The Mansion [Concluded]

[Greyblades]

Locked? I thought I was trying to get it open.

[Cultured Drizzt fan]

Locked? I thought I was trying to get it open.

I mean the other doors. The ones which lead into the mansion. You can try and get the front door open, but the other doors need to stay sealed to keep the area safe.

[Greyblades]

Oh right.

[White_eyes:D]

I am heading for a place which should have something evil, no doubt....If bits of flesh and blood are found in the Kitchen....that's me

[atheotes]

so far planning has been good i think... it will probably be more effective once we have get an idea of what to expect.
the hallway stairs seem to be the only between the floors...it might be prudent to secure it or at the least keep a tight watch on it

[Zain]

Time update: ~10 hours left
Orders received: 12/20
Awaiting: Askthepizzaguy, Twilightblade, White_Eyes:D, Double A, Tratorix, CountArach, Beefy187, and Elite Ferret

That is all.

[Zain]

Order Phase 1 is closed! No more PM's will be accepted!
Please allow for up to 24 hours for the writeup(s). Discussion Phase 2 has begun and will end at...
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Write-ups SHOULD be done within 12 hours, my weekends are unpredictable. I apologize for any inconveniences this should cause.

Good luck!

[Zain]

The Mansion: Phase 1

The Kitchen Expedition:

Donna E. Mosher (ATPG), Lorraine T. Hatcher (CB), Gregory C. Ronning (DIY), and Nicole W. Reed (Beskar) cautiously went to open the foyer door entering into the hallway. Not knowing what to expect Lorraine opted to enter the hallway first quietly and look underneath the rug for pressure switches and search the walls for any kind of decorations that could double as a weapon. But what they found surprised them…

The hallway was dark, dimly lit by an aged light bulb hanging from its cord in the center of the room, dust and spider webs covered the walls and floor. The floor squeaked with every little step, and they each heard their own ghostly noises coming from every corner of the mansion.

Lorraine from the front of the line, slowly crouching and sneaking to the kitchen door, turned back and said, “Let’s just get into the kitchen and see if we can find anything. This place creeps me out.”

She opened the door to darkness and Greg, the only man of the group, wielding a vase obtained from the foyer, entered first. Lorraine purposefully smelt for a gas leak before using any electricity, and when she smelt none, turned on the light. All four scrambled in and stayed up against the wall, and closed the door in fear of the light from the door drawing any unwanted attention.

The room was of a decent size, old wooden cabinets with dust and spider webs were prevalent. The refrigerator still worked, none other appliances seemed to work. The oven barely worked, but could heat food if needed.

The four searched the cabinets, refrigerator, and any other storage area for supplies. They stacked up their findings on an island in the center of the room and Donna spoke, “Like, there’s no way we can carry this all back! Is there anything else other than food?”

Greg said, “No, nothing. No utensils, no knifes, no pots or pans, nothing. Just food.”

Nicole, whom hadn’t said anything the entire quest said, “We need to leave…”

“I agree grab all you can and let’s go. Does the key have a lock?” Greg asked.

Lorraine, who had basically declared her dominance when she entered the hallway first, answered him, “No, let’s hide the food we found in some specific cabinets and mark them for the others to find.”

The four hid the food they could not carry comfortably, shut the light back off, and quickly made their way back to the foyer with their loot of 36 units of food.

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The Storeroom Expedition:

Martin E. Clark (CDF), Jose A. Croy (Atheotes), Casey N. Carr (Double A), and John E. Navarro (Centurion1) entered the opposite hallway with similar caution. With the realization that the rest of the mansion seemed virtually abandoned, their situation seemed to go from bad to worse. They left John at the top of the stairwell, crept their way down the creaky stairs, and once they reached the other hallway they hung a left to the storeroom, leaving Jose to watch their backs in the hallway.

Martin and Casey, sneaking slowly and silently, opened the creaky door to the storeroom in hopes of finding anything useful. The door gets halfway open before the creaking gets louder and Martin stops opening the door. They don’t want to wake the dead.

The two slide inside and hold their breath as they flip on the light switch. There, in the back corner of the room about 20 feet in, seemed to be a man, small and frail, and as light toned as a piece of paper. He faced away from the strangers, and he didn’t seem to notice the light.

Martin and Casey stayed silent, stricken with fear at any new life found. Martin chooses to speak up, “Uh… hello? Sir?”

The man was hairless, and his skin seemed flakey. He turned to face Martin and Casey…

He sat in a squatting position, shirtless and wearing rags as pants, barefooted. His eyes, entirely black, his teeth long and thin, his features sharp. He didn’t move, just seemed to want to stare.

Martin and Casey, filled with terror at the sight, exited the room without hesitation, turning out the light and shutting the door.

They frantically ran up the stairs, dragging the questioning Jose along with them. They met John in the hallway upstairs…

Martin, out of breath, described the man to the other two, and Jose being a seemingly superstitious man exclaimed “That was a demon! My mama used to tell me stories! Let’s get out of here!”

