Gonna add in a decent Roleplay here to this stream doesn’t get stale…. (Istg if this blows up-)

(I was bound to show up here eventually)
Elizabeth: "Oh dear god, not another one." *You shuffle away from the demon, voice quivering despite your attempts to keep firm* "Touch me, I dare you. See what happens!" *You threaten unthreateningly*

*Jasper tries to help in paddling but the moment he put his hand into the ink, he immediately took it back and saw how his cartoon hand was completely covered in ink but Jasper ignored it and tried to help anyway, soon they managed to get across the river and make it to a strange makeshift settlement that looked like it was empty*

*You threw the plank at the hand as you scrambled off the raft. You crouched down on the dock to catch your breath*
"Where- where are we?" *You pant*

*Jasper quickly jumps off the raft and just lies there face down on the dock. Completely exhausted from all that paddling, and it seems the ink has really affected his left arm when he was trying to help paddle.*

“I dunno…Somewhere…J-Just gimme five minutes and we’ll continue, alright?”

"I... don't think we have five minutes."

*he sighs*

“I’m definitely gonna need more thick ink for this…”

"Let the search begin." *You say unenthusiastically. You pull yourself onto tired legs and look around*
"How on earth was all this built?"

“✨Magic.✨”

*You stumble up the dock onto solid ground. You look out over a mess of smears of ink and discarded objects*
"People were here." *You point out*

*Jasper gets up and follows you. he takes notice of the mess and discarded objects. Jasper took notice of a mask that was on the floor*

“Hey! I found a cool Bendy mask!” *he takes the mask and slaps it onto his face* “It’s mine now!” >:3

"You don't really need a mask, do you?" *You chuckle* "You already look just like it."

*You drift away from Jasper a bit and pick up a wrench. You examine it* "You think there was a fight?"

*Jasper hands you over the wrench*

“Maybe if we get there faster, we can catch up to those crooks in time! Oh yeah I forgot to mention…There was someone else that was with Alice and Tommy…I couldn’t recognize him though…But he’s definitely with them!”

"Got it." *You lift up the wrench. It feels nice to finally be properly armed*

*You hesitate for a moment before walking out* "You're certain we can take these guys? And, if we can, that the reel will really be our way out?"

“Yup! It’s the only way! Soon you can go back home and go back…with your…family…”

*Jasper has completly spaced out, probably reminising on the past*

"Right. And you'll be safe too. No more of... all this."

*You look around the destroyed room*

"Well, no more time to sit and wait. The longer we chat, the further they get. Let's go." *You begin down the hallway, gesturing for Jasper to follow*

*soon you and Jasper go through the hallways and enter a large cavern with a giant ink machine entrance, but there was a lake of ink between you and the entrance, they also manage to find Alice, Tom, and the mysterious man Jasper mentioned earlier*

*You barely take the time to acknowledge the machine. Your focus is all on the trio and the reel*

"Excuse us." *You grip tighter to the wrench*

Alice: Huh? Jasper? Who is this girl with you?

*Tom looks at you and Jasper aggressively and tries to protect Alice and the mysterious man*

???: Huh?…Who are you two?

"I believe you three have something we need." *You take a step closer*

~They can't get away. Not with your one chance.~

???: huh? What do you mean?

Jasper: The magic reel! We know you have it!

Alice: The reel? No we don’t…

Henry: In fact, that’s why we’re here. We are also searching for the real because someone stole it.

"Who took it, then?" *Your voice lowered, almost threatening*

*Jasper starts backing away in fear as he puts up his non-injured hand in a defensive pose*

“No no no no no! I’m fine! Seriously! W-We should move on! I-I know a better place to go than this place with not a lot of hiding spots and barely any room to run in…”

*You step back a bit, noticing the demon's apprehension. You let out a sigh*

"Okay, you're right. We should probably get moving. If you want it, though, the option's there."

*You tuck the ribbon into your pocket*

*Jasper nods as he leads you from the hallway to a diffrent part of the studio. You notice as he was frantically looking around for something. like as if his life depended on it, but Jasper tried to make it less obvious, probably not to worry his new friend*

"You seem a bit shaken. Are you sure everything's alright?" *You ask with concern*

“Yup! E-Everythin’s fine. Just uhh…lookin for somethin…”

*He gives a thumbs up*

"Like what? I can help you look"

“Well it’s uhm. It’s like the ink, but THICK! Yeah…Thick ink…I’ll explain later why I need it…It just I always find some in this area…”

“Ah, got it.”

