ELUSIVE

"ELUSIVE" is the sixth episode of *The Mistholme Museum of Mystery, Morbidity, and Mortality* and the finale of Season 1.

Characters:

* The Audio Tour Guide
* The Roadhouse Manager (part of exhibit)
* Simon Walcroft (part of exhibit)
* Anil (part of exhibit)

Exhibits:

* Your Keys
* Old Bacchus Road Photographs

## Your Keys

### Summary

You approach a secure cabinet holding your keys. To have them returned, you must answer a series of questions. They are as followed;

1. Have you enjoyed your time thus far?
2. Would you recommend the museum to others?
3. Have you felt any feelings of fear or dread while at the Museum?
4. Has anything the Audio Tour Guide said stood out as unusual? Please answer generously.
5. Have any of the other visitors stood out as odd?
6. Have you seen another visitor that you would describe as dark or mysterious?
7. Did you dream last night?;
8. Was The Man in your dream?
9. Did The Man try to replace or subvert your role in the dream?
10. Did he speak to you? How would you describe his voice?
11. How terrified were you of The Man?
12. Did you tell him anything? Did you tell him you were coming to the Museum? Did you tell you to come here?
13. Garbled glitching.
14. Will you return to the museum and, if so, do you have any suggestions? Whisper this answer into the ear of a sleeping loved one.

The Guide then states your key will be returned to you through uncertain means.

## Old Bacchus Road Photographs

The Old Bacchus Road Photographs are a series of photographs from the Old Bacchus Road and those who travelled through it. These photos were donated by the Roadhouse Manager to clear up space on her wall and commemorate the Old Bacchus Road. As a part of the exhibit, she requests that the story of Simon Walcroft and Anil get told. Both Simon and Anil were reaching a low point in their lives when a friend of their friend suggested they go to the Old Bacchus Road. When Simon arrives, his car breaks down and he meets Anil on the road, who offers him a lift. A tree falls behind Anil's car, forcing the two to travel the rest of the road together.

As they travel, the two men realise they are extremely similar and slowly begin warming up to one another. They go through a cafe under an enormous tree, a railway and see a train full of children, a creek where their reflections are swapped, a bridge seemingly made of glass, a petrol station, and finally the Roadhouse where they meet the Roadhouse Manager. During their trip, they were repeatedly told the Old Bacchus Road was meant to be travelled alone, not together. They confront the Roadhouse Manager about this, asking what everyone meant. She tells them about how the Old Bacchus Road is a journey of the heart, not the mind, and that once they leave the Old Bacchus Road they will forget everything they've seen and everyone they met. Shocked, Simon and Anil realise they've fallen in love but decide that, no matter what, they will find each other in their waking lives. When researchers offer to find out if Simon and Anil ever found each other, they are scolded by the Roadhouse Manager and told that Simon and Anil deserve their privacy.

## Our Apologies

The Audio Tour Guide begins concluding as per usual, before nervously telling the listener that they may have to take part in some "Involuntary Isolation" for an unknown amount of time and unknown reason. It then announces it is breaking down and tells the listener to make their way to one of the Alternatural Event Shelters. It ends with assuring the listener that one day the Mistholme Museum's doors will open again... one day.