Only the ocean

exploration 2

Hanako turned with a hum, wondering what Meadow was referring to as she completely fell for the bait. She stepped closer, brows drawn as she squinted and- Hanako yelped, barely dancing away in time as her friend playfully aimed a nip at her ankles. Yet another laughter passed her lips as she danced forward to aim a bite at the fluff of Meadow's tail. It was all fun and games, clearly neither one of them meant any harm to the other. But it might've seemed odd that two seemingly strangers were able to bond so quickly, to get along like a house on fire.

Right on her tail, Hanako followed Meadow into the first room of the corridor. It was far smaller than the grand atrium, with collapsed pieces of wood strewn all over the place, along with cloth and rusted metal. The ground beneath her paws was soft and green, almost spongy, but it clearly wasn't grass or even moss. Hanako tried to dig it up but instead of tearing it up at the roots the material bunched up into an arch and she realised that it was some sort of floor covering. Almost like the furs she used to soften up the floor of her den. The windows in this room were far smaller than that of the atrium, but plants still managed to weave there way in like coiled snakes.

Heading back the way they came, Hanako popped her neck out and glanced down the hallway. It was long and dark, and at a glance Hanako realised that not all of the rooms were accessible, a good number of them blocked by chunks of immovable concrete and debris.

"It's a bit spooky, isn't it?" Hanako asked, glancing over her shoulder. "What do you think it was, you know...before?" Cause surely, at some point or another this place had to be something, right?