Discord
02-07-2021, 02:08 AM
"I don't think there's anything currently in there.
Whoever or whatever was trying to get inside might have left.
It may have gone down the hole."
"What?"
"There's a hole."
"Great."
"I'd say that's good news, if it means whatever was in there is gone.
Plus, we could certainly use any weapons we can get; that shovel looks nice and heavy.
Though, the stress marks don't bode well."
"Probably means the handle's brittle, too."
"Well, I'm going in if you are, but we stay alert if we do."
"Me first, then."
Roux puts a claw on the shovel, then hesitates.
They turn back to you.
"You used a weapon before?"
"Not that I can remember."
Roux hands you the knife.
"Much easier to use than the shovel, and it's less heavy."
You grasp the knife with both hands, holding it up in front of you.
"...Here."
Roux guides it into one hand instead, and moves your free hand a bit to the side.
"Keep your other hand up to protect yourself.
Think of it like having a sword and a shield.
And keep your stance wide."
You distance your feet a little.
"There you go."
They turn and hold the shovel again.
"Stay back at the door until I tell you.
If something bad's inside, I'll come back, and I need you to slam the door behind me.
Can you do that?"
"Yes."
"Okay.
Don't let me down."
Roux pulls the shovel out, turns the handle, then yanks both doors open.
You hold them open as the chorosy dashes in, shovel readied.
You hear their shoes skid on the carpet as they immediately attempt to back up.
They don't do so gracefully, tumbling backwards onto the floor.
The chorosy frantically backs away on the floor, stopping just before the hospital doors.
"What is it?! Is--"
The chorosy shakes their head.
"Empty! It's empty!
Nothing... in here."
They're panting.
"Just the... you said there was a hole, wasn't expecting that."
You step inside to look.
The hole you'd seen prior is much larger than it looked through the door, spanning most of the center of the room, surrounding a small platform in the middle.
The hole is only a few feet across, but it's still plenty of room to fall, and you can't see how deep it goes; it's just black.
You take a quick moment to survey the room.
It's just as gaudy as it looked before; gold sconce lights, red and gold carpet, the works.
There are three huge picture frames, one on every wall except the east.
There's a bronze frame above the locked doors on the west wall, containing what looks like a greatly-enlarged photo of the door itself.
...Or maybe it's a painting. You can't tell.
The west doors themselves are as ornate as the rest of the room, with a symbol that looks like a sealed letter in their center.
In the framed photo, the doors are slightly open, and there's a barely-visible blue sneaker between them, as if someone was caught entering the room.
Beyond that, the photo looks identical to the real thing.
Behind you, above the doors you just came through, rests another giant frame on the north wall.
This one is silver, and also contains a picture of the doors it's above.
Like the other, the doors are slightly open with one other key difference:
Concerningly, there's a sizable purple hand with an eyeball on the back of it, looking at the 'camera' as the arm it's attached to trails back through the doors.
There's a similar gold frame on the south wall, but it's blank; solid white.
In the southeast corner of the room are three old-fashioned cameras set on tripods facing in different directions.
Two are pointed towards the west and north entrances, with the last camera in between the others, facing the center platform.
The flash bulbs are burnt out in all but the middle camera.
The east wall has a big, heavy-looking gold switch with an attached handle.
On the platform in the center of the chasm is a pedestal with a strange, gold button on it, and a little red light.
High above the pedestal, jutting slightly out of the ceiling, is a thick, brass tube with a cap on its bottom.
Having successfully surveyed the room, you check on Roux.
They're in the process of standing up, though their legs look inexplicably shaky.
"Just... need a sec."
Whoever or whatever was trying to get inside might have left.
It may have gone down the hole."
"What?"
"There's a hole."
"Great."
"I'd say that's good news, if it means whatever was in there is gone.
Plus, we could certainly use any weapons we can get; that shovel looks nice and heavy.
Though, the stress marks don't bode well."
"Probably means the handle's brittle, too."
"Well, I'm going in if you are, but we stay alert if we do."
"Me first, then."
Roux puts a claw on the shovel, then hesitates.
They turn back to you.
"You used a weapon before?"
"Not that I can remember."
Roux hands you the knife.
"Much easier to use than the shovel, and it's less heavy."
You grasp the knife with both hands, holding it up in front of you.
"...Here."
Roux guides it into one hand instead, and moves your free hand a bit to the side.
"Keep your other hand up to protect yourself.
Think of it like having a sword and a shield.
And keep your stance wide."
You distance your feet a little.
"There you go."
They turn and hold the shovel again.
"Stay back at the door until I tell you.
If something bad's inside, I'll come back, and I need you to slam the door behind me.
Can you do that?"
"Yes."
"Okay.
Don't let me down."
Roux pulls the shovel out, turns the handle, then yanks both doors open.
You hold them open as the chorosy dashes in, shovel readied.
You hear their shoes skid on the carpet as they immediately attempt to back up.
They don't do so gracefully, tumbling backwards onto the floor.
The chorosy frantically backs away on the floor, stopping just before the hospital doors.
"What is it?! Is--"
The chorosy shakes their head.
"Empty! It's empty!
Nothing... in here."
They're panting.
"Just the... you said there was a hole, wasn't expecting that."
You step inside to look.
The hole you'd seen prior is much larger than it looked through the door, spanning most of the center of the room, surrounding a small platform in the middle.
The hole is only a few feet across, but it's still plenty of room to fall, and you can't see how deep it goes; it's just black.
You take a quick moment to survey the room.
It's just as gaudy as it looked before; gold sconce lights, red and gold carpet, the works.
There are three huge picture frames, one on every wall except the east.
There's a bronze frame above the locked doors on the west wall, containing what looks like a greatly-enlarged photo of the door itself.
...Or maybe it's a painting. You can't tell.
The west doors themselves are as ornate as the rest of the room, with a symbol that looks like a sealed letter in their center.
In the framed photo, the doors are slightly open, and there's a barely-visible blue sneaker between them, as if someone was caught entering the room.
Beyond that, the photo looks identical to the real thing.
Behind you, above the doors you just came through, rests another giant frame on the north wall.
This one is silver, and also contains a picture of the doors it's above.
Like the other, the doors are slightly open with one other key difference:
Concerningly, there's a sizable purple hand with an eyeball on the back of it, looking at the 'camera' as the arm it's attached to trails back through the doors.
There's a similar gold frame on the south wall, but it's blank; solid white.
In the southeast corner of the room are three old-fashioned cameras set on tripods facing in different directions.
Two are pointed towards the west and north entrances, with the last camera in between the others, facing the center platform.
The flash bulbs are burnt out in all but the middle camera.
The east wall has a big, heavy-looking gold switch with an attached handle.
On the platform in the center of the chasm is a pedestal with a strange, gold button on it, and a little red light.
High above the pedestal, jutting slightly out of the ceiling, is a thick, brass tube with a cap on its bottom.
Having successfully surveyed the room, you check on Roux.
They're in the process of standing up, though their legs look inexplicably shaky.
"Just... need a sec."
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