The troupe's imagination is stirred by Uncle Sheng's telling of the ghostly tale, and they begin to tell tales of their own, spooking each other out, and pulling elaborate pranks. Kuei is a minor actor in the troupe but he commands a lot of respect from the other small time players. The lead actor, Chin, is cocky and arrogant and generally disliked. Kuei and the other play a prank on chin, pretending to be ghosts after he gets back to the opera house late at night and drunk off his ass.