what if Blood Drive is literally just a blood drive

no death, no heavenly host, no spirits

just all of the characters donating blood

what if that was the entire game

how would the fandom even react

onii-chan : big brother

Kara glanced around and whimpered. After looking for Deja and Dev, they had stopped to read a news article they had found. Normally they would just leave it, but a message had been scratched into the ground next to it. It was sloppy and hard to read, but it said something about truth and paper.

Charred set the newspaper on a desk and began to read aloud. Holes were punched in random places and specks on blood littered the old paper.

"[Heavenly Post]'Breaking News: Serial Kidnapping Ends In Murder

'The good name of Heavenly Host Elementary School has been stained in blood today as horrific details on the recent wave of disappearances are revealed. Over the past month, numerous children have gone missing within the town, and authorities quickly turned to kidnapping as the most likely explanation. Now investigators have located the whereabouts of these children, and their findings are far worse than anyone could've anticipated. The bodies of the absconded youths were discovered within the Heavenly Host Elementary School building on September 18th, 1973 at around 7:00 PM. Authorities further revealed that a male instructor from the school was found with them, alive but near-catatonic, holding a pair of bloodied scissors. Each of the corpses appeared to have had its tongue sev_ed and remove_ique mutilations far too grot_g to describe."

Kara held her eyes closed and muttered, "... but how are we in Heavenly Host?"

Charred looked down and sighed. "I don't know, it was torn down ages ago... I guess part wasn't torn down?"

Kara tugged on his arm and shook her head. "Let's just go find the others..."

He nodded and folded the paper and put it in his pocket and they walked out the door. Several more corpses littered the hall, but at least now they could expect it. She stopped and stared at a head that had been carved out like a pumpkin and shuddered. A small, mostly melted candle inside gave out a small amount of light.

She looked up as a loud thunk and the sound of water dripping sounded from around the corner.

Charred stopped and stared as a man a bit older than him walked in front of them. The man looked them over before saying, "Have you seen any other students my age, and with the same school colors?" He asked as he pointed at the blue crest on his jacket.

"I'm sorry, but we haven't seen anyone else."

"That's too bad..." He mused. "I hope they're okay..." He turned and started walking again, then turned his head and spoke. "I don't know if you know this, but there are ghosts here."

"Ghosts?"

"Ghosts of children, mostly. They seem to attack on sight, and if you make eye-contact you'll be paralyzed."

"Sounds horrible." Charred mumbled.

"There was a ghost our age as well, but she seemed harmless. She gave me some advice before vanishing. She had a purple jacket tied around her waist, and a pentagon hair clip. If you see her, try to find out something useful." He looked forward and started walking again with a hand in his pocket and the other at his side.

Kara pulled on Charred's shirt again and whined, "We have to get to the others before they run into anything..."

"You're right. Let's get to Dev and Deja first, since we know they're in the area. I hope those idiots haven't gotten themselves killed yet, I can't believe I actually let them go off alone..."

Deja sneezed and rubbed her nose.

"Hey," Dev smiled and turned to look at her through the corner of his eye. "Someone must be talking about you."

Deja grunted and flicked her hand. Dev sighed and looked around. "So where do you think we are?"

She tapped her chin thoughtfully and looked up. "No idea. Guess we should find Romeo and Juliet before they get too far away."

"Romeo and Juliet?"

Deja wiggled her eyebrows in response.

"What do you even know about relationships?"

"Well I read a lot of fanfiction and watch some anime, so I have a rough idea." She replied as she put her hands on her hips and leaned back.

"Ah-huh..."

Deja shoved him and started walking do a nearby door. "Hey, was this here earlier?"

"Hmm?"

"Stop 'hmm'ing and check it out. There was some smokey shit and now there's a door." She pressed her ear to it and waited.

"Sounds like rain." She muttered. Turning the knob and walking out, she stared for a moment before shaking her head. "There's an entire second wing..."

She held the door and they both walked outside. It was a small, fenced in walkway to a second wing of Heavenly Host. Rain pounded angrily on the roof and there was a large forest surrounding the area. Dev leaned on the railing and sighed. "These woods look like they go on forever..."

As he was squinting at a moving fog, Deja suddenly jumped back into him. "H-hey! What was that for!?"

"Look, dickhead!"

His eyes followed where she pointed and he saw the body of someone laying in the rain. He recognized it as Jack, one of the students he did the charm with. Without thinking, Dev attempted to jump the fence before he saw a small girl walking towards him from the forest. More than half of her head was missing, and various matter dripped out as she took each step. Just as he was about to turn away, his muscles seized up and he couldn't move.

After a few moments, Deja snapped out of her daze and yanked him down. She shoved him into the first wing and shut the door behind him. Dev felt himself starting to loosen up, but only slightly.

Deja slumped down against the wall and rested her chin on her knees. "You owe me big-time, you little shit."

A purple aura swirled in front of her and she leaned farther against the wall. A small girl in a red dress materialized and stared at Deja.

"Uh," Deja squirmed backwards as if she was trying to merge into the wall. "H-hello? Who are you?"

"Are you and onii-chan Dev okay?"

"Onii...? Yeah, I think we're both fine..."

The girl looked at her feet and smiled. "That's good."

Deja sat up and crossed her legs. "So who are you?"

Instead of answering, the raven-haired marauder skipped up to Dev, who was laying on the floor and staring into space. She checked some of his pockets before turning back to Deja. "Do you guys have any snacks on you, by any chance?"

"I have a few pocky sticks, if you'd like."

"What are pocky sticks?"

Deja reached into her pockets and chuckled. "You really never had one? They're these chocolate stick things that are really- Aha!" She jumped and held the chocolate snack up, causing the spirit to hop backwards. "Here you go, little buddy!"

She took the stick out of Deja's hand and scowled. "Not little, you-"

"Hm?"

"Nothing." She let her legs go limp and flopped onto the floor to enjoy her treat. After a few sticks, Deja smiled. "I assume you like them?"

"Yeah!" Came her muffled shout. "They're really good!"

Dev started to stir and the girl dispersed into a few shreds of light that soon escaped into a crack in the roof. He started to sit up, then grabbed at his side. "Nghk...! W-what happened!?"

Deja looked down and shrugged. "You looked at this... thing... Whatever was out there, and stopped moving. I pulled you in and you just stared off for god knows how long. I don't even think you blinked."

"That would explain why my eyes are on fire..." He mumbled as he rubbed his eyes and laid back down.

"Alright, you rest up for a bit. I'm not going anywhere..."

this chapter was a lil rushed since Blood Drive was ready to be played at about 3/4 the way through. ahhhhh im so excited time to see if its literally a blood drive~