The Haunting Gameplay

Walking through the main door, the house is just how you left it, though completely silent.

Larry leads the way back to the kitchen and the cellar door leading down to the basement you found yesterday. The bumping you heard then, that led you upstairs can no longer be heard.

The door to the basement has a lock and three bolts and can be opened from this side only. Unlocking it, Larry opens it gingerly, revealing stairs in poor repair, leading to the floor below. A musty smell hits your senses like a freight train. A light switch sits at the top of the stairs, which Larry flips on and off a few times but the electric lightbulb halfway down the stairs does not come on. The walls are lined with closely fitting boards.

Valentin pulls a battered old flashlight from his duffle bag. Larry turns it on, it flickers a couple of times and with a gentle tap against his palm , it comes on.

OOC:

Note, had your skill been under 50, 99 would have been a fumble. As it stands 100 is a fumble, so the Push is permitted.

The staircase is perilous, and with the poor light, Larry feels disorientated and thinks the stairs are moving under his feet, but he holds the wall and makes his way down safely.

He finds himself in a smallish room. Scattered tools, pipe, a trash can lid, lumber, nails screws etc, are scattered all over the floor.

Marc takes a few steps then loses his footing, falling head first into the cellar, crashing into the debris and almost knocking Larry over.

Larry looks around and sees the walls are covered in wooden boards all around. He sees nothing unusual amid the debris.

Pulling himself up, Marc starts to tap along the boards, starting with the underside of the staircase. Soon enough he finds an area that sounds hollow behind it.