Dinner Party To Die For

Chapter 9: Stop Clowning Around

"What are these for?" Alex asks. She knows everyone else has the same question.

"Well, we should probably read the note in there to see what it is." Cassandra says.

Everyone agrees, but before Alice can grab it, Joseph remembers the note from Maxwell.

"Wait! I forgot! While we were downstairs, a giant cloud of smoke appeared and a small man named Maxwell came from it and gave me a note. I haven't read it yet." Joseph shouts as he pulls the note out and starts to unfold it.

He looks down at it and starts to read it aloud, "My name is Maxwell, I have been part of the house for a very long time. So I have hints. But the thing is, I am in a different dimension, it takes a lot of power to open the portal to get there. So I can only be called once an hour. I will provide hints for you, but I cannot give you a straight answer, otherwise The Watching Woman will destroy my portal or kill me. You can always call me in the back area of the house by playing a specific note on the trumpet while reciting an incantation which is on a table in the back with the trumpet. ~~ Maxwell-The Mad Scientist"

"Okay, so he's a lifeline for us." Cassandra says.

"Pretty much." Alex says as she starts to reach into the chest. She grabs the note and has a puzzled look on her face. She gives the note to Sally.

"Children have always been fond of the circus. But one part always makes them cry and scream. The clown. We let him go but he refused. He tried everything. He even tried becoming a jester instead of a clown. But we still let him go. Ever since that day, he had tried to become a jester, so kids wouldn't be afraid of him. But children eventually forgot about him. Until he was found guilty, he was found guilty of killing a child in a diner. He became a child's worst nightmare. And he got taken to The Land Of The Screams with the rest of them. Someone tried to find out how he had gotten there, and eventually did. The Ringmaster, he found that if someone wore a jester hat, and walked to the back of the house, they would be taken there. Unfortunately, he hasn't come back yet, and nobody at the circus has been brave enough to go there to find him. So thats your job. You will select 3 people by vote to go into The Land Of Screams. Sadly 2 will come back, but we will both get what we need says.

"Oh god. I thought we would have more time before this happened again. I don't want to do this." Sarah says gasping

"Well, the sooner we can find the evil one, the sooner we can leave." Zeke says

Alice grabs the chest, and everyone walks downstairs. And once again, they're back on the couches and chairs.

"Why don't we just vote ourselves, then we just see who it is?" Cassandra recommends.

"We could. We just need to show everyone that we have our own photo being put in." Jack says

"Karen, don't move the piles around when we choose the cards." Kevin says looking towards Karen and Sal.

Karen nods and starts calling people up. Everyone follows the rule they set up.

"First card, Alice."

"Oh god no."

"Second, Lily."

"Knew it was eventually gonna happen."

"And lastly, James."

"Welp. Guess it's my turn."

"Did it says where the challenge was?" Alex asks

"It said the back of the house." James says as he gets up and slowly grabs his hat.

"You're gonna be okay. I can feel it." Zeke says to Alice as she starts to shake.