"Kyle!" Geri hisses. "That was my—" But she doesn't get to finish. The door opens, light spilling down the steps, and all six teens freeze right where they are. Lir Liu, with a head full of bleach blond hair, sticks his head in.
"Hey kid!" he yells. Kyle can't move. He’s frozen. There's no way they aren't all in perfectly plain sight right now. "Grab the mop and sawdust will ya? We got a barfer up here."
Lir closes the door again, with no mention of the five girls in the basement (or anything, really). Kyle shoves his glasses out of his face and pinches the bridge of his nose. "Just—don’t leave all at once. Be discreet, okay?"
"Kyle, what about my board?" Geri whispers.
"I'll find it later." He climbs to his feet and starts toward the door. "Please don't get me fired from another job."
At the top of the stairs, the sticky old basement door clicks and pops open, just barely. Neither Kyle nor any of the girls notice; it seems to be an exit to somewhere else entirely.
[MEMORY COMPLETE. The criteria has been met, the linchpin acquired. You may continue to thread here or move back to Peckenpaugh through the portal.]
MEMORY: Mr. The Dude
"Kyle!" Geri hisses. "That was my—" But she doesn't get to finish. The door opens, light spilling down the steps, and all six teens freeze right where they are. Lir Liu, with a head full of bleach blond hair, sticks his head in.
"Hey kid!" he yells. Kyle can't move. He’s frozen. There's no way they aren't all in perfectly plain sight right now. "Grab the mop and sawdust will ya? We got a barfer up here."
Lir closes the door again, with no mention of the five girls in the basement (or anything, really). Kyle shoves his glasses out of his face and pinches the bridge of his nose. "Just—don’t leave all at once. Be discreet, okay?"
"Kyle, what about my board?" Geri whispers.
"I'll find it later." He climbs to his feet and starts toward the door. "Please don't get me fired from another job."
At the top of the stairs, the sticky old basement door clicks and pops open, just barely. Neither Kyle nor any of the girls notice; it seems to be an exit to somewhere else entirely.
[MEMORY COMPLETE. The criteria has been met, the linchpin acquired. You may continue to thread here or move back to Peckenpaugh through the portal.]