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The trio waked forward, venturing swiftly through the twisted, likely haunted area.
”There’s an entrance into the manor over there,” Blue points out.
The trio walks towards the manor entrance, instantly met by a vampire.
"ACK-!" Red exclaims, jumping back as it bites him, leaving a hole in his jacket.
Player using his sword, quickly retalitaing alsongside Red, Blue finishing it off with an arrow.
"Alright, that's... pleasant," Blue sighs, refering both to the floating furniture and Red's injury.
Player focused on the ice dagger, the ice forming a make-shift bandage over the wound.
"Thanks Player," Red sighs.
"No problem," Player nods.
"So, the only way to go is probably down," Blue concludes.
"Probably," Red agrees, walking into the room. He quickly takes out a person with a nail in a board, then keeps going down, only to see... a turkey?
"Why is there a turkey down here?" Blue wonders.
"Who knows," Red replies.
'The only way forward seems to be blocked off by this fence,' Player signs, swinging at the fence after to no avail.
"So... back to the drawing board?" Blue shrugs.
The turkey let out a noise, the sound of a gun reloading making itself clear in the silent room.
"OH WHAT THE ####!" Red exclaims.
The turkey puts out what seemed to be a warning shot, before pointing it at the trio, all of them quickly exiting the room with bullet holes riddling the walls.
The trio exit the room, catching breaths really quickly.
”Sooo… parkour on floating furniture?” Blue offers.
”Guess so,” Red sighs.
Somehow, it didn’t take long before the three had crossed, and they passed into the next room.
”Long hallway, and other vampire… ugh,” Blue sighs, shooting a poison-tipped arrow at it.
Player and Red make quick work of the vampire from there, the three passing through the door to what seemed to be the same hallway.
”I think that wasn’t supposed to happen…” Red notes, knocking out the vampire that was in the hallway.
”There’s a broken window over there?” Blue suggests, “Bit of an… odd choice but it should work.”
Player throws his ball at it, clearing some of the glass out of the way before going in, Ref and Blue following.
”New room is a good thing,” Blue notes.
”Isn’t this the way to the kitchen?” Red wonders. He walks down the stairs, opening a door.
“Are you ghoulish assistant I ordered? I've been waiting... I knew RentAGhoultm would be much faster this time...” The chef turns around, seeing the trio’s faces, specifically on Player. “Wait a minute. Haven't I seen you before somewhere? In Blackrock... Castle...?”
”Player? Something happen?” Blue turns back to Player, looking mildly concerned.
”YES! THAT IDIOT GAVE ME THE SCARLET BOTTLE AND IT REARRANGED THE WHOLE KITCHEN!” The chef shouts, “I am NOT letting you touch this dish! You’ll let so many starve once again!”
”Uhh… sir we’re not here to ruin a dish,” Blue remarks.
”Huh?” The Ghost raises an eyebrow.
”We’re here to get the GHOSTWALKER for SHEDLETSKY,” Red replies.
”…I see. You've come to the right place... But, I hate to rain on your parade. That thing is HEAVILY guarded downstairs. MASTER TELAMON hired a bodyguard just to keep it safe,” The chef hesitates, “...No. Not a "bodyguard." A "THING..." ...it scares me.”
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PTSD probably, The Ice Dagger shrugs.
The chef sighs before continuing, "I'll tell you what. Let's see how competent you three really are. If you all help me prepare this meal for the residents... I'll get you all a potion to slip by that horrible thing. Do we have a deal?"
"Yeah, anything that can help us," Blue agrees.
"I need two things that are the most important for now... Some SPIDER CIDER and DUST," The chef notes, "The SPIDER CIDER should be in the green room, to your left if you leave out behind me. The DUST meanwhile is in the master bedroom, just above that area."
"We can take care of that," Red decides.
"Alright, I'll see you back soon," The chef turns back to stirring a pot, leaving the three to their own devices.
"What do we want to get first?" Blue wonders.
Red shrugs, "Doesn't matter, as long as we get them."
Player exits the room, turning towards one of the rooms and heading into the master bedroom.
