As the girls filed into the house, a chill seemed to come from nowhere.  Once they were all inside, the door shut on its own, before a few candles ignited themselves and they found themselves in a sort of parlor, with a small podium situated between two doors.  From behind the curtain covering the left-hand door, a woman emerged, wearing a green dress with a snake coiled around her right arm.  Her flowing red hair curled behind her, and her vivid green eyes took in each woman as they took in her.  A smirk crossed her lips, "<strong>Good evening, ladies, I'm Mistress Eve.  Welcome to my Haunted House.</strong>"<br/><br/>She moved to the podium, which seemed to have suddenly had an apple appear on it from nowhere.  She picked up the apple and held it in her slender fingers, "<strong>You are here because I wished you to be.  You are all competing for a prize rarer than the finest goods, more valuable than any amount of money, and at the moment, completely forfeit for four of you.  You'll be competing for your lives.</strong>"<br/><br/>She put the apple down and stroked the chin of her pretty green snake, before continuing, "<strong>Starting immediately, you'll be allowed to go alone or in groups, your choice, through my home.  If you enter a room, you must complete each challenge there before continuing on to the next.  If you do not complete the challenge, you will die.  Alternatively...</strong>" she eyed each of you, "<strong>If you think you're not going to make it very far, I'll allow you to quit right away.  All you need do is just remove your pretty outfit and get on your knees.  The others will get to watch you meet your end.</strong>"<br/><br/>If any of the girls tried to strike her or otherwise harm themselves, they would find themselves completely immobilized, frozen in place by the strange, magical woman.