The streetlights lit the path only so far.
As I approached Earl Street, their glow began to fade.
Until... There was nothing left.
Only darkness remained, swallowing the street in silence, broken only by the faint, rhythmic echo of my own footsteps. Despite my best attempts at keeping quiet, the sound still echoed, and soon, I arrived at my destination.
'The lights are off.'
I sighed in relief when I noticed that.
This made things easier for me as I carefully moved towards the house, slowly climbing the steps to the second floor without making any sound, eventually stepping by the door and lowering my body where I looked at the keyhole.
'...There is no key on the other side, but I can tell that it's locked.'
Standing up again, I carefully placed the tip of my finger over the keyhole as I activated my most recent skill, and a black film began to seep out from my finger, moving into the keyhole and filling the space completely.
