Flipswitch Chronicles: Chapter 6, -in progress-
“Quietly, boy. And watch your step. Don't trip on the cords.” The Physicist told the Engineer.
“I know what I'm doing.” the boy known as Engineer, or Eng for short, said.
Crack.
“Sorry,” whispered the Physicist as he carefully released the electrical cords from under his feet. “Tight spot in here isn't it.”
“You should've let me lead. I'm smaller.”
“That's no excuse. I'll get through fine. Just make sure the equipment are safe.” He ducked his head here and there, crammed himself through nook and crannies, and finally a gap out into a cave. The cave hadn't always been a cave, and what they just went through was what used to be an office in a factory. The building had caved in after a storm appeared, and left a mark in rubble. Now what was left of the rubble was untouched save for sensors randomly placed in case of trespassers, like the two that had just found their way in. They climbed up the broken walls worth three floors before they reached the nursery, which was least affected by the so-called storm. Its four walls were still standing and the large window across one wall was only cracked at best. They were looking out at the rest of the building, now reduced to a few hundred feet of rubble. It was obvious from where they were looking, that something had nested itself into the space between the broken concrete.
“Stare into this mass of beauty.”
The Engineer snickered at the Physicist's choice of words, but adored the strange lights and colours in the spaces all the same. “This is it then, a rift?”
“Yes... This is it.” The Physicist fell silent.
The Engineer kept his eyes on the rift for a few more minutes until his eyes started watering and his patience severed. He tore his eyes away from the rubble and looked at the Physicist. “What the hell is it?”
“I know what I'm doing.” the boy known as Engineer, or Eng for short, said.
Crack.
“Sorry,” whispered the Physicist as he carefully released the electrical cords from under his feet. “Tight spot in here isn't it.”
“You should've let me lead. I'm smaller.”
“That's no excuse. I'll get through fine. Just make sure the equipment are safe.” He ducked his head here and there, crammed himself through nook and crannies, and finally a gap out into a cave. The cave hadn't always been a cave, and what they just went through was what used to be an office in a factory. The building had caved in after a storm appeared, and left a mark in rubble. Now what was left of the rubble was untouched save for sensors randomly placed in case of trespassers, like the two that had just found their way in. They climbed up the broken walls worth three floors before they reached the nursery, which was least affected by the so-called storm. Its four walls were still standing and the large window across one wall was only cracked at best. They were looking out at the rest of the building, now reduced to a few hundred feet of rubble. It was obvious from where they were looking, that something had nested itself into the space between the broken concrete.
“Stare into this mass of beauty.”
The Engineer snickered at the Physicist's choice of words, but adored the strange lights and colours in the spaces all the same. “This is it then, a rift?”
“Yes... This is it.” The Physicist fell silent.
The Engineer kept his eyes on the rift for a few more minutes until his eyes started watering and his patience severed. He tore his eyes away from the rubble and looked at the Physicist. “What the hell is it?”
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