[This is some odd sounds coming form down the hall where Claire is in her room. There's also a cat (not Steve) running past her door and towards the noise. It seems to be music, and shuffling around, and .. it might be someone's voice.
In the game room--that is the bar and lounge, the smaller common room--Dante has found the pool table. It's old, it's big and it has beautifully polished balls... and he's busy shooting them into the holes in fancy manoeuvres; as if it's a game to make it as fancy as possible, almost like a flipper game. At seven years he's a bit too short for both cue and table, however... and occasionally has to climb up barefoot on the edge to reach. There is at least three cats in the room and they all sit and watch him attentively.]
[Claire doesn't want to leave the room she had woken up in, she had come to feel it was a safe and secure place. Leaving the room meant she would be in another unfamiliar place, but she knew she couldn't stay in there forever. So she slowly made her way out into the halls, nervously clutching hold of one of the teddy bears she had found in the room she had woken up in.
She hears the music and wanders off in search of its source, and it doesn't take her long to find the game room, and the young boy inside of it. She smiles a little at the sight of him, and her hold on the bear relaxes, but then her father's voice is in her head and is telling her to find out where she is and get to safety.
So she drops the bear and hurries over to the boy, standing at his side with wide eyes. She glances briefly over at the cats, but her attention never fully leaves the boy.]
[Dante hears her come but Eva said there were others in the house. She doesn't feel threatening, so he ignores her in favour of hanging on the edge of the table to find juuuust the right angle to make the ball bounce off an edge and jump into the opposite hole. Hmmm...
He looks up at her with an slightly surprised and also odd expression. At least she's a cute girl, even if a bit weird?.]
Kidnapped? No kidnappers could hold me. Mum brought me here and said I'd stay because it's safe. So it's safe. Guess you're one of the other people here? You're pretty, what's your name miss?
[Claire seems relieved, then puzzled, but quickly goes back to being afraid. She takes a few steps back and away from the boy, and shakes her head in response to his question.]
I'm Claire Bennet. And if it's safe here, maybe my dad brought me here. But why don't I remember how I got here?
[She looks around the room and back at the cats, and then back over to the boy. He didn't seem to be too worried, so she gulped and attempted to mirror his calm demeanor.]
I don't remember how I got here, and have no idea where I am. And my dad is always telling me about how I should be careful of people who want to hurt me.
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What does your dad look like? Maybe I can help you find him~
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... he's tall, and in his fourties. He wears horn rimmed glasses and suits.
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In the game room--that is the bar and lounge, the smaller common room--Dante has found the pool table. It's old, it's big and it has beautifully polished balls... and he's busy shooting them into the holes in fancy manoeuvres; as if it's a game to make it as fancy as possible, almost like a flipper game. At seven years he's a bit too short for both cue and table, however... and occasionally has to climb up barefoot on the edge to reach. There is at least three cats in the room and they all sit and watch him attentively.]
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She hears the music and wanders off in search of its source, and it doesn't take her long to find the game room, and the young boy inside of it. She smiles a little at the sight of him, and her hold on the bear relaxes, but then her father's voice is in her head and is telling her to find out where she is and get to safety.
So she drops the bear and hurries over to the boy, standing at his side with wide eyes. She glances briefly over at the cats, but her attention never fully leaves the boy.]
Is this your house, or were you kidnapped too?
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He looks up at her with an slightly surprised and also odd expression. At least she's a cute girl, even if a bit weird?.]
Kidnapped? No kidnappers could hold me. Mum brought me here and said I'd stay because it's safe. So it's safe. Guess you're one of the other people here? You're pretty, what's your name miss?
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I'm Claire Bennet. And if it's safe here, maybe my dad brought me here. But why don't I remember how I got here?
[She looks around the room and back at the cats, and then back over to the boy. He didn't seem to be too worried, so she gulped and attempted to mirror his calm demeanor.]
What are you playing?
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