no, but this is definitely pushing more and more into uncanny as the impulse to go inside continues and brings them in. he goes after alphinaud, maneuvering past bradley checking out the knickknacks as he heads further in, ignoring the stairs. ]
Might as well, see if there's anything we can use. [ and he follows the wall of the living room, leaving that to alphinaud and - oh kitchen. nyoom past the dining room and into the kitchen, trying to find any traces of who actually lives here. ]
[the house, the decor -- manwol would never willingly live in a place that has pink and green in one color scheme, and yet...
The feeling of 'home' discombobulates her more than she wants to admit -- it's not something she's experienced in... however many years, but... she's feeling it now? for some reason??? She watches Kon and Alphinaud move further into the house, glances down at where Brad is looking at the floor and well, it seems like they've got it all covered??? even though it's weird that they're exploring their own house. no, the house.
Manwol will follow after Kon, but her aim is to get to the door of the garage, which she immediately opens because exploring! and... cars! hopefully!]
[ The living room is cute! There's one large sofa, with two smaller arm chairs besides it. A decently sized TV, but not incredibly large, hands on the wall in front of it. Around it is one of those large living room cabinets. It's filled with a lot of photographs of a smiling family of-- the four of you? Pictures at the park, at a beach, birthday parties, an amusement park, etc. You all look incredibly happy! Looking at them, Alphi will feel joy at remembering these good old times, een though they definitely did not happen.
Besides that, there are some smaller cabinets and tables. Books and newspapers are scattered all over, as well as other random items that were probably just abandoned in a living room. Does Alphinaud:
> Look around more closely. > Turn on the TV to see what's on. > Sit down and rest.
When Bradley looks closer, he'll see that they're these hell toys. He will be washed over with a feeling of nostalgia, because surely they had lost these toys when they moved here a few years back? (Kind of weird to think for a second, since this is their first time here.) Does he:
> Look somewhere else. > Play with the jacks. > Find somewhere to rest.
The kitchen is neatly kept, but it's not particularly modern. There's wooden cabinets, older models of appliances where the newest looking thing is a dish washer that doesn't match everything else. But everything is neat and orderly at a glance, except he'll smell something in the oven? Does he:
> Check what's cooking. > Go through the cabinets and other kitchen things. > Decide he needs some rest.
Manwol will walk into the two-car garage. It's... definitely not the cleanest part of the house, and she will remind herself that they will finally clean this out. You've all been telling yourselves you'll be doing that for a while, right? The cars in it aren't anything fancy, but they're what you all can afford and they still run just fine. Maybe next year there can be an upgrade?
Besides the cars, there are piles and piles of boxes around. A few exercise machines, like a treadmill and a stationary bike that haven't seen use in a while. Broken fishing poles that need to be fixed, and one of those toy scooters that Bradley kept banging against his ankle. A washing machine and dryer are sat at the corner. Does she:
> Look more into the cars. > Open up some dusty boxes. > She should maybe get some rest? ]
[ Cute, sure, but it's still all so odd to him, being unlike anything that exists in ye olde fantasy land and all. The most bizarre part being the photographs—which thankfully by now he knows what those are—except... Alphinaud is pretty sure these events never happened?
Which he has to remind himself after a wave of nostalgia. He shakes his head after setting down a picture frame with slightly more force than necessary, pulling away from the cabinet. ]
Some manner of trickery. [ He hisses out with a scowl. ] 'Tis as if something wants to lure us in...
[ He barely understands a TV though, so he'll look around the room a bit closer. ]
"Lure us in" sounds about right. [ kon calls over his shoulder to alphinaud, and trusts that the wizard who carries around a rifle will be able to take care of himself as he heads upstairs. manwol is at least in his peripheral, technically, so he focuses on checking out the kitchen.
we shouldn't have left the oven on is abruptly shoved aside, replaced by i've seen way too many horror movies with ovens as he warily goes to open it, just a crack, to see what's in there. ]
Anyone else getting a weird feeling, on top of that uncanny "belonging" one? [ rest ]
[Manwol props the door open with one of those dusty boxes because she is NOT going to clean the garage, that sounds like a task they can push to next Wednesday..... she Frowns, trying to remind herself that this is weird and also she'd never buy these cars???? Manwol will examine the red one more closely, maybe the keys are magically around here somewhere ]
Slap yourself if you start feeling sleepy.
