Lucas honestly isn't sure whether the new emptiness on his way back is reassuring or just more unsettling. Those monster NPCs must be hiding from him now, he supposes, though he's not quite sure why--whether it's fear or something else. He really hopes he hasn't broken anything. That'd be a terrible thing to do to a game barely plugged in for a few days, accidental or not...
He's in the house and out, guiltily stepping over the chain again, and it's back to the pale path and the pale buildings, and silence. And the elevator up ahead, with any luck at all. But, even as a twinge of relief filters through at that thought...Lucas still manages to pick up the sound of steps tapping separately from his own. It's impossible to miss, with how quiet the area is otherwise--and, despite being deeply reluctant to stop moving at this point, Lucas pauses anyway. Blinks around...but the path is empty both ahead and behind. Though the sound seems to be coming from--the side...?
Lucas stares over at the distant buildings standing in blackness. It--just looks like background scenery...and he walks up to the very edge of the path uncertainly, just to make sure. But no--coming up against the side, his shoes press against what seems to be an invisible wall, and he can't step further. Not without trying really hard. To keep the player from wandering off or falling off, of course. Those steps, though--they're definitely coming from here...Lucas's earlier alarm clashes against that in-grained inquisitive code, again, and it's a tense fight between the two. ...But his code wins out, in the end, and Lucas tries to lean forward, peer harder into the blackness.
"Hello?" What could even be over there, if it's an off-limit area? Maybe something even worse than a boss. But there's no way of knowing unless... "Um. ...What are you doing down there?"
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He's in the house and out, guiltily stepping over the chain again, and it's back to the pale path and the pale buildings, and silence. And the elevator up ahead, with any luck at all. But, even as a twinge of relief filters through at that thought...Lucas still manages to pick up the sound of steps tapping separately from his own. It's impossible to miss, with how quiet the area is otherwise--and, despite being deeply reluctant to stop moving at this point, Lucas pauses anyway. Blinks around...but the path is empty both ahead and behind. Though the sound seems to be coming from--the side...?
Lucas stares over at the distant buildings standing in blackness. It--just looks like background scenery...and he walks up to the very edge of the path uncertainly, just to make sure. But no--coming up against the side, his shoes press against what seems to be an invisible wall, and he can't step further. Not without trying really hard. To keep the player from wandering off or falling off, of course. Those steps, though--they're definitely coming from here...Lucas's earlier alarm clashes against that in-grained inquisitive code, again, and it's a tense fight between the two. ...But his code wins out, in the end, and Lucas tries to lean forward, peer harder into the blackness.
"Hello?" What could even be over there, if it's an off-limit area? Maybe something even worse than a boss. But there's no way of knowing unless... "Um. ...What are you doing down there?"