07-10-2024, 09:43 AM
All of a sudden after showing Mara around the house sounds started coming from downstairs. And then the loud thumping music of a party commenced. Ashton crept quietly to the edge of the stair well and looked down, but he didn't see anything, being on the top floor meant they barely heard what was going on down on the second floor of the building. Though the music was loud enough to shake the ceiling everywhere. What the fuck?
The stairs were bared with a chain across the top step. Curiously placed like a 'Do Not Enter'. Ashton was curious as to what was going on and stepped over the chain and down the stairs to the third floor and he stopped and listened as he heard people moving about. He didn't like this. A party? Why would Nox throw a party when he just got out of the hospital. And he had kids living here now.
But then again, Nox did work in a near strip club and fought at the Almaz on the regular. Maybe this was part of that? Ashton sighed and made his way down the stairs to the living space and saw people in masks milling about the place, some still lingered on the stairs down and to the entrance area and he wondered what was going on. He didn't see Nox anywhere. Hell he didn't see anyone or anything he recognized as he stared into the living room trying to make sense of it all. And his gift would do little to anything here with the loud music.
A soft touch on his shoulder made Ashton move to the side and a creepy mask stared at him muttered a muffled, "Thanks." as he walked by. The crepy mask was replaced with a red one with a dark hood. He noticed the name tag but it was nothing but a series of numbers with one letter strung in the middle.
"You should go back upstairs. You don't want to be down here with this lot.
Ashton recognized the voice, but he didn't know him any more than he knew anyone else here. That was the voice on the other side of the phone when Nox burnt the house to the ground, he was here, in living flesh with a fucking mask on. Ashton nodded his response, he didn't want to yell, and Nox's hacker was already moving off into the crowd searching for something else.
Ashton didn't go upstairs but he did feel completely out of place without a mask.
The stairs were bared with a chain across the top step. Curiously placed like a 'Do Not Enter'. Ashton was curious as to what was going on and stepped over the chain and down the stairs to the third floor and he stopped and listened as he heard people moving about. He didn't like this. A party? Why would Nox throw a party when he just got out of the hospital. And he had kids living here now.
But then again, Nox did work in a near strip club and fought at the Almaz on the regular. Maybe this was part of that? Ashton sighed and made his way down the stairs to the living space and saw people in masks milling about the place, some still lingered on the stairs down and to the entrance area and he wondered what was going on. He didn't see Nox anywhere. Hell he didn't see anyone or anything he recognized as he stared into the living room trying to make sense of it all. And his gift would do little to anything here with the loud music.
A soft touch on his shoulder made Ashton move to the side and a creepy mask stared at him muttered a muffled, "Thanks." as he walked by. The crepy mask was replaced with a red one with a dark hood. He noticed the name tag but it was nothing but a series of numbers with one letter strung in the middle.
"You should go back upstairs. You don't want to be down here with this lot.
Ashton recognized the voice, but he didn't know him any more than he knew anyone else here. That was the voice on the other side of the phone when Nox burnt the house to the ground, he was here, in living flesh with a fucking mask on. Ashton nodded his response, he didn't want to yell, and Nox's hacker was already moving off into the crowd searching for something else.
Ashton didn't go upstairs but he did feel completely out of place without a mask.