Forget all your troubles

[grimgrinningghosts]

[You wake up and instantly realize something is wrong.

There is a vague feeling of dread hanging in the air and, as comfortable as this bed is, there’s just something off about everything, even before you open your eyes. The dread only grows when you open your eyes and realize that you are in a completely unfamiliar room. One that has clearly seen better days at that.

As you explore your room, you will soon find a bedroom key resting on the dresser along with a note]

Welcome, esteemed guest, to our humble abode. We hope that you enjoy your stay in this Phantom Manor, as we expect you to stay with us for a very long time.

Feel free to make yourself at home as you enjoy what this manor has to offer, whether it’s the library, our projection room, or our famous wax museum. We’re sure you will find great joy

However, before you can get too comfortable, we ask you to please come to the portrait gallery at noon so we can discuss your stay here.

We eagerly await to meet you.

-Your Host

[The uncomfortable feeling doesn’t let up as you leave the safety of your bedroom. The manor seems old and decrepit, almost like it would fall over at the slightest breeze. Despite that, anyone who tries to escape will soon realize that the walls are unusually sturdy, and there are no doors that would seemingly lead to the outside world.

Still, at least you’re not alone in this scenario, if the other bedroom doors are any indications. Maybe there are a few more people coming out of their bedrooms too, so you have someone to talk toif you want to try to figure out what's going on. But if the 30 bios in the foyer hall are any indication, whoever has you here did not do this on accident. Whatever you’re here for, it seems like you’re here for a reason.

But hey, what’s the use of being pessimistic about this? Maybe it’s all an innocent situation… right?]

Comments

[lostbutnotaboy]

[Haaa you say that Freddie, but she's actually considering the logic of that.]

No, but I thought I had already left it by now. I suppose it is worth a shot...

[She closes her eyes, expression slowly looking more concentrated by the minute.]

[faciliheir]

Happy thoughts? I'll join you.

[stealing something really cool... dunking Audrey's head into a punch bowl... jazz... Allie's laugh...]

Is it working any?

[lostbutnotaboy]

[Home... Her mother, Danny... her father coming home...

By now her face is scrunched up with how hard she's trying to think happy thoughts. When she finally deigns to open her eyes, she's instantly disappointed.]

Ugh, I'm afraid not. It looks like maybe Tinkerbell's pixie dust wore off.

[Maybe. She's not entirely sure about the mechanics of it, or how everything here works.]

[faciliheir]

[shrugs] It happens. I'm not sure flying would help too much around here, anyway.

[lostbutnotaboy]

Not if we're inside, of course. We'd have to get out of here to do it. Is there a door around here? Or maybe a window?

[She hasn't seen everything... yet.]

[faciliheir]

"Getting out of here" is a pretty literal problem at the moment, ma petite. There's no doors or windows here. At all.

[lostbutnotaboy]

...No doors? At all?

[She crosses her arms, almost wanting to laugh.]

Is that some kind of joke? How would we even get in here without a door?

[faciliheir]

You just tried to fly, but your first thought isn't immediately "some sort of magic trapped us here?"

[lostbutnotaboy]

Well...! [she stops.

And thinks.]

...I'm still not all that used to magic. How should I know what's possible and what isn't?

[faciliheir]

Generally, if something impossible's happened? Magic did it. And if it's something like trapping people, it's black magic. No good fairies involved.

[lostbutnotaboy]

No good faeries involved... [She frowns, thinking.]

What I wouldn't give to have Tinkerbell around, right now.

[faciliheir]

Oh, yeah, that's definitely what this situation needs. A sparkly gnat getting all up in everyone's business.

[lostbutnotaboy]

She could help.

[Somehow.]

[faciliheir]

Tinkerbell has never helped anyone in her life.

[lostbutnotaboy]

She just helped me free Peter from Captain Hook. Not even a few hours ago.

[faciliheir]

Anyone worth helping, then.

[lostbutnotaboy]

Excuse you?

[Yeah she'll square up to this girl. What.]

And just what is that supposed to mean?

[faciliheir]

Exactly what it sounds like.

[lostbutnotaboy]

Just because you seem to know about Neverland and all that doesn't mean you have the right to be rude. I don't even know who you are.

[Nevermind that their profiles are right there.]

[faciliheir]

It's cute of you to defend your little boyfriend like that.

[lostbutnotaboy]

What.

[She just stares, the arithmetic floating before her face almost visible.]

Oh. Now I get it, you're just crazy.