Chapter 1. Part 5.

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*They head down the stairs to search for Hope on the second floor*

*CRUNCH*

*Cassie trips and falls onto the stairs*

Paris: Cassie!! Are you okay?! ... That was a close one!

Cassie: Nng... My leg... ... Thanks for lending me a hand.

Paris: No problem. I'm just glad you didn't fall in! Seems like you sprained your ankle pretty badly, though. We should find you some place to sit down and rest.

Cassie: Yeah... you're probably right...

Paris: Here, lean on my shoulder for the time being.

Cassie: Thanks... I owe you one, Paris.

Paris: Think nothing of it!

*They continue down the stairs to the second floor, and turn left down the hall. They go all the way down, cutting through the classroom, and head up to the third floor staircase. Then a spirit appears.*

Spirit: If you should die here... you'll experience the pain you felt at the moment of death for all eternity.
Heaven's completely cut off. No paradise. No nirvana. Just eternal pain. ... Gah... Why... did I have to die like that...? Oooh...... Oooooooaaaaaaaahhhh...

*The spirit disappears, leaving behind an unknown key.*

Cassie: So... we'll feel the pain of death... forever...

Paris: B-Best not to think about that...

*They go back down the hallway, unlocking a classroom with the unknown key.*

Cassie: ... Oof...

Paris: Hmm? Cassie, what's wrong?

Cassie: I... don't know. It's like... my heart skipped a beat as soon as the key was turned. I have a really bad feeling about this room...

Paris: ... Oh, trust me. It'll be just fine! I mean, it's a locked door! You know what that means, right? Booty! Behind every locked door lies a hidden treasure, just waiting to be claimed! Can't you hear it calling you?

Cassie: ...

*They go inside and see a body in the center of the room.*

Paris: Eep!

Cassie: Ugh... Another dead body...

*A message has been painstakingly scratched into the floor with fingernails.*

"Whatever you do, don't look at the newspaper."

Cassie: I really think we should just leave this room. Something's... not right in here...

Paris: O-Okay... But I dunno. I'm really curious about that newspaper now. Can't we just take a little peek?

*They walk down and begin reading the newspaper.*

[Heavenly Post]
"Breaking News: Serial Kidnapping Ends in Murder."
The good name of Heavenly Host Elementary school has been stained in blood today as horrific details on the recent wave of disappearances are revealed. Over the past month, numerous children have gone missing within the town, and authorities quickly turned to kidnapping as the most likely explanation. Now investigators have located the whereabouts of these children, and their findings are far worse than anyone could have anticipated.
The bodies of the abducted youths were discovered within the Heavenly Host Elementary School building on September 18th, 1973 at around 7:00 PM. Authorities further revealed that a male instructor from the school was found with them, alive but near-catatonic, holding a pair of bloodied scissors.
Each of the corpses appeared to have had its tongue sev__ed and remove_________________ique mutilations far too grot___________________g to describe.

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