[ honestly hua cheng spent 8 weeks misgendering his own soul so he doesn't even bat an eye at hope doing it. he instead glances up with the flickering of the lights, keeping a firm hold on the makeshift rope even as it feels a little more slack with tanhua reaching the bottom. the fox sniffs around a bit for anything amiss, picking around to see if there's anything besides claude.
if there is, he'll snatch it with his teeth. if there isn't, claude's coming home.
either way, he lets out a muffled yowl and paws at the rope. ]
You can either help or check if there's anything we missed. But you're right. [ he shifts to start pulling, hand over hand, to get the rope up with his daemon as he keeps an eye on the shadows. ] We'd better leave before we push our luck here.
[there isn't anything else in the chute just yet. tanhua gets his teeth around the figure of claude. claude's coming home...
the lights begin to flicker, again, as the makeshift rope is pulled back up, taking the fox with it. their shadows seem to be moving of their own accord whenever the lights flicker back on - they bolt for the door, then snap back to just being their shadows.
they will probably want to get moving as soon as they've got the soul fox back!]
[ yyyyeah that's not great! while hua cheng yeets tanhua back out, hope does a quick search of the room, takes a peek into the supposedly empty housekeeping cart, then grabs his notes and hightails it out of there!! he's so focused on getting out before the shadows fuck them up that he doesn't even notice they disappear once he crosses the threshold, but it's fine.
he will hold the door for hua cheng and tanhua to scuttle out, and then he will slam it shut! stay the fuck in there, shadow monsters! ]
[ bad! bad vibes. a glance keeps going down to the shadows, every time the light flickers, keeping close watch of them. tanhua keeps as still as possible, instead of scrabbling at the walls of the chute. it's not a comfortable trip back up, but they've had worse, considering, so he suffers it.
and once hua cheng sees blood orange fur...
he just reaches out to scruff the dog-sized fox, hauling him out and into his arms, rope and all, to back up quickly to the open doorway. ]
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if there is, he'll snatch it with his teeth. if there isn't, claude's coming home.
either way, he lets out a muffled yowl and paws at the rope. ]
You can either help or check if there's anything we missed. But you're right. [ he shifts to start pulling, hand over hand, to get the rope up with his daemon as he keeps an eye on the shadows. ] We'd better leave before we push our luck here.
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the lights begin to flicker, again, as the makeshift rope is pulled back up, taking the fox with it. their shadows seem to be moving of their own accord whenever the lights flicker back on - they bolt for the door, then snap back to just being their shadows.
they will probably want to get moving as soon as they've got the soul fox back!]
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he will hold the door for hua cheng and tanhua to scuttle out, and then he will slam it shut! stay the fuck in there, shadow monsters! ]
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and once hua cheng sees blood orange fur...
he just reaches out to scruff the dog-sized fox, hauling him out and into his arms, rope and all, to back up quickly to the open doorway. ]
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the flickering lights stop once they're out in the hallway. everything looks normal.
literally everything! even the trash bags from before are gone.
the only difference is that the housekeeping door remains unlocked. good job, guys! you didn't die!]