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The light beneath the door vanished when she knocked. The blue light was replaced by a soft red light as the room's occupant shuffled beyond the doorway. The door groaned as it was pulled open, weapon raised so that the light of the runes would somewhat illuminate her. "Yeah? What do you want?"

The weapon was the only source of light near his room. It was any wonder that it was quiet -- any other time of day usually had his neighbor blasting or singing angsty teen metal music acapella style. He leaned against the stone doorway to his room, eyebrow arched. "What of it?" He rolled his eyes as he added, "If you haven't noticed, there isn't any sort of light down here."

He shook his weapon for emphasis. "So? What're you doing up in the middle of the night? If it is night," he added, frowning as he reached for his phone. He held the screen away from him as he flicked it on, turning it around to squint at it in order to make out the time. As the light flickered on, for a brief moment it looked like there were several other people in the room behind him.

"You have nightmares? Sorry to hear about that," He replied awkwardly, failing to mention that he also had them once. His dreams had been unfortunately replaced by something far more sinister since arriving on the island.

Her apologies drew a long stare from him as he turned back towards his room, shining the bright light of his phone. The harsh blue light revealed several life-sized dolls posed as if they were having a tea party. "Nah. Just my roommates," he explained with a shrug. "They're not going anywhere."

The phone was turned off and shoved into a pocket, freeing his hand to shake her offered one. "M'names Tobias. You're at room 49. One of these rooms around here's a giant pit though, so if you go exploring bring a light."

The dolls in question were quite life-like. Each seemed to have their own distinct style, the only thing shared across them were the pristine hunter coats each of them wore. Before the light drew away, one of the dolls could be seen positioned in a somewhat flirtatious way upon the lap of another doll, thus freeing up space. The empty spot had a large book in front of it, presumably where Tobias was seated moments earlier.

"Yeah, a giant pit." Tobias shrugged. "It makes a handy place to throw garbage down into, 'sept it rained horribly not too long ago. I had skeleton bits floating up and into my room while it rained. It sucked."

"By the way," He added, "You got anything interesting in your room? Or nearby?"

"Yeah. It was gross." Tobias made a face, adding, "I had to hunt in my room and pick them up piece by piece before I could chuck'em back down there. Dunno what else to do with them and a ghost hasn't come by to haunt me since. 'Less you count those guys," he gestured vaguely back to the room towards the dolls, now lost in the darkness.

The mention of boxes brought a thoughtful look to his face. Or what part could be seen from the faint red glow of his weapon. "You should probably get a light of some kind when you open them," he suggested unhelpfully, "Otherwise there could be just about anything in there."

"Not with my bare hands!" Tobias protested, "I wore an old sock on each hand first." At the very least, it was something.

As she clutched at his shirt, his first instinct was to take a step back and stare down at her in surprise. "Hey, hey! Let's not get so grabby. You sure you wanna open a weird box in the middle of the night?"

A long, drawn out sigh came from Tobias as he turned and went back into his room. The weapon was set on the table, illuminating a tea pot and an empty vase. The trainee seemed to shuffle around for a bit, retrieving his boots and putting them on before at last grabbing his coat. He had yet to face an actual non-human creature, however given the circumstances.

"All right," he grumped as he moved out of his room with his weapon in hand. "Lead on. Might as well take care of this box so you don't have to sleep in the same room as it, yeah? Which did you say your room was again?"