Unlocked

The Magpie
Jun 5, 2022
14 min read

Updated: Jun 14, 2022

Four white walls. All padded. Two equally padded benches barely wide enough to serve double duty as cots. That was a bad sign. Meant Joseph was probably stuck down here at least overnight.

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