Oakdale// Ziall+Narry

Chapter 20

i just wanna say

yall a bunch of dicks, Avery is out here Suffering! The grind doesn't stop for her XD WATCH WHAT SHE HAS TO LOOK AT AND CLEAN! (you'll see in this chap)

also, lowkey trigger warning? Idk just some this stuff kinda fucced up. (Keep in mind, I don't believe in any of this treatment, its just how it was back then and  I wanna keep this story authentic)

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"I didn't even get to see my own daughter before she was mangled down there," Avery seethes, gripping her utensils that lay by her, "All because you started working the upstairs." 

Im stunned to silence, trying to soak up all the information she was spewing at me. "A-Avery, i'm terribly..-"

"Just get out of here, boy. I don't want to see you any more than i have to." She finishes, shooing me away with her hands. 

I stand up and walk back to the table with Florence and Alice, utterly surprised. 

So that's why she doesn't like me...

Once i join my friends back at the table, i barely have time to hold a conversation over the thoughts swimming in my head. 

Women locked in cages?

What did Dr. Fear do once he caught Louis?

"Have any of you been in the basement?" I ask, taking a sip of water afterwards to quench my parched mouth. 

"No, only senior janitors and Mr. Malik are allowed down there," Florence responds, shaking her head, "I wouldn't want to be down there anyways, I like staying up here." 

"I see." I nod, wondering if i could every go down with Avery. I doubt she'd let me close to her without attempt to bite me. 

Before we could talk any longer, the lunch ladies dismissed us from lunch to go back to our job. 

Fortunately, the upstairs didn't require much work so far. I should spot clean, but i could do it afterwards. 

"Do you think i could stay down here if i have already finished my cleaning?" I ask Alice, watching as she purses her lips. 

"Maybe?" She looks over to Florence, "What do you think?" 

"I'd say no; if you're job requires you upstairs, then thats where you should be," She proclaimed.

That's fair. 

"I see, thank you for looking out for me," I say, smiling at her slightly, "I just wish i could go somewhere with others. It's so vacant upstairs." 

"I understand," Florence nods, "You can stay down here if you really want, but i advise against it. You might get in trouble." 

"Indeed," Alice agrees, giving me an uneasy smile, "You could, but shouldn't."

"I see, thank you," I say, "I have to visit the washroom, pardon." 

They say their goodbyes and head back to the reception office to do their work. 

I make my way over to the bathrooms before checking over my shoulder to see if my friends had left. 

They had. 

Even though they advised against me loitering downstairs, i need to find out more about the basement. 

I just hope I don't get caught...

Operation find Louis is now commencing

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"Blue eyes, brown hair and a scar across his face." I repeat the qualifications that fit my description.