Peter: Is it love - The original story (Game walk through)

Chapter three part four

I take my cell phone out of my bag and hold it firmly against me. Inside I have a strange feeling. As if this place was familiar to me. In the entrance stands a grand staircase. The gigantic hall seems to have been deserted for a long time... The furniture is hidden under a thick layer of dust. The mites have deteriorated the fabrics of the armchairs and the sofa, the termites have attacked the coffee table... It's really disgusting!

As I watch the big dilapidated steps, I hear soft music. It's as if the house was welcoming me, despite everything. Suddenly a dark veil rises and the scenery changes. Before my eyes, the interior of the house transforms to how it was before being abandoned. Everything is beautiful and brilliant... So I can also see the past of certain objects, not just the living beings? Will I end up failing to discern the true from the false? I'm afraid of losing my mind... I'm overwhelmed by what I see, the beauty of what was and what no longer exists.

Then, suddenly, the volume of the voices increases. They seem to come from everywhere. The noise is so intense that I have to plug my ears with my hands. What happened here? I see fire, I perceive the fear of people who hide, who flee. And shouting especially, a lot of shouting... I must understand why I am strangely attracted to this place.

I notice some notebooks, some burned, some not. There are some beautiful poems written in them. Poems about love between men and women, reading about romance and love brings tears to my eyes. The man who lived here must have been so desperate and alone that he tried to invent a world inhabited by imaginary beings, through these poems. But were they imaginary or real, at the end of the day? I'll probably never know... I feel a little uneasy: I daren't look away from the notebooks.

Ghosts > Save us! They've come to kills us!

The voices scream in my head, so loud, so violent, that I find myself on my knees. How am I going to get out of here? The voices assail me on all sides. I have the impression that the ghosts are passing one after the other through my body. But what exactly are they trying to tell me? I can see shadows turning around me. The room is now freezing cold and a dull ache numbs my limbs. This is the first time that soul fragments attack me directly, and with a violence that nails me to the ground. Small tears run down my cheeks. I don't know what to do, I'm afraid...

In a final effort, I place my phone in front of me, hoping to manage to call someone.

I try to call Peter. The phone rings for a while...

Peter > Lucy? You aren't back yet, we're worried!

> Peter... help me.

Peter > Something's wrong, where are you?!

> In an... abandoned house...somewhere in Mystery Spell...

The phone slips out of my hand and falls to the ground. I hold my head; it's hurting so much...

Ghosts > Save us! They're coming to kill us!

> LEAVE ME ALONE!!!

I scream with all my strength. I don't want to fight anymore; I just don't want to hear those unbearable voices anymore...

I hear another noise, a door slamming! I see Peter standing in the middle of the hall. He's looking for me. I feel unable to move. I scream to get his attention, and his beautiful green eyes finally settle on me. He rushes to me and kneels by my side, taking my hands in his.

Peter > Lucy? What's the matter? What's going on?

Peter doesn't seem to see the macabre farandole dancing around us. He can't see the ghosts and he doesn't seem to be able to hear them either. But they, however, seem to see him. The ghosts stop turning and watch us for a moment.