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"No, not that way!" Ren called out. "There's another one out there!"
She shook her head. "You know, the building's not on fire...and none of those things are in here. Maybe we're better off finding somewhere to hole up inside."
A glance was enough to convince her that this wasn't the place to make a stand. Big windows, big doors. Lots of ways in. They needed someplace they could easily barricade off. Like...
"Basement," Renata said to Mari. "Is there a basement? There's gotta be. Come on, lets find it quick!"
Probably wouldn't label it 'basement' she figured. More likely 'do not enter' or 'janitor' or something. But there had to be somewhere they kept the water heater and the other stuff buildings needed but were too noisy or ugly to have where people walked around.
"You guys, stay away from the windows!" she warned the other girls as she and Mari started their search.
Somewhere in the back of her head, she could feel herself starting to slip away. The 'reality' of the world was getting thinner and thinner. The fear was melting into a bizarre sense of absurdity that made her want to laugh out loud. They were going to run from demons through hallways? Would they need to find any colored key cards? Find guns inexplicably lying on the ground?
But she knew if she started laughing she wouldn't be able to stop. And the laughing would turn into crying...and she'd still be there, curled up, laughing and crying, when one of those things scooped her up and bit her in half.
So Renata ran, and looked for a place of refuge.
"No, not that way!" Ren called out. "There's another one out there!"
She shook her head. "You know, the building's not on fire...and none of those things are in here. Maybe we're better off finding somewhere to hole up inside."
A glance was enough to convince her that this wasn't the place to make a stand. Big windows, big doors. Lots of ways in. They needed someplace they could easily barricade off. Like...
"Basement," Renata said to Mari. "Is there a basement? There's gotta be. Come on, lets find it quick!"
Probably wouldn't label it 'basement' she figured. More likely 'do not enter' or 'janitor' or something. But there had to be somewhere they kept the water heater and the other stuff buildings needed but were too noisy or ugly to have where people walked around.
"You guys, stay away from the windows!" she warned the other girls as she and Mari started their search.
Somewhere in the back of her head, she could feel herself starting to slip away. The 'reality' of the world was getting thinner and thinner. The fear was melting into a bizarre sense of absurdity that made her want to laugh out loud. They were going to run from demons through hallways? Would they need to find any colored key cards? Find guns inexplicably lying on the ground?
But she knew if she started laughing she wouldn't be able to stop. And the laughing would turn into crying...and she'd still be there, curled up, laughing and crying, when one of those things scooped her up and bit her in half.
So Renata ran, and looked for a place of refuge.
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