3 friends o\n vacation in a foreign city (UK?

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Begin walking around and exploring the local area
Come across a very strange museum. The exhibits inside are disturbing and bizarre.
Before leaving there is a chance to win a free prize in exchange for your soul. One
friend jokingly takes it and snaps a picture while doing so with her cell.
The group leaves and begins visiting shops in the area. The first friend (1) begins to
experience strange flashes or visions of a shadow rapidly approaching her. Finally,
the shadow figure rushes toward her. She begins to fall into a seemingly endless
shaft of white and black shapes until finally hitting total darkness. She loses
consciousness.
Her friends help her up and they walk to a local caf
The three walk in and sit down. The waitress begins to tell a story of how visiting
certain parts of the city, in a certain order, invokes an evil curse and sentences the
person to death. The friends dont believe it, but enjoy the banter.
The male friend (2) , wanting to show off in front of his two female friends, vows to
make a run from building to building that the waitress spoke of and so, with his
phone in hand, leaves the girls to warm up as he makes the run.
At first everything seems normal; the run includes places like the museum and
several public buildings, such as a library and an embassy; however, as he goes on
he begins to experience strange glimpses of a shadowy figure. Terrified from the
description of his friend, he begins to backtrack toward the caf. But before he can
make it there he sees a black figure racing toward him and then experiences a
falling sensation into nothingness, dropping his phone and grasping his dark black
coat and shielding his face from whatever lies beyond.
Several minutes later the girls find him and he explains he experienced the same
thing as his friend. Now terrified, they make their way back to the museum as that
is where everything began. Using their old passes they go back through the exhibits
trying to find something that might be responsible for these strange events. The
museum seems even stranger as before. At the end, the two friends who are still
experiencing strange flashes of a dark figure confront those who operate the
museum.
At first, the female manager and her male associate are coy and play dumb. As the
visions become worse and worse, wracking their brains, the two press them for
more information. The female manager finally says you willingly sold your soul.
You willingly took on a deadly challenge. What did you expect? She waves her
hands and the two fall to the floor, their bodies now revealed as rotting corpses. The
third friend, falls to her knees and wretches in disgust. I thought it was a joke? How

could I have known? What is this says the female friend. With that the manager
waves her hand again and a red-hot circular mark appears on her wrist one on the
wrist and again, seething in pain a new circular mark appears in her forehead one
on the head. For giving willingly and knowingly. The manager turns toward the
male friend and waves her hand flippantly one on the head as a circular singed
mark appears and on his forehead and one on the heart for giving knowingly and
with desire. Her male companion turns to her saying there two are worth little, the
master may not want them within his flock and she nods. NO screams the 3 rd
friend. Please, they are my best friends. I will do anything to help them.
Anything? Their binds are legal and done with. I cannot undo them even if I wanted
to. Anything. Please Very well she says, as the manager pulls a thumbtack from
her pocket. Prick yourself with this and grab on to something tight. The third
friend hesitates, then takes the pin and pricks her thumb, pushing her hands on to
the solid marble floor. Her friends scream through their pained, diseased faces to
stop but she continues. It should happen soon the manager says solemnly, her
eyes looking away from the 3 now all kneeling on the floor in front of her. you are
all so young. I am sorry. She says as she turns, placing her arm on the man beside
her, and walking away toward her office.
Suddenly 3 begins to feel uneasy. Her eyes dash around the room, feeling as though
she is being followed. She glimpses the sight of a strange shadow out of the corner
of her eye. Then the figure becomes more and more frequent. Her friends moan and
struggle beside her, in obvious wretched pain. Their bodies seem like they have
been decomposing for weeks, covered in rot and reeking a festering smell. 3 weeps
in fear as the shadow grows closer and closer until finally consuming her and she
falls through a white expanse with strange shapes all around. Finally, after what
seems like an eternity of falling, she lands besides her friends, seemingly back to
normal. Both of them ease up off their legs and begin to inspect their now normalappearing bodies, slowly smiling in disbelief before both suddenly dropping all
expression and starring in terror before the silhouette before them. 3 raises her
eyes to behold a figure of pure blackness standing before them.
One in the heart the figure says as a burning pain sears in 3 s chest, forming a
circular scar, and one in the stomach, for giving for passion and intuition it says as
her gut also burns in pain with a new red-hot scar. You three have given yourselves
to me and by the pleadings of your friend I have accepted you. You will live to
spread by glory and upon finishing the last word, distorted in a way that made it
feel as though insects were crawling upon your skin, the shadow vanished.
The three friends lay in shock on the floor, breathing heavily and sweating on the
hard marble ground. After an unsure number of minutes, the manager returned
from her office.
I am sorry about all this you three, I really am. You must understand, its my job to
find new souls for the master. The three remained in shocked silence as she

