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As promised, the haunted house Reiko wanted to show Faeth was just a few blocks from the bakery. An easy walk, and the entire time, Reiko nibbled on her eclair and explained.

"So, I actually have a key to this place--I went by and scoped it out a little, and I am not kidding, it was in a hide-a-key that I think whoever cleaned it out thought was just part of the landscaping. Which means it'll look a lot less weird than us trying to break in. And then...we get to run around a cool abandoned place and see what all is up."

And maybe they'd see a ghost, or maybe there would be nothing.

When they arrived, it was to a fairly ordinary-looking two-story house in a row of other ordinary-looking houses. The lawn was maintained, but there was just enough of a shabby look to the place to indicate that it had not, for the most part, been well taken care of--like perhaps one of the neighbors had taken it upon themself to mow the damn lawn so it wouldn't drive property values down, or something. With all the confidence she could muster, Reiko sauntered up to the front door and produced a key from her pocket.

"So, ready to go in?"

Reiko laughed. "It's those sometimes! But this place is right nearby, and like I said, people are always talking about hearing weird noises and seeing strange lights." She paused, and frowned.

"If you're not comfortable, we can totally leave. There's plenty of other places to poke at." Ugh, she was so awkward--of course this was a bad idea for the first place to take a new friend. Faeth probably thought she was a total weirdo now, which was great. True and correct, but she'd hoped to keep it buried a little longer.

"In fact, it's fine, don't even--it was really nice getting eclairs with you and we can totally forget I ever even suggested this, it was a dumb idea anyway."

Found this one on majime's y!gallery journal [size=9:db97fbe249]*some questions have been omitted for the sake of not being banned*[/size:db97fbe249] 1.omitted 2. Have you kissed someone in the last 2 weeks? Yep :heart: 3. Who's the last person you hugged? Shuugo ^^ 5. What is the last thing that you drank? I drank some sprite about 30 min ago 6. Wheres the last place you went? Hottopic 7. Elvis or James Dean? Uh..neither? 8. Who is one person you can't stand from high school? This stupid, worthless, idiot named David, I hope we don't meet in a dark alley... 9. What grade did you make in Algebra? I think I made a A or a B..idk 10. omitted 12. Do you like someone right now? Yes :heart: 13. What are you doing right now? Uh...answering questions? 15. omitted.... >> 17. Favorite non alcoholic drink? I can't drink D= 18. If you could have one wish, what would it be? to have wings...black ones preferably 20. Do you know what tofu is? Yep 21. Have you ever eaten it? Nope 22. Do you know what a colonoscopy is? I...think so 23. Have you ever had one? Uh....no. 24. Do you know who plays at least a small part in every Adam Sandler movie? Idk 25. Do you want to go back to high school reunions? If I had one I wouldn't go 26. Who is your arch enemy? don't have one.....yet 27. If you could go back to one time in your life and change it what would it be and why? I don't really want to think about that... 28. This is for guys and girls - Do you or have you ever read Cosmo? ? 29. Have you ever watched the Britney Spears movie Crossroads? I hate her with a passion 30. Do you listen to Lindsay Lohan? Who? 31. Your favorite color? Black, Silver, Neon green, Neon purple. 32. Paul Walker or Ryan Phillippe? ?? 33. Britney Spears or Christina Aguilera? I don't particularly care for either.. 34. Smurfs or Carebears? Uh...neither..but if I HAD to choose....Carebears 35. Favorite ex? I have no ex 36. Do you want platinum or gold for your wedding band? I don't plan on getting married 37. Have you ever paid to have your eyebrows waxed? What's the point? Mine grow back the next day 38. Do you shave your back? No...I don't shave anything, besides, how do you reach it? 39. OMITTED!!! 40. omitted again >> [size=7:db97fbe249](why is this thing so dirty)[/size:db97fbe249] 41. Who is/are your best friend(s)? Bria, Shuugo, uh..Tenshii..hmm...Rue..and uh other people, you know if you're my best friend. 42. How many children do you want to have? None, who want those little gremlins >=( 43. Are you pro-choice or pro-life? uh...I'll get back to you on that 44. Republican or Democrat? Screw politics 45. How many times a day do you watch the same movie? Oh man...I watch Nightmare Before Christmas about 5 times a day 46. Do you think that the tobacco companies should pay for people's medical bills? Uh....no. It's the people own fault...my this is a weird question 47. How do you want to die? Just in my sleep...so it'll be like a eternal sleep 48. What scares you? Needles and tornadoes 49. What makes you happy? My friends, glowsticks, questions 50. If you could have one person in your bed tonight, who would it be? Uh..... I didn't even get in last tonight

Casually shutting the door behind them, Reiko took in the interior of the house. Here, it was more clear that it was very abandoned—there was a thick layer of dust over the furniture, things had been left to crumble, and trinkets had been abandoned. There were signs of a struggle, and also the leftovers, probably, of whatever investigation had been done here years ago—and there were some clear token attempts at straightening up, but it was more than obvious that no one had been here in a very, very long time.

“Oh, it’s a little bit like…diving through cold water, if that makes sense? So no, it doesn’t hurt.” THe second question gave her a little more pause, but eventually, she shook her head.

“And I’m pretty sure we’d be okay if the mirror we went in got broken. We’re actually like…accessing a kind of space between spaces? It’s called Mirrorspace, and I’ve only ever been there twice—I can’t stop in the middle of a mirrorwalk on my own, yet—but it’s not really like,inside an individual mirror. So I don’t think breaking it behind me would hurt anything, probably.” She frowned. “Not that I want to find out, just in case it does.”

Was it safe, to tell someone from a different faction these things? Reiko wasn’t sure, but at least she was mostly only guessing. Not knowing jackshit came in handy sometimes.