Night 74: Patient Library

[redcladidealist]

[From here.]

The library was dark and quiet - eerily so, in fact - and the row upon row of shelves would make it all to easy for something to hide in the shadows. Tense, Lloyd gripped his sword and tried to piece the dark with his eyes while Kratos went for the book that would open the secret passage.

He almost jumped when his light abruptly failed, then cursed under his breath. "Hang on." Fumbling for the lantern's crank, he tried to ignore his hammering heart. Damn, he was going to have to get used to this if he was going to use this lantern all that much. At least he had the light from the others' flashlights to see what he was doing.

By the time his lantern sprang back to life, Kratos had the passageway open.

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[envy_the_sinners]

[From here]

At least the trek through the Sun Room had passed uneventfully. Small miracles. Scar waited for Lust to pass through the door, intending to shut it behind them.

"Did you see anything?"

[a_sin_for_him]

"Nothing."

She kept her voice soft, despite the fact that it seemed there was nothing else to hear her but Scar.

"This place is a crypt."

[envy_the_sinners]

'Crypt,' he supposed, was the perfect word for it, grim as it was. Things had grown much quieter lately, and they had too many possible reasons why and no true answers. He hadn't even heard from the supposed rebels.

"Turns out this isn't actually dangerous," he pulled the book of verse from its shelf, triggering the door to open. Scar's own voice was quiet as well. "Nobody has had any issue with it since the night it affected Alphonse."

With the door now open, he stepped through to the staircase.

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