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[geinkotsu]

He heard Clare nearly screech his name and he winced, putting a hand to his head, not quite ready for the anger and yelling when she started. “It was your idea.” he stated. “Besides! Why let our shy friend fall in the dark alone.” he said, the instantly getting a hand slapped in his face, Kenton stumbled a little, heart jumping in his chest. He had not expected that, and he wasn’t sure what just hit him until she said sorry. Oh thank god! It wasn’t some undead mummy trying to eat his brains…

“Oh I’m perfectly fine.” That was a white lie, to be honest, but it was dark and there was no need to cause panic, right? He shifted his jacket over his shoulders, pressing it to his side protectively. “A little tussled and dizzy, but good!” you could just hear the cheer and light-heartedness in his voice, as if he had not just noticed they were stuck in the unknown void of darkness. He heard her scuffling in her bag for something to give off light, which was a good idea. But if she happened to find a good light, he might be thwacked for lying to her.

“Wait… MY IPOD!?” He turned around, trying to see in the darkness. “I paid for so many songs for that thing!” He dropped to his knees, searching the ground regretfully, rustling around for it. It had to be here somewhere, right? It could not have fallen far from him, at least he hoped not, or else he might never find that thing again. His thoughts were both on the source of light, controlled by him of course, and his david bowie songs. Regretfully, his hands searched over the so-called ‘rocks’, holding back the nauseas feeling as he scooted aside each obstacle.

“Sweet mercy!” He pulled it up from the ground, thumb sliding over the screen, trying to get the dirt and fluid off it as he pressed the button. The dim light came on, but it was only enough to illuminate his facial features. There was a little bit of red in his white hair and specks of red here and there, as well as dirt from the floor, smudged on his skin. The earbuds were gone, and he only had the player. On the screen was tinted dark red, smeared over the normally blue light and giving a mixed hue of light.

“Shoot, the earphones aren’t here.” Kenton huffed, as if he totally didn’t notice the blood, he was trying not to honestly. His eyes straying to the dark floor, wondering if he really wanted to shine the light on what he had been searching through, and he really did not… So he stood up and faced the red tainted device out to the darkness, trying to find the familiar face. Quickly finding Clare. “There you are!” he moved over. She looked a little roughed up, and he wondered if he looked just as bad or worse, hopefully not worse. “I feel a little under prepared if you have a whole bag of useful items with you.” he noted, shining the dull light on her bag to help her search for what she was looking for.

[iva wolf]

|| Byal || age of 15 ||With Clare and Kenton in an underground level of the house||

The boy tried to pay no attention to the hysterical comments of his two comrades who were just regaining their senses.Naturally,he would have been like that as well if he was like he was before.After spending 5 months in a cage,left to rot in the nothing,seeing blood and living in substances which had once been in his or someone else's body were something he had reluctantly gotten used to.His hands gently glided across the surface of what he presumed to be a coffin.Despite using his eyes to the limit,all the lad could see was the shape of the object.
"Some light over here,please." Byal spoke once he noticed the other boy,Kenton,had activated his Ipod."It might not be much,but at least opening this thing might give us a clue to find a way out."
Using both his hands,Byal lifted the lid of the coffin.A horrid smell came from inside,as if a volcano had erupted with a vile scent of rotting texture.The boy pressed his arm against his nose in order to block the terrible odor.
"Uhhh,smells bad.Though I have to say,I've seen and smelled corpses before and this isn't that bad.It's as if someone has been tending to it."he commented. "Hey Kenton,could I have your Ipod over here for a little to light up this coffin.That is,if you don't mind seeing a skeleton and all."

