To Find: Season 1 (Part of A Family Tape)

Story Tape #17

The tape begins with a hand placing a disc onto the turntable, lining up the needle as the song (Tonight You Belong to Me, by Dottie Evans, Audrey Marsh) starts to play. The intercom microphone picks up the audio as it plays through the building, the dolls moving their head side to side in a rhythmic pattern; dried up blood shown on their faces as they have a cheerful smile. The sound of Livious humming to the song as she drags Just healed body on the floor after the two dolls fix his wounds and stitch his torn dress pants.  They reached a single door down a very narrow corridor, Livious opened up the door revealing a very small room with a single lightbulb hanging up on the ceiling. The light color was deep red as it shines on a body-size toy box laid on the ground which is opened up, Livious looking at her two caretakers. "Please, do your Queen a favor and put our new dearest member into his bed." The two dolls bowed down to their Queen, replying. "Yes, Queen Livious. We would do anything for you." Livious lets go of Just, letting him fall on the ground still under the syringe effect. The dolls carry Just and set him inside the toy box, pulling the duck mask off from his head as Livious approaches to look at Just face. "Oh, you are so cute. So handsome. Why would you ever cover your face sweetie? Soon, you'll be mine. You'll be a part of our family and I will give you so much love. I promise." She gently kisses Just forehead before closing the box, the dolls standing the box up; facing Livious as she says. "Oh my sweethearts, take him to the room where the others are at." Once again they bowed down to Livious, picking up the box where Just body resides; one of the dolls from outside bringing in a wagon and the two caretakers placing the box on top of it. Livious makes her way back to the center of the Dolls Delight, continuing to be worshiped by her dolls. Meanwhile, the three dolls make their way to a locked door; the doll who brought the wagon unlocked the door with a key. Opening the door as they push the wagon into the large room filled with toy box-like silhouettes, lifting Just box up from the wagon and placing him with the other boxes. Moments later after a few unimportant dialogue exchanges, they left the room and locked the door shut; the sound of their quick little footsteps slowly departed. It is unclear how long Just has been passed out for, in Soren's Darkest Mind time doesn't exist. Finally, he's awake. I groaned out quietly to myself, blinking my eyes several times as I leaned my head back against a plastic surface. Confused as I looked around, being trapped in a tight space as I looked through the transparent plastic. Breathing heavily as I'm confused as to where I'm at, seeing silhouettes of boxes but unable to make out what they are. I realized that I didn't have my duck mask on, sighing in frustration. I then hear the music playing on the intercom being interrupted, hearing the voice of Livious piercing my heart as my breathing becomes shaky. "My loving family, soon we will be having numerous members joining our family. The event will start very soon so please, spend time with your loved ones until I call you all to assemble at the Gathering room. Also, I would like to play this song for a cute duck who warmed my heart. I sure do hope he is awake, if not, please, hear my feelings towards him my dear dolls." Moments later after Livious gave an announcement, the song (I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling, by Annette Hanshaw) begins to play, my heart racing as I summon the knife  on my right hand; nervously cutting the plastic to create an opening in front of me. "Fuck that... I gotta get the hell out of this place. My Lord, please help me. Only You can strengthen me." I made an opening big enough for me to slip out of, immediately falling down as I placed my hands on the cold, tiled floor. Looking at the door which seemed to be a way out, as I got up I felt a slight pain on my legs; remembering that I got stabbed but I can tolerate it. Quickly walking up to the door as there was nothing I could do to open it, no lock, no handle, nothing. How the hell am I going to get out of here? I turned around to see boxes lined up in rows and columns. I looked to find a switch near the door but wasn't sure if it'll draw attention so I use my bat as a light source instead. I feel my heart dropping as I see what was in those boxes, every single one of those boxes containing a body inside. I walked up to one of them as I used my knife to rip a small hole, my nose immediately smelling the decayed body as I covered my nose with my face mask underneath my suit. I held my breath for a while as I used my knife to cut an opening on the box, the body immediately dropping on the floor as I covered my mouth so that I wouldn't make a sound. Tears rolling down my cheeks as I feel like I'm about to lose it, walking away from the body as I walk up a few stairs looking out a large glass window; getting a better view of the center of Dolls Delight from up here. Seeing Livious' tall body feasting on the dolls who sacrificed themselves, the other dolls worshiping participated in consuming the sacrificial doll. The