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“Well?”
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Creaking with impatience, the guard waits for another beat as you and Tzah-Tzie stand like statues!
“... <span class="mu-i">Real</span> mature, mate.”
The guard throws a curveball at you in the form of a sucker punch, but he wasn’t betting on running into a <span class="mu-b">LIMBO LORD</span> today! Deftly ducking the attack, you continue to hold your breath and tongue as a confused noise claws its way out of the guard’s throat!
“Wh-huh? Whereja’ run to!?”
Not keen on abandoning his post, the guard takes a few tentative steps towards you as his partner watches in silent judgement. Creeping out of his patrol route while Tzah-Tzie clings to your back like a singing tick, you’re about ready to dodge this dope all day when your tiny tour guide spoils your fun!
“Can I go in now, or would you rather keep chasing ghosts?”
He may be armored to the nines, but you can tell how perplexed the guard is when he stammers out a response! “Wh-but I ‘eard-th-there were MORE!”
Lila responds with a derisive snort that even makes <span class="mu-i">YOU</span> feel silly! “More? Are you getting enough sleep? I’m the only one here with an urgent message to deliver, so-”
“No!” Howls the guard as he frantically shifts his attention between the drowsy delivery girl and his couldn’t-care-less colleague, “I… I ‘eard her! You ‘eard her too, Beegly! I know yer did!”
“Just let the messenger in, Tybe,” Groans the other guard, “If’n there IS somebody, they’ll be buildin’ security’s problem!” The calmer guard shifts a bit and huffs something under his breath. “<span class="mu-i">Batty drunk…</span>”
“A thousand thanks,” Lila sighs in that dry tone of hers as the three of you creep inside, “Keep up the hard work, you two.”
Neither guard responds–the latter too disinterested to care, the former clearly wrestling with what is real and what is false. He took the first step down a painful, painful path today, but this is <span class="mu-b">DARK QUEST</span>, not <span class="mu-b">EXISTENTIAL CRISIS QUEST</span>.
Not <span class="mu-i">yet</span>, anyways!
>CONTD.
