Night 18

[theyregooddogs]

[we exploring]

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[theyregooddogs]

It's a way of notating music without using the symbols we're used to.

[when they're at the piano, waving Shuichi back just a step then playing the tune]

[pandatreasure]

[The piano keys retract, slooowly.

The slobbery, sandpapery tongue comes out of the mouth.

It slowly, tenderly licks Will's hand.

It retreats back into the piano.

...

Thanks.]

[truthstranger]

...Ah... that's what it did last time, too.

[theyregooddogs]

[not amused, wiping his hand off on his pants]

Any chance something somewhere else changed?

[truthstranger]

I suppose it's possible, but... as far as I know, nothing happened before.

[theyregooddogs]

It may need a change of location.

[but is the piano bolted]

[pandatreasure]

[it sure is. it can't just be gotten rid of that easy!!!]

[truthstranger]

[apparently]

I don't think we can move it...

[theyregooddogs]

The elevator also has a sequential pattern that fits, but it doesn't relate to the breathing. There aren't any instruments in the tunnel, but we could check if anything has changed.

[could go on and on]

Do you have anything?

[truthstranger]

The aquarium is the most relevant thing to breathing that I can think of... nothing else comes to mind.

[theyregooddogs]

There's also the pond.

But it's also something than can "harm" us. So, where can we find water and danger and music?

[truthstranger]

...I don't know about water, but for the rest of it, maybe the auditorium stage...?

[theyregooddogs]

[still churning options]

Any mirrors?

[truthstranger]

Ah? Why mirrors? There's some in the bathrooms, obviously, or... the interrogation room?

[theyregooddogs]

You'll find out. Let's go to the interrogation room. And find a bat.

[truthstranger]

Er... if you say so...

[this seems legitimate. there's probably some sort of blunt force weapon to grab, though]

[theyregooddogs]

[like there's any limit to weapons around here??? still he's walking very calmly to the scene once he has a weapon. standing to the side and breaking the mirror with a trained ease, #coplife]

[pandatreasure]

[we got weapons for DAYS, all of which are more than adequate to get the glass to shatter.

it's a good thing we brought a flashlight, because it'd be impossible to see what's in the space behind the mirror without it, it's so dark in there—it looks like a long, concrete corridor, eventually turning a hard corner.

the space where the mirror was is big enough for the two to fit through if they pull themselves up or get a boost and duck on the way in but mmmaybe mind all of this glass everywhere...]

[truthstranger]

Ah! You were right, there's a passageway!

[theyregooddogs]

Now, to find where it leads.

[shrugging his jacket off to spread it on the edge, check out nearby area with his flashlight before hopping over. going to stay near the window's sill to wait for shuichi to come over]

[pandatreasure]

[The corridor is gonna go on for a long couple of minutes even after the turn, all those same dank concrete halls... It's ultra stuffy but only kiiind of dusty. Nothing in the way of a light source, but no immediate threats, either.

PRETTY SPOOKY TRAVELS GOING ON HERE HUH]

[truthstranger]

[He follows Will down the hall, not really as concerned as he could be. He's seen a lot of spooky corridors.]

How big is this place...

[it's more an idle question than anything. really it could be any size and seem reasonable at this point]

[theyregooddogs]

[still going to stay in front of Shuichi, attempting to protect even if there's no threats yet]

Based on all available evidence? A few city squares

[pandatreasure]

[A little further down and—there's one more corner to turn, but just before it, it is super hard to miss 1) the ten swords mounted horizontally on the walls, lined up in order of length and conspicuously free of glitter, and 2) two very human looking skeletons just sort of collapsed not too far each other on the floor, with swords through their stomachs.

So, cool. Cool cool cool cool cool.]

[truthstranger]

[cooooooool.

I guess I'm investigating some skeletons.]

I wonder what this is supposed to imply...