Chapter 147
Rescue Start
With their plan ready, Erin and the others began their work in rescuing Stacey. The one thing that the redhead was worried about the most was the wig Lexton was going to make. She knew that the kobold was a very fast worker and could build things incredibly fast at a high quality, but this would be a rush job he needed to accomplish in the next couple of hours. No matter how simple one might think a wig was, Erin was certain that making one wouldn’t be something that could be done in less than a day.
“Guys, I’m not so sure about this,” Erin said nervously as she and the others, minus Lexton, were waiting for the kobold outside a storage room in the basement. “I know that Lex is incredibly skilled and all, but this doesn’t seem possible! I mean, do you guys really think he can build a wig as fast as he claimed?”
“Don’t ask me. I’ve never made one,” Ryle said with a shrug. “Heck, I wasn’t even able to repair tears on my own clothing. I had to let my brother handle all that.”
“Personally, I hope he’s able to do it or else all of my preparations will go to waste!” Zeldana complained. “Do you have any idea how deep I had to go inside greasy bodies with my massages? And the messages I prepared? Granted, I wasn’t originally doing it as part of any greater plan or anything, but using it to our advantage like that would be just golden! Not to mention, there’s a certain someone that’s going to be mighty pissed off with me, unless we get out of here by today.”
“I still don’t understand what you’ve been fully up to and that seriously worries me,” Erin said bluntly. “Anyways, Zeldana is right in the sense that now is the best time for us to do this. If Lex can’t produce a wig fast enough, we will have a hard time sneaking Golorath’s lady out of here!”
“Erin, trust me. He’ll do just fine,” Ryle said, surprising the others. “I mean, have you ever seen that guy NOT deliver the goods to us? Most of our gear has been made by him, our potions are made by him and some of that stuff he basically cranks out during his free time! That guy never fails to deliver, so we just gotta wait and see what he does! And I’m sure it will be good.”
Silence fell over the group as everybody stared at the blonde with wide eyes, making her feel uncomfortable.
“...What the hell is up with you all of a sudden!?” Ryle asked angrily. “Why are you all staring at me like I just grew a second head or something!?”
“Even that would be less shocking than what you just said!” Erin said. “Did you just actually praise Lexton!? Are you feeling unwell or are you some impostor!?”
“What the-!? I just spoke the truth! That’s it!” the blonde argued. “Even I can tell that the scaly bastard can make some very neat stuff! I don’t think anybody here would ever question that! That doesn’t change my general opinion on him, though! He is still an arrogant, self-centered asshole that deserves to get his ass kicked most of the time!”
“Okay, she’s back to normal,” Erin said with a relieved sigh. “No need to worry.”
“I was scared for a moment,” Durge said.
“Same here. That was incredibly disturbing,” Zeldana said. “And that’s coming from me!”
“Oh, bite my ass, all of you!” Ryle shouted as she flipped off her three companions, before turning towards Arkay. “Arnie, be honest with me! What I said wasn’t really all that weird, right!?”
“...Well, I have to admit that it was pretty surprising. After all, you and Lex tend to only communicate with each other through aggressive arguments,” the cat boy replied, causing the blonde’s shoulders to slump in defeat. “But despite how surprising it was, I was honestly happy that you said those things!”
“Thanks, Arnie!” Ryle said happily with a big smile. “I knew you would-!”
“For you to say stuff like that about Lex can only mean that you’re becoming closer as friends!” Arkay said happily. “That’s something we all should be happy about!”
“...That’s… not exactly it, Arnie,” the blonde said, no longer looking happy.
“Alright, enough with the internal group drama! Let’s focus on the job at hand here!” Erin called out, hoping to get the conversation back on track. “Now, I don’t know how long it will take Lex to finish that wig, but I’m sure that once he has done it, we will only have very little time to-”
It was at that moment that Lexton opened the door to the storage room and walked out with a wig in his hands.
“I just finished it,” the kobold said bluntly while staring at Erin.
“Wha- You… How did you… You were actually able to make it?” the redhead said as she kept switching her disbelieving gaze between Lexton and the wig he was holding. “But how did you-? It’s been less than an hour! How were you able to make it so quick!?”
“Well, I could have finished it faster, had there not been some unnecessary noises coming from here that distracted me!” the kobold said angrily as he tossed the wig to Erin. “And just for the record, as much as I can hardly believe I’m saying this, you might want to listen to Ryle a bit. Seems like she’s the only one who is starting to understand just how damn good I am.”
