Mingle post: Haunted House Maze

[hellish_butler]

What: Sebastian opens a haunted-house maze
When: Open for the entire month of October 1 to 31, but the post is open forever. Open in the late afternoons to late nights, the haunted house is closed after midnight. If you visit the house after 9pm, the lights of the house will shut off and the house is completely dark, but flashlights will be given to guests.
Other information: Just put in your subject title if you're OTA or if you want to lock it if you have parties/CR involved in mind! There are convenient NPCs on the premises to serve as actors or security guards. Please don't injure or kill them, they are residents and locals from that valley Sebastian hired to maintain the house and as the manager, he protects them. Otherwise, feel free to accidentally break any props or furniture while on the property, but Sebastian will immediately replace them. More info and house layout on the ooc comm if you have questions to ask!

Video
"Good evening and greetings everyone. I am Sebastian, the butler of the Phantomhive Household. On the behalf of the Earl Phantomhive, I want to announce that we officially open a haunted house to celebrate this month's festivities. There's a fee for admissions so visit us during opening hours. If you have any questions, feel free to ask my staff on the premise or ask me any questions you may have. All are invited and welcome."


Action
The haunted house is a classic Victorian house, a small size manor that is located on a hill where everyone can see the decorations of pumpkins and ghouls being placed on the frontyard. A steep cobblestone step leads up toward the house. The signs outside on the front to make it look ominous and scary with stoney ridgeback gargoyles guarding the front gate.

The house is not really haunted, but Sebastian sure decorates and designed it to look that way. At the front desk, the clerk on duty handed out maps and everyone is given a map of the house's layout upon entry and the map shows the emergency exit signs. If the guests visit after 9pm, the house is completely dark and flashlights will be given to guests.

The house has four levels and the property is categorized into five zones: The first floor, the second floor, the third floor, and the fourth floor which happens to be the attic. The fifth zone is the hedge maze garden which is located in the backyard and is connected to one of the exits.

Comments

[singinghuntress]

Rip was grateful for all the work Alucard was putting into the farm. It was their lively hood and with her preoccupied with their daughter, she wasn't able to help out as much as she would have wanted and as much as that irritated her, she also loved taking care of their little Victoria.

So when it came to the admissions for the haunted house and then being stopped by the man at the front desk, her reaction was one of slight amusement. Already she could sense there was something dark about him and where that did put her on alert with her daughter in her arms, she also had a feeling that he wouldn't attempt anything. Or, if he did, he'd have a very irate mother vampire on his hands.

And where she didn't think she was as strong as her mate, she might just surprise herself when defending her daughter.

"Zhere is nothing in there zhat should scare her or me und even if it does, She's my daughter, zhe fear von't last long. Vho knows, she might even find it as funny as I do."

[vlad_the_impaler]

They had been discussing who is taking turns on the duties of shipment, the harvesting, and the farming. At first, Alucard did expect her to do accounting and keep track of their finances, but eventually over time, he takes more of the work, to give her more time to play and bond with their child, while Alucard learns how to manage his small business, they do have their fair share of who manages their business.

The demon glanced at her for a moment, sensing the same darkness from her. Only because he haven't met a vampire before in his world. To his knowledge, the only vampire literature that was available and recently released in his world was a book called, "Dracula" by Bram Stoker.

However, in the other world where he traveled and lived (Nova City, Genessia), where there was more advanced technology, he has seen quite a number of vampire movies, but the demon thought of them as ridiculous...and yet the vampires and their blood-drinking ways is what makes them all the more admirable, a fearsome creature feasting on humanity terror and fear.

Still, the demon doesn't say anything, and since she insisted, he opens a drawer and over the front desk, there's a paper presented in front of her.

"I won't stop you then. Just read what's on here and sign this paper please. It's a waiver where you released us from liability." He said, in a professional, business-like tone. "However, I think it should be no problem since the actors won't be touching you. But they will be chasing you around...." Then smiling, being friendly. "I suggest you run faster and take care. It's a maze with twist and turns, so don't get lost~."

But he trusts she runs fast, as vampires are known for their agility. The moment she agrees to sign the waiver, he handed her a flashlight and a map with designated exits, which he does for all guests as a courtesy, as she's free to go in, beyond the door that leads to a corridor in complete darkness. "Here you go, just go pass the door and have a fun night."

[singinghuntress]

Then let her educate him on what a vampire can really do, even one as weak as her. So, she signed the waiver that he presented her with it and shifted her infant daughter within her arms with a smirk.