The furniture was floating, once more. And by the looks of it, the only way to get the dust was by parkouring onto the funiture.
"I got this!" Blue smiles. She quickly makes it up, dashing back down in moments with some dust cupped in her hands.
"Suprisingly, a time where you said you got it and actually got it," Red mutters.
"EXCUSE ME?!-" Blue exclaims.
Player chuckles at the chaos, heading out of the room and going into the room Kitchen Wizard said the spider cider could be located.
Blue goes into the kitchen to drop off the dust for a moment, Red and Blue quickly continuing on into the next area.
"Yo! wHaT'S uP! WeLcOmE tO mY qUiZ sHoW!" A Noob exclaims as Player enters the room.
"Uhh, hello? Red raises an eyebrow, cautious of the Noob as Red knocks out a skeleton.
The Noob lets out a playful hum, "WhO iS tHe CrEaToR oF tHiS mAnOr?"
"Telamon," Red replies quickly.
"YuU gOt It! yEaH!" The Noob seems to be having fun as he continues the question, "QuEsTiOn TwO: WhAt SwOrD iS hElD dEeP iN tHe MaNoR?"
'The Ghostwalker,' Player replies, Red getting bored and looking around at the paintings and more floating furniture.
"YuU gOt It AgAiN! LeTs Go!" The Noob laughs, "QuEsTiOn ThReE: The following problems require the use of the quotient rule. In the following discussion and solutions the derivative of a function h(x) will be denoted by D{h(x)} or h'(x). The quotient rule is a formal rule for differentiating problems where one function is divided by another. It follows from the limit definition of derivative and is given by D{f(x)/g(x)}=[g(x)f'(x)-f(x)g'(x)]/[{g(x)}]^2 Remember the rule in the following way. Always start with the "bottom" function and end with the "bottom" function squared. Note that the numerator of the quotient rule is idenntical to the ordinary product rule except that subtraction replaces addition. In the life of problems which follows, most problems are average and a few are somewhat challenging."
The Noob takes a breath, "Differentiate g(x) = [1+In(x)]/[(x^2)-In(x)]."
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What the #### The Ice Dagger wonders.
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Player thinks about the steps for the question, coming to the conclusion that binary was correct, "[1-(x^2)-(2x^2)In(x)]/[x((x^2)-In(x))^2]"
"Wouldn't you need paper to check that? There's no way that that's right," Red notes.
"GrEaT jOb! i LeT yOu Up ThE lAdDeR nOw!" The Noob smiles, pressing a small button and waving.
"What. The Actual. ####." Red mutters, The door that was creaking open behind the two even stopping, almost as if in shock.
"Did I just walk in at a bad time?" Blue wonders.
"No, it was great timing Blue," Red waves Blue's worries off, "Player just sucessfully got the answer to- what kind of math even is that- IN HIS HEAD?!"
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"Let's just keep going, we'll get the Ghostwalker anytime soon," Blue tries to lighten the mood as Player begins climbing the ladder.
"More floating furniture parkour. Grreeeeaattt," Red sighs.
Player was already on the case, pulling out his rocket boots to do some longer jumps, and in a few moments, he darts down, the spider cider held in his hands.
"Nice job!" Blue grins, "Let's get this back to the chef and see how else we can help."
The trio agree, quickly going back.
"Kitchen Wizard?" Blue wonders, entering the kitchen.
"You found some? And nothing blew up in the process? That's... a nice suprise," The Chef grins, taking the spider cider from Player, "Well, this smells like it's coming along nicely! What a beautiful dish...I just hope that a single pot of soup can last suppertime."
"Anything else you want us to get?" Red offers.
"Well... the only other thing I may need is a side dish... maybe?" The chef hesitates, "Downstairs, I've got a supply of meat. I have a turkey that I've been meaning to use up! Would you mind grabbing that real quick? It's probably near the place you three entered this version of the mansion in the first place. You'll find a door to the basement, and you should find the turkey laying around down there."
"Wait- the... turkey with a shot gun?" Blue worries.
"Are... you alright? I don't recall any weapons behing down there..." The chef notes.
"Don't worry too much about it... we'll get that turkey for you," Red covers.
