A New World - Chapter 2: a Storm's Bewing, Aye It Be a Nasty One Indeed

A New World - Chapter 2: A Storm's Bewing, aye it be a nasty one indeed... The trio suddenly flinched at the sound of the voice behind them..or at least two of them, Vincent knew that voice, it was too familiar to mistake it for anyone who isn't... "I should've known you'd sneak around here as well.." Vincent said, not even bothering to turn around, although Maribel and Renko did. "Well of course I would, sneaking is an important part of being a Treasure Hunter, or my name isn't Marisa Kirisame!" The girl in the black witch outfit said in pride. "Marisa...Kirisame...? Ah, now I remember, you're the best friend of the Hakurei Shrine Maiden, Reimu Hakurei, are you not?" Maribel asked. "Yeah, she's my BFF and sidekick of course!" Marisa said. "Sidekick, huh..?" Vincent said in disbelief. "Oh hush, what do you know about a hero and sidekick anyway..?" Marisa said. "For some reason, I want to answer that question, but something tells me I'd rather not..." Vincent said. "Oh, have you come to investigate spirits and supernatural phenomena like we are?" Renko asked. "Heck no, I came for treasure, and I heard rumors of ancient burial grounds here, so I came to see what I can find." Marisa said. "Of course..." Vincent said. "Well, that's ok...I guess..." Renko said. "This will make an interesting scoop!" another familiar voice said. "I know that voice too...it's "her", isn't it..?" Vincent said. "If you mean Newspaper Girl, then you're on the target..." Marisa said as she turned around to see the crow tengu herself. "You know, you can address me as my actual name, as the infamous journalist and photographer, Aya Shamemaru!" the crow tengu said in pride. "I could, but "Newspaper Girl" is my nickname for ya." Marisa said. "Well, whatever, can we please go ahead now...?" Vincent said a bit annoyed. "Ok then, Mr. Pushy.." Marisa said. "It's incredibly dark on this side...plues we got a weird feeling...there's something inside this darkness...something very unusual, I could feel it's presence...it wasn't welcoming...it was like we already died before dying at all.." Vincent said, his tone at an uneasy state. "Wow...that's kinda cold...but if it's a youkai, then I'll blast em." Marisa said, getting her Mini-Hakkero ready, and Aya was getting her camera ready. Vincent slowly opened the door, each creaking sound goes by, the presence gets more stronger, making the group feel a sense of dread in their hearts. As the door finally opens to the side, the vast emptiness of darkness is displayed in front of them, and it felt cold, and at the same time, eerie and empty. "Well, only one of us has Night Vision...and I don't wanna get jumped at first." Marisa said. "*sigh* I'll go on ahead..." Vincent said. He then walked slowly inside the darkness, looking around for a switch, and surprisingly, it was an large empty room with stone stools and old vases on top of them. The ground was having some sort of spell circle carved on it...wow, the previous owner of the mansion has some artistic value it seems. Vincent couldn't find a switch, but he did find a stick with some chard on it, so he swiped it quick and hard across the floor and it lit on fire, which revealed that it was actually a torch. The youkai human then saw torch plates on the wall and went to light them up as well until the entire room was lit. "Wow, this place looks ancient..." Marisa said. "These vases look old and worn, like form thousands of years ago, they're like antiques, relics, artifacts even! They may be priceless!" Renko said. "Who would've guessed a mansion had something like this hidden in their basement??" Maribel said. "The Ghostly Field Club has discovered ancient relics from a long and lost time, they all look so old yet untouched! This will make an interesting archeology story for my newspapers!" Aya said, writing in her journal, then she began to take some snapshots of the vases. "Huh, well people seem to be into historical value these days.." Marisa said. "That's the beauty of Archeology, Kirisame." Vincent said, also amazed by the recent discovery. "You should know since your father was an archeologist." Marisa said. "Heheh, yeah...I guess those genes were part of the reason I wanted to dig into my clan's legend." Vincent said. "Yeah, I get how sweet it is all and all, but I wanna see what more these grounds have to offer." Marisa said. "There's a door over there." Maribel said, pointing ahead of them. They then went to that very door, and as usual, Vincent