At the bottom of the stairway, there was another door. This one had a handle, and would be effortless to open.
On the other side would be one of the maid rooms.
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Behind Wanda, several of the scrolls rustled and moved on their own, before lieing still. The skull tipped over, seemingly without reason.
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Kasumi finished drying herself, and looked up at the nearby hook, for hanging bathrobes.
Her bathrobe wasn't hanging there. It was still in her room.
She frowned, opened the bathroom door, and stepped out. She left her towel behind, sicne it was her room, right? She just had to go grab her bathrobe.
edited 18th Jan '11 6:26:45 PM by AnnoR
"Oh, dear. The toad, the monkey, and the dog have all screwed up."The box, no longer being touched, lay still as if it hadn't ever moved. There had to be a reason it was chained up like it was.
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Kasumi tilted her head at the openening in her wall. That was a little weird. Her bathrobe could wait, she had to check this out.
The small girl walked over to the opening and looked down it, seeing the staircase.
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The skull doesn't respond, being an inanimate object. However, it certainly seemed like there was something a little off about it now, like a section of the skull had been... shifted.
edited 18th Jan '11 6:37:10 PM by AnnoR
"Oh, dear. The toad, the monkey, and the dog have all screwed up.""Yes, but I think it would probably be best if we don't use them without permission. This mansion also deserves some investigating. If you are not too tried from cooking dinner then would you mind cleaning the stairwell? I need to finish the mistress's room before she finishes bathing." Sephony says to the fox girl. She enters Kasumi's room and closes the door. She turned and saw the girl in question, immediately blushing and turning around to look away. "I apologize mistress I did not know you were done already." She said to announce her presence.
There were a variaty of odd symbols on the box. In japanese, the word 'Careful' was inscribed. In english, the word 'Careful' was inscribed. In french, the word 'Careful' was inscribed.
It also head a great deal of other symbols that seemed far more arcane and confusing. There was a simple latch on the back, but the chains would likely prevent the box from opening.
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The depression sunk in as it was poked, giving way like cloth to a knife. Within, there was what appeared to be a small recorder.
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"Huh?"
Kasumi turned to see Sephony.
"Oh, I didn't hear you come in! Err.. what's with this passageway?"
She apparently wasn't horribly disturbed by being seen without her clothing.
"Why are you turned away? We're both girls," Kasumi said. Still, she went over to get her bathrobe.
"Oh, dear. The toad, the monkey, and the dog have all screwed up."Kasumi looked a bit unsure.
"I can get myself dressed fine, but if maids are supposed to help their mistress get dressed, then I guess you kinda have to," she answered, one hand on her bathrobe.
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The recorder was fairly unremarkable, save the fact that it was attached to the skull's eye sockets by a series of wires.
"Oh, dear. The toad, the monkey, and the dog have all screwed up."Sephony sighed at the fox girl suddenly showing up in the room and turned around, lightly blushing. "I wanted to give you your privacy. And maids do not need to help with getting dressed." She said as she walked over to the passageway. "I found this while cleaning. It heads down yet leads to the maid rooms. I closed off the other door so I should do the same here." She said as she closed the door and pushed the dresser in front of it.
edited 18th Jan '11 7:07:57 PM by Oni-Lord

Linariel frowned, had she not been a servant of Heaven, she'd probably think this was a really bad idea. However, she was an angel, so she thought nothing of it. A little caution surely couldn't hurt though, she approached the box, picking up an old, broken broom to poke the box. It looked... mostly harmless as it were now, but that did not guarantee anything.
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