A skeleton commits thievery

Ann and Futaba walked through the dark hallways lit only by artificial candles. Ann was smiling happily while Futaba walked behind her.

"You know the point of a haunted house is to scare you right?" Futaba said. "So I feel like you being so happy means it's not doing its job."

"I mean, yeah, but I'm just happy to be doing something like this with one of my friends." she said, and Futaba paused for a second. She felt a slight blush cover her face as she smiled. "Besides, I haven't actually been scared by one of these for long time." Ann continued. "I just like seeing how much work each of them gets, and even if I'm not scared of them anymore, they don't often have jumpscares that get you even when you aren't afraid." Futaba did have to admit she had a point.

"Sorry for being negative." Futaba apologized, but Ann shook her head as she turned around to face her.

"Don't worry about it. I'm just happy you're here with me!" Ann said. "Just try to enjoy it, okay?"

"No promises." Futaba said, but smiled. Ann smiled and nodded, before turning back around and continuing onward.

They walked for a minute or so without anything happening.

"You know, with it being so big, I would've expected more." Futaba said.

"They're probably trying to give you a false sense of security." she said. They continued for a bit before suddenly, something shot down from the ceiling as a booming sound rang out. Ann jumped in surprise as a lifesize skeleton was suddenly right in front of her. Once she had recovered, she laughed .

"At least it wasn't plastic." Ann said, and watched as the skeleton rose back up into the ceiling. However, the skeleton snagged onto her jacket, and forcefully pulled it off of Ann before she could stop it, taking it away into the ceiling. Ann and Futaba stared in shock.

"Man, I liked that jacket..." Ann said as she pouted.

"Well that was unexpected." Futaba said. "Maybe we should just keep going? We can see if someone can get it back for us when we're done."

"Alright." Ann said, and continued moving forward down the dark hallways with Futaba right behind her.