"...yes, and yes."
She looks from side to side. She debates inwardly whether or not to let Nina come along. If she does, she'll have to be very stealthy in stealing her item. If not...that actually might make her seem more suspicious. Then again...
Well, since she did show a hint of curiosity, Joanna decides to indulge Nina a bit and asks her, "Want to come down with me?"
Joanna stops herself from answering, uncertain of what either of those names mean or of their significance, and proceeds to climb down the ladder. Once she's on the ground, she searches briefly for a light switch or pull string to provide some much needed light, then looks up and motions for Nina to follow her down.
"Honestly, I'm just following you guys," Ada comments. She doffs her hat and stuffs it into her back pocket.
"Doki Doki Lit. Club" is a happy game where nothing bad happens. seriously tho? not for the faint of heart.Finally finding it, Joanna flips the switch and starts to look around for any...small chest thing, something that could potentially hold the item. Before she flips the switch, she brings out her PDA for a moment to activate something.
For a moment, though none but her can hear or feel it, her head is abuzz and a buzz.
∿Joanna?∿ A familiar, faint, somewhat accented voice rings through her head, followed by the shuffling of a body and the creaking of an old raggedy chair, then the same voice, clearer this time: ∿C-can you hear me?∿
Joanna lightly snaps her fingers once — one time always meant yes, two times no, and if snaps were used, it meant, "I'm busy on the other end; keep instruction terse and minimal." She knew her job enough, and Paton and Regina knew her enough, to know that.
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Having been facing away from Nina, Joanna blinks.
"I...I..."
She turns around, staring bewilderdly at Nina, as if staring at a child who got five from two and two. Nina's was more four point two or three in this case, but still. She continues to nervously rub her fingers together. 'I...didn't know that was a concern."
∿Joanna, is something the matter,∿ Paton asks from inside her head. Two snaps. ∿Alright.∿ He laughs. ∿I trust you can handle this.∿
She turns around, looking out into the rest of the basement...
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Ada pushes the door open, steps out, and holds it for the others.
"Doki Doki Lit. Club" is a happy game where nothing bad happens. seriously tho? not for the faint of heart.