USH'S MATRIX GAME: SECOND ASSIGNMENT: 'Ghost Hunt'

Ares, you lead the way as you step into a wider room, decorated in the same way. Better, in fact- wooden panelling on the walls. Very nice. It takes a few moments for everyone to walk through the doorway.

Azrael walks in behind Fire, standing deferentially behind him, taking in the entire room.

walks in

The door swings shut behind you.

"Good evening sirs," says a man with a cultured voice who was waiting for you in there.

He is, quite plainly, a butler, in smart black formalwear, immaculately pressed, with starched white collar.

And on his face, obscuring all his features, a plain white harlequin mask. His voice sounds somewhat hollow behind it.

"I trust you had a comfortable journey?"

"Journey? Where are we?"

"Why, you are at the factory, sirs," says the Butler. "After your journey from Chinatown. I understand you suffered considerable discomfort at the hands of Ni Zhan. On behalf on my master, I apologise profusely."

"Thank you, now can we speak with Jericho?"

Azrael looked slighty taken aback, as though he has expected something else.

"Jericho, sirs?" asks the Butler. "I am afraid that Mr. Jericho is not currently on the premises."

"than can I talk to *that guy jericho was working for*?"

"Of course," says the Butler. "My employer, Melitus. If it would please you to accompany me, I shall take you to him."

"Maybe we'll get some answers now...I have a few questions for him." San says.

(and speaking of the names thing...I wonder if any of you know what the name San means...)

Azrael looked hard at the eye slits of the mask, trying to see some kind of expression.

You cannot make out any expression, Azrael. The mask appears to be deep set.

(you actuall came here to speak to Melitus, San... finding Jericho would have been nice, though...)

The butler invites you to follow him into the next room.

(yeah I know...I went back and edited my post when I saw that though...)

*follows*

Also follows.

The butler takes you through several rooms, each more ornately decorated than the last. Expensive vases, wall hangings, scupltures, works of art...

Then one room he brings you into is entirely unlike the others. It is entirely white- so white that you can barely distinguish the walls and celings and corrners. So white it hurts your eyes, in fact. He waits for you all to come in and closes the door, also whote, behind you so you cannot see the way in or out.

"If you would mind waiting here for a few moments," says the Butler. "The process will be very short."

"Nice, I like nice things, they explode well."
*soft*
*tucks deagle away*
(goes into white room)]
"Ooh well this is interesting"
*Puts shades on*

Damn right you want the shades on... like, ow!