As Matt looks around the manor, independent from the knowing cannibalistic feasts, nothing much pings his senses as transmogrified. That is to say βΒ so much of the manor is deeply magical, it's a little like trying to pinpoint a whisper from across the room at a rock concert. Matt does get the sense that whatever force is keeping people locked inside is also effecting his magic inside. Whatever it is, it doesn't want to be found, and if provoked will send Matt on a merry goose chase that will ultimately lead nowhere. He fails at finding wherever the force stems from, always somewhat befuddled by where he ends up.
What isn't hard to determine, is that the estate is rife with ghosts. A spirit board will be very vocal, seances will never be dull. You can take the reigns on whatever ghosts Matt comes into contact with β from old Balfour family members who died of cholera, to young maids who were politely disposed of after, cough, rigorous activities with the man of the manor at the time (and, subsequently, his wife). As for asking the spirits involved in the cake/gourd variety, oddly enough, Matt will find that none of them actually believe themselves to be dead. The question "how did you die?" is met with "but I'm alive?" to no end. Of course, if he digs a little deeper, he'll find that being their version of alive is a little bit like endless torture, hence the screaming he encountered with his cake scry. Potentially, Matt will want to help the souls, because he's a good boy. Luckily, there is a solution(ish)!
Allowing the souls to possess him does give them a little reprieve. Of course, they don't really want to give up control of Matt's body, so it's a push and pull whenever/if he ever chooses to do it. In particular, a ghost named PARIS is taken with him. Paris was a guest in the manor βΒ in fact, the cousin and good friend of Bunny Balfour, who invited him to Saltburnt for their first summer vacation in university. Paris, you might say, was deeply in love with Bunny, who found his attraction very flattering, but also kind of gross, dude, stop. Anyway, when pried about his death, Paris will admit he went into the maze following Bunny one night, hoping for a sordid meet up among the greenery. However, he felt an eerie impulse inside the maze, like someone was watching or following him. A little scared, he started to run, and then he started to hear huffing breaths coming from behind him, and then βΒ the painful thunk of something hard on the back of his head, and then nothing at all.
Paris will try to possess Matt whenever he can, to reunite with Bunny. Following this, Matt might sometimes wake up in the maze, disorientated and confused, unsure how he got there, and with a stomach ache that inevitability has him throwing up milky white, almost translucent bile.
Hopefully this helps, and if you have any returning questions, feel free to send them our way!
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As Matt looks around the manor, independent from the knowing cannibalistic feasts, nothing much pings his senses as transmogrified. That is to say βΒ so much of the manor is deeply magical, it's a little like trying to pinpoint a whisper from across the room at a rock concert. Matt does get the sense that whatever force is keeping people locked inside is also effecting his magic inside. Whatever it is, it doesn't want to be found, and if provoked will send Matt on a merry goose chase that will ultimately lead nowhere. He fails at finding wherever the force stems from, always somewhat befuddled by where he ends up.
What isn't hard to determine, is that the estate is rife with ghosts. A spirit board will be very vocal, seances will never be dull. You can take the reigns on whatever ghosts Matt comes into contact with β from old Balfour family members who died of cholera, to young maids who were politely disposed of after, cough, rigorous activities with the man of the manor at the time (and, subsequently, his wife). As for asking the spirits involved in the cake/gourd variety, oddly enough, Matt will find that none of them actually believe themselves to be dead. The question "how did you die?" is met with "but I'm alive?" to no end. Of course, if he digs a little deeper, he'll find that being their version of alive is a little bit like endless torture, hence the screaming he encountered with his cake scry. Potentially, Matt will want to help the souls, because he's a good boy. Luckily, there is a solution(ish)!
Allowing the souls to possess him does give them a little reprieve. Of course, they don't really want to give up control of Matt's body, so it's a push and pull whenever/if he ever chooses to do it. In particular, a ghost named PARIS is taken with him. Paris was a guest in the manor βΒ in fact, the cousin and good friend of Bunny Balfour, who invited him to Saltburnt for their first summer vacation in university. Paris, you might say, was deeply in love with Bunny, who found his attraction very flattering, but also kind of gross, dude, stop. Anyway, when pried about his death, Paris will admit he went into the maze following Bunny one night, hoping for a sordid meet up among the greenery. However, he felt an eerie impulse inside the maze, like someone was watching or following him. A little scared, he started to run, and then he started to hear huffing breaths coming from behind him, and then βΒ the painful thunk of something hard on the back of his head, and then nothing at all.
Paris will try to possess Matt whenever he can, to reunite with Bunny. Following this, Matt might sometimes wake up in the maze, disorientated and confused, unsure how he got there, and with a stomach ache that inevitability has him throwing up milky white, almost translucent bile.
Hopefully this helps, and if you have any returning questions, feel free to send them our way!