[KQ] Hush

Sam woke up from a dreamless sleep to a sound distinctly sad yet in distinctive in itself. He laid for a moment in bed just trying to ignore it but found he couldn't, the melancholy noise just too enticing. Just to see what it was, he told himself. Still, he couldn't shake the feeling that something much more serious than an annoying noise was happening. He stood and shrugging on a coat and some slippers, walked outside. The noise continued, despite how still and quiet the settlement looked. He stepped in the direction of it and stopped to look back, just once -- then he continued on. Eventually, stepping over rocks and cracks carefully, he came to somewhere he had never been before (he had never really been one for exploring, preferring the comforts of home and familiarity). The dip was ominous, surely, but strangely inviting as well. Slowly, Sam knelt down and touched the ground, trying to get a feel for the place. "Hello...?" He asked out into the night, not sure if the sound he'd heard had been a person or not.  With no answer, he took his first shaky steps into the dark. Samuel Another little nothing-ever-after, Nothing more