After she fell

23|I know why the caged bird sings🎵

"ROGER!"

He had come back.

(A while ago actually)

He had been observing them with all of the senses he actually had, he was watching them in a way that he didn't have to use his eyes.

They couldn't run, that would be foolish as the exits were blocked by his long, long arms.

With nowhere to go, they had to slowly back into a corner, trying to be as quiet because he would think they were still in the same room.

But the damage was already done. Roger had heard his name, and was walking goofily towards the huddle of children who, finding themselves backed into a corner, panicked, and were eventually caught by the Janitor. He then proceeded to sack them, quite literally. Now the Janitor was quite proud of his catch, ever since the Ferryman had disappeared, the influx of children had steadily declined. He was so pleased that he decided to bring the sacks to show the Lady. His boss. His idol. Yes. He would show her the sacks and then hand them over to the twin chefs.

Roger's footsteps echoed through the narrow hallway, and a clicking noise could be heard if you were inside one of those sacks that he had slung over his shoulder. Roger was like a bat. Echolocating from place to place, door to door....door! Door he knocked upon. Door he opened. The Janitor couldn't see but the Lady's indignant squawk made him feel as if he had barged into something private. The Thin Man's rumbling chuckle confirmed his suspicions. Stumbling in his haste to get out, the Janitor accidentally dropped his sacks, and they split open, providing an opportunity to flee. The group ran together, and Six let out a little trill. But as they sprinted through the Maw, it soon became clear that they were in an unfamiliar domain. One that Mono recognized, too, too well. It is unclear at this present moment in time what its original name might have been. But everyone in the Pale City, hypnotized by the lure of it, everyone in the Pale City knew it as the Signal Tower.