Almost One in the Same (A Roblox DOORS Fanfic)

== Chapter 1 || Guiding Light ==
Door 56, Door 57, Door 58… Everything seems fine.
This was just another normal day in the Hotel — well, it depends what your definition of “normal” is. At this moment, Guiding Light was double-checking the Hotel, making sure everything was in place.
Suddenly, all the lights dimmed. “Hey, Light!” called a familiar voice.
Guiding Light smiled. “Hello, Void,” they greeted. “No new guests yet?”
“Nope. I’ve been camping that elevator for what seemed like hours,” Void complained light-heartedly.
Guiding Light sighed. “All right, we’ll call it a night then. Tell everyone to go on break for now.”
If the room-darkening entity could smile, it would. “Ah, all right then,” Void replied. “See ya, Light!” All the lights at Door 58 returned to their normal brightened state.
Light was almost done checking the Hotel one last time. They couldn’t help it — they needed to know where everything was in order to guide the upcoming guests.
Up to Door 58, keys were hidden, items were scattered neatly; Figure’s library books were spread out in order to provide a challenge, and Jeff’s shop was restocked with items — including a Crucifix.
The blue-and-white spirit continued their double-checking journey through the Hotel. Door 59 was normal (Guiding Light decided to leave a lighter in one of the drawers, just in case), and Door 60 — the Infirmary — was as calming as usual.
The drawers were stacked with coins and batteries, and the Herb of Viridis’ room was locked — as it should be.
The doors afterwards were set up as usual. But Door 65? That brought a surprise.
Guiding Light was almost about to leave, when they felt another other-worldly presence… Which was strange. They were the only spirit residing in this building, right?
And another weird thing — there was a melody like their own in the distance. It sounded… mysterious, and filled Guiding with a calm suspense.
They followed the music, and found a large crack in the wall, next to a closet. That wasn’t there before, the blue revenant thought. They went through the crack carefully, and encountered a door — one that looked different from the ones of the Hotel. A gate was in front of it.
They had a feeling that it needed a lever to open, so they exited the crevice and went into Door 66, searching for that said lever.
After a while, they found it, pulled it, and returned to Door 65. The gate was opened, like they suspected. Guiding walked through it, looking at their surroundings.
The strange door behind the gate was glowing in yellow — like Guiding Light’s own, just a different color. Another thing: the door was locked up tight, two dark gray chains with locks protecting a Skeleton Lock — one like the Herb of Viridis’ room had. Above all that was a plaque. A golden plaque that read A-000.
A-000? Guiding asked themself. What type of door is this?
The music kept playing over and over, providing the blue spirit with a sense of… curiosity.
This curiosity drew them closer to the unusual door. They picked up one of the locks. “This probably needs a lockpick…” they muttered to themself. They summoned one at their mind’s command, and used it on one of the locks. After a bit of picking, the lock fell to the floor with a clunk!.
On the other side, someone else was confused. What was this door for? Why was it here? This… This passage had a different glow — emitting blue instead of their normal yellow. What would they do with it? They wanted to enter, but… but what (or who) was behind it?
Guiding Light picked the other lock, this time catching it before it hit the ground, and placing it down carefully. They removed the chains holding them, and inspected what was left. The last thing to remove was the Skeleton Lock, which couldn’t fall off with a lockpick.
They quickly remembered the matching Skeleton Key, the ones used to open the room where the Herb of Viridis was stored. Summoning one into their hand, they started to unlock the door.
What to do, what to do… they wondered. The door didn’t seem to be fading away or anything of that sort (unfortunately), so they paced back and forth in front of it, filled with indecision.
“Almost… Got it!” Guiding Light mumbled to themself, finally unlocking the Skeleton Lock. The door in front of them was now removed of all obstacles, so… what now?
They’ve done all this without thinking… They couldn’t believe it. They let their curiosity take them this far, only to have them hesitate?
“Okay, okay, okay…” they muttered, fiddling with their hands. “You can do this. Just… open that door and walk through. That’s… That’s it. It’s simple.”
