Kelyeah: Treehouse of Awesomeness - Elsewhere in the Manor...

Zorvax had brought Sam and Ben with him, and was peeking in through all the doors of the hallway to see where they lead. "So fascinating! The architecture is like nothing I've seen before. So decorative!"

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"Its messing with my head. The rooms overlap each other" He scratches his head. opening a door that lead to the same hallway they were in. stuned for a moment he shuts it "I know they can just rearrange it to there likeing but how dose anyone navigate this place??" (edited)

"Hmm... maybe you need to know where you want to be?" Ben followed the halls, opening a door that lead to a narrow stairway. It looked dark at the top of the stairs. "Weird... think there's some spooky spots in this building?"

"im sure its nothing. they probably left the light off. why? are you scared?" he nudged Ben jokingly before glancing over at Zorvax (edited)

Ben started walking up the stairs. "Scared? Quite the opposite, I'm actually intrigued by the idea. I'm sure there's no harm in just poking around a little bit, right?"

"What about you Zorvax?" he turned to him and stepped aside. Offering his friend to go up before him. A polite gesture but he realized it could've been interpreted as being scared. Changing his mind he goes up after Ben (edited)

Zorvax stifled a laugh at the goofy interaction, following upwards to the landing at the top of the stairs. Ben opened the door to reveal a small lobby-like room, almost a waiting room of sorts; there was a door on the opposite side of the room, and the furniture in here was mostly soft upholstered chairs and dusty wooden tables. The lights were out, and a few lanterns lit up the room instead. Zorvax rushed to the table in the center of the room, curious as to what the note on it next to a lantern said. He picked it up to read it out loud. "Ahem, let's see what we have here."

A notice to the butlery, This room marks the only entrance to a particular section of the manor which is entirely without proper lighting. Electric power is unreliable, drafts tend to blow out open flame, and there are no windows to speak of. Even anima-powered spells and technology seem to fizzle out after long enough. We suspect the root cause may be supernatural in nature, so be mindful if you choose to enter. To make matters worse, there appears to be something lurking in the darkness. It's already eaten multiple butlers, including myself, so make sure that less adventurous guests are kept away. Butlers traversing the dark halls should keep a hurricane lantern with them at all times, as those seem to be the brightest reliable light sources we've tested here, and they seem to be bright enough to keep the creature just at bay. And to anyone who does find the source of the dark disturbance, report to either Sir Ives or myself for a reward - do not attempt to fix the disturbance yourself. We intend to continue at least a bit of research on the matter while we can. Stay safe, Sir William Trace.

"Huh.. geuss box doesn't have as much control as I though. Wonder what that reward is" he walked over to one of the tables and dusted off one of the lanterns.

The other two picked up lanterns of their own, and Ben opened the next door to continue through the dark halls. "We'd get revived if something happened to us, right?" Zorvax shrugged in response, following behind, before stopping to look at a picture. "Now who - and what - is this? Another alien species?" The photo was of an androgynous, if slightly feminine, human wearing a crown of flowers and smiling. The glass and frame were covered in a fine layer of dust.

Sam squints his eyes at the photo. it was very uncanny to him. "Eww.. its like us.... but not at all. like the shape is there but the features are wrong" he tried not to think about that too much and looked around the room, well as much of the room that could be seen in the light (edited)

As the trio continued further into the dark rooms, the halls led to a quiet library with lots of books, tables, and chairs strewn about. It wasn't easy to get through in the dark, with such a little light to guide them. Suddenly, Ben's lantern started to flicker as the fuel ran dry. Ben rushed over to Sam's side just as the light went out. "Crap... how full is your lantern?" A gentle shake and feel of Sam's lantern would reveal it was nearly full, thankfully.

"Id say a little less than full, how's yours looking?" Sam glanced over his shoulder at Zorvax. He slows his pace to make sure his friends wouldn't get left behind and so he wouldn't run into any of the tables

"I think I've got enough in here. Little more than half..." "Greeeeeeeetings..." A strained, young voice attempting to masquerade as something much deeper came from the top of a nearby bookshelf. Bright yellow feline eyes pierced through the dark, the figure staying just out of reach of the light. "Giiiiive meeee ooooone goood reeeeasoooon nooooot toooooo swaaaaaaallooooow yooooou uuuuuuup..."

he froze for a moment. Lifting his lantern higher to attempt to see more of the figure. Debating if it was worth going titan on a single target. Ehh probably not, but it's a good bargaining chip "I think you got the right idea up there! Thers a massive monster lurking in these halls, Like eight foot. Pitch black eyes. We were fortunate to excape." he says with assumed fear and exhaustion "if you try to prey on us we'll scream alerting that... that.. b.. beast!" (edited)

"First off, you're wrong about the pitch-black-eyes part. Second, it doesn't respond to sound, only the presence of living things untouched by light. Third off..." The figure brought around his hand from behind him to in front, revealing a lit wind-proof lighter. "You're nooooo fun!" The figure jumped down into the light, revealing a small, sly feline who was dressed more like an urchin or ruffian than a proper butler. "I don't suppose you have a good reason to be poking around back here, do you?"

he lowerd his guard a little and shrugs "hay if you didn't know, that would've been pretty convincing right? But now we know that so... thanks" (edited)