"On it! Where do we begin? The place's pretty darn big." Kradly stretched his arm to the side.

André dashed off into the depths of the hallway, determined to win the game. 

"Maybe we should look for more rooms?" Lumi suggested.

Andrew would come to find that there are a lot of doors/rooms, and the hallway is pretty large. On both sides of the hallway are five doors, making it possibly ten rooms in total he can enter, if none are connected to the same room.

Echo continued to count, "...Four...five...six...seven...eight...nine...ten..."

Phantom sat down in the closet he was hiding in, doing very good at not making noise.

(bops @Specter)

When André opens the pantry, he is met with a rather spacious room filled with foods of all sorts, which seem very organized. There are boxes he can hide behind. The shelves look sturdy enough to hold his weight, and the room is tall enough for him to find a space on the shelves above.

"Good idea!" Lumi nodded. "Huh? Do you hear that?" There was the sound of a piano playing very softly, most definitely not there before. It sounded like "Für Elise", a few notes being played wrong here and there. Lumi got close to a door and motioned for Kradly to come over. He put his hand on the door and the music suddenly stopped.

Echo finished counting, "Sixteen...seventeen...eighteen...nineteen...twenty!"

André scurried to climb on the highest shelf he could reach, making a spot for himself there. He breathed very slowly and very softly. He knows how to hide.

"Sounds like a ghost," Kradly whispered while he approached Lumi.

André remained quiet and alert, listening attentively to any sounds that indicated Echo's approach. There still was nothing for him to notice. Maybe he's taking the game too seriously.

Kradly nudged his brother's phone-holding arm towards the piano, as the last noise had come from there.
"Shhhh," he reminded. And then he whispered a little too loudly, "I think someone's here."

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Echo started knocking and hitting doors, listening for a reaction of someone jumping. She more than likely hit the door of Phantom's closet, and André could probably hear Echo's banging on doors. But, for André, it sounds pretty distant.

Lumi whispered like his brother did (a little too obviously), "I think you're right."

A giggle echoed throughout the ballroom, high and creepy. Lumi jumped a bit, startled, and whispered, "What was that?!"

"A ghost!" Went the answer, too loudly for sure this time. Kradly quickly motioned for Lumi to enter the room more.

Lumi did so, heading slowly to the center of the ballroom. Francis and Silence, who was nearby and heard Kradly, entered behind them.

Francis whispered, much more quiet then the twins, "You guys serious? A ghost?"

Lumi nodded, keeping the camera pointed at the piano.

Adrik, at the moment, is having the time of his little robotic life. He watched the three in the ballroom from the shadows. Maybe he should go get Father? They have guests, of course, and Father wouldn't want them to go without tea. Buuuut, they seemed so interesting! He kind of wanted to stand there forever and watched people. Well, maybe not forever, because Adrik would probably miss dressing up in pretty clothes. Also talking to Father, too, would be something he would miss, along with reading. But at the moment, he wanted to watch the random people for a while!

Echo started opening random doors, she was too far from Phantom now, but she did open the door of the kitchen. She entered the kitchen for a little bit, but didn't search around. She left, and André was safe in his hiding spot. For now, anyway.

"Yeah, a ghost!" Kradly realized too late that he should probably have spoken in a softer voice. "Something played the piano. And laughed too."

André slowly let out the breath he was holding in once he heard Echo leave. He crept close to the border of his hiding place to hear any sounds that could tell of the goddess's current position.

Phantom peeked out of his closet so he could see where Echo was.

Phantom had quickly shut the door to his closet, but he wasn't careful enough and the door made a light clicking sound.

Phantom pressed himself as far back into the closet as possible, not daring to even breathe. I mean, technically if he's in his ghost form he doesn't need to breathe, but right now he isn't, so he still needs oxygen. I wonder how long he can hold his breath for.

"What's over there?" Lumi whispered loudly to Kradly.



Echo closed the door and stood still for a bit, listening for any sounds. She tiptoed over to Phantom's closet, careful to not make any noise as she looked around the hallway.



The footsteps didn't leave the room, but instead it sounded like whoever was in the kitchen was starting to pull out something, like perhaps a pan or pot. Was someone starting to cook?