[sylvanSpider]

Benjamin was at the door before the Beauty even opened her eyes. He'd heard the footsteps and was simply going mad with boredom knowing another person was coming. However, with Beauty's phone off, if that's what it was, Benjamin was stuck with no method of telling the time save for his new sight out of the house and how high the sun was. The sun was already quite high in the sky when her friend came, and when he saw the said friend, Benjamin couldn't help but chuckle to himself. It seems Beauty has a suitor or two after all...

Benjamin did not, however, follow her when she went to change, nor had he the night before. He was, to be sure, still a gentleman in death, as much as he was in life. Instead, he lingered behind with said masculine friend, perhaps occasionally veering a tad too close sending perhaps, sometimes, sending a chill down his spine—if only to remind him exactly how old this house was.

They used their phones, quite nifty devices as far as Benjamin was concerned, and he watched as they ordered pizza. The last inhabitants of the house were fans of the stuff, though in life he'd never had the pleasure of partaking. It was fairly popular though, so he'd added “never getting to try a slice of pizza” to his list of regrets years ago.

He listened to their conversation intently as he tried to process what the plans for the house were. No plans for remodeling, thankfully, it seemed were in the books. Going through the trunks? Now that was a venture even the last ones never bothered with. A sort of time capsule none had ever bothered to open. That, and his secret room—that one hadn't been touched since he still breathed air. Everything was still right where he'd left it, albeit a little dusty.

Benjamin himself was eager for them to start on that. He wanted to know what lay in there that he'd forgotten. One thing was certain. There were no animals. This much was good. The last had a dog...a dog that seemed to always know where he was...and a dog that helped in ruining his chances for escape.