[On her end, Maria freezes in place not long after her unfortunately collision with a piece of sheet-draped furniture. She catches the midst of those footsteps with the same tell-tale creek of old floorboards and suddenly her heart leaps into her throat.
Her mind starts clicking away as she searches her own pockets for her camera. The headlamp strapped around her head provides a bare beam of light that can only do so much in such a gloomy place.
If it's making noise then it had to be a poltergeist of some sort. She hadn't run into one of those in a long time. Or... well, ever maybe. The last time was a bit dubious anyhow.
The footsteps seem to be growing closer though so she poises at the ready, creeping forward carefully. The open doorway into this room proved beneficial in this instance and the moment the footsteps got close enough, Maria herself swung around the corner of the doorway as well.
And promptly runs straight into something very-not corporeal. With a noise she trips back a step or two and then boom, there goes her rear meeting the ground. And kicking up a lovely cloud of dirt and dust while she's at it.]
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Her mind starts clicking away as she searches her own pockets for her camera. The headlamp strapped around her head provides a bare beam of light that can only do so much in such a gloomy place.
If it's making noise then it had to be a poltergeist of some sort. She hadn't run into one of those in a long time. Or... well, ever maybe. The last time was a bit dubious anyhow.
The footsteps seem to be growing closer though so she poises at the ready, creeping forward carefully. The open doorway into this room proved beneficial in this instance and the moment the footsteps got close enough, Maria herself swung around the corner of the doorway as well.
And promptly runs straight into something very-not corporeal. With a noise she trips back a step or two and then boom, there goes her rear meeting the ground. And kicking up a lovely cloud of dirt and dust while she's at it.]