Tying Loose Ends || A Proxy Fanfic

4 - scruple

Scruple

a moral or ethical consideration or standard that acts as a restraining force or inhibits certain actions.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

"So what's it going to be? Will you join us?"

I stood there thinking. On one side this could get me back on track. On the other hand this would lead me down a track of things I've always thought to be horrible. And what if I get caught? I can't spend my life in jail. I wouldn't be able to handle that.

I looked over at Toby. There was a special look in his eyes. He looked... hopeful?

There was a bit of a lump in my throat. What if Toby was here all on his own while he was here? I can't just leave him after everything he's done for me. I doubt they'd let me. I knew I saw too much.

"Can I go with Toby on one of his tasks? I'll... see how it works and if it's something for me." I asked nervously.

Slender nodded. "Perfect. That means you get to stay here. Follow me and I'll show you around." He said starting to walk off to the front door.

Slightly taken aback by the sudden change in mood I stumbled after him.

He opened the front door and ducked, walking inside. Me and Toby followed close behind.

"Welcome to the main hall leading to all rooms in our mansion."

The mansion looked clean and stunningly beautiful. Everything looked neat and tidy. Not a single spek of dust could be found.

The walls were made of plaster supported by oak beams leading up to the ceiling. The ceiling itself was made of patterned mosaic. The floor consisted of stone tiles. On the right were doors leading to rooms. 3 doors, a stairway leading to a second floor and then another 3 doors. On the left were windows showing the outside.

"First door right leads to the kitchen. Every day of the week someone is assigned cooking duty. Who cooks depends on who's home. There are snacks for everyone as well. Feel free to help yourself to them. Directly connected to that is the dining room also enterable by the second door. Generally that's where we have dinner. Most of the times we eat together. One door further is the living room with some stuff for leisure. After the stairway you've got my office and the other two doors are forbidden for you. Upstairs are the bedrooms. Toby will show you yours." With that explained slenderman walked off into his office.

I looked at Toby. He held his hand up gesturing me to follow him upstairs. He led me to a room at the end of a hallway. He opened the door and let me enter first. I walked in with him closely behind.

The room looked boring. I had 3 windows in my room. My bed stood against the wall bordering the next room. I had a closet shoved in a corner. The walls were coloured a monotone gray. The floor was laid with laminate flooring. I had a small desk which sat between two windows.

"On missions y-you can get stuff to decorate your room with." Toby told me.

I looked over at him.

"Are you the only one who lives here? Apart from me now of course." I asked.

He shook his head.

"There are more but most are on constant missions. You m-might run into Ben and maybe Jeff but I doubt it. Especially in the beginning. They te-tend to keep their distance from new guys." He explained

"What are they like?" I smiled gently.

"They're special. All I c-can tell you is that you shouldn't pl-play along with Ben's games. Jeff might take so-some time to get used to but it'll be f-fine," he chuckled. "We need to start preparing for the mission. You sh-should have a backpack laying in your closet. Grab it and come down to the kitchen." He turned around and walked off.