*You stare closely at the puddles*

“Does this stuff look any different? Or do I just have to go around touching it to find out?” *you hope it’s the former*

“Well uh…It can only be found on the back of a swollen searcher. DON’T WORRY! These guys are more passive than their thinner cousins but it would be hard to grab them…”

“If they’re skittish, it’s probably best for you to slow down.” *You point out*

“I could think of a few people who would wanna stop us from escapin’”

"Like who?" *The words came out more forcefully than you would've liked*

~They aren't allowed. They can't.~

*He begins to count on his fingers as he lists their list of enemies*

“Well there’s the obvious one: The Ink Demon. Then that “Angel” who hates my guts, the butcher gang, That one crazy cultist…”

"I should start making a list." *You pause. That sounded really bad.* Just to keep track of all this stuff, y'know?"

“Already on it!” *he pulls out a piece of paper* “I just write with my finger, ha ha.”

"Well, at least that part'll be convenient."

“When you’re an ink creature, you’re essentially just a livin’ pen! Isn’t that so cool!?

"Yeah. I like looking at the bright side of things a bit more than all the depressing mind-losing stuff."

~All the bad is still inevitable. That's why you can't let it happen-~ "God do you shut up?"

*Your mouth snaps shut, hand lowering from the side of your head.*

“Joey always told me when I was down in the dumps to always smile and look on the bright side! That’s why I’m always so happy even when my life is constantly in danger!”

*Jasper gives you a big grin as he says this part. You wonder how broken is Jasper actually on the inside*

*You sigh and do your best to imitate the smile. Just take deep breaths. It'll be over eventually. You just have to ride out the worst of it.*

*The demon tilts his head in confusion as he pulls away his hand and takes a step back to give you some space*

“Woah, woah, woah there, Missy! I’m here to help ya! Not to cause any panic! Look we may have gotten off the wrong foot here but I’m sure we can get along!”

*He holds out again but this time closer to you, almost touching*

*You inch back apprehensively. You give yourself a moment to let your brain argue with itself before you finally move again*

"I'm putting a hell of a lot of trust in you."

*You take his hand carefully*

*The strange demon quickly and unexpectedly pulls you up, you almost fall as he chuckles*

“Good golly! You must be really light or I don’t know my own strength, amirite?”

"Jeez! I'm in over my head..." *You mumble to yourself* "So who are you even. And why are you trying to help me?"

*The demon chuckles as he starts to circle around you, examining you closely as he playfully talks to you with a grin on his inky face*

“Well would ya believe me if I told ya I was Bendy the demon? I’m here to help ‘cause I don’t want ya to die on your first day in this death trap and be turned into ONE OF THEM…”

"One of them? One of those legless things?"

*You shudder as you think back to those creatures, crawling out of the ground. Grabbing at your ankles. You practically shriek as you realize*

"Those were people?!"

“Yup! They were once human like you and me! Until…The Disaster…BUT ya don’t have to worry since I’m here! I know EVERYTHIN’ around these parts. And I can help ya! Only…for a small price!

"Of course. I little demon like you'd want something."

*You rock a bit. Your head feels like it's spinning. Disaster? People made of ink? What in God's name happened while you were gone?*

"What do you want?"

*The demon hugs you and starts crying as he speaks very fast, his inky tears staining your shirt*

“PLEASEDON’TLEAVEMELIKETHERESTOFTHEOTHERVICTIMSYOUHAVENOIDEAHOWLONGITHASBEENSINCEITALKEDTOSOMEONEWHODIDNTRUNAWAYFROMMEIVEBEENSOLONELYOHMYGODPLEASEPROMISEMEYOUWONTLEEEAAAVEEEEE!!!!”

*He continues to cry*

"Gah! Oh, dear..."

*You suddenly feel incredibly guilty for snapping at the demon. Your tone softens a bit.*

"Well, I don't really have any other choice but to stay, so I won't go. You can calm down."

*Jasper sat there, silently. You can see the reel slipping out of his hands, if you continue to trigger him like this, he might drop the reel. Henry is watching in shock as you try to convince Jasper to stop what he’s doing*

"He's got no excuse."

~No excuse. No excuse to keep you here. No excuse to screw you over.~

*Which 'he' are you even talking about anymore? Who are you talking to? You doubt it even matters.*

"No excuse."