sight of it alone was terrifying, after Livious stops eating the doll for a while her body begins to twitch violently making a low croaking sound; seeing the wires connected on her head, arms, and back. Livious is hooked up by four wires which seems to be her source of power, being able to keep the society and herself alive. It looks like I need to unplug her from where those wires lead to, make sure that it's destroyed and she can't get access to it, maybe if I do that it'll help me find a way out of this hellish place. I summoned the three cartridges in my hand, looking at them; I need to use them wisely. I'm going to get hurt, a lot. Be smart about this Just, come on. If not, you'll die here. I looked down at my cross, holding onto it tightly as I tried to build a sense of courage and commitment to working my way out of here. I walked away from the window, putting the cartridges back into my inventory as I walked down the stairs after making the decision to unplug from her left arm. I still needed to figure out a way to get out of here, then I heard the door slowly unlocking; quickly getting back inside the toy box that I was in, pretending to still be asleep. The male doll from earlier enters the room, whistling to himself as he walks up to me, lightly rubbing the plastic with his small wooden hand. He noticed a tear as he slowly looked up at me, opening my eyes as I immediately pushed the doll down; furiously stabbing the doll on its neck, his blood splattering on my face as it got some on my eyes as I wiped the blood off from my face. The doll dying underneath me as his eyes become dark and hollow, breathing heavily as I look at the opened door; searching through the dead doll body to find a key. I quickly exited the room, closing the heavy door as I locked it with a key to reduce suspicion. Catching my breath from the encounter as I try to remember where the wire connected to her left arm leads, walking down the narrow corridor as I press my back against the wall; seeing Livious continuing with her sacrificial ritual. I looked to see if there was a way to reach the source without getting caught, crouching down as I walked beside the wall which leads to another section of the building. Looking back several times to make sure I'm not being followed, I'm now successfully able to walk freely in the next section of the building. I looked up at a huge sign which says "Power Room #2." Seeing the wire slightly moving and leading to a locked door, hopefully the key that I've gotten from the doll works. I slowly approached it while looking around my surroundings. It was empty inside as I heard electrical noises behind the door; taking out the key as I slowly inserted it inside the keyhole. Before I was able to turn the key I heard a whistle, my eyes widening as I turned around; feeling a barrage of arrow shooting at my chest and stomach, piercing through my body as blood splurts out from my mouth, falling back on the floor as I quickly try to crawl backward near a safe spot. I was coughing out blood and tearing up, everything in my body hurt. They really are trying to kill me, God. I.. Fuck... A voice of dozens calls out to me. "We know what you are doing, you want to hurt our Queen. The one who sheltered us and gave us life. We will handle you swiftly without disturbing our Queen being worshiped. We will inform her after killing you that you attempted to destroy the link connected between her and this existence. Surely she will understand." While the voices were talking I was summoning a cartridge, tightly squeezing my hand as I turned into a fist; my eyes fluttering as I felt the liquid sinking into my skin, healing my wounds. Already down to two dosages, this isn't good. Not one fucking bit. I slowly peek up from the table, seeing that there's only one doll carrying a toy-like bow; wearing a cape, it's face looks like it's infused together with other faces to create emotions. Sadness, Anger and Joy. What in the hell is that thing? I raised my voice out loud. "Listen! I just want to get out of here, alright? Didn't you hear what she said? The song is for me, how do you think she'll feel knowing that you killed me?!" The cloaked doll is above the ceiling, traversing from one end of the ceiling to the other so that it can get a shot at me; my eyes widening as I quickly dodge the barrage of arrows shot at me, hiding behind the other side of the table. Holy shit, holy shit! The cloaked doll says. "Oh? She says that with all of the newcomers. You're not special. First we will kill you then we will take your body to her, lastly she will feast on your flesh. You will not destroy our home." Great. Is this what I'm going to have to deal with with the other three wires? Guarded by dolls? Fuck it. If I die then I die, but I'm not going out like a baby. I refuse to disappoint God, dying like a coward crying. I was filled with so much rage, summoning my bat as the light within grew bright, it felt as if my body was being guided; angrily slamming the ground with the bat. Doing so creates a large orb, I don't know what's going on with me, is God controlling my body? Teaching me something new? How to use the weapon more effectively? I then swung my bat, hitting the orb as it traveled at the doll