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The highway ends and transitions into a large road. Michelle decelerates
the bus.
Why are you going so slow?
- Im going exactly speed limit - 50 km/h.
-
+ Im going exactly speed limit – 50
+ kilometers per hour.
50? That's faster than the speed limit in
Sunside Cove yet this feels so slow...
Michelle chuckles.
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
recently. Not even a smashed window.
Over there.
Okay, one smashed window.
- I mean you're right. Barely any
+ You're right though. Barely any
damage – and surprisingly little sand, I thought we'd
find a bunch of half-buried ruins.
Michelle pulls up at a bus stop and parks the bus.
@@ -66,7 +66,49 @@
a comfortable position. His words are muffled through the mattres:
Good night.
+ Michelle, James, and Annie gather at the front door and step outside. + Michelle reaches for the key switch under the headlight and holds it + until the door is closed, then she shuts the little door that normally + hides it. The three start walking, briefly stopping every few meters to + look into the perfectly preserved storefront windows. Many have + sunbleached posters hanging in them, some completely faded to white, + others still showing faint outlines or even a hint of colors, the goods + surrounding them waiting to attrackt buyers who would never return. +
+
+ A few blocks down the road, they find a music store filled with acoustic
+ instruments. They stop a bit longer. Annie really wants to go inside.
+ She tries the large glass door – locked, of course.
+ She asks: So... How else can we get
+ inside?
+ Michelle says: Break in. Who's gonna stop
+ you?
+ Annie looks around, scanning the floor. She notices some of the small
+ paving stones at the edge of the sidewalk had come loose and picks one
+ up. She hesitates.
+ This feels so wrong...
+ James, who had been standing off to the side, watching the interaction
+ between the two, steps between Annie and the door.
+ He says: Allow me to work some magic for you.
+ Can I have that thing?
+ He takes the paving stone out of her hand and places it right back
+ where she had found it. Then, he takes a keyring out of one of his
+ jacket's pockets and searches for a specific one. Using that key,
+ he opens a small lock box near the floor next to the door, out of which
+ he grabs another set of keys.
+ Fire department key. Probably works on most
+ buildings around here. Here you go, your way inside.
+ He hands her the keys.
+
- missing section
+ Notes to self:
+ Annie will at some point before this have to be comfortable with breaking
+ into lost places in Ivydale / Sentinel Shores.
+ James has changed his green coat for a brown leather jacket before
+ starting the trip to Nova Metropolis.
+
+ missing section about exploring an intricate lobby of some corporate hq
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