[Haunted houses never appealed that much to Ryou, and he only became harder to impress after he died and started seeing ghosts. Now the idea of a fake haunting seemed rather childish—and not just in the "I'm too cool and mature for this stuff" kind of way. More like the "I glanced outside my window last night and saw something ten times more terrifying than a guy in a spooky mask covered in fake blood" kind of way. It's tough to compete with the real deal.

Still, it's fun to watch other people's reactions, and it gets Skeith to shut up for a little while in a non-lethal way, so it's an activity worth wasting time on.

There's no point heading in on his own so he lingers by the entrance, waiting for someone else to show up. He's not in costume, but he is wearing a hell of a lot of black leather and a dramatic cloak, so he probably looks like some kind of weird goth. He eyes the truck across the street while he waits.]