"Is this really the time to be watching TV?" Gray Mist said. "This house is obviously haunted. I saw that ghost just now."
"But that isn't important. I need to know the layout of the farm's livestock shed right now." Schiller stared at the television screen and hammered at it. "If there really is a ghost in this TV, it had better have watched that program and repeat it to me, or it's dead."
Schiller was clearly somewhat irritated. Even an ordinary person could not stand having a TV show interrupted right at its most exciting point. Schiller already had obsessive-compulsive tendencies, and watching television reminded him of the most regimented years of his youth.
Back then, no one would interrupt him while he watched TV. Even if there was an examination afterward, he could finish an episode before going. The doctors and nurses could wait for him to finish watching television. Who the hell did this ghost think it was?
A wisp of mist drifted into the television. After fiddling with it for quite a while, Schiller found that it was not broken. The problem seemed to be unstable electrical contact, but after checking the wiring inside the walls, he found nothing wrong. The current simply surged and weakened erratically, preventing the television from functioning properly.
Investigating an electrical issue was rather troublesome. Schiller knew nothing about electrical work, and even with Gray Mist giving him a cheat code, finding the source of the problem would be difficult.
Just as Schiller considered whether he should power the television himself and finish the program first, the Chandelier behind him suddenly began to sway. When he turned around, he saw another Shade flash past the window.
He looked up at the Chandelier and saw that it was not going to fall