*Suddenly the ground trembles beneath them, The reel slips from Jasper’s hand as Jasper tries to quickly grab it only for him to fall out of the ventilation shaft and splat onto the floor. The reel bounces a couple inches before rolling up to your feet, but that is not your concern right now. Something is coming*

(btw if you ever get stuck just let me know I can add or reword things)

(Sure :D

"The demon."

*You clutch your weapon, holding it up in preparation. You brace once more for whatever may come, glancing between Henry, Jasper, the reel, and the direction of the bang*

~The way out.~

*Soon the ink demon bursts into the room, knocking Jasper into a wall. Henry hides behind a glass pipe*

"Jasper!"

*You practically stumble over the reel at your feet. You hastily grab it and hobble over to where Jasper was flung, half-pleading the ink demon would go after Henry instead*

"Jasper are you alright?"

*Jasper winces in pain as he looks up to you*

“Why are you helpin’ me!? After all I’ve done to you?…”

"I made you a promise, didn't I? Now can you stand or not?"

*Your tone's still a bit more forceful that you'd like. Too urgent and angry. You give him a little shove*

*Jasper manages to get up, but he has a really bad scar on his torso, and he was bleeding ink*

“Ow…Heh, guess it’s the end…”

"No. No it's not. You're not dying. I'm not letting you."

~Leave him.~

*You go to try and help Jasper, but your arms jerk back and you're pulled away by nothing but your own involuntary movements*

*Jasper jumps on the raft and clings onto it for dear life*

*You push off of the pier and slowly start drifting down the river* "This is actually surprisingly calming."

*An thought popped into your head. What if you flipped the boat? Or pushed Jasper off? You forced the thought down, but swayed back and forth a bit just to quell the strange urge*

"Sorry." *You apologize, having rocked the raft a bit more than you would've liked*

*Jasper didn’t hear you. He was blankly staring at the inky river*

"You're staring real close there. Get any closer and you'll have your whole face under." *You look back toward the demon*

*Jasper mumbles something that sends chills up your spine*

“…There’s something in the river…”

"There's what?" *You immediately sit up straight* "What do you mean? How do you know?"

“There’s somethin’! I feel it in my ink! There’s somethin’ in that river and…IT’S COMIN’ CLOSER! Quick paddle faster!”

*You listen, rapidly paddling through the ink. You shudder. Something was definitely there.*

*Suddenly a giant hand emerges from the ink. Jasper begins to panic and curse under his breath as he sees the giant hand seemingly after them*

*You swing the makeshift oar through the river. She didn't even need to look back to know what was happening. Her breathing quickened in panic*

(I'm at two different roleplays rn using 2 different povs so ignore my typos of 'she' instead of 'you' asdfgfdcvgb))

“Find an escape route?”

*he shrugs*

where'd you go big man?))

(yeah sorry I was busy and I got stuck with no idea how to respond)

Also trying to run 2 accounts at the same time

(Fair, yeah))

(Soooo yeah i have no idea what to say)

I probably won’t respond as much either this weekend since I’m iut of the house))

(k

“You know any possible escape routes?”

~Finally, progress.~

“Well I DID hear rumours about a reel…a magic reel! I dunno why but you’ll know when you find it.”

“Magic reel? What kind of magic? Like, your expected kind of magic, or…”
*you gesture generally around*
“…this kind?”

“That kind. Now I dunno how we’re gonna get it but we’re gonna SOMEHOW!”

"So you know where it is, then?" *It was said less like a question and more like a simple statement*

“Nope!”

*He said this enthusiastically with his hands on his hips*

"Wonderful. Then how are we gonna find it? Run around and hope we find it before we get turned into puddles?" *You put your own hands of your hips in turn*

“That…That was my plan all along…”

"So, as the great planner, why don't you lead the way?" *You point a hand towards Jasper with almost... frustration? Annoyance? You shouldn't be. It's very reasonable not to know where it is. You back up a bit*

~Yes. Escape.~

"Sounds good to me. Though the front door is out of the question; we aren't getting back up there."

“Hmm let me check.”

*he makes a T-pose and falls into the hole backwards*

“A-“

*You wake slowly, everything throbbing, slightly blurry, and wet. Wet? You stumble to your feet in a pool of ink*

"Oh shoot, Jasper?"

