[GENERAL CONTACT]

[flickerflies]

[For the people who want to speak to Haunt!]

[And for the people crazy enough to want Poltergeist, idfk]

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[bloodbiter]

Hello. I have a request, if you have a moment.

[flickerflies]

O-oh? Um! I have a m. . . moment.

[she pauses to yawn]

What is it?

[bloodbiter]

I'd like to speak to Poltergeist, if I may.

[flickerflies]

[sssssilence]

[and then, tentatively]

Is. . . um. This about my last game. . .?

[bloodbiter]

No. I only want to ask him a question.

I'm sorry. I know giving up control must be frightening, but it's for a good reason, I assure you.

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[flickerflies]

I-I understand. . . um, please hold on for a moment.

[the lights dim]

[flickerflies]

[and red eyes appear in the darkness, the voice harsh]

What?

[bloodbiter]

[gives haunt a smile before she lets him through, and then her expression grows neutral]

A while ago you ran a game in which each team was hung in a cage above a vast fire. All I want to know is what drove you to do so.

[flickerflies]

[the voice laughs lowly, unimpressed]

Do you think you are the first to ask me such a question?

[bloodbiter]

Whether or not I am the first does not concern me. Will you answer?

[flickerflies]

I will give you the same a̱̗͕̗̖̮ͧͧ̈͊͆̑n̯̟̙͓ͦ̿ͭs̗̺͎̳͍̣̣w͒̾ͫě͎̥͗r͕̆̇͋͌̓ I have given everyone else.

I did it because I felt like it.

[bloodbiter]

And why did you feel like it?

[flickerflies]

I do what I please, when I please. I need no reason for this.

[bloodbiter]

The rules of the game seemed as though they required forethought. It was more than a passing fancy. You could have decided on any sort of harmful game; why that one?

[flickerflies]

Because I wished to see how easily you would t͚͕͓̗ͪ̿̂͑ͦủ̬̱̬̦͕̗̈́̋̈̅ͅr͓̗ͤn͖̒̇ͣ͌̚̚ on each other.

Why do you care? I have done what I have done, and I will find more ways to do it in the future.

[bloodbiter]

Alright. That's all I needed to know.

I was on a quest from the Queen. Thank you for your answer. I truly appreciate you allowing me to give her more power.

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[flickerflies]

[snarls, loud and angry, and the darkness diminishes as the lights suddenly flicker back on]

[flickerflies]

[Haunt's voice soon follows, just as groggy as it was earlier]

U-um. . . h-he's mad. . . what happened?

[bloodbiter]

[watches impassively, but smiles when haunt returns]

Thank you for allowing me to speak to him. That was very brave of you. I believe he's angered because he wasn't too pleased with my questions.

[flickerflies]

Good. . . g-good. He was mad at me after my last game.

[she giggles, pleased]

[bloodbiter]

I'm afraid I missed that. May I ask what happened?

[flickerflies]

I-it was a nice game! Everyone had fun. . . I had planned it to be fun, you know? A-and it was!

But when it was over he tried to punish the losers. . . mmmm. He tried to harm then.

Q-queen's ban wouldn't let him. A-and I took advantage of that to embarrass him a little bit.

[bloodbiter]

I'm glad to hear it held up. What did you do?

[flickerflies]

[another giggle]

I-I turned his punishments into jokes!

[bloodbiter]

How so?

[holding out her hands, cupped, so the fireflies can land there if they like]