Even with the positive self-talk, they still felt nervous. After a while of more indecisiveness, they finally worked up enough courage to at least put their hand on the door handle.
RATTLE, RATTLE… RATTLE, RATTLE…
“Oh—” Guiding Light jumped back in surprise. The door was shaking. Someone was on the other side.
RATTLE, RATTLE… RATTLE, RATTLE…
The light-blue spirit’s fight-or-flight instincts were kicking in. If whatever was on the other side was a mortal — or a lost guest — they could help them get to safety.
Maybe even take them in. Light shook that thought away quickly. That would have to be a group discussion.
RATTLE, RATTLE… RATTLE, RATTLE…
On the other hand, if whatever was behind the door was hostile…
Things could get messy, Guiding Light thought with a twinge of guilt.
RATTLE… CLA-CLICK! The door was open.
Guiding Light flew backwards, only feeling slightly nervous. They felt mostly prepared to face what they would encounter.
A silhouette peeked its head out of the door.
To Light’s surprise, the spirit on the other end… looked similar to them. Its facial area was a creamy off-white, and the rest of its “body” was a light yellow. It looked like Guiding, but something gave them the feeling that the other spirit wasn’t from here.
The yellow Guiding Light cleared its “throat” a couple of times. “Whoa… This is just…” it trailed off, its voice left in a sense of wonder.
The second spirit pushed open the door fully, and Guiding Light managed to catch a glimpse of its environment.
To be honest, its area seemed… dull. Gray walls and ceiling enclosed around a blue-carpeted floor. From what Guiding could see, it looked like it went on like that repeatedly.
Guiding Light’s look-alike looked the same way as well — its yellow eyes looking around curiously.
After a while, Guiding’s counterpart noticed them. The two spirits locked eyes for a bit, until Guiding Light themself slightly moved toward the other, sending it into a defensive pose.
“Hey, don’t be afraid,” Guiding Light said warmly. “You’ll be safe here, promise.”
“Who… are you?” the second spirit asked, slightly relaxing their posture. “And… where am I? What is this… this place?” They spoke with multiple pauses within their sentences, as if figuring out what to say at the same time as it was speaking.
“I am Guiding Light,” they explained, reaching out their hand slightly. “You have entered my hotel — well, technically, I share ownership with multiple others.” They chuckled lightly. “And you are?”
“I’m… I’m Curious Light. I’m from… what we call The Rooms.” The yellow spirit withdrew their defensive position, seeming more relaxed than before.
Guiding Light gasped. “Really? I thought The Rooms was just a story that Rush and Ambush made up to entertain Screech… no offense, of course.”
“Did… Did you just say ‘Rush and Ambush?’ Those… names sound familiar, maybe A-120 talked about them before…” Their voice trailed off into incoherent muttering.
The two lights stood there for a while, thinking silently; trying to connect the dots.
Amidst all the thinking, Guiding Light had a question come into their mind. “Oh!” they piped up, catching Curious’ attention. “How did you actually manage to get here, anyway?”
“Oh, well… There was this… this door at Room A-201,” Curious Light explained. “It was… glowing a bit — emitting blue light, like yours… I guess — and I… I wanted to know what was on the other side.” They stopped, breathing silently and staring off into the distance. “I stood there… for a while, not knowing what to do… but, um…” Curious looked… slightly ashamed?
“It’s all right, you can continue — I’m listening.” Guiding Light inclined their head kindly.
“This… might be a… a silly question, but could I…” Curious paused again. “Could I stay here? For now, anyways… The entities… back home know what to do if I… leave for a while.”
Guiding Light smiled. “Of course you can! I’ll have to introduce you to the entities first, but they’ll become fond of you quickly — I can tell.” They grabbed Curious Light’s hand, and they didn’t object. “Just follow me, all right?”
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== Chapter 2 || Curious Light ==
“Take a left here,” Guiding Light instructed. “Oh! Closet to your right.”
“Your hotel is more — how do I say this? — more confusing… and colorful… It’s different from The Rooms.” Curious Light’s eyes wandered around the room.
