Barbara says, "Oh. It's just because you're chicken!!" She
starts to strangely mimic a rooster, screaming a mating call at
regular intervals and flapping her arms wildly.
Doug has no reaction. In fact, Doug seems to be studying the house
with some interest. Barbara says, "What's wrong, Doug? You
look...mezmorized." She studied his oblong face.
"I thought I...never mind." Doug shook his head, and turned
around again. His face looked strangely white. He looked as if he had
just seen a ghost. Doug still seemed as if he was in some sort of
exotic spell. Suddenly, he turned around and started slowly walking
inside of the Castle.
"Are you crazy?" you and Barbara yelled with your hands
cupped over your mouths. Doug most obviously didn't hear a word that
you said. He continued sauntering into the Castle. Closing the door
behind him, you heard his muffled footsteps for a few seconds, then
heard nothing at all.
"What should we do?" cried Barbara. You had no idea, but she
seemed to be acting as if you were the leader of the expedition. She
sat down on the steps with a strange expression frozen on her
face.
Not wanting to get hurt, you explain to your friends over a long
period of days how opening a door into a supposedly haunted house
where a mass murderer may live could cause serious injury or death.