Encounter 1: The Nightmare Carriage
Encounter #1 takes place in the "Nursery Wing" as follows:
It was very late at night as Jennifer Forlenza checked into the Blackhaven Inn. She was exhausted from a long day of driving and eagerly awaited to finally catch some rest. Jennifer traveled out here on vacation to visit the large sprawling Dracove City. Since hotels and inns were a lot more expensive in the city, she decided to stay in the neighboring town of Blackhaven which wasn't to far from the city. Opening the door to her room in a hurry she hastily unpacked and put on her pajamas. Finally able to rest at last Jennifer plopped herself onto the white comfy bed and closed her eyes, anticipating to sleep like a baby. Only a few minutes into her rest and the sounds of an infant crying filled her ears. Agitated she woke up and waited for a while hoping the crying would die down soon, but it seemed to just continue on and her patience grew thin. The crying seemed to be coming from an a neighboring room. Jennifer wanted to confront her neighbors yet didn't want to be rude so instead she went to the lobby. She began complaining to the clerk at the front desk about the racket from her neighboring room. The clerk looked puzzled, and after checking the inn's data sheets he explained the no one has checked into either room neighboring hers. Jennifer paused, confused at what she was hearing as the clerk assured her the rooms were empty. She then returned to her room and all was silent. Jennifer once again plopped herself into bed, she
assumed she must have been hearing things from a lack of sleep yet the crying to her sounded so real. Asleep at last, Jennifer was now in a deep state of sleep. Rolling over in her sleep the bed felt suddenly severely uncomfortable, oddly solid and gravely. Waking up Jennifer found herself on the ground in front of a very large dark building that looked severely damaged from some sort of recent fire. All that is visible is this large building as everywhere else is coated in a thick fog. While Jennifer blankly stares at the charred building, trying to read a worn sign. She is able to spell out 'Blackhaven Institution' when suddenly a faint and familiar sound of a crying child fills her ears coming from the direction of the building. Her instincts kick in as this crying sounds distressing and she run into the building feeling that this child maybe in some sort of danger and trapped in this decrepit building. As she enters through the large front doors they instantly close and lock behind her. Upon entering ash and char fills up her lungs, Jennifer begins to aggressively cough and struggles to breath. Now the crying can be heard from every direction in the lobby of this building. It becoming so loud and intense that Jennifer falls to ground covering her ears trying desperately to block the noise out. She soon felt an instant spell of drowsiness and soon passed out. Seemingly in an
instant Jennifer awakens in a different room of this building. Her surroundings have now drastically changed. The walls are set ablaze all around her, what sounds like the child's song "Rock A Bye Baby" echoes in a deep distorted unsettling tongue. Jennifer tries to ignore it but the disturbing tune only gets deeper and slower. Disoriented and scare Jennifer turns around to see the path is cover with raging flames. Jennifer begins to run forward away from the blaze leading her to a door. She swiftly opens the door and rushes in. Loosing her footing she roughly tumbles down a flight of stairs landing on her side. In front of her and little bit in the distance is a dim light flickering over what looks to be woman rocking in a chair with her back turned. Jennifer in pain from her fall struggles to get up. She is very nervous stumbling as she approaches the woman, calling out to her and pleading for her to explain what is going on. As Jennifer gets close she notices the woman is dressed in old nurse garments. Close enough and in arms reach the nurse stops rocking and become completely still. Jennifer's heartbeat begins to race, not knowing what to expect next. Fidgeting the nurse slowly turns around revealing herself. Jennifer stares in shock and horror at what she now sees in front of her, stumbling back and screaming at the top of her lungs. The nurse's body is in a horrible condition, her face and most of the flesh on her body seems to have been corroded away. Jennifer
start to shiver uncontrollably in fear as the nurse puts her finger to her grotesque lips quietly whispering "shhhhhh.....". The dim light fades into complete darkness for just a few seconds. Flashing back on, the nurse has suddenly vanished. Jennifer confused by this looks ahead into the darkness on the far side of the room. An absolutely abominable smell fills the air, a mix of burnt flesh, human waste, and even what smells like baby powder. Jennifer while gagging on the stench hears a sort of disgruntled moan followed with by a burp. An irregularly sized pacifier spits out from the darkness covered in a black liquid. Jennifer then hears the familiar crying coming from ahead followed by the noise of a squeaky wheel and what sounds like something dragging and scraping against the floor. Jennifer prepares for the worst, shocked and hardly able to move as it soon comes into plain view. She now lays her eyes upon something truly horrific... Appearing in front of her a monster. One that looks like a giant baby, severely malformed and infused into its carriage. Jennifer shutters in complete terror analyzing the features of this nightmarish creature. Its skin a grayish sickly white,its carriage black and stained with char, in the back a disgusting formation of loaded diaper that gives off the most pungent of smells imaginable. As it drags itself closer and closer, convulsing and pulsating while it crys. Jennifer gazes directly into its face,wondering how something so vile can have the face of
something as innocent as a baby's. Though she never really liked babies, the smells, the crying, the wastes, it all gets under her skin but this on the underhand was a whole other level. Jennifer couldn't help but to notice a disgusting black liquid oozing from its mouth making her absolutely sick to her stomach. Jennifer unable to handle this ordeal anymore makes for it in the opposite direction still limping from her previous fall. Before she even gets far she feels claws piercing into her lower back dragging her down. The crying demon now agitated as Jennifer pinned by the creature struggles and flails about wildly. Her crying almost overpowering that of the creature. With its mouth wide open it vomits a stream of black liquid all over Jennifer. An intense burning sensation floods Jennifer's body, her eyes roll into the back of her head as the corrosive liquid eats away at her flesh. The overwhelming pain that feels so real quickly renders her helpless. Fading away she can only hope to awaken from this nightmare... Instead her vision fades to black, never to awaken again. Her soul sinking into the depths of an alternate Blackhaven Institution.
