North Hill [Closed] [Started]

[_jade_em_]

Illyne neared the top of hill with the faintest hint of a smile on her face. She heaved herself over the last boulder and straightened up, dusting the earth off her hands and pants. She stared at the house. It looked dusty and abandoned, and it reeked slightly. She approached cautiously, and then stopped. She wasn't sure why she was being so hesitant - she didn't believe the stuff that Clarissa had told her. But it still felt weird to go knocking on the front door of a house like this.

[*chivvies everyone else to hurry up* xP]

[Ammer]

Iolanthe ran up to the apartment building in which she lived in and turned to face Alicia, "I'll be back, give me a few minutes,". Alicia wondered why Iolanthe didn't invite her back to her apartment, she thought it was quite rude.

"Alright, take your time," Alicia said.

Alicia rummaged through her CD pile and found an appropriate one to play; she inserted into the CD player and the music began to play. Alicia began thinking of what this job was going to do to her, meaning, would she be overly tired or stressed? Perhaps Alicia wasn't the only cleaning service to go there, maybe there would be other cleaners there as well. All these ideas were floating in her head until Iolanthe opened the car door and sat right in. In her hand was a small suitcase, packed with clothes, snacks, etc...

"We're going to my house next," Alicia said as she started the car, and took off into the road.

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They pulled up to a dainty house, painted yellow with a small garden in the front. The pathway was small stones encrested into the ground and both Alicia and Iolanthe walked on them to the door.

Alicia knocked on the door and opened it by her house keys, "Martha? Bill?" she yelled, hoping for an answer.

There was no answer, Alicia figured they were still at work. She directed Iolanthe upstairs to her room, she walked into it and began to pull a suitcase with a small grey heart on it entitling the word "Broken".

"I'm going to go to washroom, where is it?" asked Iolanthe as she looked around Alicia's plain white room.

"The one upstairs is broken right now, so you have to use the one downstairs. Go past the kitchen and it's the first door on the right," she said, directing Iolanthe downstairs.

Iolanthe nodded and darted out the room, it seemed she was yearning to go since she arrived in the car. Alicia continued to pack, she packed all of her clothes (Not expensive ones as this job was bound to get dirty). She set them up nicely in her suitcase and went to the washroom to collect her toothbrush, floss, etc... While in the washroom she heard a small creak, she looked up and looked out of the washroom. There was nothing but the walls of the house and the nearby closet which contained washroom related items. Alicia ignored this and dismissed it as the house simply expanding, it was the summer after all.

CREAK THUMP THUMP

Alicia walked out of the washroom, that wasn't the sound a house makes when expanding. It was something else, or someone else.

"Iolanthe, is that you?" questioned Alicia, walking slowly through the hallway.

There was no answer.

Alicia walked towards her room and entered it instantly, she shut the door behind her. Paranoia was setting in, was there someone in the house besides Iolanthe and her? Bill and Martha were at work, or did they come early?

"Alicia, open the door! It's Iolanthe!" yelled a voice from behind the door.

Alicia laughed at thinking it was someone else and opened the door. There standing in the doorway was a masked figure, his face was covered by a plain white mask with a nose and mouth engraved in it. The eyes were of the real person behind it. Alicia thought it looked like the Scream mask but it was more realistic. The figure was wearing a long robe, that similar to the Scream killer but it was a bit more longer and it had frightening patterns on it.

"Iolanthe, knock it off," Alicia said rolling her eyes.

Suddenly, the figure pulled out a knife and began to run towards Alicia. Alicia instantly screamed and dove out of the way, the figure stumbled over the suitcase she had left on the bed. Alicia ran out of the room and down the hallway, she ran down the stairs and to the bathroom where Iolanthe was.

"Iolanthe! Open the door! There's someone out here trying to kill me!" yelled Alicia.

She saw the figure emerge in the same area where she was trying to get Iolanthe's attention. The door opened and Alicia pulled Iolanthe out; Iolanthe looked at the figure and let out a shriek. Alicia ran towards the door pulling Iolanthe's hand and ran out to her car. The figure ran after them, however, Iolanthe knocked over a nearby phone and the figure began tangled in it.

Alicia and Iolanthe both ran into the car and Alicia thrusted the key into its socket and drove off -- With top speed mind you. Iolanthe looked back and saw no signs of the figure.

"What the Hell was that?!" yelled Iolanthe as she tried to slow her breathing down.

"I don't know, but I'm calling the cops," she said, she dialed the number and raised the phone to her ear, "Hello I'm reporting an attempted murder. I was at my house with my friend and we were getting ready for a trip and this figure appeared and tried to kill us! My house is at 24 Bakers Street...Yes, I'm in a safe place, I'm in my car driving the Hell away from there. Please alert my foster parents, tell them to stay in a hotel and I need to go to a job in another town so please tell this as well...Okay, okay, thanks," she said, shutting the phone's cover.

"What did she say?" asked the less excited Iolanthe, still shaking from the scene.

"She said to go to the job as it was in another town and she'd alert my foster parents immediately," stated Alicia, concentrating on the road.

"Do you, do you think the killer guy will follow us?" asked Iolanthe.

