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Darren and Ian both follow Harry and Shirley.
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The door to the final room on the ground floor is ajar. It is some kind of family or living room, in better shape than the others. The mildewy smell is not so pronounced in here, but the nasty urine tang of ammonia is evident.
The flashlight beams show that against one wall there is a large sofa, grubby but not obviously mouldy or damp, you could even consider sitting on it. On the wall opposite the sofa there's a large set of white-painted wooden shelves. On the shelves are dozens of glass and ceramic miniatures and statuettes, on a middle shelf flickers one of Roger's candles casting barely any useful light. Dominating the highest shelf there is a large furry shape. Sitting immobile, it has a sinister, scowling face, and hazy unfocused eyes. The fur is grey and glistening, but faded and patchy. It looks to be a particularly ugly stuffed cat.
Below the shelving, the floor is covered in debris, fragments of figurines, a photo frame.
It is difficult to localise but somewhere there seems to be the sound of scuffling or scratching.
The flashlight beams show that against one wall there is a large sofa, grubby but not obviously mouldy or damp, you could even consider sitting on it. On the wall opposite the sofa there's a large set of white-painted wooden shelves. On the shelves are dozens of glass and ceramic miniatures and statuettes, on a middle shelf flickers one of Roger's candles casting barely any useful light. Dominating the highest shelf there is a large furry shape. Sitting immobile, it has a sinister, scowling face, and hazy unfocused eyes. The fur is grey and glistening, but faded and patchy. It looks to be a particularly ugly stuffed cat.
Below the shelving, the floor is covered in debris, fragments of figurines, a photo frame.
It is difficult to localise but somewhere there seems to be the sound of scuffling or scratching.
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"Probably more rodents," says Harry. "Too bad that cat isn't still alive. Then it would deal with them."
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Shirley crinkles her nose at the smell. "So, in which one of these rooms do we wanna set up our camp?"
"Maybe not in this one. There're bugs or worms under that wallpaper," she points to the spot by the window with a grimace.
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Shirley points at a patch of stained and peeling wallpaper beneath the window. It seems to be writhing or squirming somehow. Could it be bugs or worms? As if in answer, something slices through the paper, a sharp white teeth, a pointed snout and twitching nose, whiskers, the face of a rat burrows and rips followed by its claws and then a dark furry body and long tail. It slips out the tear in the paper and scurries off into a dark corner and disappears from view.
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"No, not this one," says Harry. "Maybe the dining room. I didn't see much in there, but maybe we'll see more with some light. We also haven't checked upstairs yet."
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"Awww! It's a possum!" Shirley squeals delighted.
"Let's see what's upstairs then! Just sitting around doing nothing gonna be boring," she tells Harry as she turns towards the staircase with a skip in her step. Before climbing it, however, she uses her poker to make sure the steps are not rotted through and rattles the handrail to see if it's still secure.
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"Shouldn't we explore all this floor before we go upstairs? I want to be sure that there isn't anyone else here. "-says kyle.
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Once that scary figure outside disappears, Louis feels more confident to move around again. As Harry has left the oven door open, he peers inside to look closely at the interior.
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Darren and his brother stay with Louis." Your right Kyle is rather chexk and make sure no ones hiding anywhere here before we go upstairs. "
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"Let's search the dining room first, then go upstairs," says Harry, heading that way.
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Kyle follow Harry.
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As do Darren and Ian.
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Inside the oven Louis finds it full of a thick layer of ash. And poking out from the ash are several pieces of what looks to him like bone.
Kyle, Harry, Darren, and Ian wander back into the dining room, the scent of urine persists. It's barely lit by the spluttering candle ground into the heavy wood of the oval dining table at its centre. Shining their flashlights around the room it's the same as before, precarious looking wooden chairs, not even the whole set, upholstery ripped and spilling out.
The flashlight beams reflect off the shattered fragments of a mirror hanging from a crooked frame on the south wall and scattered across the floor. The battered china cabinet with no door is essentially empty, the tiniest shards of broken porcelian are unidentifiable. Water runs down the walls in a most disconcerting quantity, this house isn't even able to keep the rain out.
But there's no one hiding in here, that's for sure.
Kyle, Harry, Darren, and Ian wander back into the dining room, the scent of urine persists. It's barely lit by the spluttering candle ground into the heavy wood of the oval dining table at its centre. Shining their flashlights around the room it's the same as before, precarious looking wooden chairs, not even the whole set, upholstery ripped and spilling out.
The flashlight beams reflect off the shattered fragments of a mirror hanging from a crooked frame on the south wall and scattered across the floor. The battered china cabinet with no door is essentially empty, the tiniest shards of broken porcelian are unidentifiable. Water runs down the walls in a most disconcerting quantity, this house isn't even able to keep the rain out.
But there's no one hiding in here, that's for sure.
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"Okay, it doesn't look like there's anything of interest here," says Harry. "Let's go upstairs now."
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Darren takes the lead, keeping hus brother close, poker raised and slowly makes his way up the stairs. "We're coming up now Shirley can you see anything?"
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Louis spins round from the oven and stares down the hall, suddenly realising he is all alone.
“Cripes. Guys? Do you heat that?” He gets out the pocket knife and starts walking towards the telephone.
“Cripes. Guys? Do you heat that?” He gets out the pocket knife and starts walking towards the telephone.
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