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If the Fisher Knights had been sent here in force months ago they likely could have cleaned this place out. Instead, those guys seemed to be perpetually busy fighting corruption within the city. It felt odd for an Inspector because, in a way, it felt like they were doing his job. And almost too zealously. That was why he spent a lot of time doing private work. There was never much to do in terms of official business.

Fah had slowed down her walking, as something Jamison said seemed to have caught her attention as well. Because of her ability to walk on top of the sunken soil, and Jamison being thigh deep in the mud, she was actually looking down at him. "I thought that card looked interesting, too," she remarked. She seemed a bit brighter than she had the day before. Maybe it was just the circumstances. "It had a very occult feeling to it. My little sister was a freak for that kind of stuff, so I guess I have an affinity for it as well."

"Y-You have a sister," Jamison remarked. "She-..."

"But yeah it was crazy when that guy got sucked into a black hole, or whatever that was," Fah went on, not really seeming to care or notice that Jamison was having a difficult time responding to her dialogue. "What was that guy's name again? I totally forgot it." There was an odd sense of unashamed ignorance there.

It was a perfectly natural feeling that someone like Jamison couldn't replicate, because he would always overthink the situation. "His name was very bizarre," Jamison muttered simply. That much was true.

"Up ahead," Punch called out to the group which had begun to lag behind. "Come on now, don't sink into the mud. I've found the hole."

Looking in that direction Jamison realized that the break in the wall was large enough. It should have been visible for some time. Yet, for the last few moments, he'd been distracted with other things. Somehow he had failed to even realize how close they were to their goal until Punch had called out to him.

Matsuda and the others joined him as he went with Punch and the others up a slight slope, taking them out of the soil which had absorbed water, and up to a more dry spot of land that was seamlessly blended with broken stones. There were also collapsed piles of rubble and large bricks which sat to either side of the open portal. The inside was dark and dusty, and it was hard to see too deep into there.

"Well, I don't see anything dangerous inside," Zephyr remarked. "Though it's very wet in there, too. Not much better than out here. And if something is hiding beneath the water..."

"Beneath?" Owen inquired, his face turning white. "How deep is the water in there?"

To answer that question, Gunslinger Kidd brought forth a torch and entered the passage first. As he lit it, they could see the inside of what looked to be some kind of antiques chamber. Some of the display cases had been broken... through strain, or something else. It was hard to say. Others were still intact. And while some of the shelves contained scattered idols and statues and jewelry stands, others had been knocked over.

The entire western side of the room was covered in a thin film of water which seemed to be rising up from below. While, at the same time, the opposite door was blocked off by a broken pile of wooden scraps that had rained down from the ceiling. Going over to that hole allowed Kidd to look directly up to the second floor.
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