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  1\chapauth{rinski}
  2\chapter{The Mansion of Horror}
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  8Luke Bavarius stood before the haunted mansion of GhostRaven
  9Mansion. Black bats circled above, haloing the yellow moon. Luke
 10reached into his pocket. The cold steel of his Baretta reassured
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 15Legend had it the mansion contained untold riches. Luke liked the
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 20Earlier that day a local kid had tried to stop Luke.
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 22``Don't go to the haunted mansion. It's too
 23dangerous. It kills people. It never loses.''
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 25``I think I can handle myself, kid,'' Luke said,
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 30{\em Thud!} Luke kicked the mansion's heavy wooden doors open. He
 31was in a large living room, 50 feet wide. All the furniture was
 32covered with ghostly white sheets and a chandelier hung ominously
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 37Suddenly, all of the furniture exploded. Luke shielded his face
 38with his arms. Splinters tore at his leather jacket. The splinters
 39reformed into a giant wood golem. The golem surged to life.
 40It's eyes glowed with arcane evil.
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 44Luke smirked.
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 48He grabbed a torch from the wall. He threw it. The wooden giant
 49burst into blue flames. It burned as though it were made of tinder
 50and lighter fluid. The giant fell to its knees in wooden agony and
 51then unexploded back into furniture. The haunted white sheets flew
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 56``Getting the treasure from this haunted mansion will be a
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 61The next room was a gigantic ball room with chandeliers and a
 62wooden floor. One wall was covered in old oil paintings. The other
 63wall was a gigantic window with giant red curtains. He could see
 64the garden. The hedges looked ominous. ``Probably plant
 65monsters,'' Luke murmured. He took a step into the room.
 66Suddenly, zombies were clawing their way out of the wooden floor.
 67Their empty eye sockets were slick with green rot. It glinted
 68sickly in the moon light. Luke's nostrils were attacked by
 69the zombie's horrid stench.
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 73Then Luke was attacked by the zombies themselves.
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 77Luke pulled out his Baretta. He emptied a few bullets into the
 78mushy heads of the advancing undead army. The bullet wounds oozed
 79blood and pus but the zombies just kept coming.
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 83``They just keep coming!'' Luke joked, smirking.
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 87He had to act fast. He ran around the zombies and their zombie
 88holes so he wouldn't trip. Zombies dove at him. Luke dodged
 89the deft attacks. Zombies dove left and right. Barely, Luke made it
 90to the other side of the room. As soon as he stepped out of the
 91room there was a flash. All the zombies disappeared and the floor
 92grew back. The room looked exactly as it did initially. Luke was
 93astonished. He stepped back into the room. Zombies poured from the
 94floor like oozing pus. Luke stepped back. The zombies disappeared.
 95Luke chuckled. He did this for one minute then moved to the next
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100The next room was the kitchen. Immediately, all of the knives flew
101out of the drawers. The knives hovered lazily in the air. Then the
102knives flew at him. They cut through the air. Literally. Blood
103droplets condensed out of the air. Luke dodged out of the way of
104the knives attack. The knives flew past him into the meat locker,
105killing the monster that was hiding inside. The knives made quick
106work of the monster, then turned to attack Luke once again. Luke
107simply shut the meat locker's door. The knives clattered
108against the solid iron door. Luke smirked.
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112Luke entered the hallway out of the kitchen and was immediately
113attacked by a giant spider monster. ``What the!'' Luke
114uttered. But before he'd even finished uttering, the spider
115lurched forward. It's poison jaws opened. They tried to clamp
116closed on Luke's arm. Luke dodged backwards as the jaws
117clamped shut. The jaws etched a wound in Luke's arm, but were
118unable to deliver their venomous payload. In one fluid motion Luke
119drew his Baretta. He shot two bullets into the spider's
120bulging bug eyes. Two bullet casings clattered on the floor. The
121wound belched forth a thick green blood. The blood hissed as it hit
122the floor, dissolving it. The spider recoiled. Its insectoid brain
123was riddled with pain and fear and two bullets. But it was too
124late. Luke grabbed a sword from the wall. He brought it down on the
125spider monster's neck. The head was cleanly sliced off of the
126twitching body. The spider collapsed in a heap of bloody legs. The
127wounds vomited their acidic syrup and the floor kept
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132``I'd better get out of here,'' Luke intoned,
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137As Luke was escaping down the hall, he saw a room filled to the
138brim with treasure. He stood there, mouth agape. He was going to be
139rich. He ran into the room. Suddenly, the room shimmered and
140disappeared. Luke fell into a void. He screamed. At the bottom of
141the void, as far as the eye could see in every direction, was an
142unspeakably horrid beast. It was made of mouths and eyestalks and
143tentacles. It covered the entire floor in every direction.
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147Luke retched a scream. He tumbled towards the gaping maw of the
148horrible creature. There was no escape. As Luke fell, a figure
149appeared in front of him. It was the boy from before.
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153``The mansion never loses,'' the boy said, watching Luke
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158Luke choked on a sob. It was the last sound he ever made. As Luke
159fell into the giant open mouth, the monster started biting him
160lightning fast. The bites were so fast that the teeth broke the
161sound barrier. Luke was dead before he knew it. He exploded into
162bloody slices that fell down into the beast's stomach
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167``The mansion never loses,'' the boy repeated. He
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175\illustration{rinski}{Mansion}{art/rinski-Mansion.jpg}