[WM]Not The Monte Cristo Homestead

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Segan hopped off of her skateboard when she was close enough to walk to the creepy Winter Mansion she had been hearing so much about. She had not even been here that long and as soon as she heard about there being a creepy place she could check out, she was there in a flash. Not a literal flash because sadly she had not been blessed with teleporting or super speed, but she got there as fast as she could on a skate board. She did a few tricks along the way out of habit so it ended up taking a little longer than it should have, but it was well worth it. She was in a new country, in the United States and while she was having a bit of culture shock since she was no longer back in Australia, but she thought she was adjusting well enough.

She planned on writing up a song or at least what she would play as background music in a place such as this, but first she had to check it out. Her goal was to really get a feel for the place and camp out in it all night. She had everything she needed packed up in the backpack, ready to spend the entire night here. She had a sleeping bag, snacks, drinks, her skateboard, and even brought along a handheld camera for a few photos or video she planned to take. She had been to The Monte Cristo Homestead back in Australia. Taking the tour and even managed to sneak in and spend the night there with a few of her friends. She also been to a few other haunted places as well, so figured she could handle this without a problem.

So the Aussie headed inside as she tucked her skateboard under her arm, looking around and making her way through the building. It did have its creepiness about it, but nothing so far that was going to send her running for the hills. The sound of footsteps did make her alert and she quickly went to hide around a corner. Waiting and hearing the footsteps get closer until whoever it was close enough that she felt it was a perfect time to jump out and scare them. "Blllaaaargh!" Segan yelled out as she jumped out in front of the person. Hoping to scare them because what jokester didn't want to try and scare someone in a Haunted House.

[Caleb Masters]

Coming to this stupid haunted house on a dare was, well, probably the dumbest thing he'd done in awhile. Not to say that it was the stupidest thing he'd ever done, but who comes alone to a haunted house? The general consensus on them was that they were more fun with other people. He was finding that to be a completely true fact, if only because being in a haunted house alone was incredibly horrifying. You know, in a manly sort of way. Except not really, because he was here alone and who did he have to put a front on for? Nobody, that's who, unless he included the ghosts floating around unseen. Maybe he should include them?

Well, whatever. The point was that he was here because he wouldn't back down from a dare no matter what it was for, but especially if that dare questioned how awesome he was. He was damn awesome, and he'd prove it! Even if he didn't have to. Or, well, he shouldn't have to. Everybody knew how awesome he was by now and if they didn't then they would as soon as they heard about how he'd spent the night alone in this haunted house!

He'd been in here for a few hours and hadn't dared to leave the tiny little corner that he'd set his things up in. He was surrounded by various paraphernalia - meals he'd prepared earlier in the day and placed in tupperware tubs, a couple blankets for when he inevitably got cold – thanks to the fucking freezing Montana nights, reading material, a pre-charged portable phone charger, and enough batteries to power twenty flashlights. Which he also might have brought. Scary movies were one thing, but spending time in an actual haunted mansion was completely different. Not to mention you didn't watch scary movies alone. It was addressed with the same mentality as haunted houses were – never to be done alone.

Still, sitting here waiting for people to send him messages on his phone was getting boring. Because nobody was sending him messages. What a bunch of shit! So instead of sitting there and pitying himself he got up and started to meander through the various hallways and rooms. Things were a little spooky, but so far nothing really screamed “this house is haunted by a ghost.” No weird noises, no mysteriously moving objects, no glowing orbs of light.

Just as he was calming down and figuring that it wouldn't be as bad as he thought it would be, he turned a corner and right into – well, probably the most terrifying thing ever. All he saw was a body that wasn't there the last time he'd been down this hallway, and the only thing he heard was--

"Blllaaaargh!"

His heart beat rocketed and he flung his hand out summoning a barrier to cover the entire doorway. It was a knee jerk reaction, but holy crap. He will forever deny the fact that he let out a squeal and a shrill, ”Oh, Jesus-- shit!”

Forever. Deny.

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Segen was more than pleased when someone had come close enough for her to go on ahead and jump out and share them. Part of her just hoped it was not a little old lady wondering around the corner, because she really didn't want to give anyone a heart attack. An almost heart attack was okay, but a full out heart attack would just suck. For them. She didn't even get to get a good look at the person and it honestly didn't matter. Who cared who the person was that you were scaring when you were just trying to scare them? No one did because the thrill of it all was scaring the person, but if you did know them it was just an added bonus.

Segen did not know them however but she did know and was certainly going to point out that they had let out a very amusing squeal and shrill. She would have immediately started laughing if she did not have that slight scare herself when she felt the field practically come up right in front of her face. Segen was quick to step back away from the doorway and then after t registered to her that she was dealing with a mutant she began to laugh. "Sorry about that, mate. Didn't mean to scare you that bad." Segen said with her Australian accents as thick as ever. It didn't really help that she was laughing a little bit still as she moved closer to the doorway.

"This won' explode if I touch it, will it?" Segen asked as she used her skate board to reach out and touch at the force field with it. She wanted to touch it herself, but it was safest to use her skate board. Slight problem with that was that she had worry that her board might get hurt and her board was her life. "Oh! You doin' the stay the night?" Segen quickly asked, getting slightly excited with her question. She had come here alone but a place always seemed less scary when you had someone that you could hold onto and scream with. Now with that question out of the way she was actually able to take in who she scared. He was a pretty attractive guy, certainly one that would scare easy which meant fun times were ahead.

((Tag: Caleb Masters))