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The Bell Tolls for Thee

Characters: Maes Hughes & Open to whoever hears Maes
Content: Halloween Event! Running from and/or Fighting Scarecrows
Location: Deck 3 [Housing Deck] - Bathroom, then Hallway
Time of day: Midnight~
Warnings: CREEPY SCARECROWS!

Maes tossed his toothbrush back into his cup and picked it up from the sink's edge. It was late, but he hadn't exactly been sleeping much lately. During the day he managed to pull off his usual carefree, laid back self, but at night he was reminded of just how much he had lost. It wasn't exactly nightmares that plagued him, just a feeling of sadness and loneliness...and failure. What were they going to do...now that he was gone? Maes sighed, splashing water on his face and wiping it down with a towel. He knew Cambot was probably hovering outside the bathroom waiting to see if there was anything more he could record and broadcast, even at this late hour.

As Maes tossed the towel to the side he heard the bathroom door open and close. He looked up only to find that the doorway was empty. Odd, was Cambot sneaking in on him? That was kind of rude wasn't it? Maes shook his head and turned back to the bathroom mirror.

Only to find a full-size Scarecrow standing behind him in its reflection.

"HOL-JEEZE!" Maes cried out in surprise as he spun around, his hand knocking over the cup and his toothbrush that had been perched on the sink.

The scarecrow didn't move, it only stared at Maes with empty button eyes. It was smiling, well, a stitched on smile, but still a smile. Maes took a few deep breaths when it didn't show signs of moving. He wondered if he was finally loosing it. Surely THIS wasn't a normal part of this crazy space adventure. Slowly, cautiously, Maes knelt down and picked up the toothbrush, "Okay Mr.Scarecrow. You just stay over there and I'll let you have the bathroom all to yourself."

Items in hand, Maes rose to his feet again. He was starting to wish he'd gotten some knives from the kitchen after all since he felt pretty vulnerable right now. Not only was he weaponless except for his toothbrush, but he was already in his pajamas (a cotton pair he had found with little duckies on them, it reminded him of a pair Elysia had gotten him for Father's Day). How much more vulnerable could he be? Taking a deep breath and keeping his eye on the scarecrow, Maes started sneaking back to the door. He managed to get out of the bathroom and shut the door back on the scarecrow. As soon as the door was shut he let out a sigh of relief and turned to walk back to his room.

Only to find another scarecrow there, in the corner, waiting for him. "WHAT THE HELL!"

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MakubeX had spent most of the night so far poking and prodding at the Cambot in his room. He hadn't had much success finding any sort of opening yet. He had become used to various shouts and other noises coming from the halls or from the other decks.

Most nights he would have chosen to ignore it, but he was becoming frustrated with the little robot and was in desperate need of a distraction. He got up and poked his head out the door.

"What's going on?"

Maes turned when he heard one of the doors open. Had he woken someone up? Well, he supposed that was to be expected given that he was shouting. He mentally cursed himself, however, because he'd just taken his eyes off the creepy scarecrow thing. He turned back only to find that it was gone, AGAIN.

"I'm loosing my mind that's what's going on," he muttered, relaxing as he turned around to apologize to MakubeX. He froze again, however, when he saw that the scarecrow had popped up next to MakubeX. "Uhm...that," he pointed, praying that he wasn't crazy and that MakubeX would see it.

"Hm?" MakubeX blinked, completely confused. The only thing even remotely strange in his room was Cambot.

"It's only Ca-... Ah!" He jumped at the sight and stumbled out into the hall.

"H-how...?"

Well that answered THAT at least. Maes didn't take his eyes off of it this time and the scarecrow didn't react at all to MakubeX jumping into the hallway except to turn its straw stuffed head slowly downwards to look at him before looking back up with its red button eyes and making contact with Maes. Jeeze that was creepy!

"I don't know. I haven't see any wires or tricks at work yet, but it keeps vanishing before I can get a good look." Yes, in his panic he HAD been trying to find something like that but to no avail. "Stay still and try to maintain eye contact...it seems pretty keen on scaring us by moving when we aren't looking."

Suddenly the bathroom door crashed open again and a SECOND scarecrow was hopping into the hallway. Maes reflexively turned to look at it only to curse and whip around to find the first scarecrow hopping further out into the hallway and inching closer to himself. "Okay, so much for that."

MakubeX took a deep breath, calming himself from the initial shock. This was no time to lose focus. He couldn't help but turn and look at the scarecrow coming from the bathroom, either.

"Are they dangerous?" he asked, not taking his eyes off of the one coming from the bathroom.

Maes rubbed his chin, "Well, no, not so far. They haven't done anything except appear, disappear, and reappear in what I assume is an attempt to scare us." The scarecrows came closer, Maes glancing to either side for an escape route, "But I'd really rather not give them an opportunity to prove that wrong. I think that room on the left of yours is unoccupied...we could try blocking the door and hope they can't get in."

Of course, that might trap THEM in the room. Maes wasn't seeing many options here.

"What about the other people on board?" MakubeX asked. "Once they've given up on us, they might go after someone else."

This place wasn't his to command, but it was his current residence. He didn't know too many people yet, but he still felt his duty to keep them safe, if he was able.

"It's a shame we're in space. A good lighter would take care of them easily."

Dammit, he should have thought about that. Not many people were on the 3rd deck as opposed to the second deck. Maes decided to blame his slip of his usual concern for others on the recent stress of his predicament. "You're right. We just have to keep them occupied then."

The scarecrows crept a little closer and Maes ground his teeth in irritation. "Maybe we can trap THEM in the room."

He wasn't sure if that would work but it was worth a shot right? Maes turned and opened the door to the room he had originally said THEY should hide in, the scarecrow loomed up behind his turned back. Maes ignored it and simply turned around, grabbing it by its plaid shirt and tossing it into the room. It landed with a WHUMP on the empty bed and didn't move.

