Twisted Wonderland 2

Moths Drawn to Our Flame

Ramshackle dorm is alight with the glow from the lanterns. The dragon and the flowers have lights inside so they can glow. A couple Mahican monsters walk towards the gates to the dorm.

"Here it is, Ramshackle Dorm, the original ghost spot."

"It'd be a shame to come all the way out to Night Raven College and skip out on Ramshackle. Plus, isn't this where the Kiss the Girl Challenge got its start? Maybe we'll have a shot at doing it."

"Oh, man, that would rule. You think we'll get an encounter of the mystery girl in the wild?"

Hiding not too far away, Lilia, Silver and Sebek listen to the guests conversation.

"'In the wild,' they say." Lilia scoffs. "They're talking about Y/N like she's some kind of rare forest creature."

Sebek glares at them. "The sheer insolence... I shall put them in their place!"

Silver stops Sebek before he could do anything. "Wait, Sebek. We don't know for certain that they'll break the rules. We need to give them a fair chance. And just in case I need to remind you, Malleus instructed us to follow the plan."

"That's right." Lilia nods. "Malleus is just itching to give any interlopers a good spook. If you jump the gun, you might sour his mood."

"Ah, my apologies!"

Lilia looks to the guests with a mischievous grin. "Now to see if these are good guests, or Magicam Monsters doomed to suffer Malleus's vengeance..."

The guests walk through the gates and towards the dorm building. Stopping just outside the door.

"I don't see any ghosts around. Lame. You think they're inside?"

"We could go in and check."

"The sign here says 'Private Residence - Do Not Enter,' though."

"Yeah, right." The guest scoffs. "Nobody lives in this run-down dump. Wait, does that mean ghosts are haunting it?"

"Ooh, a haunted house! I've just gotta meet those ghosts and get some nice pictures in. It should be fine as long as we don't make too much noise, right? Let's sneak in."

The Diasomnia boys watch as the guests walk in.

"And there they go. Right into Ramshackle Dorm." Lilia laughs. "That makes them Magicam Monsters!"

Silver tilts his head. "Father, you seem oddly delighted at having our own rules broken."

Lilia waves him off. "You're just imagining things. I'm certainly not giddy at the prospect of getting to spook people to my heart's content. Is everyone ready to greet these moths drawn to our flame? Let's give our honored guests the full Diasomnia Halloween experience!"

Inside the dorm, the guests see flickering jack-o'-lanterns line the room, their grinning faces casting an eerie glow that dances across the shadowy corners. The largest of them, perched high on the mantle, glares down with a menacing smile. Other pumpkins are stacked precariously near the fireplace, their candle-lit interiors flickering like souls trapped within their hollow shells. Covering the window floats a ghostly figure, draped in tattered white sheets.

"Look, jack-o'-lanterns. They've even decorated this abandoned building for Halloween. Cool!"

"That's what I call atmosphere. Let's get a bunch of shots."

The two get ready to take pictures but a soft whisper causes one to pause.

"Huh? What'd you say?"