"Jasper!" *You shriek. You stand there, panicked for a moment., before jumping down after him. You shut your eyes, and brace for the impact. There's a brief moment of pain, before you're out*

*You open your eyes and you realized you squished poor Jasper when you fell on top of him. He has become comically as flat as a piece of paper*

"Oh my god! I'm so sorry!" *It takes a lot to keep yourself from laughing*

"Are you okay?" *You nudge the now-flattened Jasper*

*Jasper doesn’t respond*

"C'mon bud, this isn't funny." *It's a little funny.*

~Leave him. We don't need him. We just need to get out of here.~

*You begin slowly stepping away, as much as you don't want to.* "I... I won't be far. Just a room over." *You continue to be pulled away by your own legs*

*You leave Jasper by himself as you explore the next room. It looked like a lobby of some sorts and there was an administration offices area*

"Strange. No wonder nobody wanted to do their jobs. They stuck all the administrators folks halfway to the core of the earth."
*You shake off worry. Whatever it is in your head, it's right. You do need to keep moving. You approach the path labeled "Administration."*

*You hear strange garbling noises in the hallways*

*You stiffen. An attempt to back away turns to a step forward*

"What the hell? Wrong way." *You scold yourself as you step further down the hallway.*

"Jasper?" *You try and peel him off the ground, not quite able to take it seriously*

*Jasper grins and skips down the hallway as you follow him*

“So this boss of yours…Were you close?”

"Not really. Saw him on occasion, talked once or twice, that's about it. Dunno how he even remembered me enough to invite me of all people."

*You shrug*

"Things got a little rough and I quit. Maybe that's how. But who can really say?"

“Joey always told me stories of this one person he was close with…then they quit, leavin’ Joey with all their life work and look where we are…” *he whispers to himself* “Selfish jerk”

"You knew him?"

*You tilt your head*

“Knew Joey?” *he scoffs* “I was his favourite employee!” “‘You’re doin’ such a great job Jasper!’ He’d always say. Sometimes he even called me “Bendy” as a joke…heh…I miss him.”

"Huh. What'd you do to earn his favor?"

“Huh…I…I don’t…I don’t seem to recall.”

*He starts pondering for a while*

"Well, if he was calling you "Bendy," which I would assume you didn't look like back then, maybe it had something to do with that. Were you an animator?"

“Animator?” *he laughs* Buddy, I can’t draw a straight line to save my life! I had a diffrent job. I guess you could say in a way I was Bendy himself! I was originally going to voice act him!”

"I didn't keep up much with the cartoons. Never knew Joey planned for him to have one." *You chuckle* "I guess I should've known. You really do sound much like I'd imagine Bendy would."

*Jasper gingerly picks up the reel*

Jasper: I…I can’t believe it! T-This is real! *he laughs* And I’m holding the one way ticket outta here in my hands! I can feel the immense power of it!…

*He begins to admire the reel*

"So, how do we use it? Do we have to play it or something?"

Jasper: “Yeah! Probably!”

Henry: “Okay Jasper…You can give back the reel.”

*Then suddenly, the room becomes chiller and Jasper turns to you and Henry. He gives a sinister grin. You can tell that something isn’t right.*

Jasper: “Y’know what?…It’s been a LOOOONG time since I’ve had any power in this rottin’ studio…maybe I WON’T give it back!”

"What?" *You freeze. No, no he surely can't mean...*

~He can't do that. He can't do that! It's your way out. It's yours!~

"You can't just... I thought-! Jasper..?"

Jasper: “Yeah, this is the part where you get betrayed by your best friend!” *he starts to cackle* “Liz, Did’ja REALLY think you could easily go home with this stupid reel? Well what about me? I’m forever stuck here so I can’t exactly go home! You’ll just abandon me like Joey did!” *he tears up before looking towards Henry, you can hear the bitterness and venom dripping in his voice when he speaks to Henry*

“And Henry, here we are finally. face to face. Joey always said you were a pathetic coward and a cheater. I HATE cheaters.”

*he tosses the reel around from hand to hand as he went back to his sinister smile*

“I’ve been thinkin’. I’ve come so far and I finally have somethin’ to make myself look more powerful. Why give it all up so someone I met only hours ago get’s to “go home”? I’m NOT lettin’ that chance slip away! Not again!”

"Shut up. Shut up right now. We were BOTH leaving! That was the deal. I wasn't gonna leave you because that's what we agreed.

