Haunted House Investigations (Kassy & Azecreth )

[Kassyghost]

Kelly Quinn stared at her computer screen nervously nibbling her bottom lip as she scanned down through the information her client had sent her. Over 35 deaths in the house since the 1800's when the house was built. Most of which had been either former owners, each with their own depressing stories and many having concluded with suicides or deaths with mysterious circumstances.

She wondered to herself how such an obviously haunted house could have made it through the paranormal investigation craze that had swept the nation in the previous decade. Everyone and their brother had taken a shot at being a ghost hunter in hopes of getting picked up by a network and televised. This place though, the current owner had refused any and all offers to have the place investigated and some of them had been really reputable organizations. Kelly's small group was barely a blip on the map, it was her and her two college girlfriends Tina and Emily, and of course the guys. They were more the tech side of things while the girls took most of the camera time.

They'd only been operating for a few months and only had a few investigations under their belt. A cemetery that was supposedly haunted and an abandon school where the janitor had molested a bunch of students resulting in a young girls death. Neither of which had produced any real evidence to speak of. Then all of a sudden, out of the blue she'd received a letter from the owner of this mansion in the next town over. They'd said they'd be happy to let us be the first to investigate the property and even included a sizable donation. She'd been floored at first and when she'd brought it up to the group they all seemed really excited, but the more Kelly read about the property the more anxious she got about it, something just didn't seem right.

It was just then that the office door opened and her two best friends entered. Emily, dressed in her usual goth attire complete with ebony lipstick and black cat eye mascara. Emily was tall, built like an amazon, she was the complete opposite of Tina, who was preppy as the day is long and only stood around 5'4".

"Hey Bitch...you almost ready? It's time to get this motherfucking show on the motherfucking ROAD!" Emily said, sucking on her cigarette.

"Yeah I guess, but there is some really messed up stuff that happened in this house, Did you know Alister Crowley once rented it and preformed some crazy rituals in it?" Kelly asked as she closed her laptop.

"STOP IT, you know I don't like this creepy stuff anyway. The only reason I agreed to join this stupid ghosty group is cause you two are my best friends and you talked me into it. If you keep it up I am going to get nerved out and I won't be able to spend the weekend there." Tina whined.

"That ain't the only thing you've been talked into." Emily shot back, holding her two fingers up to her mouth and flicking her tongue between them.

"Shut up bitch, you know that was only once and it was because you got me drunk on wine. It doesn't make me a lezzie!" Tina argued back.

"Ha....the fuck it don't!" Emily laughed.

"Ok you two, knock it off. I told you no shenanigans this weekend, we got the new guy on the team since Eddie left to go produce music in Las Vegas and I don't want you two scaring off the new guy." Kelly scolded her two friends as she grabbed her bag.

"Yeah, poor Nate was the only guy for like two weeks and then you went and hired this big new studdly fella and he's back to being low man on the totem pole." Emily laughed.

"Emily you're a dyke how do you know if the new guy is hot or not." Tina asked, a dimwitted look on her face.

"I like pussy, that doesn't mean I'm blind, dumbass." Emily corrected her..

"Alright, what did I say, knock it off." Kelly said, this time showing her temper a little. "Where are the guys anyway?"

"Finishing loading the van. Wanna go out and fuck with them?" Emily answered.

"Yeah come on." Kelly said and lead her friends out the office door and into the parking lot where the guys were.

 

[Azecreth]

While the girls were busy working in the office, the tech guys were busy making sure that everything was ready for the next shoot. Not an easy job, but given that the hosts of the show couldn't be bothered to do it, and that was why they were here in the first place, they would just do it themselves. At least, that was what Nathan Orville (or Nate) thought as he worked on the camera, cleaning the lens and making sure everything was in top shape.

"So, how'd you get involved in all of this," his companion asked. That would be Reginold Cliffton, aka 'Reggie', the new guy that the girls had brought on to help him out with this job. That was after Eddy had left, and honestly while he felt somewhat overshadowed by the guy who looked like he was pretty ripped and more suited to be a bodybuilder than in this job, he couldn't help but be glad for the assistance. It wasn't easy doing this on his own.

Nate shrugged, placing the camera down as he began to pack up everything. The girls had said that they would be heading out soon, so he had to make sure that he was ready for it. "Well, you know, the chance at fame, and the chance to put my skills to the test. Or something like that. Besides, they're fun to hang out with," he noted aloud. It was the truth after all, at least in how much they kept him on his toes. "What about you?"

