Horror Halls ((Eternity))

[Anime]

Ajax was sitting at the front desk of the lobby in the dorm in which he lived and served as an RA. On a normal day, one or two people would enter--sometimes bringing a guest, sometimes not--after a sleepover or one-night stand the night before. It allowed him to work on his college assignments, the articles for his internship at the local newspaper, or updating his popular internet blog.

However, today, today was different.

Ajax rested his head in his hand, lightly tapping his totem ring against the plywood counter that served as a wall between himself and the people entering the lobby in order to stay awake. He'd went to another frat party last night in an attempt to break the weird occurrences at the college parties in an attempt to get his first by-line. Debating whether to skip his first class, he considered going back up to his dorm and taking a nap. He let his eyes close, listening for the buzz of the door to announce another person had entered the building.

Screech. The sound of someone going way too fast and stopping way too fast could be heard coming from the road in front of the dormitory--not an odd sound at an institution filled with inexperienced drivers. He was starting to drift into sleep a few seconds later when the real excitement started.

BAM! BAM! BAM! He looked up annoyed at the persistence of a freshman that probably forgot his key-card for the umpteenth time this semester trying to get his attention. His eyes widened in terror. He stumbled out of his seat, pressing the open button to let the disheveled woman enter, before pressing the emergency button to alert the police to send help immediately.

He jumped over the counter and headed over to the young woman that had landed face down in a growing pool of her own blood. He turned her over, prepared to use his magic to slow the bleeding some, but it was too late. No breathing. No pulse. No life magic.

Stumbling back, he didn't realize how far away he got from the body until he hit the desk he'd occupied moments earlier. Who the hell could have done that to this woman?

Chunks were cut out of her face and had cloth patches sewed in their place--one having torn off to allow him to see the damage. Blood poured from her mouth. His heart pounded and he placed his bloodied hands over his eyes to make him look away from the woman. Please let the cops hurry...

He heard the elevator doors announce its arrival at the lobby. Oh, no! No one else needed to witness this horrific scene.

[Етеяиiту]

The person who came down had merely come to reap her soul. He had been on assignments due to those stupid people causing all this trouble all day. He was getting really tired of all of it. Jaylin had recently been demoted to a guardian angel aka the reapers who bring souls to heaven and protect some people who aren't supposed to die yet. Of course there are times when he has to cause things like final destination where people escaped a death they weren't supposed to, but that was very uncommon.

Earlier he had been hanging around on the roof to pass times and had just gotten in the elevator when she was thrown into the lobby. Jaylin slipped into the elevator without being seen by the camera and allowed his wings to flutter loose. He cracked his neck and when it opened a flurry of bright white and light cream feathers exploded into the room that only other supernaturals would see. A soft luring sound emitted from the wings and the soft blue light of a souls slide out of her mangled mouth. The soul disappeared and the flurry of wings and feathers did as well leaving Jaylins human form standing in false shovk in the doorway of the elevator.

Jaylin wasn't really shocked but he was hella good at acting like it. He gasped and stubled back,"oh my god!" He said in shock, his dazzling purple eyes sparkling with false fear.

[Anime]

((did the white light fill the lobby or just the elevator? Was it before or after the elevator doors open? I ask because my character is a wizard.))

[Етеяиiту]

{{ it filled the lobby, before the doors open }}

[Anime]

Ajax stumbled back further as the blinding white light filled the room. What the...

He didn't have time to fixate on the oddity of the blinding light, as three cops arrived and hurried into the lobby. Upon seeing the body, Ajax, and Jaylin, the cops immediately radioed for back-up. One of the cops stayed with the body checking for a pulse, while the two remaining comes approached the young men.

Ajax let out a shaky breath. "S-She's...dead." He said quietly to the cop. "I-I already checked...f-for a pulse." He covered his eyes with his bloody hands, no longer considered with what the bright light had been or Jaylin. All he could see was that woman's body when he turned her over, coated in blood and her face carved up.

The cops asked the two men to remain where they were, while they waited for the ambulance, Crime Scene Investigators, and detectives arrived. They started to go through questions for the eye witnesses.

[Етеяиiту]

Jaylin acted as shocked as usual and explained exactly where he had been and what he had seen, aka I was in my dorm coming down to go out for groceries when the elevator opened to the scene before them.

He even tossed it up a bit and cried a little, asking a few questions about if he could have helped blah blah blah typical human things. He was finally released and left to go get groceries. Turning to the scene, namely Ajax and smirking lightly before disappearing on the bus.

[Anime]

Ajax had to surrender his clothes to evidence and went through many of the same questions that Jaylin had. Where was he? What had he been doing? Did he call for help immediately? Blah. Blah. Blah. Typical cop questions. Typical interview questions. It was during this time that he realized that he knew that face--not that he had needed to offer her identify, as her school ID and license were both in the wallet found inside her jeans pocket.

