A Bone Mansion!

Word count: 460

Foxtober Prompt: Bones

 

What was the purpose of Haunted Carnivals?

 

Clarine stood still, pondering this question. She stood in a fairground- children running around dragging their parents behind them, all dressed in different costumes- some cute, some impressive, and some horrifying. Though, the tall Scarfox felt numb to the word and subject of "Horror".

Ahead of her was a hill, a dark pathway leading up to a large mansion- what they call a "Haunted House". Apparently, humans would volunteer to go inside and experience the horrors- though always come out unscathed. 

 

Why would someone want that? To be horrified out their skin, paying money to do so? Clarine huffed. Well, she was going to be one of those people. 

 

She stomped up the hill, peering over to the left and spotting a fake graveyard- boney hands reaching out the soil, some skeletons sitting on rocks. It was cute more than anything. Clarine marched up towards a line- where a mix of excited and nervous people stood in waiting. 

Humming, she stopped behind a couple- who quickly glanced back at her in horror. Clarine knows she sometimes scares people, but those horrified faces were a bit much. She chuckled, making the couple shiver. "Wow, you two have a low tolerance to horror." She commented. 

 

The woman glanced away, hugging herself, and the man slowly nodded his head in agreeance. "Y-Yeah.." He peered up at her "Why are you going into the haunted house with such a stuffy costume?" He asked.

Clarine only stared for a few seconds before grinning wider. "What do you mean? This is what I look like." She gesturing to herself, opening and closing her hands- then opening her mouth to expose her wet mouth, lengthy, reptilian-like tongue sitting inside.

 

The woman whimpered- lifting her hands to cover her face. The man stumbled back, his eyes widening in shock and horror. "O-Oh.." He stuttered "I'm... Uh- Sorry." He turned away, suddenly grabbing his girlfriend and dragging her out of the line. Clarine shrugged, stepping forward behind the next couple- who was not bothered by her like the others. Oh well! Just means she gets there faster.

 

Finally, reaching the front of the line, she saw a sign nearby a stand that read "20$ to enter." Clarine sighed, taking out her wallet from her pant pocket and rooting through it. "A lot of bucks just to get startled.." She muttered, slowly reaching the front and handing off the bill to the man standing in front. He grinned "Enjoy!" And gestured for her to enter.

 

She stepped inside, immediately spotting numerous more skeletons, bones coming out the ground, and a tall skeleton head sitting inside the real entrance of the mansion.

 

Seems Bones were going to be common here.