With a sigh, Rikki lifted her eyebrows at that, but she assumed that it was metaphorical. Why wouldn't it be? "We're not in actual Hell. That's not a thing," she replied, sounding confident in her agnostic opinion about all of that.
"Ben, then," she responded, looking over at him. "I'm Rikki." Not that it mattered much, because if things went the way she wanted them to, they were both going to be on their merry ways sooner than later. Her arms crossed over her chest to hug herself against the chill that wasn't really there. The creepiness and unsettling feeling of being in this place against her will was creating the illusion of that chill.
The water she noticed seeping down the wall gave way to a flash of panic and Rikki looked down at the floor. It was starting to pool along the crease where the wall met the floor and Rikki moved away from the wall, moving to walk behind Ben rather than beside him. She could not, under any circumstances, come into contact with that water, so if she stayed as close to the center of the hall as possible, that would be better. Of course it would.
"What is this place?" she asked, frowning. Rikki didn't get scared often and typically, it took a lot to get her there, but she couldn't help feeling like fear was poking at her with interest, like it wanted to be let in. She wasn't going to allow it. At least, not yet, and certainly not in front of a stranger. "I don't like the look of that water. There must be a leak somewhere...that can't be good..."
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"Ben, then," she responded, looking over at him. "I'm Rikki." Not that it mattered much, because if things went the way she wanted them to, they were both going to be on their merry ways sooner than later. Her arms crossed over her chest to hug herself against the chill that wasn't really there. The creepiness and unsettling feeling of being in this place against her will was creating the illusion of that chill.
The water she noticed seeping down the wall gave way to a flash of panic and Rikki looked down at the floor. It was starting to pool along the crease where the wall met the floor and Rikki moved away from the wall, moving to walk behind Ben rather than beside him. She could not, under any circumstances, come into contact with that water, so if she stayed as close to the center of the hall as possible, that would be better. Of course it would.
"What is this place?" she asked, frowning. Rikki didn't get scared often and typically, it took a lot to get her there, but she couldn't help feeling like fear was poking at her with interest, like it wanted to be let in. She wasn't going to allow it. At least, not yet, and certainly not in front of a stranger. "I don't like the look of that water. There must be a leak somewhere...that can't be good..."