open Mystery of Buckbury Hall (SoL / Mystery / Romance / Other)

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Wish had made her way to the second floor: she was examining the rooms that she passed one at a time. The floor seemed to consist mostly of bedrooms, bathrooms and a few of the locked doors - the vast majority of interesting rooms had been downstairs.

 

"Why not lock these? Open bedrooms surely mean we're supposed to sleep here, but why? Why lock us in and then make us stay?" She wondered aloud.

 

A clicking sounded, quieter than earlier. She jumped in surprise with a slight squeak of regret at going to investigate alone, but soon recovered her senses when nothing else happened. As she tried to locate the source of the sound, one of the blank plates above one of the locked doors gave a slight glow, the word 'Library' appearing on it. At the same time another plate she had just passed did the same - the words vanishing from this one as it did so.

 

"They're... opening and closing? Why?"

 

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"Magical lockdown?" Scribe repeated. "Buck that, we need to get out. Wish! Come give me a hoof with..."

 

He stopped and looked around.

 

"Wish...? Storm...?" He said questioningly. "Wasn't there another as well? Ivy?"

 

'Good job Scribe. You've messed up again and lost everypony but this time, its not just one pony: its three! Including your sister!'

 

He raised a hoof to his face in dismay as just how everypony seemed to have decided to go wandering off alone right when things were at their most tense and seemingly dangerous...

Edited September 8, 2013 by Cinderscribe

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Storm, after hearing the door slam behind her, she turned around, hoping that the door was at least open a centimeter. It wasnt. "HELP! Somepony, I need to get out of here! I knew I was going to die this way; in a dark, closed, confined room!" Storm shouted panicked.

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Frost was shivering with fear. He did not like the idea of being locked in with ponies he didn't fully trust yet. "Um.....Scribe? What now? I think we should stick together and find the others." he said calmly, trying to sound less terrified than he actually was.

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Scribe nodded as he seemingly decided that attacking the door and windows was futile: turning instead to the corridor.

 

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"Yeah, I think we need to find everypony who's missing. That, and find a way out. Just don't go wandering off alone - we don't want any more disappearances."

 

He cocked his head quietly and looked curiously down the hall.

 

"Can you hear something?"

 

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Edited September 8, 2013 by Cinderscribe

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"AGH! Somepony?! I'm going to die soon and nopony's hearing me!" Storm panicked, trying to buck open the window, obviously failing. She soon felt that familiar feeling: that fearful feeling of the walls closing in on her. She soon backed down and her eyes widened: for fear that this was her end.

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Blaze's ears twitched when he heard a banging noise following a yell of some sort. He flew quickly in the direction of the voice, forgetting about the others. He found where he assumed the yell was coming from and looked around unsure. "Um... Hello? Anyone here?" 

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Cherry looked around blankly, "Something...sounded loud...but distant." She grinned, "Let's go find out!"

 

She followed Blaze down the hall and arrived at a door in the hall, and knocked on it with a hoof. "Heeeeellooooo!" She called out happily, oblivious to the situation.

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"Thats... Storm?"  Scribe exclaimed, charging to the now-unlabeled door and pressing his ear against it in a state of panic. 

 

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"Uh, hey? Can you hear me in there? We're going to get you out!" He shouted at the door, half-hoping that he was wrong and that she wasn't behind one of the doors which had so far proven unbreakable. 'How the hay did she even get in there?'

Edited September 9, 2013 by Cinderscribe

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"Magical lockdown?" Scribe repeated. "Buck that, we need to get out. Wish! Come give me a hoof with..." He stopped and looked around. "Wish...? Storm...?" He said questioningly. "Wasn't there another as well? Ivy?" 'Good job Scribe. You've messed up again and lost everypony but this time, its not just one pony: its three! Including your sister!' He raised a hoof to his face in dismay as just how everypony seemed to have decided to go wandering off alone right when things were at their most tense and seemingly dangerous...

Solar Sentinal

 

"I'm afraid that if it's anything like we use at the castle....We may be stuck here until whoever activated it...or whatever activated it, lifts it."

 

Solar looked around to the ponies that still remained in the area.

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"Scribe, this is your jurisdiction. What do you want to do? Do you want us to split into teams to see if we can find her faster, or stay as one group.

 

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"Did you ponies hear that? Um...Hello! Can you hear me! Do you see another way out?! Is there only one door and one window!?" He yelled through the door.

