>>5958067The tunnel beckons with its darkness, which made you realize you carry nothing that lights up the dark. But Millie pushes forward with an electric lantern, held high above her head.
"I'll lead the way - Clyde, you guard the rear."
With that settled, you and the rest of the crew trail right behind Millie, into the tunnel. The walls seem to be made of natural concrete - one of the signs that this tunnel might have a Gongallan oddity or quirk. Millie presses on, undaunted.
After a short while, your suspicion was confirmed - for what is supposedly a shortcut to the brothel, this took too long. While the tunnel is still going straight ahead, there's no signs of another door on the other end yet.
"This tunnel's kinda long..."
It was at this moment that your hand, absentmindedly using the wall as partial support, fell through the wall. Well, along with a panel of false wall, that is. As you stabilize yourself from the floor, you realize you're now inside a secret room. A concealed one with a lot of paper in it. Picking up some of them, you realized they're either bills, or letters. Personal ones, even...
'...for our sakes we should not meet in this way again, Pamela, lest they start to notice our disappearance together and terminate both our employment. It breaks my heart, but I will forever remember your flower's smell...'
Yeesh, what an overly saccharine excerpt. The other two you picked up are a bill from the hotel for a bed, and a page from a ledger, which from the codes would be from the brothel. Strange, why would these be here? Your sense of shenanigans itch something fierce. Or was that shiver something else?
>CHOOSE ONE>□ Check the other scattered papers thoroughly>□ Check those books on the desk>□ Check the room itself, are there more concealed passages?>□ Just continue towards the brothel, no time for this>□ Other (fill in) 