He watched as Jaylin passed, wondering how anyone could be so composed after seeing her body defaced and mutilated. He confirmed the identity of the body, sputtered through the rest of the questions, and was finally escorted to his room to change, so he could hand over the clothes he'd been wearing--now soaked in the victim's blood.

Meanwhile, the Crime Scene Investigators, Medical Examiners, and other police entities started to fill the lobby of the dormitory, while beat cops started to case the campus looking for witnesses that saw how the victim got into the dorm, people that knew the victim--trying to figure out the events leading up to her stumbling into this building--maimed and disfigured.

[Етеяиiту]

When Jaylin came back he greeted the officers with a big box of starbucks coffe smiling weakly,"I just want you guys to find the horrible person who did this to her" he said as his reasoning. After he conversed with them a little, them having a few follow-up qestions he went to his room and happily began to make some mac-and-cheese.

[Anime]

After the cops relinquished Ajax from their control, he crawled into the shower--washing away the physical gore and mental image of the body before him. This is when the journalist in him started to kick in, as the shock wore off. He finally had his in. He had witnessed first hand a crime--a brutal crime--on a college campus. Everyone would want to read this.

He jumped out of the shower, quickly toweled off, put on a pair of boxers, and ran out to call his editor. He finally did it. He would finally get his byline...He dressed haphazardly as he talked with the editor, grabbed his laptop, and headed out the door. The idea of going to class not even crossing his mind.

[Етеяиiту]

Jaylin hummed happily, a frank sinatra record drifting from his dorm apartment into the halls. He had slipped out of his pants and left himself in his boxer/breifs and the large sweater he was wearing. He continued to stir the mac and cheese, humming to the song playing from the speakers.

[Anime]

He went down to the basement to talk to the assistant-coordinator of Housing & Resident Life, where he once again had to explain his account of events. Once he was through with that ordeal--too focused on his current mission to be bothered by the story he told--he walked over to the records, looking for which dorm Jaylin's was.

He would need a detailed report of Jaylin's account of the crime scene for his piece for both fact checking and to add more to the story he was about to tell. It took him awhile, looking through the databases he shouldn't even have access to, but he finally looked Jaylin in the system. He scribbled down his name and dorm number on a post-it note before he was off once more.

He wanted to check in on the police again to see if he overheard anything first. He found his in when he heard the police couldn't locate her phone by giving them her phone number from his own cell phone. He overheard that she was at the same party he was the night before, but her roommate stated she had left early complaining of a headache and sore throat. He stayed around for a few more minutes before the police told him to go back to his own dorm.

Ajax made his way to the elevator, pressing the button for Jaylin's floor.

[Етеяиiту]

A happy Frank Sinatra tune continued to leak from his dorm. He had finally sat down with his mac and cheese after packing what was left away in the fridge for tomorrow. He hummed happily and hearing a knock on the qoor he quickly turned off the record player and sniffled as if crying, his eyes turning red and a bit puffy to add to his facade.

He opened the door to Ajax, continuing to munch down on his food,"stress eating,"god I cant believe shes dead" he sniffled

[Anime]

Ajax realized in this moment that he was being insensitive. Part of it had to do with his intense focus on work being broken by seeing a good-looking guy standing in the doorway of his dorm room in a sweater without pants on. Then he noticed Jaylin's emotional state and his motivation flattered. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have come here." He mumbled and darted towards the stairs, since his dorm was only two floors above Jaylin's.

[Етеяиiту]

He smirked slightly but sighed and felt guilty,"wait no don't go, I-I have more mac and cheese if you want some" he offered with a sad little smile.

[Anime]

The confusion that statement caused was the main reason Ajax stopped and turned back towards Jaylin. "Mac and Cheese?" He questioned. "That's how your dealing with all of this?" He asked but continued realizing it wasn't his place to judge. "Sure, I guess I might as well try to salvage the rest of this morning."

[Етеяиiту]

He blinked at his judgment and frowned, almost retaliating in a very angel-like way. He walked back into his dorm and pulled the microwave from the fridge and before heating it back up he placed the needle on a depressing slow song and pressed play.

[Anime]

Ajax enters the dorm room and studies the new surrounding. As the music hits his ears, he looked even more confused, "Another living soul that listens to Frank Sinatra. 'My Way' is one of my favorite songs by him..." He explained, studying Jaylin in a new light.

[Етеяиiту]

He smiled,"I love frank sinatra, he helps me through anything" he giggled lightly before heating up the mac and cheese and putting it in a bowl for him.

[Anime]

"I like to listen to him when I am working on my assignments--either for work or school." Ajax took the bowl of Mac and Cheese. "Thanks." He gestured with the bowl, taking a bite.

[Етеяиiту]

He nodded,"yeah, he's good any time really" Jaylin chuckled.