Junebell's apartment door shudders under frantic pounding. In the peephole's warped circle, Mr. Henderson stands pale and breathless, flashlight shaking in his hand. The hall behind him is black and still.
Mr. Henderson
Junebell, let me in. Please. I saw something dragging itself down the stairwell, it was not human.
A wet, heavy breathing rolls from somewhere out in the dark hallway. Mr. Henderson flinches toward it, then back at the door, his knuckles whitening against the frame.
Mr. Henderson
It's right there. I do not want to be in that hall alone.
The lock holds. Junebell is trapped on one side of the door, Mr. Henderson on the other, and whatever is breathing in the dark is close enough to fog the air under the crack.
Then a slick, wet hand slaps the hallway wall behind Mr. Henderson. Something low and hungry starts to haul itself into view.
✓ Quest Accepted
Let Mr. Henderson in
“Junebell lets Henderson in, then locks the door behind him once he's inside.”
SUCCESS (Superb Agility, rolled +1)
Junebell yanks the door open wide enough for Mr. Henderson to stumble through. He nearly drops the flashlight as he barrels inside, breath ragged, while the black hallway gapes behind him.
A slick shape drags at the threshold from outside, and the damp smell surges in with the cold. Junebell throws her weight into the door and starts the deadbolt home.
Mr. Henderson twists around, staring back through the gap with eyes wide. The wet breathing slaps the other side of the door, close enough to make the frame shiver.
Mr. Henderson
Lock it. Now.
Junebell snaps the lock shut. The hallway noise dulls to a muffled scrape, but the door still trembles under something heavy on the far side.
Mr. Henderson
He is inside, but that thing is still right outside.
Mr. Henderson stands panting in the cramped entry, flashlight shaking toward the seam beneath the door as a wet shadow drags past it.
Quest Complete
Let Mr. Henderson in