“We have a really big problem,” Chris says. “Josh has a Palace.”
“Josh what?” Sam asks.
“He hasn’t really seemed right lately,” Chris says. “I mean, you wouldn’t be, after...” He glances at Mike; Mike looks away. “Anyway, I tried out the Metaverse app, and it’s definitely responding to the lodge. We’ve just been trying to figure out the keyword.”
“The keyword is whatever he thinks of the lodge as, right?” Sam asks. Josh has a Palace? She hasn’t seen much of him lately; she should have been keeping a better eye on him. “Uh, maybe...” She doesn’t really want to say any of the possibilities occurring to her. “Maybe a morgue? A cemetery?”
“A courtroom,” Mike says, quietly. “A prison.”
“Nothing,” Chris says. “What the hell is it?”
“Beginning navigation,” Chris’s phone says.
Chris’s eyes widen. “Wait, what was that responding to?”
“Uh,” Mike says. “Maybe hell?”
Shit. That really doesn’t sound good.
But it’s too late to back out; the snowy grounds of the lodge are already dissolving around them.
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“We have a really big problem,” Chris says. “Josh has a Palace.”
“Josh what?” Sam asks.
“He hasn’t really seemed right lately,” Chris says. “I mean, you wouldn’t be, after...” He glances at Mike; Mike looks away. “Anyway, I tried out the Metaverse app, and it’s definitely responding to the lodge. We’ve just been trying to figure out the keyword.”
“The keyword is whatever he thinks of the lodge as, right?” Sam asks. Josh has a Palace? She hasn’t seen much of him lately; she should have been keeping a better eye on him. “Uh, maybe...” She doesn’t really want to say any of the possibilities occurring to her. “Maybe a morgue? A cemetery?”
“A courtroom,” Mike says, quietly. “A prison.”
“Nothing,” Chris says. “What the hell is it?”
“Beginning navigation,” Chris’s phone says.
Chris’s eyes widen. “Wait, what was that responding to?”
“Uh,” Mike says. “Maybe hell?”
Shit. That really doesn’t sound good.
But it’s too late to back out; the snowy grounds of the lodge are already dissolving around them.