”I can invited Rosa-chan to, I don’t think she’s ever had a sleep over….So that’s Rosa, Ama, Pushy cat, and you little mouse….Do I make invitations for this? Hell why not I’ll enlist Rosa to help with those….”

The wheels were turning, when Valdis got something in her head and actually had motivation to do it, it was always blown up over the top. A young rich girl with a vast income to boot was a formidable force to recon with. She was shaken out of her fantasies when Little Mouse asked about her interests.

”Didn’t you know? I live in the Himuro Mansion….With a history as rich as that I had to obtain a Ouiji board, they carry on such lovely conversations. As for the voodoo dolls, I happen to like doll making….along with taxidermy…As for hunting ghosts in my home its quite easy, just bring your camera and any recording devices. We’re sure to find something, and if we go hunting after a round of scary stories and scary movies it will be that much more fun!...maybe I can ask my dad if we can use one of the original buildings. A part of the mansion was renovated for normal living like mine and my father’s rooms have their own bathroom, but the rest of the mansion has been preserved….Its fairly large and a lot of its uninhabited…. We actually have a lot of rooms…we can sleep on the old side of the mansion. I’ll have the maids clean the old bath house. It will be like staying at a Ryokan! ”

Valdis was off on another tangent. Though it would figured she of all people lived in THE most haunted spots in Japan..there were some seriously crazy legends attached to that place. All of which would make Valdis Little Night of Horror a big hit.

”Oh and I’m just picking up my bike the mansions on the outskirts of Tokyo, I take the train here in the morning and pick up my bike at a local storage locker. Warning about the shrine…Granny there is really grumpy….she won’t let me cause any trouble”

They neared the storage lockers and Valdis pulled out a set of keys from her jacket pocket and undid the padlock. She pulled out the old fashion purple bike with silver skull accents and a silver metal basket. The bike was even complete with a skull bell. She hopped on her bike and raised an eyebrow about the school comment.

”No silly, I’m raiding the records to get Ama chans address so I can go invite her….”

“I don’t think you need to make invitations, but you can if you like. Normally, you just call people to show up and start getting whatever snacks you want. However, most people do appreciate fancy invitations,” Sophia answers. It seems like a funny question. It occurs to her that maybe Valdis has never done this before. She finds that shocking, but would try to make sure it was a fun experience for her and everyone else. Even if that meant going along with the rather scary activities planned.

“The Himuro mansion? The one where those girls were sacrificed and the man murdered his whole family… Your family lives there? Have you used the Ouiji board before? What did they say?” she asks a little more worried now. The idea of actually seeing a ghost was terrifying, but surely some weren’t all malevolent. However, according to urban legend, the Himuro mansion ghosts were looking to sacrifice any person who entered the house. It didn’t help that a bunch of “young maidens” would be staying there either. But she had super powers, supposedly, so she could handle this, right? Or maybe she would ask someone at Hikawa Jinja how best to handle ghosts.

Before hopping on her bike, she texts Yuki again: Be warned that Valdis lives at the Himuro mansion. I believe she wants to do some ghost hunting.

Yuki was in her room, still fast asleep when her phone started to buzz. Half-asleep she fumbled around for it, waking up a bit when she read that it was from Sophia.

Yeah sounds fun. Was out too late last night so I'm grounded today but I can be there for the sleepover.[/i]

She texted back and was about ready to fall asleep again when Sophia's second text came through and this caused Yuki to panic.

No way.[/i]

Was all she sent. Granted she was still half asleep, but Yuki had a very large fear of ghosts. If they wanted her to come along, she would likely have to be knocked out and forcibly dragged.

”Just me and my dad really, the servants are to jumpy to so they live off the grounds and come in early in the morning and leave after dinner. We moved there around my 9th birthday. Some of the more superstitious people of the area started to freak when the winter started to never end and to prove that the grounds weren’t a portal of misfortune my dad decided it wouldn’t hurt to live there.”

Valdis shrugged, the home really wasn’t that scary, creepy yes, but that was the fun part of living there. She chuckled when the Ouija board subject came up again.

”I got that when I first moved to Japan, I was into that sort of thing already. Me and my dad would use it right before my bed time….and they spoke when my dad used the Ouija board… most common thing they said was “it’s time for you to sleep, hop into bed and no more talking”……” She said the last part in a deep spooky voice, much like her father use to.

Valdis face scrunched up at the memory, she knew it had been her dad and once she had figured that out she had put the board away. But it would be fun to break it out for the party. Val hoped on her bike and began her way towards the school. She already had an idea for the sleep over invites, she could make them there.

”What type of house does your family live in? Also what did Yuki say?” She was talking about her house a bit….common social standards required her to ask questions in return.

“Has the fact that you are living there just fine stopped people from worrying about the property?” Sophia asks.

Sophia calms down a little when she mentions the Ouija board yielding no paranormal results. She wants to ask about life before Japan for Valdis, but she ignores the obvious question. Instead, she asks, “So I am guessing that you have always had an interest in the supernatural? Ever have something actually be more than your father telling you to go to bed?”

Upon being asked about her own house, Sophia doesn’t think it is nearly as interesting. “I like on the Tokyo Military Base with just about every other military family in the area. Pretty much all the homes look identical there. And if you try to imagine a small family house, that is more or less what my house looks like. I live there with both my parents and one of my older brothers. My eldest brother has his own family though back in the US.” A worried expression comes across her face momentarily as she mentions her eldest brother. Life outside of Japan was difficult. However, she continues and resumes her former expression. “Anyways, it tends to be extremely quiet in my neighborhood, which isn’t really surprising.”

She picks up her phone and checks her messages. “Well, Yuki seemed all for it until I mentioned where you lived exactly…” She texts Yuki back: Valdis and her father have lived there for years and nothing bad has happened to them. And I will even bring salt in case. Are you sure you don’t want to go?