[Elara sneaks out of her bedroom and goes near the library where a strange wooden door leads down. On realizing the stairs are a bit more involved than previously expected, she messages Luna's mind.]
Elara - And here I thought just go down three sets of stairs would be easy.
it's not just three sets of stairs. It's three sets of stairs and mazes to find each staircase. What the fuck? Why did Suck design this place like this? I got down to B1F but I couldn't solve the puzzles.
What the fuck is my life?
Luna - What?? They made my server room into a fucking puzzle dungeon?? How fucking cliche is that?
Elara - I know right! They hadn't used these since the fuckin Raid.
Look I'll try again later tonight, but I might need some help.
Patrice - That's a lot to hide a server room.
Elara - That's what I'm saying!
Like damn, why all of the security?
Patrice - Like, even assuming a kind of Raid 2.0, that's a bit on the overkill side.
And that's not even considering the possibility of there being something else in there too.
Elara - It's possible I suppose.
I guess we'll see. Hey Krystal, Alais, can you come over into my head?
Krystal - Errrrrr.. I don't think so? I would need something electronic that I could possess. And you're not a LUNA as far as I know.
Elara - Ah right, okay, lemme see here. Wanna possess my MP3 player?
Krystal - Oh whoa, okay. I can give you battle music if you want too. Alais, wanna come with?
ALAIS - Okay.
Luna - Uhhhhhh you guys are forgetting to ask a certain someone for consent here.
Krystal Oh right. Hey Hinata!
Luna - Me.
Krystal - I'm joking! Don't worry. Care if the two of us head to help Elara out?
Luna - Uhhhh sure, just don't get yourselves killed please?
Krystal - We're already dead.
ALAIS - I’m not dead. You have to be alive to die, silly.
Krystal - >.> Point is, let's go assist Elara and do a live adventure log for them. Just connect your MP3 to your computer. We'll be over.
Elara - Got it.
Krystal - We're coming.
[In her bedroom, Luna connects a wire from the back of her neck into the USB port on her computer. Two bright balls of light, those being Krystal and ALAIS’s souls, travel down the wires and disappears into the computer. They get transferred through the Multiverse’s internet headed directly for Elara’s MP3 player. They arrive very quickly.]
Elara - Ah there you two are! Whoa, is this what Luna feels???
[Elara hears the two’s voices in her heads, completing a telepathic link between her MP3 player and her mind.]
Krystal - Yeah kinda.
Elara - Alright, let's see what we can do here. Entering B1F now. Ironically, for how annoyingly complex this shit is, it's got an easy to find entrance.
ALAIS - Alright, allow me to cook. Live Adventure Log, let's go.
Patrice - Good luck, Elara!
Live Adventure Log - [On entering the first floor of the basement, Elara sees a large corridor with many locked doors. These doors are all numbered from 01 to 20. Odd numbered doors are on the left hand side, i.e. 01, 03, 05 all the way up to 19, and even numbered doors on the right much in the same fashion. 01 is across from 02 and so on. All of the doors in this hallway are locked, though each one has a keypad and a screen equipped. At the very end of the hallway lies a note painted in red. The writing is rather messy, as if had dripped a bit while writing.'
Entering the floor around you
Lies twenty doors with twenty passwords and twenty puzzles
Every one of these can be solved but only one will grant thee access forward
Venture forth and solve our riddles three
Encounter deadly trials with incorrect responses
Now choose your door and allow fate to guide you.
Which door do you choose?]
Elara - Not gonna lie, I suck at puzzles. Hey Luna, whatcha think?
Luna - ...are you serious Elara?
Elara - Yeah. This is where I was stuck before.
Luna - ...and you're my sister somehow omg. 11. Read the first letter going down the column.
Elara - ...oh. Right, that does make sense. I was originally doing all of the doors last night. I almost died a few times. Right, door 11, lets do this.
Log - [Walking in front of door eleven, Elara presses the big red button to begin the puzzle. Some soft music plays on the speakers above as an odorless fog begins to fill up the corridor. Notably, the entrance to the corridor has been sealed shut. "Huh, that's new," comments Elara while reading the screen. This fog has an offwhite tint to it and is making her feel woozy.
The screen reads:
"I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I am even. What am I?"
Elara tilts her head at the riddle. "Wait seriously? Uhhhh... hm."]
Elara - Uhhhh. Is it supposed to be hard to breathe?
Riri - Uh, probably not? Am I allowed to try answering these questions with you?
Elara - Please help.
Riri - What about seven?
Elara - 7? Oh. Oh for fucks sake, you're right.
