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63. The Tunnel

[voiced]

I am really getting sick of this feeling down here.

Anyway. We're heading the opposite direction of Yuri's group. There are doors here, too, lots of them. A bunch are rusted shut, so I guess it must've been wet down here at some point. Couldn't tell you what the walls and stuff are made of, either, even with a lantern. But I think it's weird that this place caved in under us. The rest of it seems sturdy enough, so hopefully it doesn't happen again down here.

Lloyd got one door unlocked and he's working on another one, so we're gonna go in and look around. Gimme a minute and then one of us will be able to tell what's in there.

[written, filtered]
Hey, Albert. When you read this, I have a thought.

[action]

[standing outside the doors with the others, waiting]

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My thoughts exactly. Though we still lack proof, one way or the other.

[She goes to pick up a folder on the floor, wincing faintly as she straightens back up]

...Getting old, Raine? [that is not, by the way, the question she's really asking]

[She doesn't look up from the papers. Do avoiding the issue attempts work on Sheena? We'll see.] Hm? It's nothing.

[no, they don't]

Yeah, and so is being down here. It's all a bunch of nothing, I got that. Now what is it really?

Being down here is something. Once we're able to find a connection, anyway.

... It's nothing, as I said. I'm just a little stiff.

...That wasn't what I meant by saying that, anyway.

What's making you stiff, then?

Well, what did you mean?

Nothing, really. I probably just slept the wrong way. It happens.

Raine.

[she reads the name on top of the file, and slips it in with her notes, before looking back up at Sheena]

There is nothing to discuss, Sheena. We have important things to deal with right now.

It's important if something's wrong and you're trying to hide it. It'll be even more important if we get into trouble.

It doesn't have any bearing on what we're doing down here. If you must know, I bumped into a table earlier, that's all.

[still doesn't quite believe her, but there are lines you just don't cross, with Raine]

Whose file was that?

[she doesn't speak for a moment] ... It was Caesar's. I have a feeling that Albert's may be in here as well, so I'd like to find it before we leave.

It'd be a lot easier if these things were all in drawers somewhere.

[searches the other corners, and holds up another folder] Here.

There are likely other copies in a more secure place. There are possibly even multiple copies of the same files, considering the sheer amount of doors lining this hall.

Thank you. May I have it?

Yeah, here. [hands it to her, turning for the door]

We should probably get everyone going again. [or it'll start to look suspicious]

Thank you. [She neatly puts it away]

Yes, that sounds like a good idea.

Edited 2008-12-01 02:00 (UTC)

Okay. ...But we'll stop again if we have to. No sense wearing ourselves out down here.

Considering the size of our group, it only makes sense. We may end up spending a few nights down here.

Hope we brought enough food and water.

We're still close enough to send a runner back, if you don't think we have enough for now.

I don't know if we do or not. ...But maybe it's better to be prepared.

Then we should check with the others.

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