continued because he has accepted you all, that means you are now one of us. We
dont really have a name other than those who serve and I will do what I can to
help you acclimate to your new, well, your new condition. She walked over to 1 and
lifted her chin with her hand, examining her. What was the last object you touched
closely before you were overcome? 1 stared blankly at her, then her eyes began to
dash slightly, as if lost in thought. My-my phone, I think The manager looked at
her in thought before slowly saying do you notice anything new about yourself?
After a long pause 1 scanned her eyes around the 3 people in front of her, her eyes
widening in astonishment I can hear what youre all thinking. 3 I am so sorry, I
dont know what to say. The manager nodded and turned her gaze to 2, asking him
the same question. Similarly, he seemed lost in thought for a long time before
raising himself up off the ground and to his knees. He began to fade into
nothingness before their eyes and 3 shifted back onto her legs in shock. He
reappeared about a minute late on his feet and staring down at his hands as he
faded back into existence. Again, the manager nodded, finally fixating her eyes on 3
I know for you it was stone so I can give you at least a piece of advice, given that
stone was my last physical object: become water 3 looked at her in surprise, then
realization dawned upon her and she felt herself melting as a feeling of normalcy
and comfort overcame her. Before she could realize what had happened she was
looking up at her friends and the manager as her friends held the same look of
confusion on their faces as she had just moments before. Without thinking, she
tensed and felt herself become solid again., her body reforming and taking shape.
The three friends were motionless, staring at their own bodies as they attempted to
understand what was happened for a few moments before the manager began to
speak again. Through your own vows, you have become servants of our master,
the King of Shade and lord of darkness. Your physical bodies are now dead and you
exist as spirit only. We all are able to create a faade, a type of illusion that allows
us to pass as human and walk among the living. Similarly, we can all be invisible
among those still alive. We are a community of beings who are set to serve the
interests of the shadow people or shades, that is to say, our own. Each of us is given
a gift from our master, based on the last object we touched as our lives as humans
faded. 1, you are a telepath at the very least. 2, you can become invisible even to
us shades. 3, you can manipulate object states, as can I. the manager stopped and
looked down, her expression turning particularly grim and she began again softly
You three are so young. I am truly sorry that you have become of the shadow
people, but it must be so. She continued to look down for a few moments before
raising her head and looking at the three with a sympathetic expression We take
care of our own. You can always take supplies or ask for money from the museum
here for things you need, within reason. There are also several shops around owned
by Shades that will be able to help you adjust to your new life. Finally, there are
several large organizations that contain many Shades that may wish to employ one
or all of you for your given abilities. Any questions?

The three were stunned in silence and within a few seconds began screaming a
cacophony of questions at the manager. All three beg for an option to return to
humanity; she shakes her head solemnly and says it is absolutely impossible. She
calmly tries to answer all additional questions, most of which dealt with the terms of
their so called contract with the King of Shade an infinity contract. As the manager
explained, although Shades could be destroyed, they were essentially immortal and
in immortal service to the King of Shade. Eventually, the manager raises a hand
You three should leave here and experience the world for how it is for you now to
understand who we, and now you are. Unless you want humans to perceive you,
you will always be invisible to them. Just be sure if you want humans to see you,
you must maintain your faades. All it takes is a simple thought. Humans cannot be
allowed to see your true form. Not only would it disgust them, it would draw
attention to our existence.
The three friends have a serious conversation about the meaning of humanity,
immortality, and what it means to be a person. 3 laments never being able to
properly see her family again and breaks down. Her friends comfort her and attempt
to see the possible positives of the situation. They discuss the potential benefits of
immortality in death and the horrific downsides, such as inability to reproduce and
die happily in ones own bed. Additionally, they discuss their now supposed
servitude to a probably evil force. 1 brings up the positives of their new position in
an attempt to raise the spirits of her friends by suggesting they leave the museum
and experience society as essentially ghosts. 2 agrees and spurs 3, who is
depressed and despondent to also try and take her mind of their impossible
situation by trying to see any bright side.
The three leave the museum and are taken aback by the world they see; glowing
streams of light fill the sky, streaking across like the aurora borealis in small streams
of bright energy. Similarly, small beads of light fill the air like dandelion seeds,
flittering through the webs of people and buildings. The three stand on the museum
steps in awe as a man in a suit ascends the steps, unexpectedly walking directly
through them. 3 and 1 are surprised and step back but 2 is distracted with the
magnificent display of light creatures overhead to even notice as the large suited
man walked directly through his own body. Shuddering slightly, 2 then faces his two
friends, tears in his eyes, This cannot be real, can it? This has to all be a dream,
right? he looks deeply at 1 and 3 as he tries to hold back his tears. 3s face is
stained red from crying and she averts her eyes from that of 2. 1 meets his gaze I
think it is. Weve fucked up, royally, but we have to make the best of this that we
can she smiles at 2. 3 falls to her knees on the steps of the museum and cries I
will never see my family again. None of us will ever see our family and friends
again. Dont you realize what has happened here 1? I know its fucking insane, but
this is apparently our reality now. Were dead. Were in hell!. 1 buries her head in
her hands for a moment of silence as 2 moves to comfort 3 by placing his arm softly
on her back as she crunches herself into a small ball. Fuck you 3 1 finally says

Im trying to be positive. Im apparently the cause of this entire thing. How the fuck
do you think I feel? I killed myself and my 2 best friends, oh, and I put us all in some
kind of fucking contract with satan! What do you want from me 3? Im sorry. Im so
fucking sorry 1 walks away from the other two, turning her body back toward the
entrance of the museum as the glowing energy wisps flowed around the three of
them.
The 3 fuck around in public using new Shade abilities. Get scolded by Shade leaders
and warned of potential extreme discipline by King of Shades.
They go to find jobs among the Shades
Find a job among a ground of cyber interested shades to try and steal tech that
might allow them better access to the internet and so they can maintain their tech
without physical identities
1 is sent in to collect data from the mind of a CEO with telepathy power, with 2 and
3 on support
Meet a young girl with power of LIFE who accidentally contracted, all she thinks she
can do is help pregnant women (extremely upset about not being able to help a
homeless pregnant woman and gets her contract over demanding the life of a
stillborn homeless child), but she can also heal wounds of the Shades
Stealth mission into company
Young Shade girl is adopted by 3
2 and 3 start to become romantically involved
1 is jealous and spies on them telepathically