Reggie rose from his seat, letting out a sigh as he walked around. "What, a chance to hang out with a couple hot girls looking at scary stuff? Who wouldn't agree to it," he pointed out, even as he stuck one of the remaining boxes in the back of the van.

"And how's that going so far," Nate asked in turn as he shoved his own box into the van, making sure that everything was secure now that they had it all loaded. He'd get complaints if it came unsecured along the way, especially if the equipment got damaged. He'd certainly seen how the girls acted, but thus far he hadn't really caught all that much luck.

Reggie shrugged as he waited for Nate to finish before closing the back of the van with the slam of a door. "Not bad too far. Obviously Emily isn't getting anywhere, but I think the other two might be interested. And after a weekend in a 'haunted' house, who knows what will happen?" He was certainly looking forward to finding out.

The sound of approaching footsteps brought that conversation to an end as the guys stepped away, practically lining up as the hosts of this little show approached them. "We're all set to go," Nate informed them. "So, what's the word?"

 

[Kassyghost]

The three women dramatically walked out like the opening scene in a Charlie's Angels episode, wind Autumn wind gently tussling their hair for effect. Kelly in the lead, she briefly peeked inside the van and took a quick inventory of the equipment, everything seemed in order.

Tina was enamored by Nate, staring at him like he was a fresh piece of meat, she couldn't help herself. He was such a baby face he looked like he was barely out of high school. She was snapped out of her transfixed gaze by a pinch on her ass from Emily. "Hey let's not sexually harass our new crew member on his first job with us, shall we?" Emily said with a devious smile and a wink, to which Tina slapped her away.

"Am I right Rege, It's hard enough working with three hormonal women all on it's own, if you add the fact that everybody is single and sexually frustrated, it becomes a recipe for disaster. I think we are gonna have to play chaperone on this one." Emily said making her way over to her buff technician and throwing a friendly arm around his shoulders.

"Enough already, I want to get on the road and get to the location before we lose light, We'll set up an exterior shot with three of us giving a brief history of the property, then we can focus on getting inside and setting up the rest of the equipment." Kelly said in her usual business like tone. It did the trick, both Tina and Emily snapped out of their usual playful attitudes and paid attention.

"I'm riding in the van with the guys!" Tina announced, raising her hand like a kid in school.

"Fine by me if it's alright with the guys, Em and I will drive over in my Prius." Kelly said, looking over at Reggie to make sure he was ok with it. Tina was hot, sure but she could also be slightly annoying at times.

 

[Azecreth]

While the arrival of the trio might seem cliched or lie it had been done with the expectation that there would be a camera there waiting for them, neither of the guys that they were headed towards minded in the slightest. At the very least it let them appreciate how good the girls looked, and given the stated motives for being here they were definitely in favor of anything that aided that.

Nate didn't worry about the van, sure that the girls would find everything to their satisfaction. He had learned how they wanted that sort of thing quickly enough, and now it didn't pose any problem. Though Tina looking at him was annoying to some extent. Not that he wasn't used to that either. "I thought we had standards here," he protested with a grin, taking it like he usually did as he watched the trio.

"Looks like it," Reggie agreed with a nod as Emily stepped over and threw an arm around him. Given his odds of successfully getting anywhere with her, he was needless more friendly with her than he otherwise would have been, since he didn't have to try and leave that sort of impression. "I'm surprised you're trusting me with so much responsibility on my first run though."

But that was all that could be said as Kelly got things under control again, reminding everyone why she was the one in charge and not someone else. "Sounds good," Nate agreed with a nod as he moved towards the drivers seat of the van. He certainly wasn't going to argue with her over something simple like this.

Reggie shrugged as Kelly looked over at him, silently seeking confirmation for having Tina come with them. Annoyance could be handled, and it was only a small negative to the other benefits. "Well, as long as you can handle my bad singing then I think we'll be fine," he reassured Tina. With that he moved for the backseat, ready to get on the way. Daylight was wasting, after all.

 

[Kassyghost]

Tina jumped up and did a little cheer when the guys agreed to let her ride along with them, she didn't care if the other girls thought she was a dumb bimbo, as long as she got to spent some time with neebie Nate. Reggie was fine as hell, but after working with him for years now she knew her personality and his simply clashed, but maybe Nate might end up getting along with her. "Goodie!"

