Captain generic names proudly presents: The Manor! I've been stewing on this idea for a while. I tried making into a D&D game but couldn't figure out a way to make it work. Anyway I'll shut up now and get the to premise.


Setting: I'll say like the 1800's


You wake up inside a strange building not knowing where you are or how you got there. The last thing you remember is accepting an extermination job and heading up to the manor your contractor lived in. Once you got up to the gates everything went white. That's all you remember before waking up here, the back of your head hurting like hell. You decide to get up and search the place for a way out. The manor is dark and dank and you really just want to get out of this place as fast as possible. You make it to the entrance only to find out that the door is locked and no matter what you do it won't break down. Mustering up your courage you decide to investigate the manor....

Will you survive long enough to make it out or will you fall before you get your chance?




RULES:
1) You can have more then one character.
2) Characters can die in this story, it is horror after all.
3) The only weapons you can use/have are what you find lying around the manor.
4) Have fun I guess.

Spoiler:

She padded her way down the empty hallway. Her irritation growing with every step and every time she had to stop to scratch at that persistent itch with a hind leg. As if being stuck in a dog wasn't bad enough. Now I have fleas. Just. Wonderful. She thought bitterly to herself.
When she had woken up confused and dazed in some odd old musty room she had been scared. The man had called her and given her a job. Exorcism is a hard business to do since most of the public thinks it's all a joke. But the few people who do believe and need help get charged top dollar to make up for the inconsistent work load. But when she showed up the gate was locked and the next thing she knew she was here.
That was all well and good until she realized that she couldn't get up and the smell of dust was making her nose run. Even worse her head hurt badly and she was all alone in a room that looked like it was from the 1800s. There seemed to be more than enough dust in the air and then there were the smells of rotting fabric, moldy wood and the iron smell of blood. The last one was so faint it was almost non existent.
Still having difficulty standing up she had called out to see if someone, anyone was out there but her voice was droned out by a dog's barking. It was close by but she was alone, there were no dogs in here with her. With effort she had managed to get on her hands and knees and then stood up. Gravity pulled her forwards again and she collapsed onto the floor. Once more on her hands and knees she tried shuffling around and it felt okay, she wasn't hurt at all. She tried calling out again but wherever that damn dog was it wouldn't' stop barking. It was so loud that it was starting to make her headache worse.
Crawling around the room she searched every nook and cranny she could get into, except the ones that smelled too bad for her to want to go near for fear of making her head hurt any worse. The dog was being quiet, thank God. It at least had the decency to only bark when she was talking. Although that didn't make sense. Normal dogs hated her and would bark like crazy till she got well away from them no matter what.
Another annoyance was that she seemed to be a child again in a room made for adults. Everything was above her head. She couldn't see onto the tables or out the curtained window and it was starting to piss her off.  
"Why the fuck is this room made for giants!" She cried when her anger was reaching its limits. The dog immediately started barking again. "Shut the fuck up you goddamned mutt. I'll feed you to some cats you mangy..." She stopped speaking, the bark died in her throat unfinished.
There was a single mirror in the room at the perfect level for her to see herself crawling around on the floor. It had been tucked away in an alcove so she hadn't seen it before. She stared into the mirror and a pair of yellow eyes stared back at her out of a long face surrounded by silver fur. She stared, just stared. The wolf's mouth opened revealing pointed teeth and a large pink tongue. Her mouth was hanging open in surprise. "What?" She asked the empty room in disbelief. The wolf barked as she spoke.


OOT: Sorry about the wall of text.
Now then a brief character bio

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Holding his head, Luke slowly woke up in a strange and unfamiliar place. He managed to pull himself up from the cold, hard floor and looked around. He mumbled to himself when he couldn't find anybody.
"Dude...totally uncool. How did I even get here? I swear I didn't drink nothin' weird. I never drink on the job 'cause that's all, like, unprofessional and junk."
He started to wander the halls, looking for someone who could give him some answers.

OOT: Really hoping I don't have to play five characters in this one...

David got up and walked around the strange room he was in. The last thing he remembered was walking up to a locked gate before everything went black. "No point in staying here." He said to himself and opened the door out of the room. Much like the room he was just in the hall smelled musty and of rot. David walked through the hall until he heard barking coming from the room next to him. David slowly opened the door and found a dog sitting in there. Let's just hope it's nice...

