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"W-what are you saying Afro!?" Dan replied haphazardly holding onto the few remaining members of Flames group. "It's simple Dan...I've just taken too long to realize it. I belong here...I am the master o this castle..." Afro points towards Flame and Dan," I AM the next reincarnation of Dracula!" **
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(Might wanna hold off on your evil ascension for a bit... lets milk the flashback for some juice!)
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Afro clutched his head. Him and Flame had gotten separated from Dan, the three being the only remaining members of the party.
"Ugh! Heh. The Darkness within me is growing, Flame. Do you really think we can prevent it?"
Flame looked at Afro, concerned.
"... I really dont know. Though we can sure as hell try."
Flame tried once again to contact Dan.
Afro sat back on a wall
"why bother? it wouldn't be so bad, would it? I mean, come on! The power... Imagine the power! That and immortality. Sounds promising, don't it?
Flame punched the wall so hard it cracked.
"Damn! Communications are jammed..."
He looked back at Afro.
"Listen to you... Immortality? I have pseudo immortality since I do not age, and killing me is pretty hard to do, and let me tell you from experience, its not all it's cracked up to be. Only those with short lives can enjoy it fullest. Otherwise there will only be emptiness and misery."
Flame walked back and forth. both the doors in the short corridor had been sealed off by walls, and the only light came from the moon visible from a single window.
Flame looked out the window, wondering if perhaps he could manage something with his grapple hook.
"Whatever. Lets just... Try and get back to Dan. He's probably worried bout our sorry asses."
Afro was no doubt struggling with his newfound darkness.
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Flame was interrupted by the skeleton butler.
"Ugh, That guy. Such a slacker.. Dan you say..? HE is the intruder...? Interesting..."
Flame walked off into the depths of the castle, his boots and their slight platform making loud noise on the floor, along with the sound of his cane.
he reached the throne room again.
"Afro... Do you know who our mysterious intruder is? Not the ghost and the girl... but the other one... It's Dan... Yes. thats right."