Day 1- Beltane – Part 4
Velma: Im preparing a new robotics project for our science club and I thought you could help me…
Thorn: Really? For goddess´sake, Vel, it´s friday night, I wont go to school…
Velma: No! I´m not at school… Im at Pitstop manor… you should come, there are lots of neat things here and…
Thorn: What the hell are you doing at Pitstop manor?
Velma: Uh… let´s say…Penelope has asked me to be here and she promised to give our club a great sum for my help…
Thorn: Ok, it means you're working for Penelope Pitstop…
Thorn's question was straightforward, but Velma didn't want to answer it. Velma Dinkley working for the most popular girl in school was a shameful fact.
Velma: No, not at all! I... I'm only doing Penelope a favor because… uh… Daphne, her cousin, begged me... aaaannnd...
Thorn: Vel, you´re working for her, I´m not…
Velma: There are a lot of great books in her library, you should take a look!
Thorn: Sorry, I´m not interested…
Velma: Thorn, please! There´s… there´s something else…
Despair was evident in Velma´s voice.
Thorn: I´m listening…
Velma: Ok… when I arrived here... I heard some noises... uh… unusual noises... and movements totally incompatible with scientific laws, so I thought that... maybe... you could help me…
Thorn: It means you're working for Penelope Pitstop and there's a Poltergeist in her mansion?
Velma Dinkley working for the most popular girl in school was a shameful fact itself, but not as shameful as Velma Dinkley admitting to the existence of supernatural phenomena.
Velma: No! Ghosts don´t exist… I just thought that… maybe… if a medium was here, these strange phenomena would stop…
Thorn: So you´re hiring my psychic services?
Another straightforward question that demanded a shameful answer. Velma Dinkley hiring the psychic services of the paranormal girl in school. Her reputation definitely reached rock bottom.
Velma: No! Not at all… I just wanted to… uh… invite you… to take a look around the house… because I know you like mysteries and strange things, just like me… there was a crime here, you know? And all my friends are busy tonight, so I thought you would like to come and investigate with me and…
Thorn: Velma, your weird friends are the ones who like to investigate crimes and mysteries. I'm a witch and also a psychic, I investigate supernatural activities… so, if there's nothing supernatural going on in this mansion, I'm not the right person to he...
The hinge creaked slowly this time, making clear that the door that had been slammed when Velma left the room was opening by itself once more. Immediately, fear took control of Velma´s body and made her admit something inadmissible: Velma Dinkley was scared.
Velma: Thorn! Please… I… I'm scared! My friends aren't here and… something is going on here and I can't explain… I… I need you to come here right now…please!
Thorn: Ok, I'll get my ouija board and call an Uber. I'll be there in a few minutes. But I charge for my mediumistic counseling…
Velma: You can charge as much as you want, just come soon, okay?
The call ended, and the deep silence made the hinge noise sound louder and echo around the place. Velma hid herself under the large mahogany table, covered her head with the collar of her sweater and closed her eyes tightly. That was the kind of thing Shaggy would do if he were there, but Velma Dinkley? Never! "Shame on you, Velma," the rational side of her scolded again. "If Thorn tells people about it, your intellectual reputation will go down the drain". On the other hand, skepticism could put her in danger. "This is a millionaire mansion with lots of millionaire goods inside, Velma, maybe you´re sharing the place with a thief and you are not aware of it. So, hiding yourself under the table is the right thing to do right now". Suddenly, her phone rang and interrupted the duel between her reason and her emotion. Her father's name was on the screen and Velma answered immediately.
Madelyn: Velma? What do you want?
Velma: Madelyn! What are you doing with daddy's cell phone? Call him right now!
Madelyn: Duh! Dad is teaching at the university, stupid!
Velma remembered that her father was working and decided to hang up,since she didn't want her sister to suspect about where she was and what was going on there. But Madelyn talked before she could press the red button.
Madelyn: What do you want? You seem scared... what kind of stupid thing have you and your weird friends done this time?
Velma: I'm not with the gang... I'm alone...
The hinge creaked once more, and suddenly the door slammed by itself. The noise gave Velma such a fright that she groaned.
Madelyn: Where are you? What kind of stupid mystery you got yourself into now?
Velma: I´m not solving a mystery, I'm at Pitstop mansion because… uh… I have an important meeting with… hmm… it´s something related to Smart Girls science club, nevermind…
Madelyn: And why didn´t you invite me? I´m the smartest member…
Velma: Ok, Maddie, I´ll tell you the truth, but please don´t tell mom and dad. I'm at Pitstop mansion working as a housekeeper for 10 days, the details and questions about it I'll explain later. And… and… I´m 100% sure there's someone here with me…or, at least, there's something very strange going on, and I´m afraid of being killed! Mom and Dad don't know about it, Fred and Daphne are on a date and Shaggy is with his parents, so… could you please come here and help me? NOW!
Madelyn received all that information at once and tried to process everything she just had heard.
Madelyn: So you want me to go to Pitstop mansion to be murdered with you? After all, a 12-year-old girl wouldn't make any difference in a fight against a murderer...
Velma: Well, the killer... he…well, we won´t meet him in the flesh because… uh… let's just say he isn't human...
Madelyn: Is he a ghost?
Velma: No! Ghosts don't exist!
Madelyn: So why are you afraid of something that doesn't exist?
Velma: MADELYN! Don't ask questions now, just come and help me! I'm in danger!
Madelyn: And I can't help you! Why don't you just get out of the mansion?
Velma: I can´t! If leave, I won´t get the $3000!
Madelyn: DID YOU GET A $3000 JOB?
Velma: Madelyn, no questions!
Madelyn: Okay, I'm on my way… but my price is $50…
Velma: What? IT´S ABSURD, NOT GONNA HAPPEN!
Madelyn: Absurd is the fact that mom and dad don't know that you're getting three thousand dollars to be the little maid of a bougie dollybird… have you thought what could happen to you if I accidentally send them a message telling everything? Have you thought how disappointed they´d be and how hurt their poor marxist heart would get?
Velma: You little bitch, don't you dare!
Madelyn: Well, then $50 is the price for my company and my silence… per day…
Velma: A very abusive price, isnt it?
Madelyn: Velma, my dear, the truth is very expensive in the age of fake news, you have no idea how much effort I´ll have to make to hide the truth from our parents… plus, I know your little boss lady Pitstop is very rich and very generous, I ´m sure she will be thankful for your services and pay you a small fortune, so you will have enough money to pay for my services…
Velma: You… you…
Madelyn: Take it or leave it...
The sound of the door opening again didn´t let Velma think.
Velma: I´d better get your bike and come quickly, if you take more than 15 minutes to arrive you won't get your money!
Madelyn: Ok! In some minutes, a contract for hiring my services will arrive in your gmail, you´ll have to initial all sheets and sign the…
Velma: MADELYN COME NOW!
Madelyn: I´m on my way, big sis!