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Second, the horror:
This concept is a little different, but may have been done before (I don't know, not being a very good fan). It's also a part of that whole "soft crossover" deal I do, mainly with Persona 3.

This story centers around two things, the time between midnight and midnight and one second, called the Dark Hour (yes, stolen from Persona 3), and a thing I made up (or at least, I think I made up) called a Century Item.

Now, the Dark Hour was created via an experiment gone wrong some twenty years ago, again, by a Millennium Item holder who, although he could not harness the ability of whatever item he had at the time, did catch a teensy glimpse of the Shadow Realm and instead of running a mile like any sane person would do, decided, "Hey, wouldn't that be a great electricity source?" So he set up an experiment where he tried to use machines to simulate that power and, well... there was an explosion... and stuff got destroyed... and the Dark Hour was created.

What is the Dark Hour, other than something that occurs at a certain time? Well, for starters, no modern technology works during the Dark Hour. That's why it's, well, dark. Second, all the water (even the stuff you can't see) turns to blood. Third, that's when monsters show up. Now, these are incredibly weak monsters, but still a bit of a challenge for a defenseless citizen... So, everyone except some exceptionally unlucky folks are "transmogrified" into coffins for that time period. And even people who survive the Dark Hour end up forgetting it like a bad dream. Oh, and as the moon gets fuller, the monsters get stronger. Going out during Dark Hour on a full moon night is an incredibly bad idea. You're almost guaranteed to get killed without some special protection.

Now for Century Items. As you can guess, a Century Item is an object that is magically powerful and created by a Millennium Item holder. Century Items do not have the insanely strong, Shadow Realm-binding abilities of the originals. Rather, they are either "blessed" or "cursed" (known in Egypt as being Black or White, respectively). Even in more recent times, new Century Items appear (usually created by malicious M.I. holders like Melik) with various interesting but not comparatively strong powers. Sometimes, Century Items are "broken", which means they accidentally came in contact with the Shadow Realm at some point and can drag their owners into the Dark Hour every night, whether they are good or bad.

One example of a "white" or cursed Century Item is the infamous Monkey's Paw. For those of you who don't know or can't remember what that is, it's the paw of a monkey capable of granting three (or, in my version, five) wishes. However, these wishes are always twisted around so that they go badly for the wisher. This was intended to teach nosy or envious people not to mess with fate and be grateful for what they have.

Now, the OC in question owns a "black", or blessed, Century Item from ancient times (but doesn't realize it or really even care). Her item is a stone knife, but it can turn into a sword or pole arm depending on the situation. However, her item is also "broken", and every night, she has "nightmares" about the Dark Hour, and wakes up after midnight, unable to sleep. But this doesn't come up until MUCH later.

The story starts around High Obon, a time when ghost stories are popular in Japan. Yuugi and Co. have gotten together to swap ghost stories, per tradition, and the story of the school once being destroyed in an explosion and rebuilt comes up. Of course, everyone knows the story (and every school has its share of "mysteries" ), but it's Obon, and the whole story must be retold. So it's explained that some mysterious explosion happened at the school some twenty years ago, and while about ten or so adults died, none of the students were killed (though many went to the hospital). It was far too large to be a chemistry lab explosion, or so they say, and the cause of the explosion remains unknown to this very day...

Another of the stories is about a "revenge website", where you just type in someone's name and the very next day, your revenge has been gotten. No questions asked, no getting your hands dirty... It turns out later that it's run by Strega and they use their items with "un-transmog" abilities to carry out the hits during Dark Hour.

Anyway, they start a project in which they investigate the mysteries of the school, and at some point become aware of Dark Hour. My OC remains a relatively minor character until then, only showing up occasionally and not doing much. Eventually, they run into each other during Dark Hour, and the group Strega shows up... and stuff happens...

Oh, and my OC gets to die a senseless death for the sake of plot advancement.

*takes in both the story plots*
tht sounds amazin.

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