[WM]The Science Of Screaming

[Seiji Lockard]

Seiji didn't really do Haunted House. Not that he was afraid of them or anything along those lines, but he just never really went to them. He knew their purpose was to scare you in various ways so he didn't understand why anyone would willing go into a place they knew was going to scare them. It was just very odd to him, and he knew that there would likely be spiders there. Spiders were very bad so when word about the Hunted House came up he didn't really pay it much mind and didn't plan on going. Yet, Pandora clearly had it already set in stone that she really wanted to go. She had come to him, telling him about it, and then asked him to go with her.

Well, ask was putting it simply. Pandora had actually begged and tossed in that pout that she did when she asked him. Seiji being the kind of guy that he was, it was practically impossible for him to say no to a friend. He was just going to spend his time studying and he was all caught up on his work so he figured it would not really hurt. He was still silently screaming a little bit on the inside with thoughts about coming across a huge spider but just hoped there would just be more so ghost, mummies, and witches that they would have to deal with over spiders. So he agreed, but the surprises didn't end there as Pandora practically gave him an outfit to wear. He of course didn't put up a fuss because he did agree to be her model and the outfit she gave him was nice.

"You sure you want to go in there? I mean, we don't have to or anything. No pressure." Seiji said as he got out of his car. Looking to Pandora and just caught onto the fact that they were basically matching in a way. Fit even a little bit with his red car, but mostly with one another, and it made him think of what parents did with twins. It was cute and he felt like it made them super besties or something along those lines. Alright, Sapphire I'm going to need you to give my all of your casual cool nature that you can. Seiji sent the thought to his snake that was hiding on his person.

Sapphire just sent a simple okay back to her master but didn't really plan on doing too much and felt like she leave that sort of thing to Goddess Pandora. Yes, they all called her goddess since the say she kissed their master.

[Pandora E. Kāohi]

OOOHHHH HHHHEEEEELLL YYYEEAAAAAAAHHHHHH!

They were finally going to a haunted house!

Pandora freaking loved haunted houses and scary movies and just the whole feel of Halloween. It was such a great time of the year and even though she did tend to get scared and scream like everyone else during scary parts, she loved the feeling of it. Just the way her heart jumped and gave her goosebumps, it made her feel alive. Of course, that was the daredevil in Pandora. She loved to go out into anything crazy and declare it as some sort of adventure. And if her going to a haunted house wasn't enough, she finally got to walk, live, and breathe without a cast or crutches. A healer finally had the chance to fix her leg and now she could walk perfectly in heels (except for the fact that her once broken leg was a bit weaker than the other from the lack of use).

Oh and if that wasn't enough, now she had her cute guy she had been crushing on best buddy, with her. Okay well she sort of had to beg and plead and hit him with her face pout for him to agree but hey, it worked, and now Seiji wouldn't regret coming along with. She had even put together their outfits for the fun night and she had to admit, Seiji looked REALLY freaking sexy in his outfit. Well.. she was pretty sure he looked sexy without his outfit, seeing how she got to see him topless that one night. Can you say "sizzle?"

Her heels clicked against the ground as she got out of his car, holding two flashlights in her hands. Grinning, she looked over at Seiji. "Of course, I'm sure silly." Turning to the mansion, she lifted her arms up. "Just look at it! I wonder if there is like, dead people and stuff in there. That would be so hot." Turning back to Seiji, she shut the passenger door and scurried over to him. Looking up at him, she smiled, "There is nothing to be afraid of, Seij. It's just a regular old haunted house that could possibly be filled with ghosts, spiders, demons, monsters, vampires and mermaids... Just the normal stuff." Okay so neither of those were probably even in there but still, it sounded good. "If anything happens we have our phones and flashlights, which is like a flashlight and a emergency device in one, and a regular flashlight." Even though she was sure her phone was only half charged but whatever it took to make sure Seiji wouldn't feel too unsettled.

"And if we make it through it, you can get one of those kisses that like superheroes get when they save the day and stuff." She took his hand absolutely unphased about what she just told him and started heading towards the haunted house. "C'mon tiger!"