[she yells, then immediately starts feeling tired... no it's fine she wants to see the car!!!]
[Looking closer, Alphinaud will get to see that the newspaper! It lists current events, like there's an election approaching later in the year, the nearby mall had a fire last week and had to close down some stores, there's a fundraiser for the elementary school this weekend, and the results of last night's baseball game. The paper is titled The Watchers.
There's a cellphone on the table, different from the ones that they're all used to using--older. It's a flip phone! Does he:
> Look through the phone. > Go somewhere else. > Rest. It's been such a long day.
Bradley heads to the master bedroom! It's very modern, with one queen bed, two dressers, and a desk. There's a bathroom as well connected to it and a closet. The bed is unmade, and Bradley will wonder why Manwol hasn't made her bed for a second? Does he:
> Go through the drawers. > Check the bathroom or closet. > The bed is right there.
When Kon opens the oven, smoke billows out of the open door. There's cake! And it's burning. There's also an odd smell to it, one that's very difficult to place but he will be able to tell it's not very... cake-y. Does he:
> Take the cake out. > Go look at something else. > Just close his eyes for a minute.
Manwol will be able to open the car door if she tries! The backseat is also full of boxes, and there's no key, but will hit her more is the smell, like there's something rotting in there. Does she:
> Look for the smell source. > Check out something else. > Take a nap. ]
[ This paper sure has a lot of words that mean very little to Alphinaud. Maybe... one of the others can make sense of it.
He sets the paper down. And hey—cellphone? He picks it up, turns it over in his hand, and flips it open. If it's got stuff to look through he'll do that with his minimal cellphone knowledge. ]
he sounds a little distracted, and he does close his eyes - but it's not long enough to be rest, so much as it is to brace himself and let some of the smoke vent. after that, kon reaches out to turn off the oven, looking for a pair of oven mitts so that he can.
take this cake out.
under his breath, as he opens the oven and reaches in to take it out: ] The ocean's dying. Plankton's dying. It's people. Soylent Green is made out of people. They're making our food out of people.
[yes sirree manwol is definitely going to check out what in the fresh afterlife is rotting in here!!! That way she can yell for one of the boys to throw it away. She'd do that even if this wasn't a house that feels like it belongs to all of them.
She'll pick up the toy scooter and start poking around the backseat with it.]
[ Since it's a flip phone, there isn't that much he can do. There's an internet option that will take forever to load and immediately charge him money if he opens it. But he'll see a few unread text messages, from Sakyou, Tokidoki, and Nier. Before he can open any of them though, the phone will ring. The phone number isn't in the contacts. Do you:
> Ignore the call and look at the texts. > Answer the phone. > Isn't it better to rest?
Going through the drawers, he'll be shifting through a lot of clothes at first. Shirts, underwear, socks-- normal items. Eventually, buried in a bottom one under some bathing suits, is a thick, leather book. It's heavy. Does he:
> Open the book. > Check something else out. > Maybe he should see if this bed is softer than hiss?
When Kon takes the cake out, the first thing he'll notice is that it seems to be collapsing onto itself in the middle. There's also an odd, greenish-brown sludge? Who baked this. Kon can't believe someone would almost burn down his house like this. A house. This is his house, right? Does he:
> Inspect it in more detail. > Look at something else. > No one would blame him if he slept.
After poking a bit, one of the boxes will fall over. (anais voice) meat room. But yes, meat comes out, but it's smushed up together like it was mashed by something until it's unrecognizable. The only way Manwol can tell it's even meat is because of the unmistakable smell. Also, there's bug? Roaches, flies, ants-- they all also fall out of the box, squirming around after they were disturbed. Does she:
> Continue to investigate this. > Do something else that has less bugs. > Isn't she tired? ]
[ Guess who's just now discovering phones can ring? This guy!
