Hotel Metropole
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The Hotel Metropole stood like a regal tomb in the heart of Mysore, its faded grandeur whispering secrets of a time when laughter echoed through its lavish halls, now replaced by the unsettling thud of footsteps that no living soul could claim. Guests often felt the weight of unseen eyes upon them as doors creaked open without a hand to guide them, while spectral apparitions flitted like shadows down the corridors, leaving in their wake a bone-deep chill that whispered of long-buried secrets and restless spirits. Those who dared to linger spoke in hushed tones of the oppressive silence that followed, as though the very walls were holding their breath, waiting for something-someone-to finally answer their call.