[Seiji Lockard]

Seiji was pleased that Pandora didn't have to deal with her cast anymore, even if she was so adorable the way she hobbled around a room. Hopping to get from place to place or asking him to carry her around. He was tall enough so it was not really a big deal to him and he highly doubted that she was never going to ask him for a piggyback ride again. He was still feeling all kinds of nervous about this whole trying to stay the night at a creepy haunted place, but Pandora had asked and gave the pout. He was unable to say no and here he was, parking his expensive car a little away from this place that had clearly been posted up for being haunted. She is a bit of a thrill seeker. Seiji thought to himself and that was enough explanation as to why Pandora wanted to attend an event such as this.

He locked up his car after they were both out and closed the doors, not wanting some ghost to take his car. He unbuttoned the tan jacket that Pandora had given him to wear, revealing the white shirt underneath that matched the white shirt Pandora was wearing. He still thought it was super cute that they were dressed alike. He was already feeling like it would be alright for Pandora to just start picking out what he should wear through the week. She could come over, lay out the outfits and he could hang them up in order in the way he was supposed to wear them. It certainly would make getting dressed a lot easier since sometimes he didn't feel like picking out everything. Some days he just tossed on anything but it tended to work out in the end. "De-dead people. Wait, hot?" Seiji asked as his eyes widened a little. Did Pandora think the dead where hot or did she get a rise out of being scared?

It was not impossible since everyone had things that set off their hormones and Seiji could slightly believe that fear would induce certain feelings in Pandora. He shook his head to not go full into detail of thinking about such a thing. He reached to take one of the flashlights that she had in he hand, adjusting the pack on his back that had their sleepover gear. He really didn't think that he would make it to the next morning but he was going to give it a go. He certainly knew that he didn't want them picking a basement or an attic area for where they would spend most of their time. While he wanted to be near a bathroom, mirrors were a no-no in Haunted Houses. "...that is not regular stuff Pandora..." Seiji said with his voice dropping a little and coming out slightly shaky. Was she trying to scare him before they even go in the building? If she was, it was working because he was already walking a bit slower towards the building.

He didn't say anything about their phones and flashlights because he didn't really see them as being helpful in a situation with going up against all the monsters that Pandora brought up. What where they going to do? Blind the monsters with the flashlights and play an annoying ringtone? Well, that would actually probably work a little bit or at least for a little bit. He blinked in confusion when Pandora said something about getting a kisses if they made it thought the night. Not bothered by her taking his hand and held her hand back with no problems. "Wait, who is going to be kissing us?" Seiji asked as they headed in and then chuckled a little at her calling him a tiger. "Rawr...I don't know why I did that..." Seiji said in an embarrassed manner as he let out a small little roar because she called him tiger. He really didn't know why he did it, but he did.

[Pandora E. Kāohi]

Maybe if Seiji and the Halloween spirits couldn't tell by now; Pandora was super excited to be spending the night over the haunted house. They were so gonna be on one of those shows that discovered ghosts and goblins from being around evil spirits and such. Ugh, she could just tasted the eerie air and she had to admit, it was so delicious.

When he questioned her, she looked up at him and laughed. "Not like dead people being hot but like the fact that dead people would be in there and their ghosts, would be like... hot. Not in like a sexual term but like cool! Gosh Seiji, keep up!" She giggled, only joking but maybe she should have been clear from the first place because duh, it sounded like she thought that dead people were hot. Ugh, she hoped that wasn't some type of fetish.

God, she so wanted to be a ghost buster. Maybe her and Seiji could pretend to be ghost busters and go around waving their flashlights at ghosts and pretend to suck them up in their ghost snatchers. They were so going to stay in the basement or attic...

Furrowing her brows, she pouted. "Yeah huh. They're totally regular stuff. Don't you watch scary movies and shows?" Softening her face, she smiled innocently. "I so wanna be a mermaid now that I mentioned it." Looking back up at Seiji, she had a questioning look on her face. "Would you still love me if I was a mermaid? I wouldn't try to lure you into the ocean and kill you or anything. I like you too much." As she held his hand and they started walking towards the mansion, she smiled looking straight ahead. "Me, silly! Why would I let a random person give you a kiss for surviving a night at a haunted house with me? Random people got germs, yo."

