[Huh. Not what she expected. Freya stepped cautiously out of the elevator car. The eerie, still silence was more disquieting than she wanted to admit, but that might have been the heartbeat thudding of the timer's countdown against her palm.]
[Nothing leapt out at her, but the broken chains whispered that something might--unless that was the not-quite-Lucy she'd seen upstairs that had resided here.]
[That would explain a lot.]
[That thought stirred up anger in her chest as Freya continued meandering through the impressive... structure? Structure. The whole alter-below-a-facility thing was a disturbing archetype.]
[She paused, regarding the tucked-away hallway. It screamed 'bad idea', but it was the only way forward.]
Can't be the worst idea I've ever had.
[And into the dark she went, idly following the wall with her hand.]
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[Nothing leapt out at her, but the broken chains whispered that something might--unless that was the not-quite-Lucy she'd seen upstairs that had resided here.]
[That would explain a lot.]
[That thought stirred up anger in her chest as Freya continued meandering through the impressive... structure? Structure. The whole alter-below-a-facility thing was a disturbing archetype.]
[She paused, regarding the tucked-away hallway. It screamed 'bad idea', but it was the only way forward.]
Can't be the worst idea I've ever had.
[And into the dark she went, idly following the wall with her hand.]