18:25 - THE LABYRINTH

[Dr. Maneep Pamplemousse]

Ryan (distressed)--
"Like the wacko cultists that snatched me and stripped me naked? Anyway, where are we going?"

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Timothy-
"I don't know, I'm just running from this shit too.
There's something else in here though, c'mon..."

He gestured ahead to where the hallway split in two. Strange, pulsing vines

were growing around the doorways, forcing them all open. He started to slog

that direction, seemingly weaker than you were in this moment.

[Dr. Maneep Pamplemousse]

Ryan (distressed)--
"And I thought for sure you were behind this. Anyway, topside is going to be crawling with cops that want an excuse to kill you. Let's check the engine room, there's usually an escape port for emergency evacuations."

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Timothy-
"Fuck knows where we'll end up. I'd be glad if this just opened up
on the river. Rather take my chances there."

The water was steadily getting higher, a little over your knee now, and you

were both tall guys.

The hall split two ways, right and left. The left one was lit with the emergency

lights, and the right was dark. Mills flicked on a heavy flashlight and headed

for the dark one.

"Don't go that way. Red shit always leads to danger."

[Dr. Maneep Pamplemousse]

Ryan (distressed)--
"If the river is your preference, then we need to find that escape port from the engine room. Don't you know this ship from before?"

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Timothy-
"Does this shit look the same? In the regular world it just
goes straight up to the deck."

He looks around confusedly, seeming to take turns at random. This place is

a maze, some halls end abruptly or turn around in a loop. Mills stops to whisper

to himself. He has something small in his free hand and turns it around in his palm.

"Malkuth, show me. Malkuth, my queen, guide my way."

His words twinge your ears, make them bubble. He makes a sharp turn

right and slogs a little faster.

[Dr. Maneep Pamplemousse]

I kept up easily enough, but I was pretty irritated. I suppose I couldn't be lucky enough that his queen would be the same woman that assigned me this task.

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Timothy-
"I hear someone... People. Or talking demons, you never know."

He slows to a wary clip, shining the heavy flashlight around. It must have come

from one of the cops or that guard. Could hurt someone with that thing.

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You hear:

"HELLO? DO YOU KNOW THE WAY OUT???"

Mills stops slogging and rolls the flashlight around in his hands, lost in thought.

[Dr. Maneep Pamplemousse]

Ryan (distressed)--
"Tim, give me the flashlight. If they think you are armed, they will shoot to kill on sight."

Fucking naked, man.

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Timothy-
"You kiddin' me? Use your own. Oh yeah, you lost it."

He holds it close to his chest and nods his chin down the hall, as if to order you

to go on ahead.

Timothy-
"Hey it's me! That lawyer! Come help me, guys!"

It's a really bad impression.

[Dr. Maneep Pamplemousse]

Ryan (distressed)--
"Tim. Give me the flashlight or I will tell them you have a gun you took off a dead police officer. Is that how you want to die?"

I still felt naked, despite the ill-fitting jeggings and hoodie, I had taken off one of the bodies. Tim's bravado was about to get him drowned in the hallway.

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Timothy-
"Ha, good idea."

He holds the flashlight behind himself like a child playing keep away, and skitters back

while shouting.

"HELP! That lawyer has a gun!"

[Dr. Maneep Pamplemousse]

Ryan (distressed)--
"Tim. Do you think this is the plan of С̶͗̒̏͟͏̹а̗̥̪̹̽ͦ͑͛͗̂̔͋т̷̜̩ͦ̒̀̽ͫͬх̶̻̺͉̭ͦͦ͑а̸̛͍͙̟̣͓̲͇̔͆̇̆̽ͅр̫̙̌ͥͮ̍͜͜и͚̖͚̙̜̅͑̀͗̈ͨ́̚̕е̨̛͖͓̹̲̜͙̦̫ͪ̂͐̃̾̒л̨͖͓̰̥̬̦͓̪̍̾̐͌̿͗̕? I think not. Maybe she could send us to ц͇̣̖̤̭͂̉̍͌̾́̾и̻̹̮͒̈̈́ͦ̈ͨт̫͙̜̻̿̋͒̽̍ͣ̔а̖͈͚͍͋͑̊̔д̣̮͕ͨͪ̎̉̓е̯̤̺̤̠͝л̢͉͒̀ͦ̾ͣ́̚ь̮͚̟̝͗̔̐ to see your father. He said he missed you."

I put my back against the wall and slid into a seated position, making myself a smaller target.

I put on a distressed tone.

Ryan--
"Don't hurt me, I was only trying to help you. OH GOD, MILLS NO!!"

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