When they first met the mystical blue light, despite their defensive exterior, they were extremely nervous. After all, they weren’t that good on offense. They considered themself lucky that Guiding Light had no hostile intentions.
“We’re almost there, Curi!” the warm, blue spirit sang.
“Curi?” Curious Light repeated.
Guiding Light smiled. “It’s my nickname for you! Shortened names are easier to say than the full thing, right?” They chuckled for a bit. “Do you like it?”
“‘Curi, hm.” The yellow light flashed a small smile. “I like the sound of that.”
“All right,” Guiding began, “just one more door and we can—” Guiding Light stopped abruptly and sighed. “Oh, no… What door is—? Agh…”
“What’s wrong?” Curious wondered. They noticed that the golden plaque on the door they had just passed through had its number scrambled. That… meant something, didn't it?
Guiding sighed sharply. “Okay, so… There’s a chance that we might encounter a friend of mine.” They shook themself lightly. “Just follow me, okay?”
“O— Okay.” Curi looked around themself. They noticed two doors with rusted, golden plaques — one said Door 38, and the other said Door 39. This confused them as well — first the scratched-out door number, and now two doors?
Guiding Light was heading toward the door labeled Door 39, and Curious Light was following from behind.
Strangely enough, they could hear raspy breathing from the other side of the door. Curi was about to warn Guiding, but they were already opening it.
As soon as the door handle was bent, the door itself flew open. A strange and creepy face was inside, being surrounded on all sides by darkness. It let out a high-pitched scream, and almost bit Guiding Light’s “face” off — all while Guiding Light themself kept a straight, unsurprised face; Curious screamed and quickly got into a defensive pose.
“AAAAAAAAAA— Oh, hi, Light!” The creature behind the door stopped yelling abruptly to greet the blue spirit. It didn’t seem to notice Curi standing nervously to its right.
“Hey, Dupe,” Guiding responded. “We’re on our way to the entities’ room. I thought everyone was on break?"
"Oh, they are," Dupe replied, ignoring the mention of the word "we're." "I just wanted to get some practice in for the next group of visitors."
Guiding Light shrugged; Curi stayed quiet. "Eh, that's fine. By the way, make sure to stop by the main area later." They shot a small smile at Curious. "I have something I'd like to show everyone."
"That sounds good to me!" Dupe exclaimed. "See ya' there, Light!" The face vanished into the darkness, the door closing with it; the aureate panel falling off onto the floor with a clatter!.
"Well, I should've known," Guiding whispered to themself. They turned to their yellow counterpart with a small worried smile. "You all right there, Curi? Dupe probably gave you a bit of a scare — he does that to all guests."
Curious themself didn't know how to reply — because personally, no, they were not all right. That entity nearly scared them half to death, if that was even possible.
Even though the vessel was deemed passive, Curi's hands were still slightly trembling, and their breath was somewhat shaky; but they didn't want to just admit that to them! Just be strong, like A-60 said.
"Yes, I'm fine," Curious decided to say. "I'm… guessing Dupe was the… 'friend' you were talking about?"
"Yup. He appears in a room where there are two or more doors with plaques on them," Guiding began to explain. "One door is real, the rest will have Dupe camping behind them."
"But… how do you know what door is the… the correct one to… go through?" Curious pushed open the actual door — Door 38 — and the two spirits continued forward.
“You can either keep count of all the doors you walk through — which is tedious but effective — or go up to each door and listen carefully for Dupe’s heavy breathing,” Guiding Light added, then smiled. “Now, come on! Let’s go introduce you to the others!”
The blue-and-white spirit grabbed ahold of their counterpart’s warm wrist, and flew at a fast speed, almost dragging Curious along.
Guiding Light was basically speeding through the last few doors, somehow knowing the exact direction to go when the roundabout-like rooms got in the way.
Eventually, both specters slowed down when they reached a grand hallway at Door 32. Large windows covered the walls; the ceiling was tall, a large chandelier hanging from it; a red carpet with a lined pattern was spread onto the floor.