“See? If it wasn’t for that attitude of his, I might actually like him,” Ryle said.
“So what you’re saying is that if his personality was fixed, you’d be chasing him, instead of Arnie?” Zeldana asked with a grin, which caused the blonde to hold back vomit.
“Oh please… Don’t say anything like that,” Ryle said in a disgusted voice. “I just had lunch.”
“Oh, for the love of… Why does so many of our conversations go there!?” Erin cursed angrily, before turning her attention back to Lexton. “Anyways, this is some really good work, Lex. It even feels like real hair. Where did you get the materials for this?”
“Don’t ask questions you don’t want answered,” the kobold replied.
“...Okay, I’ll leave it at that,” the redhead said. “With this, we should be able to get on with our job.”
“Sure, but I want to point out a couple of things about the wig before you go,” Lexton said. “First, if you touch the inside of it, you can feel it’s a bit sticky. That’s so it won’t fall off easily. It can still be pulled off without trouble, but at least it won’t get taken away by a gust of wind.”
“I see. Nice work!” Erin said approvingly as she touched the inside of the wig, feeling the stickiness of it. “Anything else you wanted to add?”
“Just one more thing. Could you hand it to Ryle first, though?” the kobold asked. “I’m sure she’ll be able to pick up on it.”
The redhead did as she was told and gave the wig to her blonde friend, who touched it but didn’t find anything special. It just felt like normal hair to her.
“I don’t get what you’re getting at here, Lex. It feels like normal hair to me,” Ryle said.
“Hold on a second. You’ll soon feel something different,” Lexton said, before turning towards Erin again. “Erin, can you see a special piece of ornament hanging from the hairs?”
The redhead took a closer look and soon found what the kobold was referring to. There was a special hairband on some of the hairs.
“Is this the one?” Erin asked, pointing at the hairband.
“That’s it. I want you to lightly pull on it,” Lexton said.
The redhead followed the instructions and pulled on the hairband. As soon as she did this, electricity shot from the wig and struck Ryle, who was still holding it. The blonde let out a pained scream, as she was struck by the hidden weapon. Once the surge of electricity had stopped, a bit of smoke was rising from her body and her hair was standing up.
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“WHAT THE SHIT, LEX!?” Ryle screamed angrily at the kobold. “WHY THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT!?”
“Well, I needed someone to demonstrate my work with and you were simply the best candidate for the job!” Lexton said. “What would you prefer? That Erin found out about it on accident?”
“I have a better idea! How about NOT putting death traps in everything you make!?” Erin said just as angry as Ryle. “Seriously, why did you make this!? Are lasers out of fashion or something!?”
“Oh please! I didn’t have the time or the resources to make something like that!” the kobold said. “I just used what little time I had to give the lady we’re rescuing something to defend herself with! Or would you prefer she was unable to fight back in case something happens?”
“Well, the plan is to get her out of here QUIETLY!” the redhead pointed out. “I don’t think that can happen when she’s giving out electric shocks to people!”
“She only needs to use it, if somebody grabs her, so there’s no real danger!” Lexton said. “I even made sure that the wearer wouldn’t suffer from the shock at all, so there’s no real danger!”
“Yeah, except for me!” Ryle said. “I take back all the nice things I said about you…”
“Please don’t. There’s no need to do something like that now that we’re even,” the kobold pointed out. “It was thanks to your praise that I decided to set the electricity lower than normal for this demonstration. I was originally planning to have it be even more painful, as I was still upset with what you did earlier.”
Meanwhile, Arkay, Durge and Zeldana were observing the ongoing argument with varying reactions. While the elf was obviously amused, the other two were less than pleased with the antics their friends were at once again.
“...You know, sometimes I can’t help but feel like we’ve been very lucky to survive so far,” Arkay said. “And for some reason, that feeling is very strong during moments like THIS.”
“What a coincidence. I was just thinking the same thing,” Durge said.
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After giving a stern lecture to Lexton, Erin proceeded to the next part of their plan. This was getting a spare maid uniform from the dressing room of the staff, which would then be used as a disguise for Stacey.
Once she got to the dressing room, the redhead was happy to see that there was no one else there, meaning that she would be able to look for a uniform in peace. She immediately went to the closet that was supposed to hold the spares and opened the door.
Unfortunately, while there were plenty of uniforms, none of them were a fitting size for Stacey, who was around the same size as Erin. The only ones left seemed to be fitting either for very large races, like trolls or ogres, or very small ones, like gnomes or goblins.
