Log 1

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Who: Everyone (General Log)
What: Make yourself at home.
Where: A new town
When: The first day

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[foundafamily]

[His nervousness comes out in his voice as agitation.]

Who the hell would be doin' experiments out here? The place looked practically abandoned!

[Which makes it all the better for doing terrible experiments...]

[cursedtolive]

Firo, if you were doing something bad would you do it right in the middle of Broadway or Main Street?

[foundafamily]

Well, no... But that's still really unlikely! For all we know, nobody's been here before us except for whatever built the place!

[As he's taking a step farther in the floorboard creaks. In spite of himself, he freezes.]

[cursedtolive]

So whatever built this place could still be here, right?

[Czes reaches out and tugs on Firo's pant leg, stepping in front of him.]

Can you see a light switch?

[foundafamily]

[That's a scary thought, and Firo doesn't respond. Czes could be right; at the very least they should be cautious.]

No... Let me try and find one.

[He sets his hand on Czes's shoulder for a moment, trying to gesture to him to stay put as Firo moves forward to feel with his other hand for a switch.]

[cursedtolive]

Firo, if something happens to you, you won't heal.

[Stop playing the hero! Czes follows, grasping the back of Firo's shirt.]

[foundafamily]

[Czes does have a good point there, and Firo pauses as he gropes for a good response.]

If something happens to you... I won't forgive myself.

Besides, what's gonna happen here?

[cursedtolive]

We don't know. That's why we've got to be careful, right? There's a light switch right there!

[But Czes isn't feeling as paranoid anymore. They've been talking for ages. If there was something there, it would've appeared by now.]

[foundafamily]

[It was right there but, embarrassingly enough, he was too nervous and preoccupied to see it.]

O-oh, right...

[If Czes doesn't do it first, he'll reach to turn it on.]

Doesn't seem like there's too much in here... You see anything important?

[cursedtolive]

[Once the lights are on, he steps forward to peek around a shelf.]

Um... well, there's no one there I think. That's good, right?

[foundafamily]

[Now less reluctant to leave Czes's side, Firo steps away into the center of the room to scan it.]

Probably. Nobody skulkin' around in here could be up to anything good.

[cursedtolive]

Says us. [He laughs a little.] Well, come on! Let's find what we need!

[foundafamily]

Come on, that's different.

[He laughs, realizing that it really isn't.]

You see anything you want?

[He picks up some stray nails that are scattered on the floor and sets them aside.]

[cursedtolive]

[He's wandered farther back into the store, hopping up and down to see the shelves he's not quite tall enough for, picking up some cups and plates but leaving the toothbrushes aside -- he' snot sure if the dustiness of this place wouldn't be reflected in the healthiness of these hygiene products.]

Some stuff, yeah! Do you want the black mug or blue mug for coffee?

[foundafamily]

I'll take the black one, if you don't mind.

[He watches Czes's jumping and snickers.]

...I can get the tall shelves, if that's easier.

[cursedtolive]

[Czes bites back a retort that Firo's not that tall for an adult either! But he nods, backing up to give Firo room and grabbing the mug along the way.]

Y-yeah, thank you.

[foundafamily]

Not that it wasn't to watch you.

[He laughs again as he scans the top shelves.

Something shoved off to the side catches his eye, and he reaches back to take it down and show it to Czes. It looks like a camera, though a bit more modern than what they would have seen back home.]

A camera?

[cursedtolive]

Yup, that's what it looks like. Do you think we'll need it? I don't think we have a lot of things we need to take pictures for, though.

[foundafamily]

Eh, probably not. But it might be fun to keep it around, don't you think?

[He fumbles around looking for the button and points the camera at Czes.]

Smile.

[cursedtolive]

Waah-- I don't like pictures! Take one of yourself!

[foundafamily]

[He lowers the camera and gives Czes a pleading look.]

Aw, come on! Why not?

[cursedtolive]

Because I don't! I don't look good in photos!

[foundafamily]

You're not a vampire, you know.

[He raises the camera again, finger poised over the button.]

We could hang it up in the house somewhere.

[cursedtolive]

Vampires and photos have nothing to do with each other!

[He covers his face with his hands.]

[foundafamily]

Didn't the stories say they wouldn't show up on film or somethin'?

[He's seriously thinking about taking a picture of Czes right now, but then he lowers the camera again. He'll give the kid a break. And he can always try again later.]