~He can't take this. He can't take this. He can't take this.~

"But if you wanna do this the hard way, go ahead! Remind me again who the armed one is in this room." *You hold up the wrench threateningly. But could you even bring yourself to?*

~You have to do it. You have to do it. It's yours. He's lost his chance. You still have a chance. It's yours.~

*Jasper wags his finger* “uh uh uh. You’re forgettin’ that THIS is the Ink Demon’s lair we’re tresspassin’ on! he’s bound to be around about now to finish ya off!” *he gasps* “I hear him right now comin’ CLOSE! Guess it’s time for me to make my grand farewell!”

*Jasper runs away with the reel, giggling like a madman. The boy has went on a complete powertrip.*

*You begin to chase after him, but he's gone so quick that any effort to catch up would be pointless.* "He's gonna get himself killed..."

~Let him. Take back the reel.~

"What the hell do we do now? Henry?"

*Henry was frozen with fear as he pointed to the throne. The Ink Demon was standing behind the throne watching this unfold*

"Oh for the love of..." *You clutch the wrench tighter*

~You're going home.~

*You try to run but you're rooted to the spot*

~You're going home.~

"Jasper! Jasper this isn't funny anymore!"

“Well…It’s all blurry...But I woke up next to the ink machine and I just knew…I wasn’t myself anymore…I was a monster back then just like the rest of these misshapen souls…but that’s in the past.”

*Jasper stares at his cartoonish gloved hands and clenched them*

"Everything alright? Too close to home?"

*His smile returns*

“Oh no! Everythin’s fine! Y-Ya don’t need to worry ‘bout that Elizabeth. Once we find a good weapon here, our worst problems will be behind us!”

"Liz, please."

*You glance around*

"Weapon, eh? Would be nice to have something more than my hands to fend things off with."

“Oh You DEFINITELY need somethin’ more than your hands. Tell me, d-did you punch anythin’ made of ink or touched the ink with your bare hands before I found ya?…

"How could I have avoided it? It's everywhere! Why?"

*He gives you a panicked look* “Oh…Oh oh no…It may already be too late for you…”

"What do you mean..?"

*You stumble back, rapidly wiping your hands on your already-stained overalls.*

"Jasper what the hell does that mean?"

“So when I said that the ink does freak stuff, I wasn’t exaggeratin’.”

*he starts to count on his fingers as he makes a list*

“There’s a chance you could become a living cartoon, a human covered in ink, a lunatic monster, both, or dead! Isn’t it fun to wonder what surprise the ink can do to you?”

"I don't want a surprise. I-Is there a way to fix this? If I just get it off me..."

*Feeling drains from your legs and you collapse into a panicked ball*

"God, what the hell did he do?" *You sigh into your arms*

*Jasper smiles and makes a shush sound before suddenly being attacked by the ink demon*

"Jasper!" *You bite back and louder noise. You want to get out of the box. You have to.*

~But what if it's not safe?~

*A voice at the back of your mind frets. No. You shove down the thought. You're screwed either way. You fling open the door of the Miracle Station*

*You watch as Jasper avoids trying to get mauled by the ink demon and slips easily out of the demon’s grasp. It seemed like Jasper was already prepared for this sort of thing*

*Your desire to help and your own self preservation fight to decide your next move. The indecision leaves you once more stood still. You tuck yourself behind the wall just in case*

"What the hell is that thing?" *You gasp breathlessly*

*You watch as Jasper tries to lead the ink demon away from you by using himself as bait before jumping into a vent. You stay silent as The ink demon looks around once more before going through a wall and leaving*

"Is it gone? Are we safe?" *You carefully step away from the wall*

*Jasper pops out of the vents with a cautious look on his face as he pulls himself out of the vent. He clutches his arm as he comes over to you*

“I think he’s gone this time. Ya better stay quiet when he’s around…”

(I didn't see the notification so srry for the lack of response)

"I've got no plans to sit back if you're gonna get hurt. Speaking of which..."

*You point to Jasper's arm*

"You alright there?"

(it’s fine)

“Yup! I-I’m fine. This is basically a normal day in the studio! I’ll be fine…”

*He winces in pain as he tries to force a smile. Hiding his injured arm from your view. You could see him sweating ink a little as if he was hiding something and trying not to get caught*

"Let me see your arm. I can try and wrap it up at least."

