Miranda gets lost in an IKEA
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"- did we take a wrong turn or write something down wrong? Or did it change?"

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Kyoya doubles back briefly to checked.

"It changed. You can still see the bookshelves back there. This might be a good sign."

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"Might it? I suppose no news isn't exactly good news..." She ventures into the children's furniture area.

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Bunk beds soon obscure their line of sight. 

And then there's a wall and an "employees only" door. 

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Kyoya inspects the door. 

"Why don't you get in the cart, just in case?"

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"I was just thinking that." She gets on the cart.

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Kyoya opens the door.

 

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The area beyond is dim and chilly. Boxes are stacked in high and precarious piles. It's not as clean as the rest of the IKEA, there are discarded pieces of cardboard and plastic scattered around and everything is covered in a fine layer of dust.

There are no employees visible. 

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Miranda tentatively gets off the cart.

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"I would be shocked if this wasn't dangerous. But, it is the first thing we've seen that's different."

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"Pretty much, yeah..." She starts exploring the employees only area.

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Kyoya follows her in. 

In the maze of boxes, they lose sight of the door quickly. 

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Miranda sets down the occasional box in the aisles as they go, the end she'd expect to open pointed doorward.

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They come to a bare cinderblock wall. It's impossible to follow it directly, as piles of boxes regularly interrupt the path, but if they wind around the boxes they can follow the wall. 

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Kyoya starts following the wall. 

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There's a faint shuffling sound coming from around the corner in one of the aisles just ahead of them.

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She taps Kyoya on the shoulder and aims a thumb in that direction silently.

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He nods and backs up, around the nearest corner. 

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The shuffling approaches, but passes by without turning down their aisle. 

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And then there's a door in the wall. Metal and windowless, with a push-bar. 

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Kyoya's steps quicken when he sees the door and, without any hesitation, he pushes it open. 

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Sunlight streams in. 

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