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Six ignores you and slides into the vent that was there the whole time... You sigh and walk up to it, before sliding in after her. You don't know how long you've been crawling, (following six's torch light), when you stop. There's...a pit, where the vent angles directly down. You gulp not feeling like you'd want to take the risk...it could be really deep... wait! You look down to see Six's torchlight! Well if she's gone down there, I should probably go in too...

You gulp before jumping down...The fall is a lot shorter than you expected, and you land beside Six with little trouble. "Hey!" She calls out, pointing upward. You look up. There's a ladder, that you could definitely reach, but Six.... She's just slightly too short. "Boost me, you idiot!" She says, elbowing you. "Ow!" You say, stifling a louder reaction. "Okay, sorry..." You crouch under the ladder, cupping your arms for her to get up onto. The pressure makes it a little difficult to hoist her up, but she's light enough. You hoist her up and she grabs onto the ladder, immediately scurrying up it. Thanks for waiting...

You sigh and grab onto the ladder, needing to get onto your tippy-toes just to brush your hands against it. You eventually climb onto it, and start to follow after Six. Eventually, the excessively long ladder comes to an end and you climb onto...another vent area. You crawl forward, and the quiet feels kind of good... You close your eyes and start to hum F/S (favourite song lol) before getting interrupted by a hand, blocking the vent's exit. "Six? Why are you-" "SHHH!" She scolds you, before pointing through the vent's exit. You peek through the thin metal bars and... Two chefs, one of which you'd seen before and now...another, which was slightly more disturbing than the first with a wider face...no, not wider...stretched out. egh.

They were on a balcony, working with their meat, as usual. Except, this time, they were loading the meat filled bags onto hooks, which seemed to be moving along a wire...
"There's two of them..." Six whispers. "I think, if we can get past them here, we should be able to leave the kitchen..." "But how?" You whisper, frantically, turning towards her. "See those hooks?" "Yeah..?" "We can grab onto those and escape that way." "What?! Are you crazy? There's no way we'll-"

"I don't see any other options n/n." "Yeah, you're right..." You mumble, scared for your life. Not even exaggerating... "Well, then, let's go. Anything's better than being stuck here with you forever..." she groans. "Six, wait." You say, grabbing her hand, stopping her from going out. "I know you don't mean that. ...why are you being so mean lately?" She sighs. "I know...just, not right now, okay?!" She says, shoving you off. She opens the vent, and with no warning, you're running across this balcony, trying to reach the end, the boxes, the hooks, as fast as you can... You speed up as you can hear their heavy breathing getting closer.. You climb onto the boxes, just barely missing their hands and...

You jump. Onto the hook, and away from the cooks. Forever.

You're pretty high up now...although not outside, the air feels refreshing up here.. you close your eyes, relaxed, before hearing...noises. Not quite like the cooks, but similarly greedy and...hungry. You steal a glance behind you and see a bunch of grotesque, giant...people, if you could even call them that, slowly walking forwards. Above them...a masked lady, with long black hair, adorned with a bun, wearing a golden-brown kimono. "I've seen her somewhere before..." "huh?" You ask, looking towards Six, who was dangling from the hook a foot away from you. "That Lady, I-" She stops. "Actually, nevemind." You shrug it off.

Suddenly, light fills your vision and before you know it, you're dangling outside the maw! It's a lot bigger than I thought... You look for a way out from here, but all you can see are the ocean's waves. Around 500 feet below you. Maybe more... "Let's get off here." Six says softy, pointing down towards a wooden platform right below you. You jump down and she does beside you. There's a ladder right beside you, but...you feel that maybe now would be a good time... "Hey, Six?" She looks towards you, tilting her head a bit. "Um, c-can we talk...now?"

She sighs and sits down on the wood, letting her feet seep out into the ocean air. "Yeah?" She says. "What about?" You sit beside her carefully.

(Only pick this one if you've gotten the special route) "The kiss..." - go to 25-A
"You haven't been really nice to me lately..." - go to 25-B
"Did something happen? I feel like we're...not really friends anymore?" - go to 25-C