*You untie the ribbon in your hair and offer it as a bandage*

(And THIS is why Jasper is never trusted to do anything important. He’s such an idiot he goes mad with power)

Henry: “Y-Yeah! This isn’t funny!”

*The Ink Demon then starts to transform into a beast right in front of your very eyes*

(He was on the 'No Sharp Objects' list during biology class dissections because he'd try to stab someone)

"It didn't do that last time!"

~You're going home.~

"He wouldn't really..."

*Except, as he's clearly shown, he would. He and your one way out. It's over. He's long gone and there's no fighting the ink demon like this. You shut your eyes and brace yourself.*

*Soon you felt like you were being thrown against the wall. You open your eyes and you find yourself in some sort of maze-like corridor. Henry was standing there, waiting for you to oen your eyes*

"Agh! Ow, what..?"

*You sit up slowly, everything throbbing. You look up at Henry and stumble to your feet*

"Where are we?"

*There's a nearby rumble and you almost fall over again*

Henry: “Shh. Keep quiet. The ink demon is running around. I have this strange gadget, and I think it can help us…”

*He hands you a strange piece of glass stuck on a stick*

"The heck is that thing?"

*You lean in to look through the glass, eyes caught on something glowing on the ground*

"Are those arrows? Invisible arrows?"

*You look into, then away from the glass. The arrows disappear

Henry: “Pretty incredible, huh? Come on, let’s see where the arrows lead.”

*The Ink Demon dashes by*

Henry: “Once we get out, we’ll deal with Jasper and get some answers…”

"I've had too many people screw me over by now."

*You rush across the path before you. You cling to a wall for stability after another quake of the ink demon's movement nearly knocks you off your feet.*

"You have the thing. Maybe you should lead this."

Henry: “You think so?…alright.”

*Henry runs across the path and ends up tripping on the floor next to you*

"Henry!"

*You urge yourself to step forward to help, but you can't bring yourself to.*

~Leave them.~

"Get up, quick!"

*GASP* “Ya really think so? Oh gosh you’re makin’ me blush!”

*Jasper starts to blush and makes a “Oh stop it, you.” gesture*

*You let out a full laugh* "Stop, you're too perfect! This is starting to feel eerily unreal."

“Well whadd’ya expect me to do? Be completly mute the entire adventure so I don’t creep ya out with my voice?”

*He could barely contain himself from laughing*

"That'd probably be worse-" *Your laughs turn to coughs* "I gotta- catch my breath." *You squeeze out between chuckle-ridden hacks*

“W-We should be quiet! Or else the ink demon could find us!”

"Yeah, you're right." *You take deep breaths and try to push back any stray snickers*

*Suddenly they hear sniffing behind them and your heart starts to beat louder than before. Ink starts to cover the walls and floor*

“Oh dear…We’re already caught-“

*You freeze up. You can't even bring yourself to ask what to do. Where to hide. If hiding will even do anything. You try to urge your heart to quiet down, taking deep, slow breaths, but it still pounds.*

*Jasper notices his new friend is having a freeze response to the danger so he pushes you into a nearby miracle station and shuts it*

"Heh? Wh-" *You snap back as you're shoved. You process what just happened and peek out of the eyehole* "Jasper?"

*You keep on going further until you reach the office of Joey Drew*

"Joey? Oh my god, finally. The one person I've been looking for."

*Your roll up your sleeves as you fling open the door of the office* "Joey! we nee-" *The room is empty. Your arms drop. Of course he wouldn't be here.*

*There was an audio log on the table. Maybe this would give you some answers*

"Well then, 'Mister Drew,'" *You sneer* "If you're not gonna have the common courtesy to show up, I suppose you can't stop me from going through your things. A few answers would be nice."

*You turn on the audio log*

*two familiar voices can be heard from the audio logs*

"What the hell... Joey... He... How DARE he! How dare he bring me here. How dare he- he USE people like this. He has NO right!"

*You shove the log off the table. Using 'leg fixing' as if it's an excuse. What was the excuse for the others stuck here? What was his excuse for you? You fling papers, ink bottles, anything that's left on the desk onto the floor. When you've finished your destructive fit, you storm out of the room. You have to check on Jasper.*

(Liz is very willing to kill an old man with her bare hands))

(I can see that)

*But when you go through the unfinished hallway back to where you two fell in, Jasper was gone. There were a couple smears and a trail of ink, you follow the trail of ink to a door labeled “FILM VAULT”*

*You look around the supposed 'Film Vault.' It's much less a vault and much more a room with a few boxes and tapes. You get a bit off track looking at them all, but none are all that outstanding like the reel Jasper described*
"Nothing's here."