They didn’t question him, they all wanted out of there anyway, immediately!

They ran into the foyer and locked the door behind them…

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The Bedroom Expedition:

Lester G. Gilliam (Chaotix), David B. Fischer (Scottishranger), Ronald V. Birge (Split), and Jeffrey K. Harvey (AVSM) opted to travel behind the storeroom guys and try to scout out the first bedroom they could find.

The first door in front of them as they entered the hallway was a bedroom, and so they entered it cautiously, staying aware of any threats that lurked in the shadows. They flipped the light switch on and saw a perfectly normal bedroom, no dust, no spider webs; it even had an air conditioner in the window with heating feature.

Lester hurried over to the window, which was covered by a curtain, and removed it. There, laid a scary scene. A brick wall filled the window space, the air conditioner cleverly instilled in the wall.

The four searched the room, inside drawers, inside closets, under the bed. Nothing was to be found, only a bed and empty furniture.

They also scouted the bathroom carefully. But to their disappointment, the dust and spider webs was prevalent in this room, and the water looked a little off but was good to drink. The shower, did not work. But to their surprise the toilet worked. Also the bathroom door entering the second bedroom had a key in the lock, turned to deny anyone entering the bathroom from the other side.

The four holed up in that room for the time being, with the door locked on the bedroom entering the hallway and the other door locked in the bathroom leading into the other bedroom, they had found a temporary sanctuary. Strangely the sheets smelled fresh…

Lester chose to stay up and keep watch while the other three slept…

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The Pool House Expedition:

Clarence M. Love (Beefy) and Brian S. Gonzalez (EF) chose to travel through the house behind the kitchen explorers to go outside, in hopes to stay alive.

They safely travel the hallway and cautiously enter the dining room. A table, must be thirty feet long, with at least forty seats, controlled the room. It was as run down and dirty as the rest of the rooms. So naturally the two did not want to be there. They hurried to the door to their far left around the table and opened the door into the ballroom. Not taking time to look around they hurried across the room and flew out of the door to the back yard. But the door didn’t open. It was locked! They both crashed hard into the door and sat back against it to regain their composure…

A thin man stood in the far left of them near the wall, facing them, staring. He had paper light skin, sharp features, and the same black eyes. This one wore a rag vest and shorts, but did nothing but stare.

Clarence whispers to Brian, “What the is that??” Brian just shrugs, not looking away. The two begin walking towards exit into the dining room, when they realize another one was behind them, half the distance away from them than the other one. They quickened their pace, losing all caution, and ran back to the foyer. Locking themselves in, panic stricken…

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The Billiards Room Expedition:

Daniel T. Hanson (JHT) and Dean M. Hoff (Tratorix) chose to enjoy their time in the mansion by taking advantage of the billiards room off of the hallway. They followed behind the pool house pair and entered the billiards room.

The table sat there, dusty and old, but had the balls and pool cues all set up and ready to play. Daniel sets the bets, “Steaks are, our food. Deal?”

“Deal!” Dean proclaimed as he selected a pool cue and got ready to begin playing. Daniel breaks and knocks in the 7 ball, “Solids, dang it…”

“Haha, Looks like I’ll be eating good tonight!”

In the midst of their game, a man, small and frail, white and quite, crawls out from under the pool table. The men, caught off guard, yell in fear and grab their weapons.

The dead black eyes glare at them at one end of the table as they stay on the other end, frozen in their places, against their luck it stood between them and the door. Then, with some random act of courageousness, Dean steps forward, pool cue in hand, and attempts to scare away from creepy looking hairless man. The showing of a weapon, was a mistake…

It grew angry, showing no signs of backing down. Its face sharpened with anger and its eyes darkened into a black swirl. Its white flakey skin began to turn clear into a gel showing its insides and veins, the blood glowing a golden orange. It grew in size, from looking like a short human to bulking up and it standing a whole head taller than either of the men. The shadow of a key showed in its forehead. It leaped towards Dean, who frantically retreated back towards the other end of the room.

Daniel ran on the other side of the table, opposite of the giant, attempting to reach the door. Dean tried to follow but tripped and bounced right back up in complete anguish and panic driven fear. The giant swung and long hard arm at Dean who trailed behind Daniel and it knocked him hard against the wall (-4 hp) Daniel turned around, spear through his pool cue at the monster who took it hard in the chest. Dean and Daniel escaped the room, closing the door in hopes of it slowing the giant down, and ran towards the door into the foyer, which had already been locked.

The two beat on it frantically until it was opened by Martin. They jumped in, breathing hard. Dean suffered from a couple of broken ribs and a terribly bruised up left side.

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Also Greyblades was unable to open the front door and CountArach and Twilightblade never sent me orders, so they stayed behind and kept Greyblades company White Eyes’s report will be sent to him privately since he is not being a team player.

This brings an end to the first Order Phase, please discuss and send me order PM’s for the 2nd Order Phase, which will end on Tuesday at 1500 GMT.