Night 51: Walk-In Refrigerator

[witchdetective]

[ from here ]A cool sensation hit Erika as soon as she opened the door that Momo pointed to, a little eager to get started on their "intellectual" field trip now that they reached their destination. Sort of. Her flashlight quickly revealed nothing in the darkness, though Erika supposed she couldn't rule out some sort of person hiding in the room.

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[itneverwas]

Xemnas passed through the kitchen quickly, following the young detective in what was a walk-in refrigerator. No immediate threat lay in wait to jump from the shadows, nothing that was seeking to hinder them once more; the Nobody was able to conclude this much through the briefest of investigations, as little time could be spared for more.

There was no immediate visible manner that would grant them access to the basement below; the walls and floors told them that it was a hidden one. Orange eyes watched as Erika - who had doubtlessly reached the same conclusion - indulging in solving this riddle on her own before he directed his gaze to Momo.

"The plain floors and walls tell of a hidden passage. As one who obviously knows of this route, I would assume you know its location." After all, the Shinigami had already proved to be familiar with this route. There was little reason for the Superior to join the hunt for an answer that would be granted in a different, more efficient manner.

Perhaps it would've seemed strange that his calm would be so undisturbed, but for a hollow shell it was considered irrelevant. Why display an illusion of emotion that was not truly there, held as much existence as the shell itself had?

[hajike_tobiume]

"A trapdoor in this corner," Momo stated, her breath fogging in the cold air. Despite only having half her sight, she was unperturbed by having the majority of the cold storage room unseen. There was nothing she could do about it, the trapdoor being on the right-hand side. There were enough of them in the small room that they would be alerted to something far faster than she would.

Sliding the slightly discolored tile to the side, she revealed the trapdoor. It was pulled up, revealing a set of stairs heading down. "Stay close," she said, disappearing down the stair. They were almost there...

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