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Skimming the list, Lavi sighed. “How are we supposed to figure this out? I don’t even know what this is supposed to mean – The purple bottle, but not the really purple bottle with the squiggly writing.” Lavi looked up from the list after he read off the confusing description. “Who even lists things like that? Goddammit.”

He followed Allen over to the shelf, where he’d already taken one box down. Lavi set the list to the side and grabbed a box of his own to rifle through. Sitting on the cold, stone floor, he placed the box between his legs as he shuffled through the contents.

Lavi stole a glance at Allen while the other boy wasn’t looking. He hadn’t said much since they’d arrived and it was starting to bother him how quiet they were both being.

Allen tried to concentrate on the contents of the box, but he jumped when he heard a loud bang. He looked around, and noticed the door they had entered through had swung shut.

“We should prop this open with a box…” Allen muttered as he got up to open the door again. There was already dust starting to fill the air from just the two boxes they had disturbed so far, he hoped leaving the door open would blow it out. But when he arrived at the door, he noticed there was no handle on this side. He pushed against the door, but it didn’t budge.

“Lavi, can you help me with the door?” he asked, hoping it had just gotten a bit stuck. They wouldn’t have designed doors with no way out, right?