“All right… I just need to remember which closet is— Oh! I found it!” Guiding motioned for Curious to come over. Curi absent-mindedly followed, still distracted by the majesticness of the corridor.
“To get to the area, just jump into any closet,” Guiding Light instructed. “Hide’ll know you’re inside, and they’ll drop you down.”
“If we can… go through any closet,” Curious Light began, “then why are we going through… this specific one?”
Guiding opened the closet’s doors. “This one leads to the center room, where most of the entities here do all their weird things. I won’t go too into detail on how weird they are, but I’ll be able to catch their attention better.” They turned their head to the open closet. “Hop in! I’ll help you if you need it, all right?”
“Okay…” Curious mumbled. They climbed into the closet, using the doorknobs as support. They stuck to the left side as Guiding climbed in as well, closing the doors behind them.
The blue spirit knocked rhythmically on the closet walls, and Curious heard some distant knocking in reply. Guiding smiled at Curi. “We’re going down — prepare yourself.”
“Oh… A-All right.” The yellow-and-cream-white light tensed, and the floor opened up beneath them. 
The two lights dropped down, picking up some speed. A small, silenced scream escaped from Curious’ mouth. When they saw a wooden-plank floor below them, they braced themself for the impact, closing their eyes shut. But for some strange reason, the impact itself never came.
Curi opened their eyes slowly. They were… levitating? Higher than usual, at least. A blue-green aura surrounded the bottom of their “body,” hovering them above the ground.
“You all right there, Curi?” Guiding asked. The blue-green aura seemed to surround them as well — it looked like it was coming from them.
“Y-Yeah… I guess so…” Curious mumbled in response.
As the two lights floated back to the ground, the sea-green ambience followed both of them upwards, eventually fading away once the two of them were “touching” the ground.
The center room they had purposely fallen into was a medium-sized room, with a hallway branching off to the left side. At the very back, there was a raised platform covered with a red carpet textured with velvet. Next to that was a small shop-like alcove, with a couple of small wooden tables and chairs. There was a crowd of entities surrounding that area, one of them on the raised podium, holding a microphone, and singing a song that Curious didn’t know. 
“Oh my goodness, they’re at it again,” Guiding Light muttered somewhat disapprovingly.
“Pardon?” Curious Light prompted.
Guiding looked up at them. “What? Oh, never mind that.” They chuckled softly. “Anyways, you can take all the time you need to calm down for a bit. It usually takes a while to gather everyone’s attention.” The blue light motioned to the hallway. “If you’d like, you could stay in my office. It’s all the way at the end of the corridor — take a right turn and it’ll be the first door you see.” They paused. “Actually, here. Let this help you,” they offered, cupping their hands together.
From what Curious could see, Guiding seemed to be… forming something? They didn’t ask anything; they were silent, watching with amazement.
Finally, the blue spirit opened their hands, revealing a small, luminescent, bluish-green ball of light.
“What’s… that?” Curi finally asked, their curiosity getting the best of them.
Guiding smiled. “It’s my guiding light,” they replied, letting the sphere of light float off into the hallway. “I usually make them for guests who need help finding levers, keys, or doors throughout The Hotel. If you hear a twinkling noise, follow it until you reach a door that’s highlighted with a blue glow.”
“Ah… okay,” Curious said, faintly smiling. “Thanks… Light.”
As Curious walked away, they could hear Guiding Light squeal with excitement and happiness. Their small smile expanded into a larger one as they walked down the passageway. Making someone else feel happy… gave them a warm feeling they didn’t know existed. They liked it.
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== Chapter 3 || Curious Light ==
The hallway Guiding had sent them through was… well, Curious didn’t know how to describe it. (In a good way… of course.)
It was organized in a way that was both neat and messy. Sure, all the doors looked the same — light-brown wood with a metal handle — but each one had a different style; a different personality, even.
Curious felt a need to explore further. They stopped in front of a door covered with small, colorful stickers and doodles. This entrance… intrigued them. They felt a need to explore further.
Maybe…? Curious thought, reaching out toward the door’s handle. No. No, that… that’d be trespassing. Maybe after everyone’s warmed up to me. They pulled their hand back, and continued wandering down the hallway.
