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Quome: Infinite

You gave the door a hefty knock, hearing the door rattle softly on its hinges. The house must've been pretty old to look this clean, but still be under this weakened condition. You're about to knock once more before a hand closed around your shoulder.

Alarmed, you turned to face the being; a large, black sphere, about three feet large, was floating a foot or two from your head. The ball was constantly emmiting a thick black gas from its form. It had a face, large, manacing eyes, and a long mouth that ended in two fangs poking from the edges. Floating beside it was a large, three-fingered claw, that didn't seem to be attached to anything; just hovering. Its second claw was what was gripping your shoulder; it was a black Ghastly with two Haunter claws.

Upon facing it the Ghastly noticed your shocked expression; its claw released from your shoulder and he moved back a bit, claws raising above its head in an attempted surrender position. "Hey, hey there. I didn't mean you scare you. What are you doing here?"

You stare at the creature for a few seconds; he raised the edges of his mouth in a friendly, if slightly wary, smile, claws slowly lowering themselves to an apparent lax position below and on each side of his body.

You took a moment to narrate what happened; you entering the door, falling through the spiked tunnel, heading into the forest, and soon arriving at the deck. The Ghastly nodded- er, rolled its body foward, with what you said, floating up beside you once you finished. "That's... weird. I didn't know there was anything more than this forest..." You're about to question what the Ghastly meant before he 'held out' a claw. "My name is Coal, by the way. Nice to meet you."