Even in a frazzled state, the insincerity in the Host’s comment is exceedingly obvious. He does have to take a moment to catch his breath but Noah’s finally able to retort with a short, sarcastic “You think!?”
Noah stays sullenly where he is for another few moments, listening in a distant sort of way to the Host. He does not want to keep moving. He does not want to have to watch his step for ghostly surprises. He does not want to go see the goddamn library. But his thoughts do clear enough for a few things to occur to him:
First, there’s no guarantee what the Ghost Host will do if he stays in place and doesn’t cooperate.
Second, he can’t exactly stay there for the rest of his life anyway.
And third, Cameron’s still somewhere in the mansion.
“Fine, okay. I’m coming.” With a heavy huff, Noah lets go of the end table he was clinging to and starts down the gallery hall, lurching a bit at first before settling into a more steady walk.
Not that going down the hall is exactly soothing, even if it is an improvement over a room with growing walls. Noah watches the portraits uneasily, occasionally making a quiet groan whenever they show something particularly gruesome.
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Date: 2018-12-17 02:49 pm (UTC)Noah stays sullenly where he is for another few moments, listening in a distant sort of way to the Host. He does not want to keep moving. He does not want to have to watch his step for ghostly surprises. He does not want to go see the goddamn library. But his thoughts do clear enough for a few things to occur to him:
First, there’s no guarantee what the Ghost Host will do if he stays in place and doesn’t cooperate.
Second, he can’t exactly stay there for the rest of his life anyway.
And third, Cameron’s still somewhere in the mansion.
“Fine, okay. I’m coming.” With a heavy huff, Noah lets go of the end table he was clinging to and starts down the gallery hall, lurching a bit at first before settling into a more steady walk.
Not that going down the hall is exactly soothing, even if it is an improvement over a room with growing walls. Noah watches the portraits uneasily, occasionally making a quiet groan whenever they show something particularly gruesome.