Belle didn't really have a chance to check things out the next day. His brain got sidetracked, completely forgetting what he wanted to do. The day started normally, with Liz leaving for work and Belle staying home to work on a side project he was doing. He had gotten into art recently and wanted to try painting an apple or something like that. After spending the morning painting he had lunch and spent the afternoon quietly watching television. Later that night he got a call from Liz saying she would be home late so he decided to go out for dinner. On the way back home he was walking past a park, the park had a bathroom sitting on the edge, and right as he walked past it, the system appeared before him.
[Warning, you may encounter a spirit in this area, would you like to start the stream?]
[Yes] [No]
Belle stared at the system with confusion, he didn't see anything around that was ghost-like, except for one thing. He turned his head slightly to the bathroom.
"A bathroom again?" He mumbles before clicking the [Yes] button. He can spot a bit of miasma floating around the door to the male side of the bathroom, so he cautiously heads over and opens the door, slipping in. He refrained from saying anything aloud to explain what was going on to the viewers, if he talked he could potentially alert whatever ghost was there. The bathroom was clean-ish, and the lights on the ceiling were dim and occasionally flickered. The overall atmosphere was dreary and every stall was wide open, except for the last one. It seemed someone was in there, but whether it was a human or a ghost Belle couldn't tell.
"Hey! Did someone just come in? Do you have any toilet paper, mine ran out." A voice suddenly asks. The voice sounds relatively human, and even if it wasn't it was just a ghost asking for toilet paper, there shouldn't be any harm. He checked the other stalls but there was no toilet paper in any of them, the bathroom was completely out.
"Sorry, but I couldn't find any." Belle apologizes.
"Aw man, it's fine, I'll figure something out." The person in the stall answers sadly. Belle was just starting to think the system was wrong when the room suddenly turned a degree chillier.
"Do you want the red paper…or the blue paper?" A raspy voice asks. Uhhhhh, that is definitely not a good sign. The story of the red and blue paper goes that if you end up in a bathroom in the last stall and all the toilet paper disappears you may be approached by Aka Manto. They will ask you if you want red toilet paper or blue toilet paper, there are different variations on what happens depending on your answer but most of them end in gruesome deaths. The only way to escape is to either ignore it or reject both of them and run away.
"What? Are you joking with me?" The person in the stall asks.
"Don't say anything, just ignore it." Belle harshly whispers.
"What are you talking about?" The person questions, his tone is annoyed now.
"Just listen to me, either ignore it or refuse it and run," Belle tells him harshly.
"If you had toilet paper you could've just told me, just give me the red one asshole." The person in the stall answers.
"Alright." The raspy voice replies. Belle rushes toward the last stall, flinging it open, only to find a person in a red cape with a mask lacerating the arms and legs of the man.
"W-what is happening!? It hurts, it hurts, IT HURTS! HELP!" The man's cries for help are cut short when his throat is slit. Belle brings his hands up to his mouth in shock. He's seen dead bodies on TV and stuff, but watching someone die in front of you in real life is a different story.
"Shit." He curses. He wants to scream, cry, or something…but the person in the red cape is still there, so he must keep his head straight for now.
"Do you want the red paper or the blue paper?" The caped person asks.
"I'm not playing this damn game." He spits. He grabs out the axe and launches himself at the ghost. The axe goes right through the ghost's body and it asks the question again.
"Fine, let's do it this way, the blue paper please." He answers. The aura around the caped ghost changes, his hands go from holding toilet paper to holding a rope. He swings at the ghost again, this time it dodges.
"Seems like I can hit you now." He taunts, but there's no happiness in his voice. The ghost launches the rope toward Belle but he ducks below it and swings his axe up, the ghost floats backward but not fast enough and the axe cuts through the mask. The face underneath is cold and slightly handsome, Belle's aesthetic attraction may be slightly skewed but he could still appreciate a handsome or pretty face. He's about to go in for another strike, but the rope comes back around and curls around his neck, strangling him. He hurriedly uses his [Paralyzing Fear] and tries his [Ghost Walk] ability, but he doesn't slide out of the ropes like with the shower ghost.
'It seems like this rope has some sort of guaranteed hit.' He thinks, Belle accidentally dropped the axe when the rope started strangling him, it wouldn't be able to reach the ghost anyway so instead he summons the gun again. He barely knows how to use this thing and he probably only has one shot, he brings back the anger at the ghost for killing the man, aims slightly lower than it, and shoots. The shot curves up again, straight into the ghost's head. It burns up in a flurry of flames, disappearing.
"Huff, huff, huff, shit." Belle takes a deep gulp of air after getting released from the rope. He turns around and winces, the dead body is still there.
"Guess I should call this in." He mutters, grabbing out his phone and dialing the police. While he waits for them to arrive he turns to the camera.
"Soooo…um…yeah I'm going to end it here and pretend that wasn't pretty traumatizing. Sorry, everyone." He apologizes.
[Hamburger564739 donated $10: It was censored but I still felt sick, rest well.]
It seems the system censored the death thankfully, he would feel horrible if everyone saw the death as he did. He ends the stream as the sounds of police sirens approach him. He exits the bathroom as the police enter it to investigate, they come out a bit later to question him.
"Can you tell us exactly what happened?" The man asks.
"Hm, you probably won't believe me, but I'm a horror streamer and something about the bathroom felt off so I went in. The man who died asked for toilet paper, then another voice offered red or blue paper, the man answered red and then screamed. When I entered the stall he was dying and I couldn't do anything." Belle answers, slightly ashamed.
"So, you're saying a ghost did it?" The man questions suspiciously.
"Yep," Belle replies, slightly nervous.
"Hold on, did you say ghost?" A woman suddenly enters the conversation.
"Yes, the kid is saying a ghost did it." The man informs her. Which, rude, he's not a kid.
"Hmm, then we're the wrong department to investigate this, hang on, I'll call the Exorcists." The woman's words remind him of what a ghost told him a while back.
"The Exorcists?" Belle and the man ask at the same time.
"Yeah, they deal with the supernatural and stuff, they're not a very well-known department, like to do stuff in secret. You're free to go kid, be more careful next time." The woman pats Belle on the shoulder and heads off to make a call. Belle wants to stay and meet the Exorcists but the police are taping off the site so Belle just leaves. Liz isn't back when he gets home, so he just heads to his room and collapses on his bed. The memories of the day won't leave his mind, but his exhaustion catches up to him and he falls asleep within minutes.
[Ghost Index]
[Name: Aka Manto. Spirit Type: Third-Level. A handsome man who dressed up for a festival his family was throwing one day. He got kidnapped by his ex and brought to a bathroom where they tied him up and asked him how he wanted to die laceration or strangulation. The man didn't answer so they just did both and he became a ghost filled with resentment. Ability: Guaranteed Kill Question.]