Tales in the Dark

Aries: *Runs into a room* Guys we're playing hide and seek!

Virgo: *Gets up to leave*

Pisces: *Yanks him down* This should be fun!

Virgo: Aries, didn't you do that last night?

Aries: Yep and I'm ready to do it again.

Virgo: It's too late at night for this sort of thing.

Aries: Nope it's exactly the right time.

Pisces: Can Charlie play??? He's already hidden

Aries: Sure!

Virgo: Fine, I'll play, but you're all limited to the second floor.

Pisces: Onetwothreenotit!

Aries: NOT IT!

Virgo: *Facepalms*

Aries: *Bolts out* Okay, count to twenty!

Pisces: *Scoots*

Virgo: *Sighs* *Starts counting* Okay, I'm coming... *walks down the hall* Where would Pisces hide...? *Checks out the row of spare bedrooms* *Checks out the room with the pingpong table* If I were Pisces and I had just had an extremely late night talking with Cancer and Taurus, where would I hide...? Oh, of course. *Turns and walks across the den down the hall*

Virgo: *Opens the pillow room* Pisces, I know you're in here.

*Rumble*

Virgo: *Squints*

*Rumble*

Virgo: PISCES!

Pisces: AHhhH! *Jumps up* Oh, hi Virgo! Wait, am I out?

Virgo: Yeah. If you're going to hide in the pillow room, try not to snore.

Pisces: *Grins sheepishly* *They walk out* So, are we looking for Charlie now? Or Aries?

Virgo: Nope, we're not looking for Aries. Aries is going to come to us.

Pisces: She is...?

Virgo: Yes. We're just going to walk down all the halls and into the rooms and Aries will present herself.

Pisces: Okay...?

Virgo: *Checks the master bedroom* *Walks down the hall* *Walks into the movie room*

Aries: *Jumps off of the ceiling onto Virgo* BOO!

Pisces: SWEET JESUS

Virgo: *Climbs to his feet* You're out.

Aries: Aw, I didn't get you?

Virgo: No, I got you. Besides, you already got me once, aren't you going to give it up now?

Aries: Heh, no.

Virgo: *Sighs* Okay, we still got you. Charlie wins.

Pisces: Wait, but how is Charlie going to seek?

All: ...

Virgo & Pisces: Onetwothreenotit! *Bolt*

Aries: Dang it! *Starts counting* ...

*

Saggy: *Walks into Capricorn's room* Capricorn, I need help.

Capricorn: *Reading* No.

Saggy: I'll give you money.

Capricorn: *Climbs off the bed* What do you need?

Saggy: *Pulls out a map* This map leads to the location of buerried treasure-

Capricorn: *Climbs back into bed*

Saggy: Come on!

Capricorn: The last time you tried this we went on a wild goose chase for a cheap ice cream cone.

Saggy: This treasure has real money!

Capricorn: It's raining outside.

Saggy: It's indoors!

Capricorn: ...?

Saggy: Aries is paying me to find her piggy bank, she lost it. We get half of it if we find it.

Capricorn: And where did the map come from?

Saggy: Aries drew it, but she can't remember what it means.

Capricorn: And I can help with this how?

Saggy: You're supposed to be smart, right?

Capricorn: Yes. *Takes the map*

Cancer: *Peers in* Hey, guys, what's going on? You woke me up.

Saggy: Oof, sorry Cancer.

Cancer: No it's fine, I wasn't that tired. No one else seems to be asleep.

Saggy: So, are you going to help us look for buerried treasure?

Cancer: Sure! Where is it?

Saggy: *Looks at Capricorn*

Capricorn: This map is utter nonsense.

Saggy: Aw come on you can do better than that.

Capricorn: It's a bunch of scribbles and dollar signs with an arrow pointing at it saying "howse".

Saggy: ...maybe she wants us to sell the house!

Cancer: Maybe she wants us to do something other than sell the house?

Saggy: Hmm crazy theory, but tell me more.

Cancer: Oh hey, this part kind of looks like the kitchen.

Capricorn: I guess those bumps could be the towers...

Saggy: Okay, where did she mark it with an x?

Cancer: There's one here...

Capricorn: That's in the middle of the pool.

All: ...

Saggy: *Runs downstairs*

Cancer & Capricorn: *Run after*

Saggy: *Peers into the pool* Okay, I don't see any money.

Cancer: It should be right on the side...

Capricorn: You mean right next to the cleaning vent?

Cancer & Saggy: ...

Saggy: *Jumps into the pool*

Cancer: Sag-!

Saggy: *Unscrews the vent* Aha! *Pulls out a ceramic pig*

Capricorn: This is ridiculous.