OOT: I was in the hall already   
But I'll backtrack a bit. That way we can be in the hall... TOGETHER   


Pushing the door with her head she found it was unlocked. The door was also surprisingly light despite its appearance and it swung open almost as if it had its own will. And then she saw him towering over her. She stared upwards and he looked down. She knew what he was probably thinking. He had to be wondering if she was safe and wouldn't tear his throat out if he tried petting her. How can I tell him I'm a friend? All that'll happen if I try to talk is I'll start barking. There's no way he'd understand that. How then? How? She wagged her tail a little, the sensation bringing a feeling of embarrassment to her mind. His reaction to this seemed good so she cautiously approached him. He held his hand out for her to sniff, and she did. It smelled generally of the musk of the place they were in. But there was other scents underneath that one. There was the scent of food, probably his last meal. Of the hand soap he'd used, the smell of his house and other subtle things she couldn't place. She licked his hands a couple times like dogs had done to her. She could sense him relaxing and pushed herself against his leg. Using her mind she gave herself as much of a feeling of comfort as she could from the simple contact of her fur against his pant leg. She wanted to say something but no words seemed to accurately describe her joy at not being completely alone in this place. Then again it's not like I could tell him how scared I was or that I'm really a girl trapped inside a wolf's body... All I'd do was start barking again. Her throat made a whimpering noise and she pushed herself a little harder against his leg. Thank you She thought. Thank you for finding me. she whimpered again, hoping he'd at least pet her.

After stumbling around for a while, Luke finally found himself in a hallway where he saw somebody he could talk to. "Hey, maybe that dude over there knows what's going on here!" He thought to himself as he approached the man, but he was soon distracted by the wolf that was with him
"Dude! Cute dog you got there, what's its name?"
He then slapped himself, as if he realized just how moronic that was.
"Hold up! That's totally not what I was gonna say!"
After verbally berating himself, he turned back towards the man.
"So, like, do you got any idea where we are or what's going on here? I was on my way to this big mansion place 'cause they said they need an ex...exter...some job with a big word. I figured I'd check it out since my job right now kinda, you know, sucks."


Second character, go!

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A young man in a trench coat was slowly regaining consciousness in an unfamiliar place. As he started waking up, he remembered something. He was in danger before he fell unconscious. He looked around quickly for anyone who might try to harm him, but found nobody. As he came to his senses, he realized that he had no idea where he was or how he got there.
"My first big case as a detective and this is how it starts out. This has got to be the worst luck I've ever had...
He mumbled to himself as he felt the back of his head. There was still a slight tinge of pain.
"It looks like I don't have any serious injuries. That's a start."
He sat down in a nearby chair to think about his current situation.
"Apparently, the rumors of recent kidnappings were true. I just...never imagined that I would become part of those rumors. Circumstances being what they are, I would assume that while I was unconscious, I was dragged into the same manor that I was trying to investigate. To the best of my knowledge, whoever is doing this has not attempted to contact me or anyone else. All I know is that whoever is doing this wants us to stay in this building, unharmed, at least for the time being."
After thinking this to himself out loud, he got up to look around for something -- or preferably, someone -- worthwhile.

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Johnathan's vision was hazy and his hearing was echoed. It felt like he was in a dream as he heard the echoes of a dag barking. He was hoping that this was all a dream since he was about to enter the Manor when everything went all white and blank. as he heard more barking things started to clear up around him. he slowly realized that he was on the floor, and that it wasn't a dream. the back of his head was really hurting and the room was still slightly spinning.
"Ow.... wh... Did I get drunk again?"

Why wasn't I warned about that little trick?
he slowly got up and looked around the room. it was a small room full of furniture with drop cloths on everything.
when he got his balance back he got a glance at a mirror and realized something was missing. his belt.
great, not only am I in a house with a huge demonic presence but they took my tools.
he then felt around his neck and grabbed a rosary with a silver cross at the end of it.
good. At least I have this still. but still, need to see if I can get out of here.
he tried the door but it was locked. he decided to look around to see what he could find. wasn't the first time he found himself locked up in a room. he searched the room and found some old hair pins that where in a drawer and what used to be a bible.
I doubt that it wouldn't have helped out any in this situation, but there might be more to this house than I thought.
as he was about to pick the lock he heard a click and the door opened up slightly on its own. John just stood there and looked at it for a few moments.
"wasn't this door locked and shut just a moment... This all better be a drunk hallucination."
He opened the door and walked into a dark hallway.
" I'd rather be dealing with a vampire over a house with demonic problems."

David smiled a bit as the dog nuzzled up to him and pet it's head. "So you must be the masters pet huh?" After saying that he heard someone's voice and turned around to look at him. "I don't know the dogs name sir and to answer your other question, this is a manor of some sort. I'm a hunter and was hired to do an extermination job of some sort. Once I got here though everything went white." David left it at that not wanting to reveal anymore information.

