Lights Out

Two guests had just arrived at the Bed & Breakfast earlier that day, a young girl and her father. When the lights went out, the dad wasted no time in volunteering himself and his daughter for the expedition to the basement.

"Don't worry, little guy!" Bill Dabrowski says to Parish. "You can count on me! I've never met a fuse box I didn't like!"

Lily Dabrowski sighs dramatically and rolls her eyes. She'd convinced her dad to take her here to Yazeba's in order for her to be close to a real-life actual witch. Maybe if she tries hard enough, she can impress Yazeba and get her recommendation for wizarding school. But her dad is a clueless non-magical man who likes to make everything about himself. This was going to be a long vacation...

Bill chuckles when he sees the particularly unpleasant skeleton join the brigade. "Hey, that's some get-up you've got on, buddy. I didn't know it was Halloween yet!"

"Oh my... what a team... Ok... I will join too, after all I am a B&B employee... and... with all my respects guys... none of you look like the kind of people that knows how a generator looks like... so... I will help... Arrrrr.... Are we taking some food for the trip? We dont know for how long it will take to solve 'the problem'... "

Parish is happy to see so many friends have shown up to help on this quest to the basement. "Excelent!" He says. "I'm sorry, I didn't catch your name." He tells Rag and Bones.

It sure was great to see Bill and Lily joining. A dad for sure knows everything there is to know about fuseboxes. "I am honored to have your wealth of home-owner knowledge on board!" He tells Bill.

"Snacks. Yes, great idea, Grackle!" He responds to the crowblin (crow-goblin). "I've got some cookies on me. Please feel free to bring anything you'd like to munch on. But we should be back before breakfast." His tone of voice made it sound like this will be a piece of cake, but breakfast time was still a long time from now.

"Well, let's get started then." Parish takes the first step down the stairs, broom in hand and his head held high like the leader of a marching band. "Breakfast Brigade, move out!" With the glow of some candles, he descends.

"Cookies! hmmm that is nice!
Look! I brought some fertilizer... The first bite might be weird... perhaps the second and third too... but once you get used to it, it is spicy and tasty!
Anyone wants?""So... well done Parish... I am impressed! ha!

Breakfast brigade, breakfast brigade... we should be the Dirty basement brigade! he adds imitating Parish's voice

"Welcome aboard, Bo'B!" Parish said, happy that the new guest was so willing to help even though they had not spent even a night there yet, as far as Parish knew. "Boy there sure are a lot of rats down in this basement." He commented as he reached the bottom of the stairs. "I keep hearing them."

When Grackle offers some fertilizer, he shudders "Oh yes, what a treat. I uhm maybe..." He stumbles for words, but then luckily finds a distraction. "... Ah! The fuse box. That means the generator would be right over there." The frog points his broom stick to the other corner of the room where no generator can be seen. "That's odd. It's not there." Instead there's just a pile of cardboard boxes. Confused by the situation, they call out to the best person to aid in this case. "Mr. Dabrowski, what do you make of this?"

Grackle observes the boxes
"Ajaaaa those are so helpful! We should take one! If we find the generator it might be dangerous to touch but cardboard will protect us!

OOC:

Bingo? spot some treasure which everyone else assumed was junk

Mr.Bob, so you work in Health and safety? That is something this place needs ohhhhh yes! It was time that someone came to keep an eye on Yazeba and some residents... hmmm... methods!"

Bill Dabrowski scratches his head. "Hmm. Well, it seems to me that the generator is missing! We're gonna need to find it to get the power back on!" he says confidently.

Lily sighs. "Brilliant deduction, dad," she grumbles. "Can we just hurry up and find it? I was just about to get to a good chapter in my book..."

Hang on a second... Parish thought. Something was not adding up. This new resident just happened to show up when we're about to explore the basement after not being there in a long time. He pondered about this some more. And now he mentioned health and safety. That's it! He reached a logical conclusion.

"I'm onto you, mister Bo'B!" He exclaimed, pointing the broom at Rag and Bones. "You're not just a resident at all. You're ..." He paused for dramatic effect "... A safety inspector who is trying to do an incognito investigation to see if Yazeba is following the correct protocols." He stared at the skeleton figure. "I'm right aren't I?"

Happy and just a little bit smug about finding out Bo'B's secret, Parish too starts to move to an adjacent room when the squeak is heard. The figure of what could very well be a goblin surprises him and instinctively, Parish wants to attack it with his broom, but something under his feet slips away and he falls down head first in the direction of the looming shape.

"Help!" He calls out to the others as the broom handle hits him in the head on its way down.

Grackle runs towards the new room too
"A goblin? let me see...

Hello brother! I am Grackle, you... live here?

Brother?

Ey!

I am talking perfect goblinoid! Look at me!"

Having no answer, and frustated, Grackle tries to knock his speechless friend

Baaaasng!

"Wait a moment! This is not a goblin! It is a weird... thing....
Grumpfffff as everything in this house....

Fertilizer?"