Shady

That was a relief. She let out a small involuntarily sigh of relief and lowered her hand, but tensed again when she heard his name. “You’re… his brother?”

Ky felt super awkward and wanted to pull her hand away but forced herself to keep it out. “I… am, yes.” She nodded. “…what has he been saying?”

“Oh, um, hello.” She flashed an anxious smile and walked inside, closing the door most of the way behind her. “I’m sorry, I don’t think we’ve met? I’m Ky.” She ...

Ky glanced at Narfi, then tried the door.

She stayed small and as distant as she could, getting ever more uncomfortable the longer this dragged out. She was grateful for the rune but was uneasy it may not ...

Perfect. She turned down the hall, more than willing to take the excuse to move on even though she was aware the ghosts probably wouldn’t answer and this didn’t prove ...

“Yessir.” She scooted past him trying to stay out of arms reach and then knocked on the door.

Ky scuttled backward a step, body language changing in an instant as she dropped her gaze and shrank to look as tiny as she felt. “I’m sorry! Sorry. You’re right. ...

“You’re not my boss.” She tried to sound confident with that response, but she didn’t, at all, and mostly sounded unsure of herself.

She sent him a dirty look. “Why should I have to? I don’t even want this.”

“This is going to be awkward,” she whined.

( :’) ) Ky scoffed, stopping. “I’m not doing that.”

(Better! I legit just woke up so I got a solid twelve hours of sleep haha haven’t actually gotten up or tried to eat or anything but all I notice ...

“And they’ll like you better if I open the door?” she asked flatly.

“You can’t open doors?” she asked skeptically, but strode forward.