Introduction

[grimgrinningghosts]

[You wake up in a bed.

A rather comfy bed, but as you open your eyes, you realize that this room is not one you’ve ever been in before. And even the most villainous of you should notice that something is immediately very off by how morbid your room looks. While generally clean, it looked dark and like it was a part of a very old house.

And that “Rest in Peace” throw pillow really isn’t doing the room any favors.

Meanwhile, on the dresser on top of your new notebook, there is also a message:]

When the clock strikes 13 o’clock. You must all meet in the stretching room for a special announcement.

[Well, it would be rude to refuse an invitation, right?

As soon as you leave your room, you notice a stark difference between the bedroom and the rest of the building. It looked like it hadn’t been kept up in ages, and it shows with how everything is caked in dust or covered in cobwebs. But judging by the other bedroom doors, possibly with other people peering out at the same time you, at least you’re not alone in this strange situation.

As you explore the rest of the first floor of the mansion, you’ll come to realize that, besides the bedrooms, the whole place is rather decrepit and dimly lit. While all rooms may provide a great interest in you, the the bios of all your foolish mortals might be useful to you, especially if you enjoy finding out how much your new captor has learned about you.]

Comments

[nobodyperfect]

That sounds pretty interesting. Does anyone know who lived there?

The castle is... It's cool. The guards are rough though.

[He'll not mention that they literally threw him out at least once.]

[outsidethecircle]

A new family moved in and I met someone who lived there before.

[Oops. She kind of let that slip.]

They are?

[nobodyperfect]

Was it a ghost?

[Old house, lived there before, plus the current scenario has ghosts on the mind. The building they are in, is creepy.]

Yeah! They threw me out!

[outsidethecircle]

Marnie's not a ghost!

[Hey. She's totally not a ghost. She's a real girl.]

...Ouch.

[nobodyperfect]

Marnie's the one who lived in the house, huh? What's she like?

[He shrugs at the comment.]

I just got a little scraped up.

[outsidethecircle]

She's.. [Well, how would one explain someone like Marnie?] Mischievous. The kind of person who'd stand up on purpose while in a rowboat or jump off things too high just for the sake of doing them. First time I met her she was sneaking out at night in her nightdress.

[...]

I guess that's okay if you weren't hurt too badly.

[nobodyperfect]

Sounds like fun!

[Says the guy who picks fights with randos and breaks into inhabited buildings.]

Nah, I'm ok. But my pride isn't! I'll have to sneak in again!

[outsidethecircle]

It is.

[He'd like her. ...not that Anna wants to share.]

Don't do that!

[nobodyperfect]

Eh? Why not?

[Despite his words, he's smiling, not disappointed looking.]

[outsidethecircle]

Since getting beaten up isn't exactly a good thing.

[Don't be a dummy!]

[nobodyperfect]

They don't beat me up. They're way too big to fight! They just kinda grab me and chuck me out the door.

[outsidethecircle]

Why did you even go in there, then?

[nobodyperfect]

[He chuckles.]

Because I'm not supposed to, mostly.

[outsidethecircle]

That's not a good reason.

[nobodyperfect]

Why does your friend do anything?

[outsidethecircle]

For the sake of--well, I don't think she'd break into someone's house! That's different.

[nobodyperfect]

It's not a house, it's a castle!

[outsidethecircle]

That doesn't mean you can go in it without asking.

[nobodyperfect]

But they've got to be guarding something worthwhile! Why put guards to watch over nothing?

[outsidethecircle]

Maybe someone does live there and they want privacy?

[nobodyperfect]

Well, people do live there, but that's not where I want to investigate.

[outsidethecircle]

That's probably why there's guards there, though.

[nobodyperfect]

Maybe. I think what I'm after is more likely, though.

[He looks left, then right, before leaning forward and whispering.]

I think the castle has a secret lab.

[outsidethecircle]

A lab?

[What are you even talking about?]

[nobodyperfect]

Yeah! The guys in there, who aren't guards, always go around in lab coats, so there must be a reason! And I found science papers in a trash can once!