour, and we could even add a sky view of the whole place." The group vocalizes their agreement, and they set up the cameras, ready to start recording. Infelix offers to start them off, and KillPJ agrees to jump in during the intro. Dark shuffles next to Anti, adjusting his jacket and hair; they lean closer and whisper something into his ear. He stares at them with wide eyes, and they gesture to keep it a secret. Then, DD asks if the group is ready, and Blaze counts them down to the beginning of the recording. Dark turns away from the glitch and looks back at the camera. 

"We are at the Ararat Asylum, two and a half hours away from Melbourne. This whole place is an entire tragedy! There are so many people that died here," Infelix looks over to KPJ, "Over ten thousand from what we were told."

"One of the oldest insane asylums in Australia; a lot of crazy stuff has happened within these walls. We're going to look at the whole thing, and we're going to spend the whole night together, so, yeah." KPJ barely finishes, and Anti jumps straight in, "This is a pretty big jump from the clown motel and the prison." Making everyone laugh like they always do, easing some of the tension that had unknowingly risen in the group. The predicament is funny, remembering how terrified they all felt at that damned motel. Especially with Infelix coming out in that clown costume and chasing them. "So yeah, yeah, I'm excited." They smile, and the shade decides to hint at what they had whispered to him, smoothly injecting it into the introduction. "Oh, and there's, there's something else that... is going to be a surprise that I can't wait for you guys to react to." As out of character as it is for him to stutter, Anti nods and voices a 'yeah' in agreement, which sends them a well-masked confused look from Dark Dan and Blaze. "Anti and I got a little... taste."

"Anyways," They cut him off, "Let's fucking do it!" Which seems to take everyone's mind off it immediately, as they all hype themselves up to start the night. Blank and Infelix are already ahead of the group as the cameras cut, excited to start the night. Anti pushes Dark towards KillPJ as Blaze and DD go up to them, probably to ask what they were talking about in the introduction. He doesn't worry about it, though, and begins to walk in stride with KPJ, who has an uncomfortable look on his face, colorful auras losing vibrance.

"Are you alright?" He asks, "There appears to be something on your mind."

"I have a bad feeling about this." He responds in a mumble, fiddling with the EMF reader in his hands and looking at the building, "I can feel it. There is a strong supernatural energy making my stomach curl in on itself." Dark lets an 'oh' escape, not overly sure what to do to help his... acquaintance but still wanting to make sure he is okay, just like Dark would do for his ego brothers and sister. Just as he was about to open his mouth again, KillPJ spoke up. "But, I'm excited. Being with everyone and doing this. As bad as I'm feeling, I want to go as long as possible. I don't want this bad vibe to take away from my work.

"I can inform everyone else if you want to sit down and have a drink for a bit. Just for a few minutes before we start?"

"It's alright, Dark. I appreciate you trying to help, but I'll manage. Just like how I push through art block or not feeling inspired. I know this isn't that related but anything to try help, right? Thank you, Dark."

"Of course, anything you need, just let me know, and I'll do what I can to assist you." He says, and opens the door for him, staying there until the other three enter the building. "Alright," Blaze calls to the group, "Camera coming back on in

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