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[skyagain]

manifesting me dying

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[outsidebones]

[she follows after him, and tries to peer back into the hallway they came from as they go in. it's useless.]

[skyagain]

... Did it look any different from that angle?

[ what if he just. kicks the door. surely this will help. ]

[outsidebones]

Not whatsoever.

[helping him kick it.]

[skyagain]

[ together, they kick it open! it's still a hallway. but wait, when they step through this time, cloud pauses as he looks around. ]

... Are we... back where we started?

[ this is a genuine question. is this the initial hallway or more hallway. he can't tell anymore. is this slightly different or is he hallucinating out of desperation? ]

[outsidebones]

[she looks around, unable to tell the difference, but she tries the door and it's locked shut.]

...Can we get back to the lobby, do you think?

[skyagain]

Only one way to find out.

[ does the door at the end of this hallway lead back to the lobby or is it another hallway? find out next time on Dragonball Z!

no, he opens it and it's the regular hotel ]

... I have no idea how we got out.

[outsidebones]

[a sigh of relief, and then she tries to act like she isn't relieved.]

...Maybe they just became bored of toying with us.

[skyagain]

Well, I'm not about to complain about it. If I never see this hallway again, I'd be fine with it.

[ he is going to. lead them the fuck out of there for now ]

You good?

[outsidebones]

Of course I'm good.

[she seems irritated he'd even ask even if she also seems a little frazzled.]

How ridiculous. What a waste of time.

[skyagain]

[ he doesn't seem to mind her being irritated. he gets it. it is a mood. ]

No kidding. Least we're out. I was worried we'd be there all day.

[ i am assigning them somewhere with a clock, even if we might not have one in the setting, solely so cloud can look at it, see that it is basically the same time they left, and pause. ]

... Were we?

[outsidebones]

...No, we were absolutely there for hours. I'm certain of it.

[skyagain]

Yeah, but... It definitely wasn't a whole day. So...

[ hm. ]

Twelve hours?

[ that seems too long too? oh no the passage of time in a closed hotel with no window is actually a nightmare ]

[outsidebones]

...Something along those lines. I do feel weary, even though such little time appears to have passed.

[skyagain]

Right. It had to have been a while, or else we wouldn't be feeling this tired.

[ is he trying to convince himself or her. he is trying to convince the clock, actually. ]

[outsidebones]

[just deadeyeing the clock and then sighing.]

Well. Let's not go back in there.

[skyagain]

Trust me, I'm staying out of that hallway for a while. I've seen enough of it for a lifetime.

[ over and over again ]

Guessing all the doors must be made to mess with our minds like that.

[outsidebones]

I wonder if they're all like that, or if any of them are worth exploring?

[skyagain]

Considering where we are, I doubt any of them are worth exploring. [ murder hotel. ] ... But probably they're not all infinite hallways. We'd have heard about it sooner if that was the case.