Aiden x Reader (but you're Ashlyn)

Episode 23

>>>><Decisions in the Dark><<<<

I notice Logan wake up and turn my focus back on the phantom with everyone else.
"That's disgusting.." Tyler says with his arms crossed over his chest.
"What?" Logan speaks up
"Ah-! You're awake, you feeling okay" Taylor asks him
"Not really.." He makes a weird face once he notices the phantom
"What happened to it?!"

"Turns out if these things are exposed to light too long, they turn to goop" Aiden said with his usual smirk.

"Yeah- they start to sizzle, twist, bubble--"
Tyler interrupts Aiden "Okay stop. You're gonna make him sick"
"Since he's awake now, let's talk about Savannah. We can't keep hoping that things will go back to normal on their own."

"And we can't risk getting stuck here permanently!" i addme and Tyler go back and fourth and eventually i snap and raise my voice leaving everybody speechless.I sit back down with my head in my hands.After a few minutes of the abrupt silence I caused, Taylor spoke up.

"Um, going back doesn't mean we have to go back to the house again, or interact with the phantom, right? Maybe we can just search around for someone who might know something? The locals are bound to know something. We've been reading myths, lore, and watched who-knows-how-many investigations about Savannah for the past 2 weeks, and still haven't found anything useful."

Tyler- calmly this time -spoke, as everyone followed behind. "I'll agree to avoiding that place and only looking for local information. That way, we don't have to risk anything."

"I-if we don't go back to the Sorrel House, then I'm not against going back to Savannah."

"...Ben, what about you?" He pulled out his phone and typed a message. 'I'll go with whatever Aiden decides.'

"Hm? I don't care either way, both options seem fun." Aiden said. That wasn't much help...

 "I-If we don't go back to the Sorrel house, I'm not against going to Savanah" Logan spoke up.

After a pause, I finally decided to speak up my own opinion. " ...I don't think this was an accident. There's the possibility that this lady did this on purpose and we could run into her again. There might even be others like her. "

Interrupting, again, was Tyler. "So you're still against going?!" I tried to calmly answer, unlike his little outburst.
"No, I'll go. But only if we wait a year."
"A year?! You want to be stuck here for a year?!"
"Calm down. There's no guarantee that even if we go back, we'll find a way out of here. Plus, none of us here have a car or a license. "
"Oh yeah...""And aside from finding a way down there, I think a year would give us time to prepare for the worst outcome."
"...worst outcome?"
"Even with all our precautions, we could still somehow get stuck here permanently or have another encounter with that woman. So for a year, we should train ourselves, research, and turn this place into a reliable stronghold to survive in. It's about time we start taking this seriously. " I add

I found a old whiteboard and brung it to the front." Do we really need this?" Tyler asked.
"Alright, so. This should be our first goal." I grabbed a marker and started writing.
After a moment, Tyler opened his mouth.
"How are we going to do that?"

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