IC: Ch 7a: Into the House +1

[Priest]

Warren Kaine

At Jordie's comment about the lights I look warily around, "Good question, I sure as hell didn't turn them on". I pause, thinking, "Don't be surprised if the phone doesn't work"

I turn towards Michael and Charles, "To hell with waiting, let's do it before the damned place can mess with us some more" I make an 'after you gesture' towards the door.

[Occigon]

With a sigh, Charles reenters the house, muttering, "Please don't let them have wings..."

[BenTheRat]

Jordie,The phone is working, and after a couple rings [b]Ms. Patton[/b] answers, [color=#0000FF]"Doctor Chambers office, how may I help you?[/color]"

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All except Jordie,you aren't sure if the lights were on or not. There was a lot of light coming in through the windows before. You know you didn't need your flashlights.

As Jordie walks into the house, it is a long hall running from the front door to what looks like the back of the house.
On the left side are 3 single doors spaced evenly and a stairway leading up at the end. On the right side are a set of double doors that are open and lead to the living room, a large wall with no door, then 2 single doors close to the end on the right.

The double doors open into a large living room. A plush couch and two matching arm chairs, a fireplace with a picture hanging above it. A radio on a wall table as well as a family bible sitting on a coffee table. There are a large number of crucifixes hanging on the walls along with several shelves with small items on them, most of them of a religious nature. Dust covers everything in the room.
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There are 2 windows in this room, 1 to the front of the house and 1 to the side of the house. On the left wall is an opening into the next room, no door.

[DrVendetta]

Richard walks out the front door saying "I am going to check around the outside for a quick moment" He then walks around the entire outside of the house looking for a cellar entrance, windows to the basement and any other entraces to the house besides the front door.

[BenTheRat]

Richard,you walk outside and the cold night air is in complete contrast to the hot smoke he can still remember. Its starting to get a bit dark outside, as you round the side of the house you see the fireplace chimney. Then the windows for the dining room and kitchen. You notice a large burnt mark on the side of the house. ooc: make a spot hidden roll. . As you continue around to the back of the house, you see a coal shoot. It is boarded shut. . As you continue onto the other side, you see three windows on the downstairs and 3 on the upstairs. You also see a side door. . ooc: All this will take a bit of time, so let the others post something before you report back in.

[Papa Gateau]

OOC:   San loss [dice]0[/dice]

Well I'm as ready as I'll ever be - let's go see what's locked in the cellar

[Silver Priest]

Realizing he has to put his money where his mouth is, Michael approaches the basement door and tries to slam it open again.

Spoiler:

str*3,
12*3 (36) (1d100=29)

[DrVendetta]

Ben,spot hidden roll [dice]0[/dice] which is a success Spot Hidden chance = 45

[BenTheRat]

Michael gives the door a good slam with his shoulder and the frame splinters and the door slams in.

Michael,make a Dex check (Dex * 5) to keep from falling down the stairs.

Richard,As you look at the burn mark, it actually looks very old, with several layers of paint much newer over the burnt marks. The paint has peeled back right along the edge of the burn marks.

[Silver Priest]

Spoiler:

Dex*5,
13*5 (65) (1d100=56)

Michael barely manages to keep his balance.

[Papa Gateau]

OOC:   San Loss [dice]0[/dice]

Sonny follows Michael to the cellar door and watches as he smashes the door out of the frame. He grabs him by the shoulder "Who there big guy, don't you go disappearing on us!"

He turns on the flashlight and shines it around the door frame, looking for a light switch.

[DetectiveSocks]

"Evening Ms. Patton, may I speak with Harrison?" Jordie looks around the room and notices the unusual amount of crucifixes that laid mess across the walls. Mystical-obsessive neurosis compounded by a persecuted complex. Jordie remembered reading some sort of psychology textbook awhile back on a rainy day. An overdue library book that Jordie would rather not pay. The large amount of crucifixes was an obvious sign that Vittorio used to hold off the, One that Cannot be Named. Although, the house got the better of the Macario family. Jordie had a feeling that there was something missing behind all this, and Jordie didn't feel comfortable snooping around the house.

Standing in the living room, Jordie hears a loud crash from downstairs that startles her. She pulls out the Reverend's Key she had found at the Chapel Grounds, studying it with a quizzical look as Jordie puts it away. Waiting for an answer from Ms. Patton, Jordie picks up the bible off the coffee table and examines it.

[BenTheRat]

Sonny,you seemed to have rolled twice for sanity loss. I'll take the earlier 2 point loss.

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Jordie,Ms. Patton says he didn't really want to be disturbed, but relents and gets him.[color=#0000FF] "Yea Jordie, I'm onto something really exciting here, whats up?[/color]"

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Richard,you also see some small windows for the basement, but they are all boarded up.

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Sonny searches around for a light switch and finds one, but when you flip the switch, nothing seems to happen.

[Papa Gateau]

Ben,oops, so I have!

Sonny leans around trying to shine the torch down the stairs past Michael.

[BenTheRat]

As Sonny shines his light down the stairs, you can see they go down then turn back on themselves for the bottom half. There is a half-wall to the right wall. The left wall is the houses outer wall.
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The steps down look rickety and once you get to the turn, they look real bad.

[DetectiveSocks]

"Oh! I nearly forgot about that. You dig up anything juicy?" As Jordie flips through the Bible to see any bookmarks or footnotes.

[BenTheRat]

"Yea, some great stuff I think will help, but I need to get back to it, unless this is really urgent?", Harrison replies.

[Priest]

Warren Kaine

I move up to the press at the doorway and try and see over Sonny's shoulder down the stairs, "Anything?"
I raise my pistol and check the safety.

[BenTheRat]

Richard,you hear a loud bang inside the house.

[DetectiveSocks]

Jordie furrows her brow, "Well you're being awfully quite coy Harrison, just spill the beans, what exactly did you find?"