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May 5, 2024 11:53:23 GMT -5
Post by Hayden Quinzell on May 5, 2024 11:53:23 GMT -5
"Yes I do need to do my best to act like a tourist even though I live here," he sometimes forgot that this place had rules unlike the last place that he had been. He seen that more as a free for all than anything else but this was nice. "I will stay safe." Xanthe Wingard
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May 5, 2024 15:07:59 GMT -5
Post by Xanthe Wingard on May 5, 2024 15:07:59 GMT -5
They both needed to stay safe to keep finding out more about this isle. Back home had different risks for her when she clearly had to worry more about what normals could do it she figured things would work out fine. So both back in the car she replied “as long as we both stay safe the research can continue. Now let’s see what’s left of this mansion that supposed to be around”. She turned the car round and their coast road drive continued. She knew you couldn’t always have safety but she could have a friend on this island. Hayden qualified by now. Hayden Quinzell
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May 8, 2024 19:17:32 GMT -5
Post by Hayden Quinzell on May 8, 2024 19:17:32 GMT -5
He hoped it was a good bit left so he nodded. Even if it ended up being nothing but rubble he would at least know. "I'm always hoping for the best." Xanthe Wingard
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May 9, 2024 4:04:57 GMT -5
Post by Xanthe Wingard on May 9, 2024 4:04:57 GMT -5
Xanthe like Hayden also hoped for the best as the journey took them back to the coast road and stopping about 30 minutes later on. She kept the local radio station playing until they got there on this day where there was barely a cloud in the sky. She knew she'd be back at some point as once they arrived the search for remains started. Seeing rubble was more likely but finding a cellar would be a bonus. She'd packed the same gear as they'd brought for the jungle trip so could spread out and see what they found. Really long grass showed nobody had maintained this area for a long time but the shape of the areas suggested they were lawns at some point. "Hayden, I'll check what I think used to be lawns. If you check further up that lane you just might find evidence of the big fancy house and its outbuildings" she suggested. They did have their radios so could talk to each other. Hayden Quinzell(let me know what he finds)
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May 12, 2024 19:47:54 GMT -5
Post by Hayden Quinzell on May 12, 2024 19:47:54 GMT -5
He made sure to listen to Xanthe and then followed as he found what he assumed was a foundation for what had been as he carefully walked around and then he spotted it. The house looked like something straight out of any era of history that you would love as he took a step and fell down, soft land was never good. "Yeah I'll let you know in a second," he said as he felt his arms slide down the jagged pieces of earth below and the blood began to flow but it did not bother him as he swiped his hands across his left arm and then his right as it healed and he began to climb out. "Took a small slip on a weakened piece of foundation just a few meters from the house but there seems to be an out building that I am going towards," he said as he made his way over and opened it. "Hanging sacks Xanthe, could be decomposed bodies could be grain or corn, winner's choice I guess." Xanthe Wingard
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May 13, 2024 10:44:51 GMT -5
Post by Xanthe Wingard on May 13, 2024 10:44:51 GMT -5
The big house was still fairly intact but most likely crumbling as Hayden reported in. "Then you've found other out buildings by the sounds of it" she cheerfully replied over the radio. "The foundations are possibly a gatehouse. I'll be with you shortly as I don't think there's anything in this lawn. I can barely see above the long grass" she added reversing course to come out the way she entered. There was also prickly plants and she was thankful for wearing long pants. "Hayden We'll check the hanging sacks together. What else do you see?" she added. It did seem like it had been a long time since anybody had given any care to this country estates and the buildings were just as likely to fall in on them. They also had torches and this was as interesting as any exploring she'd done back home. Hayden Quinzell
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May 15, 2024 17:30:13 GMT -5
Post by Hayden Quinzell on May 15, 2024 17:30:13 GMT -5
Hayden did not consider himself super hyper aware but looking around maybe he needed to be but still he was doing good things and trying to do right by others not that, that was always the case. "Okay and not too much but it smells so bad. It might be an underground sewer or it might just be meat had hung out in a dry or damp place too soon or even the sun but it does not smell nice." He shook his head. "If it's sewage of some type with dead baby turtles I am going to be super sad, I love turtles." Xanthe Wingard
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May 16, 2024 5:05:23 GMT -5
Post by Xanthe Wingard on May 16, 2024 5:05:23 GMT -5
Xanthe chuckled over the radio getting the joke about sewers and turtles. "Hopefully its not. Places like this didn't start out with sewers but could have been added later on. I'm nearly with you" she replied as she found her way out of the long grass and headed towards the outbuilding Hayden had found. That didn't take long as didn't need the radio to talk once she found him. "I know what you mean. The stench is as much down to abandonment but perhaps not as long as we'd think" she replied opening up a folding pen knife. Cutting the sack was hard as the cloth they were made from was old and the contents had hardened into a smelly solid of something. She'd dealt with worse than this as she added "its not a body in the sacks. There could be a sewage system under our feet that got backed up over time. Whatever it was it has been here a long time which might indicate when somebody actually last lived here. Its solid but not solidified totally. The heat might have kept it that way". Poking the flap she'd cut in the sack a bit more with the knife she came to an initial conclusion. "It might have been meat as you think. I can see a grain effect in it". So given this was probally the larder it might lead to the kitchen. "Lets look for a way into the manor proper from here. This could have the larder for the kitchen". This is when things got spooky and more like Scooby Doo. Hayden Quinzell
