[centre][u]JASON[/u][/centre]


Once Jason was done chuckling with his boyish charm, amused by his own antics, he made his greetings with the others and and began looking around. He only half caught the conversation behind him as he went around the reception desk to study it. Cockroaches scuttled out from beneath it, disturbed by his footsteps, disappearing into the darkness that clung in each and every corner of the room. The wooden surface of the table was half rotting and most electricals had been taken long ago. An old blocky spin-dial phone still sat upon the desk covered in dust and cobwebs causing him to raise the question. 

[i]”How old is this place and how long has it been abandoned?”[/i]

After blowing the dust from the old relic he lift the chunky earpiece and put it near the side of his head saying [i]”hello”[/i] as he did. His face dropped as the smile vanished rom his lips. Wide eyed he stood completely still for a solid moment until eyes from the others eventually fell on his still form. He pulled the phone away from his head. [i]”Guys..”[/i] He stammered, holding out the ear piece. 
[i]”It.. it’s for you.”[/i]

Then unable to contain it any more a thin smile tugged at his lips.
[i]”The voices are saying that you should have seen the looks on your faces when we scared ya!”[/i] another self amused chuckle followed, dampened by the seriousness he had interrupted. He put the phone down and continued to study the desk.
Beneath the desk was a draw, and as he grabbed the handle to open it the wooden knob crumbled off. 

[i]”Damn.”[/i] he muttered, kneeling down and trying to find enough grip on the flat surface to drag it open. [i]”what secrets are you hiding from me?”[/i] he asked the draw curiously. 

He was happy to be out of view from the others, so they could not see the serious puzzled concern take hold of his face. He had heard something in that phone. Was it just interference with the old lines. A static caused by the movement of cables, maybe something deteriorating. He pushed it from his mind. 
He was too sober to be hearing things so the solution was to NOT be sober. Giving up on the draw he stood up and called out.

[i]”Heading back to the mothership for a min, just gotta get some things and set the parking cameras.”[/i]