by Leonidas Jarnefeldt 8th May 2022, 10:47 pm
Leonidas ignored the cold feeling and walked over to the notebook lying on the table. He reached for it with his left hand and picked it up, then began to peruse the first page he saw. He saw the name "Simon Wright" at the top of the page and knew that he had found the item he had been hired to retrieve. Besides, it was the only notebook in here. Leonidas gently closed the notebook to protect what was written in it and held it in his left hand and started to turn away from the table when he spotted a ghost materializing in front of him to try and block the door.
He had the presence of mind to slash at the ghost with his Silver Falchion and watched it fall apart from the diagonal slash going from its right shoulder to left hip. It screamed and vanished, leaving Leonidas alone in the library. He doubted that he would be alone for much longer and had gotten what he had come here for, so it was time to get going while the coast was clear. Leonidas walked briskly for the door, then put the notebook under his left arm to free up his left hand to open the door. He opened it and moved through, then closed it behind him.
-In the hallway-
Leonidas awkwardly held the notebook under his arm as he fished the flashlight out of his left pocket and took it into his left hand in order to light the way. Once he was holding it he swept the flashlight in front of him and surveyed the area in front of him. No ghosts were present at the moment, but that did not mean that they were not nearby. Deciding to leave while he still could, Leonidas began walking briskly forward while keeping a watch out for ghosts. He had only made it a quarter of the way down the hallway when he saw another ghost appear in front of him and start floating towards him.
Leonidas waited until it drew closer, then slashed at it with a horizontal left-to-right slash. He cut the specter in half at the hip and watched it scream before disappearing. He swiftly resumed walking towards the stairs that would take him back to the first floor while doing his best to hang onto the notebook wedged under his left arm. As soon as he got back to Capital Crocus he was going to shop for a backpack so that in the future he would not have to carry objects under his left arm.
He reached the halfway point and kept moving towards the exit without stopping for anything. He felt the hair on his arms stand up again and felt the temperature grow suddenly cold. He also heard moaning coming from behind him and turned to face the source. There was a small army of ghosts standing less than twelve meters away and there were too many of them to count, let alone fight. Leonidas put his Silver Falchion back into its scabbard, then transferred the notebook to his right hand so that he did not drop it when he started running.
Once that was done he sprinted towards the stairs as fast as he could go. The beam from the flashlight bobbed up and down as the blond man ran for the stairs and jumped over the metal doors lying on the floor as he reached them. The small ghost army was only three meters behind him and they were closing in fast. After a frantic sprint for the stairs Leonidas reached them and began to jog up them with his pursuers not too far behind.
-Haunted Guild, the first floor-
Leonidas soon emerged from the basement clutching the flashlight and the notebook. No longer having any need for the flashlight, Leonidas turned it off and put it away in his left pocket. He then hurriedly transferred the notebook from his right hand to his left, then began walking towards the front door. He touched the doorknob with his right hand right as he heard moaning coming from behind him. He did not dare to look back as he flung the door open and ran out of it.
-Outside Haunted Guild-
Leonidas shut the door behind him and jumped down the stairs, landing on his feet. He kept running for fifty meters, only stopping when he was absolutely sure that he was not being followed by any ghosts. Only then did Leonidas turn around and look back at the place he had just escaped from. He looked at the Haunted Guild and took a few deep breaths.
The blond man was glad that his brief trip into the Haunted Guild was over. He was certain that he would return to the place on another job, but that would be at a later date. Right now he needed to get back to Magnolia Town and give the notebook to Mr. Wright. With that he turned around and began the long walk to Magnolia Town.
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