Day 049-- the doors close

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|| Day 049: GENERAL As the day slowly creeps up on the house, the first chime of the clock sends a ripple up light through the halls. Everything the light touches will find itself freezing in place. There is no sound, but they feel music in their bones. A song they have never heard before, yet intimately know. Those fortunate enough to be near the ballroom will see the Phantasms appear for the last time, their bodies ringed with the pale light. The door that Lock has been sitting by is now open, and on the other side is darkness and points of light. The Ballroom is full of people, suddenly, many of them wrapped as though they have just risen from their graves. In another blink, they vanish from view. Lock sways with the strain of what he is doing, and the Shadow Man merely watches, his face passive and calm. The babe in his arms seems entirely unperturbed with the goings on. Another blink and the houseguests will begin to feel absent. As though they have just taken a fall and they have not yet hit the ground, but their bodies are weightless with it. It seems as though they wait only for the impact. But when it comes, it will come elsewhere. They return to the place they left. For each it is different, it could be the very second they tripped, it could be a year away from that moment. Some will find that their memories are gone, though new possessions cover their bodies. Others will find that they have returned with nothing at all, but their memories are clear. Some will find that others have returned with them. For each their lives have changed, though nothing around them has altered. Each will hear within themselves a door shutting behind them, and the click of a lock as it closes.