Demon Profile #1 The Nightmare Carriage
Profile for ‘The Nightmare Carriage’ demon featured in encounter story 1:
This demon was once an infant, found along the road leading out of Dracove City. In a discarded carriage abandoned on the side of the road on its side with a worn note inside of it. This infant was brought into the institution in critical condition both parched and starved. It took time but eventually the infant was rehabilitated primarily by his caretaker Mildred. The infant was named Henry according to the only legible part of the note. On the day Blackhaven was consumed by flames and before the fire erupted, little Henry was put into a donated carriage by his caring nurse Mildred who came by to check on him. She usually took a few infants a day out on strolls when she could around the building and outside. From a distance she suddenly she began to hear the cries of children mixed with staff shouting at each other in a panic. Mildred pushed Henry in his carriage heading towards the pandemonium with a concerned look on her face. Halfway there she left Henry in a corner jogging in the distance towards the concentration of racket. Henry looked nervous as he could no longer see Mildred. Soon a flurry of nurses holding babies and pushing carriages frantically darted past Henry. This caused him great distress as he spit out his pacifier and began to cry loudly. His cries muffled by the sounds of chaos all around him, As the last few institution staff ran past him, holding other
children and preoccupied by the chaos of the situation. the fire was getting dangerously closer to Henry. Frightened he soiled himself struggling tremendously inside of the carriage and gagging from the smoke coming from behind. Suddenly appeared Mildred ,with a backdrop of smoke and flames. She ran pushing Henry's carriage as fast as she could to the nearest stairwell.Once at the doors leading to the stairwell in horror she noticed her clothes had caught on fire that started to spread swiftly. Releasing her grip she struggled with the flames in desperation, screaming as the flames began to sear her skin. Before the fire could completely consume her she blindly and with the last ounce of her strength pushed Henry through the doors towards the stairs. The carriage rolled towards, behind it Mildred collapsed in flames...The carriage rolled,tumbled,and crashed down the stairs landing on its side. This violent moment triggering a memory. A memory that Henry never wanted to experience ever again.... The fire soon caught up, consuming the carriage... In the alternate Blackhaven Institution Henry was shaped by his traumatic death. The corruption warping and twisting his innocent little body and soul into that of a monster. Its body severely malformed, and enlarged. With skin a grayish sickly white, covered in certain areas with patches of charred flesh. This demon is attached to a disgusting formation resembling a loaded diaper that gives off the
most vile smell imaginable, infused into a black charred carriage. A black acidic bile is produced that continuously runs from its eye, nose, and mouth. When startled the demon spits out it's large pacifier soaked in the dark acidic liquid. Convulsing and pulsating as it cries with such fury and force. With four long monstrous arms it can charge at its victims with incredible speed. Its demonic claws are used for grip while it drags itself for traction and speed, sometimes they are used to inflict serious wounds. Because of the liquid almost constantly running from its eye this demon's vision is poor and it relies heavily on sound as well an odd form of echolocation. Its vomit is highly corrosive towards flesh which can severely damage and digest rapidly with contact. Usually accompanying this demon is the ghost of a weeping nurse who rarely shows her face as it is now a corroded gaping maw. It is believe that this ghost is Mildred, Henry's nurse who now accompanies the nightmare carriage tormented with guilt.