Escaping the Mystery Hotel - Chapter 305
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Episode 305 – Room 204, Mission Room – ‘Hotel Cinema’ (27)
– Kim Ari
— Bang!
“I had no idea such a variable would arise… .”
30 minutes after entering the third story, I realized that the house was locked. The door going in from the outside as well as the door going out from the inside were locked.
Rather than any supernatural force being involved, it seemed as if the parents had simply locked it on their way out. The intention was probably to prevent my 12-year-old son from going out of the house because he was bored alone.
I gave up on going outside and walked around the inside of the house to try to figure out what was going to happen, but it wasn’t easy to make a decision. It’s a very wealthy family, but there are no parents and only the child is left.
Even if we look at it realistically, it is a situation where crimes such as thieves and robberies are likely to occur, and if we consider supernatural variables, there are too many. Just as I was getting a headache thinking about the infinite possibilities, the keyword ‘toy’ came to mind.
Cha Eun-pyo from the coffee shop said that his parents canceled the New Year’s party and gave him much more toys than usual. Also, the couple who went out a little while ago said that just by hearing the words ‘Kevin’s room and living room’, they prepared a lot of things that Kevin would like in a bourgeois space.
As I was moving to the living room of Kevin’s room, I saw a cat lying on the floor yawning. The golden retriever with a warm expression has been following me with his tail wagging since a while ago.
What role do these animals also have? You never know.
Arriving in the living room, I started to unwrap the gift boxes one by one. What popped out of the first box was a very cute-looking pink elephant doll.
“Would you like to make cookies with Dollyphant?”
The pink doll came with a teacup set, and on the side of the box was the phrase ‘Enjoy a fun tea time with Dollyphant!’ What kind of gift is this for a 12 year old boy? Didn’t the kid’s mom just buy what she liked?
Fortunately, the second gift was a toy that the 12-year-old boy would like. Inside the box was a toy Thomas train with human-like expressions and a toy rail similar to Legos.
“’Lay some rails for Thomas and friends!’ la… .”
Finally, as soon as I opened the third box, I kicked it in anger.
“hey! What kind of gift is this for? Do you really want to scold both your parents?”
It is a clown doll that shouts ‘I am sinister’ just by looking at it. The name, in keeping with its hideous appearance, was ‘Happy Happy’.
I don’t know why they make something like this, but what is the psychology of buying it and gifting it to a 12-year-old? Are you trying to make your child cry? Or maybe Kevin has very unique tastes?
As I was looking at the toys, I felt somewhat ominous. In particular, the more I looked at the clown doll, the more anxious I felt. Just by looking at it, when I turn around, doesn’t it look like it’s writhing and holding a knife?
But I didn’t know what to do. It was uneasy to stay still, but it was also uneasy to destroy the doll. Who knows, if you try to destroy it, they might get angry and attack you for trying to destroy it.
In the end, after putting it back in the box, I sat down in a chair blankly.
“If this continues, I won’t be able to do anything and will just die.”
I’m sure something is attacking me, but I don’t know what it is, so I don’t know what to do.
Are criminals attacking from outside? A cat rolling on the floor suddenly turns into a man-eating cat? Is the questionable clown doll the problem?
… It didn’t take long for my concerns to be answered.
*
“Kevin! Let’s start a New Year’s party for you!”
Suddenly, a loud sound echoed throughout the house!
The moment I raised my head to see where the sound was coming from, the whole house started to vibrate. And miracles began to happen before my eyes!
The hallway became wider and longer.
The ceiling got higher and chandeliers appeared here and there.
Pillars that never existed appeared here and there.
The mansion, which was originally huge, suddenly grew to the size of a palace. If you were a Korean who worked all your life and found it difficult to afford a 30 pyeong house in Seoul, you would have seen this and thought it was a miracle from the Creator.
As someone who saw the miracle in person, my heart felt like it was going to explode! What the hell is going on here?
I held on to the closet next to me and waited for the shaking to end. When I managed to keep my body balanced and looked up, I realized that all the toys were gone.
“What on earth-”
「Happy happy! “Kevin, from now on, let’s play tag!”
“Thomas is leaving! “We need to lay rails, so please make way!”
“Dolly dolly!” It’s tea time! Good children, please come to the second floor.”
dizzy! What on earth are you asking me to do?
— Boom!
I heard heavy footsteps coming from behind, and when I turned around in surprise, a hideous clown doll appeared, much bigger than Kevin.
“From now on, it’s a game of tag! “The rule is touch on the back!”
“…Touch your back?”
“Now~ let’s start! Kevin, wouldn’t it be better to run away quickly? “Run now!”
The moment I heard ‘Run now!’ I instinctively turned around and started running like crazy!
Skipping across the carpet where your feet feel soft, running across the irritatingly slippery marble, you close the door to the living room as soon as you enter the room –
— Boom!
“Happy happy!”
Happy Happy’s right hand, the clown doll’s pure white glove, began to force the door open. I forced the door to close with my entire body weight, then ran to the window.
Wouldn’t it be better to jump out the window? Rather than a mansion full of these monsters –
“Why are the windows so hard?”
You can’t go out the window. At that time, the sound of a wooden door bursting was heard.
“happy!”
Just when my whole body was about to stiffen from the heart-stopping laughter, an unexpected helper appeared.