Though, when he made a roar sound, Pandora couldn't help but to laugh and look up at him. He was so cute, "That had to be the cutest thing ever, Seij. I swear, it was like so on point. You'd so outdo all the tigers." Once they got to the door, she looked up at Seiji. "You wanna do the honors or shall I?" The sad part was that Pandora didn't even wait for Seiji to answer, she just turned the knob to the ancient mansion and shoved the door straight open until it slammed back against the wall as loud as possible.

"GHOST BUSTERS UP IN THIS PEACE!!" She giggled.

[Seiji Lockard]

Seiji most certainly could tell that Pandora was excited about all of this, where as he was still trying to remain calm over the matter. He just hoped that Pandora's excitement would be enough to keep him from running out of the building at the first thump he heard. He had a ration mind for the most part so he didn't actually scare all that easy but he knew he would most certainly jump and possibly scream at anything jumping out at him. Plus the fact still remained that he was terribly frightened of spiders so if he saw one of them, it was all over. Seiji felt stupid for having assumed that she meant hot in a sexual way, he should have known better. Pandora was not that kind of girl and now he felt like a bad person for even thinking or suggesting it in the slightest.

"Right, I'm sorry. I think this whole Haunted Mansion sleepover idea has my brain in a confused state." Seiji said with a slight chuckle, still catching that she had been joking with him. He would have no problems playing a game of Ghost Hunter with her; it would be a good distraction. Yet, he would still try and put up a fuss about sleeping in the attic or basement because that was just asking to be bothered by evil spirts if they even were real. "Not really. I more so watch things about them that could possibly lead to proving that said 'monsters' are real or have been real at some point in time. Possibly of different variants then what we think of them now, but the human imagination bases things off of even the smallest of hints to what it already knows of the real world." Seiji pointed out as he ruffled his hair.

Now was not the time for science but it was helping keep him calm. Seiji blinked a few times at the question of if Pandora was a mermaid. He could not help but to chuckle a little at her pointing out that she would not lure him into the ocean and kill him. "So long as you are still Pandora with your personality I would, yes. I would even be okay if you did lure me in to kill me because you do have to eat so if I was helping feed you I would be okay with it...I think." Seiji responded back to her question as he ruffled his hair some more as he thought about it. He did think he would be okay with giving his life if Pandora needed it in order to sustain herself and it would be different because she would be a mermaid and not some human cannibal. "Oh, right. I mean if you want to give me a kiss that is fine. Your kisses are nice." Seiji said as he started to turn red a little before taking a deep breath.

It's just a simple peck, don't fuss. Seiji reminded himself, but he was not really sure why Pandora wanted to give him a kiss for his reward for making it through the night. If she really wanted to that was fine by him, but he didn't really understand why it was she would want to. "What would you like as your prize for being able to stay the whole night?" Seiji asked since if she was going to give him something if they made it, he felt like he should do the same. He was flushing again when she called him cute basically. He just ruffled his hair some more and didn't say anything as he was now more concerned with the creepy building in front of him. There was a question then, one that he didn't even get to answer before Pandora was bursting open the door.

"What you going to do when they come for you! Wait...that is Cops. My apologizes." Seiji tried to yell out something from Ghost Busters but got mixed up and now was feeling embarrassed again. "Where to?" He quickly asked after his little mess up to move things along and away from that fail.

[Pandora E. Kāohi]

"It's okay Seij, I could only imagine your brain doing that because you're SO freakin' excited because that's totally where I am mentally right now." Yes, because if he couldn't tell for the eighteenth time... Pandora was way too excited for this outgoing. She scrunched her face jokingly, "What fun is there in that? Not knowing if something is real or not is what makes it all excitingly fun." She wasn't too surprised, seeing how Seiji had this really smart and scientific way of trying to understand everything. She wasn't going to judge him either way but there was no fun in trying to find the explanation for spooky stuff when you're supposed to be getting spooked.

