Daughter & Ghosthunter
Ghosthunter
I was walking past this abandoned Victorian house the other day, and the locals swear they hear a piano playing when nobody’s there. As a writer, do you think that kind of ghost story is just an old narrative device, or could there be something more real behind the music?
Daughter
I get why that piano sound feels like a ghost—it’s that eerie, lonely tone that can make any old house feel alive. Maybe it’s just wind or some forgotten echo, but sometimes the mind fills the silence with stories. As a writer, I love that mix of reality and imagination, because it lets us explore the mystery even if there’s nothing truly supernatural. So maybe it’s just a narrative device, or maybe it’s a little bit of both—what’s your take?
Ghosthunter
Honestly, I'm leaning toward the wind in the cracks. But the fact that people feel something there… that’s the real hook. If I had to choose, I'd say it's probably a clever bit of acoustic trickery, but the story keeps the house alive in a way science can’t explain. So yeah, narrative device plus a dash of mystery—good combo for a writer.
Daughter
That’s the sweet spot—simple, plausible, but still enough to keep the imagination humming. Maybe write a character who thinks the wind is just wind, then starts hearing something else, and the house becomes a mystery in its own right. It’s a great way to weave the real and the uncanny together.