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"Eh, what the hell. Should be fun. Besides, I don't think there really are any ghosts down there." Adamene chuckled, but he was slightly unnerved. The house had a reputation for being haunted for ages.

Slowly, the boy walked through the old, half-dismantled door into the hallway. The rotten wooden planks creaked beneath his feet as he carefully picked his way further in. He paused to peer at the stairway leading downstairs. Plenty of light shed through the gawking holes in the walls that passed for windows on the upper floor, but the basement had always been dark. He gulped silently, and started descending.

Adamene nearly tripped over and fell the rest of the way down when a chirping sound, magnified by the echo in the old room, pierced the silence. He sighed very audibly with relief once the few shreds of light from the ground floor revealed a small rat rushing into the shadows. More alert, he reached the floor.

If the upper floors could be considered old and ravaged, the basement was a blatant ruin. Broken wood and metal pipes lay everywhere, barely visible in the half-light. Adamene thought he should have brought a flashlight. But he knew the place he was looking for. Careful not to step on anything, he located the small gap in the ceiling that marked the spot where some of the stuff they had brought here used to drop through. Some rays of light reached from above. Adamene looked intently around. His nose wrinkled with disgust at the smell of some of the food that had been here - for several years - but he held his breath and kept searching.

Amidst the splinters that were once a wine, by the smell, barrel, he found what he was looking for. A small, ivory figurine of an armored man holding a sword he had lost as a child, and the one thing he favored above all the items he had lost here. He had forgotten all about it until today. Smiling, he put the figurine into his pocket and prepared to turn back, when the glint of gold caught his eye. Frowning, he bent to the floor and picked up a single gold coin. It was too large compared to the currency used today, but after he blew off the dust there was not a hint of rust on it. He was certain that neither him nor one of his friends had ever lost something like this here. Regardless, he shrugged it off and pocketed the large coin, thinking it might be worth something in a goldsmith or somewhere else. He quickly walked back upstairs, breathing deeply the clear air that was a huge relief compared to the musty, rotten smell in the basement.

"I wonder about that coin... maybe I should have someone examine it." Adamene thought. "But who in the village would know about such a thing?"

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Item Found!
Ivory Figurine
Description: A sixteen-inch black figure of a man bearing armor and weaponry. Presumably it depicts a famous warrior, although Adamene has no idea who that could be. Adamene received this as a gift from his father when he returned from the army eight years ago. He told him it had some magical property, but he didn't know any details.
Effect: Unknown
Price: Unknown

Item put in Miscellaneous category.

Item Found!
Mysterious Gold Coin
Description: A golden coin found in the basement of the abandoned house. Much too large and heavy compared to the coins used today. On the front stands the shape of two crossed scimitars. On the back a large hawk is depicted. Its origins are completely unknown, but it might be worth something.
Effect: Unknown
Price: Unknown

Item put in Miscellaneous category.

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Area Options:

-Visit the Bakery
-Visit the Village Inn
-Visit the Bookstore
-Visit the Ponkes Residence
-Visit the Item Store
-Visit the Old Lady's House
-Visit the Abandoned House
-Wander around the Park

Exit Options:
-North: A rough, dirt-paved path leads to the north of the village.

Standard Options:
-Open Backpack
-View Character Stats
-Read Log

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Unidentified items are put in Miscellaneous, until you identify their properties (depending on the item, the methods may vary. More will be revealed as you stumble across them). Then, they are put in their proper place.

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