>>5452929The living room is just as dark as the rest of the house, and as expected, the light switch does nothing. With breath bated, you make your way over to the enclosure on the other end of the room. Nothing happens. Hesitantly, you crouch down slightly and scoop up Madness and Folly with one arm as quickly as you can, holding them both close to your chest so that you don't drop them. Several annoyed rumbles sound out in response. You ignore them as you grab the empty backpack you left lying on the living room floor and gently place the guinea pigs inside, zipping up their temporary home just enough so that while they get air, they shouldn't be able to get out.
Despite you being in your most vulnerable moment, nothing happens. Only the sounds of your heartbeat, breathing, and several annoyed rodents can be heard. With that anticlimax, you begin to calm down just a bit. Whoever placed that weird... phone, if you could call it that, next to you, could've killed you. They didn't though. Instead, they asked you to survive for eight hours. Meaning this is just a game to them. Maybe they'd find acting immediately to be boring. Maybe they're giving you breathing room, to let you prepare. Or maybe they're just trying to get your hopes up so that they can cripple you, and then spend the rest of their arbitrary time limit chasing you around. But at least, for now, it doesn't appear that you will be killed.
That being said, you are rather lost to what you do next. As you recall there's a flashlight on top of the fridge, so you'll definitely take that, but... besides that there's quite a bit you could do.
>Odds are likely whoever started this is still hiding somewhere. You should sweep the house, starting with the first floor. Even if they for some reason aren't around, you may be able to find out how they got inside.>This is insane. You need to call the police. Now.>This lamp isn't really satisfactory as a weapon. You should grab something from downstairs.>...Perhaps you should go grab that 'phone' from your room? It could have more information.>Write-in 