>>5510555Now that you think about, it the stairway is rather narrow- narrow enough that you're wondering what hell the home owners went through to get their bed up here. If you were to barricade it, it'd probably be harder to get through than a door. But how would you get out if that were the case?
Given that the stairway is out, that leaves the three windows on the second floor. There's one in each bedroom which face out over the garage and kitchen, towards the front yard, and one in the hallway leading towards the roof. Just a glance at the hallway window reveals that it's rather narrow though, and peeking under the curtain shows that it's the kind that only slides part of the way up. If you were to have any hope of getting through it at all you'd have to break the window out, glass and plastic and all, so you'll leave that route for now.
As for the other bedroom's windows, they do appear to be a valid escape route. They're big, and they look like the type that slides open to the side. It shouldn't be any trouble for you to slide one pane open and exit through that. There are beds in each rooms can serve as anchors as well. That said... you can't guarantee that these windows aren't stuck, or don't actually open, and you're a bit afraid to try something so eye-catching before you have that barricade set up. This troubles you for a good few moments, until you remember that if worst comes to worst you can just smash one open, and call that that.
That leaves the barricade... and perhaps something flammable as insurance. You have a lighter, so you may as well make use of it. You head downstairs and start scouring through the house. Collecting linens to weave into escape ropes, keeping an eye out for furniture small enough that you can feasibly move it into place, and seeing if there's a suitable container for your pyrophilic backup plan.
Some time later you have a pile of blankets, sheets, and so on on the master bed. The curtains are left downstairs given the risk of being seen from outside if you remove them. A bucket sits in the bathtub in the master bathroom, some rags and a jerry can of gasoline lying inside it. You'll arrange that into a more immediately useful form later. For now, it's time to block off the second floor.
In order to achieve your objective quickly, you engage in what can be best described as abuse of the homeowner's worldly possessions. The computer? Dragged into the pile. The TV? Dragged into the pile. Minifridge? You know where that's going! Knowing that actually blocking off the stairway will stop you from going downstairs for more material for it, you try to keep the stairway navigable at first, with small pieces of furniture. But then the time comes, and you start blocking it off completely.
