It's a bit tricky to tell what the objects in the world are meant to represent. Maybe an inspect option would help? I picked up a broom but I'm not sure if that automatically equipped it or not. The enemies seemed to not really care about me and would wander away.
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yea the look/inspect content had to be pulled from scope when I was having trouble with the mansion generation and lost two days of work to completely rebuild it :s
The monsters are the other inhabitants stricken with madness, they only attack if you get close and should only follow you if you attack back. I tried to explain that in the journal entries but I don't think I was clear enough. I also meant to add it to the itch description but I think I forgot, I'll update the page.
Thanks!