Ashwood Cross

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That sort of looks like a button. I say we try pushing it, to perhaps better illuminate our situation.

This looks like an old construction of some kind. And it's underground? How weird!

The Red Light appears to be sunk into a Brickwork Column.
It looks a bit like a button. Maybe it operates some kind of emergency lighting?
You suppose you could push it, and just see what...

Call me crazy, but maybe we should check and see what's on the other side
of those possibly-blood-stained bars next to the button before we push it?

Your common sense interrupts with a really good point. What's up with that metal next to it?
It looks like it got hit with a reddish-brown splatter... old blood?!

Or maybe it's just a rusty patch, you reassure yourself. It's hard to tell in this lighting.
Nevertheless, further investigation would be prudent, before...

A button!

Push it PUSH IT PUSH IT PUSH IT PUSH IT

A big red button... LET'S PUSH IT!

Ignore all else, walk straight to button and press!

Fuck it. Irrational Overconfidence engaged! Kick hesitation to the curb!
Yours is the hand that will boop the button!



The button didn't like it.

It flashes a big red X as your touch it, and vibrates intensely for a moment.
The buzz almost felt like a tiny electrical shock, and you pull your hand away.
It doesn't hurt, but it did startle you!

Come to think of it, it didn't feel much like a button at all.
It was flat and smooth... more like a display screen?
And even now, with your hand pulled away... it seems to be radiating warmth.
Almost like an infrared heat lamp?

But... apart from that, nothing seems to have changed.
No noises, no lights, no dangers. Nothing.

This is so bogus.

Do a quick shadow puppet of yourself.

Well, that was a lot less exciting than you were hoping.
Time to have some fun.

You take a few steps back, and attempt some impromptu shadow puppetry.

PERFORMANCE TEST: 2 Grace + 1 Composure ☆☆☆ <VS> Difficulty ★Show

Success! ★☆☆

Well how about that. It came out pretty good!

Hello there Shadow-Hana. You're looking mighty abstract today.
How are you finding the cave? Way too dark? Hella lame?

Indeed!

Though the whole urban decay thing going on here is cool.
This is the sort of place you'd have loved to find while Freerunning.
Back in E... back on... back where?



Ugh. There's that brain static again.
The hell is going on with your memory?
Shouldn't you be worried that this keeps happening?

Anyway, this kinda killed the mood.
You bid Shadow-Hana a quick farewell, and get back to exploring.

And then a thought hits to check around the place.

Like, around that button and the other-black-areas-that-aren't-yet-lit!

You sweep your Flashlight in an arc ahead of you.
It looks like some kind of Corrugated Metal Wall. Or maybe a gate?
It's a solid sheet, and you're not sure how thick it is.
It appears to be corroded and discolored, in a few patches.
The metal surface meets flush with a frame of old brickwork.
The whole assembly seems to be built into the natural walls of the cave.

Who put this all here, you wonder?

And why?

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