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[SpazCat]

Spaz awoke to the stirring of others in their rooms. She yawned and reflected on the previous day's actions. The weird laboratory giving her chills, but it wasn't a complete loss. When she had snapped her head around she found nothing. Relief filled her before she headed to bed.

 

She paused a moment and remembered the night, "Wait... what time did I?" She nearly jumped from her bed, threw open the door, and looked at the second floor roommates. She counted and all were there. "Good morning!" She shouted as she flew down the stairs to the first floor. She couldn't be louder if she tried. Once to the first floor she counted again. She blew all the anxiety from her body. The first face she saw was Kamau's. He seemed relieved as well. Spaz let a soft smile creep onto her face. Kamau had greeted the floor with an elated 'good morning', but Spaz stood silently.
 

Everyone's okay, she thought to herself. The first floor patrons stared at her a moment. She stared back and finally spoke, "Oh, uh, good morning! Breakfast anyone?"

 

Spaz's soft smile turned into an awkward one. As exhausted as she was her strength seemed to return from seeing everyone okay. That also meant they weren't any closer to discovering who the possessed might be. A happy thought graced her mind, Maybe there is no possessed! She then frowned, That doesn't make sense. The blood, from dinner, seemed real enough, the cold feeling when entering this place, and the overall shadiness of the building.

 

I wonder if that blood is still there. I also need to follow-up on a small lead... She reached into the pocket of her comfy pants and felt the dried paper still there. The note she had found in the laboratory was intact. After breakfast she decided to investigate.

[Kamau]

The room was a little quiet, especially for this group. He wouldn't be surprised if the atmosphere in this place was getting to everyone. "Breakfast sounds great!" he said to break the silence. Breakfast, and maybe a bit more exploring... Perhaps there were games they could play, or something that would help keep all their minds off creepy messages and ghostly presences. Heck, maybe the ghosts would find a board game more appealing than killing everyone!

 

The best part about this place by far, he decided, was the fact that he could order whatever he wanted at any point. That meant he wouldn't be stuck figuring out which breakfast-type food he was most interested in eating - given his usual lack of appeal for breakfast in general. But he wasn't about to miss any meals here, not if there was a chance it'd be his last. 

[SpazCat]

Spaz quickly followed Kamau to the dining hall. Following close enough behind to keep up, but far enough to keep suspicion minimal.

Once at the table she ordered French toast with some bacon. She ate quickly and left the table, "I'm going to check out the basement. I think there might be more clues as to what we're dealing with down there."

[kspr]

I awoke at once bladderful and full of other adjectives i couldn't find the words for. I in my bed, and in the bed across the room, ruffled blankets surrounding the potted plant I had hidden there the night before. It was a cold morning, as could be expected in the winter. I look down at my feet, and seeing my socks are still on, step into my shoes and take in the room. I heard muffled sounds of talking coming through the walls, typical for Mufflevox brand walls. I took note of the well constructed features of the building, and begin to wander the halls to get my bearings. 

[Kamau]

"The basement?" Kamau echoed as Spaz made her announcement and began to head off. He made no move to follow after her, even with her enticing mention of clues. This place was creepy enough without the addition of a creepier dark basement. Still, he hoped she found something useful, if she really was going to trek down there alone. 

 

He, on the other hand, wanted to get as far opposite from a basement as he could. Hey, maybe this place had an attic! Or some interesting study of sorts upstairs! He figured the best way to find this out was to head for the staircase to the upstairs bedrooms and go from there. 

 

"Well, this place does need exploring. And since you're heading down, I'll head up!" He didn't have to announce his intentions, but even if no one heard him, he felt a little better announcing to the room that he was going off...just in case he never came back. Or something. 

[SpazCat]

Spaz waved at Kamau, signalling the agreement of exploring their surroundings.

She made her way to the front entrance of the building. She remembered a side door in the main foyer as they entered the day before.

