Of Ash and Dark Places...

You pick up the knife and examine it. the weapon is dulled at the tip, but mostly sharp along the blade, you then place the rest of your new-found belongings,except for the diary and lighter you have plans for those, into you suitcase.The dry pages of the diary burn hot and fast leaving nothing but the books burning bindings left before you can so much as open the book! a DEX check is rolled... a 14. you just manage to prevent burning you self with you new unwieldy torch... However you can see now, and god this apartment is prettier in the dark! the entire place is filled with piles of sandlike ash which seems to come from every corner and crack. the ash it's self, not just it's quantity, is odd too. the powder is ash in texture and appearance except for the fact is partially refracts light into deep hues of red bathing the room in blood red light.