You start walking past Roux.
"I'll check the outdoor--"
"No good."
You hear a metallic rattling that stops you in your tracks.
You turn, and find Roux shaking a storefront security gate barring the sporting goods store.
It blocks the entrance doors as well as the windows, and looks sturdy.
"Betting they're all locked down like this."
Glancing back to the camping store, you find it in similar condition: blocked by another gate.
However, something's different.
It looks like part of the gate has been bent in and broken around one of the windows, which has also been busted through.
You make your way over to get a closer look.
There are various objects lined up in the display window, but there's an empty spot right where the hole's been made.
The hole isn't anywhere near large enough to climb in, but it would've allowed plenty of room to take whatever used to be in the display.
By now, Roux notices something's up and heads over.
They stop momentarily when they see the window.
"...Someone's been here already."
They continue on, looking the hole over thoroughly.
Spying something, they carefully reach in around the broken glass and pull it out.
It's a label sticker of some kind, still somewhat attached to broken glass.
Roux looks it over for a long time.
They exhale deeply, then hand it to you.
The chorosy starts pacing, bringing a clawed paw to their chin.
"We need to get those shutters open.
Or find... I don't know. Something. Or somewhere to go.
I don't like this..." Roux turns their head, eyes following along the atrium walls.
You watch as they run back towards the entrance you came in, stopping in front of the switch panel you noticed earlier.
You check the sticker.
It's not entirely intact, but you're able to read enough.
(NEW!)
PRECISION CROSSBOWS
now in sto
From the front of the outdoors store, you can now see more of the atrium:
There's a shoe store next to the camping store, and an apothecary on the other side of that.
Through the playplace windows, you spot some sort of rock climbing store to the right of the electronic goods shop; complete with its own giant rock climbing wall.
There's the book store along the south wall that you noticed earlier, and a couple of hallways beyond it.
Between the book store and the apothecary, you also see a set of double doors.
They're right behind another security gate, and there's something above them that's glowing red.
You squint.
It's an exit sign.
"I'll check the outdoor--"
"No good."
You hear a metallic rattling that stops you in your tracks.
You turn, and find Roux shaking a storefront security gate barring the sporting goods store.
It blocks the entrance doors as well as the windows, and looks sturdy.
"Betting they're all locked down like this."
Glancing back to the camping store, you find it in similar condition: blocked by another gate.
However, something's different.
It looks like part of the gate has been bent in and broken around one of the windows, which has also been busted through.
You make your way over to get a closer look.
There are various objects lined up in the display window, but there's an empty spot right where the hole's been made.
The hole isn't anywhere near large enough to climb in, but it would've allowed plenty of room to take whatever used to be in the display.
By now, Roux notices something's up and heads over.
They stop momentarily when they see the window.
"...Someone's been here already."
They continue on, looking the hole over thoroughly.
Spying something, they carefully reach in around the broken glass and pull it out.
It's a label sticker of some kind, still somewhat attached to broken glass.
Roux looks it over for a long time.
They exhale deeply, then hand it to you.
The chorosy starts pacing, bringing a clawed paw to their chin.
"We need to get those shutters open.
Or find... I don't know. Something. Or somewhere to go.
I don't like this..." Roux turns their head, eyes following along the atrium walls.
You watch as they run back towards the entrance you came in, stopping in front of the switch panel you noticed earlier.
You check the sticker.
It's not entirely intact, but you're able to read enough.
(NEW!)
PRECISION CROSSBOWS
now in sto
From the front of the outdoors store, you can now see more of the atrium:
There's a shoe store next to the camping store, and an apothecary on the other side of that.
Through the playplace windows, you spot some sort of rock climbing store to the right of the electronic goods shop; complete with its own giant rock climbing wall.
There's the book store along the south wall that you noticed earlier, and a couple of hallways beyond it.
Between the book store and the apothecary, you also see a set of double doors.
They're right behind another security gate, and there's something above them that's glowing red.
You squint.
It's an exit sign.
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