Wangxian Prompt/Self-fill Dump

Halloween

They say that the old Lan Temple was haunted. That many have gone up there and vanished, some turning up days later terrified into madness, some lacking memories of ever going up there, others found dead, seemingly caused by accidents, and few have vanished entirely, never to be seen again. The old Lan Temple was a remnant from a time where magic and sorcery were studied and used to battle demons, gods and the undead. But now in modern times, was an empty shell of its former glory.

Wei Ying was excited to spend the night in the old temple for his little YouTube channel where he would talk about old legends and myths, sometimes debunking them or finding evidence that some might be real. He sometimes travelled, if his viewers helped him raise enough money on his streams, where he often played horror games, much to their amusement. And today being his birthday was going to be a very special stream. Sadly his usual group of friends couldn't make it and he really didn't want to tell his viewers, his Demonic Cultivator Army as they have nicknamed themselves, that he had to cancel the stream.

He made sure to stock up on food and supplies for the evening, his mini, portable generators were ready to go as well as his power banks and tools. He had arrived in the early afternoon to set up, choosing to remain in the main area of the temple under the Dragon Statue, which was pretty wicked, even as covered by wild vegetation as it in is. The details were amazing!

He had told some locals where he would be for the night, You know, just in case he gets stranded out there, they could send a rescue team. He did one final check before he grabbed up his phone and quickly set up his stream, double checking things on his laptop, before he began the countdown to go live.

"Hello my DCA! How are my favorite Chaos Gremlins!?" He cheerfully greets and checks the viewers count. "Wow, almost everyone showed up! I got set up some things so we can give the stragglers some time to join in. So as you all most likely saw on my Social and my teams socials, they could not make it. And since I was already here and you all were so wonderful to not only meet the goal, but go beyond it, I opted to one man this."

He laughs and checks chat and sees several concerned comments and a few donations pop up.

"Aww, thanks Yi-Lou's Waifu! I promise I am not gonna do anything crazy. I told the locals where I am, my brother and sister are also in the Stream as well as my two besties. And I have all of you to either storm my location and rescue me or at least call the local search and rescue team! So I did some research on the area when I got here two days ago and while there have been a few deaths and disappearances, I do not plan on traveling around. I am planning on chilling right here, chatting, reading some of the stories from the locals, old legends about the Lans, especially this Hanguang-Jun. Is he a benevolent spirit or a malevolent demon? I am also planning to cut a small mochi cake for my birthday today!" Wei Ying gushes as he holds up said cake, securely packed into a Tupperware.

He sees a message from his brother, calling him an idiot and scolding him.

"Aww, I wasn't about to cancel since it would be basically stealing from my generous donors and not to mention that I do not make a lot of money to pay them all back for the bust on this trip. Like I said, I am not gonna go wandering around unless there is a wild animal intent on eating me or some such chasing me around... Well you should have thought of that before bailing on me at the last minute. I can understand Shijie, she's pregnant and had a bit of a scare! I wasn't gonna make her come!... Oh guys, calm down! My sister is doing alright, it wasn't anything life threatening for her or the baby, but the doctors wanna keep her in for a week to make sure she and my unborn niece or nephew are gonna be ok. Though they will put her on bed rest to be safe even after she is home."

He chats with his viewers and his team, getting the last few things in place and then starts the now official night with recapping his last horror game stream and putting up a poll that he will check out at the end of the stream, to see where he should travel to next. He then starts to read about the Temple from the info packets he made at the local library. His chat is lively tonight, which makes him feel less lonely and he is glad his siblings and friends, while not there in person due to issues or health problems, were there chatting too as well as keeping the DCA under control.