An Ignoble Tale (Act 1.2)

The lamp still flickered, unable to do more since it was you know, an inanimate object.

Violet understood Maria's sad limitations and rolled over, giving the lantern a hug. "It's okay."

Audren shook his head, trying to shift his focus from petty thoughts about his former acquaintance to what he was going to do when he actually got to the town.

She sat up, holding onto the lantern and looking around the room.

The sun was starting to come up, even though it was still a bit dark.

Violet set 'Maria' down on the bed, then got to her feet and walked over to the closet.

There were a few hangers on a rack, that's about it.

Violet looked back at Maria, then went over and picked up the lantern and walked back to the closet. She put the handle around on of the hanger handles, then started making a chain of hangers.

He looked down at his coat again, noting that some new clothing may be in order.

She held up the chain, with Maria holding on at the bottom. She brought it back over to the bed.

He put out the spark, noticing the sun coming up.

She stood by the bed, looking down at her hanger chain. "...These things are weird..." she said.

He saw that the trees were getting sparse now, meaning he must be nearing the town.

She studied one of the hangers, tilting her head a bit.

Perhaps he'd be able to talk himself into free clothing or something, since he had no money on hand.

Violet turned the hanger a bit, which caused the hanger below it to slip off the handle. 'Maria' and the attached hangers fell to the floor.
"Uh oh."

The hangers hitting the floor made a racket, along with the lamp's glass casing shattering and the flame becoming green before quickly dying out.

"Uh... Maria?..."

There was no response.

She lowered her ears. "...Why..."

He scratched his head, noticing some smoke in the distance.

"Well I'll just... leave you here..." she said, heading to the door. She opened it up. "Bye, Maria..." She went out into the hallway, heading to the stairs.

Audren started off towards the trail of smoke.

She went downstairs with a sigh, taking the key from her pocket and setting it on a table before walking to the door.

The sun was out now, sunlight shining through the windows.