at the speed of lightning hitting it's chest; the doll grunting as its face changed into sadness out of the three upon getting hit by the orb. Its face then turns into anger, switching between the four corners of the ceiling at a fast pace, trying to confuse me. I tried my best to pay attention as it shot a piercing arrow at my left shoulder, holding onto the wound tightly as I knelt down behind the table to keep myself covered temporarily. "Oh you shouldn't have done that, now you will feel our wrath. We will quickly get rid of you. You're a waste, a bacteria, a pathetic worm!" I looked at the hole in my suit, feeling the immense burning pain as I tried to shrug it off. I have to. I can't waste another cartridge. The song in the intercom is disrupted, Livious speaking. "I hope you enjoyed that wonderful touching music, soon the gathering will begin. But I would love to play one more song for the duck. No matter what you do, no matter where you are in Dolls Delight, I will forever love you. A love that you deserve to feel. You're forever mine. Mine. All mine. I know that you've escaped from the room so please, show yourself. Come to me before I send my dolls over to come find you. Okay? Bye honey." The song (Always Forever, By Cults) plays slowly in the background, the sound of Livious humming can be heard as the song plays. No, I think I'll pass. The cloaked doll looked at me from above, getting ready to shoot another piercing arrow as I subconsciously blocked the arrow with my bat; the light completely consumed the arrow. The cloaked doll looked at me, still having that angry face as I started to hit the ground with my bat two times creating two large orbs. I immediately started to swing my bat, hitting both of the orbs as they hit the doll leg and stomach; watching it fall down onto the ground. Grunting in pain as I waste no time walking up to it, getting ready to strike its head with my bat before it quickly gets up off the floor; throwing five daggers at me as one of them punctures the side of my left hip. I fled from it to gain some distance and cover, jumping over a table as I hid behind it. "Ugh... Fuckin shit!!" The cloaked doll face turned into joy, laughing at my pain as it took out two swords from underneath its cloak, now duel-wielding as it began to stalk me from the shadows while limping. "We will say, you've got us a few times. But that'll be the last time, believe us. We will handle you ourselves. We will not let a pathetic worm end us, no, it is the opposite. The worm will always get eaten up!" It yells out loud, coming towards me from the darkness as I swung my bat vertical at it; creating a light wave at it as it pushes it back against the wall, causing it to go blind as it swings both of its swords around violently. "CAN'T SEE!! CAN'T SEE!!" I got up off the ground as I swung my bat on its face, shattering the right side of its face as a piece of the wooden doll broke off; it's body twitching as it says in a glitchy voice. "W-Wh...Wha..WhaT ARe Y-Yo-Uuuu? L-LiVIous... FoRGIve U-U..Us" I held onto the bat tightly as I got ready to do another swing before replying. "The Wanderer." I then swung my bat at it, hitting the other side of its face as its head completely exploded from the stack of light being applied onto it; quickly moving my head to cover my face from the explosion, breathing heavily as it died in front of me. I smiled a bit, knowing that I couldn't have done these movements and performed these attacks all by myself. "God, thank You. You saved me again and again. U-Uggh.." I held onto my shoulder, using my other hand to hold onto the side of my waist; looking back at the locked door. Slowly making my way towards the door, turning the key as I open the door; revealing the wire connected to a wall. I examined the wire to see how I could destroy it. I looked at my bat then at the wire, taking a deep breath as I started to hit the wire over and over again until it broke off from the wall. Hearing a loud screeching noise filling up the entire building, the intercom makes a static noise as the song slowly turns distorted. The song ended as there was just silence. My breathing started to become shaky as I exited the room, seeing the building slowly becoming deformed; starting to show its true colors as the walls with shapes art on it turned into a wall covered in eyes, looking at me. Oh fuck.. oh fuck... The intercom turns on, Livious says in a panicky tone of voice. "My love, please, stop. You don't know what you're doing. You're hurting me! Do you want to see me get hurt? Do you want to see me cry? Please. Stop what you're doing and come to me. I'll give you whatever you want, I promise." She started to cry as things are going to get difficult from here, although I am in pain I have to get through it, I cannot use another cartridge. I have three more wires to destroy, then I'll be free. Right, my Lord? I need to get the hell out of here. I will not be a part of her psychotic, fucked up family. The tape ends with Livious crying in the center of Dolls Delights, her worshiping dolls comforting her by giving her hugs and kisses. Livious looks at the camera with tears running down her wooden cheeks, showing her hypnotic white pupils.~

-End of Story Tape #17-