Hours ago Avari had been stuck in the in-closed spaces of the dungeon he awoke in. However , he successfully triumphed the horror by only his wit and the staff the had borrowed from the skeleton he came across during his exploration and very short battle (and I mean very short).
(Back to main timeline)
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"Darkened and gloomy mood , check. Old and dusty walls , check . Don't tell me that I'm in another freaking dungeon!" , when looked around the area after he had come through the vortex he spotted a few signatures he had seen in the place he was previously in and quickly jumped to conclusions without noticing those who looked at him with confusing until one of them spoke.
"Excuse me?, but who are you talking to?" , the voice sounded meek , it was so quiet that when he heard it he jumped in surprise.
"Heh? , who the heck are you!!!!!" .
It took a while but after a few minutes Avari regained some composure as he sat in the 'Visuals Production Room' , the people around had guided him to an area where he wouldn't cause a seen. The guys who were in charge of visual aesthetics began to explain to him where he was and what this place was.
"So look man , it would be really nice if you didn't disturb us when the filming begins." , the one in charge of the aesthetics part , Xan had really taken a liking to Avari after the minutes they had taken chatting about the production of a video game that they both played.
'By what Xan and the others told me I've been gone by an estimate of 8-12 weeks. What does make me uneasy is that nobody knows about my death.' , he was lost in thought when Xan said something to him but he didn't catch it.
"Sorry , I wasn't listening. Say something?" , by then he had stepped out of it and leaned over his new acquaintance's chair.
Xan replied as he was stepping out of the room ,"Can you handle my post for a couple of minutes?".
"Yeah , sure." , even though he had heard what he was instructed to do , Avari was still lost in thought ; fading in and out as he moved the sound value they were getting from the lead singer. 'I guess that investigating my death not being public knowledge will be second on my to-do list.'
"Wow , this is probably going to be number one on the Musica Top Ten .", he murmured , still trying to get out of the deep thought.
"You're right , however Xan's gonna be raging (in anger) when he finds out that you haven't pressed stop on the sound even though the filming is done."
"Well you're wrong since the process isn't even half—" , he cut himself off when he saw the crew breaking down the set. "How the heck did you know?", he had spouted out as he hurriedly shut off all recording instruments before he had added on the conversation of some assistant directors to an important piece of sound. 'Although he can just edit that part out , I have a feeling that he has a lot more work to do , hmph. Guess I'll help him out.'
"Not even a thank you .", the person said .
"Thank you.", when he turned around to see whom had put him and his newly met acquaintance out of future trouble he was met with surprise. During his time lost in thought he had unconsciously picked up on the image of the lead singer of the production . And that was the girl who was standing right at the door.
"You!!!" , they both exclaimed .
"You're the idol that was performing.", when he said this his voice was still in shock and expressed his words very loudly.
So did she ,"And you're that crazy guy who appeared out of nowhere and almost scared everyone to death." . Then she remembered something and started to say something but her voice was so quiet that Avari only remembered that she was the first person he had met right after he was alive again (maybe the second , if that skeleton could be counted as a person).
"You're one to talk.", he shrugged away , went back to what he was doing before this stranger had disturbed him.
However , she wouldn't let him get away ,"What's that supposed to mean!!." , she waved her hair furiously when she sought to know what he had meant by that comment.
"Uh-huh , like you don't know how lurky you were being when you pulled me from my dilemma" , Avari had started to lose the semi-rational demeanor he had been keeping this entire time through the whole conversation with the girl....which he didn't even ask for her name.
"You know what , see yah!!!", she said as she was know leaving.
*TRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!*
"Gun fire ." , she whispered to him but he didn't seem to be paying account.
"What'd you say I didn't catch that ?" , as soon as this ignorant youngster spoke those idiotic words a key came flying directly to his face , such that if it weren't for his urgent need to stretch he would've been severely injured.
"I said gun fire you idiot!!!!!!!!!"
"If you wanted to still be alive by the time the police get here then you wouldn't be attracting an unwanted crowd to this location.", he replied .
"Seriously!!!!", although he had sarcastically commented on that she had taken it too seriously.
*TRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!*
*AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!*
"Okay , this is no time for jokes you hear me ghost guy ." , the girl was straightforward when talking to him , she had made no turn around or went in corners , so at that moment she took charge of the situation. "So grab those chairs , place them at each end of the walls opposite to each other and help me push the conference desk to barricade e the door."
"Right."
The room's air became cold as they began to full proof it against any invasion. Avari and the girl were just seconds away when they heard a whistling sound coming from the main hallway. The projector of the voice was unmistakably one of the originators of the gun shots that had echoed in that direction when some unlucky squealing mice had unfortunately come across him.
The two slowly positioned themselves away from the door , move in opposite directions as Avari went straight for the closet and the other girl for the small space under the desk."What the heck are you doing lurky girl?"