[Complicated game]

There came a harsh laugh. Clare came over, ignoring the fact that her odd hobble and strangely twisted shoulder made her look like a zombie herself. She reached into her bag and produced a keychain flashlight. "It's better than it looks." She promised as she handed it over. She paused, then asked; "Why are we looking at a dead body? I mean, it's not disturbing to me. I've seen them before, but really, why?" She glanced over her shoulder to the soft glow of Kenton's Ipod. "Penguin over here hates bats, so I highly doubt he'll be man enough for a cadaver." She flashed Kenton a teasing smile. She peered inside. "I am so glad I can't smell right now. Something tells me this thing must be horrible." She sniffed, trying to prove her point, but she caught a rare wiff of it and gagged. "Whoa, dude!" She coughed, stepping back. "He smells like the Egyptian version of Ax spray!" She waved the smell away with her hand, though it did little to help. "Or dissecting frogs, or rather both. Point being, yuck." Somehow she managed to smile. It was kind of funny in a post apocalyptic way.

[geinkotsu]

Coffin? Wait there were more? He followed Claire as she produced a little flashlight, finding there way over to their third companion and the large looking coffin. Kenton huffed when she called him a penguin, basically insulting his manliness and ability to handle the sight of a dead body. "Bats are pure evil dude!" he debated, using the light of his ipod to aid to the light over the coffin, the smell was certainly putride, it had probably been decomposing in that fancy box for a while.

Kenton stepped up close to the coffin, leaning over and inspecting it. Seemed pretty dead to him. "I'm not so much worried about dead bodies- rather than the cause of these dead bodies..." he commented. Kenton didn't seem to mind the smell as he reached in, deciding maybe it was best to search around the lining of the coffin for anything useful- some people burried people alive with flashlights or guns or whatever to make them suffer- maybe this was the case and they'd get a nice big flashlight to get a better look at where they were.

"Dissected frogs don't smell that bad- least you let them sit there for a couple hours." he commented, hand running along the lining of the coffin. There had to be something here... "And if we ever get out of this dark hole, I suggest looking for food." Leave it to Kenton to talk about food when he was searching a coffin.

[iva wolf]

|| Byal || age of 15 ||With Clare and Kenton in an underground level of the house||

"Careful.We shouldn't leave any evidence of us touching this.There's obviously someone who's taking care of this coffin.I don't see any spider webs.This thing looks absolutely clean.And there were some flowers in the place I feel on.It's quite clear somebody comes around....but considering what happened earlier...I don't think a sane person would actually live in a house like this..."Byal shivered as he spoke,while looking through the remains of the dead person.
Thankfully,the light from both the small flashlight of Clare's and Kenton's Ipod were enough to give them a clearer picture of their surroundings.There was nothing much in the coffin other thank the bones of the unknown person and the clothes they were buried with.Suddenly,the boy noticed a small switch-like object inside the coffin.
"I've heard there are sometimes contraptions placed inside graves in case the dead wakes up and wants to get out.It seems like there is something like this here.Should we pull it?"

[Complicated game]

"You didn't have the rotting frog in your classroom for five weeks." She bluntly stated. After Byal spoke, she was quick to respond. "I read about those." Clare said."It was in a book of the dumbest things ever." Pause. "I'm being completely legit. Anyways, pull it. I don't want to join this guy." She glanced at the body, wondering why anyone would tend to it. "Maybe this person was being stalked. I heard of people getting stalked and stolen once they die." She winced a bit. "It's creepy beyond all reason. Or maybe it's a zombie!" It was said in an obviously teasing tone. "In any case, he smells wretched and I don't think deodorant is going to fix that. Sooo, you press the necrotic escape button and I'll stand far away." She stepped back, fanning in front of her face again, shaking her head, oak braid waving behind her.
(Bleh. WB)

[geinkotsu]

"Yeah yeah. But what with the noise from earlier, I can't say whoever lives in this big ol' haunted houses doesn't know we are already down here." A valid point. He couldn't find anything on this side and really didn't want to touch the actual body, but paused when the other pointed out a little switch inside. He leaned in to get a better look. Yep, generic switch right there. Looked like it might work, but the purpose was a mystery.

Kenton straitened his spine and removed himself from his bent over position, deciding he had been close enough. "Well, we aren't going to get anywhere by not touching it~" he said. He smirked, "You have rights of discovery, by all means." he motioned towards the coffin. He wasn't touching it unless he had to, as, for all they knew, that switch could do the opposite of good.