Kelly and Emily walked to the Prius, Kelly taking the wheel while Emily sat shotgun. She started the car and punched the accelerator, making the tiny compact car's front wheel drive spin it's tiny 14' tires a little as they left the parking lot. "In a big hurry huh?" Emily asked with a laugh.

"I think this is a big one Em, I really think this place might be our big breakout. I just got a feeling." Kelly said, staring over at her goth friend.

"OK well don't get us killed trying to get there in a hurry, or we'll be the ghosts." Emily said laughing. She reached into her leather jacket and pulled out a pack of cigarettes, from inside she produced a joint. She pulled the zippo lighter out of her pocket and sparked the doobie, taking a deep drag and coughing as she exhaled. "You wanna get high?"

"No, I'll wait till after we do the opening shot and the gear is all set up, then maybe." Kelly replied, still driving recklessly.

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"Jesus she's driving like a maniac!" Tina complained as Reggie had to floor the van to keep up. "Slow down Regge, we got the address and the directions, if she wants to lose us we can find our own way. I don't wanna get killed in an accident."

Tina turned back to regard the young looking man sitting in the backseat. "Hey you look lonely back there, you want me to come join you?" Tina asked, flirting with Nate.

 

[Azecreth]

Soon enough the group set off in their two cars, Kelly leading the way towards whatever house they were going towards. Meanwhile Tina was in front, riding next to Nate as they headed along the streets of town after their companion. Not that Kelly was making it easy on them, as could be seen.

"Gotta agree with that," Nate said with a nod of his head as he slowed down, letting the duo race ahead on their own. "Besides, she'd throw a fit if any of this fragile stuff in back is broken when we get there." Even if it was her fault that it was broken in the first place. It was secured, of course, but better safe than sorry when it came down to it.

Meanwhile Reggie was comfortable sitting in back, watching after the stuff to make sure nothing slid around too much. Yet when Tina asked him he couldn't help but nod and flash her a grin. "Sure thing, I don't mind at all." the chance to sit next to a good looking girl was not something that should be rejected. "So, looking forward to tonight?"

 

[Kassyghost]

Tina felt like a totally idiots calling Reggie the wrong name, after all they didn't even remotely look like each other, Nate was a puny little guy and Reggie was a big muscly stud. She shook the embarrassed feeling off and smiled dopily when he agreed to let her sit next to him. She immediately hopped back to the rearseat and squeezed in close to Reggie.

When Reggie asked her if she was looking forward to tonight, she shook her head no. "I'm a total scaredy-cat. I hate doing this stuff, but Kelly and Em keep making me do it, cause they said my reactions are great and it's part of our gimmick." She said, the pink hue in her cheeks showing the blush of embarrassment. "You can ask Nate, he knows, I'm sure he'll regale you with the story of me running out of a haunted house because I got scared one time, turned out it was just some stray tom-cat, I felt like a total dork."

Tina was staring hard at Reggie's big arm, she reached up and wrapped her arm around his. "Maybe I'll feel a bit safer with you around though. You are really attractive by the way, Do you have a girlfriend?" Tina asked.


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Kelly got there several minutes before the tech van, and as Emily stepped out of the car she shook her head. "Ol' Mrs. Dale fucking Earnhart does it again. You lost the van Kelly. Hopefully Tina can keep her panties on with Reggie in the van." Emily said with a chuckle.

"That must be the owner's car." Kelly said, ignoring Emily's ribs at her and pointing at the large Caprice that was parked in the driveway.

"Well where is he?" Emily asked, seeing no one in the car.

"Don't know, maybe he's inside the house, you wanna check? I'm gonna walk around the property and see what's going to be the best location for our opening shot." Kelly said as she began to stroll around the house.

Emily walked up the the large stone stairs, reached out an went to knock on the door, but just as her knuckles connected the door creaked open. "Hello? Hello, anybody home?" Emily called out and peaked her head inside the dark musty entryway. With the windows boarded up the place was very dark. Emily walked farther into the house still calling out. "Hello, Mr. Gerber? It's Three Girls Investigations, Are you in here?"

She walked farther in and began to look around, Emily had been in quite a few haunted houses in her days, but this one seemed to have a heaviness to the air. She reached out and flipped on the light switch, but as she assumed there was no power in the house. "HELLLOOOO?" She yelled loud and heard something move farther in the house. "Is That you Mr. Gerber?" She said walking toward the noise. It was then the hair on the back of her neck stood straight up and a shiver ran down her spine, the feeling stopped her dead in her tracks.

