OUR TOUR BEGINS HERE.

[yourghosthost]

[Eventually, no matter your reading comprehension or your sense of time, you all find your way to the stretching room. Once everyone has gathered, the ominous sounds of a clock ring throughout the chamber. The clock strikes 13 times, and the candles in the room light themselves up on their own.

Something...or someone is in the room with you. They make themselves known quickly, with a deep voice that echoes throughout the room.]

When hinges creak in doorless chambers, and strange and frightening sounds echo through the halls; Whenever candlelights flicker where the air is deathly still - that is the time when ghosts are present, practicing their terror with ghoulish delight!

Welcome, foolish mortals, to the Haunted Mansion. I am your host, your... ghost host. Kindly step all the way in please and make room for everyone. There's no turning back now.

[The doors close behind everyone as he speaks, leaving the group stuck in the room until he finishes talking.]

Normally, we spirits don't open our manor up to temporary guests. But desperate times have forced me to extend visitations beyond our usual tours, and residency has been extended to your select group. You shall remain here permanently, unless...

Well.

[...his tone goes slightly darker for a second, with a hint of reluctance. The candlelight dims for just a moment.]

If you end the life of one of your fellow guests without being discovered, you shall be allowed to leave.

[It takes a moment, but the lights return to their normal brightness, and his tone becomes chipper once more.]

Of course, you're more than welcome to stay in the manor as long as you like! Our spirits haven't spent time with the living for a while, so they'll be excited for the change of pace.

Comments

[sixfingeredstan]

That is incredibly unsanitary.

[Literally nobody asked you, Ford.]

[chainbroke]

I-I think that is the least of our worries.

[ wow, she looks really pale! ]

[sixfingeredstan]

What, are you not concerned about the smell of his decaying corpse? I assure you, it's going to be quite unpleasant.

[hello this is ford pines and he is oblivious]

[chainbroke]

N-no, um... I-I mean, it smells terrible, but...

[ does he really not get it... she's way too polite to tell him that, though... ]

[sixfingeredstan]

[He really doesn't i'm so sorry.]

Exactly. Not to mention the bacteria and potential for bodily fluid leaks.

[chainbroke]

[ Oh no now she looks a little green... Ford. ]

A-aren't you worried about, um... why it hasn't been moved? Or how he--?

[sixfingeredstan]

Well, I'd imagine we're the first people to come across him since he died.

[He finally looks at her face and realizes that she looks a bit...not-okay.]

Are you alright?

[chainbroke]

[ She shakes her head, glancing nervously at the body before looking at him again. ]

I've... I've never seen a dead body before.

[sixfingeredstan]

Ah!

[He pats her on the shoulder gingerly.]

Well, there's a first time for everything!

[chainbroke]

[ She stiffens the tiniest bit, but... he doesn't have ill intent toward her, so! ]

I-I'm not sure this is a first I'd want to have...

[sixfingeredstan]

[Don't worry. It doesn't last long. He's really bad at this.]

Well, fair enough. Luckily, it can't hurt you. It's just skin and bones, right?

[chainbroke]

Yes... I suppose so, but...

[ She's not worried about it hurting her...! ]

It... it was a living person. Before.

[ Obvious, but she sounds really uneasy about it. ]

[sixfingeredstan]

It might help to remember that his ghost is right here talking to us.

[chainbroke]

That's true... S-still, I'm not sure I'll be coming into this room very often...

[ ... ]

I've never met a ghost before today, either.

[sixfingeredstan]

It is rather strange, isn't it?

[He sounds far happier about that than he perhaps ought to.]

I believe that today is full of firsts for most of us.

[Not him, really, but most of them!]

[chainbroke]

I think so, too.

[ As long as she can ignore the fact that there's a body it's fine. Everything is fine. ]

Are you a fan of ghosts?

[sixfingeredstan]

Absolutely! I've dedicated my whole life to studying the abnormal. Ghosts included.

[Why wouldn't everything be fine this is normal???]

[chainbroke]

Oh... I see why you're so calm, then.

[ What other kind of abnormal things...... ]

I think there's a place where I'm from that you would like very much.

[sixfingeredstan]

Yes, this is all rather old hat when you've seen some of the things I've seen.

[He perks up in interest.]

You don't say? Go on, I'm listening.

[chainbroke]

It's a place where monsters and spooks come to life... I've never been there, but I've heard stories. There are skeletons, and ghosts, and dolls that have been given life and can walk and talk...

It's a very interesting town.

[sixfingeredstan]

That sounds fascinating. Is that considered normal in your world?

[And more importantly can you take him there]