"Oh coming from the ghost of nothing , who can just appear in and out whenever he wants. " , the bickering had caught up and they completely forgot about the approaching enemy who was by now a couple hundred centimeters away give or take whilst these two were about to start a brawl fest.
Fortunately for both of them ,"Shh!!".
"So the ghost can shush me now , since when was that legal."
"Hey , I shushed both you and I . So be quiet and listen .", he whispered this to her hoping that she would eventually listen to him and prevent them meeting an untimely demise.
"Fine . Truce? " , he nodded , "Okay , ghost guy how do we get out of here any ideas?", she said openly.
"Maybe but first my name isn't ghost guy it's Avari Lias and since I can't be calling you lurky girl what's yours?."
"Well Avari , I'm Cassandra Kae , just call me Cass." , she smiled.
"Nice to meet you Cassandra Kae."
"Likewise ."
"About my ideas we'll need those ." , he pointed to the two pairs of head sets that were lying on the desk beside Xan's . "Although we'll first need to convince the one approaching that this is just a storage room."
With no time to waste she asked him for all the things they needed to do to make this place as invisible as it can get when transforming a 'Visuals Production Room' into an old dusty and crumby storage room. " We need to gather all the dust from the closet and those old boxes and some from the empty drawers in the other desks . Also get some string from that box over there in the north-north-west direction and lay it over the computers."
Following word to word they gathered every bit of dust from each of the places Avari had spoke of , and they knew seconds remained before the man arrived. "Avari what are you doing be chaotic with the fake webs ."
"Oh come on!. Oops. "
*CCRRREEAAAKK!!!!!*
"Hurry get in closet ." , she whispered very quickly that by the time Avari had understood what she had said , he had been dragged inside the closet . The timing couldn't have been much worse , even though they had succeeded in the hurried renovation of the beloved visuals room the headsets were still lying on the top of Xan's desk's neighbour.
"Avari what are you doing? " , he had pushed her back into the closet when she had tried to stop him from grabbing them . So he moved with efficiency but in silence , he took the headsets and tossed them over to Cass ."Here."
"You got them now what?" , she thought he had gotten what he went out for but that was just a detour. In truth he had went back for Xan's Laptop, so that the work he had begun to complete for his common acquaintance wasn't in vain. With that he make an effort to return and just as he was about to close the door to the closet the loud footsteps reached to a halt.
Cass gradually pulled the wooden door back to them , hoping not to make the slightest sound , the figure just outside had already begun scoping the room through the look in space. "Relax , that's why I left the windows open. Just open the door very quickly and then again very quickly shut it on the count of three ; one , two ....three." .
To the scoper it looked like a strong gust of wind blew into the room leading to a faulty closet door getting opened and then shut again , on that part he had been convinced enough to begin his patrol to another area.
"He just gave up , just like that . " , Cass was shocked at the careless behavior the gunman had portrayed.
"Actually he gave up because at the exact time you opened and shut the door a strong gust of wind blew up from the east and there was no way he could've seen that golden bracelet you're wearing since it was dimmed by the shadow created when I shut off the light and the yellow glow of the moon . So yes he gave and no it wasn't just that easy . The evidence was just too convincing.", he had a smirk of his face as the moonlight shone on him as he made that statement.
'It's like he thinks of everything.' , Cass thought after hearing him explain the reason behind the easy trick. "We should get going lest we want to be caught by the second patrol. "
"What makes you think that's gonna happen?", asked the Avari.
"Well 'What makes you think that's gonna happen?' the moonlit gentleman asked , because I can see him petting the costume designer's cat.
"That convinced me . Let's go. Put on the headset so we can talk on the way to the rendezvous point which is ?."
"In the lounge , probably where they're keeping the hostages . We just need to get a few out one at a time through the vents. But too many at once will make the ransom patrol suspicious . " , she responded .
"See , you're starting to get some of that mastermind mojo." , he grabbed her , she was startled by his rash action . He motioned them across the room ; as they moved , the brazzen moonlight shone on them as they twirled spinning endlessly and eventually they were stuck in a trance and the dance consumed . He let her arm extend and pulled her back to him as they danced through the room until finally he let go.
"What was that about?", although throughout the entire experience she had carried a smile and even laugh loud enough for the nearby patrol to notice but quickly brush it off as something else , she was bewildered.
"Well I was just having fun!", when he said that an innocent smile was on his face , it was brief but had helped to lighten the tension he had created .
"That was reckless , you could have gotten us caught .", she sternly said.
"Plus , someone had triggered the laser grid system of the room . Xan had taught me how to evade it with a dance if I ever activated it by accident and look up." , his eyes said job done to Cass and after he gave her a boost up the vent he danced his was to the other vent across the room .
"See you later Cassey Kae."