Without warning a breeze swept at Emily's black hair and she spun in surprise, as soon as she'd turned though something set upon her. She couldn't see anything, but instantly felt pressure build on her chest, smashing her tits into her rib cage and knocking her back onto the floor. Emily gasp and tried to let out a scream, but something stifled it in her throat. She stared up from the floor terrified, but still didn't see anything, until two red glowing orbs seemed to materialize in front of her. She tried to scream again, but this time the force set upon her and took all the air out of her lungs like a vacuum. Emily struggled against it, but whatever it was was stronger than anything she'd ever felt in her life and she couldn't move. She felt the force grab each of her legs and wrench them apart, the crotch of her tight black leggings shredding and then it hit her.

She felt an intense pressure build on her genitalia and then into her. Emily had never expected to be raped by a ghost but her she was being accosted by some supernatural force and it was absolutely horrible. Suddenly a warm rush filled her nether region and the fear and seemed to leave her. Emily's eyes rolled back and then seizured and flopped around like a fish out of water. And just like that it was over almost as fast as it had set upon her. She woke up and looked around, confused as to why she was laying on the floor. Had she tripped and fallen and hit her head? Why were her pants ripped?

Emily slowly rose to her feet just as Kelly walked into the house. "Any luck?" Kelly asked.

"Nope, no sight of him in here." Emily asked, her voice wavering a bit.

"Well come on, the van is finally here....Are your pants ripped?" Kelly asked, confused.

 

[Azecreth]

Reggie's gaze followed the girl as she moved to sit in the backseat with him, the two squeezed close and with arms intertwined. they could relax comfortably while Nate got them where they needed to go, and it gave Reggie the opportunity to try and put some moves on. Girls and haunted houses? What wasn't to love.

Her comment earned a smile and a nod from him as she revealed that she actually didn't like places like this, going to haunted houses and such. Well then, there was an opportunity if he needed one. But he didn't say as such, merely nodding and patting her shoulder. "Good thing we're here I guess. What could go wrong when you've got some guys to get rid of whatever scaring you?" It couldn't be that bad, right?

Nate let out a chuckle from the front seat, but Reggie ignored him as he shook his head. "Unfortunately not at the moment. Though I'm not sure if being part of a camera crew will help with that, but I suppose we'll see won't we?"

A few minutes later the van arrived, pulling up in front of the house next to the car. It wasn't a surprise that the duo had gotten there first, and Nate pulled to a stop before turning off the engine. Now they could get to sitting everything up, and that was what happened as the boys got out and moved for the back of the van so they could begin unloading stuff o get this shoot underway. Boxes would be removed and prepared for transport, the guys looking around for where Emily and Kelly had gone off to so they could put all this stuff somewhere. Until then, they'd just prepare to set up for the first shoot.

 

[Kassyghost]

"I don't know what happened, maybe they ripped when I fell, I think I passed out." Emily hypothesized as her and Kelly walked out onto the front porch and saw Tina getting out of the van with a big smile on her face.

"Its cool, we'll make sure the guys only frame the opening shot from the waist up. You sure your up for this, You feel ok?" Kelly asked her friend.

"Yeah I'm all right, I am actually a little horny though. Maybe I caught whatever Tina has, she seems like she's always horny. Look at her giving doe eyes to Nate." Emily said with a chuckle.

A few minutes later the guys had the main camera set up on a tripod, Kelly had decided that the front of the house with its gothic windows would make an excellent backdrop for the three girls to shoot the intro against. Nate was running the camera and Reggie was doing sound. "Take One bitches, make it good...3, 2, 1...ACTION!" Reggie called out and slapped the marker board.

"Hello I'm Kelly Quinn, and these are my cohosts, Emily Black, and Tina Hatfield and we are Three Girl Investigations. Today's program we'll be bringing to you from the grounds of Merkin Mansion. Built in the early 1800's by an American Revolution veteran, Oliver Merkin the house has stood relatively unchanged since it's construction. The deed shows a series of owners all from the upper class and many of which ended up in some dire circumstances. Four of the previous owners committed suicide inside the house after killing their significant others. During the early 1900's the black magician Aleister Crowley made his way through the United States and the Merkin Mansion was a place he spent some time in. Renting the house from the owner for over a month, he was rumored to have cast one of his spells while here. The current owner will be meeting us at some point during the investigation for an interview, he's had the Merkin house sealed since his Grandmother died under mysterious circumstances, she was the last owner. So we are pleased to bring you the very first supernatural investigation of this property. Join us and experience the long scary history of this house. I'm Kelly Quinn and I hope you don't scare easily." Kelly delivered her monologue professionally and without flubs.