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Storm kept freaking out for a few more minutes, until switching to her drama queen mode again. "I was going in here simply to relax, then the door just locked behind me!" Storm cried, leaning on the door, soon to find the door opened. "Whoops! My bad!" Storm said in a singsong tone, skipping down the hall.

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Scribe blinked as the mare trotted past him, seemingly without a care in the world.

 

"I... uh... what...?" He stammered. "Please tell me I'm not the only one who saw that?"

 

'Did she had just walked through one of those doors? One that you couldn't even scratch? Thats pretty bad, even for you.' His mind chided happily.

 

He turned back and pushed the door experimentaly, watching as it swung open easily. "Huh... We need to catch up with her and find Wish. Then find a way out I guess... not that I have any idea how."

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Storm kept freaking out for a few more minutes, until switching to her drama queen mode again. "I was going in here simply to relax, then the door just locked behind me!" Storm cried, leaning on the door, soon to find the door opened. "Whoops! My bad!" Storm said in a singsong tone, skipping down the hall.

Solar Sentinel

Solar Face hoofs as the mare bounced out of the door.

 

".....How did we forget to.....Um......yea...

 

 

 

He turned back and pushed the door experimentaly, watching as it swung open easily. "Huh... We need to catch up with her and find Wish. Then find a way out I guess... not that I have any idea how."

"Right. We all need to keep calm.  We should search the rooms that open, but not enter them...." as he looks at Storm. "Celestia forbid that we lock ourselves in a room."

 

"Scribe, It's going to be your call. Do you want to split up to look for her or stay as one group? If we split in pairs, I'll take Cutie Pie..." He face hoofs again. "Er...Miss Pie, but It's up to you."

Edited September 9, 2013 by Skycoaster

[The Elusive Cinder 1,328]

Scribe Shield.

 

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"Split up if you like, just try not to end up on your own. With the size of this place if you get locked in somewhere separated from everyone... I don't even want to think how long it might take to find you." Scribe shrugged - busting down the doors and windows hadn't worked - that was about the extent of his talents made useless. "Just be careful and keep an eye out for anything unusual."

 

'... and make sure that Wish and Storm are okay...' His Mind added silently in a gleefully vindictive tone as he trotted after the newly freed mare.

 

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"Hey, hey wait a second!" He called out.

 

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Wish Scribe.

 

Meanwhile, Wish was having little success in her investigation: no more of the doors had changed, suggesting that they must either be on some kind of timer, or that the changes might only occur very rarely. All of the rooms that she could see had little out of the ordinary inside them: though she had only glanced around inside for fear of being trapped alone if the locks changed again while she was inside.

 

As it started to rain outside, she decided to try and return to the group: not completely confident to explore alone any longer.

Edited September 9, 2013 by Cinderscribe

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Storm skidded to a stop when she heard her name. "Yesss?" Storm said, turning around, still hopping up and down. "What're we doing? Are we going to find Wish? That will be fun!"  Storm said happily, smiling big, completely oblivious to being locked in a room a few moments ago.

[Fender 1,284]

 

 

If we split in pairs, I'll take Cutie Pie..." He face hoofs again. "Er...Miss Pie, but It's up to you."

 

 

She blushed happily at being called 'cutie pie.' And smiled back at the stallion, "I'm okay with that! I'll take uhm...what's your name again?" She chuckled to herself, "My memory is bad sometimes." She smiled, carelessly.

 

 

Sorry if I'm a wee bit late, by the way, got caught up.

 

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Scribe Shield.

 

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"Uhm, yeah we need to find her. I don't want anypony wandering around on their own in here - it might not be safe." Scribe said as he regained his composure, pantibg slightly after running after her.

 

"Do you ever run out of energy?" He finally asked in an exasperated voice with a half grin on his face.

 

'Can't keep up with the filly Scribe? She's really showing you up...' His mind taunted internally.

[Ampharos 1,009]

 

 

Wish Scribe. Meanwhile, Wish was having little success in her investigation: no more of the doors had changed, suggesting that they must either be on some kind of timer, or that the changes might only occur very rarely. All of the rooms that she could see had little out of the ordinary inside them: though she had only glanced around inside for fear of being trapped alone if the locks changed again while she was inside. As it started to rain outside, she decided to try and return to the group: not completely confident to explore alone any longer.

