Autumnal The Haunted House Escape - OPEN - Anyone can join in at any time!

[Torack]

[[ @Jumbled Action: I climb up the steps as much as I can and test to see if the floating planks can bear weight]]

 

[Jumbled]

Alex checks the volume with the letter A, but the book seems fairly ordinary. It seems less wild, or haunted, than the previous books. He fans through the pages to see if anything might be tucked away or bookmarked, but there's nothing of note.

Tor takes the opportunity to move up the stairs, hoping his height advantage might allow him to reach the steps that are floating and covered in ghostly green glows. It's chilly up there, and as Tor gets closer, a blood-curdling shriek fills the room and an apparition of a woman appears in front of him. Her scream is so powerful that before anyone can even think to react, those on the stairs finds themselves on the ground, sitting on the floor.

 

[Jumbled]

Spoiler: Recap on the Findings so far.

● The gargoyle has 3 vertical slots in the podium. Top hole has III, middle IX, bottom IV

● The first portrait is labeled Henry Boyd (I haven't done a description for him, I didn't want to add details that might confuse or mislead, but soon I'll type up some descriptions!)

● The coffee table had a jewelry (Music!) box, the bottom was not flush, a single ruby earring is inside of it. There was a key to the desk inside. The winding key fit on the box and it can play music! Strangely, when the music chimes, it seems to have a reaction in the house, because a creepy humming is heard after it's played.

● Book volumes left on the shelf were A-D-E-H-S.

● Book D was explored, it seems enchanted. A was explored, seems fairly ordinary.

● Book H was explored, it has a lot to say about Hades and also has a cut-out to hide things.

● There is a safe, it was opened code: H-A-D-E-S.

● Inside the safe you all found $3, a wooden block with a VI.

● ... And a Note which reads:

THE UNDERWORLD LAYAWAY AGREEMENT

By decree of the underworld:

In exchange for preforming soul deals and life extension, the tenants shall pay a recurring monthly fee of exactly $4.00.

● There are business cards in the desk top drawers (not examined further)

● There was a leather journal in the desk top drawers (not examined further)

● The typewriter came alive once the key was used on the desk. Hades sent a note, which seems like the longer version of the ripped paper found in the safe earlier. There seems to be a heat radiating from the chair by the desk.

● Two drawers are unlocked, but they weren't open because the typewriter came alive and startled everyone. RIGHT??? YOU WERE ALL STARTLED?!? Totally.

 

[Heather_the_Writer]

(Im really glad everything went well!)

(Also, lets put all the gargoyle things in order, just in case)

 

[Alex Gold]

Yeah, first we need to find the Gargoyle things. Plus the wooden block we found is a VI which isn't in any of the Gargoyle niches. I wonder if we need to put $4 somewhere as a payment. Not sure where though.

 

[Rei.]

[[ @Jumbled Action: I get over the jumpcare of the typewriter suddenly typing out a message, and actually open the two unlocked drawers, trying to find the wooden cubes, or whatever is in them. I also call over @Sonder_ , and suggest that she take the journal and maybe give it a read.]]