And now, back to your regularly scheduled program…

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The house, mansion, hadn't been there before. She was sure of it.

Staring at the giant beast of a haunted place, Mio felt her will to live slowly seeping away from her. It would be so nice to just let one of the nice ghosts take her away. They probably already had her sister by now, and if they didn't, well, Mayu was creepy anyways. Geeze, half the time Mio thought Mayu was Sae, which didn't bode well since Sae was out for Mio's blood.

Sigh.

Walking up and into the mansion, Mio scanned the room with her flashlight. Hmm. Nothing too out of the ordinary. It was a regular entrance well. Well, regular enough for the place she was in. There was a gate-type wall on the one side and through it she could see what looked like a dead body wrapped in a blanket. Ahh, just like the Osaka house! Familiar territory. Turning, she walked up the steps, avoiding the hole in the ground.

To her right was a wall with a funky looking mask on it. Neat décor. One of these times she'd have to remember to asks the ghosts what magazine they subscribed to and just where they got all these awesome little decorative touches. To her left was a screen and, upon further investigation, a camera behind the screen. A camera with a glowing green light.

Now that was something she'd have to write down on her "List of Suspicious Things" list. Just what was a camera doing here? Shrugging, she opened the door and started out into the hallway.

"Holy sweet lord…" There were ropes. Ropes. And more ropes. Everywhere. Hanging from the ceiling. Raising an eyebrow, Mio began to walk slowly through the hallway, weaving through the odd pattern of handing obstacles. "Okay, the mask was cool, but the ropes? Just clashes with the rest of the house, I can already tell. Puh-lease, you can tell a man was allowed to decorate this hallway.

"For the love of all the is sacred let me beeeeee!"

Mio froze. There was someone else in the house, er, mansion! Someone else who was alive! Running and ignoring all the ropes that smacked her in the face, she turned to the right and opened the door, entering the ro-

WHAM!

Whoever else was in the mansion ran into her, causing them both to fall back onto their butts. Shaking her head, Mio picked up flashlight back up and pointed in at the person…

"You!"

"What, me? You!"

Both girls glared at each, pulling themselves to their feet and crossing arms. "Miku Hinasaki, what are you doing in my game?"
"Your game? Excuse me? You're in the Himuro mansion which, and correct me if I'm wrong, if in my game, not yours."

"Uh, yeah, but you see, the mansion is in the All God's Village. Which is my game. Please explain to me why your stinkin' mansion is in my village."

"Why is your village contaminating my mansion?"

"Contaminating? What the heck do you mean by that?"

"Oh, you know what I mean. You'll do every house, ghost whore. I stick to one. I'm faithful."

"Oh that's it bitch. You're going down now!"

"Bring it on, twin murderer!"

~_~ ~_~ ~_~ ~_~ ~_~ ( They look like sleeping faces! )

On the balcony overhead, watching the two girls, four people congratulated themselves. "Really Mafuyu, this was an awesome idea."

"Oh please Sae. You helped."

"Only because Kirie suggested putting the two girls together."

"And I only suggested that because Mayu wanted to know what would happen if they got together."

The four lapsed into silence for a moment, watching the two girls duke it out. "… anybody care for some popcorn?"