"Thank you, and please be quick. I don't want the soup getting cold." The Kitchen Wizard returns to working on the dish, leaving the trio to get the turkey.
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I suppose this is why they say "The world may never know", Ceasar, The Ice Dagger would've been sipping tea after saying that if it had a humanoid form.
The trio ended quickly at the basement, taking a moment before entering it.
"Ok do we need a plan before going in? We can't injure the turkey TOO much," Blue notes.
"Uhh... Player has a ball, you have arrows and I..." Red glances at his sword, which was still sharp, then at his fists, "Can throw hands?"
"Here," Blue shoves a card into Red's hands, "Hopefully that'll help."
"Thanks," Red sighs, "Uhh, Maybe someone can try to strangle it to reduce it's energy?"
'I'll do it. Let's get this over with?' Player suggests.
The twins agree, quickly heading into the basement, Player following behind, steping ahead when
By the looks of it, the turkey was still there, and not tired in the slightest. But luckily, it didn't have a gun. Yet at least.
Player cautiously approached the turkey, lunging for it with the turkey jumping away at the last moment. Player catches himself against the ground, quickly continuing to run at the turkey.
The turkey makes a quick U-turn, Player full-on running at it now.
The turkey jumps out of the small room, Player taking the chance to lunge at it. He caught the turkey by the neck, a small smile of satisfaction appearing before it disappears at the turkey shoving Player away. Player quickly got back up, the turkey seeming angered ad Player's attempts as it settles down, Player dropping into a fighting position.
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Blue shoots an arrow at the turkey, Player throwing a ball to catch it off guard.
The turkey decides to attack Player with it's beak, Player quickly countering as Red straight up body slams the turkey.
"So..." Blue stares at the turkey, which now seemed to be twitching.
Player lets out a panicked noise as the turkey suddenly lunges up, attacking him once more. Player throws forward a punch, closing his eyes and looking away as he heard the sound of a small explosion.
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Raw, skinned, deboned turkey suddenly rested in Player's arms.
"I have a fast travel to the Chef's kitchen," Blue offers, pulling it out, "Let's get there."
Player blinks, and the three are suddenly in the haunted kitchen.
"Ghost Chef?" Blue calls out.
"Oh! Are you okay?" The Ghost chef notes Player and Red's injuries, taking the turkey from Player.
"We're fine," Red reassures.
"...I should have specified it was alive. Sorry about that. Here... Hold on for a second..." The chef gets two bowls of soup together, handing them to Red and Player, "Drink some of this. It'll freshen you right up."
Player and Red enjoyed the soup as Blue and The Chef kept talking.
"Well... thank you for keeping your side of the promise," The Chef grins, "As a reward, here's a small.. aid."
The chef hands three cards to Blue, "I'd distrubute them once those two are finished with the soup. Anyways, it's a little potion I've been hanging on to. You can't move unless you'd wish to cancel it's effects, but it prevents all harm while it's in use. It's not the tastiest, but it gets the job done. Still, I'd only use it when getting around dangerous things."
"Thank you,: Blue smiles.
"..But now, I need to warn you three," Heads turn to the chef as his voice gets more serious, "The GHOSTWALKER is beyond dangerous. If you manage to slip by and find it... Do. NOT Touch it. Only those of PURE SOUL can wield it. And any who are deemed unworthy by the blade... lose their life to it upon contact. Immediately. So please. PLEASE. If you find the GHOSTWALKER... Find me. I'll safely wrap it up and give it to you. Do you understand? This is genuinely dangerous."
Player nods, Red and Blue give a shared agreement.
"Thank you for the soup, by the way," Red grins, "Is there a place I should put the dishes?"
"Just in the sink," the chef vaugely gestures towards it, Red taking Player's dishes and putting his and Player's in the sink.
Player signs a small thanks.
"Alright. I'll be here if you need me," The chef notes, "Good luck out there. See you soon, and stay safe."
"See you later," Blue waves.
"Alright, is there anywhere we haven't checked?" Red asks.
"Deeper into the basement is the only logical place it would be," Blue notes.
"Let's check there I guess," Red shrugs.