[chapter two] virtual world [DW AU]

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[Chapter Two - Tisha] Tisha quietly swept the kitchen, attempting to eavesdrop on Shelly and Vee's conversation, only catching small slivers of it. "Yeah but he said-" "I told Cosmo to just-" "Does Sprout-?" "Just don't worry about it-" She couldn't really tell what it was about. Something about Cosmo and Sprout? They didn't know she was in the room, so when she went to throw away the contents of the dustpan, Shelly flinched in surprise. "Oh-! Hi Tisha! Didn't see you there!" "Mhm. What were you guys talking about?" Tisha said, getting straight to the point. "Nothing much. Do you wanna help me clean up a fossil later?" Shelly avoided the question. Hm... "Sure, I just need to clean a few rooms then I'll stop by to help!" She replied, putting on a fake smile. Vee glared at Tisha, and Tisha scowled back. She knew something was up between them based on the way Vee was always keeping Shelly (and Sprout, but he isn't as people-pleasing, so it isn't as much of a problem) to herself, not letting other toons really talk to her. "Why don't you get a head-start on those rooms then, Tisha?" Vee said passive-aggressively, tilting her head a bit. "Sure." Tisha said, sighing as she left. "Might as well start on yours." Vee stood up from her seat. "N-No-! ...You already know my room is clean anyways." Tisha chuckled to herself, amused that she managed to get a reaction out of that smug TV. "Right, my bad." She went over to the toon rooms, making sure nobody saw where she was going. Of course she was going to go to Vee's room. If she said not to go in it, then of course she'd do the opposite. What could possibly be that bad in there anyway? As she went up to the door, she heard weird, glitching sounds coming from inside. She tried the doorknob, but it was obviously locked. She sifted through the keys on her keyring, looking for the one to Vee's room. Once she found it, she went to hold it, but everything went glitchy and dark. Then, in a blink, she shifted back to reality. "Huh...?" She muttered to herself. She frantically looked through the keyring, but Vee's key was just... gone. "How did she.." Tisha sighed irritably, putting away her keyring. 'Well, that wasn't weird at all...' She looked around for a few moments. Everyone was just going about their day like nothing had happened. Maybe it was just her.. Or maybe Vee did something because she knew what Tisha was doing. But how could Vee even do that?? After cleaning, she went on to Shelly's room, trying to ignore the weird occurrence that had just happened. Tisha knocked on the ammonite's door, holding a few cleaning supplies. After nobody answered for about a minute, she knocked again, louder. "Hello?" She could've sworn Shelly was in her room. Tisha opened the door and peeked inside-- nobody was in there. Actually, NOTHING was in there. Just a black void. 'What-? What happened to-' Ȩ̶̝̱̉R̶̞̈́R̷̬̺̋͌O̷̜͌̑̕͜Ṙ̷̼̗̳́ ̶͈͓̌̒E̴̢̼̘̎R̵̡̥̳̔͝R̴͖̎Ȯ̶̰̈R̵̞͛̚͜ ̴͕͇̀̿͛E̸̠͛̏Ṛ̵̬̂Ȑ̴͇̤Ŏ̷̗R̷̨̨͖̔̎̔-̷͖̤̃-̸̼͂̋͗ +~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+ Am I... choking? Something bitter is in my throat. It feels like it was shoved down it. After coughing a few times, I see it clearly on my hand. Ichor. Blood. My head is spinning too much to even process where I am. I can't even think. "Oh shoot.." As soon as I hear it, I turn my head from where it came from-- behind a crate. Who is that? My vision is blurry and red, but I could make out the shape of.. someone. I try to speak, but all that comes out is a hoarse growl, which really hurts my throat. The toon runs away, and my first instinct is to follow. Maybe they can help? "I got you, Vee-!" Before I could process what that strawberry was saying, I was slammed in the head with a rolling pin. The last thing I remember is seeing a green, squared head staring down at me. "Hopefully she won't remember this..." +~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+ Tisha woke up with a start. "Huh...?" She blinked a few times, getting up. "What am I doing here...?" Oh right. She'd gotten tired last night while cleaning fossils and went to bed early. 'I must've been really tired if I had no dreams last night.. Wonder if I'm late for breakfast?'