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

[heartofold]

Impolite?! That's nothing compared to asking people to kill one another!

[Okay Sophie calm down.

Remembering his tone...]

...you don't like it either, do you? If you want something from someone, this isn't the way to get it. If you ask, maybe we can help you.

[yourghosthost]

Tch. Perhaps I just don't like the idea of cleaning mortal blood off the carpet.

[heartofold]

Then don't invite people to murder in your house! Besides-- it's not like anything outside of those rooms has been cleaned for years. I highly doubt you're worried about a thing like that.

[BY THE WAY YOUR HOUSE IS FILTHY JSYK]

[yourghosthost]

The cobwebs and grime are an aesthetic choice. The spirits here like it this way - that's why your rooms are much more to...your mortal standards.

[heartofold]

Then I highly doubt more stains would bother them terribly. So why are you really telling us this? What is it you really want? If you wanted someone to stay here, you could have found someone much easier than all this.

[yourghosthost]

I figured you'd appreciate knowing exactly why you've been gathered here. It's only polite for a Host to greet his Guests.

[heartofold]

I think you mean prisoners.

[This is bad.]

There's no way for us to get out of here alive.

[MURDER IS NOT AN ACCEPTABLE ANSWER]

...but there are others here besides you? Ghosts, I mean.

[yourghosthost]

Quite a number, in fact! You could call me...well, I don't like using the term "leader". I'm the most well-spoken of them.