You just have to be You.

You don’t have to be Someone else.

• You walked through bushes…
• Hum, bushes…

• You found this house quite conveniently.
• You came from a nearby town and were looking for a place to stay.
• The Townsfolk didn’t tell you about this place tough.

You: “Where is it Situated?”

• The house is next to a small wood.
• By the entry of the woods.
• You see no beasts, though.
• Not just feral beasts, but even small birds or rodents.
• From where you are you can barely see the Town.

You: “How should I get in?”

• You go behind the house.
• There are stables there.
• Empty…
• Not even a single horse.
• Nothing that indicates the presence of a single animal for the recent time.
• This, or they were cleaned this morning.

You: “Shall I get in the Woods?”

• You are too tired to explore The Woods.
• But you can look if the house owner has entered them.
• You look for signs of a human presence, but find naught.
• In fact, you find no signs of any kind of animal.
• The very grass at the woods’ entry is perfect.
• As if none had ever walked on it.
• The trees seem to be tended as well, but…
• Are they trees?
• They look like trees.
• Verdant, healthy & quite diverse.
• As if they had been planted to look diverse.

• You decide to get closer to the house.

You get In-the-House

• It looks large enough to shelter a family.
• The walls are sturdy & built in warm color.
• The shades of deep red & coppery orange contrast with the surrounding greenery.
• The many windows are rounded.
• Giving the walls many eyes.

You: “Is there anyone inside?”

• The windows are small enough to see through.
• And the blue vitreous aspect blocks the vision from outside even more.
• Is there anyone outside?

You: “Shall I knock on the door?”

• The door is massive wood piece.
• There are no engravings on it.
• The aspect reminds you of a wooden board you’ve seen earlier on the road to the house.
• The board, which seems to have been a road sign, was burned.
• But only the surface was altered.
• The sign itself was unaffected.
• You couldn’t read the symbols on the charred surface.

You: “Still I should knock?
For Politeness.”

• You knock.
• No answer.
• You knock again and realize the sound was different from the 1st time.
• You contacted a similar effect while you where ticking your finger against a glass of water.
• As you were emptying it, the sound of the glass’ resonance changed.

• You knock once more.
• No answer.

You: “This should be enough.”

• You push the door handle.
• The Door is open.

You are In-the-House

You: “Fancy palace, is it not?”

• You are enchanted by the Place.
• Because of your guilessness.
• But there’s an Issue.
• There are no obvious sources of light.
• Except for the many windows which show all their usefulness once inside.

You: “I can still see my feet.”

• Not only do they let light in, they diffuse it softly through the whole house.
• Is it due to their convex nature?
• The colors out are the colors in, but lighter.
• The floor seems to be made of the same material as the door was.

You: “Quite Remarkable…”

• The Living room is mundane.
• Except for the fact there’s nobody.
• You call but hear no answers.
• You hear no answers, but your voice sound a little distorted as you elevate it.

You: “Should I visit?
Should I, Should I?”

• You visit the Living Room.
• A small Library?
• Which is filled with Books.
• …
• Books dealing with various topics, too diverse to be there simply for recreational purpose.
• The Owner of this house was looking for knowledge.
• The topics, of which you have a limited knowledge, don’t seem to be linked.
• In fact their heterogeneity is disconcerting.
• You look closer.
• Some even seem to have been written in another language.
• Others are worn.
• Only one title is fully readable : Alchemy – Anatomy of the Void.

You: “Oh, oh, oh.
Look at this.”

• You decide to take it latter.
• More books are placed on comfortable looking Armchairs.
• Nothing else in this room except a round red Carpet.

You: “There’s a noise beneath me.
What could it be?”

• There’s a Watery noise.
• But you can’t tell where it comes from.
• Should you check the Kitchen?

Kitchens & Faucets

You: “The Heart of the House!”

• All rooms are connected to the Kitchen.
• The remaining door must be leading to the Bedroom.

You: “Quite a frigid Heart.”

• The Furniture is scarce & does not congest the room.
• There’s a large round Table, with Chairs around it.
• As one would expect.
• The chairs are put back properly.
• A book’s open on the table.
• Kitchen recipes it seems, but you’ve never seen them before.
• The ingredients are common.
• The combinations are unusual.
• ‘Beef with Sugar, Marmalade & Honey – Meat Candies’.
• Many other recipes have been handwritten in the book, and small pictures drawn.

You: “I can finally wash my hands.”

• There’s a Sink.
• Is it the source of the Watery noise?
• The faucet isn’t leaking.
• And you don’t hear the same noise here.

• There’s an Oven.
• It seems to be functional.

• There’s another Carpet here.
• Same as the one in the Living room.
• But, who puts a carpet in the Kitchen?
• Maybe there’s just one is every room.

• The last thing is a Shelf.
• Staples are stored on it.
• Bags of Grain.
• Other boxes, probably conserves.
• A large box filled with loafs of bread.
• The bread is Dry but still edible.
• There’s a Water Tank at the foot of the Shelf.
• Nothing unusual in a kitchen.
• And the water is crystalline.

You: “The cook must be pleased. “

• Now for the Bedroom.

You: “Not Quite.”

• The Bedroom inner door is locked.
• There is an Access to the bedroom from the outside.
• Strange choice to leave a direct access to outside.
• You check the outside door.
• Both Doors are Locked.
• Then, if they were both locked constantly…

You: “Let us look for this Key!“

The Key to the Bedroom

• Where could it be?
• You look inside the Books…
• Nothing.
• It makes sense.
• The owner of the House respects her books.
• She wouldn’t disfigure those who brought knowledge to her.

You: “This watery noise still puzzles me.”

• You inspect the faucet once more.
• Childish.
• Only trying to compliment your insecurities.

You: “I made a mistake.
What should really trouble me is this Carpet.
This Ug-
This ominous Carpet.
Ugly?
Who though I was about to say Ugly?
Ugly is such an Ugly word.
It makes your World Ugly.”

• What is this Carpet doing here?
• Too obvious?
• Are you still a child?
• You search the shelve.
• Nothing but food.
• You aren’t hungry, for now.

You: “The Carpet must be the answer.”

• You remove it…
• And discover a slightly altered Tile.
• The color is different.
• It is newer.
• You lift the tile.
• The Key was under it.

You: “Now…
To the bedroom.
I hope there’s a bath in there.”