[Xteven Xavier]

Waking up a little late he glanced over at Tyrion still in his bed, "You dead yet?" He asked as he sat up. He walked over as was looking down at tyrion and then heard him breath. 'Heavy sleeper eh' he thought and smiled. 'I have just the way to wake you'. With that he went back downstairs and grabbed his bags bringing them back into the room and pulling out his guitar.

He unzipped one of the dufflebags and a big combo amp popped out. It just seemed to explode out from within. It was seriously like 4 times the size of the dufflebag. He plugged his guitar into it. Seriouly ninja silent durring the setup. Then he turned the amp on cranked it to 11 and started wailing out the star spangled banner. Serious good wake up for brittish bastard.

[kspr]

"Canteloupe Earmuffs" I yelled at nothing. My next step was a wet one, and then a wet two as my feet were now covered in canteloupe juice. 

 

"Canteloupe Earmuffs" I yelled again. The darkness seemed to absorb my words and recombobulate them back towards me in the shape of better canteloupe earmuffs. I slide them on to drown out the guitar music blaring overhead. 

[SpazCat]

As Spaz was about to enter the basement she jumped from the sudden noise. Focusing on the sound she determined it was coming from one of the guest rooms.

"Is that... The Star Spangled Banner?" Harmless as it may have seemed Spaz went back to the rooms to double check if there was any danger. The basement was still going to be there after all.

Once to the 2nd floor she made her way to the room with the blaring music. Looking in she saw Xteven continuing the song. Spaz yelled out, "What are you doing?!"

[Weiss]

Awoken by the sound of music that Tyri wasn't really that fussed about as all Americans on the internet seem to be stupidly patriotic.. Tyri goes to get some breakfast and simply blanks all the other people...

"Surprise me"

Tyri looks around and sees no dead people.. Well i guess that is surprising indeed.

Now back to food... Yum.... Vodka and cheerios... just what i ordered >_>

[SpazCat]

"I thought I was crazy." The music had stopped and Tyri went downstairs to eat.

"I'm going to check out the basement. Can you not scare the crap out of me while I'm down there?" Spaz huffed at Xteven. She wasn't so much mad as she was startled.

She resumed her trek back down the the foyer. Opening the side door towards the basement. Narrow steps twisted to the Dept's of the building. This time there was a lightswitch, which she used. The steps were illuminated by the tube lights lining the walls.

Spaz descended the stairs.

[Hyperlisk]

"Well I guess I'm alive... I knew there wasn't a demon here..."

Hyperlisk grabs a leftover slice of pizza from the box on the floor and leaves the room, seeing Stars is still asleep.

Hyperlisk takes a bite and lets out a groan in disgust.

"I guess I should have expected that... Waffles with a side of pancakes!" Hyperlisk yells to the invisible waiter.

He grabs the food before it can finish descending and looks hungrily at it. Discarding the lesser pancakes onto the floor, he moves to the dining room to begin eating.

[SpazCat]

The stairs seemed to last forever. They began to creak the further she went. Finally she saw the end of the stairs. She got a little over excited and overstepped. Her footing was clumsy and she lost grip on the wall.

Spaz didn't fall far, but as she tries to stop herself from hitting the basement floor she twisted her ankle.

"Damn it!" Spaz sat on the basement floor for a minute. Piecing back together her pride. She lifted herself up and put the slightest bit of pressure on her hurt ankle.

"Ow, ow, ow." Luckily it was only a sprang. She could walk on it, but it would be sore and she would be slow to explore.

[Puffin]

After spending the better part of the morning in bed- because why not, all the commotion outside lead him to believe no one was hurt or killed- she finally decided to go down to the kitchen and get some food. Granted, there was quite a line, but eventually he got a bowl of Lucky Charms. Really, he only ordered it to see if the magic kitchen actually stocked a wide variety of brand named goods- she didn't expect some random place in Antarctica to have that big of a selection, but so far this place didn't seem to disappoint.