They continued walking down the corridor, the various entrances intriguing them even more. Was this what Guiding Light meant by “weird?” Because, in Curi’s opinion, it was fascinating — in comparison to the bland doors in The Rooms.
When the hallway turned to the right, the yellow revenant turned with it, hearing the sparkle-like noises Guiding had told them about. Speaking of Guiding, Curi found their office right around the corner, shining in blue.
Their office was the first door they saw, but there were two more entryways next to it — one covered in a type of black goo, the other outlined in elegant gold and dark wood.
The two other passageways somewhat creeped Curious Light out, asking mental questions with nervous curiosity. They’d… probably see what would come of them later.
Curious Light opened the door to Guiding’s office. Inside, it was very… warm. A birch-white desk stood in the middle of the room — sticky notes, notepads, and various pencil organizers were placed on top of it.
On the wall, dark-blue wallpaper was underneath a line of pictures and drawings with several different signatures. Most of them were art pieces of Guiding Light themselves, or The Hotel, but there was a specific one that caught their attention.
A picture in a grandiose, royal-blue frame had an ethereal blue sign underneath it.
Hotel Staff — August 10, 2022, it read. The picture itself seemed to be taken as a selfie — Guiding Light being the person holding the camera, smiling brightly.
Everyone else in the photo, seemingly the entities, looked so… happy. That was so different from The Rooms’ entities — who always seemed so hostile and tough.
The entities here had… personalities that were almost the exact opposite of the A-000 Trio. It was strange, sure, but it gave the yellow revenant a sense of longing.
Next to that was another picture with the same frame and sign, but with different text on the plaque.
The picture was still taken in selfie form, this time with the usage of a shiny, teal-blue selfie stick. There seemed to be more entities in the photo (Curious noticed Dupe amidst the crowd), but everyone seemed as happy as they were in the first picture.
With the edition of the newer entities, the ethereal blue label had different wording on it as well: Hotel Staff: Hotel+ — January 28, 2023. Hotel+ must mean an addition to The Hotel, Curious figured out.
“Hey, Curi!” Guiding Light greeted, opening the door and smiling. “You ready? I got everyone gathered around the announcement platform.”
“M-hm,” Curious Light mumbled. “I’m ready.”
“All right, good!” Guiding Light sang. “Come on — the others are waiting.”
Curious exited Guiding’s office, the two lights walking side-by-side.
Near the end of the hallway, Curi could hear multiple voices chattering excitedly.
“I wonder what Light is going to show us!” one voice exclaimed, high-pitched and energetic.
“Is it something to scare you away? Because, gosh that would be helpful,” another joked, its voice loud and somewhat raspy.
Multiple speakers erupt in laughter as the first voice whined, “Oh, come on! That’s so mean — why’d you have to do that!”
“Yeah, Rush. That’s so rude,” a bold voice agreed. “Keep going.” The voice stifled its laughter.
“See? Halt knows where I’m coming from!” the voice called Rush went on.
Loud and powerful knocking arose from a nearby closet, tapping in what seemed to be Morse code.
“Hide says that you should all shut up,” a fourth speaker translated — voice bold, but louder.
“And Hide is correct,” Guiding agreed. Everyone in the main room immediately turned to face them.
A tall, black entity (with one eye, Curious noticed) inclined its head politely. “Ah, welcome back, Guiding.”
“Stop doing that, Seek.” Guiding Light laughed light-heartedly. “It’s kinda weird and unnecessary. You don’t need to give me any special treatment, you know?”
“I understand. My apologies, Light — I mean — Sorry.” The black vessel whipped around, glaring at the voice who went by “Rush,” who was laughing. “It’s just a habit, okay! Shut up!”
Rush now held a gray face-like body, complete with two sable black eyes. He also had black spots scattered around his body.
“Is he okay—?” a tall, semi-translucent, shadowy figure asked.
A white-faced entity with a green-and-white glow shrugged. “Eh. He’ll be fine.”
Rush inhaled sharply, somewhat… suffocated himself, then continued laughing.
