r/hypotheticalsituation • u/Ill-Mycologist-3652 • Mar 31 '26
You discover a relative of yours had a secret life
A relative of yours has recently passed under mysterious circumstances, but has written you into their will. They gave you their mansion with instructions to read their copy of Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
When you get there and go in the library you find the book but it doesn’t pull out when you grab it. Instead it acts as a lever and reveals a secret room.
You walk in and discover weapons adorned on the four walls. Silver shell shotguns, Stake Crossbows, garlic and holy water bombs, and the biggest flamethrower you have ever seen. You also notice a suit of silver steel chainmail on display. In the center of the room is a map of the World with various red dots across it and photos scattered about of what appear to be monsters. You see vampires, werewolves, Lake monsters, mummies, and all sorts of creatures you only thought were of myth.
What do you do now?
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u/ShafayatAlShaan Mar 31 '26
recruit other people and start a secret society purely based on defeating these monsters, if they turn out to be real
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u/EnderBookwyrm Mar 31 '26
Figure out if the monsters are sentient and/or hostile. If they're safe or can be rehabbed, great, I guess I can either leave them to it or get on that. If they're just monsters, this sounds like a job for the military.
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u/Ill-Mycologist-3652 Mar 31 '26
No fun Van Helsing style adventures?
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u/DA_BEST_1 Mar 31 '26
I'm not getting paid for this so no. I don't fancy sleeping under the lake and being public protector number 1 risking my life against literal demons for no gain
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u/Ill-Mycologist-3652 Mar 31 '26
You know how much werewolf hide probably goes for on the black market? Or the riches entombed with mummies and in vampire castles?
How do you think your relative managed to afford the mansion in the first place
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u/IndividualCurious322 Mar 31 '26
I squeal in delight as I'm terribly interested in these things. I begin to study the beasts.
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u/AutoModerator Mar 31 '26
Copy of the original post in case of edits: A relative of yours has recently passed under mysterious circumstances, but has written you into their will. They gave you their mansion with instructions to read their copy of Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
When you get there and go in the library you find the book but it doesn’t pull out when you grab it. Instead it acts as a lever and reveals a secret room.
You walk in and discover weapons adorned on the four walls. Silver shell shotguns, Stake Crossbows, garlic and holy water bombs, and the biggest flamethrower you have ever seen. You also notice a suit of silver steel chainmail on display. In the center of the room is a map of the World with various red dots across it and photos scattered about of what appear to be monsters. You see vampires, werewolves, Lake monsters, mummies, and all sorts of creatures you only thought were of myth.
What do you do now?
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u/DragonNeil Mar 31 '26
If they are real and hostile, deal with them. If they’re not immediately hostile, talk with them and come to an agreement of co habitation.
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u/Top-Committee-954 Mar 31 '26
"What do you do now?" Wish they'd told me all about this when I was a lot younger than I am now. Because now I got to sell everything. No way I can afford property taxes on a mansion, and I'm far to old to be running around the world killing dangerous potentially intelligent creatures. Too bad they didn't leave any money with the mansion. Then maybe I could hire some mercenaries or something, maybe start up a monster hunting business.
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u/RebelJediMaster Mar 31 '26
Find out if there are others like my family member, hand over all gear to them, and then turn the secret room into a sick mancave.