... Alphinaud has no idea what this means, so he just stares at it for a long moment, then starts pressing buttons at random. This probably means he's looking at the texts instead. ]
[ this is exhausting but no, fuck you, he's going to set the cake on top of the stove and get a - i don't know, a wooden spoon. he hears the phone ring, probably, but doesn't think anything of it. someone else in the family will answer it.
fuck, stop thinking things like that. ]
I'm going to regret this. [ and he prods into the caving in middle, not leaning directly over it in case something happens but nudging it aside to see what's going on. ]
[manwol immediately says something that's not appropriate for their culdesac neighborhood, but just look at this!!! Bugs!! She abandons the toy scooter and slams the car door shut. Goodbye. Maybe she can use this as an excuse to buy an entirely new car...........
She moves over to the dusty box that's propping the door open and peers inside it. What if there are Roaches in here... Kon might throw a shitfit if she accidentally lets Bugs get into the kitchen, which is like his territory like it's always been right]
[ Alphi is valid. No one taught him about phone calls.
The text from Sakyou reads: I apologize but I can't make it tomorrow. My house has become infested with bugs and I need to be here when the exterminator comes. Tell everyone I say hi.
The text from Tokidoki reads: see you at the bbq! I heard you were bringing cake? can't wait
The text from Nier seems to be several days old. Why aren't you checking your messages more reliably? It reads: We should confess about the mall.
Does Alphi:
> Try to respond to any of the texts. > Do something else. > Isn't he drowsy? Isn't he? Isn't he?
Inside the book, is... a memory book! It seems to be about a murder that happened in a bus outside of the neighborhood a few months back. The book is filled with clipped news articles, pictures of all the victims, and notes about what they were wearing, who fought back, what their screams sounded like. Does he:
> Look at something else. > Sleep. Sleep. Sleep.
For Kon, when he sticks the spoon in, it will... start to melt a bit? Very slowly, to the point where he won't even notice what's happening at first. Weird. Does he:
> Taste it. > Do something else. > Why won't he sleep?
Manwol is smart because mood. There are no bugs in these boxes! Instead, she finds a lot of phonebooks. Like, a weird amount of phonebooks? All from different years and a few for a few towns over.
In other boxes, there's a lot of clothes that she'll notice doesn't belong to any of them, since she'd recognize this considering they all live together. There's a musty smell coming from the clothes. Does she:
> Keep looking in the garage. > Go somewhere else. > Zzzzzzz. ]
[ I assume the phone eventually stops ringing. Between that and the weird texts—from names he recognizes, no less—Alphinaud frowns.
Thankfully by now he's learned how to text, but instead of messing with the phone any more, uh... Maybe someone else will know what the hell to do with this. Phone in hand, Alphinaud decides to wander into the kitchen with it. ]
Kon, do you— [ wait ] Was something burning in here?
[A murder that happened in a bus... All the victims? Their... screams... The rest of this he can make excuses for, there would be reasons people somebody outside of the bus might know.
He taps his fingers on the book for a moment. Is this book so heavy he can't lift it and bring it with him? If he can, it's coming with him.
He'd look at the closet. What's in here? Just more clothes?]
[Manwol tries skimming through a phonebook but boring dense reading material is the enemy and she's trying not to go ZZZZ despite wanting to, so she'll leave that and the clothes behind and enter the kitchen. Her goal is the bathroom connecting to the dining room, she feels like Washing Her Hands is Imperative right now.
But she will stop to join Alphinaud and Kon in the kitchen,]
Don't open the car. There's meat or something in there, and don't ask me what kind because I'm not going back to check.
[ Wow, almost the whole family is here! Fun. Kon, Alphi, and Manwol will feel a sense of togetherness and love as they stand here. Family is great.