Luke frowned in disappointment.
"Total bummer, dude. You seen anybody else around here? I'm totally gettin' out of the creepy place the first chance I get, bro."
He bent down and petted the dog as well.
"I'm sure you wanna get outta here too, right, doggy?"


Alex made his way through the mansion, thoroughly searching for any clues that he could find. He wasn't even sure what to look for -- just something, any kind of clue as to why he was here. Eventually, he came to a hallway where he could vaguely hear a few people talking and what sounded like a dog panting. He cautiously leaned against a nearby wall to listen in on the conversation. Occasionally, he peeked around the corner to see what was going on; he saw another man approaching them.

As John walked along the hallway, he felt the wall and got an Idea. he took out one of the hair pins he'd found earlier and started to make a basic sealing rune into the wallpaper. he was only part way done when the area of wall paper burst into flame all of a sudden.
John jumped back and ran into the other wall.
"okay, that is never a good sign." he said to himself.
he dared not try that again since that was just a basic rune, who knows what would happen if he tried a more advanced one.
"I wonder where that butler is, and better yet if I'm alone here or not..."

OOT: I think I only told Heizen this and I don't think I added it into her bio.   But Erika is telepathic, that way she can communicate with others.
Erika sniffed this new comer's hand. It smelled.... odd. It was a scent she knew but couldn't place right off. All she knew was that she didn't want the taste of his palm on her tongue. The indignity of it rankled. Doggy? I have a name, asshole. She thought angrily. She let out a low short growl with the thought and then the sudden shock of connection with another mind. She saw herself through the senses of one of them. It was too brief for anything else other than a quick glimpse of herself as a wolf, but the experience left her dizzy. What...what was that?

David stood up and took a look around. I don't want to alert the others but I feel a presence. After thinking for a moment David turned to Luke. "I think we should probably start looking for a way out now, wouldn't you agree?" David looked back at the dog. "You can come to if you want."

OOT: I'm not sure which mind Erika connected to, but Luke would probably be too dumb to notice anyway.

Luke started to back away when the dog growled at him.
"Whoa. Super harsh."
He then nodded his head in agreement with what David said.
"Totally, dude. This place is creepin' me the eff out, for real."

Alex had picked up on what the people in the hallway were talking about.
"It looks like they were captured just like I was. Then I supposed there's no use in hiding from them anymore; besides, it seems like one of them might have already noticed me."
After thinking things out in his head, Alex walked into the hallway and greeted the two men there.
"No need to be alarmed, it seems that we're all facing the same problem. My name is Alex, I'm a detective and I came here to investigate this manor. As you can see, it has not turned out well. I suspect that both of you were brought here in much the same way I was; soon after being knocked unconscious by an unknown attacker while approaching the manor."
He then looked down at the wolf that was with them.
"Where did you find her? This breed of wolf isn't common in this area and is never -- or at least, never should be -- kept as a pet due to its aggressive nature. Although...this one does seem unusually calm around humans."
He held out his hand and clicked his tongue to see if the wolf would come towards him.

As john walked down the hallway, he could hear a voice from up ahead. it sounded like there was three in all, the one talking calming to be a detective.
well at least there's a great mind on our side... and apparently a very friendly wolf. that's strange knowing the area myself. he could see the group as he got closer.

"I'm glad that I'm not the only one in this demonic manor."
he looked over the group and saw a silver-haired wolf with them. Now that is weird, with this place being as dusty as it is I wouldn't expect a wolf to be kept as a pet. John patted her head as he observed her. Maybe there's a lot more going on in this place than that butler wanted me to know.
"you are one beautiful and gentle wolf, aren't you?"

John looked around at the others.
"I assume that you all don't remember how you got here, do you? I'm a highly experienced exorcist that was hired to get some sort of demonic problem out of this manor so I might know as much as you guys. maybe less or maybe a little more about this trap."

OOT: will have an update either late tonight or tomorrow

David looked at the two new people and gave a friendly smile. When John mentioned something about Demons David started thinking. So that was the presence I felt before. Oh how I hate killing demons. They're always a bit difficult to deal with. "Sir you said that this house is inhabited by demons correct? Then is it entirely possible that demons are the reason why were in here to begin with?"

