Harokem steps to the closest window and studies the levers a moment. They are both wooden, large and pulled all the way down. Their purpose is unknown, but there exists only one way to figure out! And that's boldly trying them. He tries to pull one up, but it doesn't move more that three millimeters perhaps. Without wasting more time with it, he tries the other one. This one he can pull all the way up without any problems. He moves it up and down a few times, but since nothing apparent happens, he leaves it up and tries the first lever again.
This time it moves, with little resistance. And wood planks covering the window moves together with the lever. It appears it's not mere planks covering the window, but actually rather sturdy looking wooden lid. It swings out as he moves the lever. Now that proper sunlight floods the room, he can make out a few more details. The walls of this house seem to be very thick, about as thick as grown man's forearm is long. The window cover panel is reinforced with iron bands, making it very heavy looking and very well protected. The other level appears to be controlling of simple lock, a couple of iron hooks that will secure the cover firmly in place.
Looking outside it seems there aren't much there besides some 30 meters of short grass before incredibly dense forest starts. Pines are very tall, reaching easily height 40 meters, foliage so dense it leaves everything below in permanent shadow. On the very edge grows occasional bush of young willows. Together with shadows and densely packed pines it is very difficult to see more than a few meters into the forest. And as he peeks around, it seems like there's a small stone structure in the direction of the sun. A well, perhaps?
Lea on the other hand sneaks to the door, presses her ears against it and listens carefully. Nothing. All she can hear is her own heart and noises the other dudes in the same room makes. She carefully opens it, but she can't see anything. It's dark there. However, since that one guy lets light in, it's probably too late to worry about being noticed so she pulls the door wide open and steps in. With the backlight she can make out few important details.
Next to the door, taking up entire corner, is a hand loom.
A real old fashioned hand loom (actually, even room walls look like in the picture). A wooden box with some rolls of yarn and long cloth strips of various colors, right in grabbing distance for any aspiring cloth weaver. On the other side of the door is a big fireplace. It too takes an entire corner for itself. The floor around it is covered with wide brass plate, clearly intended to catch any stray sparks flying off. At the moment, there's no fire, but if Lea squints her eyes carefully, she thinks she can see some faint embers. Near it is another wooden box, filled with firewood.
In the opposite corner lays a large hexagonal table, nearly one and a half meters wide. Looking closer it seems like it is made of a single piece of wood. One could easily count multiple decades the three spent growing before it was repurposed as a neat table. However, most of the rings are hidden by a leather bound book. It doesn't have much decorations beyond embossed title "VISITOR'S BOOK". In addition of the book, there's six old fashioned oil lanterns resting on the table. On each side of the table are large padded chairs, the kind that would be really nice for napping.
In addition to that there are some some tapestries hanging from the walls, mounted moose skull and a few shelves. One door leads what's probably a kitchen and another, much heavier in appearance and locked with a one thick bar, which clearly is a front door. Everything in this room is old, perhaps from mid 1800, or at least looks like such. All in all, this room has a certain sense of warmth in it. Not that any of you would call this home, but clearly it is somebody's home.
But in stark contrast with all old timey stuff are two very modern, bright red 10 kg CO
2 fire extinguishers, both mounted on walls near doors. Those are actually only signs of modern civilization you have seen so far here. If not for those fire extinguishers, you could easily believe you were thrown back in time nearly two centuries.
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Topic: VISITOR'S BOOK: It's safer inside (Read 1380 times)