Murray's Journey: Finders Keepers

[Laraqua]

The room sounds empty.

[Mr. Handy]

Murray gently opens the door slightly and peeks inside, his gun in one hand.

[Laraqua]

This room is much like the last one but with no urinals available. Scrawled across the cracked mirror in red lipstick are the words: Get A Good Look?

[Mr. Handy]

Not really, thinks Murray, verifying that the stalls are empty and there's nothing else unusual there before backing out of the room. Who's going around this place writing all this stuff, anyway? He approaches the door to Room 201, the first of the four hospital rooms down the hall, and listens at the door.

[Laraqua]

There is a slight clacking that can be heard. It seems oddly repetitive.

[Mr. Handy]

Better hold off on that one, thinks Murray. He proceeds quietly down the hall to Room 202 and listens intently.

[Laraqua]

There's the sound of waves lapping against the shore and wind blowing across the sands with the odd sea gull crying in the background.

[Mr. Handy]

Huh, thinks Murray. Maybe there's a TV on in there...or it could be the phonograph on that creature. I'll come back to this one. He proceeds to the door to Room 203 and puts his ear to it.

[Laraqua]

Silence.

[Mr. Handy]

Murray quietly opens the door a little and looks inside.

[Laraqua]

An empty ward with pockmarked walls and rusted gurneys confront him.

[Mr. Handy]

Murray opens the door fully and gives the room a once over to make sure he isn't missing anything in there before proceeding to the door to Room 204 and listening.

[Laraqua]

The last ward in this corridor has no door - just a gaping hole with damaged floorboards through which he can see gaps into the ground floor below.

[Mr. Handy]

Murray looks the room over to ensure that there's nothing in it, then backtracks to room 202 and quietly tries the door to look inside.

[Laraqua]

The door opens smoothly to reveal a room bathed in the soft, warm glow of television static. Presumably the relaxing music is coming from there. Through what he can see through the partially open door, this room appears to be a fully set up and modern hospital ward. The only off thing about it is a rust coloured stain on the sheets. There may be more to the room but he'll have to open it wide and head inside to be sure.

Show,judging from your cautious checking I figured you can open the doors slowly and cautiously like in Downpour.

[Mr. Handy]

Murray opens the door the rest of the way and steps into the room, looking around.

OOC,I haven't played Downpour, but that's pretty much what I've been trying to do.

[Laraqua]

He can hear labored breathing coming from around the room - it isn't centred on any one place but instead seems to emanate from the room itself. The room seems otherwise deserted other than a strange lump beneath the hospital blanket. As he approaches it, it twists and moves, crawling towards the pillow before pausing and laying still once more.

[Mr. Handy]

Murray cautiously approaches the bed. He holds his gun in his right hand but keeps it pointed at the ground; it could be a human under the sheets. He reaches out for the edge of the blanket with his left hand and slowly pulls it back to look underneath.

[Laraqua]

A well-loved and rather threadbare Huey the Horse doll lies on a bloodspattered mattress.

[Mr. Handy]

OOC,I believe the second one I found was a horse. I think the only one I'm missing is Kathy the Kitty.

Murray scoops up the stuffed animal, wipes it clean on the sheets, and returns to the padlocked door, where he deposits it with the other three. Then he goes back to the door to Room 201 and tries to open it a crack to peek inside.