was the first to open it, and it revealed another dark room, but according to Vincent's Night Vision, it was a corridor. He took the lead, lighting up all the torch plates on the walls until everything was lit up and another door was ahead of them. They went through to see a stone staircase, a large spiral staircase corridor. "Must be a lot of treasure down there if it's that deep..." Marisa said. "Although, that presence we felt earlier, it's also obvious that somethings down there as well.." Vincent said, alerted. The staircase was dark of course, so he lit up the wall torches as they went down, but surprisingly, it was kind of a long walk, causing minutes to almost turn into hours. When they finally reached the end door, they felt that presence again, only this time it was stronger than ever. Vincent was ready in case something would jump out and attack, and so was Marisa, they opened the door to find a dark lit room as usual, but this time when Vincent stepped in, all of the torches lit up on their own. "What the..!?" Vincent started. "Now that was spooky, it's almost like something here was expecting us..." Marisa said. The room was some kind of enormous old and ancient chamber of some sort, and it gave off a cold presence that something was lurking in the shadows. "Vincent, Aya, the presence of supernatural spirits usualy don't make themselves known to humans...they must sense that you two are youkai..!" Renko alerted. "That's why I could sense him out in the open..!" Vincent said. "Well, I do see a lot of odd artifacts and relics here, all these things look like they have a lot of historical value." Maribel said. "Maybe this spirit is trying to guard them all..?" Aya asked. "We don't know for sure..." Vincent said. "Well you think we should talk to him..?" Maribel asked. Vincent couldn't answer since he was trying to track where this phantom exactly was. "Well, if he attacks, I'll blast'im." Marisa said. "Why not just try to reason with him? For all we know he could be scared of us." Maribel objected. "I'll still blast'im to calm 'em down." Marisa said. "Really..?" Maribel said annoyed. "Yup." Marisa replied. I doubt this ghost will be a nice spirit judging by the presence I feel here, and these guys seem to be ignoring it it seems... "Wow, this place sure is spooky and creepy, it's almost like the spirit here is kind of an evil spirit.." Aya said. "That could explain the presence of dread we feel.." Vincent said. "Is it really an evil spirit..? Some say it could be the spirit of the deceased owner of this mansion, Shameni Delmer." Renko said. "That's the previous owner of this mansion, she passed away due to age a few years ago, correct?" Vincent asked. "Yeah, some say she her spirit was trapped her as punishment for building this place on ancient bural grounds." Renko added. From what I heard during my job, she was suppose to be a nice lady, and never even hurt an infant, even gave money to the poor, could she really be evil..? "Well that's her mistake, hope she doesn't take it out on us.." Marisa said. Vincent then wandered into the center of the chamber, looking at his surroundings, feeling that cold, unsettling presence still, but this time it sent a chill down his spine...wait...more than a chill...it felt so cold, like his spine could freeze any moment...something's behind him..!! He immediately sensed it and turned around, only to see nothing.. "Alright, I know you're here! Show yourself!" Vincent alerted. "Yeah, before we blast this entire place apart just to look for you!" Marisa said. "Wait, what??" Maribel asked surprised. "Relax, it's just to scare her out.." Maria whispered to Maribel. "I have experience sensing other phantoms and demons since I'm a youkai myself as well as a human, so tracking you down won't even be a task!" Vincent said. "...You will not defile this place..." A strange voice said, it sounded like the voice of a woman, the age between an adult and and elder that it sounds like. "Well we won't if you show yourself." Marisa said confidently. A bright light then engulfed the entire room and after a few seconds, it dimmed down to show a being wearing a brown robe with her face shadowed by the hood she wore. It was impossible to make out her identity, she left no hints out whatsoever at all, plus she was giving that cold presence at it's best, everyone felt like their bodies completely frozen from her appearence, it was unbelievable, whoever this spirit was, she must be one that's very powerful.

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