Cellar Dweller Page #4

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lived and worked.

Now according to the police,

thirty years ago he

butchered a woman

with an axe,

and then set

himself on fire.

And this guy's your idol?

Well, Phillip, I don't

believe he did that.

Then what happened,

Sherlock?

- They were murdered.

- How do you know that?

It's the only

logical explanation.

(eerie moan)

That must be, the, uh...

Pines, right?

It's the ghost of Colin Childress.

(snarls)

(Phillip chuckles)

Look, let's just

get out of here-

- No.

- okay, really.

No, Phillip, come on,

this place is great.

I think I just found the

ghost of Colin Childress.

What?

(ominous music)

Look at this.

Shoot.

What are you doing?

Don't open it.

(Phillip):
You never listen.

(coughing)

So much for this ghost.

This must have been

vacuum packed... Oh.

Oh; m?'

All this must have

belonged to Colin Childress.

Why do I have this feeling

that at any minute

he's going to come

back and claim it?

(Whitney gasps)

(mysterious music)

"Curses...

"of the Ancient Dead."

All the pages

are stuck together.

- Is... Is that...

- It's blood.

Great.

"He who has wisdom

wonders not of the Beast,

"for nothing in Hell lives

without man's consent.

"Woe unto you who

would give the Beast form.

"To contemplate evil

is to ask evil home."

I'm out of here.

That's it.

I don't see how anyone could

spend ten minutes down here,

let alone work down here.

Crazy.

(Mrs. Briggs):
No.

Absolutely not.

Why not?

Because I said so.

Well, that's not good enough.

You sneak around here

in the middle of the night

and invade an

off limits area

and you expect me

to grant you favors?

My dear, what you lack in

talent you make up for in nerve.

Mrs. Briggs, be reasonable.

Nobody is using the

cellar right now.

It's just collecting dust.

We can both benefit

if I work down there.

The room I'm using

now will be empty.

Then you can bring

in someone else,

and you won't

have to worry

about my displacing

a real artist.

Alright, Whitney, you win.

But if you don't like it

once you're down there,

you can only

blame yourself.

I won't change my mind.

(Amanda gasps)

Whitney... Hi.

(Mrs. Briggs):
Amanda.

I have a little

video project...

I'd like to

commission for you.

(upbeat music)

I've never done a

restoration before.

What do you think?

It's great.

- Yeah?

- It's great, yeah.

It's terrific.

Phillip, listen to this:

"It's part werewolf

and vampire,

"demon and ghost.

"It would tear your throat

open then drink your blond,

"and feast on your

still-warm brains."

- That's sick.

- It's terrifying,

but it's going to make

a terrific comic book.

In fact, I'm certain this is

what Childress was

working on when he died.

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