"CUT!" Reggie called out and shut off his Microphone.

"Ok guys, go ahead and get the house wired for sound and video. I want camera's in every one of the rooms. No power here, so run the portable generator we brought from out back, make sure it's far enough away from the house so we don't get noise interference on the mics." Kelly instructed her crew.

Tina walked up to Nate, "Hey Nate, You want a hand? I'll help you out, plus maybe exploring this house with a big strong man might help me be a little less scared of it. What do you say?"

 

[Azecreth]

"Seriously Kelly, you have got to dial down on the energy drinks," Nate called as the duo finally appeared, looking surprisingly worse for wear when it came down to it At the very least it wasn't hard to notice the damage to her clothes, and he wondered how that had happened. He decided not to say anything though, if only because he enjoyed his job security.

Not that it stopped Reggie from seeing if it offered a glimpse of something that might not otherwise want to be seen, but with Tina around he didn't really try to draw attention to it. "Well, definitely looks like a spooky place," he noted, glancing back towards the mansion as they proceeded to unload the van.It was time to set up and get to work.

"They usually are," Nate commented as he did the same, unpacking boxes and cases, and getting out the gear they would need. He knew what he was doing and guided Reggie in the process, and soon they were ready to begin. With Kelly's wardrobe malfunction taken into account, of course.

The duo were silent and focused on their jobs once the camera began to roll, making sure that the girls could be heard and that the shots were set up well to highlight where they were. Naturally Kelly managed to nail her lines, and Reggie gave her a thumbs up once they had finished up with this section of the shoot. That was one bit down, and a lot more to go. But at least his job in the actual filming was no more complicated than just holding a microphone for them.

"Alright, sounds good," Nate replied as Kelly laid out her plan, mentally running through a checklist in his head to make sure that they could actually do all of what she was asking. It might be close, but he was confident that they could handle it. So with little fuss or preamble he got to work, pulling out loops of cord to begin running them to the mansion. This was going to take some time.

Meanwhile, approached by Tina, Reggie flashed her a smile and a nod. "Sure, if you want. " He definitely wasn't going to refuse, and with Tina tagging along the two of them would head into the mansion. It shouldn't take that long to set up the stuff they needed, maybe an hour at most. If nothing happened in the meanwhile.

 

[Kassyghost]

Tina gripped onto Nate's big strong arm as they entered the mansion. The place was coated in a thick layer of dust, with the exception of where Emily had been accosted and Tina pointed it out as they entered. "Look that must be where Em fainted, I hope she's alright! She's the bravest one of us three and if she's feeling under the weather than Kelly is going to make me go do the really scary stuff."

"Let's go upstairs, Reggie can finish wiring up the downstairs." Tina said with a feindish smile on her face. She yanked on Nate's arm and began to pull him toward the stairs. "This place is huge, I wonder how big the bedrooms are? We'd better pick ours out now, before the good ones are all taken!" Tina said with a giggle. She of course was implying that Nate and her share a room and hoped he wasn't going to be a prude. She really wanted to get his clothes off and see what sort of equipment he was working with.


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Emily sat down in the van, her head was still spinning when Kelly walked up and placed her hand on her shoulder. "You OK babe? You look a little peekid."

"Yeah I'm fine." Emily said, one hand rubbing her temple while the other was percouriously placed on her crotch, covering the hole in her pants. "So if the owner's car is here, then where the hell is he at?" Emily asked, slightly distracted.

"Don't know, but we've got written permission to be here, he emailed me and told me we'd have the run of the place all weekend." Kelly said, reaching past Emily and grabbing a box of wires, but Emily reached up and grabbed Kelly's breasts. "HEY, what the hell are you doing?"

"Nothing, just wanted to cop a feel, when did you become such a prude?" Emily said teasingly, her own hand now not covering the hole in her pants, instead, she'd reached inside and began to finger her pussy.

"I'm the furthest thing from a prude Em, as you well know, but we're here on business, not pleasure." Kelly said, pulling away from Emily. "Maybe you whacked your head when you fell, you should go upstairs and try to lay down. Reggie and I will handle getting the rest of the stuff set up." Kelly said, reaching out and caressing her close friends pale cheek.

