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[LeoLeonardoIII]

You put together a makeshift torch and light it. You set the sharp stick down outside and enter the house.

At the base of the stairs leading up to the second floor you stop and shout, "SHOW YOURSELF", but nobody answers back. In the silence you hear the barn burning outside and some scampering under the floorboards.

You creep slowly up the stairs. They creak horribly as you put your weight on them. Before you touch a stair you examine it carefully to see if there are any traps ... you don't see anything weird. You'll need to be specific about any other kind of searching you want to do.

At the top there is a large central room with bench seating along the walls. It only takes up the center of the house; there is a room to your left and a room to the right. Both doors are shut. They have dark brown rusted doorknobs and peeling paint. There are two windows ahead of you and one behind. All are shuttered but the shutters move and creak in the wind.

A wrought-iron chandelier hangs in the center. Below is a large, low table with a ceramic bowl in the middle filled with dirt and the dry remnants of a plant.

The light from your torch doesn't quite reach into the corners.

EXITS: Down (stairs), East (door), West (door), Out (windows).

Spoiler: Inventory: 10/20 (click to show/hide)

Clothes: Fur Cloak, Belt with Dagger Sheath
Armor: None
In Hand: Dagger, Torch (Lit)
Satchel (10/10) Big Heavy Book [Locked]
Bottle
Floppy Boot
Rocks x3

Small Items (No Weight)
Compass
Pocketknife
Engraved Lighter
Pack of Cards
Ceramic Ocarina

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[LegendaryWoodBurner]

Dirt and dried plants? Preparations for a poultice of some-kind maybe? Possible medicine (or poison) we'll need to remember it anyway.

Enter the west door, knife at the ready.

[Cain12]

Enter the west door, knife at the ready.

+1

[LeoLeonardoIII]

The door is swollen into the frame, but both are also fragile. You turn the knob and tug, and the whole thing pulls off the hinges. You let the door drop to the side and bask in the boost to your self-esteem.

The room has an armoire, chest of drawers, and canopy bed with decayed, sagging bedding. The remnants of a curtain on the single window blow in the cold breeze from outside. It's starting to get a bit dim out there. A rocking chair in the corner occasionally creaks a little. There's dust blowing around in the air.

The whole house groans as a gust of wind hits the side. You spin around as the window shutters clap and bang against the sides of the house. The opposite door creaks open a little. You can barely see it from here with your torchlight.

Spoiler: Inventory: 10/20 (click to show/hide)

Clothes: Fur Cloak, Belt with Dagger Sheath
Armor: None
In Hand: Dagger, Torch (Lit)
Satchel (10/10) Big Heavy Book [Locked]
Bottle
Floppy Boot
Rocks x3

Small Items (No Weight)
Compass
Pocketknife
Engraved Lighter
Pack of Cards
Ceramic Ocarina

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[speedyth]

check drawers, open door to next area

[LegendaryWoodBurner]

Let's wait to see whats in the drawers before leaving

Check both the drawers and the armoire

[Cain12]

Check both the drawers and the armoire

+1

[speedyth]

Quote from: LegendaryWoodBurner on October 14, 2013, 09:26:50 pm

    Check both the drawers and the armoire

+1

+1

[LeoLeonardoIII]

You enter the West bedroom and check the drawers. Lots of woman's clothes, decayed and moldy, that fall apart at your touch. Also:

a Makeup Compact
a Vial (Amber Liquid)
a Jewelry Box (open, empty)

The armoire has empty wooden hangers above a pile of shredded, musty clothing on the bottom. A centipede as big as your hand crawls out and under the armoire.

Exits: E (central room upstairs)
 

Spoiler: Inventory: 10/20 (click to show/hide)

Clothes: Fur Cloak, Belt with Dagger Sheath
Armor: None
In Hand: Dagger, Torch (Lit)
Satchel (10/10) Big Heavy Book [Locked]
Bottle
Floppy Boot
Rocks x3

Small Items (No Weight)
Compass
Pocketknife
Engraved Lighter
Pack of Cards
Ceramic Ocarina

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[speedyth]

take amber liquid, the go to the room east of the iron chandelier.

[LegendaryWoodBurner]

take amber liquid, the go to the room east of the iron chandelier.

+1

Also, really liking the creepy atmosphere Leo.

Burn the centipede with the torch

[speedyth]

Burn the centipede with the torch

-1 we could burn the house down. It would be better to stab it with our knife.

[Detoxicated]

Stab it with the spear.

[LeoLeonardoIII]

Amber vial taken. Now what's left in the drawers is:

a Makeup Compact
a Jewelry Box (open, empty)

You thrust your torch (you left your spear outside) under the armoire and the centipede squeals and lets go, slipping through a gap in the floorboards. You check to make sure you didn't light anything on fire.

You turn to the door to head into the central upstairs room and through the now-open door to the East room.

It's sectioned off with remnants of curtains and a painted wooden folding screen. In the front half is a table, three small chairs facing one large sturdy chair across the table, and some shelves with bundles and books. Behind the screen you see the roof has fallen in on a bed, armoire, and trunk - ruining everything.

On the wall is a portrait of an old woman. Her skin is drawn and translucent, stretched over sinewy flesh. She has tiny veins visible in her stern face, her wiry steel hair tied up behind her head. In the portrait she's sitting in the large chair with her hand outstretched over a green crystal ball on the table.

The wind howls outside and buffets the house. The room is lurid with the light from the burning barn coming in through the cracks and gaps in the walls. Your torch dances in the breeze and shadows leap about the room.
 

Spoiler: Inventory: 10/20 (click to show/hide)

Clothes: Fur Cloak, Belt with Dagger Sheath
Armor: None
In Hand: Dagger, Torch (Lit)
Satchel (10/10) Big Heavy Book [Locked]
Bottle
Floppy Boot
Rocks x3

Small Items (No Weight)
Compass
Pocketknife
Engraved Lighter
Pack of Cards
Ceramic Ocarina
a Vial (Amber Liquid)

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[Detoxicated]

Examine books, look for interesting stuff there. Move the picture to see if there is anything behind it