WHAT IS EVEN [Stephano/Sora]

[tehbarry]

There had been reports of several strange occurrences in this castle. It was so old it looked ready to fall apart, but despite its age it seemed to be in unnaturally good condition considering. It was dirty and dusty from long disuse, but it still held onto its former grandeur. It filled Barry with a certain sense of unexplainable dread for some reason....like there was something wrong with it. It wasn't on any files the BSAA had, which only added to the mystery of this all, and it was with great caution that Barry approached the ponderous size of the main doors, drawing his long-disused Samurai Edge from its holster.

He placed a hand on the door to push it open and jerked back. This place literally felt strange. He steeled himself -- he'd dealt with worse than this, surely -- and shoved the door opened. It creaked audibly in the relatively still air of the noon sun. It was dim and dank inside, but visibility was well enough. He brought one hand up and switched on his radio. "Command. Castle Patrol here. Arrived at the location. Site is abandoned. Proceeding as planned."

There were several moments of static before the response came. "Roger that, Castle Patrol. Castle Sweeper is en route. ETA one hour. Stay frosty."

"Affirmative." Lifting his Samurai Edge up to aim into the interior of the castle, Barry started forward into the dim depths of the ancient structure.

[Stephano]

MEANWHILE, Stephano was locked in the adventurous activity of standing on a table. Unfortunately he just DID. NOT. TRUST the table. It had previously engaged in teeerrible deeds like stealing salt from old women and pushing children down the steps. It was a brutal sort of evil...

BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE... The table was also working with those BARRELS to try to blow up the moon again. That was why Stephano was trying to break the statue apart by standing on it. If it continued to live it would eventually mean trouble for Pewdie. Stephano hadn't gotten far at all in the task of breaking down the table, though he knew that on the inside the table was like "NO STEPHANOOO" and he was all "SHUT UP YOU STUPID TABLE". On the inside.

Suddenly, the door burst open and a man stepped in. A man Stephano immediately knew was BARREH. PERHAPS THE TABLE WOULD HAVE TO WAIT... "BARREH." Stephano shouted from the corner of the opening room. "OVER HERE BARREH."

[Sora]

This castle reminded Sora of his visit to Hallow Bastion when he went to rescue Kairi. It was abandoned, dark, creepy, and broken down. His hand gripped the hilt of the Keyblade as he ventured further into the castle. He would jump slightly when ominous breezes came towards him, blowing out several candles around him. Though, he quickly brought them back to life using a fire spell.

"I wonder if Riku or the King is here..." Sora said quietly to himself as he took a look around the area he stood in. There was a lot of rubble surrounding him, along with an odd pink liquid trailing on the floor. "I really hope they're not here..." He added, hoping he could find a way out of this place as quickly as possible...for he'd lost track of where he'd entered the castle in the first place.

[tehbarry]

Barry had only taken a few steps into the castle before he heard a voice. It made him jump in surprise, and he swung about to face the source of it....and saw nothing at first. The the voice came again and, as Barry slowly approached the source, he beheld the oddest thing he'd ever seen. It was a small, golden statue of a swordsman of some sort. And if he was half as good at tracing sounds as he thoght he was....this little statue had been the source of the sound.

He stared in what could be called mild amazement for several seconds, before he just shook his head. He was willing to dismiss it as his imagination playing tricks on him, but with the rumors of this castle....he reluctantly did not. "Was that....you?" he asked the statue, as if it were a person. He felt somewhat foolish addressing an inanimate object, but...given both where he was and what he'd been through in his life, it actually seemed about par for the course.

"This is....definitely a little weirder than I was expecting...." he thought to himself, scratching the back of his head with one hand. He was suddenly greeted with a horrendous creaking noise, and turned just in time to see the main doors to the castle slam shut with a thunderous crash. He rushed to the large doors and pulled on them...only to find they didn't give an inch. "Shit...." he swore under his breath.

Switching on his radio, he was prepared to contact Command to inform them of this new development, but all he got was heavy static. The radio had apparently lost signal. "Great...."