"Perhaps you should varn your crew about getting too close to a vampire mozher and her child." A friendly warning though, she was here to have fun so, chances were whatever they thought was scary, she'd laugh at anyway. Besides, he was right. Rip could run fast and as she stepped into the maze of a haunted house, she felt like she was ready for everything with Victoria in her arms who was already giggling like a happy baby.

[vlad_the_impaler]

Meanwhile, Alucard finished most of the shipment. He doesn't mind the hard work, because carrying hundreds of pounds of crops and put it on the box for the morning guys to pick it up and distribute it to the market, it's good exercise and weightlifting, and hopefully tomorrow, he gets paid.

By his watch, he was 45 minutes late, but he finished his task at last. He wanted to join his wife and mate who went ahead of him. Considering it's a nice, quiet night for them to bond as a family, he got dressed, wearing his best...his red wide-brimmed hat and his red duster coat, and his pair of sunset orange glasses.

He made his way to the haunted house located on a hill, grinning toward it. Maze, huh? Looks like fun, but he doesn't find it scary. But to him, it looks much...classier considering it's a Victorian house made in a Victorian style and that made him reminiscent of his count days. He paid his way in, and being a badass, he didn't bother taking a map or flashlight. Because he's a vampire, he doesn't need them.

At the entrance door, he sent a text to her phone:

"Hey baby, I just got here. Are you somewhere in this house? Shall I go find you? Or...perhaps do you both want to play hide and seek?"

[singinghuntress]

By now, Rip was somewhere deep in the maze, having fun laughing and running from the workers with her daughter in her arms who at first seemed to be frightened of all the spooky things. But, seeing her mother laugh at them quickly started to think everything around them was as funny as she did.

She paused when she felt her phone go off and pulled it out to see the text. It was about time he joined them. Though.. Rip grinned, in very high spirits as she sent a message back.

We're somewhere.. Lets play hide and seek.It'll be fun in a place like this.

[vlad_the_impaler]

Alucard is enliven by the thought of a hide and seek game. With them being natural nocturnal hunters, they're accustomed to find their targets in total darkness. They hunt at night, after all.

Though Alucard don't feel like cheating to use his third eye to find her. That would be too easy. If he did, he could see everyone within the building the same way a night vision goggles will work. Though not that he needs to do that either, because he can detect his targets by smell and sight too without any use of his vision at all, and he can hear the slightest movement and breathing of a living being hiding right behind the corner if Alucard stands completely still and focus his vampiric senses.

He wondered if his own wife trusted him to wait and if he caught her, would she be excited if he did? Still standing by the entrance door, texting back.

Hmm, my dear huntress wants to play. All right. Would you give me a hint in where you're hiding...?Like what's in the room?

[singinghuntress]

Rip was just as enlivened as her husband as she got 'lost' in the haunted house with Victoria in her arms. The babe was getting to experience her mother's skills at evasion and joy first hand as she found a little hiding spot and started to text her dear husband back with a smile on her features.

Your dear huntress always wants to play with her King. We're in a room with plenty of bodies.

From the looks of it, she would get some sort of axe murder butcher's shop or something along those lines.

[vlad_the_impaler]

Alucard took his time at a leisurely pace to go find her hidden in a maze. It didn't take him that long since it's another nightly stroll, and when he came to the room that fits her description...well, he finds the rooms tackey, with the hanging painted bloodied plastic bodies and plastic carcasses being hung from meat hooks, but it's scary enough by his standards, and the entire maze is an enjoyable game.

When he found her, he greeted her with a kiss. "Sorry, I'm late." He said. Raising a family and running a small operation of his business, he didn't have time to play with them as much as he likes but having a daughter that carries his own bloodline makes quite a difference in his priorities.

"Interesting house, if I do say so myself. Shall we explore the rest and find the exit?" And perhaps afterward, spending the rest of the night quietly at home with his family.

[singinghuntress]

Rip was more than happy to greet her dear husband with a kiss. True the room was cheesy but, quaint in it's own way. Rip could easily critique it and tell them how to make such a scene more terrifying...However, maybe another time.

Her focus was completely on her family."I vouldn't vorry too much about being late. Victoria und I just had a little fun vhile ve vaited." She smiled and bounced the baby a little in her arms. Their little victory was giggling and being an all around happy baby at the moment as she looked up at her parents.

"Zo yes, lets keep exploring und find zhe exit. Aftervards ve can return home for a quiet night I zhink."