>>19397992Carmody looks at the door and frowns.
>"Well, going down the list there: I know it won't be Nika, we just handled her. And I don't know that I believe Lucy's even still anywhere around here. And from what you were saying Nikki Kade probably needs this room more than me and Sola do. So that means Colby, and I'd like to think I could talk to her, and Amy, who sounds like she's pretty bad off too. But you'd know better than me what's waiting on the other side of that door, and I'll take your word for it. Though if you'll let Priscilla get a text message through, she could probably have her guys escort whoever's out there away so we could leave in peace. If that's what you want. So I'm not sure I buy this being completely for our own protection."Carmody looks at Priscilla with a sideways glance, then reaches down and squeezes Sola's hand. With no idea where Sapphire might be, she still looks around the room, sees nobody, and talks in a direction she hopes is right.
>"Something else you just said: the idea that there's a dungeon in here is pretty awful and horrifying, if it's true. And you wanna know the truth, I've been picking up the sense that Lightning Nika may not've been exactly a free and willing guest here when Kanako came and got her. So yeah, I'm curious. I'm not gonna presume to take a tour of the place without Priscilla's permission, though; that's just a bad idea in general, and she IS a friend. And, not that you couldn't probably just haul us down and throw us in there the hard way if you wanted, but I'm at least half-sure this is some kinda ploy to get us locked up down in in this dungeon as one last gift to your friends. Forgive me a healthy bit of skepticism there; maybe you can admit you've come by it honestly with some of your past actions.">"But I admit, I ain't in a position to be calling any shots here, that's for sure." 