“Of all the things for our plan to stumble with,” the redhead muttered to herself in annoyance. “Let’s see if we can use any of these remaining ones. Maybe she can miraculously pull it off?”
Erin first grabbed one of the smaller uniforms and held it close, trying to compare it to herself in order to measure the size properly. Much to her disappointment, it was far too small for Stacey, as either of them trying to wear it would look like they were dressing up in clothes made for a baby.
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“Yeah, that’s not working. We would draw far too much attention to ourselves,” the redhead said as she put the smaller uniform away and grabbed a larger one. “Maybe this will work.”
Unlike the smaller outfit, Erin was actually able to fit inside the larger one. The problem was that her whole body fit inside with plenty of room to spare. It looked like she was wearing a large blanket over herself.
“This one’s a miss, too… What am I going to do now?” the redhead said with a sigh, as she began to take off the uniform, only to find it difficult. “Before that, how the hell do I get out of here? Where’s the door?”
As Erin was struggling to free herself from the large maid uniform, Julianna entered the room. The maid was quite surprised to find what appeared to be a living uniform moving right before her eyes. At that moment, the redhead was able to free herself, coming face to face with a rather confused colleague.
“Uhh… Hi!” Erin greeted Julianna nervously. “I was just… Umm… Trying out some outfits! Nothing else!”
“Yeah… I can see that,” Julianna said. “My question is, why are you trying on something that’s clearly too big for you? I’ve heard about putting yourself in the shoes of someone else, but I don’t think that’s what it means.”
“Well… you see… I kind of need a new uniform,” the redhead began to try and explain herself, but was struggling to come up with an excuse. “It’s for my… work…”
“That’s an obvious lie,” the maid said bluntly, shocking Erin. “I can tell just by looking that there’s nothing wrong with your uniform at all, so why do you need a new one? We can’t exactly afford to waste our resources.”
The redhead let out a small sigh of relief inside her mind. At first, when Julianna had caught her lying, she had feared that her cover had been blown. While it was a good thing that her true intentions hadn’t been uncovered, it still wouldn’t save her from her current predicament. She still needed to find a reasonable excuse for what she was doing and her mind was drawing a blank.
Suddenly, an idea popped inside Erin’s mind, as she realized that Julianna was about the same size as herself. Perhaps she could…
“Hey, what are you spacing out for!?” Julianna asked angrily, as she wasn’t getting a response from the redhead. “Would you mind and tell me already why you were messing around with uniforms that were clearly not your size!?”
“...The thing is that I needed a new one for another maid!” Erin said as the story began to take form inside her mind. “You see, she kind of had an “incident” with one of the guests and is in the need of a new uniform. That’s why I’m here.”
“Okay, but why couldn’t she come here herself?” the maid asked. “Why did she need you to come here for her? And is it really that bad that she needs a whole new uniform?”
“Well, she is rather distraught after what happened and is a… bit of a mess to say the least. She didn’t want to be seen in the state she is right now, especially with the guests we have right now,” the redhead explained. “Because of that, I came here in her place, as I’m going to need her help in cleaning the room that Golorath’s lady is staying at.”
“Cleaning the room of-? Hang on, wasn’t it cleaned earlier today?” Julianna asked. “In fact, wasn’t it you who did that?”
“Yes, but there was some sort of an accident there that apparently made a big mess or something!” Erin quickly explained as she tried to hold back her panic that was slowly building up. “From what I was told, it was so bad that it requires at least two people to clean it up! That’s why I needed the new uniform for my partner, who was supposed to help me! But since you’re here, maybe you could help me instead!?”
Silence fell over the two of them, as Julianna stared at Erin, taking in the story she had just been told. The redhead could feel beads of sweat fall down her face, as she tried her best to remain calm while hoping that her story was believable enough.
“...Alright, I suppose I could help you out,” Julianna finally said with a sigh. “I seriously don’t like going to that room, as I fear my life might end at any second, but I can’t leave a fellow worker in trouble.”
“Yes! Thank you!” Erin cheered happily. “I’ll just grab some cleaning supplies and we can get going!”
As the redhead gathered some supplies to keep up with her disguise of simply performing her cleaning duties, she couldn’t help but smile at how well she had worked under pressure. Not only had she been able to avoid any suspicion, but she had also managed to secure an outfit for Stacey to use as a disguise.
