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THEY ARRIVED AT WHAT APPEARED TO BE A VILLAGE. There were a good amount of buildings, and presiding over all of it was a huge castle. From what they could tell, mostly from Murphy just banging on random doors with no response, it was deserted. However, it seemed to have been inhabited fairly recently. Ivy dug through storage containers that contained fresh food, and there were very few cobwebs anywhere.
"Hey," Emori called to them, pointing up to a flag that had an infinity sign on it, something they were all too familiar with. "ALIE?"
Clarke stood next to her, pointing out, "Becca did the tech for Eligius."
"Right. Destroy the world, 200 years later, they put you on a flag," Bellamy joked, looking over at Ivy and waiting for a smile. She let a slight one appear on her face to make him happy, even though everything around her made her feel uneasy. "See? Hope for us yet."
"Hello? Invaders from Earth. Can we come in?" Murphy shouted as he banged on every door he could reach. He was peeking into all of the windows, searching for any sign of life in the town at all. He turned back to the group. "I don't know why we're knocking. Gone door to door, and no one's here."
"We don't know that yet," Echo told him. There was a pretty good chance that they were surrounded by people. They could be hiding in the shadows or behind buildings, ready to attack, and they would never know until it was too late.
Bellamy sighed, reminding them of the moral aspect of it as well. "These are people's homes. We're not breaking in like thieves." If they wanted to stay, they had to come in peace and not just go rummaging through people's belongings.
"Bellamy's right. If we want to do better here, we can't be just—" Clarke started, but she was cut off by Murphy kicking open a door. They all stared at him with 'really?' looks on their faces as he turned back and smirked at them.
"Well, look at that. This one's unlocked," he said before entering. They glanced at each other before falling him inside. Ivy raised her eyebrows as he picked up a cuff that was chained to the wall. He commented, "Hmm, kinky."
On the other side of the room, there was a picture with a woman, a man, and and what seemed to be a teenage girl. Clarke kneeled down to examine it, informing them of things as she figured them out. "It's some kind of shrine. Blood. All named Lightbourne. They sent families."
