The Bloody Trails | frightnight2016

As you approach the starting point of your journey you will find a trio of what appears to be children. All less than four feet in height, their heads are covered in burlap with black buttons sewn for the eyes and the stitching of the burlap overlaps to give the appearance of smiles.

“Welcome. Welcome!” says one, a voice high pitched and excited. “Welcome to the bloody trails!”

“Yes, welcome.” says another in a low, creepy tone.

The third, the smallest of the trio, points to the archway of trees and the path that lays beneath. The moon’s hang high tonight and as their light touches the autumn changed leaves, it gives an eerie display of red to light to the path. Crimson leaves bed the floor of the pathway, guiding those that dared this night though it seems that the colors of the leaves were not the only thing crimson. Leaves and ground alike was splattered in what appeared to be blood - a gory path to lead the way to the main event. If that wasn’t enough the trees themselves seem to randomly ooze and bubble blood from their bark.

“Do not stray! Do not stray!” The first on warns.

“Or they will get you!” says the second. “And they won’t kill you. Oh, no. They do far worse and make you wish you were dead.”

“Don’t say that! You will scare the vic...guests,” the first one scolds the second, “Go! Go! Try not to die!”

“And don’t touch the trees! Or you will regretttttt itttttt!” the second gave a last warning

“Regret it! Regret it!” One and Two sing together as you move to the pathway.

As you follow the path that was lit by the sparse moonlight filtering through the branches of the bloody trees, just on the edge of one’s vision, you can catch a glimpse of small figures among the trees. These small, shadowy figures with glowing white eyes haunt and follow after those they have deemed a target.

Haunting, unnatural sounds fill the air as you travel. Not your normal moans and groans of halloween but snarls and sounds of creatures that haunt nightmares. Screams too real to be faked, both men and women like, aid to the sounds that fill the night.

Midway along the path is when people will start to randomly spot a large creature hunched over among the trees or pulling some helpless, bloody victim who strayed from the path. A warning if ever there was to remain on the path itself until the end. It is a twenty minute walk along the bloody trail.

Ever so often one will even dare to play a trick on one of the trail wanderers.

A tugging of hair from what could've been a branch...

Grasping at ankles from the leaves…

Running close by, just enough to give a start but never fully in sight…

Even if one were to try and catch one they would find that they can never fully catch one in sight. As if it is just one’s imagination that is moving the shadows.

OOC Notes and Interactions:

The bloody trails is an intro to the actual event itself. I added year it for people who wish to participate in a more ‘forum based’ post. Either because they cannot make it to Fright Night or for more creative reasons. It is not required to be there at Fright Night itself. Just something to give people to play with.
The Shadowlings cannot be caught. They are basically shadows fooling with people. While their tricks can at times be a little much and cause hurt, please don’t post your characters losing limbs. Otherwise, have fun with these little tricksters.
If your character touches the blood on the trees they will be ‘marked’. This is something for the main event so if you make it to Fright Night please just let me know via PM/forums that you posted your character interacting with the blood on the trees. Your character will find that after touching blood there will be a faint crimson stain on their skin, despite rubbing and/or scrubbing at them.
The creature that is dragging away people is for show and while it can come up to people and scare them, it will not hurt them. People being ‘dragged off’ are NPC actors and give a very good show of playing a gory death!
If you have any questions please contact me via PM or Forums
Most important - HAVE FUN!

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