The laughter around the candlelit common room faded out with a few stray chuckles. Lara unwrapped another strawberry sweet, popping it into her mouth with an impish grin. After the evening’s festivities, everyone present was tuckered out in one way or another. Still, Yoshio eyed his girlfriend cautiously, knowing full well she was scheming something by the way her mouth curved up at one corner.

“So!” she began, much more loudly than would ever have been necessary. Yoshio flinched.

“Mein gott.” he mumbled. Lara gave him a cheeky grin before continuing.

“,With the general stuff out of the way, I think it’s just about time for some ghost stories!”

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