lessons never learned (OPEN)

[adelina roze grimm]

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[atrb=border,2,true][atrb=valign,top][atrb=style, background: #0f0303 url(http://i1122.photobucket.com/albums/l536/CarCrashFaggot/Megurine%20Luka/884981-1.jpg) center bottom no-repeat; outline: 2px solid #151a1f; width: 500px; height: 708px; padding: 0px;, bTable][style=border: 1px solid #151a1f; background: #d8d8db; opacity: 0.7; filter:alpha(opacity=70); font-family: georgia; color: #000; text-shadow: 0px 0px 0px #; margin: 415px 40px 0px; float: left; padding: 5px 10px 20px 20px; -moz-box-shadow: 0px 0px 0px #000; -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 0px 0px #000; box-shadow: 0px 0px 0px #000; width: 230px; height: 270px; overflow-y: auto;] The abandoned house near the town was well known by everyone, it was a rumor that was whispered behind closed doors and told to children so they wouldn't run off to the woods. The house that people entered and never came out of, the house supposedly drenched in red. It was said people had lost loved ones to that house, and that it was haunted by its previous owner since it was shrouded in mystery and tragedy. The students of the school were advised against approaching the house, it was said to be dangerous to the health of the children and no one wanted a law suit on their hands. Of course, not all students listen. And some students look for these things and provoke others into accompanying them. Adelina waited at the edge of town, excited as she tapped her heel against the ground. After catching wind of the rumor she'd immediately told Gilbert and let most of the school know, and had managed to grab a decent sized group of people and rope them into going with her to the house. The gory rumors of vanishing students and towns people only made it more exciting, and she tugged on her auburn hair as her lips pursed. As the group converged she grinned and walked up the overgrown path, noticing that the air seemed to grow colder as they approached the gated house. Sucking in a breath she gazed at the house, somewhat alarmed as it seemed untouched by age and standing perfectly strong. But how? Frowning to herself she reached to hug herself close and took a step back. Something wasn't right about this house, perhaps it was a bad idea to have spread those rumors and convince people to go. "This place is starting to give me the creeps." She murmured quietly. The surrounding area was quiets sand, no wind rolled through the trees, it was dead quiet. Eerily the large house seemed to gaze down at them, even appeared momentarily to lean forward and try to swallow them up, but then again that could have been her imagination playing tricks on her once again and muddling her mind. Quietly she tugged on the heart earrings that dangled from her lobes, glancing around at the other students. Regardless if the other students seemed just as frightened as she did, she decided to take the initiative and take the first step onto the path leading to the front door. "It all seems rather empty, but dangerous. I wonder how it managed to stay so pretty looking after all these years." She wondered aloud to catch the attention of the others, took those first nervous steps as her heart hammered on in her chest. Hand on the doorknob she glanced back at everyone, flashing a pretty smile and opening the door. A shiver ran down her spine as she stood in the open doorway, fear washing over her and causing her to gasp. The emptiness of the place began to suck her in, but her feet seemed solidly rooted to the ground. She didn't know if she could take those next few steps without some helpful encouragement (or teasing) from someone else. [style=padding: 0px 10px; font-size: smaller;] Date;; feb 19th Location;; the abandoned house Outfit;; *click* Music;; the symphony by snow patrol Notes;; and so it begins~

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[Mei-Mei Hyung]

Haunted houses definitely didn’t exist. It was all just illusions and natural noises. There were no such things as evil ghosts; she’d always been quite sceptical of the supernatural, sure she loved folk stories and the ancient customs of her culture, but by no means did she believe that spirits were confined to one place. She didn’t believe in demonic paranormal entities, instead she believed that ghosts could come and go as they pleased; to either visit relatives or to watch over their descendents.

Mei-Mei was quite religious in the spiritual sense and had followed Taoism since she was a little girl, growing up in rural Taiwan hadn’t really left her with much of a choice on whether or not to believe.
She wasn’t some silly hectic who ran around screaming her beliefs from the roof – while forcing others to join; heavens no. Mei-Mei simply had her beliefs and kept them to herself. She practised in her own time and while Mei-Mei didn’t follow the rules of Taoism to their strictest practises she still held them in high regard.

But as soon as she and the rest of the group had rounded that corner and the house came into view, her eyes widened at the oppressive atmosphere that seemed to surround the house; she wasn’t the only one. For a moment she and the rest of the group seemed to stare without seeing and it wasn’t until she broke her gaze away from the empty building that her courage returned.

“S-so,” she said as a chill washed down her spine “Do you want to go in?” she tugged Addy’s arm and linked her with it friendlily hoping her friend would find the encouragement she needed.
“There’s probably no such things as horrible ghosts anyway.” She said with a tiny smile.

[Elizabeta Héderváry]

To say that Eliza thought this was silly, stupid, and childish was an understatement. In any normal case, you would NOT find her stalking off in the direction of the so called haunted house she heard a bunch of idiot school-mates were going to. However this time, the case was not normal and, it could not be helped. Two of her delicate, precious, little underclass-men were going. Worse yet, as far as she could tell -it was one of those precious delicate little underclass-men’s idea to drag people along to the haunted house to go into the house.

This would be simple. She’d catch up with them. Go into the house, walk all around it, and prove it was nothing. Then those silly girls would get back to the school grounds. Get into their dorm room and do their home-work. Then she could get home and do the cleaning and laundry. It wouldn’t take more than twenty minutes, she was sure. Then they’d feel silly for even wanting to come here to get scared.

By the time she caught up though, it seemed Addy and Mei were already at the door, with it opened. But seeming scared to go in. Eliza rolled her eyes a little before shoving past the crowd and past Addy and Mei, into the open door and marching deeper into the house. Eliza didn’t exactly have the self-preservation instinct that made others notice the oppressive atmosphere.

Instead she had the, I am alpha instinct. Not to say she didn’t feel the unusual atmosphere. She just chose to ignore it, finding it silly. As if a ghost or any other hocus pocus monster could beat her in a fight. She twirled around to stare back at the door from the other end up the mail hall, “See? Addy, Mei. Nothing is here! I’ll even march through the whole house if I have to. You guys are lucky I came! What if those stupid boys in the group you brought along wanted to use this house for a beer party and then force themselves on you?! You have more to worry about from me bending you guys over my knee then you do this house!”

So, it wasn’t exactly her most friendly, but considering what she’d do to them if they were guys, scolding is a nice form of getting her point across. She put her hands on her hips, expectantly. In retrospect. It was all those three idiots faults. She was sure they some how convinced poor Addy to get people to come. They probably wanted a booze party. And hey, an abandoned house, where better? She’d definitely kick their asses later for this.