"Alright, maybe a lay down would be nice, not to mention rubbing one off in the van isn't very comfortable, mayb a nice big bed upstairs would be a perfect spot." Emily said, standing up next to Kelly and walking back toward the house.

 

[Azecreth]

Glancing over to the area clear of dust, Reggie wasn't all that impressed by the mansion thus far. It was just a bunch of old stuff covered in dust, and hardly something to compare to the hot girl he had on his arm right now. Still, he supposed he had to be grateful for the opportunity that it offered, so he wouldn't badmouth it too much. Wouldn't want to give her a bad impression of him, now would he?

"Yeah, sounds like a problem," he agreed with a nod. "Maybe she has allergies? Wouldn't be a surprise with all this dust." Though she would have had a lot more problems if it was allergies, but it was one of the few explanations he could think of as to why she passed out like that. Not that he put much thought into that particular fact either. He grinned and followed along as she began to yank on his arm, following her towards the waiting stairs.

His good mood didn't vanish even as they ascended creaking steps. "Sounds like a good idea to me," he concurred as he followed along. Seemed like things were going perfectly.

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Meanwhile Nate was busy rigging up the house with all the stuff they had brought to do so. Somehow he wasn't surprised to see Reggie and Tina go off together, but he didn't say anything. So long as they actually did what they were supposed to do he didn't care that much about what else they did, even if he was a bit jealous. Not that he let it interfere with his job, of course.

He was getting well along in that when the duo returned, stepping into the mansion and the room that he was in. Of course he had no idea what had just happened in the van, and was busy at work like a good employee. Not that it was very hard to put this stuff up, it just took a lot of time when one had to consider framing and such.

"Welcome back," he called with a nod as he worked. "Everything going okay so far? I wouldn't want to mess with the script." He knew how annoyed Kelly got over that sort of thing.

 

[Kassyghost]

Tina was on Reggie's arm, and that is just the way she liked it. It was time to kick this little party into high gear and get into Reggie's pants. As they got to the top of the steps there was a long hallway with several doors on each side. The one at the end of the hall door was slightly ajar and Tina yanked Nate in that direction. "It's gotta be the Master bedroom, let's take that one Reggie, COME ON!" She giggled and took off the .

As soon as Tina opened the door she was hit by a strong odor, for the briefest seconds she could smell the musty fish smell of sex, but then it was gone. She looked around the room but saw no evidence of anyone inside. Everything in the room was covered in sheets to keep the dust off of it. Tina strode forward and grabbed the large sheet off of the bed and pulled it away to reveal the huge canopy bed. "OOOH yeah!!! Look at how nice this bed is! Reggie come here and try this thing out with me!" She called out as she jumped onto the bed like a child.


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Emily walked back into the house, no apprehension on her face, instead a sly smile. She walked through the living room where Reggie was setting up the command center of the operation and headed for the stairs. She jogged up and saw the door at the end of the hall was ajar and could hear Tina and Reggie's voices from inside. She strode down the hall and crept up the door listening in as Tina continued her seduction of their new team member.

 

[Azecreth]

Reggie followed along with a grin as he was swept along in Tina's enthusiasm, following with no complaint as they reached the top of the stairs and moved down one of the hallways that they found. "As you wish. Well, assuming Kelly doesn't retroactively call dibs on it," he agreed as he moved along, at the very least interested to see what the room was like even if his priorities were a bit more in the basic direction of the girl next to him. Not that anyone could blame him for that with how attractive she was.

Entering the master bedroom, Reggie's nose wrinkled a bit at the smell that seemed to flash into existence before suddenly it was gone. Then his nose wrinkled again and he resisted the urge to cough from the sheer amount of dust that covered the place. It killed the buzz a bit, even if he was still looking forward to this. Nonetheless he followed along with a grin, sitting down next to her on the uncovered mattress. "Watch out for bedbugs," he jokingly warned her. "With how dusty it is I bet they're everywhere."

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Meanwhile, Nate continued setting up downstairs, slowly moving through the ground floor as he paced away from the stairs in the process. Somehow he wasn't surprised to have some idea of what Reggie was getting up to, if only because this seemed typical of this entire set up. But he was used to it, and didn't expect it to change any time soon. He just needed to do his job before Kelly got angry with him, then he'd worry about what he was going to do for the rest of the time.