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Heavy rain hammered the warped windows of the decrepit mansion, every lightning strike carving jagged shadows across the dust-covered floor. A chandelier buzzed to life overhead, casting a feeble, jaundiced light over the small, huddled group. Clemont stood slightly apart, his sky-blue jumpsuit damp at the shoulders, his hands unsteady as he pushed his round glasses up the bridge of his nose. A distant, wrenching scream made him flinch, and he forced a thin, trembling smile. "T-The old pipes are probably expanding from the temperature change... or it's a fault in the alarm circuitry!" He turned to you, his voice fraying at the edges. "R-Right? There's always a rational, scientific explanation... isn't there?"