However, she suddenly realized an issue with her plan. While she had secured a disguise, it had come with something extra. Julianna was wearing it and Erin doubted that the maid would be willing to simply give up her clothes. Even if she were to explain their situation, the redhead didn’t think that the maid would be all that willing to cooperate.
They needed a maid uniform and the one they got was already being used by Julianna. That meant that they would have to take it from her one way or another. Erin could feel her face turn pale, as she fully realized what she had to do.
“Hey, what’s the matter?” Julianna asked, snapping the redhead out of her thoughts. “Your face has turned pale all of a sudden. Are you feeling alright?”
“I-I’m okay!” Erin quickly lied, trying to keep her composure. “It’s just been a long day and I’m starting to get tired.”
“I get that. A lot of people think our job is simple and fail to realize just how tough it can truly be,” the maid said. “How about after we get this done, you take the rest of the day off? I’m sure the others will be able to handle it from there on.”
“...Thank you,” the redhead said while also apologizing in her mind.
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With their cleaning supplies gathered, the two maids headed to Stacey’s room. Luckily it was getting pretty late, so there were no longer all that many people walking around, allowing them to get to the room without any interruptions. Before she closed the door, Erin took a quick glance at the outside of the room to make sure that there was no one nearby.
“So where’s this big mess that you were talking about?” Julianna asked while looking around the room, not finding anything out of the ordinary. “Hey? Where’s the-?”
The maid didn’t get to finish her question, as Erin grabbed a mop that she had taken with them and put it against Julianna’s throat, chocking her out. The maid tried to fight back against the sudden attack, but had been caught completely off guard. She was barely able to put up any kind of a struggle, before she passed out and fell to the floor.
“I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I’m sorry!” the whispered apologetically to the unconscious Julianna. “I had no other choice! I swear I didn’t want to do this!”
Erin proceeded to drag Julianna to the bedroom, where Stacey was waiting for her. Upon hearing the door open, she looked up in panic, only to calm down upon seeing it was Erin. Although, some of her fear returned, once she saw the person that was being dragged.
“E-Erin?” Stacey called out to her old friend. “What is that?”
“This is one of the maids that works here. I unfortunately had to knock her out, so that we could take her uniform,” Erin explained, as she placed Julianna on the floor and began to undress her. “The plan is to have you disguise as one of the maids working here, so we can sneak out of here.”
“H-H-Hang on a second!” Stacey said in a somewhat panicked tone. “Y-You actually expect me to wear that thing’s clothes!?”
The way Stacey had worded her question surprised Erin, who stopped what she had been doing to stare back at her old friend in confusion.
“Yes? That’s the plan,” the redhead replied. “What’s wrong with it? I know that wearing a maid uniform isn’t exactly something that you’re probably looking forward to, but we need to do that in order to get you out of here. I’m sure you can manage at least a bit of discomfort.”
“The outfit isn’t the issue, it’s that thing that wore it! Do you really expect me to wear something that creature was wearing just now!?” Stacey asked in a mix of shock and anger. “Not only that, but is that thing still alive!? Why haven’t you killed it yet!?”
To say that Erin was shocked would be an understatement. The fact that Stacey was referring to Julianna like she was just some sort of an animal absolutely horrified the redhead. While she knew that her old friend was self-centered and not exactly a good person, she had expected her to have changed for the better at least a bit.
“Stacey, she isn’t a thing, okay? Her name is Julianna and she’s just an innocent maid that works here,” Erin explained, like her old friend was a small child. “She works here in order to take care of her sick younger sister and risks her life with some of the guests here. There is no reason for us to kill her! What kind of a heartless murderer do you think I am!?”
“You speak about that thing like it’s human! Look at the ears it has! That thing is NOT human!” Stacey said while pointing at Julianna’s elf ears. “How can you view something like that as the same as us!? It’s obviously just some sort of a monster that this world is full of! And you expect me to wear the clothes it has worn!? God only knows what I might get from that!”
Hearing Stacey’s dehumanizing rant against Julianna caused all the shock Erin previously had to disappear and get replaced with anger. The redhead wasn’t sure if there was a reason for Stacey to view the people of the world in such a way, like the treatment she had received from Gabe and his people, but she didn’t care. The idea that Stacey looked at people in such a horrible manner, even including her friends, was something that she wouldn’t stand for.
Worst of all, it was that type of view that they used to have towards Devin and Gabe back in the day.
