Snippet #1369734

The floor beneath them was aged oak. Everything was dusty, but not enough to be a pest. It settled over neatly organized labeled cardboard boxes that were stacked against the whole perimeter of the rectangular room. There was a sofa and a coffee table in the middle of the floor, both with white covers speckled in dust. "I think that maybe once, this was someone's bedroom." Annette commented, ignoring the low frequencies bouncing off the walls. It had been a bedroom. The old resident died. And now, he haunted the room.
"I wanted to go through all the boxes just to see what I could find, but..." There were a lot of boxes. Most of them were unlabeled. The room also had a musty scent about it, but she had assumed it was just from age. She was not going to show him the compartment under the white-sheeted coffee table. Annette had a sinking suspicion that it would scare Saizo away from her for good. "This whole place is kind of like my little secret." She commented, turning towards him and holding both of his hands in hers and staring at him in the eyes sincerely. "Please do not bring any one else here." Of course, such a promise was futile- she kept the door locked at all times, he wouldn't be able to open the door unless he found the key.
After she had his word, Annette let go and plopped down on the couch. On the coffee table sat two books- photo albums. They were empty. "It's like a little hang out place or something. It doesn't even get too hot or cold up here; I've spent hours just sitting up here." Sitting up here avoiding Jason, she added to herself.
In the back of her mind, she began to wonder if it was a good idea at all to show him the basement.
"I think it's time for us to get ready for the evening gathering," She commented passively, standing up and stretching.
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Jason, after the issue with the diamond had been cleared, saw that there was approximately half an hour left until this supposed truth-or-dare-slash-movie-watching event was to occur. Scowling to himself, he opened a cabinet and pulled out a bag of microwave popcorn. "Well, wanna go gather some people up? The gathering is about to begin." He commented passively to Tristan and Livana.