Swamped

You opt to retrace your steps a bit. You go back in the direction you came, and head a little closer to the hostel, stopping once you see another ladder.

You listen carefully before lifting the cover. If anyone's around, there should be footsteps, but you don't hear anything. So you lift it a bit and look around.

You see the group you ambushed earlier, and the three others tending to them, and none of them are moving a muscle.

Well. This works in your favor for the moment, but it's certainly worrying. Mantis implied that you were protected from whatever-it-is now, but there's still plenty of trouble that can be caused by time stopping. Not that you have any clue what to do about it.

Except, you suppose, meet up with the expert on obscure legends about time magic you came here to find in the first place. You've caused a good ruckus, maybe it's given the group at the hostel a chance to press their advantage. You decide to run back and see how things are going.

Taking a glance from your earlier hiding spot, you can see that the fighting's started up again. Hard to tell who's got the advantage though...

Wait a minute. There's someone new here. You recognize them from your weird visions in the hospital - the person who stood by the door, and went running outside after Jack Flame.

But it takes you a moment to get a sense of what exactly they're doing.