Eerie Noises

[krenz]

Krenz walked down the hallway with his roses in his pocket. He saw a shadow for a moment around the corner and began to hear strange noises.

“Hello…?” He said with a questioning in his tone. He stopped for a moment. Nobody answered. Perhaps they hadn’t heard him? He heard the noise again. What was it? Perhaps the eerie noise was simply something else echoing to make it sound more eerie than it really was.

“Hello…?” He saw the light flicker for some reason. A power shortage... maybe; maybe they’ll fix it…

He heard rumors about one of the docks being haunted, but no place in the galley. He wasn’t really afraid as much as he was curious. Suddenly he saw the lights go dark in his area and he thought he heard the sound of footsteps coming toward him.

[ruhk]

The dark wasn’t hard to deal with, he could see decently well in the dark with his golden bird eyes. It was the footsteps combined with being alone in the dark that scared him. The dark had curbed Ruhk’s want to wander and sped up his pace, but the footsteps caused him to let out a sharp squack and run. Incidentally Ruhk had sprinted towards where Krenz was standing. “Krenz!” If the other boy didn’t have extremely fast relexes, Ruhk would have plastered himself to Krenz’s arm moments after he chirped his name.

[krenz]

Krenz was suddenly startled by quick movement and the shoutout of his name. His heart sped up for a split second and then he was relieved to see that it was just Ruhk and nothing unusual or dangerous...although Ruhk practically ran into him. He looked at Ruhk grabbing his arm.

"Oh Ruhk, it's just you... you startled me for a minute there." He laughed through his breath he took. "I wonder why the lights are out..."

[Kiwi]

Kiwi was on her way back to her room when the lights began to flicker and eventually went out entirely. Great, like we all need more signs to say "Wow Eastern Gate is gonna shut down!". "This is great." She mumbled as she continued to walk down the hallway to her room. She knew there were steps around here somewhere, and with the lights out she couldn't seem them.

She heard a yell up ahead and began to walk a little faster, maybe someone was in trouble. "Hello?". As she was walking one of her feet stepped into open space Huh, well thats where the stairs are. Guess I am the one thats gonna need some help now./i] and her whole body began to fall forward. She thought she saw two figures ahead of her and began to reach towards the closest one to her before she fell flat on her face.

[ruhk]

Ruhk squawked again as Kiwi fell towards them, his tight grip on Krenz’s arm stayed as he moved behind him. “The ghost killed someone!” His wings were plastered flat again his back as he used Krenz as a makeshift shield. “This part isn’t supposed to be haunted!”

[krenz]

Seeing a figure in front of him he attempted to catch whoever was falling. He's definetly right...it's not supposed to be haunted here... Krenz thought.

"Who's fallen?... Who's there?... Are you alright?" Krenz hoped someone would answer and that what or who he attempted to catch wasn't a dead body.

[Kiwi]

Kiwi fell into Krenz's arms with a sigh and her body tensed from preparing to fall onto the floor. She pulled away and her eyes tried to adjust to the darkness around them. "My name is Kiwi McCleary. Thank you for catching me. That could have gone rather badly for me, and yes I am fine thanks to you." She brushed her hair out of her face and straightened out her clothing. "Do you happen to know why the lights have gone out here?"

[ruhk]

“McCleary? I’ve heard that name before.” One of Ruhk’s hands went up to scratch his chin, while the other kept a tight grip on Krenz. “Mc… Mc… Mc…. Dusty! You’re related to Dusty right?” He let out one of his usual happy chirps and even let his wings flutter a bit before the sharp echo his bird call created sounded down the hall. Nothing like an echo to remind him that he was still in the dark with a possible ghost. It only took a slip second for Ruhk to go back to scared mode, gripping Krenz’s arm tightly and using him as a makeshift shield. “Maybe the government let monsters out on the ship to scare away the locals….”

[krenz]

Krenz kind of gave a quiet half laugh with Ruhk still gripping on his arm.

“I’m Joseph Krenzcashen” He said “But people usually call me Krenz, which is actually what I prefer.” He paused for a moment still wondering about the lights.

"And actually we've been wondering why the lights have gone out ourselves."

[Kiwi]

She laughed as Ruhk hid behind Krenz and nodded, "Yes I am related to Dusty, I am her older sister, do you just know her because she is a big official here?" She looked around in the darkness trying to see if anyone else was coming or any monsters going to pop out of no where. "I don't think there are any monsters here, you really have nothing to worry about. There was probably a small circuit break and the lights will come back on it a second." She looked to Krenz, "Nice to meet you Krenz, you can just call me Kiwi."

[ruhk]

“She was in my shop for a headache or… hangover cure this morning. Then I saw her again before I came here, lots of official stuff, and I think I got myself some help for the shop for free too.” Ruhk had started off with a quick explanation, but it had quickly turned into him rambling off and forgetting that he was talking to people by the second sentence. “Krenz I know from a late night rendezvous that involved multiple people getting naked and dancing.” Some time during his ramble, Ruhk had switched back to flirty mode and released his death grip so he could place his hands on his hips and wink at Kiwi. “Name’s Ruhk Babek, and if you ever have any medical ailments or a want or need to boost anything, do give me a call.”

[krenz]

Krenz blinked and looked at Ruhk.

"What's this about late night naked dancing?" Krenz scratched his head. "When did this happen...? And was I drunk?" Krenz sort of laughed.

[Kiwi]

Kiwi looked at Ruhk shocked, "Hangover? Dusty? Geez what has she been getting herself into this time?" She shook her head and looked up to Ruhk, "Oh I most definitely will be coming to your shop. It seems like you know more about my sister than I do, and I would love to hear more." She began to walk a little farther down the hallway, "Maybe we should try to find the circuit box and see if anything is wrong with it." She motioned for them to continue walking "Come on, its not that scary."

[ruhk]

“Oh no, I’m just guessing what you dreamt about after meeting me.” Ruhk nudged Krenz, giving him another wink. He carefully watched Kiwi as she walked further into the darkness. He continued to watch after her for a moment, before darting after her. “Wait for me!”

[krenz]

Krenz followed after; he normally wasn't afraid of the dark, but the eerie situation sort of bothered him. He hoped that it was just a power shortage and that the power would come on at any moment.