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The house walls have many vines crawling up their sides and sneaking into the house though the broken windows. Looking through these windows you can see broken furniture and dust upon everything. You also see paw prints of various animals crisscrossing the dusty floors. There is no back door, but you do find a trap door leading into what could be a cellar. Around this trap door there are many tracks.

Each participant may roll a d10; if a 6-10, you know them to be Silx tracks, otherwise they just look like paw prints of some small critter.

Do you enter the house through either
A) the front door? Go to Front Door.
B) the trap door? Go to Trap Door.
C) Leave the house alone and quit? Go to Quit.

Walking up to the front door, you turn its rusty handle and attempt to open it. While it is not locked, its frame has been warped by the weather and you must use force to open it. Once you manage to open the door, it groans and swings inward with a cloud of dust and you can hear the sounds of small critters running for cover as you intrude upon their domain. The sunlight behind you lights up this room. This room is covered in spider webs, dirt, dust, and animal droppings. Many types of animal tracks crisscross the filthy floor. There are two gaping holes in the walls. One directly in front of you has the ruins of a door hanging from its hinges across it's entry way. The other opening appears to be an archway into a small room beyond. It looks like termites have been eating away at the wooden structure of this house, making you think that it might be best to tread carefully and keep an eye out in case the supports break. Looking up, you can see a huge hole in the ceiling; beyond it is a dark room that you can barely make out from where you stand. What you can see is a pair of red glowing pin points that flash once then wink out.

Each participant may roll a d10. A 7-10 will let you notice and track the Silx foot prints in the dust and dirt.

If you can tell which is the foot prints of the Silx, then you see they go through the doorway with the hanging door.

Do you:
A) Leave? Go to Quit.
B) go though the hanging door? Go to Inner Room.
C) go through the open archway? Go to Broken Stairs.
D) or return to the outside and look around out there? Go to Looking Around Outside.

This room is obviously the den of some creature; filthy and dark this is not a place you wish to linger in. The only light in here comes from the holes in the roof. Bones, feathers, and fluffs of fur litter the floor and there are many suspicious dark stains upon the floor as well as that large hole you looked up through earlier. A deep growl echos about you. Quickly looking around, you spot the source of the sound. A rather large beast is crouched in the corner, it's body projecting anger at your intrusion into it's home. Odd looking with it's shoulders much broader than its thin hips; you can tell from its muscled frame and long legs that it can run forever. Its small but thick neck leads to a pointed face with large triangular ears. A coat of deep smokey gray with lighter gray spots is perfect for night time stalking. Its forward facing eyes are red and reflect the pale light that seeps in through the roof. You remember this creature from lessons at school, a Notbjaovin. Usually nocturnal and a lone predator, its jaws are unusually strong.

What do you do?
Retreat?
A) If you can fly, return to "Front Door"
B) You may attempt to climb back down stairs and walls. Roll a d10, 7+ gets you there safely
C) You may try to walk back down the stairs. Roll a d10, a 10 means you are successful, otherwise you fall down into the darkness beneath the stairs. Go to "Darkness"
D) If you try to interact with the Notbjaovin go to "Creature"

Now that it's gone, you may search the room.
Each person will roll one D10.
1-3 :: Hidden in a corner, buried beneath a pile of bones and dirt is a Firani orb. (one for each participant)
4-10 :: Hidden in a corner, buried beneath a pile of bones and dirt is a Kiandri orb. (one for each participant)

Once done, you may head back down. Go to "Broken Stairs" and re-roll to see what happens.

As you try to cross the rickety stairs, disaster happens! Several things can happen, you could lose your grip on the wall as you try to climb around the stairs, or a slat breaks underneath your feet as you attempt to go up the stairs.

You fall into the dusty darkness beneath the stairs. A cloud of webs and dirt explode as you land upon the floor. Dark shadows surround you with only a dull light from above to break the shadows in the crevice. As you try to move, the grimy floor beneath you gives way, sending you tumbling down into true darkness....
Go to "Cellar"