 

Seeing Wish returning to the group and the others already in a pair, he decided to see if she wanted to look around with him. "Oh hey Wish. Someone, I think it was Solar, suggested we split into pairs so none of us end up alone in a room or something. What do ya say? I for one would really rather not get locked into a room by myself, but that might just be me." 

[Frosty V 309]

Frost saw the others getting into pairs. He for one did not want to be wandering around this place with an absolute stranger. Besides the atmosphere of the place reeked with danger, he figured that staying put would be his best option, but in his gut he knew somepony would insist that he go with them. "Umm...I think I'll just stay put yah know? Hold down the fort up here." he chuckled awkwardly

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"Okay!" Storm cheered, similar to a 7-year old filly's tone on Hearth's Warming Eve. "I really don't run out of energy; that's why I don't sleep much! There's not enough done yet!" Storm said, continuing her search for the stallion's sister. "Besides, are you complaining that I'm too hyper?" Storm teased the stallion, turning around for a split second, then turning around again.

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Wish Scribe.
 
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"Oh, hey Blaze! You saw that think with the doors down here too then?" Wish asked, looking around at the slightly smaller group than she remembered leaving - Scribe seemed to have ventured off somewhere.

 

'Nothing new there then - attention span of a piece of paper...'

 

She rolled her eyes at her careless brothers actions before answering Blaze's question. "Yeah, I'd like that. It's kind of creepy wandering around. Nothing spooky or anything but... its just weird, such a big place and it's so empty.."

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"Complaining? No! Thats not what I meant!" Scribe blustered, tripping over his words once again. "I just mean that you're very... energetic?"

 

'Come on Scribe, even I don't know what you mean by that and I'm in your head...'

 

"Nevermind..." He muttered to the ground before looking up again. "Lets just try to find out something about this place. If we're stuck here, we should probably find out what sort of things are in these rooms... we might be here a while."

Edited September 10, 2013 by Cinderscribe

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Storm laughed. "Don't worry, I'm just messing with you! I always get called hyper, and I'm proud of that!" Storm said, hugging the stallion's neck in a friendly way. "Ooh! Let's check this room!" Storm chirped, pointing at a room with a Pegasus wing on the door. "Wonder why it's for Pegasi!" Storm said, opening the door.

 

(( OOC: You could pick what they walk in on; I don't really care what. ))

[The Elusive Cinder 1,328]

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"Pegasi? It always the same isn't it? Always to do... with..." The sheer scale of the room was what stunned him into silence: from the look of it, the room mush have reached all the way from the ground floor to the third. There were no other doors, however.

 

"... flying? That's a big room." He finished eventually, blinking to clear the sense of vertigo that looking up inspired.

 

It was apparently some kind of... Gymnasium? Instead of the usual kinds of contents however, it had been packed with various courses and obsticals: moving segments and fans blowing visibly powerful torrents of air.

 

'Exactly what some pony who owned a place like this would own if he were a Pegasus!"

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Storm gazed around in awe: everything was perfect. She's never seen so much racing equipment before; it was rare to see it in Baltimare, where she used to live. "This is amazing! I could stay here forever!" Storm said happily, trying out some of the obstacles. "You could leave me here if you want; or you could stay, whatever floats your boat. You seem to want to find your sister!"

[Ampharos 1,009]

 

 

"Oh, hey Blaze!

 

 

Blaze smiled. "Ace. I really wasn't looking forward to walking around alone. This place feels really ominous, so I just wanna be safe." Blaze started looking around aimlessly again before looking down at his neck cloth. There was a very slight blue aura around it that had always been there. He didn't know the point of it, but he assumed it was the reason the cloth stayed in such a good condition after generations of bearers. He had also found that it seemed to be able more things in the folds then what looked possible. He began to wonder what other things it could do...

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She blushed happily at being called 'cutie pie.' And smiled back at the stallion, "I'm okay with that! I'll take uhm...what's your name again?" She chuckled to herself, "My memory is bad sometimes." She smiled, carelessly.

Solar Sentinel

"It's....It's....Solar Sentinel. I'm a Royal Guard if you couldn't tell by the way."

Solar began to walk down one of the halls, hoping that Cherry was fallowing him.

 

"So, What do you do for a living?" He was trying to make small talk with the mare. "Do you have a Coltfriend?" Solar stopped dead in his tracks, realizing what had just come out of his mouth. "...Um....this is sure a big house!"