“Just ignore him,” a cluster of eyes said. “That idiot’ll calm down eventually.”
Guiding Light nodded. “Yeah, you’re right.” They turned to Curi, who was still hidden behind their blue counterpart. “Walk behind me, and if anyone asks, ignore whatever they say,” they whispered.
“All right, Light.” Curious trailed behind Guiding, trying their best not to make eye contact with anyone in the crowd. They knew that no matter how hard they tried, they would still attract attention, making them even more nervous and stressed… It made Curious Light feel like they were being judged.
“I sense another spirit here…” another tall entity remarked. It had its ribs showing outside of its body — its body itself looked very… meat-like. (Curious didn’t know how to describe it.) The figure seemed to have no eyes as well. “It’s like… Guiding’s emissions, but more… feathery and gentle?”
“Oh my gosh — Rush, shut up for a second,” the green-and-white glowing being commanded. “I think GL just brought in a newcomer.”
Rush ended his laughing fit. “Ambush, you slash ‘s-r-s’ or you slash ‘j?’” he asked.
“Slash ‘s-r-s,’ dude, look,” the vessel known as Ambush motioned toward Curi.
In response, Rush stared and blinked in disbelief. “Oh dang… Again? But they just…”
“They look so pretty…!” the first voice exclaimed in wonder, now owning a body half-covered in goo. Its top half looked similar to the ink-black entity, Curious observed.
“Could they be hostile?” the one that seemed to be Halt asked. He now owned a ghost-like body that was teal-blue and translucent, with bright cyan eyes.
“No, I don’t think so,” the cluster of eyes replied. “They look like GL, in a way.”
Multiple hushed conversations arose as Guiding Light went up to the small, lifted platform.
“Okay, okay,” Guiding said. “Calm down, everyone, and listen up.” They closed their eyes, and was enclosed in some sort of luminescent teal light.
After a while, the light faded away, revealing a person who resembled a small, petite lady. This said character had light blue skin, dark-teal-and-sea-green hair that looked like it was glowing, and kind teal eyes. They were wearing an outfit that looked like it was from the 50s: a slightly poofy dress with sleeves that revealed the shoulders; a pair of blue fishnet leggings, featuring teal high heels; a dark-and-light teal sun hat lined with flowers was tilted at an angle; their small, light blue wings fluttered slightly.
“I’m guessing that you all are wondering who this newcomer is,” they began once everyone was quiet. “If you aren’t — or just haven’t seen them yet — allow me to introduce our visitor.” They stepped aside, motioning toward Curi, who was trying their best not to freak out on stage.
“Ooh!!” the half-covered-in-goo creature exclaimed, his eyes shining with wonder.
“Looks like you’ve got some competition, Light!” Ambush commented jokingly.
“Oh, shush!” Guiding Light laughed softly. “Jokes and wonder aside, this is Curious Light. They’re from The Rooms, believe it or not.”
Rush put on a confused expression. “Hang on — run that back. Did you just say ‘The Rooms?’” he asked, wanting confirmation.
The teal-blue spirit shook their head, their silky hair flowing back and forth. “Nope, Curious is the real deal.” Guiding shot a tender look at one of the entities. “Screech, calm down, will you?”
Curious soon realized the small, squid-like being (that kept staring at them with starry eyes) was called Screech, and he was the one the Guiding was talking to.
“Sorry, sorry!” Screech apologized bashfully. “It’s just — wow, someone who’s actually from The Rooms! And they look like you — in your entity form, anyway. I thought that The Rooms were just a story.”
“And since we kinda told him that previously mentioned ‘story,’” Ambush continued, motioning between him and Rush, “we can’t believe it either.”
“Speak for yourself, bozo!” Rush retorted. “I always had a lingering feeling that The Rooms were real, and here we are now!”
“Okay, okay, Rush,” Guiding Light said, rolling their eyes. “If anyone has any questions, I’ll have Curi take the floor.”
A white-eyed, multi-tentacled being raised one of its tentacles eagerly. “Ooh! Ooh! I have a question!”