A soft smile came across her face as she looked up at Seiji but then she couldn't help but to laugh. "I'd totally feed on other men before I'd ever kill you, it would be like my mermaid's scouts honor or something like that." Now that she thought of it, mermaids were kind of like these killers that myth had them out to be, instead of the really cute and friendly ones that society today pictured them as. Eating your friends would just be plain rude anyway.

Even when Seiji complimented her kisses, her face started to get warm as she blushed. There was something witty and cute that she could have said after that but for some reason all she could do was smile and take a breath of the cool October air. "Oh! How about a movie night!? A scary movie night!? Like some serious Japanese Horror Flicks movie night!? With popcorn and candies and the dark, and scary stuff. Oh my God wouldn't that be so fun?" Hey, he did ask her what she wanted her prize to be and seeing how Pandora was certain that she wouldn't punk out of this, she knew she was coming out of this as a champion.

Looking up at Seiji, she smiled until her eyes squinted. "It's okay, it still kind of fits with what we're gonna do. Umm.... How about we check the attic! And get settled there?"

[Seiji Lockard]

"I think you are picking up fear and confusing it with excitement." Seiji said as he started to chuckle a little. He honestly did love the fact that Pandora was so energized by all of this, even if he was pretty scared. It was always nice to be around someone who was so full of energy and life like Pandora was. It made him feel more energized and in general happier on some level whenever Pandora was around. She certainly was going to be why he lived a long time, other than the fact that he was Asian. That or she was going to be why he died early due to a heart attack, but he figured in the end what didn't kill you made you stronger. That was also on his list of things he was repeatedly telling himself so he would not just run off from this Haunted House.

Seiji chuckled some more when Pandora scrunched up her face and basically pointed out that it was no fun to try and solve everything. He supposed that was one way of looking at things, but Seiji had always been the kind of guy who wanted to learn the answer to that 'why'. Plus, when he knew something and understood it, there was less room for fear. If people thought the way he did, he was sure that the events that happened on the SPECTRE attack would never have happened. "I suppose." Seiji said simply as he still chuckled. He was just in a really good mood and it was mainly because again of Pandora's high energy. He then explained that he would be fine if she ever ended up eating or needed to eat him if she was a mermaid. Pandora laughed and then explained that she would still not eat him.

"Well okay, but if you ran out of food. I would be the food for you." Seiji said with a nod. All he was basically getting at that no matter what it was, if it was for her he would do it. It was weird to be using the whole being a mermaid thing to explain it, but Seiji figured Pandora would understand what he was getting at. Seiji looked closely at Pandora when she started to blush, a hand going to touch his own lips for a moment as he remembered the kiss. He still thought that he had apparently given her a bad kiss but she was blushing. Blushing was a good thing right, or was it that she was so embarrassed by his lack of skill in a kiss that he blush was of embarrassment? Right, I need to stop thinking about it and just have fun. Seiji thought to himself after Sapphire spoke up and told him to focus. If the snake could, she would have rolled her eyes at her masters worry.

If Sapphire had control over humans then she would have made her master just make love to the human female know as Pandora Goddess already. Yet, she didn't have the power and she didn't care enough to even give it a try. Seiji was doing a little bit of 'internal screaming' when Pandora said what she wanted to do for her prize. Fear stacked on top of more fear was all that Seiji could think all of this was. Still, it would be fun to have a movie night with Pandora and she probably would be okay with him clinging to her at the scary parts. She possibly would think of him as less then cool, but if she wanted to watch scary movies then. "Alright, just...wherever we watch it, be prepared that I or you are going to be sleeping over that night then." Seiji pointed out because there was no way he was going to remain alone after watching something scary.

His snakes were not very helpful in that department of making him feel better after being scared. He could not help but to squeeze her hand a little when she suggested where they set up. She honestly wanted them to try and spend the night in a Haunted building in the Attic? “I mean, if you want. I'm going to have my stuff really close to yours if that is okay. Please let that be okay. Attics are pretty scary, even in the not haunted places." Seiji said already some small amount of panic in his voice.