Ch. 21 Musical Chairs
The next room Jennifer came across was a musical room.
There was a piano, a music box, a closet and a curtain.
"Nice piano." But before Jennifer checked it out, she had to investigate as usual. And as usual, she tried the light switch but this time it didn't work.
Of course it didn't work!
Jennifer examined the music box and its nightstand.
The nightstand was full of all kinds of music but it seemed outdated.
Jennifer walked over to the cabinet to look inside and found only junk…or basically nothing.
What really mystified Jennifer was whatever was behind the curtain. "I wonder what's behind that curtain." She slowly walked over there to it, dreading scissorman's presence. Every little step she took brought her closer and closer to the mysterious curtain.
What could be lurking behind there?
It seemed so far away by the pace of her steps. Jennifer could hear herself breathing heavily. Just a few more steps and she would make it.
But a few more steps seemed like 100.
Her imagination began to run wild and she could almost hear things and possibly even see things. Jennifer was so freaked out, she wondered if she should turn around and go back. But if she's made it this far, why would she turn back? Was there even anything in there that Jennifer really needed?
It was just a curtain!
But it was so intriguing that she had to know what was behind that curtain! Then Jennifer finally reached it!
This was it!...This was it! This was going to be an epic moment! What was behind the big, purple curtain? It was…..It was….
Jennifer's hand touched the curtain and pulled it back to reveal….a vase with a staff. "Oh! All that for nothing?" Jennifer felt like an idiot after that. "Hmm….now I feel like an idiot." She immediately closed the curtain and looked at the piano. For some reason, something told Jennifer to examine that staff. "Maybe I can use that staff." She turned back around and got a good look at that staff. "I don't know why but I feel like this would be useful at some point." So Jennifer picked up and pocketed the staff.
Now it was time to play the piano!
She ran over to the piano and had a seat. Jennifer didn't know how to play the piano so she just started hitting random keys.
It was fun, just like being a kid.
Jennifer played with the keys and even tried playing simple songs such as the ABC's.
It was so adorable.
Jennifer had fun playing on the piano for a good while until a ceiling tile fell down and broke. It scared the mess out of her. She quickly looked at the broken tile and then at the ceiling from where it came. But then she thought, 'maybe it's just the mansion falling apart because it's getting old.' Jennifer sat down again and placed her hands on the piano keys once again. She played for about another minute and then the unthinkable happened.
Scissorman dropped from the ceiling and walked on the piano keys.
It was the most unexpected thing to happen to Jennifer. She instantly leaped from her seat and ran away screaming. This time, Jennifer ran back upstairs.