The mahogany door to the room was silently pushed open.
As expected, there was no one outside the door; only an empty corridor leading to the ballroom. From behind the intricately carved gate at the end of the corridor, the music of the dance grew clearer and clearer. But eerily, there was no sound of conversation or merriment that one would normally expect.
Tap.. Tap.. Tap..
In the empty corridor, only the footsteps of two people softly echoed. Although they had yet to encounter the presence causing the "strangeness," both couldn't help but feel their palms sweating.
However, even the longest corridor must come to an end.
The two stood in front of the opulent doors of the ballroom, which under ordinary circumstances appeared splendid, yet under the influence of the eerie atmosphere seemed like the edge of a giant beast's maw, waiting to devour them the moment the door was pushed open!