 

Once her cereal was done, Puffin realized Kamau was no where in sight. He must have gone to do some more exploring, he thought, knowing she had seen her roommate that morning- so he was safe, at least. Puffin decided to go and find him. He wandered about the house, calling Kamau's name in the hopes he would hear him and call back.

[Kamau]

Kamau had a goal, and that goal was to get as high up in the building as he could. The first part was easy - find the stairs leading to the second floor of bedrooms. Exploring that part of the floor, however, didn't get him far, as all he was left with was a dead end shortly after room 205. Still, he wasn't about to be deterred; there was a trap door in the ceiling, food was lowered from somewhere, and even automated things needed upkeep. Therefore, there had to be another staircase somewhere that he was simply missing.

 

As he backtracked, he became aware of someone calling his name. It was easy to recognize, and there was no hesitation as he called back, "Over here, Puffin!" Maybe together they could find their way into the next part of the house. 

[SpazCat]

Spaz limped along. She used the wall for support and surveyed the basement. The walls were stark white with clothes lying about in piles. There were counters lining the walls with large storage units staggered between.

"The reagent has to be here somewhere." Even if she did find what she was looking for, she had no way of replicating it. Maybe she would find this 'Fillmore' guy that left the note.

Spaz shuffled along searching through cabinets, in lab coat pockets, and drawers.

[Puffin]

Relieved she had found Kamau, Puffin hastily agreed to look for an attic. Not only must there be some way for a person to enter the upstairs to do maintenance, but there had to be an entryway to load all of the food supplies that were being used. It was mostly vague curiosity that spurred him on to look for an attic door, so she kept her eye on the ceiling- figuring there was a pull down staircase somewhere.

[SpazCat]

Spaz was about halfway through searching the basement. She opened the next storage unit only to find it had a pair of metal doors.

"An elevator?" Spaz questioned the odd placement of the elevator. She didn't notice any doors on the main level or guest levels. She started feeling around until she found a small button on the underside of the counter next to the doors. She pressed it, but nothing happened. She pressed and held it for a few seconds, still nothing.

"Well how does it open then?" She pressed the button a bit more frantically with no success. Frustrated she kicked the doors, with the hurt ankle, "Ah!!!" She twirled around hopping on her good foot. As she turned the doors opened.

She lost her balance and fell back into the elevator, "Wha-!" The doors slammed shut. As soon as the doors shut she felt the elevator lift up and quickly.

"Too fast... It's too fast!" Panicked she felt around the walls to find the emergency stop.

[Kamau]

Searching may not have been any more successful with Puffin than without, but it had at least been more interesting than him wandering around the house by himself. They filled their time chatting while keeping an eye out for anything useful, and soon enough, Kamau spotted the indentation in the ceiling. "There!" 

 

The next several minutes were spent with the both of them attempting to figure out how to bring the stairs down. Kamau spent the whole time wondering if there was actually anything to be found up there, or if it was just going to be a dusty storage area filled with...oh god, he could only imagine what kind of spiders might have made their homes up there after all this time.

 

The staircase came down with a 'clunk' just as a loud whirring noise sounded from the other side of the solid wall. Kamau stared between the wall and the ceiling for a moment, then gestured. "You can go first," he said to Puffin, trying to act casual. 

[Puffin]

"Ha... Yeah. Sure," Puffin agreed hesitantly, as the thought of spiders came to her mind as well. Despite that, he climbed up the all too creaky stairs. He'd just have to be really, really careful about webs and OH GOD WHAT JUST TOUCHED me.... "Oh," Puffin remarked, laughing nervously as he realized it was just a bit of dust that tickled her arm. He brushed it off and continued up into the attic. Granted, it was dark up there, so she couldn't see a thing. He tried to flail an arm around, to find a light switch of some kind, but it was a half hearted attempt at best. She really, really didn't want to accidentally stick her hand in a spider web. Do they have spiders in Antarctica? Probably not an indigenous species, but this was a heated building, so maybe?

"Do you got a flashlight?" Puffin called down to Kamau. "I can't really find anything up here."