“month! month!”
Suzy, a golden retriever who was confused as she saw the mansion suddenly turn into a bizarre thing, gathered her courage and ran towards Happy Happy when she saw her young owner in crisis. Suzy bit down with all his might, and in an instant, Happy Happy’s knees burst open and his fur started flying around.
Not as sturdy as you think? Is it natural since it was originally a ‘doll’? The moment I saw that scene and was about to approach Happy Happy with the golf club hanging on the wall –
— Jjieeik!
Suzy, who was cute and brave, turned into a lump of flesh, a golden retriever. When I saw that incredible power, all thoughts of running away disappeared.
“Suzy, I’m sorry!”
This time, I changed direction and ran towards the hall on the first floor of the mansion.
“Dolly dolly!” It’s tea time!”
What should I do? Running around aimlessly like this? That’s not right. There’s no way I could run away from a monster like that at the walking speed of a child. In the first place, if it wasn’t Suzy, she was dead!
What did the rules say in the first place? Touch your back?
While I was running toward the hall, I turned back just in case. Happy Happy, who was running while smashing objects everywhere, suddenly stopped.
Happy Happy and I stared at each other and faced each other. Happy Happy started moving sideways at high speed and aiming for my back!
This is it! At first, the words ‘Run now!’ were a trap.
Touching the back is the rule, so if I run away with my back turned, all Happy Happy can do is just run towards me. Rather, if I faced him head on like now, Happy Happy couldn’t run right away because he couldn’t see my back.
I slowly, slowly stepped back. Happy Happy, who was trying to move sideways to a position where he could see my back, soon frowned.
“Kevin! This is shameful~! Are you going to act like that?”
“…”
“If this happens, I have no choice but to act ‘roughly’?”
Are you being rough? Is there any next step?
The next moment, Happy Happy’s mouth was torn apart and his arms began to stretch! What on earth are you trying to do –
“Thomas is leaving! “We need to lay rails, so please make way!”
— Squeak!
“Kyaaah!”
The train that burst into the mansion’s splendid hall stretched out its long legs and threw Happy Happy. While Happy Happy was lying on the floor and screaming strangely, the spider body at the bottom of the train was watching me.
…what is that again?
The Thomas train that was among the toys earlier? No, where has the human face gone and only the spider body remains?
Also, what was your action a moment ago? Happy Happy was pushed away? I have to get out of the way because I have to lay rails, but is this because Happy Happy is blocking the way? Are they not even looking after each other?
Countless questions swirled in my head. At that time, Thomas stretched out his long spider legs behind his back, took out a ‘rail’ and placed it in front of him. The straightened rail suddenly turned toward me –
“Ai again!”
— Ping! Peeeeee!
The train started running toward me with a loud noise! Looking at the disgusting spider legs outstretched, I was afraid to even imagine what would happen the moment the train caught up with me.
“Dolly dolly!” It’s tea time!”
Should I say I’m glad?
Thomas, like a ‘train’, could not move to places where there were no rails. In order for him to get to me, he had to lay down the rails, and thanks to this, he was able to run away by seeing where the rails were laid and moving them.
A strange mansion chased me as the spider bridge train laid down the rails. I couldn’t catch my breath and rolled on the floor, and Thomas passed in front of me. At that time, he heard an eerie sound behind him.
“Happy happy!”
“Oh fuck really!”
An eerie sound split the air. Sharp nails sprouted from Happy Happy’s outstretched hands and flew towards my back.
I turned around again and stared straight at Happy Happy. This time, Happy Happy paused for a moment as he couldn’t see my back, but a mischievous smile appeared on his face.
“Kevin! “Now come play with me!”
Happy Happy’s hands, stretched out like rubber bands, began to move behind my back. How? Do I have to run again? Can you move faster than this monster by running? how –
— Squeak!
The moment I heard ‘Thomas’ horn coming from afar, I knew there was only one way left for me to escape from Happy Happy. Thomas is not the only train that attacks me.
If you don’t get out of the way, Happy Happy will attack without hesitation! I turned around and climbed onto the ‘rail’ installed by Thomas, who had passed me a while ago.
“How dare you get on my rails!”
With an angry shout, Thomas began to ‘back up’. At the same time, Happy Happy, who was approaching me, stepped back with a frown on his face to avoid being hit by Thomas.
… But what should I do now?
If you’re on the rail, you’ll get hit by Thomas and die, and if you’re outside the rail, you’ll get stabbed to death by Happy Happy. Am I going to either get hit by a train like this or get stabbed to death by a clown doll’s claws?
What-
— Boom!
It was neither. This is because a third being appeared in an instant, bursting through the wall, and let out a roar that resonated throughout the entire mansion.
“Dolly dolly!” Three times! I called you three times, but you never came! “Is Kevin a bad boy?”
“…”
“Dolly dolly!” Bad kids need to be scolded! “Eight!”
The last thing I saw before losing consciousness was the giant paw of an angry elephant puppet.
*
– theater
Everyone looked at the screen with their mouths wide open. A scene was playing showing an angry elephant doll, Dollyphant, trampling Kevin, followed by Thomas and Happy Happy, for ruining the party. At that time, Gain, who could not understand one thing, opened his mouth.
“how… . “How did a 12-year-old boy survive in all that shit?”