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Chapter 2:
In a few seconds everyone was inside, standing at the threshhold of the house. Naturally, cobwebs were hanging everywhere, there was elaborate ironwork everywhere, and it looked as if the termites had had lots of fun there.
"Ooh, spooky," Devi said in a half sarcastic tone as the door was shut.
Dalva muttered something under her breath that included a scoff and a repeat of the word "spooky".
Nny added, "Yeah, and dark. You think this place might have lights?"
Heh, I doubt it," Dalva said, looking around. "They might have candles, though." She took a step forward and ran into a table. Reaching out in front of her for balance, she felt a small candelabrum resting on the table. "Well, that answers that question," she said, holding it up. Of course, it was dark, so the others had to guess what she had.
"Does she have my taquitos?" Gir asked.
Zim answered patiently, "No Gir, I think it's one of those...candle...holder...thingies."
Gir replied, "Ohhh...huuuh?"
"Forget about it, Gir," Nny said quickly, handing Dalva a lighter.
"I'm not gonna ask how this was used previously, Nny, but thanks anyway," she said, lighting the candles. The light from them revealed a huge room with about 5 other candelabrums of the same size scattered around, as well as many candles in those sort of candle holders that hang on the walls. [AN: What are those called, anyway?]
"Ah, that helps," Jhonen said, grabbing the lighter from Dalva. After lighting most of the candles, Devi, Nny and Dib took three of the remaining candelabrums.
"So, what's the story behind this place, anyway? Every haunted house has to have a story. This place IS haunted, isn't it?" Dib babbled excitedly.
Another "meep" from Squee. "I hope not. If so, we all need to guard our taquitos! And probably everything else -- once they take the taquitos, there's no stopping them..." he finished quietly, looking around with huge Squee-ish eyes.
"Well, that's a good enough story for me," Dib said. "Anyway, Eric said we need to stay in here for an hour. I say we should split up into three groups of three so we can cover more ground."
"How organized you are, Dib," Gaz said maliciously. This would interrupt her video game playing, so it called for malice.
Devi thought about it. An hour alone with two other people in this huge house. She looked in a slightly panicky manner at Nny. "I...think I'll go with Gaz and Squee."
"And I think I'll get lost with Jhonen and Nny," Dalva said, grinning eviiily. A look of pure terror was showing clearly on Jhonen's face. [AN: Yay, terror!]
Zim looked disgusted. "Terrific. I'm stuck with The Dib." Dib was already off up a flight of stairs in search of potential ghosts. Zim sighed. "Come along, Gir." They followed Dib.
"Well, that seems like a good cue to leave," Jhonen said, still upset about being stuck with a scary fan girl. "I guess we'll all be back here in an hour." And with that, the two remaining groups left in opposite directions while Squee was talking fast and incoherantly about more things the ghosts might do to them.
Chapter 2:
In a few seconds everyone was inside, standing at the threshhold of the house. Naturally, cobwebs were hanging everywhere, there was elaborate ironwork everywhere, and it looked as if the termites had had lots of fun there.
"Ooh, spooky," Devi said in a half sarcastic tone as the door was shut.
Dalva muttered something under her breath that included a scoff and a repeat of the word "spooky".
Nny added, "Yeah, and dark. You think this place might have lights?"
Heh, I doubt it," Dalva said, looking around. "They might have candles, though." She took a step forward and ran into a table. Reaching out in front of her for balance, she felt a small candelabrum resting on the table. "Well, that answers that question," she said, holding it up. Of course, it was dark, so the others had to guess what she had.
"Does she have my taquitos?" Gir asked.
Zim answered patiently, "No Gir, I think it's one of those...candle...holder...thingies."
Gir replied, "Ohhh...huuuh?"
"Forget about it, Gir," Nny said quickly, handing Dalva a lighter.
"I'm not gonna ask how this was used previously, Nny, but thanks anyway," she said, lighting the candles. The light from them revealed a huge room with about 5 other candelabrums of the same size scattered around, as well as many candles in those sort of candle holders that hang on the walls. [AN: What are those called, anyway?]
"Ah, that helps," Jhonen said, grabbing the lighter from Dalva. After lighting most of the candles, Devi, Nny and Dib took three of the remaining candelabrums.
"So, what's the story behind this place, anyway? Every haunted house has to have a story. This place IS haunted, isn't it?" Dib babbled excitedly.
Another "meep" from Squee. "I hope not. If so, we all need to guard our taquitos! And probably everything else -- once they take the taquitos, there's no stopping them..." he finished quietly, looking around with huge Squee-ish eyes.
"Well, that's a good enough story for me," Dib said. "Anyway, Eric said we need to stay in here for an hour. I say we should split up into three groups of three so we can cover more ground."
"How organized you are, Dib," Gaz said maliciously. This would interrupt her video game playing, so it called for malice.
Devi thought about it. An hour alone with two other people in this huge house. She looked in a slightly panicky manner at Nny. "I...think I'll go with Gaz and Squee."
"And I think I'll get lost with Jhonen and Nny," Dalva said, grinning eviiily. A look of pure terror was showing clearly on Jhonen's face. [AN: Yay, terror!]
Zim looked disgusted. "Terrific. I'm stuck with The Dib." Dib was already off up a flight of stairs in search of potential ghosts. Zim sighed. "Come along, Gir." They followed Dib.
"Well, that seems like a good cue to leave," Jhonen said, still upset about being stuck with a scary fan girl. "I guess we'll all be back here in an hour." And with that, the two remaining groups left in opposite directions while Squee was talking fast and incoherantly about more things the ghosts might do to them.