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69 Shepherd Road

Michael and Amara's House

Like most of the other homes in Flatwood Points, 69 Shepherd Road is an old house done in a Victorian style, large and gothic-looking with a single pointy tower. It's in a state of gentle disrepair; parts of the roof are falling down, or appear to have been punched through altogether by some sort of falling debris. Someone's clearly taken care in repairing the walls and the front porch, though. Both have clearly been updated and painted recently.

Two enormous saguaro cacti, easily over ten feet tall with multiple branching arms, preside over the front yard. Despite the cold climate, they seem to grow remarkably well, and even sprout crowns of white flowers in the spring. Other, more local flowers have been planted along the walkway and in front of the house. They seem less durable than the two cacti, strangely, but they're generally tended to. Whoever looks after them clearly doesn't care much about keeping a suburban lawn, though; most of it is clovers and dandelions by now. Stuck among them, near the sidewalk, is a small sign that reads "BEWARE OF DOG". Beneath the words, someone has doodled a tiny picture of a cartoon Warg.

Eleanor Jr., Michael's large dappled grey Warg, does tend to roam the property freely. She comes and goes from the forest on hunting trips, but she's always wearing a reflective neon-yellow collar at the very least. Please do not shoot! If she's around, she'll carefully and somewhat threateningly monitor any strangers who approach the house, but she's unlikely to attack unless provoked.

Behind the house, Michael and Amara both maintain a vegetable and herb garden. It's been destroyed several times over by various events, but there's usually at least a few scraggly plants back there even at the worst of times.

Should you enter the house, you will find Hatrick the hat resting on a hatstand near the entry. It makes a constant low buzzing noise. Should anyone harboring any ill will towards Michael approach, its eyes will slowly start to open, and the hat itself will produce a low hum like a deep human voice. The closer the danger comes, the louder it gets and the wider the eyes will appear. We do not know what happens if you touch it. Rip. © tessisamess