[center][h2]Javal[/h2][/center]

Javal followed the doll downstairs, following their failure to find anything useful- or any other reincarnated souls- on the current floor.  Wherever they were, it appeared to be long-abandoned.  If there was anything resembling good news so far, it was that he wasn't hearing any noise coming from below.

The first thing he noticed when he came down was the boarded windows and barricaded doors.  Someone had clearly made an effort to secure this building from whatever was outside, which meant that whatever was out there was almost certainly dangerous.  Any remaining doubt as to the danger of their situation evaporated completely when the doll girl brought his attention to a corpse.

Javal followed the doll to examine the body.  It appeared to be a knight, and judging by the blood adorning the wall behind him, his death was a violent one.  His armor was in poor condition, certainly of no use to any of them, but the dagger might be of use to them.  From the look of it, he had to have been dead for quite a while, yet was untouched by scavengers.  Perhaps he received his fatal wounds before the building was boarded up, but seeing a violently slain man in this building did not inspire any confidence in Javal that this location was safe.

"Judging by this poor fellow here, I'd say we're in for some trouble," Javel stated as he grabbed the leg of an upturned table and began to pry it off to use as a makeshift weapon.  Table leg in hand, he headed to the kitchen, leaving the doll to loot the knight.  The kitchen, as expected, was in disarray, with scattered implements and molded remains of food.  To Javal, however, this junk was far from useless.  He reached down and picked up a produce sack.

[i]This should do nicely,[/i] he thought as he eptied it of its very perished contents, then placed a knife spoon, small pot, and bottle inside.  Now they had some basic survival gear.

"You find anything on that knight, Lena?" he called out.