When Kon opens the freezer, it will be empty but also incredibly dirty, like it hasn't been properly scrubbed in a while and whoever cleaned this (he will get the sense that Bradley was on kitchen cleaning duty last) just emptied it without doing anything else. As for the fridge, well...
Dead bugs. Worms, Roaches, beetles, slugs-- they will all come tumbling out and hit the floor, onto his shoes. Other than that, the fridge is full of rotting food, things that were expired from days to weeks ago. Terrible! Do the three of them:
> Make a snack. > Check something else. > Take a family nap.
Bradley will find that he can take the book with him, yes. Inside the closet is more clothes! He will notice that they're very on brand and more on the expensive side, and he will wonder if Manwol is wasting their budget on herself? How did she afford these?
He will also her a thudding sound, but it's from inside the wall. Does he:
> Stay and listen. > Check somewhere else. > The bed is still there. ]
Alphinaud doesn't get long to wonder. The fridge is opened, and once the creepy crawlies spill to the floor, he visibly jumps, letting out an undignified yelp.
If he was feeling tired before, he sure isn't now! SHIT'S NASTY ]
[Malwol, what the fuck, their budget- WHAT. No. He takes a moment to fiddle with the jeweled ring on his left hand. He is not married to anybody inside of this house.
Time to stay and listen. Thudding sound...?
What kind of noise is this? Is it rhythmic? Is it a large or small thing within the wall? Can he even get a sense of it from where he's standing?]
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no, but this is definitely pushing more and more into uncanny as the impulse to go inside continues and brings them in. he goes after alphinaud, maneuvering past bradley checking out the knickknacks as he heads further in, ignoring the stairs. ]
Might as well, see if there's anything we can use. [ and he follows the wall of the living room, leaving that to alphinaud and - oh kitchen. nyoom past the dining room and into the kitchen, trying to find any traces of who actually lives here. ]
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The feeling of 'home' discombobulates her more than she wants to admit -- it's not something she's experienced in... however many years, but... she's feeling it now? for some reason??? She watches Kon and Alphinaud move further into the house, glances down at where Brad is looking at the floor and well, it seems like they've got it all covered??? even though it's weird that they're exploring their own house. no, the house.
Manwol will follow after Kon, but her aim is to get to the door of the garage, which she immediately opens because exploring! and... cars! hopefully!]
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Besides that, there are some smaller cabinets and tables. Books and newspapers are scattered all over, as well as other random items that were probably just abandoned in a living room. Does Alphinaud:
> Look around more closely.
> Turn on the TV to see what's on.
> Sit down and rest.
When Bradley looks closer, he'll see that they're these hell toys. He will be washed over with a feeling of nostalgia, because surely they had lost these toys when they moved here a few years back? (Kind of weird to think for a second, since this is their first time here.) Does he:
> Look somewhere else.
> Play with the jacks.
> Find somewhere to rest.
The kitchen is neatly kept, but it's not particularly modern. There's wooden cabinets, older models of appliances where the newest looking thing is a dish washer that doesn't match everything else. But everything is neat and orderly at a glance, except he'll smell something in the oven? Does he:
> Check what's cooking.
> Go through the cabinets and other kitchen things.
> Decide he needs some rest.
Manwol will walk into the two-car garage. It's... definitely not the cleanest part of the house, and she will remind herself that they will finally clean this out. You've all been telling yourselves you'll be doing that for a while, right? The cars in it aren't anything fancy, but they're what you all can afford and they still run just fine. Maybe next year there can be an upgrade?
Besides the cars, there are piles and piles of boxes around. A few exercise machines, like a treadmill and a stationary bike that haven't seen use in a while. Broken fishing poles that need to be fixed, and one of those toy scooters that Bradley kept banging against his ankle. A washing machine and dryer are sat at the corner. Does she:
> Look more into the cars.
> Open up some dusty boxes.
> She should maybe get some rest? ]
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Which he has to remind himself after a wave of nostalgia. He shakes his head after setting down a picture frame with slightly more force than necessary, pulling away from the cabinet. ]
Some manner of trickery. [ He hisses out with a scowl. ] 'Tis as if something wants to lure us in...
