When the office door clicks shut behind me, it feels like I’ve entered a vacuum. All the sound is muffled and I have a sudden ringing in my ears. I lean back against the door, blinking a few times to let my eyes adjust to the light. This happens faster than I expect it to, and soon, I can see the remnants of the abandoned office.
The room is covered in a thick layer of dust. I can see some footprints across the floor, but even those are filled in with debris. It looks like no one has been here in years, maybe even decades. If this is a usual hang out for Al and his friends, why wouldn’t they ever come up here? Just entering this room, I feel a calm come over me. Little bits of curiosity ping in my chest. I wonder again if there’s an exposed electrical wire or something making me feel this
