Miyamasuzaka Girls Academy - Class 1-A
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Class President
So, for the School Festival, our class...
Class President
...by a majority vote, will be doing a haunted house!
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Kohane
(But a haunted house seems like an essential part of any school festival, so it should be fun. Does this mean we get to make gravestones, wells and other things like that for it?)
Class President
We'll decide on the details during homeroom tomorrow. Please keep in mind that we may need to stay late after school in order to prepare everything for it.
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Shiho
I sorta wasn't expecting the haunted house to win. I was hoping for something else since it sounded like a lot of work...
Kohane
Hehe. It might be a little tough since we'll have to figure out a design that fits inside this classroom.
Kohane
But I'm actually kind of looking forward to seeing how our haunted house turns out.
Minori
I know! We should make it just like the one at PXL! I remember having so much fun there when I was little!
Kohane
Oh, are you talking about Phenny's Nightmare? The one where Phenny wanders inside an old mansion...?
Minori
Yeah, that! Phenny was as cute as ever, but it was actually really scary inside...!
Minori
And it's great during Halloween because they have zombies come after you in the mirror room!
Shiho
Oh, that's right.
I went with Ichika and the others a while back... You should've seen the looks on Saki and Honami's faces.
I went with Ichika and the others a while back... You should've seen the looks on Saki and Honami's faces.
Kohane
Hehe. Phenny's Nightmare is really popular because it offers a nice balance of cuteness and fear.
Kohane
On top of that, they change how the monsters look and when they're supposed to jump out depending on the season to make sure it never gets old!
Kohane
Oh, that's it... I thought I didn't know much about haunted houses at first, but this seems like a good way to come up with ideas for ours.
Park
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Akito & Toya
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Kohane & An
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Toya
I agree. And your singing is very encouraging, Shiraishi. I have a feeling that the audience is going to go wild during the chorus.
Akito
Yeah. But it isn't perfect yet, so we gotta keep working on it during practice tomorrow.
Kohane
I'm really sorry, but I have to help prepare for our School Festival starting tomorrow. I'm probably going to be late to practice for the foreseeable future...
Kohane
Oh, um... I was actually going to invite you all today...! So... I hope you can all come!
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Luka
Also, An, I vaguely remember hearing something about you being afraid of ghosts... Is that because...?
An
I know! Your class is doing a maid cafe, right? With outfits that are a little too embarrassing to wear...!
An
Th-The kind where you put drapes up all over your classroom and hang konjac jelly from the ceiling, right?! Th-That sounds like fun...!
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Akito
Your idea of a haunted house sounds ancient. Also, why are you so acting so jittery all of a sudden...?
Kohane
A-An, you don't have to visit my class if you don't feel like you're up to it. There's plenty more things we could do together...
Akito
But I guess we can make an exception for this. I'm looking forward to seeing how scary your haunted house is gonna be.
Toya
Speaking of which, Akito, didn't your class also do a haunted house during our School Festival? It actually ended up being quite a bit of fun.
Akito
We did put a lot of effort into making it as scary as we could. I mean, a haunted house isn't exactly gonna feel haunted if it isn't scary.
The next day
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Class President
Okay. Today, let's start coming up with ideas for our haunted house. Do any of you already happen to have suggestions ready?
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Classmate A
I was hoping that it'd be more like a house of dolls. It'd be pretty creepy if we all brought the dolls we played with when we were little, right?
Classmate B
Or how about a really long tunnel?
We could have weird sounds play in the background and have people follow our visitors.
We could have weird sounds play in the background and have people follow our visitors.
Kohane
Y-Yeah...
And they're all really good. I have a feeling that our haunted house is going to be pretty scary.
And they're all really good. I have a feeling that our haunted house is going to be pretty scary.
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Kohane
(Isn't there a way to make our haunted house enjoyable for those who don't exactly like ghosts?)
Class President
Thank you for your suggestions.
Any more ideas out there? If not, I'd like for us to start choosing which to go with...
Any more ideas out there? If not, I'd like for us to start choosing which to go with...
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Minori
Didn't you say how the haunted house at PXL is really popular because it offers a good mix of cuteness and fear?
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Minori
Airi... My friend even said that ideas are sometimes more interesting when they take the opposite approach!
Shiho
I like your idea...
But I'm having trouble wrapping my head around a “cute” haunted house.
But I'm having trouble wrapping my head around a “cute” haunted house.
Kohane
A fairytale...? Like “Little Red Riding Hood” or “The Wolf and the Seven Young Goats”?
Minori
Yeah! Making it cute would be a lot easier if we based our haunted house off one of those stories, right?
Shiho
Yeah, that could be fun since it'll feel a little different from a traditional haunted house...
Classmates
Decorating it might be fun too!
Classmates
But what about the ghosts and monsters and stuff?
Classmates
Yeah, not many fairytales have them in their stories... Would witches work?
Kohane
(It's actually kind of a scary story since Little Red Riding Hood gets eaten by the wolf. But not that scary.)
Kohane
(Oh, maybe it's because you know that the hunter's going to use his gun to rescue her in the end...)
Kohane
As our visitors walk in, they'll become lost, thereby becoming Little Red Riding Hood or the goats.
Kohane
Then, we'll be the wolves who go after them as they try to navigate their way towards the exit... How does that sound...?
Shiho
Hey, that sounds pretty fun.
That means they'll actually get to be those characters.
That means they'll actually get to be those characters.
Kohane
Yeah.
Anyone chosen to be a hunter will be given a toy gun that will allow them to chase away any wolves.
Anyone chosen to be a hunter will be given a toy gun that will allow them to chase away any wolves.
Shiho
Oh, interesting.
That means they'll get to enjoy our haunted house in a couple of different ways.
That means they'll get to enjoy our haunted house in a couple of different ways.
Minori
I see! The people who want to experience the haunted house as a haunted house can choose to be Little Red Riding Hood or the goats...
Classmates
Whoa! That sounds like fun!
Classmates
Multiple options mean our visitors can go through it multiple times! I vote for this!!
Class President
Okay, we seem to have strong approval for this idea, so let's go with this idea!
Next Chapter: Let's Make A Haunted House!