Chapter 33: Factory Scavenging - Scarlet Bound • I

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It took about an hour to arrive at the Nutlocke property. The entire carnival was infront of the four buildings, and just as predicted, security was everywhere. But just as always, the toy shop was still open to the public.

"We'll have to pass through the shop if we want to get to the other buildings", Leorio stated.

"Well first off, we should enter the shop and scan the environment we'll have to endure. From there, we should form a plan to exit as we pretend to browse", Kurapika explained.

"Sounds like a plan", I replied as I opened the grand doors.

"And.. it looks a lot bigger inside compared to the outside", Leorio said in a nervous tone.

What in the Willy Wonka type shit is this..

"Let's walk through the aisles and scan for possible exits. It may be best to split up in order to speed through this. We only have until midnight, when the fireworks begin", Leorio explained.

After a little while of wandering around the store apart, I found a door that led to different room. The door had a little red sign that read, "Next Show Available: 6:00 Tonight!". What kind of show was it talking about?

"Do you plan on attending the puppet show tonight?", asked an employee as they came walking towards me.

"Puppet show?", I replied.

"Yeah! Have you been here before?", they asked.

"No", I responded.

"Mrs. Nutlocke is a puppeteer, and she likes to host shows for the kids whenever she's in town", they explained.

 Nutlocke is a puppeteer, and she likes to host shows for the kids whenever she's in town", they explained

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"Really? That's quite nice of her", I replied with a smile.

"It sure is. Did you need help with anything? You did just mention it's your first time here", they said.

"Oh I'm ok, thanks though", I replied.

"Alrighty then, come visit me at the register if you need anything my friend", they explained.

"Thanks, I appreciate it", I replied.

They walked away and then shortly afterwards, Leorio found me.

"Kurapika might have found an exit", he whispered.

"Ok cool, take me there then", I replied.

He agreed and then took me to where Kurapika was located inside the shop. We kept a distance from the exit to make sure we weren't getting any suspicions.

"There was an employee who went out a while ago because they said the security cameras were acting up. The panel is right behind the wall", Kurapika explained.

"Sure, but what exactly are you planning here?", Leorio questioned.

"Besides the store employees, there have been carnivals associates walking in and out of that door as well. From entertainers, to food vendors", Kurapika replied.

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