On The Path.. to nowhere

[Midnight]

*The woman waits until Raven has finished climbing out of the well, her face softning while her head turns to scan the surrounding area once more, a more timid appearance showing on her face now Raven was out of the well and currently safe.*

Those are not exactly words to be said lightly in place such as this one.

*She indicates what looks to be the empty house of the farm.*

The man went to follow you after you had left, perhaps better to find some shelter rather than stay out in the open where words and sounds carry.

[Raven]

"Damn him. Yes, I suppose he would have followed."

*Raven looks over at the Barn House. Its in pretty good condition considering its obvious age. The windows are boarded up, but the door looks intact. Whether it is sound inside is another question.*

"Alright.. Might even give me a chance to read that damned book."

*Raven grabs her breastplate, and pulls it away until the book comes loose. She removes the book, but the breastplate doesn't fit back properly.*

"Damn it, i'll have to re-fasten that."

*Raven starts toward the house*

[Midnight]

*The woman stares after Raven a moment before giving her head a slight shake and unfastens the rope , wrapping it into a circle and carrying the rope with her as she slowly follows behind her. Her head changing from looking up and down and round as she watches the surroundings.*

[Raven]

*Raven reaches the door to the house and trys it. To her surprise, the door is locked. She steps back and gives the door a good kick. The door holds. She tries this twice, but to no avail*

"At least we know the door is sturdy. I guess we will have to find another way in"

[Suh Wok]

*A distant voice carries on the wind*

"Ray-Ven? Miss Ray-Ven? Please I rould Help you!"

[Midnight]

*The blonde turns her gaze back as she hears the mans voice.*

You know his accent changed completely when you left us earlier one back at the paths.

*She turns around back to the house once more checking it is abandoned first then walking over to one of the shuttered windows , the wood rotten through with rain and untended she manages to break some of the small wooden bars to reveal a none paned window.*

Can you get through there?

[Raven]

*Raven's face suddenly appears on the inside of that window*

"I don't know. Can I?"

[Suh Wok]

*The footsteps can be heard coming through the bushes. Suh Wok is being about as stealthy as a bull in a chaine shop. A Red China shop that is.*

[Midnight]

*The woman shakes her head slightly before giving her head a firm nod and them climbing up into the window through the boards and dropping into the house as quietly as possible though the rope hits the floor with a slight thrack.*

Ok well unless you want to talk to the man again let's go.

*Look around the dusty room trying not to cough two closed doors lead in what could be different directions or well a closet.*

Pick a door.

*She mutters quietly before heading towards ones herself the doors opening easily as she turns the handle but creaks slightly before she disappears further into the house.*

[Raven]

*Raven looks around the hall and locates soem stairs. She ascends these and goes into the first door she finds. The room itself is pretty bare, a wardrobe, bed, cabinet and a small rug on the floor. Raven takes this oppotunity to remove her breastplate and begin re-fastening it. She puts the book, bow etc down on the bed.*

[Midnight]

*The woman herself ends up following stairs that lead down wards into the ground, obviously the basement. No windows show the outside at all though a few holes that let some fresh air in allow faint light to be able to walk around though slowly.*

*Her eyes slowly adjust to the change in light as she listens intently for any sound to come from other parts of the house, the basement dusty and slightly smelling of damp.*

[Raven]

*Having finished re-fastening her armour (OOC: Sorry, no sexy strip scenes here) Raven turns her attention to the book. She sits on the bed and starts from where she left off. Although she does not notice this, as she starts reading, the room starts to distort. The effect takes place in the entire house. Like ripples being emitted through space, the source, the book.*

[Midnight]

*The woman lifts a hand to her head, resting the palm against her forehead as she thought what was at first a dizzy spell threatening to over take her but after a few minutes she notices the rippling effect is not her seeing things in the shadows, playing tricks with her eyes but was actually happening.*

*She leans against one of the cold basement walls a moment trying to figure out what was causing such when she remembers what the man had said the book could cause before dashing up the stairs almost tripping upwards along them in her haste to search for Raven.*

[Raven]

*The waves intensify as she nears the room. Inside, Raven continues reading. Right now she has read from the beginning to four years ago, the part where she prepared to assault Lord Fear's Castle. Hearing a strange fumble on the stairs, Raven lowers the book and looks at the door. It is then that she notices the waves of distortion. After a few moments of bewilderment, she realises that they are coming from the book. She immediately tries to close the book, but to no avail. Raven tries to throw it across the room, but the book sticks to her hand. Raven starts feeling sick... and.. a nausea...*

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[Midnight]

*The woman continues to approach the room as quickly as possible though the distortions cause her to feel out of balance and she moves as carefully as possible to avoid walls that suddenly appear closer than they were or floor lower or higher. She arrives at the room opening the door, looking in and seeing the distortion seems to be worse here than any where else. She approaches Raven cautiously looking at the book wondering if the man knew so much about the book he had not noticed what was happening yet. She looks at the book reaching out to try and take it from Raven but stopping just before her hand actually makes contact then looks around for a stick or something to try and knock it from her hand.*