Blight pushed forward - into the absolute darkness. He also
started to hear noises - was his mind playing tricks on him? He already felt, something was really not ok here. It was a pressure he could feel, a pressure of an evil presence. It definitely did not want them to enter this room, or go any further. After Blight arriving in front of the desk, all torches in the room went out. The laughing of a small girl could be heard echoing through the hall. Miranda already was on the verge of fading - however the events to happen next would leave her unconcious.
From the corner of his eye, Blight could spot a figure standing in the darkness in the corner of the hall. It was a figure of a little girl, looking straight at him. After him moving his eye to look at her however, he could see nothing. Gone! He could remember feeling as though the girl was smiling. After a few seconds upon turning his head in the direction of the corner, where the little girl seemingly was first, Blight finally noticed another personality from the corner of his eye. It was standing right behind him, watching at the desk. Blight made a step back and turned towards this one. This time he could clearly see the outlines of a little girl, holding a teddy. The girl showed an evil smile on and raised her hand pointing Blights attention to the desk, now behind him. It seems it was not going to attack him, or had any intentions of doing so. The shadow patiently waited for Blight to look at the desk.
Everything happened within few seconds. Blight had only time to react to what was unfolding before him. Unable to do anything, he slowly turned his head towards the desk. What the visitors saw on the board, caused a feeling of impending danger. The word 'Run', written with blood now decorated the once empty desk. Upon them seeing the writing, multiple voices could be heard all around the hall. Snipletts of sentences, cries and indescernible murmurs and whisper sounds filled the hall, amplified by the echoing effect. The parts of sentences Blight heard weren't aggressive - the voices only asked for help: 'Help me' , or 'Free us'. Other voices just read the writings on the desk 'Run'. Blight could however also hear hints hidden within the orchestre of voices and whispers: 'the darkness swallowed what you seek' and 'to find it follow into the darkness'. Something caused Blight to think twice about those. The room contained too many restless souls, suppressed by one strong presence. Obviously this very hall had some history - and it wasn't good. At this moment Blight realized, they shouldn't have entered this room. The group rushed towards the doors, through which they entered, only to see them shutting with a strong force. The strong, evil presence took control over the situation. After this the spirits grew more aggressive. The books started to fall out of the shelves, hovering in the mid air. Shortly after, the mass of hovering books started whirling around the center of the hall.
All over the hall more and more shadows started appearing
and disappearing again. It seems the spirits had troubles materializing in this world. Their outlines however let conclude nothing good will happen, if they actually succeeded at it. Then they suddenly stopped appearing. Instead a giant cloud of dark matter started accumulating in the center of the hall, the books whirling around it. Obviously the stronger presence started materializing itself. Succeeding at it, it would draw the weaker restless spirits into itself, strenghtening it in the process. At this point Miranda couldn't resist her fears any longer. She fainted leaning to the wall, accidently pulling the silhouette of what seemed to be a torch - Blight couldn't discern it very well in the total darkness. The act of Mirandas fainting, seemed to shed some hope on the situation of the trapped group, as the pulling of the torch oppened a secret passage. It was hidden behind a bookshelve, moving in the process. However it also meant, somebody had to carry Miranda now, since she was unconcious. And this somebody had to be Blight, as he was the only one able to see her. The secret passage layed on the other side of the room. To move there, the group had to pass through the middle of the hall.
It didn't seem Blight could fight the spirits by any materialistic means - and also not in this darkness. He lifted Miranda on his shoulder and run right through the black cloud - his men followed him. While running, he took a notice of the outlines of the figure forming. It was an older girl with long hair. It seemed strange to Blight, as he remembered the little girl from before, standing in front of the desk. It seems the little girl from before wasn't the strong presence Blight felt. Thinking about it - she even gave them the advise to run in the first place. Blight wondered, if she was also absorbed by the forming presence. Arriving at the entrance of the secret passage, Blight took a look ahead. Entering the passage would lead the group into an even heavier darkness, staying in the room however - they would have to fight the evil presence. They had no way of knowing what their choice would bring them. Descending the stairs of the secret passage could lead them to an even worse situation. Blight had to decide - and that in a fraction of a second. He took a look back as the evil presence was already finishing to form. It was a monster, in form of a human being, looking at him with empty red eyes. Something pulled Blights sleeve. Looking down Blight saw the little girl from before, already materialized. The girl looked up to Blight: "
Please, help me, Mister!".
"Please help me, Mister! - Don't leave me here with her!"
Blight remembered, the hints:
'the darkness swallowed what you seek'
'to find it follow into the darkness'