D.E.M.O.N.S: Getting Summoned Weekly isn't so Bad

--- Sylvie ---

Sylvie sucked on the water she'd been provided as she took in the information on display. Apparently Alice had been right when she'd pointed out that Haunted Hill had a museum. Nobody else was around yet, it was just there group and a rather surprised employee that had been smoking out the front.

They'd quickly put that away and ran behind the counter when they appeared and Sylvie felt a little bad for causing the extra hassle… but honestly if you were going to smoke in a theme park near a bunch of guests? They deserved a bit of a scare.

Sylvie had read up on what that gunk did to you and it was awful. Worse, at least in her opinion, was that it happened to be nearly as bad for the people around you. She wasn't really at risk here. They were outside and the girl had put away the cigarette before they'd even got close but it was the principle of thing. Sylvie sucked down more water. *Honestly.

If they'd seen the pictures that I've seen she probably wouldn't be smoking. Lung cancer is horrific, and looking at a smokers lungs is possibly worse. I don't know how people can live like that. I do not CARE how addictive that stuff is. The results of it are scarier then the rest of this park zone.*

Regardless of Sylvie's internal complaints, the museum was quite nice and it was even nicer without people around. Despite being tucked away in a corner of Haunted Hill that clearly didn't see too much foot traffic. It was through a graveyard set piece and off to the side of one of the haunted houses after all. It still seemed to be in good shape.

However was in charge of the place clearly had a passion for it. There was dioramas all over the place showing the various stages of the parks growth. They had relics from the few fires the place had had as well as old and new blueprints for a lot of the rides. Once of which Alice was staring at gobsmacked.

Penny was sitting next to her with a notebook in hand and seemed to be writing out calculations. Sylvie didn't know if they were relevant calculation or not, but she wouldn't be too surprised either way. Her friends were great in a lot of ways. Sylvie appreciated that they weren't dumb at all. They were both really smart, easily edging into the genius category…

But Sylvie did find that it wasn't quite the same as herself. While she did have some medical leanings, that was more from interesting then skill. Alice and Penny had found their place and dove in head first. The amount they knew about most other things suffered as a result. Alice could at least pretend to be normal for a bit but Penny… not so much.

Oh Sylvie knew she wouldn't trade those two for anything. She hadn't even known them for a year but already she was sure they were bound to be friends for decades, if not their entire lives. The mental stimulation she got form conversations with them could only be matched by few others such as Callisto and sometimes Lily.

Kat not so much, but that was fine, her big sister could be adorable and naïve a lot of the time. Plus she was good with people, and very caring. Like Vivian!

Sylvie shook those thoughts away. Now wasn't the time to worry about Kat and Lily. They were off saving a whole world! That was sure to be a great story when they came back. For now it was time to enjoy the museum. Especially when that ache at missing those two was mostly absent these days.

Kat was busy, that was true, but Sylvie also felt it was true she didn't NEED Kat's presence the way she used to. Callisto and Vivian had helped fill that hole. Even if Vivian was also away a bunch.

Sylvie shook her head again and put away her water bottle. She was still letting her thoughts wonder. Perhaps it was because she'd been staring at this old painting for ten minutes at this point, but Alice and Penny didn't seem to be ready to move on and she'd seen this section twice over.

"Guess I'll go back to the dioramas…" mumbled Sylvie after one more glance at the other two. Let them have their fun.

--- Sylvie --- (About an hour later)

"Why did I let myself get talked into this?" grumbled Sylvie as she was strapped into the harness for the drop.

"Because you wish to understand the forces of gravity more completely?" offered Penny. "That was part of my own reasoning. I have not had many chances to truly understand the effects such a drop has on the human body,"

Sylvie wanted to glare at her friend for having such a reasonable answer, not thinking for even a second that it did not, in fact, count as a reasonable answer. Callisto was chuckling off to the side while Vivian gave them all a grin. Alice was practically bouncing in place, "Well I wanted to try it out because the line was basically non-existent so I thought we might as well?"

Sylvie went to retort when the machine shuddered into motion. She clicked her mouth shut not wanting to have any issues. She let out a long breath through her nose. *It's all in your head. Fear reactions are not necessarily rational but you got to listen to all of the statistics before this.

The risks are miniscule, we're already on the thing, and this ride has a lower rate of accidents then most for some reason. This is not the time to freak out.*

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Sylvie reached the top of the ride.

There was a moment of weightlessness.

Then the group started to fall. Somewhere was screaming. Or was everyone screaming? It sounded like it was coming from everywhere. Oh. Sylvie realised.

She was screaming.

--- Sylvie --- (Like a minute later)

Sylvie stumbled her way out of the harness as Callisto supported her and she glared at her friends. Somehow, despite everything Alice's hair was perfect, and Penny's was too short to realise get messed up. Her own hair though? A mess. Somehow the wind had blown it every which way and she wanted nothing more than to fight with it for a while until her hair was back in a semblance of order.

Sadly, they'd be holding up the line so she let herself be supported by Callisto as they exited the area.

"That was great!" cheered Alice. "I wonder what you could crush with drop force like that?"

"Less then you'd think," said Penny 'helpfully' "The carriage is rather large and the weight of the landing would be distributed over a significant surface area. If you perhaps added a cutting edge to the bottom or just a section that jutted out you could probably get decent results but I'd have to check the math,"

*God dammit. I take back what I thought earlier. My friends are crazy. They have the worst ideas!*

--- Sylvie --- (Thirty Minutes Later)

The group was inside the more 'kid friendly' haunted house and were all having a good time examining the contraptions. Sylvie understood why it was considered 'kid friendly' and most of that came down to the fact that you could still see everything. It was more of a funhouse with a horror theming covering the top.

Currently Sylvie was enjoying bouncing herself up and down in front of a funhouse mirror, where that little bit of extra height somehow let her transition from short and square to super tall. *My friends have the BEST ideas. I'm so glad we went to this attraction.*

Alice and Vivian were having a similar amount of fun. Vivian was enjoying a mirror that made it look like her boobs were huge… but was instead crouched down to make it look like she had a nose larger then an elephant. Alice was having fun as well, though she was having more fun making odd shapes with her hands in front of the mirror and seeing how it was messed with. Callisto and Penny? Not so much.

They'd brought out a pen and notebook and were whispering about something.

A few groups of teens had walked past them, without seeming impressed with the room. Sylvie had no idea why, this was GREAT. Sure it was just some mirrors with a few light tricks, but they had a surprisingly large variety of visual effects and it was just… funny to mess around with them.

--- Sylvie --- (A bit over an hour later)

"No," said Sylvie firmly as they stood outside a roller coaster called the 'Terror Coaster' "I do not want to get on that,"

"That's fine," said Vivian. "You can wait here with Callisto if you want. And Penny as well I suppose? This is Alice's idea after all and the line seems to be moving at a decent pace. You guys could also check out the giftshop over there, or maybe the painting place down the road if that sounds interesting?"

"I'll go on the ride," added Penny.

Sylvie bit her lip as she looked between her two friends and Vivian before letting out a sigh. "I guess I'll come on the ride…"