Nunnally froze in place, staring into the darkness with eyes wide as she struggled to reconcile what she knew with what she sensed. It was entirely possible that the lights had been turned off in that room after she left, but... this place didn't have the same feel. Or smell. There was none of that sickly-sweet chemical tang, the stinging odor of antiseptics -- this room smelled musty and closed off, like a room for storage.
She backed up one halting step, then another to the side, and half-collapsed against the wall next to the door. What was happening here? Was it another part of the doctor's insane experiments? She knew that was the door she'd just walked through, and yet it led somewhere else. Or did she only think that was the right door? Could she really trust her senses anymore?
Sudden panic gave her the energy to turn and grab at the door latch again, her breath catching in half a sob as she fumbled with it for a moment before managing to get it open. Please let me find someone this time, she silently begged as she stepped through.
...this wasn't the room.
Nunnally froze in place, staring into the darkness with eyes wide as she struggled to reconcile what she knew with what she sensed. It was entirely possible that the lights had been turned off in that room after she left, but... this place didn't have the same feel. Or smell. There was none of that sickly-sweet chemical tang, the stinging odor of antiseptics -- this room smelled musty and closed off, like a room for storage.
She backed up one halting step, then another to the side, and half-collapsed against the wall next to the door. What was happening here? Was it another part of the doctor's insane experiments? She knew that was the door she'd just walked through, and yet it led somewhere else. Or did she only think that was the right door? Could she really trust her senses anymore?
Sudden panic gave her the energy to turn and grab at the door latch again, her breath catching in half a sob as she fumbled with it for a moment before managing to get it open. Please let me find someone this time, she silently begged as she stepped through.
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