Log - Elara inputs "Seven" into the keypad. The fog and music all stop and the number 11 door opens up revealing a staircase down. Elara feels as though she can breathe normally. The other doors soon open after as a loud rumbling noise erupts from the others. "Shit! Uh let's go downstairs." As soon as she heads downstairs, the rumbling stops and the door closes. The stairs go down for a while.
Elara - So. That sucked. Thanks for saving me Riri.
Riri - No worries. What are you actually doing, though?
Elara - We discovered a lead to where Luna's server room is at. You know, where her memories are stored and stuff?
So I wanted to see if anything else is there. Or if we can unlock some more of her mental locks. It's underneath the house I've lived in most of my life
Riri - I like the sound of that plan. Just make sure you stay safe. If a basement can become a game show, there is no way to know what'll come next.
Log - [As Elara reaches the end of the staircase, she opens the door to another corridor, much like the first. Twenty doors in the same formation as before: 01 to 20, odds on the left, evens on the right. At the end of the hallway, another set of text.
Welcome to your next test
Can you figure out what to do now
Your destination is close, you feel it no?
Which door will you pick?]
Patrice - Door #2, Elara.
Elara - Got it.
Luna - Elara? This whole thing seems a bit too... Easy? Like it's a tutorial for something.
Elara - Nahhhhhh it's fine. Let's keep going.
Luna - 🙄 Just calling it a hunch Ella. I’d like to think I’m used to shit like this.
Log - [On reaching door 2, Elara presses the big red button to begin the next riddle. On the screen, the following text appears: "I mean nothing, am nothing, and when combined with something else, nothing changes. I am the epitome of nothingness, to the point where I can't be divided into. What am I?" The soft piano music plays once more, but no fog is included this time.
Notably, this keypad only has numbers.]
Elara - uhhh, help? I suck at puzzles.
Luna - Seriously? Why didn't you let me come along?
Elara - Because you're in danger Luna. And besides, this is below the church.
Luna - ...Whatever. It’s Zero.
Elara - Zero. Oh gods damn it. Right, makes sense. Thank you Luna!
Luna - You're welcome...
Log - [Elara inputs 0. The door opens up and another staircase leads downstairs.]
Elara - Right down we go. To B3F.
Log - [Reaching the bottom of the stairs, Elara opens the door. Instead of finding one more corridor, however, she finds a concrete room with no doors and no windows. A speaker on the ceiling booms at Elara with a familiar feminine voice. "You absolute moron. Did you actually think we'd put the server room here? And to think you're my daughter, disgusting. You are NOT my daughter. My child would easily be able to tell this was wrong this entire time!" The gas from before fills up the room at an intense rate causing Elara to pass out nearly instantly.]
Luna - ...Tsukuyomi.
Hinata - It was a trap.
[From her bedroom, Luna just tilts her head at Hinata, shaking her head lightheartedly. Then she focuses up, closing her eyes and speaking strange phrases. Phrases that seem to be in a whole other language.]
[Two hours later]
Elara - Wha-- where am I? Gah, why is it so tight, fucking hell i can't move.
Log - [Elara opens her eyes to an all-white room with a bright light beaming down on top of her. An older woman with grey hair, brown lipstick, and elf-like ears peers down at her. A tag on her lapel proclaims her to be ‘LEADER Tsukuyomi’. Tsukuyomi walks around Elara with a sneer, "Elara Amaterasu Nightshade. I am ashamed. I thought I taught you to be better than to snoop around. And to fall for obvious traps." Tsukuyomi spits on the ground.
Elara struggles in her binds and yells back, "You monster, what the fuck are you doing? Why are you going after Solaire? Why target dad??"
Tsukuyomi giggles, but the amount of visceral hatred included causes jolts of lightning to go down Elara’s spine, "'Dad'? Are you daft? That man, that disgusting man.” Tsukuyomi rubs her hands together with smiles widely, “You'll see soon enough that January is a weak piece of shit! The Sun WILL fall. And the moon will rise. It is foretold in our family’s Scripture. The Many Gods Above WILL the Sun to fall. I am not one to fight back against them!”
Elara glares at Tsukuyomi while continuing to struggle against her binds, "YOU BITCH! I fucking hate you. I wish you would see the light. THE MANY GODS ABOVE ARE NOT REAL!"
Tsukuyomi growls and slaps Elara across the face. Her sharp nails swipe across her face causing blood to drip from a fresh cut. "HEATHEN! Fine. Have it your way. I'll prove it to you right here and now!"
Elara continues to struggle against her restraints while Tsukuyomi leaves the room. Eventually, she finds a loose rope and an exposed edge and begins to cut through it, rubbing the rope with enough friction to destroy it. It takes her some time, but eventually she's able to free herself. She hops down from the raised table she was on and goes to open the exit, but the wooden door is locked. Thinking quickly, Elara takes the chair and slams into the wooden door. It takes a few attempts, but Elara is able to rush out of the room. Her eyes widen on seeing what's in the next room.
