chapter 5 - the ambiance improves, and foreshadowing ensues

[toolshedarsenal]

[after having a bit of trouble getting his costume on in the dark, Mort's made his way down to the lobby to admire the new decorations. he's currently leaning on the table, a bag on the table beside him, the journal in hand]Now, this is more like it. This is the kind of thing a mystery writer expects from a magic castle. I have to tell you,

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[chasingvisions]

You got bit too, huh?

[toolshedarsenal]

Yeah. Stings like nobody's business, too.

[chasingvisions]

I know, right? I hope whatever it was wasn't rabid or something.

[toolshedarsenal]

Ooh. Yeah, that'd suck. [ahahahaha unwitting pun] I hadn't thought of that. [considers it] At least it's not starting to go oogy around the edges. So whatever it was isn't poisonous.

[chasingvisions]

Small blessings.

...I am really thirsty, though. Weird.

[toolshedarsenal]

... You know, I wasn't until you mentioned it.

[chasingvisions]

Too bad the castle's ignoring requests.

[toolshedarsenal]

I don't think ignoring is quite the word. You should've heard what I got when I asked a ghost in the kitchen for a Mountain Dew.

[chasingvisions]

I think the castle's trying to compete with the Hellmouth this year.

[toolshedarsenal]

With the what?

[chasingvisions]

Hellmouth. Lots of evil freaky stuff happening.