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"what do you have there?' A tall, bright young man asked his friends, putting down the pile of books in his arms. "Oh, Hero! snuy here found this book, its rather pretty, isn't it?" his friend mari answered. Hero nodded, joining his friends as they gathered around the mysterious book, unkowing of the secrets inside…
Hero found his way through the dark rooms of the hotel, trying to get used to tghe feelinh of crouching under every doorway he passed through. Eventually, he reached his destination, gently opening the door, preparing himself.
"M-mari? I'm sorry I haven't visited you yet, I nkow from the others you're sick, but..." His voiced faded as he studied his surroundings, the walls were covered with a black, seemingly gooey substance, along with some eyes that just wouldn't semm to stop staring at him.
"Hreo? You shouldn't have come here..." A voice that he recognised as Mari's came from under the bedsheets, and Hero catiously approached. "Are you okay? You can tell me what happened, besides, i have some problems of my own..." A sigh came from the bed, and from the mass of blankets emerged... mari? She looked nothing like hero expected, though come to think of it he's not quite sure what he thought he would see... both her arms as well as part of her torso and face were covered in what was supposedly the same substance on the walls. Hero stared for a few seconds too long, getting a reaction from Mari.
"What? Do I really look that good? What about you? New haircut or something?
Hero nervously smiled with his now-pointed teeth, remembering his current appearance. "I don't know... I just woke up one day and I was ten feet tall." Hero said, rubbing the back of his neck.
"Still handsome as ever."
"Mari..."
Mari laughed, her smug smirk soon fading. "ah... if only I could explain what happened, but..." Mari sighed, facing the floor.
"It's okay, we'll figure this out together."
"By the way, how is everyone? I hope sunny's okay without me..."
"About that..." Hero said. "I also managed to convince everyone I was sick, haha... I wish i could tell you. I'm sure they're okay, though..."
Mari's face unexpectedly perked up, and she spoke. "The library." She said, turning to face hero.
"The- what?"
"A few weeeks ago, that strange book in the library, that was around when everything changed right?"
"Y-you're right. I think we should go."
From behind a bookshelf in the dimly lit library, four people sat.
"Is this it?" One of them asked, pulling a book out from one of the surrounding shelves.
"No kel, you idiot, that looks nothing like it.” Another one, aubrey replied. Although her eyes were pitch black, kel was positive she rolled them.
"Aubrey, be quiet... Imagine if we get caught..." All of basil's eyes shared that same look of nervousness in them. "What about you snuy? found anything?"
Sunny shook his head, using his tentacles to grab more books, quickly scanning them with his glowing eyes. "No. Maybe check the other side."
"Yeah, but we haven't finished here yet." Kel walked over to join his friends, leaving a trail of black smoke behind.