Having had enough of Stacey’s horrible remarks, Erin walked up to her and grabbed her by the hair, slamming her against the bed that she was still sitting on. The redhead held her down while glaring into her terrified eyes.
“Listen here. I’m not going to stand for that kind of shit at all, got it? I have friends here helping me rescue you and I will not allow you to say anything like that towards any of them!” Erin said in a stern and angry tone. “Now you get one of two choices. Either you suck it up and put on the outfit or you get to stay here and remain the toy of Gabe and his goons. Which one will it be?”
“...I’ll put on the outfit,” Stacey replied meekly.
“Good choice,” the redhead said as she let go of her old friend’s hair. “We better get going. I have no idea if someone is planning to come here and I’d rather not get caught in this mess.”
Having gained Stacey’s cooperation, Erin proceeded to undress Julianna and gave her outfit to her old friend, who put it on hesitantly. Knowing that she couldn’t just leave Julianna laying on the floor like that, the redhead tore up some of the sheets in order to tie up and gag the maid, before hiding her in a closet.
“I’m so sorry I had to do this,” Erin apologized to the unconscious Julianna. “I hope you won’t get punished for this and get to see your sister safely. If I ever meet you again, I promise that I will repay you for what you had to go through.”
“O-Okay, I’ve got the outfit on,” Stacey called out, having finished dressing up as a maid. “D-Do we get to leave now?”
“We still have a couple of things left to do,” the redhead said as she pulled out the wig Lexton had made. “First, put this on. It will help hide your identity.”
Stacey did as she was told and put on the wig. Once that was done, Erin explained to her the defense mechanism Lexton had installed into it and specified that it was only to be used as a last resort. After that, the redhead helped Stacey wash away her makeup and redid it in order to further hide her identity.
Now that Stacey’s disguise was ready, they could proceed with getting out of the hotel. Erin carefully opened the door and looked around to see if there was anyone around. Finding no one, she motioned for her old friend to follow behind her, as they proceeded towards the elevators.
Everything seemed to be proceeding well enough, until they turned around a corner that would have led them straight to the elevators. Standing right before them were two people dressed in military outfits. It was obvious to Erin that these were part of Golorath’s personal guard that had been sent there along with Stacey. Her old friend even confirmed this by squeezing her shoulder from fear.
However, they couldn’t simply turn around and walk away, as that would make them look suspicious. The two guards had already seen them and were walking towards them, and judging by the looks on their faces, they weren’t going to simply let the two maids walk past them. Whatever it was that they were planning, it wasn’t going to be good.
Despite the obvious danger ahead of them, Erin knew that all they could do was move forward. She took a deep breath to help steel her resolve and started to walk forward, followed closely behind by Stacey.
The two guards were just a couple of steps away from them, still with the same unnerving smiles on their faces. The redhead gritted her teeth and hoped that no matter what came next, their cover wouldn’t be blown.
Suddenly, something crashed into the two guards, causing them to fall to the floor. It was cart full of all sorts of drinks that had now spilled over the guards, who were now angrily looking for the one responsible for the sudden humiliation.
“I’m terribly sorry, sirs!” Lexton apologized in a panicked tone as he rushed to the two guards. “I was in such a hurry that I failed to look where I was going and the cart slipped from my hands! Are you two alright!?”
“You won’t be alright soon, you clumsy bastard!” one of the guards shouted angrily as he and his colleague rushed to the kobold and started beating him up.
It was now that Erin was finally able to snap out of her shock and realize what was going on. Seeing one of her friends get abused right in front of her angered her quite a bit and she was about to rush to Lexton’s aid, only for a hand on her shoulder to hold her back. She looked behind her and saw the terrified look on Stacey’s face, who didn’t want the redhead to leave her behind. Yet while Erin understood her old friend’s fear, she couldn’t simply abandon Lexton.
It was only thanks to the kobold that Erin was able to proceed. With the attention of the two guards solely focused on kicking him on the floor, he was able to signal to the redhead to keep moving. Having received Lexton’s message, the redhead gave him a small nod in response and walked with Stacey to the elevators, going completely unnoticed by the guards.
Once inside the elevator, both Erin and Stacey could relax a bit. The elevator would take them straight to the first floor, where they could go to the back area, which was reserved for the employees to use as a break room. Once they had gotten through that, they were at the backdoor exit that led out of the hotel itself.
