[color=ed145b]"Ah, so many different friends to see! Oh, I'm just so pleased!" Abernathy cries out in joy upon seeing all the new faces entering the mansion.
"Right..." Minako nods slowly, making her way to the middle of the ground floor so that everyone else can walk inside. She glances at Makoto again, as well as everyone else (just so she can recognize the Lavenshade ghosts from the ones exploring the mansion). Minako turns back to Abernathy.
"So...who are you?" She asks.
"I, my dear, am Abernathy. Just your average, friendly, shapeshifting ghost!" Abernathy laughs. He looks towards Ater and claps his bunny paws. "Oh, good! I was worried that top hats were beginning to fade away! It's been so long since I knew anything of the culture and trends of the outside world."
"Are you this mansion's owner?" Minako inquires.
"Me? No, no. I'm but a trapped soul here, just as everyone else is." Abernathy sighs. "I'm actually just a human writer who happened to attend an apparently fatal party at this mansion when it was still a lavish masterpiece. I'm rather fond of the ability to transform into such wild creatures as this rabbit or the dinosaur fellow I just was. Fantasy was always my forte..."
"Does this mansion have a...well, a ghost-[color=fff200]owner of some kind[/color]?" Minako asks him. As she speaks, a flicker of something running behind her makes her whip around.
"Oh, worry not. That's probably just [color=fff200]Amelia[/color] chasing the crickets again. Lovely cat, she is." Abernathy reassures her kindly. "Ah, but if you're looking for the owner...I've no idea. The closest you might come to seeing an owner is Negloria...but, she's a shy one."
"N-Nelgoria? The same name as the town?" Minako blinks.
"Yes. She's the little girl who saw you from the top window." Abernathy replies.
"She looks...alive, though." Minako mutters.
"Well, she is. At least, I believe so." Abernathy nods.[/color]