>>5477216 >>5477225Well, before you do anything else you should give the place a quick once over and make sure you're, relatively speaking, safe. Check the locks, shine a light into the corners and see if anything jumps out, stuff like that. As is you're in danger, but if you get jumped by something else in here there may not even be time to regret it. You only have one life, so better safe than sorry.
If anything is in here it heard you break the window open, so there's probably no need for stealth. You pull out your flashlight and shine it around the room. Besides the place generally being kind of cluttered, nothing stands out as particularly odd. A set of large cooking knives sits on the counter, of which you take one before hiding the rest in a cabinet. You think the golf club is probably a safer weapon given that you can use it from a range, but hey, it's better to have more options than not.
While you could feasibly see someone cramming themselves into one of the many counter cabinets or even the fridge if they emptied it, you don't have all the time in the world right now, so you forgo a more thorough examination of the room and go to the room to your right. A quick scan of it reveals that it's just a laundry room. You throw open the doors to the washer and dryer while you're there, but find nothing. In fact, the only thing of note in here is the startling amount of dirty clothes scattered about and the unpleasant smell they give off, driving you to quickly make your exit.
The door opposite of the laundry room, as you expected, leads to the garage. It's almost as cold as outside, and a faint smell of gasoline fills the air. An old, red convertible serves as a centerpiece. Shining your flashlight inside finds it empty. Your attention then turns to... everything else. A few half-finished carpentry projects are scattered about and several storage racks sit against the side of the garage, piled high with miscellany such as nails, wood, and what you think is a bow on a top shelf. It looks a little too high to reach, but maybe if you poked around for a second you could find a stepladder? Something to consider after you make sure the living room is clear, you suppose.
While you'd like to know if the garage door still works without power you decide against it considering the attention it might draw from anything outside. From there, you head to the living room. As you shine your flashlight across the room you frown slightly, confused. Someone left an entire pair of clothes: shirt, jeans, underwear, and all, on the couch, partially covered up by a blanket. Maybe someone fell asleep down here watching TV and then undressed themselves and headed to their bedroom? Weird, but probably not worth considering- not until you know you have some time and wiggle room, at least.
