The muted colors that belonged to shoes moving across the floor was one of the things that let Aidyn know that her other friends were going to join them at the couch. Seeing them walk over was the other thing that let her know that, though seeing Devon was admittedly harder due to all of the black that he was wearing. If you weren't looking for him, he was really easy to miss. Regardless of how she knew they were coming over to the couch, it was a relief because it meant that they weren't that mad at her.

That relief was reinforced further by Luke suddenly ruffling her hair and smiling at her in a comforting manner. Aidyn was about to return the smile when Nixie asked what she had in mind, her voice an icy blue with the feeling of a splash of ice-cold water. Aidyn opened her mouth to say that she had brought some cards and a board game or two, but Nixie spoke before she could, recommending that they all play a game of hide-n-seek.

“That would be awesome!” Aidyn exclaimed, hopping up with excitement. Vaguely, she was aware of the dark purple color and the prickly sensation that was Devon's voice. The flavor of the words let her know that he had mentioned something about forgetting a book and that he would join in, though only because he was bored. Luke seemed a little hesitant about joining in, but Aidyn had no time to dwell on it because Anwen took that moment to say that nose goes for who was it before darting up the stairs to the second floor.

Without hesitation, Aidyn put her nose to her finger, feeling relieved to find that she wasn't the last one to do so, and darted off herself, heading through the door next to the television and grabbing her backpack on the way by. Within a few feet, she noticed a ancient-looking door that was hanging open to reveal a flight of descending stairs. Not bothering to think about what she was doing, Aidyn went down the stairs and closed the door behind her to eliminate the chances of the seeker coming down and finding her.

Once the door was closed behind her, Aidyn reached into her backpack, pulled out her small flashlight, and turned it on so that she could see as she descended the steps. Apart from the layer of dust all over everything, the basement was fairly clean. Momentarily distracted from the need to hide, Aidyn swept the beam of light over the room, jumping a fair bit when they landed on a black body with eyes that appeared to glow. Hissing violently, the cat turned and disappeared into a crack in the wall.

Knowing for a fact that that scare had forced some of the urine out of her system, Aidyn went about pulling a fresh Goodnite from her bag, as well as some other changing supplies. She definitely had a few minutes before someone came looking for her down in the basement at the least, so it would be the best time to change. In a few moments, she was wearing the new Goodnite, the old one balled up and tossed into a plastic shopping bag, along with the wipes she had used, which was itself tossed into her bag to keep it hidden. Then she went about pulling her shortalls back up her legs, concealing the image of Tinkerbell on the front of the Goodnite.

Not for the first time, she felt an immense relief that her friends had no idea about her condition and weren't around to see the evidence of it. In addition to resulting in her dying of embarrassment, they would surely never want to associate with her again, and they were really the only good friends she had. She pushed all that away, however, and began to earnestly look for a place in the basement to search, hoping that she could find a good place before whoever was it came to the basement to look.