John turned his head to David as he heard him.
"In the room I woke up in I found what used to be a bible. Add that to the fact that the simple sealing rune I was scratching into the wallpaper earlier all of a sudden burst into flame as I was working on it..."

he looked around as he paused for a moment.
"There is a huge demonic presence to this place, and I'm not sure if it's just the manor.... or a house full of demons."
he paused again as he heard some creaking within the hallway, his eyes looking around.
"or a mix of the two since we've all been lured here and trapped."
He looked back to the silver wolf and petted her head. as he thought some ideas started to come into his head. maybe there's more to this than we all can think...
"And why would there be a friendly silver-haired wolf in a place like this? Seems a little strange, doesn't it?"
as he thought about it more, the more he recalled his past memories and experiences.
could there be more people that have been kidnapped before us, and if so what was their fate?

Could there be more people that have been kidnapped before us, and if so what was their fate?
The thought echoed in her head as the man petted her. Another wave of dizziness came over her and she had to sit down on her hind legs until it passed.
That.... That wasn't mine. I didn't think that? She thought about the previous event. She had seen herself when she had been pressing herself against David's leg. It had been him looking down at her? No. The angle had been wrong for him. She dug up the scrap of memory and analysed it as best she could despite the fact that it simply made her dizzier. The angle had been the other man. He had been petting her too. She made the image as clear in her mind as possible.
It was me staring at..... Myself? That was it, there was no other way to decode the scene. Meaning that the picture of herself looking at herself was stolen from the weird smelling man's head. But how on Earth was that even possible? Maybe whoever put her in this body had been kind enough to give her a way to communicate with others. Direct contact was needed. She gathered up all she could remember about the two events and how it had felt as they had happened. She made a whining noise with her throat to get the man to pet her again and the moment his hand touched her head she pushed a single thought past the barrier.
Hello?

Hello?

as he was petting the wolf, he heard a voice n his head, one that he'd never heard before. his eyes looked around the room and found no girls around. his eyes then fell back onto the silver wolf. could it have come from.... If I turn out to be right on this then we really need to stick together, and I'll need to find my book.
Hello there, was that you who just talked?

She wanted to dance but didn't think it would be a good idea in this body since she was still new to it. Yes! Yes that was me. Erika paused, unsure what else she should say. My name's Erika. And I'm a wolf. She chuckled mentally at that. Now she wondered if he'd keep the information to himself or let everyone know that there was someone inside the wolf.

John heard her clearly. so there could be more going on in this place, and the only things that I have are some old hair pins and my silver rosary.
It's nice to meet you Erika.

He thought to himself for a moment about if the others would believe him or not. He's seen a lot traveling, so to him this wasn't a bit shocking nor surprising. this wasn't the first time that he's heard of this kind of think happening ether.
So, how did you end up here? and have you always been a wolf?

David looked at John and Erika with a strange look. "So... you really seem to like the dog huh?" David rubbed the back of his head and looked down the hallway. "I really don't think we should be staying in one place for too long, don't you agree John?" David said with a smile.

"In all the years that I've spent in my profession, I've learned to observe everything around you. You can never imagine what you'll find."
John got up and looked down the hall. there"s still a lot that we haven't been told about this place, and we need to find it.

"And I like wolfs. But your right, we do need to be moving. As much as I don't like it, we've been left with only our minds to defend ourselves in a place that to be honest should be burned down with kerosene." John started to walk down the hallway as he looked around.
"we won't be able to find anything, or anyone else, if we're just standing around like sheep waiting for whatever's in here with us."

The contact seemed to get easier each time and the dizziness had gone away. I guess my story is the same as all of yours. I got called to come perform an exorcism and when I got her someone knocked me out. I woke up as a wolf. I don't know why. I really hope we aren't dealing with a cult. I hate cults. And if it was a cult, her mind shuddered to think what weird things they were doing with her body right now.

OOT: Sorry for not posting for a little while. Time to get back in the game!

Luke looked at John with a blank expression.
"Dude...you sure do dress funny. What's with that thing around your neck?

Alex looked at Luke with a face that says "how do you remember to eat in the morning" written on it.
"That 'thing' is called a rosary."
He looked over to John.
"And if I had to guess by your attire and knowledge of demons and the like, you are most likely an exorcist, correct? While some of my colleagues might scoff at it, I think that supernatural phenomena is a very likely explanation for what is happening here. If your assumption is correct, what would give us our best chance at fighting these demons if we need to?"
He quickly gave a suspicious glance towards David. "He seems a little too...cheerful, given the current situation. For all I know, if this exorcist is correct, it could possibly be due to demonic possession." Alex thought this to himself and turned back towards John.

Luke, ignoring the conversation for the most part, was watching John and the wolf. He turned towards Alex and whispered.
"Hey...smart dude. Do you think he's, like, talking to the dog?"

Alex groaned as he answered Luke.
"Don't be ridiculous."