Hello from the other side [TTW TAG Claudie]

[Drake Force]

After his talk with Cece, Drake decided to go and try to find out if someone was on the other side of this room as well. Sadly, he had no idea how the floor plan of this building looked like. From looking out the window, he was able to guess a few things but since he couldn't open it, his view had been blocked by the frame.

He was inside the bathroom and knocked against the wall there. "Hello??", he asked in a loud voice. "Anybody there?" He listened for some seconds before he knocked again. "Helloooo?"

[Claudette Hautecourt]

The tiny room was depressing her. It felt like a prison and there was nothing she could do to make it beautiful. Her roomate was sleeping on the bed. Meanwhile Claudie had decided to pace around the room. Being considerate she had taken her heels of so not to wake her roomate up. She had no idea where they were, who was doing this to them and for what reason. Or even if she would ever get out.

The heavy thoughts tired her soon and she stopped with a heavy sigh next to a wall and sat down with her back against it. She pulled her knees to her chest and crossed her arms atop her knees and rested her forehead on her arms. Having a good cry seemed like a good thing to do right about now.

"Hello??" She heard from the other side of the wall. It made her perk up. Was that a human voice? She thought about it for a moment. Well the walls did look thin enough so that she could hear her neighbours. She rolled on her knees and leaned against the wall so that her ear was pressed against it. Finding the spot where the voice came from. It called out a few times. "Hello! Can you hear me?" She called out. "Who's there?"

[Drake Force]

There's actually someone there too. Drake's green eyes widened a little when he heard another female voice from the other side. And wasn't this one... also famliliar? That would be a coinsidence... He couldn't quite put a finger on it though. "Yes, I can hear you. My name is Drake. Who are you? Are you trapped? With other people?"

[Claudette Hautecourt]

She recognized that voice! Of course she would, it was basically the only thing she had acquainted herself with the man if you didn't count the short few moments when the lights came back on. She audibly gasped. "You!!" She called out loudly, smacking her hand on her mouth and looking over if she had disturbed her roomate. Well at least now she knew his name too. Maybe if he didn't recognize or heard her she could play with him a little. "Yes, I am here with another girl. Her name is Lydia. And what about you? Who are you trapped here with?" She wanted to ask if his room was as hideous as hers, but with him being a man he probably couldn't tell the difference anyways.

"Have you been in some sort of sick games?" She asked him out of the blue. "After we passed out in the basement, I woke up tied to a chair with some other girls and there was a man pointing a gun at us in our turn. Like some sick game of Russian roulette." She told him still shuddering from the mere thought of reliving that. What if there were other games? And other people had to participate.

[Drake Force]

"You!!"
Drake raised his eyebrows. Did he... know her..? From the little talking the girl had done, he couldn't really find out who it was. At least it wasn't someone he knew so well that he'd instantly recognize her voice.

"Yes, I am here with another girl. Her name is Lydia. And what about you? Who are you trapped here with?"
Hm, the voice did seem familiar... Wait, wasn't that the sexy blonde not-french girl? Claudette was it..? "So you're just two people? We're three here. Eliott, Victor and me. I guess they put us in rooms with the same gender...", he thought out loud.

"Have you been in some sort of sick games?"
"Games?", he repeated surprised and then listenes to what she said next, his interest getting more and more peaked. Now THAT was what he called valuable information... "And.. did he shoot any of you?", he asks instead of answering her question first. He needed to get as many information from her as he could. Maybe after that he would give her some information too...

[Claudette Hautecourt]

"I guess they put us in rooms with the same gender..." The man sounded so disappointed by that. Almost as if he had wanted a girl in the room with him. Well, knowing his grabby hands he probably did. Claudie bit the inside of her cheek not to insult him further. "Yes, this kidnapper must be afraid we would mate like bunnies if left alone." She joked.

"It was a trick gun. The one who got shot only got covered in glitter. There was a voice congratulating her on her win but not really telling us what that winning entailed." She told him. "And we got to see who the guy who shot at us looked like when he took off the mask." She added.

[Drake Force]

"Yes, this kidnapper must be afraid we would mate like bunnies if left alone."
Drake actually seemed to seriously consider this option. "Hmmm... You think so? I mean, it could be a reson for that, yeah..." His thoughts unwillingly went to what would happen if he was in the same room as her.. would they..? No. Stop. Focus. This is absolutley not. the time.

At her story about the game, he got even more lost in thought. Weird... hmm... Is someone just messing with us? Is this some personal entertainment for them...? "Who 'won' that game? Maybe that person was let go?", he wonders. "That man under the mask.. Did you know him? What did he look like? And what happened then?", he kept asking questions.

[Claudette Hautecourt]

The man was asking about the girl who won. "I don't know her. She looked sort of plain, but still a pretty woman. I don't know how to describe her. I am not sure what you would focus in a woman." She had an idea where he would focus his gaze and was not at all fond of describing another woman's body to him. God only knows what he would do behind that wall with that information.

She shook her head, why was she so focused on this guy and what he would do? What did she get from it? She tried to focus and not think the worst of him. "The man though.... I have a feeling I have seen him somewhere. I am not sure where. He was darkhaired, slim built. Has glasses and long hair. He wore a rather well made suit, I don't know if he is still wearing it or not. And I don't know what happened to any of the people there. At one point the room got filled with gas and we all passed out." She told him and rubbed her temples, feeling a little agitated for having to answer these sort of questions. "That is all I know." She said making her point clear to him.

[Drake Force]

"I don't know her. She looked sort of plain, but still a pretty woman. I don't know how to describe her. I am not sure what you would focus in a woman."
He nodded, taking the information in - until she said the last sentence. "Eh, what?", he asked confused. Why would she say something like that? "Uhm, whatever. Have you seen her before? Like, in the basement?"

"The man though.... I have a feeling I have seen him somewhere. I am not sure where. He was darkhaired, slim built. Has glasses and long hair. He wore a rather well made suit, I don't know if he is still wearing it or not."
"Hmmm.... Do you think you've seen him somewhere before we got here? Or maybe in the media? Or maybe he was in the basement, too?" There were numerous possibilities. Maybe he was working with these mad people, maybe he was a criminal that had been shown on TV. It wouldn't make much sense though to show his face to so many people in this case... except the goal is to scare them with his presence... Slim and glasses though...? Not very intimidating. Another possibility would be that he's maybe a celebrity or that she had indeed seen him in the basement before. "Can you remember where you've seen him?", he asks, trying to not pressure her too much but this seemed to be a pretty important detail. It could tell them something about the person, or persons, who kidnapped them.

"And I don't know what happened to any of the people there. At one point the room got filled with gas and we all passed out."
Hmmm, so the gas again.... This seems to be the preferred way to put them all to sleep. Well.. it was a pretty efficient way. Fast, effective, not damaging the people permanently, no mess... Drake nodded to himself. It's what he would use, too. "I see... Hm, thank you for telling me this, Claudette." It always helped him to repeat names loudly to remember them better.