Both the Host and Leslie are practiced enough to keep from laughing. It's a near thing. Most likely she'll spend her first stretch of time near the front of the Mansion, with its current little ghostly involvement.
"That's correct. In charge of what goes on in these walls as much as myself. No small feat," he says, drifting along behind the pair of them.
The room they head into isn't the official Séance Circle, held along the path the guests travel through. It was once a scullery, though any errant dishes have been cleared away, and the sinks have been dry for decades. An assortment of mortal butlers and maids are seated around various tables. Most look up when the door opens, politely nodding the trio's way.
In a dimly-lit corner furthest from the door, a butler with a five-o'clock shadow is playing a card game with a phantom while a few others look on. Over his shoulder, a maid's shaking her head, saying something about you know he cheats when you can't see him, give it up.
"Please, take a seat," the Ghost Host says, pulling a pair of chairs out. Leslie settles down promptly. "Nearly everyone is here, and then the séance can begin."
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Date: 2019-01-21 11:22 pm (UTC)"That's correct. In charge of what goes on in these walls as much as myself. No small feat," he says, drifting along behind the pair of them.
The room they head into isn't the official Séance Circle, held along the path the guests travel through. It was once a scullery, though any errant dishes have been cleared away, and the sinks have been dry for decades. An assortment of mortal butlers and maids are seated around various tables. Most look up when the door opens, politely nodding the trio's way.
In a dimly-lit corner furthest from the door, a butler with a five-o'clock shadow is playing a card game with a phantom while a few others look on. Over his shoulder, a maid's shaking her head, saying something about you know he cheats when you can't see him, give it up.
"Please, take a seat," the Ghost Host says, pulling a pair of chairs out. Leslie settles down promptly. "Nearly everyone is here, and then the séance can begin."