"Oh no..." *You open the film vault door, walls drenched in fresh ink, as if the room had just been emptied* "Jasper?"

*You continue to walk the halls until you find the actual Film vault which was open. You see Jasper in the middle of the room, panting. His left arm has went back to normal but the room looked like a complete mess of ink and other debris*

"Oh thank goodness, Jasper. You scared me half to death!"

*You look around the mess of the room* "Did... you do this?"

*Jasper frowns and rolls his eyes*

“I’m not the one who’s dyin’, ya fool! It will be you dyin’ if ya don’t get outta the way! Ima teach the Ink demon who’s the real boss here!”

*you notice a strange aura surrounding Jasper as ink particles start to float around Jasper*

*You put together what he means. Slowly, you back out of the way. Your limbs let you.*

"Be careful."

*Is all you can manage to say*

*Jasper limped forward as his ink continued to drip on the floor. You could see that Jasper was starting to transform into something more…savage. Meanwhile The Ink Demon was giving a chase as Henry kept running around the glass pipes.*

*You cling tighter to the reel. Do you make a run for it? Get Henry out of there? Everything in you urged for you to just run, just escape on your own, but you couldn't do that.*

"Henry, before you freak out, all this is completely normal!" *You call, crouching down in the corner*

*Henry takes notice that Jasper, who has fully transformed into a monster was coming closer and Henry starts to make a bolt out to avoid The Ink Demon and Jasper.*

*Soon it became a brawl between the Ink Demon and “Ink” Jasper*

*They have a tussle and Jasper manages to slam The Ink Demon into a glass pipe which shatters*

Henry: “I-Is that Jasper!? W-Why is he a monster now!?”

"I have no idea. It happens if he gets badly hurt. I think it's some sort of extreme self-defense instinct."

*You duck back as the pipe shatters, a shard of glass grazing your arm. You flinch at the pain and look down at the cut. Black. Completely black.*

"He hasn't locked onto us. It's best we keep it that way. Stay low."

*Henry nods as he ducks behind a couple crates, watching as Jasper beats the ink demon senseless. You weren’t sure if your ears were deceiving you, but you could hear Jasper ranting on and screaming at the ink demon*

"Heck is he saying?"

*You lean in, straining to hear past the roaring and grinding. You very carefully step closer*

*You could barely hear anything but the sentences that stuck out to you the most was: “I don’t want to be you anymore”, “This is your fault”, and “let me go”.*

*The Ink demon then gained the upper hand and threw Jasper into another glass pipe, shattering it*

"Oh absolutely not."

*You force yourself to stand, handing Henry the reel begrudgingly. You almost have to pry your hand off of it. You run towards the ink demon.*

"Put him the hell down! You think I'm scared of you?" *Yes, you absolutely are* "He's not even worth killing!"

*Jasper went up to a nearby ink puddle, he took his unaffected hand and put his fingers into the ink puddle and licked it, like he was some sort of detective, tasting the ground for clues and such*

“Yup. Tastes like ink was spilled here not too long ago if ya know what I mean.”

*he forgets for a moment that his fingers were covered in ink*

“Oooh! Blackberry jam!”

*he takes another lick at the ink*

*gag* “NOPE! I FORGOT THIS WAS INK-“

*You cackle, dropping the wrench with a heavy bang* "You have no object permanence, do you?"

*Catching your breath, you carry on your search for the thick ink* "No swollen searchers here. This place is a ghost town in more ways than one."

“Yeah, I wonder what happened here…”

*he picks up the wrench you dropped*

“MAYYYBE I’ll save this for later!”

"Good idea." *You nod* "Should we move on? I don't think this place has much else. And definitely not what you need."

*Jasper nods*

“Let’s take the creepy hallway with unstable boards over there!”

*You shrug*

"Seems very safe. I'm certain nothing's ever gone wrong there." *You begin down the hallway*

*they walk a few steps into the hallway*

“Woah! Be careful! There’s a huge hole there!”

*You jump back just before stepping into the hole*

"Jeez!" *You yelp, trying to regain your footing* "How are we gonna get across now?"