In front of the 7th House
The Black Void - Episode 1885
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Hoping that she may provide an answer as to what’s happening, Jacques
follows her. But before he does this, he musters up the courage to try
to shake her shoulder. When he does this, his hand sinks into her shoulder like she’s made of air. Hot air, like he’s reaching into a sauna. Jacques hold his hand in her for a second, his mind trying to not comprehend what is happening, and then violently jerks his hand out, stepping back a bit. For eight years he’s worked as a tour guide, earning bread, comfort, and fame by telling people ghost stories. Now he’s in one. No amount of denial can break his barrier of reality, not after feeling a ghost for himself.Jacques starts shivering. He now realizes how cold it is. It had been in the high 60s when that black void swallowed him and now it felt like the high 40s. In his fear, he must not have taken notice of temperature and he suspects the heat he received in his hand from Danielle reminded the rest of his body that it needed to be warmed too. He shivers and hugs himself, wishing he’d grabbed his jacket from the boat. He might have run back for one had Danielle not been getting so far away. Afraid he might lose her, Jacques runs up and follows her. She leads him to the edge of the island, where the 7th house sits. It is here Jacques is able to see the finer points of this new building: It looks like a miniature castle, with three stories, two pointed towers, and a porch encircling its outside. Its architectural style is very gothic and old fashioned. It was obviously made for somebody with money, and it shined in comparison to the other small plain houses belonging to Jacques and his neighbors. Despite knowing that given the circumstances, it’s unlikely that human hands built it, Jacques can’t help but think, Rich bastard. While Jacques’s job paid the bills and left him plenty of extra spending money, when you live in a 3rd world country, you can only earn so much. Jacques remembers in his visits to the United States, seeing luxurious house after luxurious house. Despite his sister- in-law assuring him that those houses were in a rich neighborhood and that the average Joe lived in a house no different than the ones in the Bahamas, Jacques can’t but feel bitter, as these fancy houses were in much lesser numbers in this country.Danielle approaches the house. She ascends up the five steps leading up to the porch and opens the front door, revealing a fine red-carpeted room with fine furniture and a staircase going up. She enters and turns sharply to the right, disappearing from view. Jacques hesitates. And why shouldn’t he? There’s obviously something arcane happening, and following a ghost into a house obviously created by supernatural means does not seem like the wisest choice.Yet…he feels a force urging him to enter. Also something supernatural? Maybe. Or maybe it was his mind, hinting to him that this ghost and this house hold the answers as to what the hell is going on. Or the house could crush me as soon as I entered… he thought somberly.
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