[ He barely understands a TV though, so he'll look around the room a bit closer. ]
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There is something wrong here. Something is messing with him and the fact he can't see who is only adding to his growing irritation.]
'm goin' upstairs.
[He takes a quick glance around the hallway and heads into the master bedroom.]
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we shouldn't have left the oven on is abruptly shoved aside, replaced by i've seen way too many horror movies with ovens as he warily goes to open it, just a crack, to see what's in there. ]
Anyone else getting a weird feeling, on top of that uncanny "belonging" one? [ rest ]
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Slap yourself if you start feeling sleepy.
[she yells, then immediately starts feeling tired... no it's fine she wants to see the car!!!]
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There's a cellphone on the table, different from the ones that they're all used to using--older. It's a flip phone! Does he:
> Look through the phone.
> Go somewhere else.
> Rest. It's been such a long day.
Bradley heads to the master bedroom! It's very modern, with one queen bed, two dressers, and a desk. There's a bathroom as well connected to it and a closet. The bed is unmade, and Bradley will wonder why Manwol hasn't made her bed for a second? Does he:
> Go through the drawers.
> Check the bathroom or closet.
> The bed is right there.
When Kon opens the oven, smoke billows out of the open door. There's cake! And it's burning. There's also an odd smell to it, one that's very difficult to place but he will be able to tell it's not very... cake-y. Does he:
> Take the cake out.
> Go look at something else.
> Just close his eyes for a minute.
Manwol will be able to open the car door if she tries! The backseat is also full of boxes, and there's no key, but will hit her more is the smell, like there's something rotting in there. Does she:
> Look for the smell source.
> Check out something else.
> Take a nap. ]
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He sets the paper down. And hey—cellphone? He picks it up, turns it over in his hand, and flips it open. If it's got stuff to look through he'll do that with his minimal cellphone knowledge. ]
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He's going to go through the drawers right now. What's in these? What can he take? ]
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[
he sounds a little distracted, and he does close his eyes - but it's not long enough to be rest, so much as it is to brace himself and let some of the smoke vent. after that, kon reaches out to turn off the oven, looking for a pair of oven mitts so that he can.
take this cake out.
under his breath, as he opens the oven and reaches in to take it out: ] The ocean's dying. Plankton's dying. It's people. Soylent Green is made out of people. They're making our food out of people.
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She'll pick up the toy scooter and start poking around the backseat with it.]
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> Ignore the call and look at the texts.
> Answer the phone.
> Isn't it better to rest?
Going through the drawers, he'll be shifting through a lot of clothes at first. Shirts, underwear, socks-- normal items. Eventually, buried in a bottom one under some bathing suits, is a thick, leather book. It's heavy. Does he:
> Open the book.
> Check something else out.
> Maybe he should see if this bed is softer than hiss?
When Kon takes the cake out, the first thing he'll notice is that it seems to be collapsing onto itself in the middle. There's also an odd, greenish-brown sludge? Who baked this. Kon can't believe someone would almost burn down his house like this. A house. This is his house, right? Does he:
> Inspect it in more detail.
> Look at something else.
> No one would blame him if he slept.
After poking a bit, one of the boxes will fall over. (anais voice) meat room. But yes, meat comes out, but it's smushed up together like it was mashed by something until it's unrecognizable. The only way Manwol can tell it's even meat is because of the unmistakable smell. Also, there's bug? Roaches, flies, ants-- they all also fall out of the box, squirming around after they were disturbed. Does she:
> Continue to investigate this.
> Do something else that has less bugs.
