Then the most logical — or at least the most straightforward explanation — is that they’re not deceased. Missing, maybe, but not for much longer if we can figure out just what’s really happening in this complex.
[He’s done his research, of course. Done cross-references, finding nothing substantial that would guide them elsewhere, other than some good ol’ fashioned sleuthing by foot.
Down the alleyway they go, darkened in shadow. As expected, a fire escape hangs above their heads a few yards down, rusted and questionably stable. Nines stands beneath it, craning his neck up, noticing the ladder currently out of reach.]
Here. I’ll lift you up.
[Neither of them are tall enough to manage it on their own.]
no subject
[He’s done his research, of course. Done cross-references, finding nothing substantial that would guide them elsewhere, other than some good ol’ fashioned sleuthing by foot.
Down the alleyway they go, darkened in shadow. As expected, a fire escape hangs above their heads a few yards down, rusted and questionably stable. Nines stands beneath it, craning his neck up, noticing the ladder currently out of reach.]
Here. I’ll lift you up.
[Neither of them are tall enough to manage it on their own.]