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May 17, 2024 10:31:53 GMT -5
Post by Hayden Quinzell on May 17, 2024 10:31:53 GMT -5
He did his best to be careful no matter what and this was getting a little spooky but not to a point to turn hi away from it. "I am hoping that it is something more better than bad because if something like blood has been spilled I might scream." He would not but it was a funny thought. "So many thoughts do run through the mind though it can not be helped." Xanthe Wingard
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May 17, 2024 15:45:05 GMT -5
Post by Xanthe Wingard on May 17, 2024 15:45:05 GMT -5
The lack of light didn’t help but they did have torches to enhance what daylight was getting through the holes in walls and the roof. The buildings that made up the mansion were in bad repair and this frankly worried Xanthe more. Getting into trouble here would be harder to deal with. “I think the main thing to worry about is parts of the building falling in on us. I explored other places like this before and they had old and abandoned in common. You’ll also find rats and other surprises but I doubt there’ll be anything worse than that” she quietly said. All the better to listen out for things. “Hang on. I see a passageway. It might lead upstairs into the mansion proper but watch your footing”. She did expect this to lead to an earthen cellar and stairs up to the kitchen. Hayden Quinzell
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May 19, 2024 7:35:03 GMT -5
Post by Hayden Quinzell on May 19, 2024 7:35:03 GMT -5
Hayden was not one to jump in as head first as most people he knew so he was going to wait. "Alright," he said because he did not want any broken bones or if they discovered something that ended up being big or life changing or even scary he did feel better that two people would be there instead of one. Xanthe Wingard
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May 19, 2024 16:26:49 GMT -5
Post by Xanthe Wingard on May 19, 2024 16:26:49 GMT -5
Xanthe heard what Hayden had to say as she moved the beam of her flashlight round the darkness as she entered this underground passageway. It was always better to have company and support doing something like this and she stood on a rat while walking cautiously forwards. The animals noise startled her briefly and they’d need to move faster now. Either they could be swarmed or find the way clear. So far the rats caught in the beam had scattered and she had the chance to examine tins and jars in this cellar they were moving into. The only way was up on a staircase from here as she recognised some of the brand names on the rusting tins. “These are from the period before the Ashford’s took over. 50’s or 60’s I think but the meat seems more recent” she added and this was puzzling. Perhaps there was an attempt at more recent occupation that had also failed. Clearly these people hadn’t tried to clean the lower levels up. Hayden Quinzell
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May 21, 2024 14:45:17 GMT -5
Post by Hayden Quinzell on May 21, 2024 14:45:17 GMT -5
Fear was strange to him but going into the unknown did put a sliver of what he would consider fear into him. He was listening more and looking around something that he rarely did but felt that he did need to. As they moved her heard 50's and 60's and then the term more recent when it came to the meat, that was a small relief. "So just putting this out there, I think they used it to move either bodies or drugs, what are you thinking?" Rats were nasty however. Xanthe Wingard
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May 21, 2024 15:56:40 GMT -5
Post by Xanthe Wingard on May 21, 2024 15:56:40 GMT -5
“Somebody else has clearly been here but the state of the meat tells me it’s been quite a while. They certainly didn’t get to eat it before it went beyond bad but that’s how you’d preserve your food without electricity” she mused as her flashlight continued to light up the basement before landing on a wooden staircase that didn’t look too safe. Bodies or drugs. That meant criminals and they weren’t equipped to deal with those. So with it better to have something to throw she picked up a rusty tin of food. “It’s possible Hayden but it’s also possible that nobody has been here in a while. Just watch your step when we ascend into the house proper and we might find out a bit more” she mused. It wasn’t just the rats that were starting to bother her now. The thought of them possibly having other company did too as she swept her flash light round again and by chance she found something right out of a horror film. “A body” she remarked the stairs forgotten for now. They needed a better look but the dead man did seem to be clothed at least. He’d also been dead quite a while as well as rat food. Hayden Quinzell
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May 23, 2024 7:17:33 GMT -5
Post by Hayden Quinzell on May 23, 2024 7:17:33 GMT -5
"You know I recently dug into horror movies thanks to a friend of mine but even watching them did not compare me to anything like this," he said honestly. He nodded at watching his steps. "Got it," he said. If someone else was here he did wonder what their reaction would be, would they even know how to interact with other people who knew? He shuddered at the sight of the body. "No wonder the rats were so lively." Xanthe Wingard
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