After Aske had washed up on Fire Island, he hugged his quilt and pillow and teleported to the Main Plane, laying them neatly on the bed in the upstairs room.
Walking out of the room, he saw Eleanor's Long Spear propped behind the locked door; should anything attempt to barge in, the spear would fall with enough noise to awaken everyone.
Likewise, Eleanor's Shield was stood vertically against the window, not only blocking prying eyes from outside but also serving as an alarm.
Carrying the Longsword, Eleanor finished checking the cellar and returned to the ground floor hall, just to hear a voice from above asking,
"All checked?"
"Yes," Eleanor looked up at Aske, leaning against the second-floor railing, "I'm standing guard in the living room tonight."
"If I were you, I would make a pallet on the upstairs hallway," Aske said, "If startled awake, you just need to defend the staircase from above, and the enemy wouldn't be able to advance."