Before they could get to the back area, they needed to get through the front hall, where a bunch of people were gathered. The front hall was often used as a gathering spot by both guests and employees, which is why there were almost always people there. Even now the hall was filled with all sorts people, chatting among themselves or running around trying to get to different places.
Luckily for Erin and Stacey, most of the guests wouldn’t be able to recognize Golorath’s lady from her disguise, even if they were to pay close attention towards her. And while some of them employees might have been able to recognize her, they were far too busy with whatever work they had to really pay attention to her.
Everything seemed to be going smoothly, as Erin and Stacey moved through the crowds of people without being paid any attention to. But just as they were about to get to the back area, the redhead spotted two more guards, this time female, standing in their way. The guards were currently chatting with each other, but that could change the moment they walked into their view. All Erin and Stacey could hope was that they wouldn’t draw too much attention to themselves.
The friends walked towards the guards in a quick yet calm pace, hoping to not catch the eye of either guard. However, as they were getting closer, one of the two seemed to notice them and had a look of suspicion in her eyes.
Just as Erin thought that their cover had been completely blown, a sudden savior came to their aid.
“Ladies, would you like some refreshing drinks?” Arkay asked as he walked up to the two guards with a tray full of glasses. “These were just made by our expert bartender and we can guarantee that you’ll enjoy them.”
“Don’t mind if we do, cutie!” one of the two guards said with a smile as she grabbed one of the glasses along with her colleague.
With the two guards now distracted by their drinks and the server before them, Arkay gave a quick wink to Erin, who immediately understood the message. The cat boy had provided them with a distraction that would allow them to get past the guards.
Not wanting to let her friend’s help go to waste, Erin quickly guided Stacey towards the back area, moving past the guards that were being distracted by Arkay. Only a few more steps and they would be safe.
“Hey, you two!” one of the two guards suddenly called out to them, stopping them in their tracks. While the other one had been too distracted by the cat boy server, this one seemed to have picked up on the strange behavior of the two maids. “Come over here for a second. I need to confirm something.”
Erin looked over to Stacey, who was trembling with fear as even a couple of tears fell from her eyes. The redhead knew that if they met with the guard, her old friend’s composure would be completely broken and their cover would be blown. Yet they couldn’t simply ignore the guard’s orders and leave.
“Are you listening to me!?” the guard asked angrily, as she didn’t receive a response from the two maids. She began to walk towards the two now. “I told you to-! ACK!”
The guard suddenly slumped down on the floor completely limp, revealing Zeldana standing behind her. The elf was holding a long needle in her hand that had a bit of blood on it.
“Oh dear! It looks like someone has had a bit too much to drink!” Zeldana said in a mock shocked voice as she put the guard’s arm around her shoulders and began to carry her away. “I think you need a good long rest to get over it!”
Erin watched as the elf walked past the other guard and explained that her colleague had been drinking too much. It seemed like the other guard believed it and turned her attention back Arkay, who was still holding the tray of drinks.
With no other risks ahead of them, the redhead opened the door to the back area, allowing her and Stacey to finally get to safety.
The back area was a rather large room with not much in it. There were a couple of tables with chairs around them and some couches for the employees to sit at and relax. There were also a few vending machines that they could use to buy snacks for themselves.
Erin looked around the room and saw that there were only a couple of employees there, all seemingly too busy trying to relax from their work to really pay attention to the new arrivals. She soon spotted Durge and Ryle standing near the door that would leave outside the hotel. The two immediately noticed the redhead and kept their eyes on her, waiting for her to come over.
Seeing as how their escape was almost complete, Erin let out a sigh of relief and began to walk towards the door with Stacey following behind her. Only a bit more and it would be over.
“Hey, is your friend alright?” one of the butlers that was in the room suddenly asked as he walked up to Erin and Stacey. “She looks like she’s having a panic attack.”
“O-Oh she’s fine!” Erin quickly said, trying to put up a calm front in order to not draw attention. “It’s just her first day today and the work has been a bit… overwhelming, to say the least. She just needs some fresh air and time to breathe and she should be okay.”
“Ah. I get that. My first day here was also a rough one. It takes some time to get used to how things work around here, but it’ll get better,” the butler said in a gentle tone as he walked closer and patted Stacey’s head in a comforting manner. “Stay strong, kid. I get that it’s tough and all, but-”
The butler was cut off from his comforting speech as he suddenly screamed in pain, as volts of electricity shot through his body. Erin looked on with shock and horror as Stacey had used the defense mechanism of her wig to attack the butler.