House of the Righteous and Noble Augustine

[Guinevere Viperatus]

"Watch before you close a door...." she said rubbing her nose. "With a little work this place could look gorgeous again..." she said with a light smile. "Well if you ever want a garden come to me... I've got every flower in the world back there. It's my own private paradise..." she said looking around again.

[David Augustine]

"I'm sorry." he said, "And thank you, I'll let you know if I decide to install a garden." David went through another door way that lead to the foyer. He then went up the stairs that led to the second floor. He lit the candles and lamps on the way. Opening doors and looking inside of them. He found a washroom, guest rooms, rooms for the servants, and the last room he went into was the master bedroom. He lit all the candles and lamps. The room was huge. It had a large bed as well. And just like all the other rooms before it, it was covered in dust and cobwebs.

[Guinevere Viperatus]

Guin explored alittle herself, wondering what she might find. A few minutes later a scream echoed through the house as someone screamed 'OW!'. Guin rubbed her head. She had actually hit herself in the head with a door.

[David Augustine]

David left the master bedroom and followed the echo of Guin's yell. He found her and looked at her. "What happened and what hit your head?" he asked her. He peered through the door that was nearby and couldn't make out what was inside of it.

[Guinevere Viperatus]

"Stupid door..." she said standing up. "The door came back around and smacked me in the head knocking me off my feet. This house does not like me..." she said crossing her arms across her chest.

[David Augustine]

"Don't be boroque(silly)." he told her. He offered a hand to help her back up. "So what did you see in that room?" he asked her, "Anything that caught your attention or that might have seemed important?"

[Guinevere Viperatus]

She grabbed his hand and pulled herself up. "Thanks..." she said brushing herself off.

"I saw weapons... I believe thats a weaponry room." she said with a shrug. "I've got one... some of the weapons in mine are actually stained with blood.'

[David Augustine]

"Then shall we examine the weapons of my family." he asked. He entered the room and lit the nearby torches. This was in fact the weaponry room, but it also seemed to be a war room were people had met to conjure strategies. He looked around the room and saw that some of the weapons were missing, but most of them were still there. The walls were lined with swords, spears, maces, bows, and weapons of different sorts. He walked over to a table that was there and dusted it off. There was a map laid out on it. It had directions points marked at certain locations. His eyes widened as he realized what this map was.

[Guinevere Viperatus]

Guin was examining a bow made of the finest wood. It was a deep, rich color an had golden accents. She cherished her own bow for it was her mothers but she found this one interesting. She ran her fingerips across the wood, feeling how smooth it was.

[David Augustine]

He studied the map a little longer and then looked away. A certain sword had caught his eye. He took it down and unsheathed it. He then set it down on the table and drew his own sword and laid it against the other. He compared them. They were the same shape, build, size, and wieght, but one that came on the wall seemed different. He couldn't place it exactly, but there was something about it. He examined the hilt of the sword and noticed that it didn't have a leather grip, but as if it were made of certain type of hide. He sheathed both swords and returned the mounted sword were it was. He then turned to face Guin. "You seemed attracted to that bow. Is there something about it that intrigues you?"

[Guinevere Viperatus]

"There's something about it.... something thats not right." Her father had always said that some weapons had pasts that could be told to a person if they could weild such a weapon. She looked at the bow when something caught her eye. It was blood but not old from battle. New blood that had been spilled recently.

[David Augustine]

"Interesting." he said to himself, "I remember my father telling me such a thing as well." He looked toward the ground for the moment and then looked back at Guin. He saw the expression on her face. "What is it? What did you find?" he asked her.

[Guinevere Viperatus]

She held up her fingers to show fresh blood. It was dark, almost black and defintely didn't belong to her. "This is fresh... and this bow looks like it hasn't been used in many years." she said flatly.

[David Augustine]

David looked at the blood and then at the bow. It didn't totally add up. The bow looked unused, but yet it had fresh blood on it. David turned and looked around the room again. He looked carefully and on the ground for any other traces of blood. He looked at the door and on the floor around the door. There was no blood there. He closed door slowly and turned back to Guinevere. "There are two things that I are possible. One, this bow isn't as old as it looks or isn't affected by time. Or two, we are not alone in this room." he told her.

[Guinevere Viperatus]

"Personally, I have a feeling we're not alone." she said glancing around the room, one hand on her sword. "Hmm... someone's here. I can sense it...."