Chapter 13: SysDi 13: Thirty Minutes
One foot in front of another.
Evan slowly made his way down the stairs. The entrance slowly disappeared from view, and the sun could only light up the way near the top so everything is in dim darkness.
Still, Evan pressed on, putting a hand on the stone wall so he could make sure that he won’t fall over. It’s not like the stairs will stretch on forever. It’ll stop eventually. He just hoped that it’s not too far down that it’ll him longer to get back up for later.
"Do you have a means so I can see in the dark?" Evan asked, taking his time.
’Not really. I can’t see anything either, if that helps make you feel better.’ Iva replies.
The plan was to try and see what is down the stairs and then have Iva tell him when it is every thirty minutes. Since it was maybe midday, he figured he could try to walk down and to look around until the three-hour mark. He still had his routine to finish before his parents return.
If he’s able to return at the time he set, Evan still had the time to accomplish what he set out to do even after his little exploration. Since they just began and Iva isn’t saying anything about the time at the moment, it’s not even thirty minutes yet since they got down, even if it feels like it was already a really long time of going downstairs.
Evan really had no choice but to continue.
When the light at the top finally disappeared from view, there is a loud sound of something like air out no nowhere from both the left and right simultaneously, almost making Evan jump. But with the sound came the illuminating light.