Iron Mansion Trouble! or That Time a Flying Sandwich Changed Fate![Event]

Halloween was still a sort of newish thing to Rhia, while it might have been practiced in Ca-Elum, her hometown didn't participate at all.  She did really like the aesthetic, except for all the skeletons, those made her skin crawl.  Since she entered the city earlier that day, she’s been dragged into several shops by hawkers, seen large street performances and bought too much stuff… It's been one sight after another, but one particular thing kept calling her.  A sign that seems to be posted everywhere, and as far as she could tell, ignored by everyone.  She had no intention of going,  but there were just so many signs.  As she turned down another street sure as the sun, another sign:


”Have I been following these signs?” It seemed to be pointing to the multi-level building just down the street, most of the windows were boarded up, some of the metal inner frame jutted out of the brick facade, the structure looked out of place among all these mre squared buildings on the street. And seemingly nailed above the front door was a painted piece of wood with the word ‘HAUNTED’ painted on it in red. Huh no line lucky me. She was unsure just when she decided doing this was a smart idea but she was very much committed now.  The large, spotless glass door swung freely open as she entered the lobby and closed soundlessly behind her, blocking off all light from outside.  Her arms crawled with goosebumps, she pushed the feeling aside and took the room in. Velvet ropes covered in cobweb led a queue through the room up to an unmanned box office, two tickets sitting on the counter.

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Once again, Akio found himself traveling the world hunting for fugitive mages from the Pergrande Empire. Under other circumstances, he might have welcomed the chance to explore the world and see the sights. However, as the circumstances always seemed to involve entering enemy nations, it was surprisingly hard to relax.

Today was not different.

Halloween, or really most holidays, did not excite the Imperial Paladin. He could understand the appeal for children, but he would much rather be relaxing at home with tea and a book. Instead he was tracking a smuggler to the port city of Reinford. The fugitive this time had arrived on a separate boat earlier in the day, and had apparently holed up in an abandoned mansion. Or at least the mansion was supposed to be abandoned.

The copious amount of advertisements leading to it and the somewhat suspect sign hanging above it led him to believe it had been converted into a Haunted House. It made some sense, it would be cheaper to use an already decrepit building rather than decorate a nice one. Whether this meant his smuggler had gone elsewhere or was using the house for cover, he had no idea. Well, as he did not have any other leads there was no choice but to enter.

Once he was through the glass door, he was surprised by it closing and cutting off the light from outside. It was a curious effect, which could only mean magic of some kind was involved. This immediately put him on his guard, though he left the blades strapped under his coat in their sheaths, hidden for now.

Inside he spotted a woman who he first thought might be part of the haunted house. When he saw that she seemed out of place, he changed her identity to possibly being a reveler come for some fun. Moving up to her, he gave a slight Midian bow and let his accent come through a bit stronger, as he usually did when undercover. “Greetings, I take it you are also here to enjoy this haunted house attraction? I am Akio.”

Then he looked around and spotted a pair of tickets waiting for them. Another strange occurrence, though perhaps he should start considering that the normal for such an event. “Well, it would seem we need these to continue.”

Upon picking up the ticket, a doorway opened at the end of the lobby. Obviously this was where they were meant to go. When he entered, he found the strangest party he had ever encountered, being held by what appeared to be… ghosts? A chill ran down his spine when he saw them, only for the twinge of fear to be dispelled once they started talking.

“Yoooooooo!” one of the ghosts yelled. “Welcome to our humble abode dude and dudette. You’re just in time for that dance off! Come on, show us your moves. We’re not letting you through otherwise, you dig?”

Unsure of what to do in this situation, Akio turned to look at his companion.

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Slowly walking through the lobby, Rhia brushed her fingertips on the velvet ropes. As she arrived at the box office and before she could decide what to do with the tickets, the silence of the room was broken by another visitor.  Oh, he’s one of those southerners, how do they work again? Her thoughts were cut off by his introduction. [color=#d1c1f2]”Oh! I-I guess? Hi um, Mr. Akio, Most people call me Rhia, but if You prefer Ms. Le’Stae works too.”[color=undefined] She nodded and followed him into the next room.

More goosebumps, she saw ghosts in this room, they can’t be real. Well, at the very least they shouldn’t be malevolent and now a dance invite? She blinked a couple times as Akiogave her a look, while his face didn’t say it, she knew he was trying to say: ‘you do it’. She took a deep breath and silently sighed before stepping into the ‘crowd’, at the last second she grabbed Akio’s hand to drag him in too.

”Just follow my lead”  She slid herself around to Akio’s back, miming drawing a gun, her hand shaped into a pistol, from her hip, she held it with both hands at face level, gun hand pointed into the air.  When the next song started she hip checked Akio and attempted to match her movements to the beat, spinning her right arm counterclockwise while moving into a kneeling pose, facing left of her start.  Then she started pretending to shoot ghosts, slowly standing as she fanned her shots to the right.  After the final shot, now fully standing, she mimed spinning a pistol by the trigger guard before going into a one handed cartwheel, her cape fanned itself in the process looking like the wheel hub. She dumped the imaginary cartridges while inverted. Both arms shot to the side as she came to a stop, then the next beat hit, her elbows pointed out to the side, she snapped her left hand to her belt and her right behind her head, followed by a small jump, hands straight to her sides and landing with ehr ‘gun’ in the holster on her hip and her left hand pointing at Akio. She just now noticed he was not really following her movements. She took that moment to cover her look of surprise by pretending to be shot, her hands went to the ‘wound’ on her chest. Rhia stumbled a couple steps, and fell backwards into a roll. Halfway through the maneuver she kicked her feet out and flexed her neck to spring back to her feet, her elbows fully extended to the side but fingers touching by her chin, she smiled and tilted her head at the ghost who invited the dance.

“Whoa! Dudes! Whoaaaa…” The ghost exclaimed before fading into mist, the music in the room went suddenly silent, and the rest of the ghosts poofed back into the ether.  What was a messy room full of snacks and drinks was now a nondescript grey room with a single light source hanging from the ceiling, the only hint of the previous party was her own sweat, and the faint smell of stale beer hanging in the air.  ”What? She looked around seeing only a single doorway to exit the room, her movements left her slightly disoriented as to where the entrance was. ”I guess that’s the next room?”

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