Guiding chuckled. “All right, go ahead, Jeff,” they allowed.
“Can they do the humanization thing, like you do?” The creature named Jeff pointed at Curi with one of its limbs.
“Yes… I can,” Curious answered. “I don’t… really do it as much, though…”
“Could you demonstrate, please?” Jeff followed up.
Curious looked at Guiding uncertainly. “Go ahead,” the blue spirit mouthed, smiling.
The golden revenant inhaled, exhaled, and closed their eyes. A light yellow glow surrounded them, just like Guiding Light’s.
After a while, Curious felt the light flicker away. They opened their eyes, looking around themself. The transition was successful.
Their humanoid form looked similar to Guiding’s: light yellow skin and blonde, messy, glowing hair stood underneath a golden beanie; they had dark, golden eyes, and lighter-colored freckles scattered underneath them. Their outfit: a yellow suit with a golden collar featuring short sleeves over top; golden-brown pants rolled up to underneath their knees — held by a pastel yellow belt — matched with light-to-dark-yellow boots; a pale brown bag was hung over their shoulder, and their pale yellow wings were puffed up behind it.
“Oh, wow,” Jeff marveled.
“Your humanoid form is really pretty!” Screech exclaimed, eyes shining even more.
“Thanks…” Curious mumbled in reply. 
“How did you get here — if you’re actually from The Rooms, anyway,” the semi-translucent apparition (that Curi assumed was named Halt) wondered.
“Halt…” the bundle of eyes mumbled, shooting a glare at the azure specter.
“No… it’s fine,” Curious said. “I was thinking that question would… come up eventually… I might need… Guiding to drift in-and-out of the sort, though…”
“Well, that’s fine, then,” the ghost called Halt said. “I’d like to see the full picture, anyways.”
With a deep breath, Curious started to explain the — quote, unquote — “journey” they went on — from aimlessly wandering around The Rooms to meeting Guiding Light; from meeting Dupe to now. (Dupe jumped in during his part; it was exciting to see his surprise.)
When they were finished, Halt was left in pure wonder. “Oh, wow,” he remarked. “You could write an entire novel with that.”
“If you did,” the tall, meat-like man declared, “I would like to have some copies of it in my library.”
This excited Screech, who piped up suddenly. “Curious has a book?!” he exclaimed enthusiastically.
“What?” Curi themself asked. “No, I… I don’t. Sorry…”
“Aww…” Screech whined, the one named Seek patting him in comfort.
“I, myself, have something to ask,” Seek reported. “Will you serve as a threat to any of us?”
Curi felt confused… and slightly offended. “A… A threat…?” they repeated. “I… I don’t think so…”
“Seeeeeek!” Screech whined again with slight anger. “Curious won’t hurt anyone, I’m sure of it! You’re just being unreasonable!”
Seek rolled his eye. “I’m just making sure that nothing…” he trailed off, shooting a cold glower at Curi, “unusual happens. Just a precaution, nothing more.”
Screech scoffed and rolled his eyes back. “Whatever, Seek.”
“I told you these guys were weird,” Guiding whispered to Curious, smiling. “That’s everything, guys! You’re free to talk to our new guest, but make sure you’re nice while you do it.” They said those final words in a passive-aggressive tone, which was probably directed to Seek.
As everyone was dispersing, returning to… whatever they were doing (Curious was starting to agree with Guiding — these entities were strange), Screech happily floated up to Curi — a big, goofy smile plastered onto his face.
“Hiiiii, Curi!!” he greeted.
“Hi… Screech,” Curious Light replied. “What… do you need?”
“Sooo… um, uh…” Screech stood there for a moment, probably thinking what to say. “Oh, yeah! Wanna come explore my room?” he offered.
“Explore… your room?” Curious looked and pointed to the corridor leading off of the main area. “Like… in the hallway?”
“Yeah!” Screech confirmed, spinning in a circle. “So… wanna come?”
“Hm… Yeah. I guess I could.”
Screech gasped. “Great! Follow me, then!”
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A/N: Chapter 4 is currently in-progress :DDD