♥ v2

[screwthatnoise]

A cold, delicate hand grabs yours and pulls. It pulls, and it pulls... there's a sense of urgency in this icy grasp, as well as a trace of reluctance. Abruptly the hand let's go, right as your vision fades to black, and for a brief moment, only a brief moment, your senses disappear. There's only the eerie sensation of weightlessness before your feet are settled back on solid ground again.

(please join #echolife! ♪)

Comments

Re: outside

[brotagonist]

[pats Janta and starts back for the house!]

Just wondering... does the water you were talking about flow into that lake, too?

Re: outside

[screwthatnoise]

The door is still hanging open.

Janta nods.

"Now that you mention... it might! I never really looked into it."

Re: outside

[antreegonist]

...maybe that's why it's murky, huh...

*heading inside?*

Re: outside

[brotagonist]

[winces, leaving the door open; yeah I guess we're heading in.]

Yeeeeeah. Maybe we can do something about that while we're down there. Library first, though— which way?

Re: outside

[screwthatnoise]

"The library is at the very top of the stairs! ♪"

Re: outside

[antreegonist]

Gotcha.

*moving through the hall, doing lookarounds for anything of note...jeez this place needs brightening*

Re: outside

[brotagonist]

[yes :[ MAYBE WE CAN COME BACK WITH LAMPS. heading for the stairs, also looking around!]

Re: outside

[screwthatnoise]

Aside from the damaged walls and floors, there's nothing truly of note... save for a decrepit fireplace.

Zwei's voice chimes in.

"Oh? Hello there, how were the outdoors? ♥"

Re: outside

[antreegonist]

We'll tell you if you tell us how the indoors are.

*pausing at the fireplace to examine it...*

Re: outside

[brotagonist]

Can you go out there and see?

[yes, what's in there]

Re: outside

[screwthatnoise]

"Hmmm~? I can't see what's out there, but I heard it's gotten interesting. As for the indoors... I think it's in great condition! Top notch, if you will!! ♪"

The fireplace is dusty and ashy. There's no lumber in sight. Despite its condition, the chimney seems to be okay. Nothing's blocking it and nothing's cracked.

Re: outside

[antreegonist]

*...peers up the chimney...*

Re: outside

[brotagonist]

A fire wouldn't be bad.

[glances towards the stairs again...]

Re: outside

[screwthatnoise]

Zwei snaps.

"Hey! Don't ignore me!! I think this place is great the way it is!!"

But anyway, that fireplace's chimney looks a little clogged with soot and dust and ash. All that good stuff.

The stairs are grandiose. A little old and creaky looking, but where they lead too is hard to say. It looks dark up there, too.

Re: outside

[antreegonist]

Why do you?

*reaches up to knock some of that dirt out.*

Re: outside

[brotagonist]

[keeps quiet for now, and wordlessly offers to take Janta if Mithos wants to linger at the fireplace longer]

Re: outside

[screwthatnoise]

"Because the worse off Echo's place is, the better I feel. It's what she deserves, the weird little doll."

Re: outside

[antreegonist]

She's not a doll.

*shakes his head and leaves the fireplace alone for now, heading for the stairs again.*

Re: outside

[brotagonist]

[FOLLOWIN']

Re: outside

[screwthatnoise]

Something hard and cold grabs an ankle from both of you.

"Now, now. You're looking for the phony, right?"

Re: outside

[antreegonist]

*braces hard against the tug instinctively -- looks down*

Re: outside

[brotagonist]

Phony?

Re: outside

[screwthatnoise]

The grip is tight, and all you can see are shadowy hands that disappear into nothing at the wrists.

"That's right. The one wearing a red cloak, going around, acting like it's me. Hurting things. I didn't know Echo idolized me so much—! Haha!"

Re: outside

[antreegonist]

The things Hail bottled up.

*reaches down carefully and curls his hand around one of those wrists, before the point where it disappears.*

Re: outside

[brotagonist]

We were heading upstairs to the library.