open post : haunted house meme

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THE HAUNTED HOUSE MEME

it's getting to be that time of year: pumpkins, crunchy leaves, creepy guys in masks with large bladed weapons killing people... and ghosts, of course. and where there are ghosts, there are haunted houses.

prompts: 01. halloween horror nights: why would you pay that much money to get scared on purpose? here's your option for theme park-style terror. 02. test of courage: the neighborhood association's putting on a homemade traditional sort of haunted house in one of the local schools, but who cares about whatever fundraiser they're doing, someone just called you a chicken! (at least they'll let you go in pairs or trios if you want to.) 03. at home: wait, what was that noise? there's no one else home! except, maybe, the previous residents. 04. that sounds fake, but ok: poltergeists aren't real, obviously, but that's why you're around instead. time to set up a hilarious tripwire trap! 05. wildcard: or, you know, do whatever you want.

as usual, drop top-levels with or without a starter, or let me know if you want someone in particular and i will provide!!

ftr if you want more reaction pictures for ~inspiration
here's an album of them. ;)

Comments

[needlegunner]

[ tsumugu doesn't much care about holidays. as a younger man, none of them had even stuck in his mind at all, besides the awkward white day gifts to his sister or christmases spent alone. he's a solitary sort of person, though, and it doesn't bother him.

halloween is a frivolous kind of thing. he doesn't have much patience for the trick or treat aesthetic. spooky scary skeletons is annoying. but aikuro, as always, is too invested, and there's a certain charm in that investment. he's always forcing cheer into things.

and so tsumugu had come to the haunted house.

he, unlike certain people, isn't easily frightened, but he is super paranoid, and that means he's been banned from at least two regularly hosted places for accidentally breaking somebody's nose. (and arm, that one time, but that guy was an asshole, and he's not sorry.)

he stares sidelong at aikuro nonetheless, arms crossed over his chest.

(he's wearing a tank top this evening, because when isn't he.) ] I thought this was meant to be a group exercise?

[ his eyebrows rise. ] Unless, of course, you don't want anyone to hear you screaming like a little girl. [ and more grumpily, while he's staring pointedly in the other direction: ] You can hold my arm, if you need it.

[strippingsensei]

_{[ yea this is why ur a stick in the mud and everyone makes fun of you????? enjoy the holidays while you can, Mohawk Yamcha. ]}

It is a group exercise! Two is a group! It's more than one; that's a group. The definition is two or more people or things.

<sub>[ robustly, he locks arms with the other because why not, but he has to wiggle his hand through because Tsumugu is holding his arms crossed over his chest so tightly.

Dude. Chill. ]</sub>

Don't deck the actors like you did last year.
_{[ apparently we've done this before? Yeah, why not. ]}

[needlegunner]

[ at least he's not the guy who gets smashed on jaegernog, unlike some people. ]

Two is not a group, it's a pair, don't be deliberately obtuse. [ grumpily: ] If you wanted a private outing, you should have said so.

[ he lifts his elbow enough aikuro can hold on more securely. ]

I'll consider it.

[ and he pulls him through the front door. ]

[strippingsensei]

<sub>[ yeah .......... unlike some ........ I wonder who.
Aikuro is pulled right along and they enter what seems to be a dark room— it was a maze? With cheesy drawings in neon bright on black walls under a black light.

Aikuro sputters because he is pulled right into a cobweb. ]</sub>

Ugh, that was gross. It's really dark in here, don't you think?
_{[ that's the point .. u know .. ]}