To her shock, Tsukuyomi's appearance has changed. No longer does she appear to be the nearly 60 year feeble bitch-faced woman but instead, much younger and muscular. A foul stench permeates the air, causing Elara to gag and eyes water. She faces the opposite wall, not even acknowledging her daughter’s entrance. In her hands, a pair of sharp looking sai are held in her black leather-gloved hands. On turning around, Elara notices her mother’s eyes now glowing a deep crimson and a wide wild smile, almost inhuman-looking smile is on her face. In fact, speaking of inhuman, much of her physique could be considered as such. Her limbs contort and bend i strange, nearly impossible directions. Her stance, despite the intent, is less than upright. The enemy calls out to Elara with a voice that doesn’t seem to be coming from its body. “Elara. You dare deny the existence of the Many Gods Above. You dare deny my church. You dare deny everything I’ve taught you in your 26 years alive! I refute your denials! A simple prayer and a lifetime of worship can transform even my usual feeble self into a powerful warrior! DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME? OR DO YOU WISH TO CHALLENGE ME HEAD ON? MAKE YOUR DECISION!”
In Elara's backpack, Mr. Bunnykins watches over the situation. He calls out to Elara, unbeknownst to Tsukuyomi, "Hey Ella, I don't think this is Suck anymore. Let's do this." Elara nods and pulls him out of the bag and points its tummy towards the enemy. Tsukuyomi points her sais at Elara and laughs, her voice sounding very distorted and deep, "HA! You think that piece of useless fabric can do anything to me!? Fine, bring it." Tsukuyomi rushes at Elara, going in for a heavy stab at her daughter.
==NOW PLAYING - vYc5rQ6d4Ek - The Duality of The Gods
Bunnykins would giggle but it cannot, but a voice comes out of it, "HAH! NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE SOLAR FORCE! INFERNO WIND!” A blast of red hot steam erupts from Bunnykins's tummy and engulfs Tsukuyomi(?) in its power. Tsukuyomi screams from the sheer pain the blast provides. Much of her skin is covered in burns, but it does not deter her from striking. Somehow, however, Elara is able to dodge the attack, much to her own confusion, "wait what? How did I teleport?"
Tsukuyomi continues to chase Elara around the arena, as Elara continues to use inferno wind on her, though each successive attack is much weaker compared to the last. Bunnykins complains, sounding tired, "Ella, please, you need to give me some time. My mana doesn't regenerate quickly enough." Elara nods and goes on the defensive.]
[In her bedroom, Luna is sweating profusely while the entire room is engulfed in sapphire blue flames. A beacon of flame sticks out of the house and could be seen from the nearby city and perhaps even in space.]
Log - [While in the heat of battle, Elara is now engulfed in sapphire blue flames channeled from Luna. She feels empowered and is able to regenerate her and Bunnykins's mana much more quickly. It doesn't hurt in the slightest, moreso feeling like a slight tingly sensation with a bit of protective warmth mixed in.]
Luna - …guh.. Glad-- i could--help-u..
Elara - Whoa, what's the blue stuff?
Luna - My magic. Just don't waste it. I'mma go sl--
[Luna passes out and the flames in her room immediately dissipate]
Elara - thank you. My sister.
Log - [The battle rages on with Tsukuyomi not landing a single hit and Elara eventually falling to her knees from exhaustion as the empowering flames disappear from her. Tsukuyomi seems to be unconscious and not moving, though she continues to breathe lightly. "Shit," Elara exhales, her entire body drenched in sweat and muscles stiffened, "That was tough. Fucking hell." While Tsukuyomi is unconscious, she goes to look for any evidence and finds nothing. Not even the nametag she was wearing before. As far as Elara knows, this isn't even Tsukuyomi, thus it doesn't help nor hinder her theory about the Many Gods Above existing or not. The door Tsukuyomi was blocking is now open and she enters. On entering the door, somehow Elara finds herself back in her bedroom with the door locked from the outside. Elara tries to break down the door, but it does not budge. "Shit! What the fuck is this??" Regardless, Elara is back and safe. But for how long? Only time will tell. Elara shakes her head and puts her MP3 player connected to the computer. The two orbs of light run through the wires and back towards Luna.]
[End Adventure Log]
Elara - So. Uh. I'm safe at the very least, but I don't know for how long.
Rebecca - What the fuck did I just read. Like Elara you're okay right? Hurt in any way?
Elara - Uhh I'm alive, I can't leave my room, but I'm alright I guess? No injuries at least. Well other than my cheek, but that's nothing. I have bandages and aspirin in my room.