seasonality ✦ week 5, thursday 👻

[commandertoolbelt]

[ on thursday morning, there are strange signs (except... they’re all misspelled? who did this?) pointing everyone in the direction of winter dorm. follow, and you’ll find that they lead not to the dorm itself (whose doors remain closed and locked), but around the corner of the dorm, where a nice little shack awaits.

it looks quite normal, if you ignore the torn curtains in the windows, and the way the lights flicker from inside. and there’s an odd lack of… well, anyone, as guests approach - though you may see movement out of the corner of your eyes - was there something there? you must have imagined it, because you’re definitely hearing things. the door to the shack gives a loud creak as it opens, all on its own, fog spilling out to pool around your feet. the dim lights within illuminate a nearby sign that reads:

enter if you dare.

(it's not a culture festival without a haunted house! if you’ve ever wanted to be jumpscared by all of winter dorm, now’s your chance!) ]

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[headmt]

[Oh I desperately want to break the seal on this. ENTERING!!! He dares.]

Hello? Ghosts? How's it going.

[katzepaw]

[As Molly turns a corner, there's an extremely loud scream, like some sort of creature in pain, and a shape darts out of the darkness.]

[disreguarded]

[halfway through the maze, there's a body just laying on the ground? right in your pathway, mr. mollymauk.]

[sawboned]

[Molly turns a corner, and there's a....really low effort ghost with too many eyes? did the same child that wrote the signs make this costume?

it's just standing there, still and staring in his direction]

Booooooo........

[duranduel]

[Walking up. Seeing all this?]

[Turning around.]

Nope.

[Someone please yeet him in.]

[katzepaw]

[Caleb is standing outside dressed as. . . a vampire? Maybe? It's a little bit unclear. But he sees Mandi hesitating.]

Ah. A bit afraid to endure the spooks and frights you will find inside? That may be for the best.

[modissty]

[Cultural festivals are so damn weird but HE'S JUST FROWNING AT ALL OF THIS... He dares as well though, so in he goes!!]

Is it alright to be here...?

[Asked aloud to no one in particular except perhaps the ghost of Dimitri The Rat Shack Man, whose shack this clearly is.]

[katzepaw]

[Here is Caleb near the entrance. He may be dressed like a vampire? Something vampire adjacent, for sure.]

That's a very good question. The frights you will find inside. . . I would not recommend you go any further if you are faint of heart.

[silentscout]

[Lalli has already been Warned and will not be going near the haunted house.

But he will sit on the roof of Fall dorm and watch from a distance, waving to anyone who happens to look up and see him. He's still curious, so sue him.]

[katzepaw]

[He's here, dressed like a vampire. He is waving.]

[commandertoolbelt]

[ sends lalli a selfie in full frankenstein makeup ]

[sawboned]

[somehow, the lively activities at the haunted house have distracted lalli enough that he doesn't immediately notice an additional presence on the rooftop that's climbed up from behind

it's....really low effort ghost with too many eyes?

it's just standing there, still and staring in their direction—then, in a low, spooky voice:]

Booooooo........

[feytality]

Hey ghosts, it's ya girl, Maya!

[ she says that but she is afraid of ghosts and will absolutely get jumpscared ]

[disreguarded]

[there's the sound of like... creaking, when she enters. and when she's a few steps in, the door slams behind her and there's a laugh as footsteps go thud thud thudding away into the dark.]

[katzepaw]

[There's the sound, very quietly, of something following her in the dark. If she looks over her shoulder she may see movement just for a moment, but then it's gone.]

[branches]

[I mean he's wandering over to Winter dorm then. He doesn't seem afraid.]

Isn't this in bad taste? We have a bunch of dead people and also Manwol is a ghost.

[steelo]

[ are you going to the back of winter dorm where the shed is? no one's allowed in the dorm currently!

if tsuyukusa chooses to take the spooky path, while he's walking, he might feel like he's being followed. the fog that's rolling through the back of the dorm makes it hard to see.... ]

[foreversweaterweather]

[ stares at this haunted house and. squints. suspiciously.

then enters with no fear! ]

Heyyy, are you guys the ones who swapped the maid cafe to Fall for the haunted house?

[commandertoolbelt]

[ there's no answer, only a shrill scraping noise as a chair seems to move on its own ]

[azuta]

[wow!

she lives here and she looks nervous!]

... we really outdid ourselves...

[miss iris why did help go wholeass on a haunted house when you're easily spooked]

[shaft]

[ hehe ]

[darksubverted]

[THEIR freaking HAUNTED HOUSE!!! He looks over the front of this like :\ because it was supposed to be theirs!

I am so sorry he is a stupid edgy teen who doesn't seem bothered by this. If anyone else wants to make him a meat shield, feel free, but he will mosey inside.]

Show yourselves. You'll have to pay from taking this event from Fall Dorm.

[katzepaw]

[Something is skittering in the darkness. . . it darts away, just barely visible for a moment. It looks like it has many legs, crawling across the ground.]

[lifeless]

[manwol heads straight to the haunted house, but not before posing in front of the shack and taking a selfie. THEN she heads in,]

I'm expecting only the best from all of you.

[DON'T LET HER DOWN!!!]

[refate]

[ the fog seems to roll out from the house, and with the flickering lights, it's hard to see...

... but there's something - or somethings - skittering across the floor, just out of sight. one of them brushes past the backs of her ankles, large and bristly and making a horrible, grinding, chittering noise before it disappears again. ]

[shaft]

[ Kicks open the door (gently), and raises a fist. ]

Come hither, infernal creatures! You'll find that mine spirit is not so easily toppled!

[ Noses around to harass the innocent haunted house workers. ]

[disreguarded]

[well, the door was open, so he kicks into nothing

however, there is a loud GRAAHHHHHGHHHH sound from behind him, once he's inside.]

[overlimit]

[rita shrinks back a little when the door opens, looks around, and is immediately like, nope.]

Wh, what are you guys...

Never mind. This is stupid. I don't want to know.

[disreguarded]

[just, immediately, like banshee wailing in the distance, and the clattering of pots and pans]

[alitaba]

[ Futaba Is Not Going in but she will stand out here and scowl at it. how dare they take our haunted house!!! ]

At least wear maid costumes too, you assholes.

[disreguarded]

[how is she gonna know if they're wearing maid costumes or not if she doesn't go in :\]

1/2

[goalsides]

[he's entering! and he's looking behind him, flashing a grin.]

Are you coming with me or not?

[ghoststrums]

[ he's glaring at the haunted mansion like it will do anything ]

... I keep telling you, haunted mansions are stupid. [ he looks like he has never been tenser in his life as he walks in stiffly ] Why are we even here? Let's go do something else.

[ he hates this so much ]

[amain]

[ Enters out of curiosity! What happens here in ye olde winter rat shack. ]

[commandertoolbelt]

[ the lights continue to flicker, just enough to illuminate the small, dark shape that darts across nier's path. ]