(Balloons pov)
I woke up around 2:30am with a pounding headache,I decided I should go get a drink from the kitchen but as I approached the door I remembered what smiles had told us 'do NOT leave your rooms past 12:00' I thought thsi was weird but I didn't know if I could stand being in that room another minute the tall walls felt like they were leaning over me the floor bending and contraction as I stumbled towards the door and turned the handle.
The hallway was dark and had a cool breeze sifting through it, I stepped out into the hall and began to walk toward the kitchen, as I walked past oj and yinyangs room I peeked inside to see them sleeping peacefully it seems oj was able to get Yang to go to sleep.
As I continued down the hallway the headache got worse and the walls almost felt like they were closing in the hall getting narrower the further I went, the eyes of the paintings seemed to follow me staring into my soal.
It felt like the hall went on forever never seeming to finish.until I heard something... there was the faint sound of crying coming from a room,as I approach the crying got louder and I noticed on the door there was a small sign,
Frowns room
Peeking inside I could see frown sitting on a mattress on the floor the room was small and cramped all that was in there was a mattress some colouring pencils surrounded by drawings that scattered the floors and walls.
I looked up at frowns who was still letting out a loud crying noise,then I turned my attention to there hand they were taking off the bandages slowly.
I almost threw up once they'd finished taking off the bandage causing me to clasp my mouth firmly in order to not let out any noise, there hand was mangled and torn with big open wounds all over it, the cuts were leaking the same green blood from earlier while his fingers were chipped and torn bleeding all over the bed.
Frowns was shaking rapidly and crying while he wrapped a new bandage around his hand.
This gruesome sight almost distracted me from the drawings but I still couldn't help but look at them, they depicted drawings of smiles and frowns scribbled into the paper,while some seemed pretty happy such as them sitting eating dinner with a group of people I noticed to be the people on the portraits in the hall,it had speech bubbles drawn but none of the writing was readable,then there were sad drawings that depicted frowns and smiles standing in a dark field with graves all around them in these ones they were both crying even though smiles still had a large smile on his face, looking at these images made me feel a sting of sadness at the grief that smiles and frowns went through.
The last set of drawing were the worst they seemed to be the most recent and showed images of smiles and frowns sat by a wall, I'm some of them it was just frowns in others it was just smiles but the one thing they all had in common was a image of a large shadow like creature inside the walls almost trying to claw its way out, every time frowns was depicted in one of these he was turned away from the wall as it spoke to him but smiles on the other hand was leaning towards the wall each drawing he seemed closer and closer to the creature as it got bigger.
Some of frowns draiwngs
I stared at these drawings a flush of fear washing over me as I backed up from The bedroom door,i tried to make sense of it but it was so messed up I mean I didn't think frowns was evil but either way I began to sprint down the hall.
Eventually I reached the room we first came in from dimly lit by a lantern on the wall. As I attempted to catch my breath a small glimmer of light caught my attention,it was a handle to a door i hadn't noticed before.
The door was completely boarded up with planks and nails the nails begging to rust with age, the longer I stared the more I was drawn to wards this door as a voice began to echo from walls.
It was hard to hear but I knew what it was saying it called me towards the door the desire to open it growing stronger as I grabbed onto the first wooden plank trying to pry it open, almost immediately the rusted nails gave way and one plank fell with a clatter to the floor, then I grabbed at the next one pulling frantically trying to get it off, the wood began to splinter and the shards of wood stabbed into my hand, but I didn't care all I cared about was getting into this room as the voice in the walls grew louder.
Finally i yanked off the last plank the voice stopping immediately as the door creaked open revealing a narrow staircase down towards a small door.
No one's pov:
Balloon descended the steps as the door beckoned for him to open,on the inside he didn't want to go everything was telling him to turn back and just go back to bed but it was like his body was moving without him controlling it,stringing him along down a flight of stairs he knew he shouldn't be in.
Eventually he reached the door turning the handle and opening the door.
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(4:00am)
Light bulb pov:
I woke up to a loud thud coming from downstairs it seemed strange but I decided to ignore it I mean it's probably just smiles moving furniture around at 4:00am I mean I do that all the time,but then I noticed balloon wasn't in bed anymore.
I looked over to se the door slightly agape leading into the hallway, I'm sure balloon just got up to go to the bathroom or something but i was still left with this uneasy feeling in me witch is unusual since I'm pretty good at looking on the bright side of things*insert knee slap in the distance*(yes I know I'm very funny).
I got out of bed and quietly walked over to the door opening it slightly and peeking my head into the hallway,the hall was long and empty I mean other than the pictures in the wall.
Slowly I began walking down the hallway looking for where balloon had run off to,I continued to search each room untill I felt a cold finger tap me on the back causing my blood to run cold.
"Lightbulb what are you doing out of bed I told you all not to leave the room after 12" smiles said from behind me in a agitated yet monotone voice.
I used to think the way they spoke was kinda funny since it was kinda fancy in a way but it had no emotion to it but now it sent chills down my spine.
"I was uhm looking for the bathroom" I say pretty obviously lying.
"There's a bathroom in your room you should go back" they said in that same monotone voice staring down at me.
I nodded and quickly walked back to my room shutting the door behind me then slumping down on the floor leaning against the wall, 'that was close though I wasn't able to find balloon I guess I'll just have to wait till morning then see if he's come back' I clamber back into the soft bead and go back to sleep.
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Poor balloon kinda got screwed over this chapter idk if I made it obvious enough but balloon really didn't want to go into the boarded room but some kinda wall entity is makeing him go.
Anyways I hope you enjoyed this chapter next one will hopefully be out soon after I finish the next chapter of feathers.