Night 65: Walk-in Refrigerator

[avengingfists]

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Ilia led them into the freezing room and did her best to do a quick scan with he flashlight. The beam bounced off the items stocked on the shelves, but nothing so dangerous as a cat's eyes flashed back at her. Safe again, for now.

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[unpriest]

"Perhaps the head doctor has focused his attacks elsewhere," Seishin answered quietly, "It wouldn't be strange to think most of the patients would have their hands full attending other things..." He trailed off at that, fairly certain Silvestri-san was able to fill in the details herself. Still, it hardly meant they could lower their guard. For all they knew, something could be waiting for them up ahead.

He followed her into the walk-in refrigerator, still finding it a rather strange location for an entrance to the basement. The room was as empty as the ones before, however.

[avengingfists]

"Yeah, curse the bastard," Ilia muttered, pulling the door closed behind them. She wouldn't doubt Landel had his fingers dug deep into someone else's hopeless situation. That man was the worst type of sadist; one that didn't know when to quit.

Ilia was tempted to grab some more juice while she was in the fridge, but tonight was not the night to be thinking of stocking up for the bar. She could do that some other time.

The proper tile was easy enough to locate. She lifted it and shoved it to the side, then started down the ladder without waiting for any nasties to show up.

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[vinesofregret]

[From here]

A careful look with his flashlight revealed nothing more menacing than stacks of eggs and frozen vegetables.

"It looks clear," he called back behind him in a carefully pitched whisper.

[stellarregions]

Gren stepped in after Hakkai called the all clear, and the fact that the cool air felt good made him realize that despite Hakkai's intervention, he was probably running a fever.

Nothing he could do about it, really, and he had only brought it upon himself. He put the concern aside, concentrating on more important things. Like the fact that the path into the basement was, in fact, still there. Someone had even been kind enough to leave it uncovered for them.

Whether that was a good or bad thing, he didn't know.

He stared down into the darkness, listening for any other signs of life.

"Well, someone left the door open for us. Should we take the invitation?"

[vinesofregret]

Hakkai gave Gren what he hoped looked like an amused, assured, smile. He certainly didn't feel it - the lightheadedness was starting to war with a headache, and even the muted freezer smell of the food seemed like it was making it worse.

"Well, it's what we came for, isn't it?" The question was mostly rhetorical, and he slipped down into the whole in the floor, and headed down the stairs it concealed.

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