Horror followed Lust's direction and headed East, or what he thought would be East. He basically checked all the rooms on the first floor, so there was nowhere to go but up. (Yes, I made a Mary Poppins reference) The moment he reached the second floor, Horror immediately took note of the occultists. "There's a few on the second floor... I have to be careful." But maybe there were more. If so, he would have to cautious to not set them off. Fortunately for Horror, they seemed to be in a deep discussion. As they didn't even bother to glance at him as he walked by. His stomach grumbled at him the moment he was out of earshot. "I knew I should have eaten something before coming here." Horror whispered to himself. Maybe there was a kitchen nearby. If there was then, that would explain the pleasant aroma he was smelling. Following the smell of food, Horror quickly found himself at the entryway of the kitchen. He let out a small smile. So there was a kitchen here after all. He wandered into the pantry and tore off a piece of bread from a nearby loaf. It tasted heavenly. "Well, at least the food tastes good." Horror thought. Suddenly he heard the door click shut behind him. Whirling around, he found that the door was, in fact close. Quickly he tried the handle but only to find it locked. He's been locked in! He looked around for anything useful to open the door with when he spotted a small box. He felt like it didn't belong in the pantry. Carefully taking if off the shelf he examined it, and found it locked with a code. Could the code on the back of the box unlock it? It was worth a try. Horror entered the numbers 413 into the lock, and a small click sounded out. "Yes!" he pulled out the contents and was greeted with a magnet. "...A magnet?" he asked out loud. How was a magnet going to help him? Looking to the door and then back at the magnet, Horror decided it would be worth a shot. Approaching the locked door Horror held out the magnet and waited. The door let out a groan, startling the skeleton. After a few moments, the door clicked open. He stared in shock at the magnet. "Just how strong is this magnet?" It had worked most unexpectedly way ever. But hey. He wasn't complaining. Horror looked around for any sign of life around him, before proceeding to stuff the entire loaf into his mouth.
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Horror wiped away the crumbs from his mouth before looking around. Should he turn left or right? For some reason, the previous way he had gone was calling to him. "Left it is." He went down the hallway and was greeted with a room. The room had a slightly different object the stood out to him. Above the frame was a crown symbol. It had been locked when he tried the doorknob, maybe this time it would open. Horror tried the door only to be greeted with the familiar click of the lock. "Still locked..." What was he expecting? It wasn't like it would magically unlock itself! As he was about to leave the hallway, Horror suddenly felt a spike of magic energy in a room. Instantly he knew that a new portal was formed. It had the aura of the strange dimension he had been too. He tried to ignore it, but it kept reaching out for him. Sighing in defeat Horror answered the call.
"Hopefully, I'll find something." with the last thought Horror took the leap of faith.
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He quickly looked around for any enemies in the area. "There's no one here... thank the stars." It seems life decided to give him a break for once. But still, he had to be careful. This place could have enemies around. Lurking in the darkness. The dimension left him no choice but to follow the corridor. Every now and then Horror would glance behind him. Maybe he was being paranoid, but he wasn't taking the risk. He could feel himself getting closer to the exit by the second. "Judging by the magic gathering upfront, it's probably a portal." He was right. It was indeed another portal. "Where will this take me now?" Taking a deep breath, he leaped into the purple portal. Strangly as he did Horror swore that he heard a child's laughter as he did.
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Slowly he opened his eye sockets and found himself in a nursery. "Could this be the nursery?" looking around he was greeted with the sight of toys and a child's cradle. "Okay, this is definitely a nursery." Horror confirmed to himself. In the very right corner, the shine of a key caught his eye. Picking it up, Horror stored it in his inventory. It could be the key to this room. As he was about to leave the room, he saw a child staring at him. Horror almost had a heart attack only find it was a picture frame. Picking it up Horror examined it. The picture contained a monster child, but what stood out the most was it was a skeleton. Was this Lust's and his child? He allowed his facial features to soften. "Could it be...?" He decided to check the object and was greeted with a surprising piece of information.
*It's a picture frame of a skeleton child...
*There seems to be something written on the back...
Horror raised an eyebrow. "Something's on the back? He flipped the frame over and found nothing. He frowned at this. A check never lies, but why did it say something was on the back. Could it mean... he slipped the picture from the frame and check the back of it.
"Bingo." Grinned Horror. On the back of the photograph were 7 music notes. Where could these notes possibly belong to? He tried to backtrack with his rusty memory. There was the bookshelf but he doubts that it would help. Then there was the piano... wait... "The piano!" There was one downstairs! He unlocked the door and stepped into a familiar hallway. Wait... this was... turning around Horror was greeted with the crown symbol hung above the door frame. "So, that's where the portal led me to." Horror snapped himself out of his thoughts and hurried for the staircase.
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"If I remember correctly... the piano should be... here!" There stood the grand piano in all its glory. It looked absolutely beautiful in the light. Horror never touched a piano in his life, but he was sure he could figure out which notes to press. Settling himself on the stool he brushed a hand on the white keys. Pulling out the piece of paper he set it on the music stand. "F, D#, G#, C#, C, E, F2" those were the notes he had to play. He hoped that it wouldn't lead to a dead end. He knew where the C key was so F would be... "This?" He pressed the 4th note nothing happened. Maybe he would have to play all the notes to get the results. That made things a bit harder. "Where would D# be?" He knew where the key D was it was the matter of pressing the right black key. "Maybe this...?" He pressed the black key to the right of C. He knew G was next to the F key, so G# would be this black key right? C# and C would be easy. After the D key is the E key if he remembered correctly. He pressed the key. Now for the last and final key. F2. He honestly didn't know which key to press so he took a lucky guess. Did he guess right? Horror's question was soon answered with a low rumbling sound. He turned around and saw the "wall" behind his moving. "A secret passage?" Still skeptical of the newly formed passage, he hesitated to enter at first. "Do it for Lust, Horror..." With this in mind, he stepped into the room.