Story/Photo Studio Mystery/E1-2 (Part1)/Script

Gr G3c: I didn't realize the mansion was this huge until I saw it up close.

Type 56-1: You say it's abandoned, but it doesn't look like it's rotting at all.

Lee Enfield: MDR, did the mansion look the same the last time you came?

MDR: I dunno.

I was only here for recon. I didn't get this close to the building.

According to the accounts given by the local residents, someone seems to have entered the mansion in the past, but no one has heard from them ever since.

For safety's sake, I left once I ascertained that the noises do exist.

Lee Enfield: 56-1 is right. For an abandoned building, it is in extraordinarily good condition.

You can hardly see anything through the gloom from outside the windows, but it doesn't smell of decay either.

Even the doormat outside the main entrance is squeaky clean. I honestly find it hard to believe this mansion is uninhabited.

But the plants and mosses are growing rampantly on the porch with no sign of having been disturbed, so no one has entered or left the building for quite a while.

MDR: Wow... That's some impressive observation skills.

You seem a lot more animated than you usually are?

Lee Enfield: It's elementary inductive reasoning.

MDR: You're different than what I imagined.

The posts on the anon forum say you're not the taciturn type.

Lee Enfield: Your impression on most Dolls isn't the most accurate.

You shouldn't put too much faith in the information you obtain from the internet.

MDR: Inductive reasoning, eh...? This does seem like the perfect setting for a detective novel.

Type 56-1: Don't jinx it... It's not like any murder is gonna take place.

How should we get in?

Lee Enfield: Through the front door. If the reclusive master of the house is actually living within the walls, we can't forget our manners.

Gr G36c: So we're knocking...?

[Gr G36c walks up to the main entrance. Looming over her small stature, the heavy wooden door looks very impsosing]

MDR: I expected as much, but there really is no answer.

Well? Should we turn back?

Lee Enfield: Manners aside, we can't forfeit the mission.

MDR: True. Besides, if I can somehow get a paranormal picture, it'll cause quite a stir on the forum.

Gr G36c, can you open the door?

Gr G36c: Let me check. If it's blocked, I can try hacking into...

[Click—]

[The door sudden opens slowly inward all by itself. Gr G36c freezes for a moment, not comprehending what just happened.]

Gr G36c: Oh my...

Lee Enfield: ...

MDR: What's this? Are we being invited inside?

Type 56-1: I'm not detecting any electronic activity. Is there some sort of mechanism in the door?

Gr G36c: Or it could be a ghost.

Lee Enfield: Whatever it was, if the door is open wide for us, we have no reason to turn down the invitation.

MDR: Right, let's go then!

Type 56-1: The mansion looks spooky from the outside, but it looks pretty normal in here.

Lee Enfield: The internal structure is exactly like any other house.

But don't forget - this mansion has allegedly been abandoned for over a decade.

This state of orderliness where even the electronic installations are still fully functional and all the lights are still on in the hallways...

There's nothing "normal" about it.

MDR: Without a whole team of household staff or a single Miss Gr G36, it's impossible to maintain this level of cleanliness in such a big mansion.

But we haven't seen a single person since the moment we came in, nor do we know who opened the door for us.

...This is turning out to be a real thriller. The kind that sends chills running down your spine.

Lee Enfield: At least we can be certain that this mansion does have an inhabitant. We simply don't know why they aren't showing themselves.

In any case, we have to find them first. However, the scope of our search is limited if we stick together.

Let's agree on a meet-up point and spread out.

MDR: Now that you mention a meet-up point...don't you think that door over there looks slightly different than the other ones?

Lee Enfield: Go and take a look, Gr G36c.

Gr G36c: Sure.

MDR: We'll cover you, so don't worry.

Gr G36c: If a ghost comes popping out from behind, make sure you do something to save me.

[Gr G36c approaches the door at the end of the hallway and opens it carefully.]

Lee Enfield: Report, Gr G36c. What's behind the door?

Gr G36c: Hmm...well...

I don't really know how to describe it. You'd better come see for yourselves...

Oh, and no suspicious beings discovered. It's safe.

MDR: Oooh, the mystery.

Don't tell me it's the chocolate factory where a troop of Oompa-Loompas make choc... Wow.

Lee Enfield: ...A church?

Type 56-1: Who'd have thought there would be church in the middle of a mansion?

MDR: If there really is a ghost, then they sure have an awful sense of humor to live in a church.

Gr G36c: Look, over there.

Lee Enfield: I see... So that's the origin of the legend about the ghost bride?

[On the alter, right beneath the statue, there are a lot of wedding dresses on display.]

[These dresses surrounding the statue are all of unique design, and the handiwork is so exquisite even the T-Dolls can appreciate the tailor's extraordinary skills.]

[If they were being worn by actual brides and not merely displayed on hangers, they would be even more stunning.]

MDR: What kinda guy could have so many brides all at once? Must be quite a stud.

If the Commander did this...the forum would have a field day.

Lee Enfield: This seems to be the central point of the mansion. Let's use this as our meet-up point and start our investigation.

Type 56-1: Even if we spread out, we don't have enough people to cover all the grounds, don't you think?

Lee Enfield: We didn't have enough information and miscalculated the size of the building.

We don't have to push ourselves too hard to attain results. Just come back and meet up in about an hour.

Gr G36c: Are we all going off alone?

Type 56-1: What if something happens to us?

Lee Enfield: If the situation calls for it, you're authorized to open fire.

The moment we hear a shot fired, we make for the source of the sound immediately.

Type 56-1: Roger that.

MDR: Got it.

Gr G36c: Understood.