"Here's hoping."

MakubeX moved closer to Maes, keeping his eyes on the remaining scarecrow until he was close enough to the door.

"It'd be ideal if we could immobilize them, somehow. I wonder what would happen if they were to lose their heads."

MakubeX then turned away from the scarecrow. "A thought for later perhaps. Mind grabbing that one?"

"No idea. I mean they're STRAW, how are they moving at all and what would stop them with just a missing head?"

Still, it was an idea and if the scarecrow problem persisted then it might be an option to take. Maes turned to the scarecrow remaining in the hallway, it was staring at them and didn't seem at all bothered by their plan. Maes grabbed it and threw it in with the rest.

"And stay in there!"

"Well, that takes care of that bunch."

MakubeX frowned at the door. He assumed the things would be unable to open the door. They didn't have hands, after all. Not functional ones, at the very least, or so he assumed. But if anyone were to come by and open the door...

"What now?"

Maes slumped against the wall. Throwing them in there hadn't been difficult but the constant jump scares had done a number on his nerves. He was not going to be able to sleep now so he might as well sit out here in the hallway.

"I'll guard them and keep an eye out for any more coming in the hallway. You can go back to bed if you want," Maes said, looking up at MakubeX and offering a smile.

MakubeX smiled back and shrugged. "I wasn't really sleeping, anyway.Mind if I join you for a bit?"

"Not at all. Have a seat or whatever," Maes replied gesturing to the nearby wall.

There was a sound against the door, like someone trying to get out, but it wasn't loud and after glancing at the door once Maes ignored it. Let the stupid things stay in there for awhile. "I'm Maes Hughes, by the way, not sure if I mentioned that," he paused, "You were the one that said you'd help me with research right? I don't think I caught your name when we were talking about that over Cambot."

The boy nodded, sitting against the opposite wall. He looked over at the door as well, when the knocking began.

"That's correct. I'm MakubeX."

During all this, a somewhat bedheaded Liz appeared in the hall. By now she was already rather miffed, spending the past ten minutes banging on the door of deck 2's bathroom - honestly why did Servo always take so long in there? - and came down to deck 3 with the hopes that nobody else had the urge for a late night bubble bath. But on the way down she ended up being followed down by a random scarecrow - what was this, Howl's Moving Satellite?

She may have been in a bathrobe, but vorpal bunny slippers (https://www.bunnyslippers.com/bunny-slippers/killer-rabbit-slippers.php?gclid=CPL8oqWdgKwCFYHe4AodshoXWw) and a broom helped her on the side of intimidation, at least. She saw Maes and his confrontation with another scarecrow.

"Good to know I'm not the only one then."

He head someone approaching from his left and turned, thinking it might be another of these scarecrows. However, it was not a scarecrow but another of the ship's residents. Liz, if he remembered right. "Following you too, huh? How are they moving on their own?" So far he hadn't seen a mechanism to explain it.

Maes turned back to find that the scarecrow had vanished with the distraction of Liz. He cursed under his breath because he really wasn't sure what these things were capable of.

"To borrow a phrase from Linkara; 'it's magic; they don't have to explain it.'

"I think the better question is how to get rid of them." Because seriously, those eyes were starting to creep her out. Generally they were starting to remind her of that bear. Why did Linkara keep that thing around, anyway?

She hadn't noticed where the other one had gone either, and the one behind her seemed to vanish as well. She frowned and tightened the grip on her broom.

"Never thought I'd say this, but 'bring back the venom cocks.'"

Maes sighed, eyes sweeping the hallway, "That IS a good question, but they don't seem to stay in one place long enough, plus I'm not exactly armed." He demonstrated this by holding up the only things in his hands: a toothbrush and a rinse cup. He was fairly certain the scarecrows major enemy was NOT a toothbrush.

Suddenly, at the opposite end of the deck, THREE scarecrows appeared, seemingly out of nowhere. They swayed slightly before hoping slowly, ever so slowly, towards Liz and Maes. Maes took a cautious step back, "They haven't done anything yet...but they're really starting to creep me out."

They got closer.

Usually, Galadriel was asleep when midnight came, but not tonight. It probably had something to do with the worms she had found in her bed.

When she heard Maes cry of suprise, she quickly ran to investigate. Only to find a scarecrow blocking her path. A scarecrow that was standing perfectly upright despite having no soil to rest in. A scarecrow that was slowly hopping towards her.

Normally, Galadriel would not be so scared by this. But at this late hour, combined with her lack of sleep, she was terrified.

"HELP!" she called out as loudly as she could in her moment of panic.

"WHEEEEEEEEEEE!"

Pinkie, being on a continual sugar high, wasn't exactly known for keeping the most regular hours. She'd quite quickly discovered a scarecrow following her around. At first it had only moved when she was looking away, but soon it felt comfortable enough to visibly hop after her.

And that was how she came to be riding a frantically bucking scarecrow through the hallway, waving its hat over her head in one hoof. "RIDE 'EM, COWPONY! Oh hi Maes whatcha - woaaah!" The scarecrow flung itself into the wall, forcing the pony to fling both forelegs around its neck again. "Whatcha doin'?" she asked again with a smile.

As soon as he heard the 'whee' he knew who to expect tearing down the hallway. Although, what Pinkie Pie was doing up this late was beyond him. Maybe she never slept with all that sugar around her all the time. In either case he couldn't help but stare in shock as she rode past him on a scarecrow similar to the one hovering behind him.

He winced when the scarecrow flung itself into a wall before staring in shock again, "Pinkie I think I should be asking YOU that? Why on Earth are you riding that thing?"

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