"Must be getting late..." Daichi thought to himself, looking around a little more. Since Isshiki had went off to explore a bit on his own, the man was stuck with Miura, their newfound companion. Looking over at her to check if she wasn't some monster in disguise, he breathed a sigh of relief when he noticed that she was still there.
He led Miura over to a performance tent of some sort- it seemed like many plays or just shows in general had been held there. Of course, it was abandoned and devoid of any life, but he noticed a crumpled mass sitting on the stage. Grinning, he ran over to the stage, stopping and bending down to pick up a piece of paper- a flyer of some sort. "Come see the amazing floating magician Pinwheel? What a laugh!" He snickered, looking at the stage. That must have been "Pinwheel". He bent down to check the crumpled mass, laughing as he noticed it was merely a puppet of some sort.
Running out to the entrance of the tent, he called out. "Hey, Ish! Come check this out!" Hearing Miura start to speak, he turned around to see her offering a small smile. "Dai-kun? Can I ask how you got here? I don't really know myself. I think I might have amnesia..." He laughed. "I'm sure you'll remember in time, Miu. But I'm not sure how I got here either. I just remember stumbling into a forest since I heard someone screaming and then I blacked out! Then I woke up in a post office and I-- kind of met Ish just earlier." He laughed sheepishly, rubbing the back of his neck.
"What the hell did you want, screaming like that?" Isshiki walked into the tent, baseball bat slung over his shoulder and with his frown still in place. Daichi picked up the flyer and showed it to Isshiki, grinning all the while. "Take a look at this- it's just a puppet with voices from backstage, I'd bet! It's right over there." Daichi briefly motioned to the crumpled mass on the stage, laughing.
"Pinwheel? He's not actually a pin in a wheel!" Daichi stopped when he saw the frozen look of shock on Isshiki's face. The spiky-haired male slowly pointed behind him. Daichi turned around...
The crumpled mass rose up above them, seemingly shaking and trembling. It was a puppet of some sort, obviously- covered in a torn black cloak, and with six long sticks coming out from its back. The sticks had lanterns on the ends, creating an ominous rattling noise whenever the mass moved. Serving as its "heads" were three masks- also moving. All three faces stared ominously at the group before looking at each other.
A distorted scream ripped from all three masks, and Daichi immediately grabbed Miura. "Stay behind me, Miu!" "I don't think we'll be able to kill this thing...best if we just--!" Isshiki hefted a heavy stone lying nearby and hurled it to the best of his ability at the monster. The monster floated up, evading the rock but startled enough to create a small window of time. "Come on, let's go!" Isshiki bolted from the tent, and Daichi grinned apologetically. "Sorry for this, Miu--" He quickly carried her under his arm, having enough arm strength to do so, and followed Isshiki. The "Pinwheel" ripped through the canopy of the tent, screaming and rattling its lanterns in an act of hostility.
"Ish?! I think it's following us!" "Of course it's following us, dumbass, keep running!"
As the monster gave pursuit, Isshiki frantically looked for a possible hiding place.
Such were the horrors brought about by the Nighttime.