> Isn't she tired? ]
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... Alphinaud has no idea what this means, so he just stares at it for a long moment, then starts pressing buttons at random. This probably means he's looking at the texts instead. ]
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He's opening the book. What's in this? ]
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fuck, stop thinking things like that. ]
I'm going to regret this. [ and he prods into the caving in middle, not leaning directly over it in case something happens but nudging it aside to see what's going on. ]
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She moves over to the dusty box that's propping the door open and peers inside it. What if there are Roaches in here... Kon might throw a shitfit if she accidentally lets Bugs get into the kitchen, which is like his territory like it's always been right]
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The text from Sakyou reads: I apologize but I can't make it tomorrow. My house has become infested with bugs and I need to be here when the exterminator comes. Tell everyone I say hi.
The text from Tokidoki reads: see you at the bbq! I heard you were bringing cake? can't wait
The text from Nier seems to be several days old. Why aren't you checking your messages more reliably? It reads: We should confess about the mall.
Does Alphi:
> Try to respond to any of the texts.
> Do something else.
> Isn't he drowsy? Isn't he? Isn't he?
Inside the book, is... a memory book! It seems to be about a murder that happened in a bus outside of the neighborhood a few months back. The book is filled with clipped news articles, pictures of all the victims, and notes about what they were wearing, who fought back, what their screams sounded like. Does he:
> Look at something else.
> Sleep. Sleep. Sleep.
For Kon, when he sticks the spoon in, it will... start to melt a bit? Very slowly, to the point where he won't even notice what's happening at first. Weird. Does he:
> Taste it.
> Do something else.
> Why won't he sleep?
Manwol is smart because mood. There are no bugs in these boxes! Instead, she finds a lot of phonebooks. Like, a weird amount of phonebooks? All from different years and a few for a few towns over.
In other boxes, there's a lot of clothes that she'll notice doesn't belong to any of them, since she'd recognize this considering they all live together. There's a musty smell coming from the clothes. Does she:
> Keep looking in the garage.
> Go somewhere else.
> Zzzzzzz. ]
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Thankfully by now he's learned how to text, but instead of messing with the phone any more, uh... Maybe someone else will know what the hell to do with this. Phone in hand, Alphinaud decides to wander into the kitchen with it. ]
Kon, do you— [ wait ] Was something burning in here?
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He taps his fingers on the book for a moment. Is this book so heavy he can't lift it and bring it with him? If he can, it's coming with him.
He'd look at the closet. What's in here? Just more clothes?]
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he will not be tasting the cake, and instead puts the spoon back in. ]
Don't eat it. Something about the ingredients is acidic, and nevermind that it's burnt and doesn't smell like a normal cake. What'd you find?
[ god he has a bad feeling but he's going to open the door(s) on the fridge to see what's inside it/the freezer if there is one. ]
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But she will stop to join Alphinaud and Kon in the kitchen,]
Don't open the car. There's meat or something in there, and don't ask me what kind because I'm not going back to check.
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When Kon opens the freezer, it will be empty but also incredibly dirty, like it hasn't been properly scrubbed in a while and whoever cleaned this (he will get the sense that Bradley was on kitchen cleaning duty last) just emptied it without doing anything else. As for the fridge, well...
Dead bugs. Worms, Roaches, beetles, slugs-- they will all come tumbling out and hit the floor, onto his shoes. Other than that, the fridge is full of rotting food, things that were expired from days to weeks ago. Terrible! Do the three of them:
> Make a snack.
> Check something else.
> Take a family nap.
Bradley will find that he can take the book with him, yes. Inside the closet is more clothes! He will notice that they're very on brand and more on the expensive side, and he will wonder if Manwol is wasting their budget on herself? How did she afford these?
He will also her a thudding sound, but it's from inside the wall. Does he:
> Stay and listen.
> Check somewhere else.
> The bed is still there. ]
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[ Manwhol what does that even mean.
Alphinaud doesn't get long to wonder. The fridge is opened, and once the creepy crawlies spill to the floor, he visibly jumps, letting out an undignified yelp.
If he was feeling tired before, he sure isn't now! SHIT'S NASTY ]
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Time to stay and listen. Thudding sound...?
What kind of noise is this? Is it rhythmic? Is it a large or small thing within the wall? Can he even get a sense of it from where he's standing?]
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