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4. To Fight And Defend

EDIT: 27/Apr/22
Added changes in the building description so it can fit the image I made.

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A pair of white rings surrounded you and the Batter, spawning right beside a save point manifested by a floating red cube on a creaky dock. On one side there's a vast white sea, while on the other is a huge wall blocking your sight. Fortunately, there's a ladder leading upwards the wall, upon placing your hand on the railings did they start to feel clammy on the old thing, after being exposed to ocean mist it must've lead the material to rust away with time. Hopefully, you're tetanus shot should protect you from any cuts... You hope.

The top of the ladder offered a way more interesting sight of the main land, or more appropriately, the island. A crude L shaped patch of land surrounded by a blank ocean and a pastel yellow sky, there's a nearby path leading to a downwards staircase but the main eye catcher is the imposing building not too far from you. Its high stature comfortably reaching the pale-yellow cloud lines, you admit it would've been an impressive sight if it wasn't for its anxiety inducing, imbalanced architecture, almost like one side is almost about to topple over if it wasn't for the weight of the other, and yet this building manages to consistently stand tall on the small patch of land. Logically, a sea side scenery should be relaxing, and it is! it's calm and peaceful but there's a pit in your stomach that doesn't leave you alone, everything feels artificial in a way. Like eating strawberry flavored taffy that tastes like anything but strawberry.

You turn around to see Batter right behind you, refusing to take a step forward if you don't. You shake your hands beside you, contemplating where to go. Going to the nearby staircase on your right prompts the message.

Railroad closed under construction.

So that's an inaccessible area for now. Your first instinct is to head to the large building, walking up closer to its main entrance, it isn't exactly welcoming despite the huge sign saying WELCOME above a pair of modern glass doors surrounded by smooth tiles, judging by their shine it looks like something completely new. Porcelain? Clay? The walls surrounding the rest of the building looks like the metal you touched earlier, bit of it rusted away by the ocean mist in a mix of brown and blueish green hues. But hey, you can appreciate the atmosphere, the rusty walls compliment its industrial vibes with the tubes running up the side of the building, spewing hot steam or spilling liquid into the ocean. Speaking of the sides of the building.

Your hand lingers on the door handle that would lead inside the building, contemplating something for a second. The Batter peeks over your shoulder, watching you retrieve your hand from the handle in favor of turning around and sprinting to the pathway on the left.

"Where are we going?" The Batter asks, jogging right beside you as the two of you surround the building. "Have you ever seen a horror movie? It's obvious we're supposed to go inside the building first, so I'm curious to know why'd there be an open path here," you explain to the man although he may or may not understand the concept of a horror movie. The narrow walkway you're referring to is crammed with metal crates, dumpsters, and cylinder containers, sometimes there a small dock that extends out from the walkway and leads to a dead end towards the ocean, but your keen eye caught sight of a cylinder container at the edge, sticking your hand to find a small number of credits inside. "Sweet!" you show them to your companion. "This means we're meant to find secret stuff here." The Batter isn't a greedy man, but he finds a ting of joy at watching you react positively, so he follows your lead at checking through any containers he sees. "A luck ticket." He says out loud, presenting the item to you.