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Upon further inspection at Mitsuru's diary, the climbers would notice a large lock at the side of the book, which, due to how old it was, was easy to break open. Which meant that if they managed to successfully break open the lock, then they can read Mitsuru's diary. They could try and break the lock now, or they can do as they planned and wait until they find Mitsuru so she can give them the key.

If she'll be happy to find that two kids were going to read her old diary and were in her old room wearing her old clothes.

(To break open the lock, roll a 10 in strength or wisdom, rolling a 9 or lower will cause a surprise to happen to whoever is holding the diary.)

Meanwhile, when Aran opened the door to the first room, he would find that the room was in ruins, it was perhaps the only room in the entire building that looked like this. Compared to the well cleaned halls and other bedrooms that he was in, it was a surprise to find that this room to be a wreck, walking further into the room would cause Aran to find something.

Two flowers, both golden rod, it seems that whoever lived in this room was intending to give them to someone who loved that kind of flower, but to who?

There was a small card nearby, which if Aran would pick up, would contain only this sentence.

"To you Shinji, may you wake up soon...Were all waiting for you."

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The first door on the fourth floor opened to reveal a room that was just as much of a wreck as the door, if not even more so. Aran Ryan wasn't sure what happened here exactly, but figured it was safe to look around a bit. Searching the room, he eventually found a pair of flowers and a card. The flowers seemed normal upon first inspection, but the card seemed a bit strange. Similar to the letter Nana had given him, what was written inside was perfectly legible, yet lacked context. Something must've happened to this kid, whoever they were. Whatever happened, none of them would know until Mitsuru was around to provide an explanation.

Aran Ryan decided to leave the flowers and keep the card, putting it away alongside the notebook and letter. Aran Ryan began to worry that, at the rate that the trio was going, he'd be carrying an entire library's worth of clues before too long. After looking around the room just a tiny bit longer, he decided to check up on Nana and Popo.

"Hey there, lads! If ya haven't found anythin', we'll 'ave ta' get goin' no-" Aran Ryan said, just before seeing Nana, who seemed to be wearing an ensemble of ill-fitting clothing items atop her usual attire. He couldn't help but laugh hysterically at the sight, even if it meant potentially hurting Nana's feelings. It took him a full 20 seconds to calm down, and when he did, he tried to speak again, before noticing that Popo had apparently found something.

"Oh, sorry. Did ya' find somethin'?" Aran Ryan said, still snickering a bit. He didn't waste time asking for permission before snatching the diary out of his hand. He noticed that it was locked, but it seemed pretty easy to force open. He'd get it open later, once he regained his strength a little. "Alright lads, c'mon. Let's get movin'." He said, hoping that they would comply so that they could move on.

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15%+1%=16%
Burned

Burn Status: 1

Bubble Shield: 16%

[TartoonHand94]

“There you are!” Popo cheered, catching up to Aran and showing him the diary. “We found this!”
“I found myself~.”[/font] Nana proudly strutted and showed herself off to Aran. “Ya like it~?”
Instead of any sort of compliment, comment or constructive criticism like she was expecting, Aran simply laughed at her. It took a lot of self-restraint to keep Popo from laughing with him…and unfortunately, he didn’t have it.

“It’s Mitsuru’s Diary.” Popo explained, after catching his breath after laughing for 21 seconds. “But it’s locked.” He pointed at the large lock at the side of the book. Despite living his whole life in the company of someone else, even Popo understood the importance of privacy.
“Let’s go find-” He turned to Nana, who’s eyes were soaked in tears. “…Nana?”
Instead of answering, Nana cupped her wet, humiliated face and ran away.
“We didn’t mean-” Popo called after her, looking back at Aran with a face of regret. “Nana come back!” He promptly bounded to chased after her.

Head in her hands and not looking where she was going, Nana fled the scene toward the next floor.
Guiding herself only by the sound of her foot steps echoing through the room, Nana ran up to the door leading to the SEES former meeting room and hid herself behind it. Slumping down behind the door, Nana took a snivelling look up to find she was in a dark room… but not alone.
What looked like another child was standing by a window at the back of the room.
“H-hello?” Nana called out between sniffles.

	Popo	Nana
Damage:	163%	179%
Status:	Normal	Crying

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When she entered the room, Nana would barely able to see anything from the darkness, except for the figure that resembled a young boy, who hissed at Nana as he climbed up on the wall and towards the room and into the darkness. Nana should of stayed with the others, even if they did laugh at her, because now, unknown to her, the boy was now looking down at Nana. Ready to launch an attack at her from the darkness, unless of course, Nana see's the boy first and appropriately attacks him before he has the chance to hurt her.

(For Nana to spot the boy. You must roll a 15 in Wisdom, failure will result in the boy shooting acid at Nana which will give her 20% damage. However if you succeed, then Nana will be able to launch an attack at the boy which he can't dodge from.)

Meanwhile just outside the room, Popo and Aran would hear the sounds of the boy's growls as they reached the door to the meeting room. Nana too would be able to hear it, but it sounded like it was coming from around the room.

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Generators Activated: 1/3

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"What the-?" Aran Ryan exclaimed, as Nana ran off crying. "Hey! Where d'ya think you're goin?!" He wasn't sure at first why she was so upset, but looking back, the way he laughed at her seemed like it could've been really hurtful, even if he didn't mean to hurt her feelings. If something bad happened to her, it was his fault now.

