Haunted Office

The day after meeting with Master Sung, Arawn found out he had indeed been promoted. His fellow squad members were surprised he found out, and disappointed they would have to do their own chores once again. Promotion in this case was more of a departmental change. He could pick the office he could work primarily. Emergency work or tasks that would come through specific divisions within the squad. Arawn chose to stay with the Research branch, but asked for a change of office. The puzzling thing was how odd people reacted to his request. He hadn't heard of the old research center. It would seem the squad 12 had reconstructed their offices in the past either from accidents and or just when needed. The old offices had survived many experiments, but the need for space had given rise to a new building being built. The older building was nearly forgotten, but used as storage. He could travel to old building easily enough, he began packing after talking to a supervisor.

After packing Arawn realized how little he owned. In little over an hour he had put everything into a cart and headed for his new personal space. Truth be told he didn't like the idea of living in a storage area. But he didn't feel like going against Sung or his female accomplice. The fact they smuggled him from the squad barracks last time. Security apparently wasn't a problem for them. With a sigh he took the final turn to bring the old building into full view. It wasn't glamorous to say the least, also it wasn't in the usual oriental fashion most buildings in Soul Society followed. There sat a boxy gray building. What had been garden boxes located around the building, now were wild with vines snaking their way up from all sides. The path he took was paved like the rest of the area it, but then you see a jungle trying to eat a building. The door had locks, but he was given a key since it would his new residence. As the door opened a spiderweb was torn in half. He wondered how long ago since someone used the building.

The inside was better looking than the outside. There wasn't much dust which amazed Arawn. He had expected to choke on the air, but found only the slight stink of stale air. He thought he saw windows between the vines outside, he tried to locate them and bring in some air. While finding the windows was easy, reaching them was almost impossible. The rooms were filled with miscellaneous boxes and objects keeping him from reaching the far wall with the window. Arawn let out a sigh and propped the door open and tried to make his way further into the building. According to the supervisor the actual rooms for sleep were located towards the rear of the building. As he made is way through the empty halls he glanced into some of the open rooms. Formerly research and tech labs were gutted of equipment and then stuffed with stacks of books, generic looking boxes, and wooden crates. Most the doors to the former labs were open or unlocked. He found the sleeping quarters in the rear as directed. Each room had simple cots, most had two beds. At length he chose the biggest one only for the work space and to move his things into. He dreaded the time it would take to move the few items he possessed into the backrooms. He was thankful to find a rear entrance for the building. Perhaps that's why Sung had suggested the building. The boxes now lined his new bedroom, now he needed to look around for an office to work out of. But first he needed to clean get a new bed. Arawn exited the building be sure to lock the both doors. He would go some carpenters for a better bed and some shelves for his things if possible. He sighed, this move was becoming a royal pain. Faintly he hoped that Sung's lessons were worth the hassle.