Saggy: *Takes off the bottom* *Two coppery pennies fall out*

Capricorn & Cancer: ...

Capricorn: This is all of Aries's money?!?

Saggy: Yeah, we get half! *Takes one penny* Want to flip for it?

Capricorn: The frigging ceramic pig is worth more than that!

Saggy: So I can have your share?

Capricorn: ...

Capricorn: No.

Saggy: Okay, heads Cancer and I flip for it, tails we flip, if its heads Capricorn gets it, if not we flip it again. *Flips the coin*

Coin: *Heads*

Capricorn: Son of a-

Saggy: I call tails! *Flips again*

Coin: *Heads*

Cancer: Wow! *Takes the penny* Thanks guys! This was fun! *Waves and leaves*

Saggy & Capricorn: ...

Saggy: Want to steal the other penny?

Capricorn: Sure.

Saggy: Flip for it?

Capricorn: I call heads.

Saggy: *Flips the coin...*

*

Gemini: Hey! Libra!

Libra: *Turns around* Oh, hey Gem, what's up?

Gemini: I'm having a problem with this wall.

Libra: ...I see.

Gemini: Don't give that face, you know as well as I do that there should be a room here.

Taurus: *Walks by* what's up dudes?

Gemini: Hey Taurus! Why isn't there a room here?

Taurus: I dunno dude ask the architect.

Libra: Why should there be a room here?

Gemini: Here, I'll show you. See, we're to the left of the kitchen, right? So, we can walk around this entire section, passing by the stairs, and there's no opening.

Libra: So?

Taurus: No, I see what he's saying, there's a lot of empty space there.

Gemini: Yeah!

Taurus: Think there's a secret room?

Libra: Hold on, what?

Gemini: That would be epic!

Taurus: Yeah, let's look for a lever or something.

Libra: Guys, there aren't any secret rooms in this house. When Gemini and I bought it nobody mentioned that.

Gemini: Maybe they didn't know about it either! *Patting down the wall*

Taurus: *Peering under a rug* Yeah, they can't just tell you these things.

Libra: This is ridiculous. *Leans back on the wall* There's no secret- *Falls into the wall*

Gemini: Libra! You found it!

Taurus: Way to go dude!

Libra: *Picks herself up* Okay, when I'm wrong I'm wrong. *Looks around* Guys, there isn't a room, but... there's a ladder.

Gemini: Nice!

Taurus: Dibs on going up first!

*The three climb up the ladder*

Gemini: *Calls up* Does it end?

Taurus: Nah.

Libra: Huh, we should be on the second floor by now. It must go higher than one floor.

Gemini: Nice!

*They climb for a while*

Libra: Okay, we're past the second floor, so we should be coming out on the third floor now...

Taurus: Are there any more floors?

Gemini: *Scratches his head* No, when we bought the house it said it just had three.

Libra: But it has always looked a bit taller than that from the outside...

Taurus: Guys there's a door! *Opens the door* Dude we're going to need a flashlight.

Gemini: Ooh, I've got one.

Libra: *Laughs* You carry a flashlight everywhere?

Gemini: Yeah! Aquarius dared me I couldn't keep track of it for a week. I'm on day two.

Libra: Well, good luck.

Taurus: *Takes the flashlight* *Shines it around* We're in some kind of hyper-attick.

Gemini: Ooh, old boxes.

Libra: *Opens a box* There's some old furniture in here, and some pictures.

Gemini: Aw, I was hoping for treasure.

Taurus: Hey, there's another door up here.

Libra: *Opens the door* It's really dark in there. Pass me the light?

Taurus: *Hands her the light*

Libra: *Shines it around* It's some kind of circular dome... *Walks in* The walls are- oh!

Gemini & Taurus: What?

Libra: *Flicks off the flashlight* Come in!

Gemini: *Walks in* Whoa...

*They look up. The ceiling is clear and they can see outside to the stars*

Libra: That's amazing.

Taurus: There's a telescope over here! *Pulls it out* The zoom on this is amazing!

Gemini: Can I try? *Taurus lets him* I can see Libra!

Libra: Wait, really? Where? It's too late at night to be able to see Libra this time of year.

Gemini: *Pokes Libra* Right there, ya doofus!

Libra: *Snorts in laughter*

Taurus: *Staring at the wall* Dudes there's even a star chart over here!

Libra: Who would have thought the mansion had a fully functional observatory dome?

Taurus Gemini & Libra: *Take a moment to stare at the sky*

Gemini: Hey, you guys want to go find some more secret rooms?

Taurus & Libra: Of course! *The three walk back down the ladder.

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