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Ruby stepped out of Chauncey's room and smiled as the lights in the hallway had turned on.
"How did you get these lights on?" Weiss asked from inside her painting, "Yang and I flipped the switch in the Foyer so much I thought we broke it."
"Ghosts." Ruby said as she ran through the hallway, noticing the fake door were annoyingly still there.
"That explains so much..." Weiss said sarcastically.
"Sorry." Ruby apologized opening the door to the Foyer, "I really don't get it myself, you'll have to ask Professor E. Gadd."
"E. Gadd?" Weiss asked raising an eyebrow.
"He used to be a professor at Beacon." Ruby said going down the staircase, "Now he lives just outside the mansion trying to catch all the Ghost's here."
"In that outhouse?" Weiss asked scrunching up her nose as Ruby opened the front door of the mansion.
"Kinda..." Ruby said as she pushed the front gate open and ran to said outhouse before opening it, "It's more like an elevator."
"Oh..." Weiss said as Ruby stepped on the lift and pressed a button.
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"Welcome back Ruby." E. Gadd said hopping off his chair, "Ah, hello to you Miss Schnee."
Weiss blinked, "Um... It's nice to meet you too Professor." She said.
"I assume Ruby already introduced me." E. Gadd said smiling, "But please, call me E. Gadd."
"Umm... Sure." Weiss said, "But please tell me you can get me out of this stupid painting, I can't be a Huntress, much less run the SDC, from inside a painting."
E. Gadd laughed heartily, "No problem Miss Schnee. My Ghost Portrificationizer can easily get you out of the painting... Sorry if it stings a bit though."
"What?" Weiss asked as the old man led Ruby to a room she never been in before.
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Ruby's jaw hit the dirt floor when she looked at E. Gadd's ghost portrait making machine, there were a fair amount of gears in the background, but the machine itself was rather big.
Directly to her left was a metal cased machine with some kind of grate just a bit bigger than the Poltergust's nozzle that connected to a slightly taller cased machine, next to that and directly in front of Ruby was what looked like a giant teapot with a glass veiwport, the teapot led to a conveyor belt that had a press along the way, followed by a covered contraption, followed by some kind of covered press that led to what Ruby assumed was a drop off bin.
"Take a gander Ruby, Miss Schnee." E. Gadd said smiling.
"You can call me Weiss." Weiss said.
E. Gadd nodded, "This fine piece of work took nearly twenty years to develop, The Ghost Portrificationizer is so much more safe than any other containment unit... Doesn't explode when there's a blackout." E. Gadd said, "This machine let's us turn Ghost's you catch into paintings, and will get Weiss out of her Painting."
"How do I work it?" Ruby asked.
"Simple, first let's get those ghost out of the Poltergust." E. Gadd said taking Weiss's painting from Ruby, "Plug in the nozzle on that grate over there and enjoy the ride!"
[Luigi's mansion OST: Ghost Portrificationizing]
Ruby nodded and stepped over to the grate and pulled otu the Poltergust's nozzle and slotted it into the grate, suddenly feeling the nozzle get sucked tighter onto the grate. Ruby looked up to see a pipe that bulged as what she assumed were the Portrait Ghost traveling into the next machine before she saw another pipe deposit them into the Teapot shaped machine. The Three Portrait Ghost's she caught looking like much less intimidating blue wisps.
Ruby idly noticed the machine let go of the Poltergust, so she pulled the vacuum off just in time for the teapot to start up.
Steam shot out from the top as the pipe moved away, locking the ghost's inside.
The teapot began to jump from side to side as the liquid inside began to spin, the spirit's rippling as E. Gadd began to hop slightly in excitement.
"Come." E. Gadd said as the machine started to slow.
E. Gadd led Ruby to the converyor belt as a slab was slid on, followed by a wisp pouring out of the teapot, now flat as paper.
"Ghost's are invisible..." E. Gadd explained as the Ghost was moved to the press and pounded twice.
Weiss gulped at the sight.
E. Gadd then moved to the next device with the Ghost, which had a set of pink devices, "So we need to..." He continued as the pink devices then electrocuted the wisp. This caused Weiss to go pale.
"Press 'em into visible forms." E. Gadd finished as the ghost entered the last machine, which shuddered as a winch pressed down.
"And Presto." E. Gadd said as a painting slid out, "Turning 'em into beautiful Ghost Portraits."
