When you were able to see the house through the headlights, Mrs. Abriyah warned you again not to show anything, not to feel anything that you hadn't felt when you left.
As you drove up the driveway you looked up at the window, of course it was open.
"That's it?" Mrs. Abriyah asked when she saw the open window and you confirmed.
She had already told you that the bedroom window was one of the points in the house that Chrollo could manipulate.
You got out the car together and when it was time to unlock the front door your hands started to shake.
The house was his, his territory and Mrs. Abriyah already warned you that the greeting might not be the nicest since Chrollo had met her before and knew why she would come back.
And she was right.
As Mrs. Abriyah had just stepped through the door, the upstairs window slammed shut before the door to your bedroom did the same.
It was Chrollo and he was obviously not at all happy about the guest.
You had to swallow hard, but Mrs. Abriyah didn't seem to have expected it either, you heard her breathe in sharply behind you.
You turned to her, she was pale.
"Is everything alright?" you asked but she had caught herself and the shock left her face.
"I need the Ouija board and the cuff." She said and now it was on you to turn pale.
"They are both still in the attic..." you said, clenching your hands into fists that gripped the fabric of your shirt tightly.
Unfortunately there was no other option and you had to go up the attic no matter how much your body tried to prevent you from doing so.
The stairs shot down on you again, but you had prepared yourself by stepping to one side from the start.
The flashlight that Mrs. Abriyah gave you was brighter than a normal one and it was spattered with holy water.
She explained that this would prevent Chrollo from turning it off.
You felt a little safer with the flashlight, but you turned on the lightbulb hanging from the ceiling as fast as you could anyway.
The sky was meanwhile colored in a dark blue and gray clouds were moving across the sky, there would probably be rain storm soon.
You opened the box that said 'PHOTOS', thinking that the board with the cuff would be in there since you had left both of them in there.
But both were gone.
Sweat was forming on your forehead and palms, you desperately needed the board and cuff.
"It's not here!" you called down the stairs to Mrs. Abriyah.
"I know exactly that I put the board with the cuff in this box, but now both are gone.." even as you were speaking you began to look around frantically, maybe it was somewhere on the floor next to the box?
But it was no use, you couldn't even find anything with the flashlight that at least resembled the outline of the board or cuff.
Then you remembered the chest.
The box of Chrollo's stuff that you rummaged through and found the cuff inside.
She was still standing in the same place as before, pulled out of the alcove.
You pushed the lid open while Mrs. Abriyah was still talking to you, making search suggestions.
As the heavy lid of the chest slammed against the wall, she asked what had happened.
"I have another place to look for those things." you said, and when she asked where it was, you replied that Chrollo's chest was an option you hadn't previously considered.
"(Y/N)" Mrs. Abriyah suddenly said.
Her tone was urgent, pleading, as if asking for something that could kill her.
"Do you think you can bring the box down here?"
Her question made you pause, but you didn't have to think long for an answer.
"I don't know, but I don't think so. I don't know how without breaking my own neck, the chest is incredibly heavy..."
After some back and forth and an idea, Ms. Abriyah managed to convince you to somehow get the box downstairs.
To one of the handles on the side you would tie a rope which you found in the attic after Mrs. Abriyah asked you to look for something like it.
You would grab the end of the rope and stand as far away from the hatch as the attice ceiling would allow.
Ms. Abriyah, who asked you to call her Abir from now on, would slowly pull down the other handle while she herself descended from the stairs.
You would act as a counterweight, releasing more and more of the rope until Abir signaled you to let go completely.
It was quickly said and done.
You had closed the box with a cable tie that held the two rings together that would otherwise have a lock.
You didn't really know if you should stand or sit to lower the box slowly, in the end you decided to sit on the ground to avoid losing your balance while standing.
You could also counteract the weight of the chest better while sitting.
Abir's plan worked perfectly and after a few moments the chest was safely placed on the second floor.
You also went down the stairs and together you pulled the box further away from the stairs so that you could close the attic again.
It was important to Abir that all doors were closed before attempting to use the Ouija board, but before that could even happen, you had to find the board first.
"It's in here." she called out to you just after her hands touched the box for the first time.
When she was about to cut the cable tie loose with a pair of scissors, you couldn't help but ask the question that has been burning on your tongue ever since.
"Ms. Abri-" you quickly corrected yourself, "Abir, how do you know that the board is in here?"
You tapped the wood with your finger before your finger absorbed the coldness of the hinge next to it.
"It is very important to him, which is why it radiates an incredible amount of energy."
The cable tie was now severed and you could only marvel at Abir's skills before she asked you for help prying open the chest.
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