Aran Ryan attempted to give chase, but she had a few seconds head start and has moving impressively fast. Aran Ryan was still quite fast, and managed to get closer and closer to her. He was only about five feet away from her when she slammed the door to the meeting room shut. From outside, Aran Ryan did his best to apologize, something he didn't do that often.

"I'm sorry, okay? I didn't mean ta' hurt ya'. Just open the door already." He wasn't very good with apologies, and was mumbling a bit so he didn't even know if Nana heard his apology.

From outside the door, he heard a strange growling noise. Was Nana angry at him now? No, it didn't sound like her. Was something else in there? Aran Ryan opened the door without a second thought, to see what was inside. Hearing the growling much better, though not knowing where it was coming from, Aran peered into the darkness to see what they were dealing with.

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He could sort of make out what was in the room, but he wasn't sure if he could see their attacker. Oh well. Even if he couldn't see them, he could still draw its attention with a harsh insult or two.

Childish Taunting: p_1d20-1
(Same as before)

"Don't wanna fight with me like a real man? What are ya', a little boy?!" Not his best insult, but who knows, maybe it did something.

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16%
Normal

Bubble Shield: 24%

Cooldowns:
Childish Taunting: 3


1d20·1d20-1

[TartoonHand94]

“Are you okay?” Nana asked, wiping the tears from her eyes and squinting at the faint shape in the darkness climbing the walls.
“Wah!” She screamed, upon realizing something was wrong about this.

(RuXsr1Vtp_1d20+2 Nana's Wisdom Check.)

“Nana we’re sorry!” Popo pleaded with his partner, banging on the door with his mittens and realizing she didn’t lock it all too late.
They couldn’t see inside but Aran taunted the creature in the darkness anyway. Not the brightest move in the set.

“Nana!” Popo called rushing into the dark to find his partner.
“P-Popo!” A once-again teary Nana tackled him, taking him by complete surprise.”[/font]
“Almost hit you.” Popo panted sheepishly. “We’re so sorry.”
“It’s okay Popo.” Nana forgave them without a second thought before unleashing a fit of coughing. Was she alright? Popo decided to take her by both hands and guide her back to the door and into the light of the outside room. Once Nana was in a safe distance, Popo slid a set of mni ice bergs into the room to help Aran out.

(p_1d20+1 Popo's Ice Shot @ Shadow; Does 3% Damage.)
(p_1d20+1 Popo's Ice Shot @ Shadow; Does 3% Damage.)
(p_1d20+1 Popo's Ice Shot @ Shadow; Does 3% Damage.)

	Popo	Nana
Damage:	163%	199%
Status:	Normal	Critical

1d20+2·1d20+1·1d20+1·1d20+1

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The boy looked down at the trio and hissed at them as it's neck quickly extended so it can prove to Aran that he was no child, but a shadow like the woman down at the boy's floor. Of course, with the way it was moving, it was no doubt that it wasn't human, and now it was going to do what the first shadow failed to.

And that was to kill the trio.



But first, he had to avoid getting his emotions and physical appearance ruined by Aran, Popo and Nana. It looked happy when it managed to shoot acid at Nana.

bQI8xCUcp_1d20+4(Dodge.)

p_1d20+4(Dodge.)

p_1d20+4(Dodge.)

THE SHADOW BOY (BOSS)
HP: 498%
Status: Not human
Items: None

The shadow managed to dodge all of the trio's attacks as it fell in front of them, where one of Popo's ice shots managed to hit the shadow right in the eye. It growled as it shot out viles of black gunk towards the trio in an attempt to paralyse them.

p_1d20+4(Shadow Gunk > Aran Ryan: If hit, Aran will get 5% damage, but a 100% chance of being paralysed.)

p_1d20+4(Shadow Gunk > Popo.)

p_1d20+4(Shadow Gunk > Nana.)

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Generators Activated: 1/3
1d20+4·1d20+4·1d20+4·1d20+4·1d20+4·1d20+4

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Aran's insults did basically nothing, but it did seem to draw its attention momentarily, as it targeted him first.

tibQWaIap_1d20+3

Aran Ryan was able to dodge its next attack with ease. At this point, he was pretty sure where the shadow creature was. He rushed over to where he was fairly sure it was, and began his onslaught, starting with a headbutt.

Headbutt: p_1d20+3
(Headbutt: Deals 21% damage, 30% chance of blind on hit)

Targeting the shadow was fairly difficult to do in the dark, but he was still able to attack in its vicinity. With this in mind, he began to wildly punch at the darkness around him, hoping some of his punches connected.

Jab 1: p_1d20+3

Jab 2: p_1d20+3(Critical hit! Deals 11% damage instead)

Jab 3: p_1d20+3
(7% damage each)

Second set of jabs:

Jab 1: p_1d20+3

Jab 2: p_1d20+3

Jab 3: p_1d20+3
(^)

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16%
Normal

Bubble Shield: 32%

Cooldowns:
Childish Taunting: 2
Headbutt: 21d20+3·1d20+3·1d20+3·1d20+3·1d20+3·1d20+3·1d20+3·1d20+3