The painting that slid out was raised up and tilted to show Ruby the Portrait of Chauncey, gold framed with the ghost baby floating in a gold and red background (I really can't describe the art style all to well, you'll have to look it up.) before lowing down to who knows were.
Next came the gold framed portrait of the Study Ghost, who according to the tag was called Neville, he was sitting in his chair reading his book in a black and gold background.
Finally came Lydia's gold frame, showing her in a close up of her brushing her hair in a blue background.
"Hmm..." E. Gadd hummed smiling, "Well we manage to turn those ghost's back into paintings, Thanks for your help Ruby."
E. Gadd then pressed a button on the device in front of him, causing an empty holder to pop up, to which E. Gadd placed Weiss's Portrait in, "Now to get you out of that painting Miss Schnee."
Weiss let out and undigified whimper.
"Ruby before I start this could you unscrew the grate over there?" E. Gadd asked.
"Sure." Ruby said running to the vent in a burst of Rose petals and quickly removed the vent before returning to E. Gadd.
"Now then... hold on." E. Gadd said pulling out a remote and pressing a button.
[Luigi's mansion OST: Mario back to normal]
"Help." Weiss squeaked before her painting was tilted back up and lowered before being shoved quickly into the large machine.
"OW!" Weiss shouted as the winch pressed down, before a paper thing version of Weiss shot over to the electrics.
"YEEOOOW!" Weiss shrieked as she was electrocuted before being pushed over to the press.
"OH OW!" Weiss groaned as the press slammed down on her twice before she was sucked into the teapot.
The teapot started up again as Weiss began getting spun around, "Aaaaaaaaaahhhhhh!" Weiss cried out as she was slowly return to her normal dimensions before the pipe attached to the teapot and sucked Weiss out of it.
Ruby watched as the tubes bulged with Weiss shape before E. Gadd pulled her to the side just as Weiss shot out of where the grate used to be.
[OST End]
"Weiss!" Ruby shouted running over to her partner and lifting her upright.
"I think I'm gonna be sick..." Weiss groaned as her head lolled over to her legs, her arms barely moving, "Why do I feel so weak?"
"You're muscles are a little weak." E. Gadd said, "Think of it like you slept on them wrong, you'll recover, but it'll take time."
"W- wait, I- I can't leave Ruby alone to go back in there!" Weiss cried out.
"I'm afraid you'll have to." E. Gadd said, "You'll be more of an issue trying to help Ruby out as you are... Plus I only have one Poltergust."
"There has to be something I can do..." Weiss groaned.
"I'll get you a wheelchair so you can move around until your legs can recover enough for you to walk." E. Gadd said stepping aside to reveal Zwei, who had watched the whole thing, "And I'm sure Zwei here would love to keep you company."
"I guess it won't be so bad then." Weiss said looking a the Corgi.
"Now Ruby." E, Gadd said as he pressed a button on his remote, "That key you found in Chauncey's room has a particular energy about it, remember those thorns you saw in the Foyer?"
"Yeah..." Ruby muttered, "Crescent Rose bounced off before it could hit them."
"Yang couldn't punch them either." Weiss added.
"Well that key should dispel the thorns as it's energy resembles the one who conjured it." E. Gadd said as a wheelchair was placed next to him by a claw, which then proceeded to lift Weiss into it, "And seeing as it was Chauncey that placed it and he's now a painting it shouldn't pop up anymore... At least on that door."
"You got it professor." Ruby said as she lifting Zwei onto Weiss's lap, "So... What can I expect in the next area of the mansion?"
"A lot more Portrait Ghosts." E. Gadd said putting a thumb to his chin, "And if I recall on my map there is a Fortune Telling Room in that area, if you find anything that might belong to someone missing she should help you out... At least until her power runs out, then she will willingly be captured."
"Okay..." Ruby said taking a deep breath, "Let's do this."
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*A lamia subspecies with red scales and red scaled snake hair is seen looking at the camera wearing Sunglasses and a red longsleeved shirt and metal plated skirt*
?: Hello everyone, I'm Mila, one of Phoenix's newest children, I'm a Medusa... A Kind of Lamia Subspecies.
Mila: Anyway Dad's happy you all enjoyed this and to those who are asking about the Boo's... Phoenix will explain when we get there... which means dealing with the Dancing Whirlindas... those pains in the ass.
Phoenix: Yeah I always had an issue with those two, having to stand on that platform and not look at them while they are floating all over the place.
Anyway yeah I decided it's only going to be Ruby running through the mansion in the end... Anyway have a good night everyone!