Day 1 - Beltane - part 5
The intercom beeped and the doorman announced Ms. Fleach. Velma was confused, but told him to let her in anyway. Marcie showed up with an awkward smile and apologized.
Marcie: Uh… I've been tracking your phone since our last science fair because I wanted to know if you were working for Gibby Norton…
Instead of getting mad, Velma was relieved Marcie kept her company.
Marcie: So… why did you call me?
Velma: oh… I… I just wanted to… uh… show you the mansion…
Marcie: What are you doing here? Don´t tell me now you´re friends with Penelope Pitstop too! As if that insufferable little friend of yours, Daphne Blake, wasn't bad enough...
Velma: No! I barely know Penelope… I'm… just… working here… as a housekeeper… for a few days… I'm earning a small fortune and I´ll use the money to take all the science club girls to Silicon Valley… and Daphne told me Mr. Pitstop will talk to his friend Elon Musk, so that we can make an appointment to see him at Tesla´s facilities… ok, now you can judge me and make fun of me…
Marcie: Make fun of you for working at a billionaire heiress´ mansion and meet Elon Musk at the end of your work days? Honey, I´ve just spent my last three hours inside a werewolf costume at a musty ghost train, and I only received a bucket of fried chicken as payment… I have no morals for judging you…
Both girls laughed for a few minutes, then hugged each other.
Marcie: So… won't you invite me in? Wait, let me turn my GPS on first, I don´t want to get lost…
Marcie's presence made Velma feel safe. Fortunately, the strange noises disappeared and Velma concluded that they must have been a figment of her imagination.
Marcie: Wow, this hall is twice the size of my trailer…
Velma: It´s the result of surplus value, dear…
Marcie: Oh my God, look at that fireplace! It's like I´m living in a Hollywood movie!
Velma: Beautiful, isnt it?
Marcie: Shut up! Is this a real Monet?
Velma: Of course it is!
Marcie: Look at those crystal bowls! Oh, please, let me see the kitchen! The dishes must be beautiful!
Velma: They´re swiss… hand-painted…
Marcie: Wow, I bet the Pitstops have never washed the dishes in their lives! I bet they doesn´t even know what a detergent is! That´s crazy!
Velma: As I said, surplus value, dear…
Marcie: Wait! Is there a pool in this mansion?
Velma: One indoor and other in the garden…
Marcie: Can we swim?
Velma: It's 9 PM!
Marcie: Must be a heated pool…
Velma: MARCIE!
Marcie: Ok, ok, just show me the pools… we can swim tomorrow…
Velma showed her the way to the indoor pool, but a few steps after, Marcie stopped again.
Marcie: Hey, I have a better idea… let's go upstairs and see Penelope's room!
The suggestion scared Velma so much that she grabbed Marcie´s arm immediately and elaborated a good reason to make her stay.
Velma: Forget it! Penelope locked all doors and…
Marcie: So let's try to open them! Even a five-year-old knows how to break a lock… come on, where's your sense of adventure?
Velma: Marcie! Please!
Velma pleaded, but Marcie only giggled childishly and ran towards the top floor, expecting Velma would run after her. Velma had no choice but run after her to make her stop doing whatever she was doing. When she arrived at the pink floor, she found Marcie repeatedly trying to pry a lock.
Marcie: You're right, Penelope locked all doors... for a stuck-up bitch, she's actually pretty smart...
Velma: I told you! Now let's get out of here! If you make me lose my job, I'll convince your parents to make you work at the Mexican hat!
Marcie: Nooooo, anything but the Mexican hat! People puke there!
Velma: Exaclty! If you don't behave yourself, that will be your fate… now let's go!
Marcie followed Velma in silence a few steps down the stairs, but after some time, she stopped again.
Velma: What the fuck, Marcie! What´s the problem now? LET´S GO!
Marcie: Are you aware that a crime happened here?
Velma couldn't answer yes or no, but the shiver that ran down her spine made her face show clearly the fear she was feeling.
Marcie: Once upon a time there was a freaky, bi-zarre guy with multiple personalities that worked for Penelope's dad for a long time… a reliable person and all… but seems like he was kind of obsessed with her, then one day he just walked into her room at night with a knife and her father saw him and…
Velma: Yeah, I know, I read the papers, he shot and killed the maniac, end of story. Now let's go!
Marcie: No, the story doesn't end there! Everyone says that crazy guy is still here... and he strangles the servants and hurts everyone who tries to be close to Penelope...
This time, fear made Velma hold her breath and look obsessively at the door at the end of the hall, waiting to see her to move.
Velma: How stupid. If that were really true, the entire school football team would be hurt…and half the baseball team…and all Darrell University athletes…poor ghost, so many necks to strangle…
The sarcasm made Marcie laugh and Velma felt some relief too.
Marcie: You're right, it doesn't make any sense... but… that's what people say...
Velma: People are stupid and usually don't know what they say...
For a moment, Velma thought she had convinced Marcie to return downstairs, but when she turned, she noticed her friend was standing in the same place, staring at the open door at the end of the hall.
Velma: Marcie! Will I have to kick your ass out of here?
Marcie: The crime happened right there! Let´s take a look?
Velma: There's nothing there, it's just a stupid girl's stupid pink room!
Marcie didn't wait for Velma's answer and walked towards the room at the end of the hall. Velma sighed impatiently and walked after her friend against her will. When the two girls were in the middle of the hallway, the intercom rang and gave them a fright.
Velma: Come on! We need to go down!
The intercom rang once more, but instead of coming back, Marcie continued to the end. Before Velma could reach her to make her stop, the bedroom door slammed by itself right in front of them. Both girls screamed and left the place quickly. When they reached the hall, they saw a black figure through main door´s glass and they screamed once more. After the screams, the door opened and it was revealed that the figure was, in fact, Thorn.