"A-are you sure it's fine if we keep going?" Seshat says.
"I'm sure it's fine. You all paid for this and I'm not gonna stop you from finishing it." Ann says, and then sadly admits, "A lot of times we don't even get anyone for these anymore..."
Seshat looks to Zul piteously. The alien rolls her eyes and playing along says, "Just tell us if you are going to pass out again."
Ann wants to get you back on track, so you exit west out the Drawing Room to get back to the Dining Room. As you walk, you ask about the toilet and why it's locked away if it's part of the tour.
"Oh, I thought I told you." Ann says stopping in front of the door to the water closet as you pass by it again. "Once someone snuck away from a tour and used it. Since it's not attached to the plumbing, so you can imagine the mess. I think he even broke some of the mechanisms."
"Did you have to clean it up?" Tamako asks, the first look of horror on this ghost tour you've seen from her.
"It was before my time here." Ann says, examining the plaque on the door.
"You know, what fu-" Ann starts, been then looking at Tamako says, "-dge it, let's check it out. You guys deserve a little treat for helping me."
The other human in your group then tries various keys from her chain, eventually unlocking it.
The room is plain wood and quite small. It's large enough to fit you, but Kamiko or Emogen would probably find it a tight fit. There is a single bulb hanging from the ceiling which Ann turns on. The only thing in the room is the toilet. With an involuntary disgusted frown, you realize there isn't even any place to wash your hands. The only part of the john you recognize is the porcelain bowl. The rest is a mess of old and slightly rusted flanges, metal bars, and levers. You spot the flushing mechanism, but examining closer you don't even see a tank for the water.
"Well. There it is." Ann says simply. "Not sure what I was expecting."
"Why does it look so weird." Tamako asks.
"I dunno. Never learned the history of the bathroom since it generally isn't shown off anymore." Ann says with a shrug. "I mean I this mansion has been around for like, two hundred years. You would have thought they'd update the crapper along with the rest of the place."
"My goodness, two hundred years. I didn't think of it, but this couldn't possibly be the original house could it?" Seshat says, fixing her glasses and glancing back around at the hallway.
"Nope. The mansion has had a ton of repairs and add-ons since it was first constructed. Heck, the whole east wing of the house is only half as old, and I know they did some maintenance and refurbishing less than a decade ago in the main house." Ann says, still staring at the toilet. "Anyway, shall we move on?"