"No, there's no way, how would that person know where we're going?" asked Alicia.

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[OOC: I decided to liven things up a bit.

Ravyn, I would like it if the "killer/figure" met you somehow in your house. Just please remember you can't die (Unless you want too, everyone has the right to kill their own character) but if you want to live, make sure you arrive at the house in North Hill.]

[halfbakedbliss]

Jake tapped his foot impatiently as he waited for Meiou to finish the job. As some do when bored, he began to wander what brought him here in the first place. Sure his father used to stay here, sure he was completely bored, but it was almost like there was something different about this place. Something mysterious, but he couldn't put his finger on it. He shuddered, Must just be bad vibes

[Meiou]

He finished up before starting to towel off his hands. He wasnt sure if it would work or not. Especially with those weird vibes he was getting from this place. They felt all to famailer to him and that wasnt a good thing. He looked to the girl who had mistaken them for her friends. "Sorry bout ignoring ya like that. Had to fully concentrate. Anywyas what brings you here to this abandoned building?"

[Ammer]

A dark blue pilot rolled down the road beside the group of weary strangers. The tinted window in the passenger seat, slowly lowered itself and a woman was fully visible. She had short brown hair, dark sunglasses and you could make out the traces of a blue blouse.

"What are you kids doing here?" she asked, looking at the large house near them.

[ria]

((Sorry for the delayed post.))

Rhea blushed lightly, this was so embarrassing, she just skipped into a group of complete strangers. Well fine, it wasn't exactly a group, just two guys, not including herself, but still...

When the red-haired stranger turned to her she grinned, "Well, supposedly, someone called Marc's Home Cleaning Service from here, and asked if they could do a job. And well, I didn't really have much else to do, seeing as my boss is out of town, so I thought I'd help out. I'm afraid I've been waiting here for a while now, and I thought you were them."

Suddenly, a car pulled up behind them, Rhea whirled around in surprise then grinned sheepishly and rubbed the back of her head. "Well this guy's," she pointed to Jake, "car broke down. And this guy," she pointed to Meiou, "was just fixing it. And I'm here to help out some friends with a job."

[Meiou]

He listend to this girl speaking to him before turning his attention to the newest arival. "If you dont know then you dont need to know." He started back towards his bike to put his tools away. He began to wonder if the girl had even heard the words Abandoned Building come out of his mouth.

[halfbakedbliss]

Jake eyed the blue-bloused woman warily, "I could ask you the same question, bringing an SUV loaded with heaven knows what to a shanty run-down orphanage, and dressed as if you're going to a business meeting." Well, he couldn't say much himself, being dressed in a formal suit. Hopefully the woman wouldn't notice much. He turned his attention back to the car, "Any luck?"

[Ammer]

"Thank you," said the woman in snide voice, she seemed annoyed by the snobby man's comment.

She directed her attention to him, while giving him a repulsive look of hate, "For your information, this house is being put up for sale by the owner. There is a cleaning team coming to fix it all up and I am here to discuss the price with the owner,"

She rolled her eyes, as she looked at the broken down car on the side of the road.

[halfbakedbliss]

Jake looked around, "I don't see him here, do you? I mean, who would want to buy this anyway?" The suited fellow thrust his hands into his pockets, and cast a glance over at the shabby building. "Creepy as hell, too." he muttered

[Meiou]

He shook his head. "Look according to my sources this house hasnt been lived in let alone owned since the incident long ago. If anything you need me to have a look around to make sure nothing out of the ordinary will happen."

[Ammer]

"No need for that," the woman said, lowering her sunglasses at the man asking to help, "I received a call from here and this place is going up for sale now, if you're part of the cleaning team, I advise you to get to work as soon as possible as it seems it's going to rain soon," she said, looking up at the now gray sky.

Clouds were forming and turning a misty gray colour, the sun was slowly being covered and the light of day was dimming.

[_jade_em_]

Illyne walked up to the front door, very slowly. She found that her lips were dry and her heart was thudding away like crazy. She swallowed a few times, and took a deep breath to steady herself.

This isn't scary, she told herself firmly.

She forced a small smile on to her face, raised her fist, and rapped, three times, on the door.

[Ammer]

The door opened slowly, the house from the entrance was very worn downed. In the entrance stood a small shelf, there were two pairs of old, dusty shoes, sitting as if they haven't been used in years. There was also a large mirror near the side of the shelf, it had a small crack near the top however the mirror was still in a decent shape.

Illyne slowly walked in and whispered the word, "Hello?". There was no answer, Illyne reminded herself not to be afraid and began to walk deeper into the house.

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[OOC: I had to get things moving a bit, hopefully some of you can come up to the house with the realtor. Also, I will be PMing Trinity as she has been back for a few days and has not yet posted.

Also, I needed to take control of your character for a bit Jade, hope that's okay.]

[Meiou]

"Im no cleaning crew. I am a Paranormal Investigator and this place is swarming in Paranormal activity. You must leave this place imeadatly its a dangerous zone! No telling what the spirits or anything else for that matter that lives upon this area would do to people who arent able to defend themselves against such things."